November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 51 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1202 – Fourth Crusade : Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication , Catholic crusaders begin a siege of the Catholic city of Zara (now Zadar , Croatia ).
1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java , taking 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.
1520 – Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
1580 – After a three-day siege , the English Army beheads over 600 Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir , Ireland.
1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy .
1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj , Maratha King kills Afzal Khan , Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh . This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya
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 lead 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, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji , near Lake Tanganyika , famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 , the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.
1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis ' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy , though 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.
1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis , ending on November 12 .
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) .
1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan , direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 96 is adopted
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery .
1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston .
1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service ) in the United States debuts the children's television program 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 – The Soviet lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
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 .
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 – United Nations Resolution 3379 : United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686 ).
1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario , Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario , just west of Toronto , causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0 .
1984 – The first Breeders' Cup takes place at Hollywood Park Racetrack .
1989 – The longtime leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov .
1989 – German citizens begin to bring the Berlin Wall down.
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).
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. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert , Ohio during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater but the theater is evacuated prior to the hit.
2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian 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 receive the Medal of Honor .
2007 – ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela 's president Hugo Chávez .
2007 – Ten to forty thousand people march toward the royal palace of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform.
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 .
Births
1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)
1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland , English politician (d. 1408)
1433 – Charles the Bold , Burgundy son of Philip the Good (d. 1477)
1480 – Bridget of York (d. 1517)
1483 – Martin Luther , German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)
1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus , Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)
1566 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)
1577 – Jacob Cats , Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
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, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)
1764 – Andrés Manuel del Rio , Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)
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)
1834 – José Hernández , Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)
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)
1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas , English composer (d. 1892)
1851 – Richard Armstedt , German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)
1858 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
1868 – Gichin Funakoshi , Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)
1869 – Gaetano Bresci , Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)
1871 – Winston Churchill , American author and painter (d. 1947)
1873 – Henri Rabaud , French conductor and composer (d. 1949)
1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone , American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
1876 – Sæbjørn Buttedahl , Norwegian actor and sculptor (d. 1960)
1878 – Cy Morgan , American baseball player (d. 1962)
1879 – Vachel Lindsay , American poet and educator (d. 1931)
1879 – Patrick Pearse , Irish lawyer, poet, and educator (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 Company (d. 1972)
1889 – Claude Rains , English-American actor (d. 1967)
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)
