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• 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
• 1174 – Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to his domain.
• 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
• 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
• 1510 – First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
• 1531 – The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
• 1644 – John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
• 1733 – The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
• 1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela.
• 1810 – Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
• 1867 – The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.
• 1876 – Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
• 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
• 1890 – King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
• 1910 – Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
• 1914 – Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
• 1918 – Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1924 – Edwin Hubble's scientific discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula within our galaxy, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe, was first published in a newspaper.
• 1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
• 1936 – Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
• 1939 – World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
• 1940 – World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• 1943 – World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
• 1943 – World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
• 1946 – French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians. This was to lead to the First Indochina War.
• 1955 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
• 1959 – French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
• 1963 – The BBC broadcasts the first episode of Doctor Who (starring William Hartnell), which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
• 1971 – Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
• 1972 – The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
• 1974 – Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
• 1976 – Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
• 1979 – In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
• 1980 – A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
• 1981 – Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• 1985 – Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
• 1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
• 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
• 2001 – The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
• 2003 – Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
• 2004 – The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
• 2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
• 2006 – A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
• 2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
• 2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines
• 2010 – Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
• 2011 – Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

Births[edit]

• 912 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
• 1221 – Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
• 1402 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
• 1417 – William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
• 1553 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
• 1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
• 1632 – Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (d. 1707)
• 1641 – Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (d. 1720)
• 1687 – Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French violinist and composer (d. 1730)
• 1705 – Thomas Birch, English historian and author (d. 1766)
• 1715 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author (d. 1799)
• 1719 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
• 1749 – Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1800)
• 1760 – François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist (d. 1797)
• 1781 – Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg (d. 1847)
• 1785 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1853)
• 1803 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist (d. 1895)
• 1804 – Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
• 1820 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author (d. 1884)
• 1837 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
• 1838 – Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1928)
• 1859 – Billy the Kid, American criminal (d. 1881)
• 1860 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
• 1864 – Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (d. 1936)
• 1869 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
• 1871 – William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (d. 1946)
• 1875 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1933)
• 1876 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1946)
• 1878 – Frank Pick, English businessman (d. 1941)
• 1883 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
• 1886 – Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Boris Karloff, English actor and singer (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist (d. 1915)
• 1888 – Harpo Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
• 1889 – Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman (d. 1964)
• 1890 – El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (d. 1941)
• 1892 – Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer (d. 1990)
• 1896 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English historian, author, and critic (d. 1999)
• 1897 – Karl Gebhardt, German physician (d. 1948)
• 1899 – Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Aaron Bank, American colonel (d. 2004)
• 1902 – Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (d. 1982)
• 1905 – K. Alvapillai, Ceylonese civil servant (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986)
• 1907 – Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (d. 2014)
• 1908 – Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006)
• 1909 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (d. 2000)
• 1912 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Roger Avon, English actor (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Donald Nixon, American businessman (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author (d. 2006)
• 1915 – John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Marc Simont, French-American illustrator (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Michael Gough, English actor (d. 2011)
• 1916 – P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Paul Celan, Ukrainian-French poet (d. 1970)
• 1920 – Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
• 1921 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
• 1922 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Gloria Whelan, American author and poet
• 1924 – Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Anita Linda, Filipino actress
• 1924 – Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994)
