November 29
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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.
| November 29 in recent years |
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| 2023 (Wednesday) |
| 2022 (Tuesday) |
| 2021 (Monday) |
| 2020 (Sunday) |
| 2019 (Friday) |
| 2018 (Thursday) |
| 2017 (Wednesday) |
| 2016 (Tuesday) |
| 2015 (Sunday) |
Events
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 – American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.[19]
- 1864 – Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.[20]
- 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign.[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 and world 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]
Births
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 – Mildred Rebstock, American medicinal chemist[107]
- 1919 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (d. 2013)[108]
- 1920 – Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 2021)[109]
- 1920 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)[110]
- 1921 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (d. 2020)[111]
- 1922 – Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)[112]
- 1923 – Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (d. 2008)[113]
- 1925 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)[114]
- 1926 – Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)[115]
- 1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (d. 2022)[116]
- 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (d. 2021)[117]
- 1928 – Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)[118]
- 1929 – Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (d. 2012)[119]
- 1929 – Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (d. 2012)[120]
- 1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster[121]
- 1930 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)[122]
- 1930 – Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician[123]
- 1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)[124]
- 1932 – Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (d. 2019)[125]
- 1932 – Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (d. 2019)[126]
- 1932 – John Gary, American singer and television host (d. 1998)[127]
- 1933 – John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[128] (d. 2024)[129]
- 1933 – James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (d. 2017)[130]
- 1934 – Willie Morris, American writer (d. 1999)[131]
- 1935 – Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (d. 2018)[132]
- 1936 – Gregory Gillespie, American painter (d. 2000)[133]
- 1936 – Bill Jenkins, American politician[134]
- 1937 – Eric Barnes, English footballer (d. 2014)[135]
- 1938 – Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst[136]
- 1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)[137]
- 1939 – Meco, American record producer and musician[138] (d. 2023)[139]
- 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2007)[140]
- 1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)[141]
- 1940 – Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer[142]
- 1940 – Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge[143]
- 1940 – Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic[144]
- 1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)[145]
- 1942 – Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)[146]
- 1942 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)[147]
- 1942 – John Grillo, English actor and playwright[148]
- 1943 – Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)[149]
- 1943 – Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer[150]
- 1944 – Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[151]
- 1945 – Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist[152]
- 1946 – Suzy Chaffee, American skier[153]
- 1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist[154]
- 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)[155]
- 1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)[156]
- 1948 – Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician[157]
- 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster[158]
- 1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)[159]
- 1949 – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)[160]
- 1950 – Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer[161]
- 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (d. 2012)[162]
- 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter[163]
- 1951 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)[164]
- 1952 – John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (d. 2020)[165]
- 1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer[166]
- 1953 – Alex Grey, American visual artist and author[167]
- 1953 – Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter[168]
- 1953 – Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (d. 1996)[169]
- 1954 – Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter[170]
- 1954 – Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist[171]
- 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host[172]
- 1955 – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia[173]
- 1956 – Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2024)[174]
- 1956 – Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician[175]
- 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator[176]
- 1957 – Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker[177]
- 1958 – Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player[178]
- 1958 – John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana[179]
- 1959 – Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic[180]
- 1959 – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player[181]
- 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago[182]
- 1960 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)[183]
- 1960 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress[184]
- 1961 – Kim Delaney, American actress[185]
- 1961 – Tom Sizemore, American actor (d. 2023)[186]
- 1962 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)[187]
- 1962 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director[188]
- 1963 – Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer[189]
- 1963 – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman[190]
- 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor and producer[191]
- 1964 – Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer[192]
- 1965 – Lauren Child, English author[193]
- 1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress[194]
- 1966 – John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator[195]
- 1966 – Dru Pagliassotti, American author[196]
- 1966 – Sophia Rosenfeld, American author[197]
- 1967 – Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (d. 1987)[198]
- 1967 – Charles Smith, American basketball player[199]
- 1967 – Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet[200]
- 1968 – Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive[201]
- 1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer[185]
- 1968 – Andy Melville, Welsh footballer[202]
- 1968 – Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (d. 2018)[203]
- 1969 – Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer[204]
- 1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player[205]
- 1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director[206]
- 1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach[207]
- 1971 – David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist[208]
- 1971 – Steve May, American soldier and politician[209]
- 1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model[210]
- 1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer[211]
- 1972 – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster[212]
- 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager[213]
- 1973 – Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player[214]
- 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)[215]
- 1974 – Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright[216]
- 1974 – Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator[217]
- 1975 – Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer[218]
- 1975 – Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer[219]
- 1976 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)[220]
- 1976 – Anna Faris, American actress[221]
- 1977 – Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky[222]
- 1977 – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater[223]
- 1978 – Lauren German, American actress[224]
- 1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer[225]
- 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer[226]
- 1979 – The Game, American rapper[227]
- 1980 – Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer[228]
- 1980 – Dean Howell, English footballer[229]
- 1981 – Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer[230]
- 1981 – Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator[231]
- 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor[232]
- 1982 – Gemma Chan, English actress[233]
- 1983 – Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian[234]
- 1983 – Aylin Tezel, German actress[235]
- 1983 – Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach[236]
- 1984 – Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and musician[237]
- 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player[238]
- 1985 – Dominic Roma, English footballer[239]
- 1986 – Asa Hall, English footballer[240]
- 1987 – Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach[241]
