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Day of the year
November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 46 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1917 –
Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of
Finland , prompting its
declaration of independence and secession from
Russia .
[6]
1920 – The first assembly of the
League of Nations is held in
Geneva ,
Switzerland .
1920 – The
Free City of Danzig is established.
1922 – At least 300 are
massacred during a general strike in
Guayaquil ,
Ecuador .
[7]
1928 – The
RNLI lifeboat
Mary Stanford capsizes in
Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
[8]
1933 –
Thailand holds
its first election .
1938 –
Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of
Kristallnacht .
[9]
1942 –
World War II : The
Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive
Allied victory.
1943 –
The Holocaust : German
SS leader
Heinrich Himmler orders that
Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as
Jews and placed in
concentration camps ".
1951 –
Nikos Beloyannis , along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the
Communist Party of Greece .
1955 – The first part of the
Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
1957 –
Short Solent 3
crashes near
Chessell .
[10]
1965 –
Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the
Spirit of America , at the
Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah .
[11]
1966 –
Project Gemini :
Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the
Atlantic Ocean .
1966 –
Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near
Dallgow-Döberitz ,
East Germany , killing all three people on board.
1967 – The only fatality of the
North American X-15 program occurs during the
191st flight when Air Force test pilot
Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the
Mojave Desert .
1968 – The
Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the
western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from
a city's downtown to
its major airport .
1969 –
Cold War : The
Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the
American submarine
USS Gato in the
Barents Sea .
1969 –
Vietnam War : In
Washington, D.C. , 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a
peaceful demonstration against the war , including a symbolic "March Against Death".
1971 –
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip
microprocessor , the
4004 .
1976 –
René Lévesque and the
Parti Québécois
take power to become the first
Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of
independence .
1978 – A chartered
Douglas DC-8
crashes near
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka , killing 183.
1979 – A package from Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of
a flight from
Chicago to
Washington, D.C. , forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1983 –
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is
only recognized by Turkey .
1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the
Unabomber addressed to a
University of Michigan professor explodes.
1985 – The
Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at
Hillsborough Castle by
British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher and Irish
Taoiseach
Garret FitzGerald .
1987 – In
Brașov ,
Romania ,
workers rebel against the communist regime of
Nicolae Ceaușescu .
1987 –
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes during takeoff from
Stapleton International Airport in
Denver , Colorado, killing 25.
[12]
1988 – In the
Soviet Union , the uncrewed
Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
1988 –
Israeli–Palestinian conflict : An independent
State of Palestine is proclaimed by the
Palestinian National Council .
1988 – The first
Fairtrade label,
Max Havelaar , is launched in the
Netherlands .
1990 – The Communist
People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new
republican government is instituted.
1994 – A
magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of
Mindoro , killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.
[13]
2000 – A chartered
Antonov An-24
crashes after takeoff from
Luanda ,
Angola , killing more than 40 people.
2000 –
Jharkhand officially
becomes the 28th
state of India , formed from
eighteen districts of southern
Bihar .
[14]
2001 –
Microsoft launches the
Xbox game console.
[15]
2002 –
Hu Jintao becomes
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member
Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2003 – The first day of the
2003 Istanbul bombings , in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
2006 –
Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
2007 –
Cyclone Sidr hits
Bangladesh , killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest
mangrove forest, the
Sundarbans .
2012 –
Xi Jinping becomes
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member
Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
2013 –
Sony releases the
PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console.
[16]
2016 –
Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians
Yau Wai-ching and
Baggio Leung from the city's
Parliament .
[17]
2020 –
Lewis Hamilton wins the
Turkish Grand Prix and secures his
seventh drivers' title , equalling the all-time record held by
Michael Schumacher .
[18]
2022 – The
world population reached
eight billion .
