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• 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
• 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
• 1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1407 – A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed upon under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
• 1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho.
• 1739 – Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
• 1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
• 1805 – Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio premieres in Vienna.
• 1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)
• 1845 – Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
• 1910 – Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
• 1917 – World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• 1917 – Ukraine is declared a republic.
• 1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
• 1940 – World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins – United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
• 1945 – Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
• 1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 1952 – Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
• 1962 – Cuban missile crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
• 1968 - A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster
• 1969 – Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
• 1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
• 1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
• 1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
• 1979 – Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
• 1980 – Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
• 1982 – The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded.
• 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
• 1989 – Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
• 1991 – An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
• 1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
• 1993 – Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
• 1994 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
• 1998 – A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
• 1998 – The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
• 2001 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
• 2003 – After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
• 2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.

Births[edit]

• 270 – Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313)
• 1602 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686)
• 1620 – Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682)
• 1625 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
• 1660 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741)
• 1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
• 1761 – Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
• 1765 – Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (d. 1819)
• 1781 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854)
• 1813 – Franc Miklošič, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891)
• 1839 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
• 1841 – Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901)
• 1841 – Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
• 1851 – Margherita of Savoy (d. 1926)
• 1858 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Clark Griffith, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
• 1874 – James Michael Curley, American politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Herbert Pitman, English ship officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1961)
• 1880 – Walter Brack, German swimmer (d. 1919)
• 1880 – George McBride, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Arthur Marshall, American ragtime composer and performer (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1889 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1953)
• 1892 – James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (d. 1965)
• 1896 – Chiyono Hasegawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2011)
• 1900 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1997)
• 1905 – François de Noailles, French father of Hélie de Noailles (d. 2009)
• 1906 – Guy Anderson, American painter (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Fran Allison, American actress and singer (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist (d. 2004)
• 1910 – Kees Bastiaans, Dutch painter (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944)
• 1912 – Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German politician (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Judy Canova, American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Maurice Paul Delorme, French bishop (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Lucilla Andrews, British writer (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Nadine Gordimer, South African author and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Henk Vredeling, Dutch politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer
• 1925 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
• 1925 – Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and director
• 1926 – John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Estelle Parsons, American actress and director
• 1928 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor and director
• 1928 – John Disley, Welsh horse racer
• 1929 – Penelope Hobhouse, Irish garden designer, author, and educator
• 1929 – Don January, American golfer
• 1930 – Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Don DeLillo, American author and playwright
• 1936 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Bill Wallis, English actor and comedian (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010)
• 1937 – René Kollo, German tenor
• 1937 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter
• 1939 – Dick Smothers, American actor and singer (Smothers Brothers)
• 1940 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright
• 1941 – Oliver Sipple, American soldier and activist (d. 1989)
• 1942 – Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
• 1942 – Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
• 1942 – Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi archbishop (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Veronica Hamel, American actress and producer
• 1944 – Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon
• 1945 – Paul Langford, English historian and academic
• 1945 – Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Nanette Workman, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1946 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band, Hour Glass, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys) (d. 1971)
• 1946 – Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow
• 1946 – John Small, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator
• 1947 – Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Eagles, James Gang, and Barnstorm)
• 1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1948 – Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress
• 1948 – Richard Masur, American actor and director
