November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 31 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
3340 BC – Earliest believed record of an eclipse .
1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida .
1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
1782 – American Revolutionary War : Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany , under Pietro Leopoldo I , becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day ).
1803 – In New Orleans , Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase .
1804 – The Democratic-Republican -controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase .
1824 – Ground is broken at Allanburg, Ontario , for the building of the first Welland Canal .
1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1853 – Crimean War : Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop , a sea port in northern Turkey .
1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Franklin – The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee , with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm 's Kungsträdgården .
1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent , Glasgow , between Scotland and England .
1886 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
1902 – American Old West : Kid Curry Logan , second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania , kills 154.
1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention , a copyright treaty.
1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1939 – Winter War : Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut .
1942 – World War II : Battle of Tassafaronga ; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright .
1947 – 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel .
1953 – Edward Mutesa II , the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen , Governor of Uganda .
1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama , United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap. This is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 – The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , who becomes its first chairman.
1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates .
1972 – Vietnam War : White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
1981 – Cold War : In Geneva , representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
1982 – Michael Jackson 's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history .
1989 – Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
1993 – American National Football League awards 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars .
1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm .
1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process " to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall . He calls terrorists "yesterday's men".
1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil , the world's largest company.
1999 – In Seattle , United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems , Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2001 – In Renton, Washington , United States, Gary Ridgway (aka The Green River Killer) is arrested.
2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City , finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700 , television's biggest game show winnings.
2004 – Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta , Central Java , Indonesia , killing 26.
2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York .
2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service , crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.
Births
539 – Gregory of Tours , French bishop and saint (d. 594)
1340 – John, Duke of Berry (d. 1416)
1364 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel , Scottish soldier (d. 1390)
1427 – Casimir IV Jagiellon , Polish husband of Elizabeth of Austria (d. 1492)
1466 – Andrea Doria , Italian admiral (d. 1560)
1498 – Andrés de Urdaneta , Spanish captain and explorer (d. 1568)
1508 – Andrea Palladio , Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (d. 1580)
1554 – Philip Sidney , English soldier, courtier, and poet (d. 1586)
1594 – John Cosin , English bishop and academic (d. 1672)
1625 – Jean Domat , French scholar and jurist (d. 1696)
1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont , French historian and author (d. 1698)
1645 – Andreas Werckmeister , German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706)
1667 – Jonathan Swift , Irish priest and poet (d. 1745)
1670 – John Toland , Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722)
1683 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller , Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
1719 – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772)
1722 – Théodore Gardelle , Swiss painter (d. 1761)
1723 – William Livingston , American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
1748 – Joachim Albertini , Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)
1756 – Ernst Chladni , German physicist and author (d. 1827)
1764 – Franz Xaver Gerl , Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827)
1768 – Jędrzej Śniadecki , Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838)