• 1925 – José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Johnny Mandel, American composer
• 1925 – Elaine Horseman, English author (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011)
• 1926 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1927 – John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal
• 1928 – Jerry Bock, American composer (d. 2010)
• 1928 – John Coleman, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1973)
• 1928 – Kalmer Tennosaar, Estonian singer and journalist (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and author
• 1929 – Gloria Lynne, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Geeta Dutt, Indian singer
• 1930 – Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager
• 1932 – Michel David-Weill, French banker
• 1933 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor
• 1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist (d. 1977)
• 1934 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1935 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1936 – Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author
• 1937 – Graham Hearne, English businessman
• 1938 – Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
• 1938 – Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1941 – Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
• 1941 – Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer
• 1942 – Susan Anspach, American actress
• 1943 – Andrew Goodman, American activist (d. 1964)
• 1943 – Sue Nicholls, English actress
• 1943 – David Nolan, American activist and politician (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
• 1944 – James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Peter Lindbergh, German photographer and filmmaker
• 1945 – Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
• 1945 – Keith Hampshire, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host
• 1945 – Jerry Harris, American sculptor
• 1945 – Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
• 1945 – Tony Pond, English race car driver (d. 2002)
• 1946 – George Falconer, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
• 1946 – Diana Quick, English actress
• 1946 – Bobby Rush, American soldier and politician
• 1947 – Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host
• 1948 – Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter
• 1948 – Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager
• 1949 – Tom Joyner, American radio host
• 1949 – Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Manhattan Transfer)
• 1949 – Sandra Stevens, English singer (Brotherhood of Man)
• 1949 – Jerry verDorn, American actor
• 1950 – Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
• 1950 – Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic
• 1950 – Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician
• 1951 – Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1951 – David Rappaport, English-American actor (d. 1990)
• 1952 – Bill Troiano, American tuba player
• 1953 – Rick Bayless, American chef and author
• 1953 – Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
• 1953 – Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (d. 2014)
• 1954 – Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist
• 1954 – Ross Brawn, English engineer
• 1954 – Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
• 1954 – Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Other Ones)
• 1954 – Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist
• 1955 – Steven Brust, American author
• 1955 – Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
• 1955 – Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1955 – Mary Landrieu, American politician
• 1956 – Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach
• 1959 – Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor and singer
• 1959 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
• 1960 – Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist
• 1961 – Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
• 1961 – Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1961 – John Schnatter, American businessman, founded Papa John's Pizza
• 1961 – Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
• 1962 – Lance King, American singer-songwriter and producer (Avian, Balance of Power, Shining Star, and Empire)
• 1962 – Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela
• 1963 – Mamoru Takuma, Japanese murderer (d. 2004)
• 1964 – Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper
• 1965 – Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet
• 1965 – J. T. the Brick, American radio host
• 1966 – Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer
• 1966 – Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1966 – Jerry Kelly, American golfer
• 1967 – Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach
• 1967 – Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer
• 1968 – Robert Denmark, English runner
• 1968 – Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer, linguist, and academic
• 1968 – Anthony Sullivan, English rugby player
• 1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist
• 1969 – Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
• 1969 – Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Üllar Saaremäe, Estonian actor, singer, and director
• 1969 – Jonathan Seet, Singaporean-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
• 1970 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
• 1970 – Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
• 1970 – Karsten Müller, German chess player and author
• 1971 – Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1971 – Lisa Arch, American actress
• 1971 – Vin Baker, American basketball player
• 1971 – Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host
• 1971 – Sajid Khan, Indian actor and singer
• 1972 – Chris Adler, American drummer (Lamb of God and Blotted Science)
• 1972 – Veronica Avluv, American porn actress
• 1972 – Alf-Inge Håland, Norwegian footballer
• 1974 – Juventud Guerrera, Mexican wrestler
• 1974 – Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1974 – Malik Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Jamie Sharper, American football player
• 1976 – Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
• 1976 – Tony Renna, American race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1976 – Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler
• 1977 – Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
• 1977 – Adam Eaton, American baseball player
• 1978 – Ali Güneş, German-Turkish footballer
• 1978 – Alison Mosshart, American singer-songwriter (The Kills, The Dead Weather, and Discount)
• 1978 – Kayvan Novak, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Kelly Brook, English model and actress
• 1979 – Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1980 – Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean-American soldier and author
• 1980 – David Britz, American nanotechnologist and engineer
• 1980 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
• 1982 – Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby player
• 1982 – Igor Kuzmin, Estonian rower
• 1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
• 1983 – Nasser Al-Shamrani, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1983 – Thomas Pridgen, American drummer (The Memorials, The Mars Volta, and Trash Talk)
