November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 51 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
- 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang.
- 1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
- 1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
- 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.
- 1599 – Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen noblemen who opposed Duke Charles are decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) for their involvement in the War against Sigismund.[2]
1601–1900
- 1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
- 1674 – Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.
- 1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
- 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
- 1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
- 1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
- 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
- 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
- 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"[3]
- 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
1901–present
- 1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
- 1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
- 1939 – Finnish author F. E. Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.[4]
- 1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
- 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
- 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
- 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
- 1946 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people.[5]
- 1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
- 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
- 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
- 1967 – The Nauru Independence Act 1967 passed the Parliament of Australia, giving independence to the UN Trust Territory of Nauru with effect from 31 January 1968.[6]
- 1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
- 1970 – Luna 17: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union.[3]
- 1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
- 1971 – A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board.[7]
- 1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
- 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
- 1975 – Treaty of Osimo between Yugoslavia and Italy[8]
- 1975 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.[9]
- 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario.
- 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
- 1985 – A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight.[10]
- 1989 – Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
- 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
- 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
- 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 1999 – World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne.[11]
- 2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.
- 2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
- 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
- 2008 – Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
- 2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
- 2019 – President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.
- 2020 – Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.[12][13][14][15]
Births
Pre-1600
- 745 – Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (d. 799)[16]
- 1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)
- 1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)[17]
- 1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)[18]
- 1480 – Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517)
- 1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)
- 1489 – Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568)
- 1490 – John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)
- 1520 – Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1580)
- 1547 – Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1601)
- 1565 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)
- 1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)
- 1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
- 1584 – Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (d. 1638)
1601–1900
- 1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)
- 1668 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)
- 1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
- 1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
- 1697 – William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)
- 1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)
- 1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774)
- 1735 – Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)
- 1755 – Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)
- 1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and playwright (d. 1805)[3]
- 1764 – Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)
- 1779 – Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851)[19]
- 1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)
- 1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)
- 1810 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)
- 1826 – Jacob Hamburger, German rabbi and author (d. 1911)[20]
- 1834 – José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)
- 1836 – Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (d. 1923)[21]
- 1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)
- 1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
- 1848 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)
- 1851 – Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)
- 1858 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
- 1861 – Amy Levy (d. 1889) First Jewish student at Cambridge University[22]
- 1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)
- 1871 – Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1947)[23]
- 1873 – Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)
- 1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
- 1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- 1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)
- 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)
- 1880 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)
- 1884 – Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954)
- 1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
- 1887 – Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973)
- 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)
- 1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (d. 1972)
- 1889 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1890 – Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group[24]
- 1891 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
- 1893 – John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)
- 1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957)
- 1895 – József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)
- 1895 – Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)
- 1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
- 1899 – Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
1901–present
- 1906 – Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1907 – Jane Froman, American actress and singer (d. 1980)
- 1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)
- 1908 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
- 1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)
- 1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)
- 1910 – Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
- 1913 – Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000)
- 1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)
- 1916 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)
- 1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
- 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)
- 1919 – Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (d. 1945)
- 1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)
- 1920 – Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)
- 1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935)
- 1924 – Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (d. 1984)[25]
- 1927 – Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (d. 2022)[26]
- 1927 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)
- 1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (d. 2024)[27]
- 1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2020)
- 1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (d. 2022)[28]
- 1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (d. 2019)[29]
- 1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Tommy Banks, English footballer (d. 2024)[30][31]
- 1930 – Gene Conley, American baseball and basketball player (d. 2017)[32]
- 1931 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
- 1932 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996)
- 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1932 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)
- 1933 – Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (d. 2019)
- 1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
- 1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (d. 2020)
- 1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
- 1934 – Clio Maria Bittoni, Italian lawyer (d. 2024)[33]
- 1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
- 1935 – Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (d. 2018)[34]
- 1937 – Albert Hall, American actor[35]
- 1938 – Robert Moreland, American college basketball coach (Texas Southern Tigers) (d. 2024)[36]
- 1939 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist (d. 2022)
- 1939 – Russell Means, American activist, actor, and musician (d. 2012)[25]
- 1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
- 1940 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
- 1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
- 1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
- 1943 – Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player (d. 2020)
- 1944 – Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
- 1944 – Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic
- 1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician
- 1944 – Tim Rice, English lyricist and author[3]
- 1945 – Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
- 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[3]
- 1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)
- 1947 – Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)[25]
- 1947 – Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[25] (d. 2024)[37]
- 1948 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic
- 1948 – Luciano Sušanj, Croatian Olympic runner and politician (d. 2024)[38]
- 1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
- 1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)
- 1949 – Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020)[39]
- 1949 – Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949 – Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
- 1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
- 1950 – Jack Scalia, American actor[35]
- 1950 – Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 – John Williamson, American basketball player (d. 1996)[40]
- 1953 – Les Miles, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player
- 1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach
- 1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter[3]
- 1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
- 1956 – Sinbad, American comedian and actor[3]
- 1957 – Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
- 1958 – Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic
- 1958 – Stephen Herek, American director and producer
- 1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager
- 1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)
- 1958 – Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress[3]
- 1959 – Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager
