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November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 32 days remain until the end of the year.
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| 2016 (Tuesday) |
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| 2014 (Saturday) |
Pre-1600
- 528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.[1]
- 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.[2]
- 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.[3]
- 903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.[4]
- 1114 – A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.[5]
- 1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.[6]
1601–1900
- 1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.[7]
- 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.[8]
- 1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.[9]
- 1776 – During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.[10]
- 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.[11]
- 1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.[12]
- 1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.[13]
- 1807 – John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.[14]
- 1830 – An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.[15]
- 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.[16]
- 1847 – Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.[17]
- 1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.[18]
- 1863 – Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders in the American Civil War.[19]
- 1864 – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.[20]
- 1864 – The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill.[21]
- 1872 – The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.[22]
- 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.[23]
- 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.[24]
- 1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.[25]
1901–present
- 1922 – The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia[26]
- 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.[27]
- 1943 – The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).[28]
- 1944 – Albania is liberated by the Partisans.[29]
- 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.[30]
- 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.[31]
- 1947 – French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.[32]
- 1952 – U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.[33]
- 1961 – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.[34]
- 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[35]
- 1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.[36]
- 1963 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.[37]
- 1967 – U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.[38]
- 1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.[39]
- 1982 – Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.[40] [41]
- 1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.[42]
- 1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.[43]
- 2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.[44]
- 2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.[45]
- 2013 – LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.[46]
Pre-1600
- 826 – William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)[47]
- 1310 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (d. 1361)[48]
- 1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)[49]
- 1422 – Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (d. 1460)[50]
- 1463 – Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (d. 1534)[51]
- 1528 – Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (d. 1592)[52]
1601–1900
- 1627 – John Ray, English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)[53]
- 1690 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1747)[54]
- 1705 – Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)[55]
- 1752 – The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (d. 1819)[56]
- 1762 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)[57]
- 1781 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)[58]
- 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)[59]
- 1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (d. 1877)[60]
- 1798 – Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (d. 1864)[61]
- 1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)[62]
- 1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)[63]
- 1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)[64]
- 1803 – Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (d. 1879)[65]
- 1816 – Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)[66]
- 1817 – William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (d. 1901)[67]
- 1818 – George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)[68]
- 1823 – La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)[69]
- 1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)[70]
- 1827 – William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (d. 1889)[71][72]
- 1831 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)[73]
- 1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (d. 1888)[74]
- 1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)[75]
- 1843 – Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (d. 1932)[76]
- 1849 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)[77]
- 1856 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)[78]
- 1857 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)[79]
- 1861 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (d. 1917)[80]
- 1873 – Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)[81]
- 1874 – Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)[82]
- 1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)[83]
- 1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)[84]
- 1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)[85]
- 1881 – Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (d. 1944)[86]
- 1882 – Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)[87]
- 1891 – Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1964)[88]
- 1895 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)[89]
- 1895 – William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)[90]
- 1898 – C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1963)[91]
- 1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (d. 1988)[92]
- 1899 – Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (d. 2017)[93]
- 1900 – Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988)[94]
1901–present
- 1904 – Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (d. 1991)[95]
- 1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (d. 1991)[96]
- 1906 – Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (b. 1999)[97]
- 1908 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)[98]
- 1910 – Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (d. 2006)[99]
- 1910 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961)[100]
- 1915 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (d. 2008)[101]
- 1915 – Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)[102]
- 1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (d. 2000)[103]
- 1917 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)[104]
- 1917 – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)[105]
- 1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (d. 2007)[106]
- 1919 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (d. 2013)[107]
- 1920 – Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 2021)[108]
- 1920 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)[109]
- 1921 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (d. 2020)[110]
- 1922 – Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)[111]
- 1923 – Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (d. 2008)[112]
- 1925 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)[113]
- 1926 – Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)[114]
- 1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (d. 2022)[115]
- 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (d. 2021)[116]
- 1928 – Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)[117]
- 1929 – Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (d. 2012)[118]
- 1929 – Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (d. 2012)[119]
- 1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster[120]
- 1930 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)[121]