• 1983 – Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer
• 1984 – Lucas Grabeel, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1984 – Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress
• 1985 – Viktor Ahn, South Korean speed skater
• 1985 – Scott Brash, Scottish horse rider
• 1985 – Mike Tolbert, American football player
• 1986 – Maxene Magalona, Filipino actress
• 1986 – Luigi Scaglia, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Snooki, Chilean-American actress and author
• 1987 – Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Ossi Kanervo, Finnish figure skater
• 1988 – Saab Magalona, Filipino actress and singer
• 1988 – Sebastian Nachreiner, German footballer
• 1990 – Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater
• 1991 – Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer
• 1992 – Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 – Go Eun-bi, South Korean singer (Ladies' Code) (d. 2014)
• 1992 – Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1996 – Lia Marie Johnson, American actress
• 1996 – Nicholas McDonald, Scottish singer
• 1996 – Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
• 1998 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 947 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 900)
• 955 – Eadred, English king (b. 923)
• 1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1372)
• 1457 – Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440)
• 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, Flemish royal imposter (b. 1474)
• 1503 – Bona of Savoy (b. 1449)
• 1503 – Margaret of York (b. 1446)
• 1572 – Bronzino, Italian painter and poet (b. 1503)
• 1616 – Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author (b. 1552)
• 1682 – Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604)
• 1763 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1769 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711)
• 1803 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)
• 1804 – Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)
• 1804 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)
• 1807 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)
• 1814 – Elbridge Gerry, American politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
• 1833 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
• 1890 – William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
• 1899 – Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)
• 1905 – John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
• 1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)
• 1923 – Urmuz, Romanian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 – Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 – Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 – Miklós Kovács Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1948 – Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1956 – William von Wirén, Estonian sailor (b. 1894)
• 1958 – Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1966 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1970 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
• 1972 – Marie Wilson, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 – victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
  • Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician (b. 1918)
  • Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924)
  • Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912)
  • Asrate Medhin Kassa, Ethiopian commander (b. 1922)
  • Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927)
• 1974 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1976 – André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1982 – Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)
• 1983 – Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899)
• 1983 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1984 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931)
• 1990 – Roald Dahl, Welsh-English pilot, author, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
• 1991 – Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director (b. 1926)
• 1992 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Art Barr, American wrestler (b. 1966)
• 1994 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1994 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter and publisher (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1996 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943)
• 1996 – Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Dan Osman, American rock climber (b. 1963)
• 1997 – Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (b. 1939)
• 2000 – Rayner Unwin, English publisher (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 2001 – O. C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
• 2001 – Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1911)
• 2004 – Pete Franklin, American radio host (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine (b. 1936)
• 2006 – Nick Clarke, English journalist (b. 1948)
• 2006 – Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
• 2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• 2007 – Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1936)
• 2009 – José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Juzefas Jurgelevičius, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Joyce Howard, English-American actress (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress and author (b. 1937)
• 2010 – James Tyler, American lute player and composer (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Veerapandy S. Arumugam, Indian politician (b. 1937)
• 2012 – José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Chuck Diering, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Lawrence Guyot, American activist (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Tadeusz Kwapień, Polish skier (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Go Native, Irish race horse (b. 2003)
• 2012 – Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Nikolai Kondratenko, Russian politician, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 2013 – Peter B. Lewis, American businessman (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Wayne Mills, American singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
• 2013 – Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Delbert Tibbs, American poet and activist (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian feast day:
  • Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church)
  • Columbanus
  • Felicitas of Rome
  • Pope Clement I (Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church)
  • Miguel Agustín Pro (Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church)
  • November 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which Black Friday can fall, while November 29 is the latest; observed on the day after Thanksgiving. (United States), and its related observances.
• Feast of Qawl (Speech) – The first day of the 14th month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith)
• Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan)
• Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia)
• St George's Day (Georgia) or Giorgoba (Georgia)
• International Day to End Impunity

