Events

2017

Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

2015

Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.

2006

NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

2005

An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.

1999

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.

1998

in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.

1995

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.

1992

The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.

1991

Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.

1990

A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.

1989

The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

1982

The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

1978

Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

1977

South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

1975

The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

1973

The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

1971

Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

1969

Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.

1967

Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.

1957

Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

1956

A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

1941

World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.

1939

Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale.

1933

In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.

1928

The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

1922

Ireland is partitioned, with Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State coming into existence, one year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

1921

The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

1917

Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.

1917

Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

1917

World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.

1916

World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

1912

The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

1907

A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

1904

Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

1897

London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1884

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

1882

Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

1865

Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

1803

Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.

1790

The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

1745

Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

1648

Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial.

1534

The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

1492

After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.

1240

Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

1060

Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.

Births

2007

Yoonchae Jeung, South Korean singer

1998

Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater

1997

Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player

1996

Davide Calabria, Italian footballer

1996

Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer

1995

A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter

1994

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player

1994

Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler

1994

Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer

1993

Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer

1993

Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000

1993

Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

1992

Viktor Antipin, Russian ice hockey player

1992

Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer

1992

Johnny Manziel, American football player

1991

Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player

1991

Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete

1991

Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player

1990

Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player

1989

Felix Schiller, German footballer

1988

Adam Eaton, American baseball player

1988

Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer

1988

Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist

1988

Nils Petersen, German footballer

1988

Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor

1986

Sean Edwards, English race car driver (died 2013)

1986

Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player

1985

Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player

1985

Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer

1985

R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer

1984

Syndric Steptoe, American football player

1984

Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician

1984

Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland

1982

Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer

1982

Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist

1982

Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer

1982

Robbie Gould, American football player

1982

Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer

1982

Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver

1981

Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer

1980

Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (died 2014)

1980

Steve Lovell, English footballer

1980

Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer

1979

Tim Cahill, Australian footballer

1978

Chris Başak, American baseball player

1978

Darrell Jackson, American football player

1978

Adriana Moisés Pinto, Brazilian basketball player

1978

Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player

1977

Kevin Cash, American baseball player and manager

1977

Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

1977

Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer

1976

Lindsay Price, American actress

1975

Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1975

Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer

1974

Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer

1974

Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player

1972

Ewan Birney, English scientist

1972

Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician

1971

Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1971

José Contreras, Cuban baseball player

1971

Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player

1971

Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor

1971

Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player

1971

Ryan White, American activist (died 1990)

1970

Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

1970

Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia

1970

Mark Reckless, English politician

1970

Jeff Rouse, American swimmer

1969

Mark Gardener, English rock musician

1969

Torri Higginson, Canadian actress

1968

Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author

1968

Ali Latifiyan, Iranian writer and political theorist

1968

Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player

1967

Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1967

Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer

1967

Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (died 2012)

1966

Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete

1966

Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer

1965

Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager

1964

Mall Nukke, Estonian painter

1963

Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer

1962

Janine Turner, American actress

1962

Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter

1961

David Lovering, American drummer

1961

Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (died 1996)

1961

Manuel Reuter, German race car driver

1960

Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer (died 2018)

1959

Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic

1959

Stephen Hepburn, English politician

1959

Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (died 2015)

1959

Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer

1958

Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

1957

Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999)

1957

Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York

1957

Bill Hanzlik, American basketball player and coach

1956

Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1956

Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide

1956

Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982)

1955

Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician

1955

Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)

1955

Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster

1955

Tony Woodcock, English footballer

1955

Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

1954

Nicola De Maria, Italian painter

1954

Chris Stamey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer

1953

Sue Carroll, English journalist (died 2011)

1953

Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach

1953

Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe

1953

Tom Hulce, American actor

1953

Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator

1952

Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic (died 1999)

1952

Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist

1952

Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (died 2010)

1951

Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer

1951

Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer

1950

Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician

1950

Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor

1950

Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

1949

Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator

1949

Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (died 1986)

1949

Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (died 2007)

1949

Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire

1948

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (died 2014)

1948

Don Nickles, American businessman and politician

1948

Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver

1948

JoBeth Williams, American actress

1947

Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1947

Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1947

Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005)

1947

Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter

1946

Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (died 2024)

1946

Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2021)

1945

Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

1944

Jonathan King, English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender

1943

Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2008)

1943

Keith West, English rock singer-songwriter and music producer

1942

Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

1942

Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter

1941

Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)

1941

Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator

1941

Richard Speck, American murderer (died 1991)

1941

Bill Thomas, American academic and politician

1940

Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician

1940

Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer

1939

Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator

1938

Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor

1937

Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (died 2006)

1936

Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer (died 2025)

1936

Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author

1936

David Ossman, American writer and comedian

1935

Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022)

1934

Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)

1933

Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (died 2010)

1933

Donald J. Kutyna, American general

1932

Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 2007)

1931

Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (died 1996)

1930

Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2000)

1929

Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host

1929

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (died 2016)

1929

Frank Springer, American comic book illustrator (died 2009)

1929

Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)

1928

Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (died 1980)

1927

Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (died 2010)

1924

Wally Cox, American actor (died 1973)

1922

John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)

1922

Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (died 2016)