- 1930 – Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician[122]
- 1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)[123]
- 1932 – Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (d. 2019)[124]
- 1932 – Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (d. 2019)[125]
- 1932 – John Gary, American singer and television host (d. 1998)[126]
- 1933 – John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[127] (d. 2024)[128]
- 1933 – James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (d. 2017)[129]
- 1934 – Willie Morris, American writer (d. 1999)[130]
- 1935 – Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (d. 2018)[131]
- 1936 – Gregory Gillespie, American painter (d. 2000)[132]
- 1936 – Bill Jenkins, American politician[133]
- 1937 – Eric Barnes, English footballer (d. 2014)[134]
- 1938 – Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst[135]
- 1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)[136]
- 1939 – Meco, American record producer and musician[137] (d. 2023)[138]
- 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2007)[139]
- 1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)[140]
- 1940 – Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer[141]
- 1940 – Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge[142]
- 1940 – Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic[143]
- 1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)[144]
- 1942 – Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)[145]
- 1942 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)[146]
- 1942 – John Grillo, English actor and playwright[147]
- 1943 – Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)[148]
- 1943 – Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer[149]
- 1944 – Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[150]
- 1945 – Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist[151]
- 1946 – Suzy Chaffee, American skier[152]
- 1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist[153]
- 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)[154]
- 1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)[155]
- 1948 – Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician[156]
- 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster[157]
- 1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)[158]
- 1949 – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)[159]
- 1950 – Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer[160]
- 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (d. 2012)[161]
- 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter[162]
- 1951 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)[163]
- 1952 – John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (d. 2020)[164]
- 1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer[165]
- 1953 – Alex Grey, American visual artist and author[166]
- 1953 – Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter[167]
- 1953 – Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (d. 1996)[168]
- 1954 – Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter[169]
- 1954 – Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist[170]
- 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host[171]
- 1955 – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia[172]
- 1956 – Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2024)[173]
- 1956 – Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician[174]
- 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator[175]
- 1957 – Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker[176]
- 1958 – Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player[177]
- 1958 – John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana[178]
- 1959 – Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic[179]
- 1959 – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player[180]
- 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago[181]
- 1960 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)[182]
- 1960 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress[183]
- 1961 – Kim Delaney, American actress[184]
- 1961 – Tom Sizemore, American actor (d. 2023)[185]
- 1962 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)[186]
- 1962 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director[187]
- 1963 – Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer[188]
- 1963 – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman[189]
- 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor and producer[190]
- 1964 – Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer[191]
- 1965 – Lauren Child, English author[192]
- 1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress[193]
- 1966 – John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator[194]
- 1966 – Dru Pagliassotti, American author[195]
- 1966 – Sophia Rosenfeld, American author[196]
- 1967 – Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (d. 1987)[197]
- 1967 – Charles Smith, American basketball player[198]
- 1967 – Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet[199]
- 1968 – Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive[200]
- 1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer[184]
- 1968 – Andy Melville, Welsh footballer[201]
- 1968 – Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (d. 2018)[202]
- 1969 – Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer[203]
- 1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player[204]
- 1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director[205]
- 1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach[206]
- 1971 – David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist[207]
- 1971 – Steve May, American soldier and politician[208]
- 1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model[209]
- 1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer[210]
- 1972 – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster[211]
- 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager[212]
- 1973 – Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player[213]
- 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)[214]
- 1974 – Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright[215]
- 1974 – Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator[216]
- 1975 – Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer[217]
- 1975 – Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer[218]
- 1976 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)[219]
- 1976 – Anna Faris, American actress[220]
- 1977 – Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky[221]
- 1977 – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater[222]
- 1978 – Lauren German, American actress[223]
- 1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer[224]
- 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer[225]
- 1979 – The Game, American rapper[226]
- 1980 – Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer[227]
- 1980 – Dean Howell, English footballer[228]
- 1981 – Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer[229]
- 1981 – Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator[230]
- 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor[231]
- 1982 – Gemma Chan, English actress[232]
- 1983 – Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian[233]
- 1983 – Aylin Tezel, German actress[234]
- 1983 – Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach[235]
- 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player[236]
- 1985 – Dominic Roma, English footballer[237]
- 1986 – Asa Hall, English footballer[238]
- 1987 – Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach[239]
- 1988 – Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player[240]
- 1988 – Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder[241]
- 1988 – Damon Harrison, American football player[242]
- 1988 – Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer[243]
- 1988 – Russell Wilson, American football player[244]
- 1989 – Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer[245]
- 1990 – Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer[246]
- 1990 – Sheldon Richardson, American football player[247]
- 1990 – Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player[248]
- 1990 – Yacouba Sylla, French footballer[249]
- 1991 – Becky James, Welsh cyclist[250]
- 1992 – Ben Nugent, English footballer[251]
- 1993 – Stefon Diggs, American football player[252]
- 1994 – Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player[253]
- 1994 – Julius Randle, American basketball player[254]