• 380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
• 1227 – Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
• 1248 – In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe.
• 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
• 1542 – Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
• 1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
• 1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
• 1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
• 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called "Evolution Day".
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
• 1906 – A 13-6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
• 1917 – In Milwaukee, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
• 1922 – Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
• 1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
• 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
• 1940 – World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• 1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
• 1943 – World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
• 1944 – World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
• 1950 – The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 353 people would die as a result of the storm.
• 1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
• 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
• 1963 – In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters.
• 1965 – Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
• 1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
• 1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
• 1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
• 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
• 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
• 1976 – The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
• 2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
• 2013 – Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

Births[edit]

• 1273 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (d. 1284)
• 1394 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (d. 1465)
• 1420 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English knight (d. 1473)
• 1583 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (d. 1641)
• 1615 – Philip William, Elector Palatine, German son of Magdalene of Bavaria (d. 1690)
• 1630 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (d. 1718)
• 1632 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 1677)
• 1655 – Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
• 1690 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (d. 1750)
• 1712 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (d. 1789)
• 1712 – Ali II ibn Hussein, Tunisian ruler (d. 1782)
• 1713 – Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (d. 1784)
• 1713 – Laurence Sterne, Irish clergyman and author (d. 1768)
• 1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony (d. 1760)
• 1729 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
• 1745 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1792)
• 1774 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, educator, and author (d. 1857)
• 1784 – Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1801 – Ludwig Bechstein, German author and poet (d. 1860)
• 1806 – William Webb Ellis, English clergyman, created Rugby football (d. 1872)
• 1811 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1890)
• 1812 – Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer (d. 1848)
• 1812 – Christian Hansen Vennemoe, Norwegian politician (d. 1901)
• 1815 – Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
• 1826 – Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1890)
• 1833 – Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (d. 1891)
• 1849 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American playwright and author (d. 1924)
• 1857 – Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (d. 1937)
• 1859 – Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (d. 1934)
• 1864 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (d. 1901)
• 1867 – Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (d. 1916)
• 1867 – Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (d. 1917)
• 1869 – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
• 1873 – Julius Martov, Russian politician (d. 1923)
• 1874 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and referee (d. 1953)
• 1876 – Walter Burley Griffin, American architect, designed Canberra (d. 1937)
• 1877 – Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
• 1877 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (d. 1941)
• 1881 – Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
• 1882 – Nikolai Janson, Russian politician (d. 1938)
• 1884 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (d. 1963)
• 1885 – Theodor Altermann, Estonian actor, director, and producer (d. 1915)
• 1885 – Christian Wirth, German SS officer (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (d. 1960)
• 1887 – Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (d. 1973)
• 1888 – Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist and author (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Charles F. Hurley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
• 1894 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1897 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic (d. 1966)
• 1904 – Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian surgeon and captain (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (d. 2009)
• 1911 – Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Joe Medwick, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
• 1912 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992)
• 1912 – Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1912 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Howard Duff, American actor and director (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli jurist, academic, and diplomat (d. 2010)
• 1919 – David Kossoff, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1921 – John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Claus Moser, Baron Moser, German-English statistician and academic
• 1922 – Martin Poll, American film and television producer (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Lorne Munroe, American cellist
• 1925 – William F. Buckley, Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
• 1929 – George Moscone, American politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco
• 1930 – Bob Friend, American baseball player
• 1931 – Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Fred Titmus, English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
• 1933 – John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1935 – Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain
• 1935 – Ron Dellums, American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland
• 1935 – Mordicai Gerstein, American author, illustrator, and director