1921

Otto Graham, American football player and coach (died 2003)

1921

Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (died 2004)

1920

Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (died 2012)

1920

Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (died 2015)

1920

George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

1919

Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (died 2012)

1919

Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (died 1983)

1918

Tauba Biterman, Polish Holocaust survivor (died 2019)

1917

Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (died 2015)

1917

Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977)

1917

Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 2008)

1916

Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (died 1943)

1916

Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (died 1982)

1916

Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (died 1986)

1914

Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (died 1999)

1913

Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (died 2005)

1912

Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (died 2004)

1910

David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (died 1971)

1909

Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (died 2002)

1909

Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1996)

1908

Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (died 2000)

1908

Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2003)

1908

Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (died 1934)

1908

Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (died 2000)

1907

John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (died 1989)

1905

Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (died 2001)

1904

Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (died 2007)

1903

Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)

1901

Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (died 1990)

1900

Agnes Moorehead, American actress (died 1974)

1898

Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (died 1995)

1898

John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977)

1898

Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

1898

Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (died 1964)

1896

Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (died 1983)

1893

Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (died 1984)

1893

Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (died 1978)

1892

Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (died 1969)

1890

Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (died 1946)

1890

Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (died 1951)

1890

Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (died 1955)

1888

Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949)

1887

Lynn Fontanne, British actress (died 1983)

1887

Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (died 1960)

1886

Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918)

1884

Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (died 1973)

1882

Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (died 1954)

1878

Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (died 1968)

1876

Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932)

1875

Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (died 1946)

1875

Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (died 1941)

1864

William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)

1863

Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (died 1914)

1853

Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (died 1937)

1853

Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (died 1931)

1849

August von Mackensen, German field marshal (died 1945)

1848

Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (died 1925)

1841

Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (died 1870)

1835

Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (died 1910)

1833

John S. Mosby, American colonel (died 1916)

1827

William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (died 1901)

1823

Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900)

1812

Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1884)

1805

Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (died 1876)

1803

Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (died 1829)

1792

William II of the Netherlands (died 1849)

1778

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (died 1850)

1752

Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (died 1844)

1732

Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)

1721

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (died 1794)

1721

James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (died 1809)

1685

Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (died 1712)

1645

Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)

1640

Claude Fleury, French historian and author (died 1723)

1637

Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1714)

1608

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670)

1592

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)

1586

Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670)

1545

Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (died 1604)

1520

Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (died 1551)

1478

Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (died 1529)

1421

Henry VI of England (died 1471)

1285

Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312)

846

Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874)

Deaths

2024

Maggie Tabberer, Australian fashion model and television personality (born 1936)

2016

Peter Vaughan, British actor (born 1923)

2015

Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945)

2015

Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (born 1917)

2015

Nicholas Smith, British actor (born 1934)

2014

Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)

2014

Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

2014

Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923)

2014

Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981)

2013

Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (born 1939)

2013

Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (born 1926)

2013

M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

2012

Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)

2012

Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)

2012

Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933)

2012

Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951)

2012

Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963)

2011

Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)

2010

Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953)

2006

John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (born 1922)

2005

Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1932)

2005

Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (born 1923)

2005

Danny Williams, South African singer (born 1942)

2005

William P. Yarborough, American general (born 1912)

2003

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1918)

2002

Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1923)

2001

Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (born 1923)

2000

Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (born 1920)

2000

Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (born 1942)

1998

César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (born 1921)

1997

Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (born 1918)

1996

Pete Rozelle, American businessman (born 1926)

1996

Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (born 1930)

1994

Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (born 1922)

1994

Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (born 1933)

1993

Don Ameche, American actor (born 1908)

1991

Mimi Smith, English nurse (born 1906)

1991

Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)

1990

Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)

1990

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1903)

1989

Frances Bavier, American actress (born 1902)

1989

Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (born 1902)

1989

John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1912)

1988

Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)

1985

Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (born 1917)

1985

Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (born 1893)

1985

Carroll Cole, American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (born 1938)

1983

Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (born 1903)

1983

Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (born 1914)

1982

Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (born 1927)

1980

Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (born 1911)

1976

João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (born 1918)

1974

Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (born 1904)

1972

Janet Munro, English actress and singer (born 1934)

1964

Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (born 1895)

1961

Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925)

1956

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891)

1955

Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)

1951

Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (born 1892)

1945

Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (born 1870)

1924

Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (born 1863)

1921

Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1865)

1918

Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (born 1851)

1892

Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816)

1889

Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)

1882

Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (born 1819)

1882

Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (born 1815)

1879

Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (born 1814)

1878

Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (born 1814)

1868

August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (born 1821)

1867

Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (born 1794)

1855

William Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1789)

1788

Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (born 1714)

1779

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (born 1699)

1771

Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (born 1682)

1746

Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1665)

1718

Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (born 1674)

1716

Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (born 1642)

1686

Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (born 1630)

1675

John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (born 1602)

1658

Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (born 1601)

1618

Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (born 1556)

1616

Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (born 1552)

1562

Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (born 1495)

1352

Pope Clement VI (born 1291)

1306

Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270)

1305

Maximus, Metropolitan of Kyiv

1185

Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)

762

Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (born 710)

735

Prince Toneri of Japan (born 676)

343

Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (born 270)

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