[19]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1607 –
Madeleine de Scudéry , French author (d. 1701)
[20]
1660 –
Hermann von der Hardt , German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)
1661 –
Christoph von Graffenried , Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743)
1692 –
Eusebius Amort , German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
1708 –
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham , English politician,
Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1778)
[21]
1738 –
William Herschel , German-English astronomer and composer (d. 1822)
1741 –
Johann Kaspar Lavater , Swiss poet and physiognomist (d. 1801)
1746 –
Joseph Quesnel , French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1809)
1757 –
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher , Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (d. 1830)
1776 –
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi , Mexican journalist and author (d. 1827)
1784 –
Jérôme Bonaparte , French husband of
Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1860)
1791 –
Friedrich Ernst Scheller , German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1869)
1793 –
Michel Chasles , French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
1849 –
Mary E. Byrd , American astronomer and educator (d. 1934)
1852 –
Tewfik Pasha , Egyptian ruler (d. 1892)
1859 –
Christopher Hornsrud , Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
1862 –
Gerhart Hauptmann , German novelist, poet, and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946)
1865 –
John Earle , Australian politician, 22nd
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1932)
1866 –
Cornelia Sorabji , Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (d. 1954)
[22]
1867 –
Emil Krebs , German
polyglot (d. 1930)
1868 –
Emil Racoviță , Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d. 1947)
1873 –
Sara Josephine Baker , American physician and academic (d. 1945)
1874 –
Dimitrios Golemis , Greek runner (d. 1941)
1874 –
August Krogh , Danish zoologist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1879 –
Lewis Stone , American actor (d. 1953)
1881 –
Franklin Pierce Adams , American journalist and author (d. 1960)
1882 –
Felix Frankfurter , Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (d. 1965)
1886 –
René Guénon , French-Egyptian philosopher and author (d. 1951)
1887 –
Marianne Moore , American poet, critic, and translator (d. 1972)
1887 –
Georgia O'Keeffe , American painter and educator (d. 1986)
1888 –
Artie Matthews , American pianist and composer (d. 1958)
1890 –
Richmal Crompton , English author and educator (d. 1969)
1891 –
W. Averell Harriman , American businessman and politician, 11th
United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1986)
1891 –
Erwin Rommel , German field marshal (d. 1944)
1892 –
Naomi Childers , American actress (d. 1964)
1895 –
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
[23]
1895 –
Antoni Słonimski , Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
1896 –
Leonard Lord , English businessman (d. 1967)
1897 –
Aneurin Bevan , Welsh journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for Health (d. 1960)
1897 –
Sacheverell Sitwell , English author and critic (d. 1988)
1899 –
Avdy Andresson , Estonian-American soldier and diplomat,
Estonian Minister of War (d. 1990)
1901–present
1903 –
Stewie Dempster , New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 1974)
1905 –
Mantovani , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980)
1906 –
Curtis LeMay , American general and politician (d. 1990)
1907 –
Claus von Stauffenberg , German colonel (d. 1944)
1908 –
Carlo Abarth , Italian engineer and businessman, founded
Abarth (d. 1979)
1912 –
Harald Keres , Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1912 –
Yi Wu , Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)
1913 –
Jack Dyer , Australian footballer and coach (d. 2003)
1913 –
Arthur Haulot , Belgian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1914 –
V. R. Krishna Iyer , Indian lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
1916 –
Nita Barrow , Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th
Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995)
1916 –
Bill Melendez , Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1919 –
Carol Bruce , American singer and actress (d. 2007)
1919 –
Joseph Wapner , American judge and television personality (d. 2017)
[24]
1920 –
Vasilis Diamantopoulos , Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1922 –
Francis Brunn , German juggler (d. 2004)
1922 –
David Sidney Feingold , American biochemist and academic (d. 2019)
1922 –