1781 – Alexander Berry , Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873)
1791 – Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg , Austrian field marshal and politician (d. 1848)
1796 – Carl Loewe , German singer, composer, and conductor (d. 1869)
1810 – Oliver Winchester , American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880)
1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann , French poet (d. 1890)
1813 – Charles-Valentin Alkan , French pianist and composer (d. 1888)
1817 – Theodor Mommsen , German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)
1821 – Frederick Temple , English archbishop and academic (d. 1902)
1825 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau , French painter and educator (d. 1905)
1835 – Mark Twain , American author and critic (d. 1910)
1836 – Lord Frederick Cavendish , English-Irish politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1882)
1840 – Henry Birks , Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928)
1847 – Afonso Pena , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
1857 – Bobby Abel , English cricketer (d. 1936)
1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose , Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
1863 – Andrés Bonifacio , Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (d. 1897)
1866 – Andrey Lyapchev , Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria between 1926 and 1931 (d. 1933)
1869 – Gustaf Dalén , Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1869 – James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (d. 1953)
1870 – Princess Henriette of Belgium (d. 1948)
1872 – John McCrae , Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (d. 1918)
1873 – Božena Benešová , Czech poetess and novelist (d. 1936)
1874 – Winston Churchill , English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1874 – Lucy Maud Montgomery , English-Canadian author and poet (d. 1942)
1875 – Myron Grimshaw , American baseball player (d. 1936)
1875 – Otto Strandman , Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941)
1883 – Gustav Suits , Estonian-Swedish poet and politician (d. 1956)
1887 – Andrej Gosar , Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1970)
1887 – Beatrice Kerr , Australian swimmer and diver (d. 1971)
1888 – Harry Altham , English crickter, historian and coach (d. 1965)
1889 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1889 – Reuvein Margolies , Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (d. 1971)
1894 – Basil Bennett , American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
1898 – Firpo Marberry , American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1904 – Clyfford Still , American painter and educator (d. 1980)
1906 – John Dickson Carr , American author and playwright (d. 1977)
1906 – Andrés Henestrosa , Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (d. 2008)
1907 – Jacques Barzun , French-American historian and author (d. 2012)
1909 – Robert Nighthawk , American singer and guitarist (Memphis Jug Band ) (d. 1967)
1911 – Jorge Negrete , Mexican-American singer and actor (d. 1953)
1912 – Jaan Hargel , Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966)
1912 – Gordon Parks , American photographer and director (d. 2006)
1915 – Brownie McGhee , American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
1915 – Henry Taube , Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1916 – Dena Epstein , American musicologist and author (d. 2013)
1918 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. , American actor (d. 2014)
1920 – Virginia Mayo , American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1920 – Stuart Lancaster , American actor (d. 2000)
1922 – Graham Crowden , Scottish actor and singer (d. 2010)
1924 – Elliott Blackstone , American police officer and activist (d. 2006)
1924 – Shirley Chisholm , American educator and politician (d. 2005)
1924 – Allan Sherman , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1926 – Richard Crenna , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003)
1927 – Robert Guillaume , American actor, singer, and producer
1928 – Takako Doi , Japanese scholar and politician (d. 2014)
1928 – Joe B. Hall , American basketball player and coach
1928 – Andres Narvasa , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2013)
1928 – Rex Reason , American actor
1929 – Dick Clark , American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)
1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney , American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street
1930 – G. Gordon Liddy , American lawyer and radio host
1931 – Jack Ging , American actor
1931 – Bill Walsh , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1931 – Margot Zemach , American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
1932 – Bob Moore , American bassist and bandleader (The Nashville A-Team )
1932 – Cho Namchul , South Korean Go player (d. 2006)
1933 – Norman Deeley , English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1933 – Sam Gilliam , American painter and educator
1936 – Dmitri Anosov , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
1936 – Abbie Hoffman , American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989)
