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Day of the year
November 25 is the 329th day of the year (330th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 36 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
571 BC –
Servius Tullius , king of
Rome , celebrates the first of his three
triumphs for his victory over the
Etruscans .
[1]
1034 –
Máel Coluim mac Cináeda ,
King of Scots , dies. His grandson,
Donnchad , son of
Bethóc and
Crínán of Dunkeld , inherits the throne.
1120 – The
White Ship sinks in the
English Channel , drowning
William Adelin , son and heir of
Henry I of England .
[2]
1177 –
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and
Raynald of Châtillon defeat
Saladin at the
Battle of Montgisard .
[3]
1343 – A
tsunami , caused by an
earthquake in the
Tyrrhenian Sea , devastates
Naples and the
Maritime Republic of Amalfi , among other places.
1400 – King
Minkhaung I becomes king of
Ava .
[4]
1487 –
Elizabeth of York is crowned
Queen of England .
[5]
1491 – The
siege of Granada , the last
Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the
Treaty of Granada .
1510 –
Portuguese conquest of Goa : Portuguese naval forces under the command of
Afonso de Albuquerque , and local mercenaries working for privateer
Timoji , seize Goa from the
Bijapur Sultanate , resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.
1596 – The
Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when
peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility.
[6]
1601–1900
1667 – A deadly
earthquake rocks
Shemakha in the
Caucasus , killing 80,000 people.
1678 –
Trunajaya rebellion : After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied
Mataram and
Dutch troops
successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
1755 – King
Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the
Religious of the Virgin Mary .
1758 –
French and Indian War : British forces capture
Fort Duquesne from French control. Later,
Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern
Pittsburgh .
1759 – An
earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying
Beirut and
Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000.
1783 –
American Revolutionary War : The last British troops
leave New York City three months after the signing of the
Treaty of Paris .
1795 –
Partitions of Poland :
Stanisław August Poniatowski , the last king of independent Poland, is forced to
abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
1826 – The
Greek frigate Hellas arrives in
Nafplion to become the first
flagship of the
Hellenic Navy .
1833 – A massive undersea
earthquake , estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks
Sumatra , producing a massive
tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
1839 – A
cyclone slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
[7]
1863 –
American Civil War :
Battle of Missionary Ridge :
Union forces led by General
Ulysses S. Grant break the
Siege of Chattanooga by routing
Confederate troops under General
Braxton Bragg at
Missionary Ridge in
Tennessee .
1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the
Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
1874 – The United States
Greenback Party is established as a
political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the
Panic of 1873 .
[8]
1876 –
American Indian Wars : In retaliation for the American defeat at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn ,
United States Army troops
sack the sleeping village of
Cheyenne
Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the
Powder River .
[9]
1901–present
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become
King Haakon VII of Norway .
[10]
1908 – A fire breaks out on
SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's
Grand Harbour , resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
[11]
1912 –
Românul de la Pind , the longest-running newspaper by and about
Aromanians until
World War II , ceases its publications.
[12]
1915 –
Albert Einstein presents the
field equations of
general relativity to the
Prussian Academy of Sciences .
1917 –
World War I : German forces
defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at
Negomano on the border of modern-day
Mozambique and
Tanzania .
1918 –
Vojvodina , formerly
Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the
Kingdom of Serbia .
1926 – The deadliest November
tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
1936 – In
Berlin ,
Germany and Japan sign the
Anti-Comintern Pact , agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the
Soviet Union against either nation.
1941 –
HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during
World War II .
1943 – World War II: Statehood of
Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the
State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
1947 –
Red Scare : The "
Hollywood Ten " are
blacklisted by
Hollywood movie studios .
1947 – New Zealand ratifies the
Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
1950 – The
Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
1952 –
Agatha Christie 's murder-mystery play
The Mousetrap opens at the
Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the
longest continuously running play in history.
[13]
1952 –
Korean War : After 42 days of fighting, the
Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "
Iron Triangle ".
[14]
1958 –
French Sudan gains
autonomy as a self-governing member of the
French Community .