- 1995 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer[255]
- 1995 – Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer[256]
- 1997 – Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player[257]
- 1998 – MJ Melendez, American baseball player[258]
- 1998 – Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player[259]
- 1998 – Lovie Simone, American actress[184]
- 2002 – Yunus Musah, American soccer player[260]
Pre-1600
- 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)[261]
- 524 – Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I, ruler of Palenque (b. 465)[262]
- 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)[2]
- 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)[263][264]
- 1253 – Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)[265]
- 1268 – Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1190)[266]
- 1314 – Philip IV, king of France (b. 1268)[267]
- 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)[268]
- 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)[269]
- 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)[270]
- 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473)[271]
- 1577 – Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (b. 1543)[272]
- 1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)[273]
- 1594 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)[274]
1601–1900
- 1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)[275]
- 1628 – John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (b. c. 1595)[276]
- 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)[277]
- 1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)[278]
- 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)[279]
- 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)[280]
- 1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)[281]
- 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)[282]
- 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)[283]
- 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)[284]
- 1780 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)[285]
- 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)[286]
- 1830 – Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (b. 1773)[287]
- 1846 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)[288]
- 1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)[17]
- 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)[289]
- 1894 – Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)[290]
1901–present
- 1901 – Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (b. 1824)[291]
- 1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1881)[292]
- 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)[293]
- 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)[294]
- 1932 – Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)[295]
- 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)[296]
- 1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)[297]
- 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)[298]
- 1942 – Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (b. 1916) [299]
- 1950 – Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (b. 1891)[300]
- 1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)[301]
- 1954 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)[302]
- 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)[303]
- 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)[304]
- 1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)[305]
- 1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)[306]
- 1974 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1898)[307]
- 1975 – Graham Hill plane crash
- Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)[308]
- Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)[308]
- 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)[309]
- 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)[310]
- 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)[311]
- 1984 – Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (b. 1907)[312]
- 1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (b. 1904)[313]
- 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)[314]
- 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)[315]
- 1991 – Joe Bonson, English footballer (b. 1936)[316]
- 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)[317]
- 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)[318]
- 1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)[319]
- 1996 – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (b. 1920)[320]
- 1997 – Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (b. 1918)[321]
- 1998 – George Van Eps, American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (b. 1913)[322]
- 1998 – Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (b. 1934)[323]
- 1999 – Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (b. 1900)[324]
- 1999 – John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)[325]
- 1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (b. 1917)[326]
- 1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)[327]
- 2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)[328]
- 2001 – Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)[329]
- 2001 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)[330]
- 2001 – John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)[331]
- 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)[332]
- 2003 – Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (b. 1932)[333]
- 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)[334]
- 2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)[335]
- 2004 – Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (b. 1929)[336]
- 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)[337]
- 2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)[338]
- 2006 – Ernie Tagg, English footballer (b. 1917)[339]
- 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)[340]
- 2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)[341]
- 2007 – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)[342]
- 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)[343]
- 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)[344]
- 2009 – Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (b. 1922).[345]
- 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)[346]
- 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)[347]
- 2010 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)[348]
- 2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)[349]
- 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)[350]
- 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)[351]
- 2011 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b. 1936)[352]
- 2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)[353]
- 2012 – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)[354]
- 2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)[355]
- 2013 – Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (b. 1925)[356]
- 2013 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)[357]
- 2013 – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)[358]
- 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)[359]
- 2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)[360]
- 2014 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1934)[361]
- 2015 – Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1930)[362]
- 2015 – Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926)[363]
- 2015 – Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (b. 1926)[364]
- 2015 – O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)[365]
- 2016 – Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)[366]
- 2016 – Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (b. 1927)[367]
- 2017 – Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945)[368]
- 2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)[369]
- 2020 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)[370]
- 2021 – Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945)[371]
- 2021 – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (b. 1925)[372]
- 2021 – LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (b. 1955)[373]
- 2022 – Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)[374]
- 2022 – Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (b. 1953/1954)[375]
- 2023 – Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (b. 1923)[376]
- 2023 – Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (b. 1934)[377]
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