• 1949 – Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist
• 1949 – Thelma Drake, American politician
• 1951 – Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer
• 1951 – David Walters, American politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1952 – John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1954 – Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs
• 1954 – Steve Dahl, American radio host
• 1956 – Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player
• 1956 – Bo Derek, American actress and producer
• 1956 – Mark Gastineau, American football player
• 1956 – Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator
• 1957 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1957 – Mike Craven, English footballer
• 1957 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
• 1958 – Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1959 – Orlando Figes, English historian and academic
• 1959 – James McGovern, American politician
• 1959 – Sean Young, American actress and dancer
• 1960 – Veronika Bellmann, German politician
• 1960 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor
• 1961 – Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 – Tim Harvey, English race car driver
• 1961 – Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
• 1963 – Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic
• 1963 – Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress
• 1963 – Wan Yanhai, Chinese-American activist
• 1964 – Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist
• 1964 – Sophie Fillières, French film director
• 1964 – Doug Ford, Jr., Toronto politician
• 1964 – John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Mark Taylor, English footballer
• 1965 – Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer (X Japan, S.K.I.N. and Globe)
• 1965 – Mike D, American rapper and drummer (Beastie Boys and The Latch Brothers)
• 1965 – Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper (Cypress Hill and SX-10)
• 1965 – Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver
• 1966 – Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1996)
• 1966 – Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – Teoman, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1967 – Chris Childs, American basketball player
• 1968 – Tommy Asinga, Surinamese runner
• 1968 – Chew Chor Meng, Singaporean actor
• 1969 – Callie Thorne, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri
• 1970 – Phife Dawg, American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)
• 1970 – Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
• 1970 – Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist
• 1970 – Sabrina Lloyd, American actress
• 1970 – Joe Zaso, American actor and producer
• 1971 – Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1971 – Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer
• 1972 – Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet and activist
• 1973 – Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer
• 1973 – Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer
• 1974 – Taavi Veskimägi, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1975 – Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – J. D. Drew, American baseball player
• 1975 – Joshua Gomez, American actor
• 1975 – Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter and actor (AFI, Blaqk Audio, and Son of Sam)
• 1976 – Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
• 1976 – Laura Harris, Canadian actress
• 1976 – Tusshar Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1976 – Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
• 1976 – Theodoros Velkos, Greek badminton player
• 1976 – Cemal Yıldız, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1977 – Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee
• 1977 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer (In Flames and Diabolique)
• 1977 – Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1978 – Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host
• 1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
• 1979 – Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player
• 1979 – Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1979 – Jacob Pitts, American actor
• 1980 – James Chambers, English footballer
• 1981 – Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
• 1981 – Sam Fuld, American baseball player
• 1981 – Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Girls Aloud)
• 1982 – Margo Stilley, American model and actress
• 1984 – Tashard Choice, American football player
• 1984 – Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver
• 1984 – Justin Hoyte, English footballer
• 1985 – Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver
• 1985 – Dan Byrd, American actor
• 1985 – Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit)
• 1986 – Ashley Fink, American actress and singer
• 1986 – Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter (Bring Me the Horizon)
• 1988 – Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player
• 1988 – Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor
• 1989 – Cody Linley, American actor
• 1989 – Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer
• 1989 – Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer
• 1990 – Mark Christian, Manx cyclist
• 1991 – Anthony Knockaert, French footballer
• 1992 – Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo)
• 1993 – Sumire Satō, Japanese singer (AKB48)
• 2000 – Connie Talbot, English singer

Deaths[edit]

• 811 – Li Fan, Chinese politician (b. 754)
• 855 – Theoktistos, Byzantine chief minister
• 869 – Edmund the Martyr, English king (b. 841)
• 1022 – Bernward of Hildesheim, English bishop and saint (b. 960)
• 1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
• 1316 – John I of France (b. 1316)
• 1437 – Thomas Langley, English bishop (b. 1363)
• 1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English courtier and soldier (b. 1458)
• 1518 – Pierre de la Rue, Flemish singer-songwriter (b. 1452)
• 1529 – Karl von Miltitz, German pope (b. 1490)
• 1591 – Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)
• 1612 – John Harington, English courtier and author (b. 1561)
• 1651 – Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
• 1662 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (b. 1614)
• 1695 – Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)
• 1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)
• 1737 – Caroline of Ansbach (b. 1683)
• 1742 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
• 1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. 1694)
• 1764 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
• 1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
• 1856 – Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1864 – Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 – Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1908 – Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1910 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1922 – Peter Ratican, American soccer player (b. 1887)
• 1925 – Alexandra of Denmark (b. 1844)
• 1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1938 – Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese author (b. 1895)