1960 – The
Mirabal sisters of the
Dominican Republic are assassinated.
1963 –
State funeral of John F. Kennedy ; after lying in state at the
United States Capitol , a Requiem Mass takes place at
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the President is buried at
Arlington National Cemetery .
[15]
1968 – The
Old Student House in
Helsinki, Finland is
occupied by a large group of
University of Helsinki students.
[16]
1970 – In Japan, author
Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic
seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
1973 –
Georgios Papadopoulos , head of the military
Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General
Dimitrios Ioannidis .
1975 –
Coup of 25 November 1975 , a failed military
coup d'état carried out by Portuguese far-left activists, who hoped to hijack the
Portuguese transition to democracy in favor of the establishment of a
communist dictatorship.
[17]
[18]
1975 –
Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
1977 – Former Senator
Benigno Aquino Jr. , is found guilty by the Philippine
Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by
firing squad . He is later assassinated in 1983.
1980 –
Sangoulé Lamizana , president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a
coup d'état led by Colonel
Saye Zerbo .
[19]
1981 –
Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future
Pope Benedict XVI )
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith .
1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a
Notting Hill studio and record
Band Aid 's "
Do They Know It's Christmas? " in order to raise money for
famine relief in
Ethiopia .
1985 – A
Soviet Air Force
Antonov An-12 is
shot down near
Menongue in Angola's
Cuando Cubango Province , killing 21.
[20]
1986 –
Iran–Contra affair : U.S. Attorney General
Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to
Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist
Contra rebels in
Nicaragua .
1986 – The
King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the
Persian Gulf .
1987 –
Typhoon Nina pummels the
Philippines with
category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
1992 – The
Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the
Czech Republic and
Slovakia , with effect from January 1, 1993.
1999 – A five-year-old Cuban boy,
Elián González , is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
2000 – The
2000 Baku earthquake , with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in
Baku ,
Azerbaijan , and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
2008 –
Cyclone Nisha strikes northern
Sri Lanka , killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
2009 –
Jeddah floods : Freak rains swamp the city of
Jeddah ,
Saudi Arabia , during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1609 –
Henrietta Maria of France , Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1669)
[22]
1638 –
Catherine of Braganza (d. 1705)
[23]
1666 –
Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri , Italian violin maker (d. 1740)
[24]
1703 –
Jean-François Séguier , French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1752 –
Johann Friedrich Reichardt , German composer and critic (d. 1814)
1753 –
Robert Townsend , American spy (d. 1838)
1758 –
John Armstrong, Jr. , American general and politician, 7th
United States Secretary of War (d. 1843)
1778 –
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck , English author and activist (d. 1856)
1787 –
Franz Xaver Gruber , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1863)
1814 –
Julius Robert von Mayer , German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1815 –
William Sawyer , Canadian merchant and politician (d. 1904)
1817 –
John Bigelow , American lawyer and politician,
United States Ambassador to France (d. 1911)
1835 –
Andrew Carnegie , Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
[25]
1841 –
Ernst Schröder , German mathematician and academic (d. 1902)
[26]
1843 –
Henry Ware Eliot , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1844 –
Karl Benz , German engineer and businessman, founded
Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
[27]
1845 –
José Maria de Eça de Queirós , Portuguese-French journalist and author (d. 1900)
1846 –
Carrie Nation , American activist (d. 1911)
1858 –
Alfred Capus , French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1922)
1862 –
Ethelbert Nevin , American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1862 –