1896 – Olga Grey , Hungarian-American actress (d. 1973)
1899 – Swami Satyabhakta , Indian guru, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1998)
1906 – Josef Kramer , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1907 – Jane Froman , American actor 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)
1916 – Dr. Tangalanga , Argentinian comedian and author (d. 2013)
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 – François Périer , French actor (d. 2002)
1919 – Michael Strank , Slovak-American sergeant (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 – Jennifer Holt , American-English actress and singer (d. 1997)
1920 – Rafael del Pino , Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)
1923 – Hachikō , Japanese dog (d. 1935)
1924 – Russell Johnson , American actor (d. 2014)
1924 – Bobby Limb , Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)
1925 – Richard Burton , Welsh actor and producer (d. 1984)
1926 – Rossella Falk , Italian actress (d. 2013)
1927 – Sabah , Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014)
1927 – Vaughn O. Lang , American general (d. 2014)
1927 – Sohei Miyashita , Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)
1927 – Vedat Dalokay , Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)
1928 – Ennio Morricone , Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza )
1929 – Marilyn Bergman , American composer and songwriter
1929 – W. E. B. Griffin , American soldier and author
1929 – Ninón Sevilla , Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)
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 – Don Henderson , English actor (d. 1997)
1932 – Roy Scheider , American boxer, actor, and singer (d. 2008)
1932 – Arthur K. Snyder American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1933 – Ronald Evans , American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)
1934 – Lucien Bianchi , Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford , English sociologist and academic
1934 – A. Thurairajah , Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
1935 – Bernard Babior , American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)
1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov , Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
1937 – Albert Hall , American actor
1937 – Zdeněk Zikán , Czech footballer (d. 2013)
1938 – Ogün Altıparmak , Turkish footballer
1939 – Anscar Chupungco , Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
1939 – Russell Means , American actor and activist (d. 2012)
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)
1941 – John Geoghegan , American lieutenant (d. 1965)
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
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 composer and author
1945 – Terence Davies , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1945 – Donna Fargo , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Gary Plauche , American murderer (d. 2014)
1946 – Alaina Reed Hall , American actress and singer (d. 2009)
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 (King Crimson , Emerson, Lake & Palmer , Emerson, Lake & Powell , The Gods , and Asia )
1947 – Dave Loggins , American singer-songwriter
1948 – Aaron Brown , American journalist and academic
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, singer, dancer, and choreographer
1949 – Don Saleski , Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Mustafa Denizli , Turkish footballer and manager
1950 – Debra Hill , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1950 – Bob Orton, Jr. , American wrestler
1950 – Jack Scalia , American actor and producer
1951 – Viktor Sukhorukov , Russian actor
1952 – Gerry DiNardo , American football player and coach
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
1956 – Sinbad , American comedian, actor, and producer
1956 – Mohsen Badawi , Egyptian businessman and activist
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 – George Lowe , American voice actor 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 – Linda Cohn , American sportscaster
1959 – Mike McCarthy , American football player and coach
1959 – Mackenzie Phillips , American actress and singer
1959 – Michael Schröder , German footballer and manager
1960 – Neil Gaiman , English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
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 – Daniel Waters , American director and screenwriter
1963 – Hugh Bonneville , English actor
1963 – Tommy Davidson , American actor and screenwriter
1963 – Tanju Çolak , retired Turkish footballer
1964 – Kenny Rogers , American baseball player and coach
1964 – Magnús Scheving , Icelandic gymnast, actor, and producer
1965 – Jamie Dixon , American basketball player and coach
1965 – Sean Hughes , English-Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965 – Eddie Irvine , Irish race car driver
1966 – Vanessa Angel , English model and actress
1966 – Bill DeMott , American wrestler and agent
1967 – Jackie Fairweather , Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)
1967 – Andreas Scholl , German tenor and educator
1967 – Michael Jai White , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist
1968 – Steve Brookstein , English singer
1968 – Tracy Morgan , American comedian, actor, and producer
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 and producer