1937 – Praveen Chaudhari , Physicist
1937 – Frank Ifield , English-Australian singer and guitarist
1937 – Ridley Scott , English director, producer, and production designer
1937 – Tom Simpson , English cyclist (d. 1967)
1937 – Adeline Yen Mah , Chinese-American physician and author
1938 – Jean Eustache , French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1938 – John M. Goldman , English haematologist and oncologist (d. 2013)
1939 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi , Nepalese dwarf (d. 2015)
1940 – Pauli Nevala , Finnish javelin thrower
1940 – Kevin Phillips , American journalist and author
1940 – Peter Shreeves , Welsh footballer, coach, and manager
1940 – Dan Tieman , American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1941 – Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough , English politician
1943 – Terrence Malick , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – George Graham , Scottish footballer and manager
1944 – Dian Parkinson , American model, Miss District of Columbia USA 1965
1945 – Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top , English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1945 – Eric Edwards , American pornographic film actor
1945 – Roger Glover , Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple , Episode Six , and Rainbow )
1945 – Radu Lupu , Romanian-Swiss pianist
1945 – Mary Millington , English porn actress and model (d. 1979)
1945 – John R. Powers , American author and playwright (d. 2013)
1945 – Stan Sulzmann , English saxophonist and educator
1946 – George Duffield , English jockey
1947 – Stuart Baird , English director and producer
1947 – Sergio Badilla Castillo , Chilean-Swedish poet and translator
1947 – Jude Ciccolella , American actor
1947 – David Mamet , American director, playwright, and screenwriter
1949 – Vlassis Bonatsos , Greek actor and singer (d. 2004)
1949 – Jimmy London , Jamaican singer-songwriter
1950 – Chris Claremont , English-American author and actor
1950 – Tom Durkin , American sportscaster
1951 – June Chadwick , English actress
1951 – Daniel Petrie, Jr. , American film director, producer and screenwriter
1952 – Semyon Bychkov , Russian-American conductor
1952 – Keith Giffen , American author and illustrator
1952 – Mandy Patinkin , American actor and singer
1953 – Shuggie Otis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – June Pointer , American singer and actress (Pointer Sisters ) (d. 2006)
1953 – Jessie St. James , American porn actress
1954 – Simonetta Stefanelli , Italian actress and fashion designer
1954 – Lawrence Summers , American economist and academic
1955 – Michael Beschloss , American historian and author
1955 – Richard Burr , American businessman, academic, and politician
1955 – Kevin Conroy , American actor
1955 – Andy Gray , Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1955 – Billy Idol , English singer-songwriter and actor (Generation X and Chelsea )
1955 – Muricy Ramalho , Brazilian footballer and manager
1957 – John Ashton , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Psychedelic Furs )
1957 – Richard Barbieri , English keyboard player and songwriter (Porcupine Tree , Japan , and The Dolphin Brothers )
1957 – Andrew Calhoun , American singer-songwriter
1957 – Joël Champetier , Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1957 – Patrick McLoughlin , English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1957 – Colin Mochrie , Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Margaret Spellings , American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education
1958 – Juliette Bergmann , Dutch bodybuilder
1958 – Stacey Q , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Q and SSQ )
1958 – IZ the Wiz , American painter (d. 2009)
1959 – Giannis Aggelakas , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Cherie Currie , American singer-songwriter and actress (The Runaways )
1959 – Marie Currie , American singer-songwriter and actress
1959 – Lorraine Kelly , Scottish journalist and actress
1959 – Hugo Swire , English politician
1960 – Rich Fields , American meteorologist and game show announcer
1960 – Bill Halter , American scholar and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
1960 – Gary Lineker , English footballer and sportscaster
1960 – Bob Tewksbury , American baseball player and coach
1961 – Innocent Egbunike , Nigerian sprinter and coach
1961 – Ian Morris , Trinidadian footballer and sprinter
1962 – Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager (d. 2014)
1962 – Bo Jackson , American football and baseball player
1962 – Daniel Keys Moran , American computer programmer and author
1963 – Tianna , American pornographic actress
1964 – Michael Cudlitz , American actor and producer
1964 – Jushin Thunder Liger , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1965 – Aldair , Brazilian footballer
1965 – Lee Klein , American poet and curator
1965 – David Laws , English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1965 – Fumihito, Prince Akishino of Japan
1965 – Ben Stiller , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1966 – Nigel Adams , English businessman and politician
1966 – David Berkoff , American swimmer