• 1938 – Maud of Wales (b. 1869)
• 1941 – Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
• 1945 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
• 1951 – Adolf Spinnler, Swiss gymnast (b. 1879)
• 1951 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (b. 1881)
• 1954 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and aircraft designer, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (b. 1879)
• 1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1875)
• 1965 – Johannes Kaiv, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1973 – Allan Sherman, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
• 1978 – Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 – Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 – John McEwen, Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
• 1992 – Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)
• 1994 – John Lucarotti, English-Canadian screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
• 1995 – Robie Macauley, American author and critic (b. 1919)
• 1997 – Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Galina Starovoytova, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer, created Ping (b. 1958)
• 2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Robert Addie, English actor (b. 1960)
• 2003 – Loris Azzaro, Tunisian-French fashion designer (b. 1933)
• 2003 – David Dacko, African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Eugene Kleiner, American businessman, co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Roger Short, English diplomat (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Kerem Yılmazer, Turkish actor and singer (b. 1945)
• 2004 – David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
• 2004 – Jenny Ross, English singer-songwriter (Section 25) (b. 1962)
• 2005 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2005 – James King, American tenor (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Andre Waters, American football player and coach (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Ian Smith, Rhodesian lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Bennie Gonzales, American architect, designed the Heard Museum (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano (b. 1971)
• 2010 – Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
• 2012 – Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, Filipino bishop (b. 1920)
• 2012 – David C. Copley, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Ivan Kušan, Croatian author (b. 1933)
• 2012 – David O'Brien Martin, American soldier and politician (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Flora Martirosian, Armenian singer (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Pavel Bobek, Czech singer (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Sylvia Browne, American psychic and author (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American serial killer (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Dan Gerrity, American actor (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Peter Griffiths, English politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Frank Lauterbur, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Oleg Minko, Ukrainian painter and educator (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Klaus Praefcke, German chemist and academic (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Africa Industrialization Day (international)
• Black Awareness Day (Brazil)
• Christian feast day:
  • Bernward of Hildesheim
  • Edmund the Martyr
  • November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Health Administrator's Day and Health Administration's Week (Peru)
• National Sovereignty Day (Argentina)
• Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church)
• Revolution Day (Mexico)
• Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam (Vietnam)
• Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT community)
• Universal Children's Day (International)
• Wedding day of Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)

Από σημερα η ψηφιακή μετάβαση σε κεντρική Μακεδονία, Θεσσαλία, Στερεά Ελλάδα και Bόρεια Εύβοια 

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• 164 BC – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
• 235 – Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
• 1386 – Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
• 1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.).
• 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.
• 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, Manchuria, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, after which Japanese troops are accused of the massacre of the remaining inhabitants of the city. (Reports conflict on this subject.)
• 1902 – The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• 1905 – Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formulaE = mc².
• 1910 – Sailors onboard Brazil's most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
• 1916 – World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
• 1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
• 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: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday". This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three Irish Republican Army prisoners.
• 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 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 general vehicles until 1943).
• 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 British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
• 1959 – American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
• 1962 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
• 1964 – The Verrazano–Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. (At the time it is the world's longest suspension bridge.)
• 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 in Washington, D.C., on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its 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 guerrillas), 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 subsequently acquitted.
• 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", by Thomas Bracken (lyrics) and John Joseph Woods (music), both being of equal status as appropriate to the occasion.
• 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). 87 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 – Iran–Contra affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• 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 before ending on the 23rd.
• 1995 – The Dayton Peace 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. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.
• 1996 – Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.
• 2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
• 2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
• 2004 – The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed.
• 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
• 2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
• 2009 – A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, kills 108.
• 2012 – At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
• 2013 – A supermarket roof collapse in Riga, Zolitude, Latvia killing 54 people.