Gustaf Söderström , Swedish
tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 1958)
1865 –
Kate Gleason , American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (d. 1933)
1867 –
Talaat Harb , Egyptian economist, founded the
Banque Misr (d. 1941)
1868 –
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1937)
[28]
1869 –
Ben Lindsey , American lawyer and judge (d. 1934)
1870 –
Winthrop Ames , American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1937)
1870 –
Maurice Denis , French painter of
Les Nabis movement (d. 1943)
1872 –
Robert Maysack , American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1960)
1873 –
Albert Henry Krehbiel , American painter and illustrator (d. 1945)
1874 –
Joe Gans , American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 –
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936)
1877 –
Harley Granville-Barker , British actor, director and playwright (d. 1946)
1880 –
John Flynn , Australian minister and pilot, founded the
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
1880 –
Elsie J. Oxenham , English author (d. 1960)
1881 –
Jacob Fichman , Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (d. 1958)
1881 –
Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
1883 –
Harvey Spencer Lewis , American mystic and author (d. 1939)
1887 –
Nikolai Vavilov , Russian botanist and geneticist (d. 1943)
1889 –
Reşat Nuri Güntekin , Turkish author and playwright (d. 1956)
1890 –
Isaac Rosenberg , English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
1891 –
Ōnishiki Uichirō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th
Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1893 –
Joseph Wood Krutch , American author and critic (d. 1970)
1895 –
Wilhelm Kempff , German pianist and composer (d. 1991)
1895 –
Anastas Mikoyan , Soviet politician,
Chairman of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
Soviet Union (d. 1978)
1895 –
Helen Hooven Santmyer , American poet and author (d. 1986)
1895 –
Ludvík Svoboda , Czech general and politician, 8th
President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
1896 –
Albertus Soegijapranata , Indonesian archbishop (d. 1963)
1896 –
Virgil Thomson , American composer and critic (d. 1989)
1898 –
Debaki Bose , Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1898 –
Aarne Viisimaa , Estonian tenor and director (d. 1989)
1900 –
Rudolf Höss , German
SS officer (d. 1947)
1900 –
Helen Gahagan Douglas , American actress and politician (d. 1980)
1901–present
1901 –
Arthur Liebehenschel , German
SS officer (d. 1948)
1902 –
Eddie Shore , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985)
1904 –
Lillian Copeland , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1964)
1904 –
Toni Ortelli , Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
1905 –
Samiha Ayverdi , Turkish mystic and author (d. 1993)
1906 –
Alice Ambrose , American philosopher and logician (d. 2001)
1907 –
John Stuart Hindmarsh , English race car driver and pilot (d. 1938)
1908 –
Natyaguru
Nurul Momen , Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (d. 1990)
1909 –
P. D. Eastman , American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
1911 –
Roelof Frankot , Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984)
1913 –
Lewis Thomas , American physician, etymologist, and educator (d. 1993)
1914 –
Joe DiMaggio , American baseball player and coach (d. 1999)
[29]
1914 –
Léon Zitrone , Russian-French journalist (d. 1995)
1915 –
Augusto Pinochet , Chilean general and politician, 30th
President of Chile (d. 2006)
[30]
1915 –
Armando Villanueva , Peruvian politician, 121st
Prime Minister of Peru (d. 2013)
1916 –
Peg Lynch , American actress and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1917 –
Luigi Poggi , Italian cardinal (d. 2010)
1917 –
Alparslan Türkeş , Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997)
1919 –
Norman Tokar , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1920 –
Shelagh Fraser , English actress (d. 2000)
1920 –
Ricardo Montalbán , Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (d. 2009)
[30]
1920 –
Noel Neill , American actress (d. 2016)
[30]
1922 –
Ilja Hurník , Czech composer and playwright (d. 2013)
1922 –
Fernance B. Perry , Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1923 –
Mauno Koivisto , Finnish banker and politician, 9th
President of Finland (d. 2017)
1923 –
Art Wall Jr. , American golfer (d. 2001)
1924 –