- 1960 – Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter[3]
- 1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1960 – Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)
- 1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician
- 1961 – Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
- 1961 – John Walton, English darts player
- 1962 – Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1962 – Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter
- 1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor[3]
- 1963 – Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian[35]
- 1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach
- 1963 – Mike Powell, American long jumper
- 1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach
- 1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
- 1965 – Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1967 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)
- 1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor[3]
- 1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host
- 1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach
- 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor
- 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress[3]
- 1970 – Warren G, American rapper and producer[41]
- 1970 – U-God, American rapper
- 1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
- 1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
- 1971 – Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
- 1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer[3]
- 1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player
- 1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player[42]
- 1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
- 1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee
- 1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer
- 1975 – Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[35]
- 1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
- 1976 – Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
- 1976 – Sergio González, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Jaroslav Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player[43]
- 1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
- 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
- 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009)[25]
- 1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
- 1978 – Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician[44]
- 1978 – Diplo, American DJ, songwriter, and producer[25]
- 1978 – Eve, American rapper and producer[35]
- 1978 – Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player[45]
- 1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor
- 1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian bass player[35]
- 1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer
- 1979 – Kelly Santos, Brazilian basketball player[46]
- 1979 – Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer
- 1980 – Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer
- 1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player[47]
- 1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
- 1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner
- 1981 – Ryback, American wrestler
- 1981 – Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer
- 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress[35]
- 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[3]
- 1983 – Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer (d. 2020)
- 1984 – Kazuhisa Makita, Japanese baseball player[48]
- 1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
- 1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
- 1984 – Ahmed Fathy, Egyptian footballer[49]
- 1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
- 1985 – Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer
- 1986 – Aaron Crow, American baseball player
- 1986 – Josh Peck, American actor[35]
- 1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer
- 1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer
- 1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player
- 1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011)
- 1987 – D. J. Augustin, American basketball player[50]
- 1987 – Sam Malsom, English footballer
- 1987 – Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress
- 1987 – Charles Hamilton, American rapper
- 1987 – Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress
- 1988 – Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 – Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
- 1989 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
- 1989 – Brendon Hartley, New Zealand race car driver
- 1989 – Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
- 1989 – Jacob Pullen, American basketball player[51]
- 1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer
- 1990 – Zach Ertz, American football player[52]
- 1990 – Leo, South Korean singer
- 1990 – Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer
- 1990 – Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
- 1991 – Tony Snell, American basketball player[53]
- 1992 – Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer
- 1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
- 1992 – Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer
- 1992 – Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer
- 1992 – Wilfried Zaha, Ivorian footballer
- 1993 – Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1994 – Zoey Deutch, American actress[35]
- 1994 – Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter[54]
- 1994 – Claudio Dias, English footballer
- 1995 – Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1995 – Ryan Peniston, British tennis player[55]
- 1996 – Drew Lock, American football player[56]
- 1997 – Federico Dimarco, Italian footballer[57]
- 1997 – Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast[58]
- 1997 – Maurice Gomis, Italian-Senegalese footballer[59]
- 1997 – Daniel James, Welsh footballer[60]
- 1997 – Giovanna Scoccimarro, German judoka[61]
- 1997 – Yuriy Vakulko, Ukrainian footballer[62]
- 1998 – Karen Villanueva, Mexican rhythmic gymnast[63]
- 1999 – Armand Duplantis, Swedish-American pole vaulter[64]
- 1999 – Michael Cimino, American actor[25]
- 1999 – João Félix, Portuguese footballer[65]
- 1999 – Michael J. Keplinger, Austrian musician and filmmaker[66]
- 1999 – Kiernan Shipka, American actress[35]
- 2000 – Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model[35]
- 2000 – Scotty Pippen Jr., American basketball player[67]
- 2002 – Eduardo Camavinga, French footballer[68]
- 2009 – Christian Convery, Canadian actor[25]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 461 – Pope Leo I[69]
- 474 – Leo II, Byzantine emperor (b. 467)
- 901 – Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
- 948 – Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
- 1066 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
- 1068 – Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
- 1187 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles
- 1241 – Pope Celestine IV
- 1258 – William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow
- 1290 – Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222)
- 1293 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)
- 1299 – John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)
- 1444 – Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)
- 1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
- 1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)
1601–1900
- 1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)
- 1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)
- 1644 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579)
- 1659 – Afzal Khan, Indian commander
- 1673 – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
- 1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
- 1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
- 1772 – Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
- 1777 – Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
- 1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
- 1852 – Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790)
- 1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (b. 1823)
- 1869 – John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)
- 1873 – Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (b. circa 1794)
- 1887 – Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
- 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)
1901–present
- 1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
- 1928 – Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
- 1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
- 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
- 1941 – Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)[70]
- 1944 – Claude Rodier, physicist (b. 1903) [71]
- 1946 – Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
- 1956 – Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
- 1962 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
- 1963 – Klára Dán von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
- 1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)
- 1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
- 1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
- 1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)
- 1987 – Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
- 1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
- 1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- 1991 – Marjorie Abbatt, English toy-maker and businesswoman (b. 1899)[72]
- 1991 – William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)
- 1994 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (b. 1904)[73]
- 1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
- 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
- 1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
- 2000 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
- 2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)
- 2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907)
- 2004 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- 2006 – Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954)
- 2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
- 2006 – Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919)
- 2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962)
- 2006 – Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907)
- 2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
- 2009 – Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
- 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
- 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)
- 2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942)
- 2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
- 2012 – John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926)
- 2013 – John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922)
- 2013 – John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)
- 2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952)
- 2015 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918)
- 2015 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938)
- 2020 – Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (b. 1955)[74]
- 2021 – Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)[75]
- 2022 – Kevin Conroy, American voice actor, longtime voice of Batman (b. 1955) [76]
In pop Culture
- Jonathan Osterman returns to the land of the living as Doctor Manhattan in Watchmen. [77]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Cry of Independence Day (Panama)
- Day of Remembrance of Atatürk (Turkey)
- Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia)
- Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan
- Martinisingen (Germany)
- United States Marine Corps birthday (United States)[78]
- World Keratoconus Day[79][80]
- World Science Day for Peace and Development[81]
References
External links
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