Francesco Rosi , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1923 –
Văn Cao , Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (d. 1995)
1923 –
Samuel Klein , Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded
Casas Bahia (d. 2014)
1924 –
Gianni Ferrio , Italian composer and conductor (d. 2013)
1925 –
Howard Baker , American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th
White House Chief of Staff (d. 2014)
1926 –
Thomas Williams , American author and academic (d. 1990)
1927 –
Bill Rowling , New Zealand politician, 30th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1995)
1929 –
Ed Asner , American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)
[25]
1929 –
Joe Hinton , American singer (d. 1968)
1930 –
J. G. Ballard , English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2009)
[26]
1930 –
Olene Walker , American lawyer and politician, 15th
Governor of Utah (d. 2015)
1931 –
John Kerr , American actor, singer, and lawyer (d. 2013)
1931 –
Mwai Kibaki , Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd
President of Kenya (d. 2022)
1931 –
Pascal Lissouba , Congolese politician,
President of the Republic of the Congo (d. 2020)
1932 –
Petula Clark , English singer-songwriter and actress
[27]
1932 –
Clyde McPhatter , American singer (d. 1972)
1932 –
Alvin Plantinga , American philosopher, author, and academic
1933 –
Gloria Foster , American actress (d. 2001)
1933 –
Theodore Roszak , American scholar and author (d. 2011)
1934 –
Joanna Barnes , American actress and author (d. 2022)
1934 –
Peter Dickinson , English pianist and composer (d. 2023)
1935 –
Nera White , American basketball player (d. 2016)
1936 –
H. B. Bailey , American race car driver (d. 2003)
1936 –
Wolf Biermann , German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936 –
Tara Singh Hayer , Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 1998)
1937 –
Little Willie John , American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
1939 –
Terry Bradbury , English footballer and manager
1939 –
Yaphet Kotto , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
[28]
1939 –
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde , Finnish physician and parapsychologist (d. 2015)
1940 –
Roberto Cavalli , Italian fashion designer (d. 2024)
1940 –
Tony Mendez , American CIA technical operations officer (d. 2019)
1940 –
Ulf Pilgaard , Danish actor and screenwriter
1940 –
Hank Wangford , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
1940 –
Sam Waterston , American actor
[27]
1941 –
Rick Kemp , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1941 –
Daniel Pinkwater , American author and illustrator
1942 –
Daniel Barenboim , Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
[26]
1945 –
Roger Donaldson , Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 –
Bob Gunton , American actor and singer
[27]
1945 –
Anni-Frid Lyngstad , Norwegian-Swedish singer
[27]
1946 –
Vassilis Goumas , Greek basketball player
1947 –
Bob Dandridge , American basketball player
[29]
1947 –
Malcolm Ranjith , Sri Lankan cardinal
1947 –
Bill Richardson , American politician and diplomat, 21st
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2023)
[30]
1947 –
Ken Sutcliffe , Australian journalist and sportscaster
1948 –
Jimmy Choo , Malaysian fashion designer[
page needed ]
[31]
1948 –
Teodoro Locsin, Jr. , Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
1950 –
Egon Vaupel , German lawyer and politician, 16th
Mayor of Marburg
1951 –
Beverly D'Angelo , American actress, singer, and producer
[27]
1952 –
Rick Atkinson , American journalist, historian, and author
1952 –
Randy Savage , American wrestler (d. 2011)
[26]
1953 –
Alexander O'Neal , American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
1953 –
James Widdoes , American actor, director, and producer
[27]
1954 –
Kevin S. Bright , American director and producer
1954 –
Emma Dent Coad , British politician
1954 –
Aleksander Kwaśniewski , Polish journalist and politician, 3rd
President of Poland
1954 –
Randy Thomas , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954 –
Tony Thompson , American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (d. 2003)
1955 –
Joe Leeway , English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
1956 –
Michael Hampton , American guitarist and producer
1957 –
Gerry Connolly , Australian comedian and actor
1957 –
Kevin Eubanks , American guitarist and composer
[27]
1957 –
Harold Marcuse , American historian and educator
1957 –
Michael Woythe , German footballer and manager
1958 –
Lewis Fitz-Gerald , Australian actor and director
1958 –
Gu Kailai , Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
1958 –
Lesley Laird , British politician
1959 –
Tibor Fischer , English author
1960 –