1966 – John Bishop , English comedian and actor
1966 – Kipkemboi Kimeli , Kenyan runner (d. 2010)
1966 – Wil Mara , American author
1966 – David Nicholls , English author and screenwriter
1966 – Mika Salo , Finnish race car driver
1967 – Joseph Corré , English businessman, co-founded Agent Provocateur
1967 – Rajiv Dixit , Indian author and activist (d. 2010)
1968 – Des'ree , English singer-songwriter
1968 – Laurent Jalabert , French cyclist and sportscaster
1969 – Marc Forster , German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Marc Goossens , Belgian race car driver
1969 – Mike Stone , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Queensrÿche and The Stick People )
1970 – Phil Babb , English footballer and manager
1970 – Walter Emanuel Jones , American actor and dancer
1970 – Perrey Reeves , American actress
1971 – Tonči Boban , Croatian footballer
1971 – Ray Durham , American baseball player
1971 – Iván Rodríguez , Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 – Dan Jarvis , English soldier and politician
1972 – Stanislav Kitto , Estonian footballer
1972 – Abel Xavier , Portuguese footballer and manager
1973 – Christian , Canadian-American wrestler and actor
1973 – Im Chang-jung , South Korean actor and singer
1973 – John Moyer , American bass player (Disturbed , The Union Underground , and Adrenaline Mob )
1973 – Ian Wynne , English canoe racer
1973 – Kate Fischer , Australian model and actress
1975 – Mindy McCready , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1975 – Ben Thatcher , English footballer
1976 – Marta Burgay , Italian radio astronomer
1976 – Marco Castro , Peruvian-American director and cinematographer
1976 – Josh Lewsey , English rugby player
1977 – Richard Elias Anderson , Canadian basketball player and coach
1977 – Steve Aoki , American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records
1977 – Iván Guerrero , Honduran footballer
1977 – Kazumi Saito , Japanese baseball player and coach
1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder , French ice dancer
1978 – Clay Aiken , American singer and actor
1978 – Gael García Bernal , Mexican actor and director
1978 – Benjamin Lense , German footballer
1978 – Emil Steiner , American journalist and author
1979 – Chris Atkinson , Australian race car driver
1979 – Andrés Nocioni , Argentinian basketball player
1979 – Tomas Young , American soldier and activist (d. 2014)
1980 – Jamie Ashdown , English footballer
1980 – Shane Victorino , American baseball player
1981 – Zabiuddin Ansari , Indian-Pakistani accused terrorist
1981 – Rich Harden , Canadian baseball player
1981 – Billy Lush , American actor
1981 – Belinda Braza , Norwegian dancer and singer
1982 – Medina , Danish singer-songwriter
1982 – Elisha Cuthbert , Canadian actress
1982 – Tony Giarratano , American baseball player
1982 – Jason Pominville , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Andy Akinwolere , Nigerian-English television host
1983 – Adrian Cristea , Romanian footballer
1983 – Vladislav Polyakov , Kazakh swimmer
1984 – Gergana , Bulgarian singer
1984 – Nigel de Jong , Dutch footballer
1984 – Alan Hutton , Scottish footballer
1984 – Olga Rypakova , Kazakhstani triple jumper
1984 – Francisco Sandaza , Spanish footballer
1985 – Kaley Cuoco , American actress
1985 – Hikari Mitsushima , Japanese actress and singer
1985 – Aoi Miyazaki , Japanese actress
1986 – Jordan Farmar , American basketball player
1987 – Naomi , American wrestler, model, and dancer
1987 – Vasilisa Bardina , Russian tennis player
1987 – Christel Khalil , American actress
1987 – Dougie Poynter , English singer-songwriter and bass player (McFly )
1988 – Eir Aoi , Japanese singer
1988 – Phillip Hughes , Australian cricketer (d. 2014)
1988 – Vitaliy Polyanskyi , Ukrainian footballer
1988 – Tomi Saarelma , Finnish footballer
1989 – Vladimír Weiss , Slovak footballer
1990 – Magnus Carlsen , Norwegian chess player
1990 – Antoine N'Gossan , Ivorian footballer
1993 – Yuri Chinen , Japanese actor and singer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP )
1993 – Lost Frequencies , Belgian DJ and producer
1994 – Sofia Araújo , Portuguese tennis player
1994 – Nyjah Huston , American skateboarder
1995 – Seb Morris , Welsh racing driver
Deaths
1016 – Edmund Ironside , English king (b. 993)
1526 – Giovanni dalle Bande Nere , Italian captain (b. 1498)
1580 – Richard Farrant , English playwright and composer (b. 1530)
1600 – Nanda Bayin , Burmese king (b. 1535)
1623 – Thomas Weelkes , English organist and composer (b. 1576)
1654 – John Selden , English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)
1675 – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)
1703 – Nicolas de Grigny , French organist and composer (b. 1672)
1718 – Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
1761 – John Dollond , English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)
1765 – George Glas , Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
1864 – Patrick Cleburne , Irish-American general (b. 1828)
1873 – Alexander Berry , Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)
1892 – Dimitrios Valvis , Greek politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1900 – Oscar Wilde , Irish essayist, novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1854)