Paul Desmond , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
1924 –
Sybil Stockdale , American activist, co-founded the
National League of Families (d. 2015)
1924 –
Takaaki Yoshimoto , Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012)
1926 –
Poul Anderson , American author (d. 2001)
1926 –
Jeffrey Hunter , American actor and producer (d. 1969)
1926 –
Ranganath Misra , Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st
Chief Justice of India (d. 2012)
1927 –
John K. Cooley , American journalist and author (d. 2008)
1929 –
Judy Crichton , American director and producer (d. 2007)
1931 –
Nat Adderley , American cornet and trumpet player (d. 2000)
1932 –
Takayo Fischer , American actress and singer
1933 –
Kathryn Crosby , American actress and singer
[31]
1935 –
Robert Berner , American geologist and academic (d. 2015)
1936 –
Trisha Brown , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2017)
1938 –
Erol Güngör , Turkish sociologist and psychologist (d. 1983)
1938 –
Rosanna Schiaffino , Italian actress (d. 2009)
1939 –
Martin Feldstein , American economist and academic (d. 2019)
1940 –
Reinhard Furrer , Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 –
Joe Gibbs , American football coach and auto racing executive
[30]
1940 –
Karl Offmann , Mauritian politician, 3rd
President of Mauritius (d. 2022)
1940 –
Shyamal Kumar Sen , Indian jurist and politician, 21st
Governor of West Bengal
1940 –
Percy Sledge , American singer (d. 2015)
[32]
1941 –
Christos Papanikolaou , Greek pole vaulter
1941 –
Gerald Seymour , English journalist and author
1941 –
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi , Pakistani spiritual leader and author
1942 –
Bob Lind , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[31]
1942 –
Mimis Papaioannou , Greek footballer and manager
1943 –
Jerry Portnoy , American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1944 –
Ben Stein , American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author
[31]
1944 –
Michael Kijana Wamalwa , Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th
Vice President of Kenya (d. 2003)
1945 –
Gail Collins , American journalist and author
1945 –
Patrick Nagel , American painter and illustrator (d. 1984)
1945 –
George Webster , American football player (d. 2007)
1946 –
Marc Brown , American author and illustrator
1946 –
Mike Doyle , English footballer (d. 2011)
1947 –
Jonathan Kaplan , French-American director and producer
1947 –
John Larroquette , American actor
[31]
1948 –
Jacques Dupuis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th
Deputy Premier of Quebec
1948 –
Lars Eighner , American author
1949 –
Kerry O'Keeffe , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1950 –
Chris Claremont , English-American author
1950 –
Giorgio Faletti , Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2014)
1950 –
Alexis Wright , Australian author
1951 –
Bucky Dent , American baseball player and manager
1951 –
Charlaine Harris , American author and poet
1951 –
Bill Morrissey , American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
1951 –
Arturo Pérez-Reverte , Spanish author and journalist
1951 –
Johnny Rep , Dutch footballer and manager
1952 –
Crescent Dragonwagon , American author and educator
1952 –
John Lynch , American businessman and politician, 80th
Governor of New Hampshire
1952 –
Gabriele Oriali , Italian footballer and manager
1953 –
Graham Eadie , Australian rugby league player and coach
1953 –
Mark Frost , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1953 –
Jeffrey Skilling , American businessman
1955 –
Don Hahn , American director and producer
1955 –
Kurt Niedermayer , German footballer and manager
1955 –
Connie Palmen , Dutch author
1955 –
Bruno Tonioli , Italian dancer and choreographer
[31]
1957 –
Bob Ehrlich , American lawyer and politician, 60th
Governor of Maryland
1958 –
Naomi Oreskes , American historian of science
1959 –
Charles Kennedy , Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2015)
[33]
1959 –
Steve Rothery , English guitarist and songwriter
1960 –
Amy Grant , American singer-songwriter
[31]
1960 –
John F. Kennedy Jr. , American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (d. 1999)
[30]
1961 –
Paul Comstive , English footballer (d. 2013)
1962 –
Gilbert Delorme , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 –
Hironobu Sakaguchi , Japanese videogame designer
1962 –
Jimon Terakado , Japanese comedian and actor
1963 –