Births[edit]

• 1495 – John Bale, English bishop (d. 1563)
• 1567 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)
• 1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (d. 1687)
• 1692 – Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)
• 1694 – Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1778)
• 1718 – Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)
• 1729 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1795)
• 1760 – Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)
• 1761 – Dorothea Jordan, Irish-French actress (d. 1816)
• 1768 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1834)
• 1787 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)
• 1811 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (d. 1872)
• 1818 – Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (d. 1881)
• 1835 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)
• 1840 – Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)
• 1851 – Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal (d. 1926)
• 1852 – Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1853 – Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)
• 1854 – Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
• 1861 – Tom Horn, American police officer and murderer (d. 1903)
• 1866 – Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)
• 1866 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)
• 1870 – Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (d. 1936)
• 1870 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)
• 1876 – Olav Duun, Norwegian author (d. 1939)
• 1877 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)
• 1878 – Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (d. 1949)
• 1882 – Harold Lowe, Welsh officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Harold Nicolson, English politician and author (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)
• 1898 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1902 – Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)
• 1904 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969)
• 1908 – Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)
• 1913 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)
• 1914 – Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Jadu Nath Singh, Indian soldier (d. 1948)
• 1919 – Steve Brodie, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Joe Kieyoomia, American soldier (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1922 – María Casares, Spanish-French actress (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Joseph Campanella, American actor
• 1924 – Milka Planinc, Croatian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic
• 1925 – Xie Jin, Chinese director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Odd Børretzen, Norwegian singer, author, and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (d. 2013)
• 1926 – William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal
• 1926 – Prem Nath, Indian actor and director (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)
• 1929 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)
• 1931 – Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman
• 1931 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Beryl Bainbridge, English author (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (d. 1984)
• 1932 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer
• 1933 – Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1933 – T. Rasalingam, Sri Lankan politician
• 1934 – Laurence Luckinbill, American actor
• 1935 – Fairuz, Lebanese singer
• 1936 – Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Marlo Thomas, American actress and producer
• 1938 – Helen, Burmese-Indian actress and dancer
• 1939 – R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
• 1940 – Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Dr. John, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Richard Marcinko, American commander and author
• 1940 – Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina
• 1941 – İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
• 1941 – Juliet Mills, English actress
• 1942 – Afa Anoaʻi, Samoan-American wrestler and manager
• 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
• 1943 – Larry Mahan, American rodeo performer
• 1944 – Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 – Earl Monroe, American basketball player
• 1944 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1946 – Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
• 1947 – Nickolas Grace, English actor
• 1947 – Tiny Ron Taylor, American actor and basketball player
• 1948 – Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (War)
• 1948 – Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer and songwriter (Weather Report and The Eleventh House)
• 1948 – Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon
• 1948 – George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
• 1950 – Stephen Geyer, American composer
• 1950 – Gary Pihl, American guitarist (Boston)
• 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 – Thomas Rothman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet
• 1955 – Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1956 – Cherry Jones, American actress
• 1958 – David Reivers, Jamaican-American actor and producer
• 1959 – Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter (Violent Femmes)
• 1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1963 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
• 1964 – Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager
• 1964 – Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse
• 1964 – Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Stefan Sonnenfeld, Digital Intermediate (DI) Colorist
• 1964 – Liza Tarbuck, English actress
• 1965 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Sugarcubes)
• 1965 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor and director
• 1966 – Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player
• 1966 – Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
• 1966 – Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
• 1967 – Ken Block, American race car driver
• 1967 – Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
• 1967 – Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
• 1968 – Inka Bause, German actress and singer
• 1968 – Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player (Blur, Fat Les, Me Me Me, and WigWam)
• 1968 – Christopher Noxon, American journalist and author
• 1968 – Sean Schemmel, American voice actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Antonio Tarver, American boxer
• 1969 – Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
• 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 (The Causey Way)
• 1972 – David Tua, Samoan-New Zealand boxer
• 1973 – Brook Kerr, American actress
• 1973 – Marko Lelov, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1973 – Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
• 1974 – Karen Rolton, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Cherie Johnson, American actress and producer
• 1975 – Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
• 1975 – Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer (Billy Talent)
• 1976 – Dasha, Czech porn actress
• 1976 – Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
• 1976 – Veronika Valk, Estonian architect
• 1976 – Daniel Whiston, English figure skater
• 1976 – Michael Wilson, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
• 1977 – Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1977 – Jonas Jennings, American football player