1901 – Edward John Eyre , English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)
1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
1916 – Dorrit Weixler , German actress (b. 1892)
1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky , Russian general (b. 1867)
1923 – John Maclean , Scottish educator and activist (b. 1879)
1930 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)
1931 – Henry Walters , American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1848)
1933 – Arthur Currie , Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 – Hélène Boucher , French pilot (b. 1908)
1934 – Roy Turk , American songwriter (b. 1892)
1935 – Fernando Pessoa , Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)
1942 – Anthony M. Rud , American journalist and author (b. 1893)
1943 – Etty Hillesum , Dutch author (b. 1914)
1944 – Paul Masson , French cyclist (b. 1876)
1953 – Francis Picabia , French painter and poet (b. 1879)
1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler , German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski , Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)
1956 – Viggo Wiehe , Danish actor (b. 1874)
1957 – Beniamino Gigli , Italian tenor and actor (b. 1890)
1958 – Hubert Wilkins , Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)
1966 – Salah Suheimat , Jordanian politician (b. 1914)
1967 – Patrick Kavanagh , Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
1972 – Compton Mackenzie , English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
1977 – Terence Rattigan , English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1979 – Zeppo Marx , American actor and singer (b. 1901)
1987 – Simon Carmiggelt , Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
1988 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter , English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
1989 – Ahmadou Ahidjo , Cameroonian politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
1989 – Alfred Herrhausen , German banker (b. 1930)
1992 – Peter Blume , American painter (b. 1906)
1993 – David Houston , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1994 – Guy Debord , French theorist and author (b. 1931)
1994 – Lionel Stander , American actor (b. 1908)
1995 – Stretch , American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1968)
1996 – Tiny Tim , American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
1997 – Kathy Acker , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
1998 – Ruth Clifford , American actress (b. 1900)
1998 – Margaret Walker , American poet and author (b. 1915)
1999 – Charlie Byrd , American guitarist (b. 1925)
2000 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw , American author (b. 1915)
2000 – Scott Smith , Canadian bass player (Loverboy ) (b. 1955)
2002 – Mr. Wrestling , American wrestler (b. 1934)
2003 – Gertrude Ederle , American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 – Pierre Berton , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004 – Seung Sahn , South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)
2005 – Jean Parker , American actress and singer (b. 1915)
2006 – Elhadi Adam , Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Rafael Buenaventura , Filipino banker (b. 1938)
2006 – Shirley Walker , American composer and conductor for film and television (b. 1945)
2007 – Engin Arık , Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)
2007 – Evel Knievel , American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi , Japanese drummer and producer (Loudness , Lazy , and Sly ) (b. 1958)
2010 – Rajiv Dixit , Indian author and activist (b. 1967)
2010 – Garry Gross , American photographer (b. 1937)
2010 – Peter Hofmann , Czech-German tenor and actor (b. 1944)
2010 – Daya Mata , American spiritual leader (b. 1914)
2011 – Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (b. 1939)
2012 – Rogelio Álvarez , Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
2012 – I. K. Gujral , Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
2012 – Munir Malik , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
2012 – Dolores Mantez , English actress (b. 1936)
2012 – Susil Moonesinghe , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
2012 – Homer R. Warner , American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)
2013 – Paul Crouch , American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)
2013 – Jean Kent , English actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Tabu Ley Rochereau , Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2013 – Doriano Romboni , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)
2013 – Paul Walker , American actor and producer (b. 1973)
2013 – Yury Yakovlev , Russian actor (b. 1928)
2014 – Qayyum Chowdhury , Bangladeshi painter and academic (b. 1932)
2014 – Jarbom Gamlin , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1961)
2014 – Martin Litton , American rafter and environmentalist (b. 1917)
2014 – Anthony Dryden Marshall , American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)
2014 – Go Seigen , Chinese-Japanese Go player (b. 1914)
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