Kevin Chamberlin , American actor and director
[34]
1963 –
Holly Cole , Canadian singer and actress
1963 –
Chip Kelly , American football player and coach
[35]
1964 –
Mark Lanegan , American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1965 –
Tim Armstrong , American musician, songwriter, and producer
[31]
1965 –
Cris Carter , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1966 –
Billy Burke , American actor
[31]
1966 –
Stacy Lattisaw , American R&B singer
[31]
1967 –
Anthony Nesty , Surinamese swimmer
1967 –
Gregg Turkington , Australian comedian and singer
1968 –
Jill Hennessy , Canadian actress and singer
1968 –
Erick Sermon , American rapper and producer
[31]
1969 –
Anthony Peeler , American basketball player
[36]
1971 –
Christina Applegate , American actress
[37]
1971 –
Magnus Arvedson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1971 –
Göksel Demirpençe , Turkish singer-songwriter
1972 –
Gerard King , American basketball player
[38]
1972 –
Deepa Marathe , Indian cricketer
1972 –
Petteri Nummelin , Finnish ice hockey player
[39]
1973 –
Steven de Jongh , Dutch cyclist
1973 –
Octavio Dotel , Dominican baseball player
1973 –
Erick Strickland , American basketball player
1973 –
Eddie Steeples , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[31]
1974 –
Kenneth Mitchell , Canadian actor (d. 2024)
1975 –
Abdelkader Benali , Moroccan-Dutch journalist and author
1975 –
Kristian Nairn , Northern Irish actor and DJ
[31]
1976 –
Clint Mathis , American soccer player and coach
[40]
1976 –
Donovan McNabb , American football player and sportscaster
1976 –
Olena Vitrychenko , Ukrainian gymnast and coach
1977 –
Guillermo Cañas , Argentinian tennis player
1977 –
Jill Flint , American actress
[31]
1977 –
Marcus Marshall , Australian race car driver
1978 –
Ringo Sheena , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1979 –
Jerry Ferrara , American actor
[31]
1979 –
Joel Kinnaman , Swedish actor
[30]
1980 –
John-Michael Liles , American ice hockey player
1980 –
Josh Mathews , American wrestler and sportscaster
1980 –
Aaron Mokoena , South African footballer
1980 –
Alviro Petersen , South African cricketer
1980 –
Nick Swisher , American baseball player
[41]
1980 –
Steffen Thier , German rugby player
1981 –
Xabi Alonso , Spanish footballer
1981 –
Lee Bum-ho , South Korean baseball player
1981 –
Barbara Pierce Bush , American activist
[31]
1981 –
Jenna Bush Hager , American journalist
[31]
1981 –
Jared Jeffries , American basketball player
1981 –
Chevon Troutman , American basketball player
1982 –
Mitchell Claydon , Australian-English cricketer
1982 –
Michael Garnett , Canadian ice hockey player
[42]
1983 –
Jhulan Goswami , Indian cricketer
1984 –
Peter Siddle , Australian cricketer
1984 –
Gaspard Ulliel , French actor (d. 2022)
[43]
1985 –
Remona Fransen , Dutch pentathlete
1986 –
Katie Cassidy , American actress
[31]
1987 –
Trevor Booker , American basketball player
[44]
1988 –
Nodar Kumaritashvili , Georgian luger (d. 2010)
[45]
1988 –
Jay Spearing , English footballer
1989 –
Tom Dice , Belgian singer-songwriter
1990 –
Stephanie Hsu , American actress
[31]
1991 –
Philipp Grubauer , German ice hockey player
[46]
1992 –
Ana Bogdan , Romanian tennis player
[47]
1993 –
Danny Kent , English motorcycle racer
[48]
1997 –
Dennis Smith Jr. , American basketball player
[49]
2000 –
Talen Horton-Tucker , American basketball player
[50]
2000 –
Kaja Juvan , Slovenian tennis player
[51]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1626 –
Edward Alleyn , English actor, founded
Dulwich College (b. 1566)
1694 –
Ismaël Bullialdus , French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
1700 –
Stephanus Van Cortlandt , American lawyer and politician, 10th
Mayor of New York City (b. 1643)
1748 –
Isaac Watts , English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
1755 –
Johann Georg Pisendel , German violinist and composer (b. 1687)
1785 –
Richard Glover , English poet and politician (b. 1712)
1865 –
Heinrich Barth , German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
1884 –
Hermann Kolbe , German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
1885 –
Thomas A. Hendricks , American lawyer and politician, 21st
Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
1885 –
Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
1901–present
1909 –
Edward P. Allen , American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
1920 –
Gaston Chevrolet , French-American racing driver and businessman (b. 1892)