• 1977 – Tobias Sammet, German singer-songwriter (Edguy and Avantasia)
• 1978 – Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer
• 1978 – Sara Tanaka, American actress
• 1979 – Kim Dong-wan, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
• 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
• 1980 – Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
• 1981 – Wesley Britt, American football player
• 1981 – Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1981 – Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1982 – Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
• 1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – Brie Bella, American model and wrestler
• 1983 – Nikki Bella, American model and wrestler
• 1983 – Jamie Langley, English rugby player
• 1984 – Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1984 – Hope Dworaczyk, American model and television host
• 1984 – Callum Ferguson, Australian cricketer
• 1984 – Jena Malone, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Willy Mason, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Colleen Ballinger, American comedian
• 1986 – Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player
• 1986 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
• 1986 – Jordan Lloyd, American reality contestant, winner of Big Brother
• 1987 – Brian Douwes, Dutch kick-boxer
• 1987 – Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
• 1987 – Eesha Karavade, Indian chess 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 – Getter Laar, Estonian footballer
• 1989 – Justin Tucker, American football player
• 1990 – Dani King, English cyclist
• 1990 – Georgie Twigg, English hockey player
• 1991 – Lewis Dunk, English footballer
• 1992 – Liz Mace, American singer-songwriter (Megan and Liz)
• 1992 – Megan Mace, American singer-songwriter (Megan and Liz)
• 1992 – Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Rino Sashihara, Japanese singer (AKB48, HKT48, and Not Yet)
• 1993 – Elena Myers, American motorcycle racer
• 2001 – Samantha Bailey, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 496 – Pope Gelasius I
• 615 – Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)
• 1011 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950)
• 1150 – García Ramírez of Navarre
• 1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)
• 1555 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)
• 1566 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)
• 1579 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)
• 1652 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
• 1695 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
• 1730 – François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1775 – John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
• 1782 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
• 1811 – Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 – Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 1859 – Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 – Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 – Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 – Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 – Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 – Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851
• 1916 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
• 1922 – Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
• 1924 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 36th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1926 – Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1938 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1942 – Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
• 1942 – J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
• 1945 – Robert Benchley, American actor, singer, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1945 – Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
• 1945 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
• 1945 – Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
• 1953 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1893)
• 1955 – Edward Dierkes, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
• 1958 – Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
• 1959 – Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
• 1963 – Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1963 – Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (b. 1890)
• 1967 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
• 1969 – Mutesa II of Buganda (b. 1924)
• 1970 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1970 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1974 – John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch composer (b. 1890)
• 1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)
• 1980 – Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
• 1981 – Harry von Zell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1982 – John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)
• 1984 – Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 1986 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1986 – Dar Robinson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1947)
• 1986 – Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1957)
• 1988 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1988 – Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
• 1989 – Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1989 – Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 1990 – Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)
• 1991 – Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Crime, The Sleepers, Flipper, and Toiling Midgets) (b. 1956)
• 1993 – Bill Bixby, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
• 1994 – Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
• 1995 – Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)
• 1995 – Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat (b. 1940)
• 1996 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Ralph Foody, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Salahuddin of Selangor (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
• 2005 – Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)
• 2006 – Kathryn Johnston, American shooting victim (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)
• 2010 – David Nolan, American politician and activist (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Dann Cahn, American producer and editor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Nick Discepola, Italian-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Mr. Food, American chef and author (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Șerban Ionescu, Romanian actor (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (b. 1987)
• 2012 – Edwarda O'Bara, American coma patient (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Austin Peralta, American pianist and composer (b. 1990)
• 2012 – Deborah Raffin, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian boxer (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2013 – John Egerton, American journalist and author (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Mike Palagyi, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Cyril Perkins, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh)
• Armed Forces Day (Greece)
• Christian feast day:
  • Pope Gelasius I
  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
• National Adoption Day (United States)
• No Music Day (Unofficial)
• World Hello Day (Unofficial)
• World Television Day (International)