- 1988 – Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player[242]
- 1988 – Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder[243]
- 1988 – Damon Harrison, American football player[244]
- 1988 – Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer[245]
- 1988 – Russell Wilson, American football player[246]
- 1989 – Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer[247]
- 1990 – Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer[248]
- 1990 – Sheldon Richardson, American football player[249]
- 1990 – Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player[250]
- 1990 – Yacouba Sylla, French footballer[251]
- 1991 – Becky James, Welsh cyclist[252]
- 1992 – Ben Nugent, English footballer[253]
- 1993 – Stefon Diggs, American football player[254]
- 1994 – Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player[255]
- 1994 – Julius Randle, American basketball player[256]
- 1995 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer[257]
- 1995 – Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer[258]
- 1997 – Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player[259]
- 1998 – MJ Melendez, American baseball player[260]
- 1998 – Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player[261]
- 1998 – Lovie Simone, American actress[185]
- 2002 – Yunus Musah, American soccer player[262]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)[263]
- 524 – Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I, ruler of Palenque (b. 465)[264]
- 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)[2]
- 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)[265][266]
- 1253 – Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)[267]
- 1268 – Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1190)[268]
- 1314 – Philip IV, king of France (b. 1268)[269]
- 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)[270]
- 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)[271]
- 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)[272]
- 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473)[273]
- 1577 – Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (b. 1543)[274]
- 1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)[275]
- 1594 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)[276]
1601–1900
- 1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)[277]
- 1628 – John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (b. c. 1595)[278]
- 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)[279]
- 1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)[280]
- 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)[281]
- 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)[282]
- 1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)[283]
- 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)[284]
- 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)[285]
- 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)[286]
- 1780 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)[287]
- 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)[288]
- 1830 – Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (b. 1773)[289]
- 1846 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)[290]
- 1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)[17]
- 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)[291]
- 1894 – Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876–1877 (b. 1820)[292]
1901–present
- 1901 – Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (b. 1824)[293]
- 1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1881)[294]
- 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)[295]
- 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)[296]
- 1932 – Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)[297]
- 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)[298]
- 1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)[299]
- 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)[300]
- 1942 – Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (b. 1916) [301]
- 1950 – Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (b. 1891)[302]
- 1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)[303]
- 1954 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)[304]
- 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)[305]
- 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)[306]
- 1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)[307]
- 1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)[308]
- 1974 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1898)[309]
- 1975 – Graham Hill plane crash
- Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)[310]
- Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)[310]
- 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)[311]
- 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)[312]
- 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)[313]
- 1984 – Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (b. 1907)[314]
- 1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (b. 1904)[315]
- 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)[316]
- 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)[317]
- 1991 – Joe Bonson, English footballer (b. 1936)[318]
- 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)[319]
- 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)[320]
- 1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)[321]
- 1996 – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (b. 1920)[322]
- 1997 – Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (b. 1918)[323]
- 1998 – George Van Eps, American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (b. 1913)[324]
- 1998 – Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (b. 1934)[325]
- 1999 – Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (b. 1900)[326]
- 1999 – John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)[327]
- 1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (b. 1917)[328]
- 1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)[329]
- 2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)[330]
- 2001 – Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)[331]
- 2001 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)[332]
- 2001 – John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)[333]
- 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)[334]
- 2003 – Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (b. 1932)[335]
- 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)[336]
- 2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)[337]
- 2004 – Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (b. 1929)[338]
- 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)[339]
- 2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)[340]
- 2006 – Ernie Tagg, English footballer (b. 1917)[341]
- 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)[342]
- 2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)[343]
- 2007 – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)[344]
- 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)[345]
- 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)[346]
- 2009 – Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (b. 1922).[347]
- 2009 – Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)[348]
- 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)[349]
- 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)[350]
- 2010 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)[351]
- 2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)[352]
- 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)[353]
- 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)[354]
- 2011 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b. 1936)[355]
- 2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)[356]
- 2012 – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)[357]
- 2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)[358]
- 2013 – Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (b. 1925)[359]
- 2013 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)[360]
- 2013 – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)[361]
- 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)[362]
- 2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)[363]
- 2014 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1934)[364]
- 2015 – Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1930)[365]
- 2015 – Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926)[366]
- 2015 – Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (b. 1926)[367]
- 2015 – O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)[368]
- 2016 – Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)[369]
- 2016 – Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (b. 1927)[370]
- 2017 – Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945)[371]
- 2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)[372]
- 2020 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)[373]
- 2021 – Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945)[374]
- 2021 – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (b. 1925)[375]
- 2021 – LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (b. 1955)[376]
- 2022 – Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)[377]
- 2022 – Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (b. 1953/1954)[378]
- 2023 – Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (b. 1923)[379]
- 2023 – Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (b. 1934)[380]
- 2024 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)[381]
- 2024 – Will Cullen Hart, American musician (b. 1971)[382]
- 2024 – Wayne Northrop, American actor (b. 1947)[383]
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