Dawn Airey , English broadcaster
1961 –
Hugh McGahan , New Zealand rugby league player
1962 –
Mark Acres , American basketball player and educator
1962 –
Judy Gold , American comedian, actress, and producer
[27]
1963 –
Andrew Castle , English tennis player and television host
1963 –
Benny Elias , Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1963 –
Kevin J. O'Connor , American actor
1964 –
Stelios Aposporis , Greek footballer and manager
1964 –
Mikhail Rusyayev , Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
1964 –
Tiit Sokk , Estonian basketball player and coach
1965 –
Nigel Bond , English snooker player
1965 –
Stefan Pfeiffer , German swimmer
1966 –
Rachel True , American actress
[27]
1967 –
Greg Anthony , American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 –
Cynthia Breazeal , American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
1967 –
E-40 , American rapper and actor
[27]
1967 –
Wayne Harrison , English footballer (d. 2013)
1967 –
François Ozon , French director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 –
Gus Poyet , Uruguayan footballer and manager
1967 –
Jon Preston , New Zealand rugby player
1968 –
Ol' Dirty Bastard , American rapper and producer (d. 2004)
1968 –
Fausto Brizzi , Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 –
Teodoro Casiño , Filipino journalist and politician
1968 –
Jennifer Charles , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968 –
Uwe Rösler , German footballer and manager
1970 –
Ilija Aračić , Croatian footballer and coach
1970 –
Jack Ingram , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[27]
1970 –
Alexander Kvitashvili , Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th
Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
1970 –
Patrick M'Boma , Cameroonian footballer
1971 –
Jay Harrington , American actor
1971 –
Martin Pieckenhagen , German footballer
1972 –
Jonny Lee Miller , English-American actor
[27]
1973 –
Sydney Tamiia Poitier , American actress
[27]
1973 –
Alamgir Sheriyar , English cricketer
1974 –
Chad Kroeger , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[27]
1975 –
Scott Henshall , English fashion designer
1975 –
Yannick Tremblay , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 –
Boris Živković , Croatian footballer
1976 –
Brandon DiCamillo , American comedian, actor, and stuntman
1976 –
Virginie Ledoyen , French actress
[27]
1976 –
Sule , Indonesian comedian and actor
1977 –
Richard Lintner , Slovak ice hockey player
[32]
1977 –
Steven Miles , Australian politician, 40th
Premier of Queensland
[33]
1977 –
Sean Murray , American actor
[27]
1977 –
Peter Phillips , English businessman
1977 –
Robaire Smith , American football player
1978 –
Floyd Womack , American football player
1979 –
Brooks Bollinger , American football player and coach
1979 –
Josemi , Spanish footballer
1979 –
Brett Lancaster , Australian cyclist
1980 –
Ace Young , American singer-songwriter and actor
1981 –
Drew Hodgdon , American football player
1981 –
Lorena Ochoa , Mexican golfer
[26]
1982 –
D. J. Fitzpatrick , American football player
1982 –
Rio Hirai , Japanese actress
1982 –
Joe Kowalewski , American football player
1982 –
Benjamin Krause , German rugby player
1982 –
Giaan Rooney , Australian swimmer
1982 –
Lofa Tatupu , American football player
1982 –
Kalu Uche , Nigerian footballer
1983 –
Dominic Carroll , Gibraltarian runner
1983 –
Sophia Di Martino , English actress
[26]
1983 –
Aleksandar Pavlović , Serbian basketball player
1983 –
Fernando Verdasco , Spanish tennis player
1984 –
Asia Kate Dillon , American actor and producer
1985 –
Lily Aldridge , American model
1985 –
Charron Fisher , American basketball player
1985 –
Simon Spender , Welsh footballer
1986 –
Winston Duke , Tobagonian-American actor
[27]
1986 –
Coye Francies , American football player
1986 –
Sania Mirza , Indian tennis player
1986 –
Jerry Roush , American singer-songwriter
1987 –
Sergio Llull , Spanish basketball player
[34]
1988 –
B.o.B , American rapper, songwriter, and producer
[27]
1988 –
Quanitra Hollingsworth , American-Turkish basketball player
[35]
1988 –
Morgan Parra , French rugby player
1988 –
Billy Twelvetrees , English rugby player
1989 –
Jona Viray , Filipino singer
1991 –
Maxime Colin , French footballer
1991 –
Shailene Woodley , American actress
[27]
1992 –
Dylan Bundy , American baseball player
[36]
1992 –
Sofia Goggia , Italian skier
1992 –
Minami Minegishi , Japanese singer
1992 –
Daniela Seguel , Chilean tennis player
1992 –
Trevor Story , American baseball player
1992 –
Kevin Wimmer , Austrian footballer
1993 –
Arik Armstead , American football player
[37]
1993 –
Emma Dumont , American actress and model
[27]
1993 –
Paulo Dybala , Argentine footballer
1993 –