1969 – Zoltán Téglás , American punk rock singer (Ignite )
1970 – Warren G , American rapper and producer (213 )
1970 – Freddy Loix , Belgian race car driver
1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov , Russian footballer and manager
1970 – Tay Ping Hui , Singaporean actor
1970 – Vince Vieluf , American actor and screenwriter
1971 – Holly Black , American journalist, author, and poet
1971 – Walton Goggins , American actor and producer
1971 – Magnus Johansson , Swedish footballer
1971 – Niki Karimi , Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
1971 – Terry Pearson , American baseball player
1972 – DJ Ashba , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Guns N' Roses , Sixx:A.M. , BulletBoys , and Beautiful Creatures )
1972 – Isaac Bruce , American football player
1972 – Lou Brutus , American singer-songwriter, radio host, and photographer
1972 – Virág Csurgó , Hungarian tennis player
1972 – Shawn Green , American baseball player
1972 – Greg LaRocca , American baseball player
1973 – Patrik Berger , Czech footballer
1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez , Mexican footballer and referee
1974 – Nick Gore , Finnish bass player (Lordi and Stala & so. )
1974 – Chris Lilley , Australian comedian, actor, and producer
1975 – Markko Märtin , Estonian race car driver
1976 – Martin Åslund , Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976 – Sergio González Soriano , Spanish footballer and manager
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 – Won Bin , South Korean actor
1977 – Matt Cepicky , American baseball player
1977 – Brittany Murphy , American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1977 – Erik Nevland , Norwegian footballer
1978 – Kyla Cole , Slovak porn actress and model
1978 – Ruth Davidson , Scottish politician
1978 – Jorge DePaula , Dominican baseball player
1978 – Diplo , American DJ, songwriter, and producer (Major Lazer and Jack Ü )
1978 – Eve , American rapper, producer, and actress
1978 – Kristian Huselius , Swedish ice hockey player
1978 – Drew McConnell , Irish bass player (Babyshambles , Mongrel , and Elviss )
1978 – David Paetkau , Canadian actor
1979 – Chris Joannou , Australian bass player (Silverchair )
1979 – Nina Mercedez , American porn actress, director, and producer
1979 – Anthony Réveillère , French footballer
1979 – Ragnvald Soma , Norwegian footballer
1980 – Danilo Belić , Serbian footballer
1980 – Troy Bell , American basketball player
1980 – Calvin Chen , Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit )
1980 – Agustín De La Canal , Argentinian footballer
1980 – Jeroen Ketting , Dutch footballer
1980 – Yevhen Lutsenko , Ukrainian footballer
1980 – Matt Mullins , American actor, director, producer, and martial artist
1980 – Donté Stallworth , American football player
1981 – Ryback , American wrestler
1981 – Tony Blanco , Dominican baseball player
1981 – Jason Dunham , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
1981 – Ezequiel Garré , Argentinian footballer
1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech , Kenyan runner
1981 – Miroslav Slepička , Czech footballer
1981 – Brett Tamburrino , Australian baseball player
1981 – Marko Tomasović , Croatian boxer
1982 – Shane Cansdell-Sherriff , Australian footballer
1982 – Chris Canty , American football player
1982 – Clayton Fortune , English footballer
1982 – Heather Matarazzo , American actress
1982 – Matt Pagnozzi , American baseball player
1982 – Rafael Rosell , Filipino actor and model
1982 – Ahmet Kural , Turkish actor
1983 – Brian Dinkelman , American baseball player
1983 – Dinko Felić , Norwegian footballer
1983 – Miranda Lambert , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pistol Annies )
1983 – Ryan Mattheus , American baseball player
1983 – Craig Smith , American basketball player
1983 – Marius Žaliūkas , Lithuanian footballer
1984 – Britt Irvin , Canadian actress and singer
1984 – Jean-Martial Kipré , Ivorian footballer
1984 – Jarno Mattila , Finnish footballer
1984 – Ludovic Obraniak , Polish footballer
1984 – Kendrick Perkins , American basketball player
1985 – Dannic , Dutch DJ and producer
1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter , New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer (Young Divas )
1985 – Daan Huiskamp , Dutch footballer
1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov , Serbian footballer
1985 – Cherno Samba , Gambian footballer
1985 – Giovonnie Samuels , American actress
1985 – Krystian Trochowski , German rugby player
1986 – Aaron Crow , American baseball player
1986 – Will Hendry , English footballer
1986 – Ilias Iliadis , Georgian-Greek martial artist
1986 – Goran Jerković , French footballer
1986 – Stanislav Namașco , Moldovan footballer
1986 – Josh Peck , American actor
1986 – Eric Thames , American baseball player
1986 – Samuel Wanjiru , Kenyan runner (d. 2011)
1986 – Britney Amber , American porn actress
1987 – Edi Maia , Portuguese pole vaulter
1987 – Sam Malsom , English footballer
1985 – Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hoa , Vietnamese volleyball player
1987 – Kana Oya , Japanese model and actress
1987 – Theo Peckham , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Jessica Tovey , Australian actress
1988 – Massimo Coda , Italian footballer
1988 – Pauleen Luna , Filipino actress