• 1938 – Willy Claes, Belgian politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
• 1938 – Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1938 – Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (d. 1959)
• 1940 – Elizabeth Filkin, English civil servant
• 1940 – Don Metz, American architect
• 1940 – Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman
• 1940 – Eric Wilson, Canadian author
• 1941 – Pete Best, English drummer and songwriter (The Beatles and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars)
• 1941 – Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Mar-Keys, and The Blues Brothers) (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, actor, and singer (The Humblebums)
• 1942 – Marlin Fitzwater, American journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary
• 1942 – Andrew Stunell, English politician
• 1943 – Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit
• 1943 – Richard Tee, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Stuff) (d. 1993)
• 1943 – Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Incredible String Band)
• 1944 – Candy Darling, American model and actress (d. 1974)
• 1944 – Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Foreign Minister of Nigeria
• 1944 – Dan Glickman, American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1945 – Lee Michaels, American singer and keyboard player (The Sentinals)
• 1946 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
• 1946 – Penny Jordan, English author (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Dwight Schultz, American actor
• 1947 – Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player (Caravan, Hatfield and the North, The Wilde Flowers, Matching Mole, and The Polite Force)
• 1948 – Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic
• 1948 – Steve Yeager, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 – Shane Bourne, Australian comedian, actor, and television host
• 1949 – Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician
• 1949 – Sally Davies, English haematologist, Chief Medical Officer for England
• 1949 – Linda Tripp, American civil servant
• 1950 – Roscoe Born, American actor
• 1950 – Stanley Livingston, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Mimis Androulakis, Greek author and politician
• 1951 – Chet Edwards, American businessman and politician
• 1951 – Margaret Mountford, Irish lawyer and businesswoman
• 1951 – Graham Price, Egyptian-Welsh rugby player
• 1952 – Norbert Haug, German journalist and businessman
• 1952 – Thierry Lhermitte, French actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Jim Sheridan, Scottish politician
• 1953 – Glenn Withrow, American actor
• 1954 – Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Ian Botham, English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster
• 1955 – Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie, Ramones, The Adult Net, and The Romantics)
• 1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
• 1955 – Najib Mikati, Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1955 – Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer and author
• 1956 – Sven Grünberg, Estonian singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Denise Crosby, American actress
• 1957 – Edward Stourton, English journalist
• 1958 – Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Alain Chabat, French actor and director
• 1958 – Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1959 – Todd Brooker, Canadian skier
• 1959 – Robert Jüttner, German footballer
• 1960 – Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer (Strength in Numbers)
• 1960 – Amanda Wyss, American actress
• 1961 – Carlos Carnero, Spanish politician
• 1961 – Arundhati Roy, Indian author and activist
• 1962 – John Kovalic, English author and illustrator
• 1962 – John Squire, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stone Roses and The Seahorses)
• 1962 – Paul Thorburn, German-Welsh rugby player and manager
• 1962 – Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1962 – Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer
• 1964 – Garret Dillahunt, American actor
• 1964 – Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack and Another Animal)
• 1964 – Brad Sherwood, American actor and game show host
• 1965 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress and singer
• 1966 – Russell Watson, English tenor
• 1967 – Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer-songwriter (Royal Hunt and Evil Masquerade)
• 1967 – Cal Eldred, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Todd Beamer, American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
• 1968 – Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1969 – David Adeang, Nauruan lawyer and politician
• 1969 – Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter (Cryptic Slaughter and Danzig)
• 1970 – Doug Brien, American football player
• 1970 – Julieta Venegas, American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1970 – Ashley Ward, English footballer
• 1971 – Cosmas Ndeti, Kenyan runner
• 1971 – Keith Primeau, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1972 – Marek Lemsalu, Estonian footballer
• 1974 – Stephen Merchant, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Machel Montano, Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer (Xtatik)
• 1974 – Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor and politician
• 1974 – Dave Aizer, American television host and producer
• 1975 – Thomas Kohnstamm, American author
• 1976 – Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
• 1977 – Colin Hanks, American actor
• 1977 – Olle Kärner, Estonian orienteer
• 1977 – Celaleddin Koçak, German-Turkish footballer
• 1978 – Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Becca Barlow, American guitarist (BarlowGirl)
• 1979 – Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Beth Phoenix, American wrestler
• 1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player
• 1982 – Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player
• 1983 – Dean Ashton, English footballer
• 1983 – Lars Eckert, German rugby player
• 1983 – Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1983 – André Laurito, German footballer
• 1983 – José López, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
• 1984 – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier
• 1984 – Wolf Hudson, American porn actor and director
• 1985 – Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress and singer
• 1985 – Tony Hunt, American football player
• 1986 – Pedro León, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
• 1990 – Sarah Hyland, American actress
• 1990 – Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater
• 1993 – Ivi Adamou, Cypriot singer
• 1994 – Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer
• 1994 – Reece Mastin, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 2003 – Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealand meningococcal disease survivor