Saaya Irie , Japanese actress and singer
1994 –
Ekaterina Alexandrova , Russian tennis player
[38]
1994 –
Bryce Cartwright , Australian rugby league player
1995 –
Blake Pieroni , American swimmer
[39]
1995 –
Karl-Anthony Towns , Dominican-American basketball player
1996 –
Kim Min-jae , South Korean footballer
[40]
1997 –
Paula Badosa , Spanish tennis player
[41]
2001 –
TyTy Washington Jr. , American basketball player
[42]
Deaths
Pre-1600
165 BCE –
Mattathias , Jewish resistance leader
621 –
Malo , Breton bishop and saint
655 –
Æthelhere , king of East Anglia
655 –
Penda of Mercia , king of Mercia
1037 –
Odo II , French nobleman (b. 983)
1136 –
Leopold III , margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
1194 –
Margaret I , countess of Flanders
1226 –
Frederick of Isenberg , German nobleman (b. 1193)
1280 –
Albertus Magnus , German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193)
1347 –
James I of Urgell , Spanish nobleman (b. 1321)
1351 –
Joanna of Pfirt , duchess of Austria
1379 –
Otto V , duke of Bavaria
1463 –
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini , Italian nobleman
1527 –
Catherine of York , English princess (b. 1479)
[43]
1579 –
Ferenc Dávid , Hungarian preacher, founder of the
Unitarian Church of Transylvania (b. 1510)
1601–1900
1628 –
Roque González de Santa Cruz , Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576)
1630 –
Johannes Kepler , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
1670 –
John Amos Comenius , Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592)
1691 –
Aelbert Cuyp , Dutch painter (b. 1620)
1706 –
Tsangyang , Tibetan dalai lama (b. 1683)
1712 –
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton , Scottish general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1658)
1712 –
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun , English politician (b. 1675)
1787 –
Christoph Willibald Gluck , German composer (b. 1714)
1794 –
John Witherspoon , Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
1795 –
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo , French painter (b. 1719)
1832 –
Jean-Baptiste Say , French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
1836 –
Herman of Alaska , Russian missionary and saint (b. 1750s)
[44]
1845 –
William Knibb , English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)
1853 –
Maria II , Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819)
1892 –
Thomas Neill Cream , Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
1897 –
Alfred Kennerley , English-Australian politician, 10th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
1901–present
1908 –
Cixi , China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
[45]
1910 –
Wilhelm Raabe , German author (b. 1831)
1916 –
Henryk Sienkiewicz , Polish journalist and author,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
[46]
1917 –
Émile Durkheim , French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
1919 –
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky , Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
1919 –
Mohammad Farid , Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
1919 –
Alfred Werner , French-Swiss chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1921 –
Tadhg Barry , veteran
Irish republican and leading trade unionist (b. 1880)
[47]
1922 –
Dimitrios Gounaris , Greek lawyer and politician, 94th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
1922 –
Petros Protopapadakis , Greek mathematician and politician, 107th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
1922 –
Nikolaos Stratos , Greek lawyer and politician, 106th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
1941 –
Wal Handley , English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
1942 –
Annemarie Schwarzenbach , Swiss author and photographer (b. 1908)
[48]
1945 –
Frank Chapman , American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
1949 –
Narayan Apte , Indian activist, assassin of
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
[49]
1949 –
Nathuram Godse , Indian assassin of
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
[49]
1951 –
Frank Weston Benson , American painter and educator (b. 1862)
1954 –
Lionel Barrymore , American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
1956 –
Emma Richter , German paleontologist (b. 1888)
[50]
1958 –
Tyrone Power , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
1959 –
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , Scottish physicist and meteorologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
1960 –
Robert Raymond Cook , Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
1961 –
Elsie Ferguson , American actress (b. 1883)
1961 –