1989 – Daniel Agyei , Ghanaian footballer
1989 – Luke Daley , English footballer
1989 – Taron Egerton , English actor
1989 – Matt Magill , American baseball player
1989 – Adrian Nikçi , Swiss footballer
1990 – Andre Blackman , English footballer
1990 – Marcus Browne , American boxer
1990 – Aaron Murray , American football player
1990 – Robert Primus , Trinidadian footballer
1990 – Kristina Vogel , German cyclist
1991 – Genevieve Buechner , Canadian actress
1992 – Marko Blaževski , Macedonian swimmer
1992 – Teddy Bridgewater , American football player
1992 – Marek Frimmel , Slovak footballer
1992 – Dimitri Petratos , Australian footballer
1992 – Rafał Wolski , Polish footballer
1992 – Wilfried Zaha , English footballer
1994 – Zoey Deutch , American actress
1994 – Claudio Dias , English footballer
1995 – Ralfs Grīnbergs , Latvian ice hockey player
1999 – Kiernan Shipka , American actress
2000 – Mackenzie Foy , American actress
Deaths
461 – Pope Leo I (b. 400)
627 – Justus , Italian-English archbishop and saint
901 – Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
1241 – Pope Celestine IV
1444 – Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)
1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
1617 – Barnabe Rich , English soldier and author (b. 1540)
1618 – Safiye Sultan , Ottoman wife of Murad III (b. 1550)
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)
1673 – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki , Ukrainian husband of Eleanor of Austria, Queen 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-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
1865 – Henry Wirz , Swiss-American captain (b. 1823)
1869 – John E. Wool , American general (b. 1784)
1887 – Louis Lingg , German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
1891 – Arthur Rimbaud , French poet and educator (b. 1854)
1909 – George Essex Evans , Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
1912 – Louis Cyr , Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
1917 – Harry Trott , Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
1924 – Dean O'Banion , American mob boss (b. 1892)
1936 – Louis Gustave Binger , French general and explorer (b. 1856)
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , Turkish field marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
1940 – Ilie Pintilie , Romanian activist (b. 1903)
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 – Klara Dan von Neumann , Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
1964 – Jimmie Dodd , American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark , American author and academic (b. 1909)
1973 – David "Stringbean" Akeman , American singer and banjo player (b. 1915)
1975 – Ernest M. McSorley , Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)
1981 – Abel Gance , French actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
1982 – Leonid Brezhnev , Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
1982 – Marie Z. Chino , Acoma Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1907)
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 – William Afflis , American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
1992 – Chuck Connors , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1994 – Carmen McRae , American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa , Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
1997 – Tommy Tedesco , American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew ) (b. 1930)
1998 – Mary Millar , English actress and singer (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 author and activist (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 (LeVert and LSG ) (b. 1966)
2006 – Jack Palance , American actor and singer (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 – Miriam Makeba , South African singer-songwriter, actress, and activist (b. 1932)
2008 – Arthur Shawcross , American serial killer (b. 1945)
2008 – Wannes Van de Velde , Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)
2008 – Kiyosi Itô , Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
2009 – Gheorghe Dinică , Romanian actor (b. 1934)
2009 – Robert Enke , German footballer (b. 1977)
2009 – Tomaž Humar , Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1969)
2009 – John Allen Muhammad , American murderer (b. 1960)
2010 – Dino De Laurentiis , Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)
2010 – Dave Niehaus , American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 – Nicola Rizzuto , Italian-Canadian mob boss (b. 1924)
2011 – Peter J. Biondi , American soldier and politician (b. 1942)
2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous , Czech poet (b. 1944)
2012 – Mynavathi , Indian actress (b. 1935)
2012 – John Louis Coffey , American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
2012 – Marian Lines , English actress, author, and composer (b. 1933)
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 – Steve Dodd , Australian actor and composer (b. 1928)
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)
2014 – Ken Takakura , Japanese actor and singer (b. 1931)
2014 – Tomas Young , American soldier and activist (b. 1979)
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)
2015 – Michael Wright , American-Turkish basketball player (b. 1980)
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