Deaths[edit]

• 654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
• 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, Saudi Arabian religious leader, 9th of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)
• 1072 – Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
• 1265 – Magnus Olafsson, Manx king
• 1326 – Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier (b. 1296)
• 1468 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
• 1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
• 1572 – John Knox, Scottish pastor and theologian (b. 1510)
• 1583 – René de Birague, French cardinal (b. 1506)
• 1615 – Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
• 1650 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1566)
• 1675 – Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian religious leader, 9th Guru of Sikhs (b. 1621)
• 1722 – Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623)
• 1741 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
• 1770 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1775 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
• 1781 – James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734)
• 1793 – Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)
• 1801 – Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
• 1807 – Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742)
• 1848 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
• 1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet (b. 1846)
• 1885 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
• 1890 – August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
• 1916 – Hiram Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 – Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1920 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1922 – Robert Erskine Childers, Irish solder, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
• 1929 – Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1936 – Lucio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908)
• 1943 – Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 – Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1956 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
• 1958 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1960 – Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Marotrao Kannamwar, Indian politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
• 1964 – Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (b. 1884)
• 1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)
• 1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
• 1968 – D. A. Levy, American poet (b. 1942)
• 1973 – John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881)
• 1980 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
• 1980 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1895)
• 1982 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (b. 1936)
• 1985 – Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Jehane Benoît, Canadian author and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
• 1990 – Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1991 – Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (KISS) (b. 1950)
• 1991 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibari-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex) (b. 1946)
• 1993 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Hilary Minster, English actor (b. 1944)
• 2001 – Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (b. 1967)
• 2002 – John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Snowflake, Spanish gorilla (b. 1964)
• 2003 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2004 – James Wong, Chinese actor and songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Pat Morita, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2006 – George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
• 2008 – Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Chan Hung-lit, Chinese actor and director (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Abe Pollin, American businessman (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer and singer (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Alec Campbell, English-Botswana archaeologist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Ardeshir Cowasjee, Pakistani journalist and philanthropist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Tony Leblanc, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Frank Pittman, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Chris Stamp, English-American manager and producer (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player and manager (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Nicholas Turro, American chemist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Ernie Warlick, American football player (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Lorenzo Coleman, American basketball player (b. 1975)
• 2013 – Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (b. 1980)
• 2013 – Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2013 – June Keithley, Filipino actress and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Jean King, American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Wenceslao Sarmiento, Peruvian-American architect, designed the Phoenix Financial Center (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Charlie Ware, Jnr, Irish hurler (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian feast days:
  • Andrew Dũng-Lạc and other Vietnamese Martyrs
  • Chrysogonus (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Colmán of Cloyne (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Firmina (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Flavian of Ricina (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Mercurius (Eastern Church)
  • Justus Falckner, Jehu Jones, William Passavant (Lutheran)
  • November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Lachit Divas (Assam)
• Teachers' Day or Öğretmenler Günü (Turkey)
• The first day of Brumalia, celebrated until the winter solstice. (Roman Empire)

 Με δημιουργίες της Diane Von Furstenberg 

To wrap dress (το δετό φόρεμα) της Diane Von Frustenberg γιορτάζει τα 40 του χρόνια.

Kαι εκτός από την έκθεση που ταξιδεύει ανά τον κόσμο, η σχεδιάστρια είπε να τιμήσει την επέτειο και με μια άλλη ξεχωριστή καμπάνια στα social media: Διασημότητες από όλο τον κόσμο φορούν τα αγαπημένα τους wrap dresses, αποκαλύπτοντας προσωπικές λεπτομέρειες, όπως το πού το πρωτοφόρεσαν. Ανάμεσά τους και οι γόνοι δύο γνωστών οικογενειών: Η εγγονή του τέως βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου και η Ευγενία Νιάρχου.

«Imagine, Believe, Achieve» («Οραματίσου τον στόχο σου, πίστεψέ τον, κατάκτησέ τον») ήταν το απόφθεγμα που επέλεξε να συνοδεύσει τη φωτογραφία της η Ευγενία Νιάρχου, ενώ η Μαρία-Ολυμπία αντιμετώπισε τον φωτογραφικό φακό με το δικό της πορτοκαλί-μαύρο wrap φόρεμα, συνοδεύοντας τη φωτογραφία με το αγαπημένο της σλόγκαν ζωής «Give out what you want to get back» («Δώσε ό,τι ακριβώς θέλεις να εισπράξεις»).

Η επιλογή της Μαρίας-Ολυμπίας πάντως μόνο τυχαία δεν είναι, καθώς με την Diane Von Fursternberg υπάρχουν συγγενικοί δεσμοί. Συγκεκριμένα, η αδελφή της Μαρί Σαντάλ (μητέρας της Μαρίας-Ολυμπίας), Αλεξάνδρα, έχει παντρευτεί τον γιο της γνωστής σχεδιάστριας.