Johanna Westerdijk , Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883)
1963 –
Fritz Reiner , Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888)
1966 –
Dimitrios Tofalos , Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877)
1966 –
William Zorach , Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (b. 1887)
1967 –
Michael J. Adams , American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
1970 –
Konstantinos Tsaldaris , Egyptian-Greek politician (b. 1884)
1971 –
Rudolf Abel , English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
1976 –
Jean Gabin , French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
1978 –
Margaret Mead , American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
[51]
1980 –
Bill Lee , American actor and singer (b. 1916)
1981 –
Steve Macko , American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
1981 –
Enid Markey , American actress (b. 1894)
1981 –
Khawar Rizvi , Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
1982 –
Vinoba Bhave , Indian philosopher and Gandhian,
Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1895)
1982 –
Martín de Álzaga , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
1983 –
John Grimaldi , English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955)
1983 –
Charlie Grimm , American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1983 –
John Le Mesurier , English actor (b. 1912)
1984 –
Baby Fae , American infant, who received
baboon heart (b. 1984)
[52]
1985 –
Méret Oppenheim , German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (b. 1913)
1988 –
Billo Frómeta , Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915)
1988 –
Ieronymos I of Athens , Greek archbishop and theologian (b. 1905)
1994 –
Elizabeth George Speare , American author (b. 1908)
1996 –
Alger Hiss , American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1904)
1997 –
Saul Chaplin , American director and composer (b. 1912)
1998 –
Stokely Carmichael , Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941)
1998 –
Ludvík Daněk , Czech discus thrower (b. 1937)
2000 –
Edoardo Agnelli , son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (b. 1954)
2003 –
Ray Lewis , Canadian runner (b. 1910)
2003 –
Dorothy Loudon , American actress and singer (b. 1925)
2003 –
Laurence Tisch , American businessman, co-founded the
Loews Corporation (b. 1923)
2003 –
Speedy West , American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
2004 –
Elmer L. Andersen , American businessman and politician, 30th
Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909)
2004 –
John Morgan , Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2005 –
Adrian Rogers , American pastor and author (b. 1931)
2005 –
Arto Salminen , Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959)
2006 –
David K. Wyatt , American historian and author (b. 1937)
2007 –
Joe Nuxhall , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2008 –
Grace Hartigan , American painter (b. 1922)
2009 –
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (b. 1914)
2010 –
Larry Evans , American chess player and journalist (b. 1932)
2010 –
Ed Kirkpatrick , American baseball player (b. 1944)
2010 –
William Edwin Self , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
2011 –
Oba Chandler , American murderer (b. 1946)
2012 –
Théophile Abega , Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954)
2012 –
Luís Carreira , Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
2012 –
Maleli Kunavore , Fijian rugby player (b. 1983)
2012 –
K. C. Pant , Indian politician, 18th
Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1931)
2012 –
Frode Thingnæs , Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
2013 –
Sheila Matthews Allen , American actress and producer (b. 1929)
2013 –
Glafcos Clerides , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th
President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
2013 –
Mike McCormack , American football player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 –
Jack Bridger Chalker , English painter and academic (b. 1918)
2014 –
Lucien Clergue , French photographer and educator (b. 1934)
2014 –
Valéry Mézague , Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)
2014 –
Reg Withers , Australian soldier and politician,
Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924)
2015 –
Gisèle Prassinos , French author (b. 1920)
2015 –
Herbert Scarf , American economist and academic (b. 1930)
2015 –
Saeed Jaffrey , Indian-British actor (b. 1929)
2016 –
Mose Allison , American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927)
2017 –
Lil Peep , American singer and rapper (b. 1996)
2023 –
Žarko Laušević , Serbian actor (b. 1960)
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