1934 –
N. E. Brown , English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
1944 –
Kenesaw Mountain Landis , American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
1948 –
Kanbun Uechi , Japanese martial artist, founded
Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
1949 –
Bill Robinson , American actor and dancer (b. 1878)
1950 –
Mao Anying , Chinese general (b. 1922)
1950 –
Johannes V. Jensen , Danish author and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1950 –
Gustaf John Ramstedt , Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1956 –
Alexander Dovzhenko , Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1957 –
Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)
1959 –
Gérard Philipe , French actor (b. 1922)
1961 –
Hubert Van Innis , Belgian archer (b. 1866)
1963 –
Alexander Marinesko , Russian lieutenant (b. 1913)
1965 –
Myra Hess , English pianist and educator (b. 1890)
1968 –
Upton Sinclair , American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878)
1968 –
Paul Siple , American geographer and explorer (b. 1908)
1970 –
Yukio Mishima , Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)
1972 –
Henri Coandă , Romanian engineer, designed the
Coandă-1910 (b. 1886)
1972 –
Hans Scharoun , German architect (b. 1893)
[52]
1973 –
Laurence Harvey , Lithuania-born English actor (b. 1928)
1974 –
Nick Drake , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1974 –
U Thant , Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd
Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
1980 –
Herbert Flam , American tennis player (b. 1928)
[53]
1981 –
Jack Albertson , American actor and singer (b. 1907)
1983 –
Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer) , Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932)
1984 –
Yashwantrao Chavan , Indian lawyer and politician, 5th
Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913)
1985 –
Geoffrey Grigson , English poet and critic (b. 1905)
1985 –
Franz Hildebrandt , German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
1987 –
Harold Washington , American lawyer and politician, 51st
Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)
1989 –
Alva R. Fitch , American general (b. 1907)
1990 –
Merab Mamardashvili , Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
1991 –
Eleanor Audley , American actress and voice artist (b. 1905)
1995 –
Léon Zitrone , Russian-French journalist (b. 1914)
1997 –
Hastings Banda , Malawian physician and politician, 1st
President of Malawi (b. 1898)
1998 –
Nelson Goodman , American philosopher and academic (b. 1906)
1998 –
Flip Wilson , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
1999 –
Valentín Campa , Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904)
2000 –
Hugh Alexander , American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)
[54]
2002 –
Karel Reisz , Czech-English director and producer (b. 1926)
[55]
2004 –
Ed Paschke , American painter and academic (b. 1939)
2005 –
George Best , Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
2005 –
Richard Burns , English rally driver (b. 1971)
[56]
2006 –
Luciano Bottaro , Italian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
2006 –
Valentín Elizalde , Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979)
2006 –
Phyllis Fraser , American actress and publisher, co-founded
Beginner Books (b. 1916)
[57]
2006 –
Kenneth M. Taylor , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1919)
[58]
2007 –
Peter Lipton , American philosopher and academic (b. 1954)
2008 –
Leonard Goodwin , British protozoologist (b. 1915)
[59]
2010 –
Alfred Balk , American journalist and author (b. 1930)
2010 –
Peter Christopherson , English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (b. 1955)
2010 –
C. Scott Littleton , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)
2010 –
Bernard Matthews , English businessman, founded
Bernard Matthews Farms (b. 1930)
2011 –
Vasily Alekseyev , Russian weightlifter and coach (b. 1942)
2011 –
Coco Robicheaux , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
2012 –
Lars Hörmander , Swedish mathematician and educator (b. 1931)
2012 –
Dave Sexton , English footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2012 –
Dinah Sheridan , English actress (b. 1920)
2012 –
Jim Temp , American football player and businessman (b. 1933)
2013 –
Lou Brissie , American baseball player (b. 1924)
2013 –
Ricardo Fort , Argentinian businessman (b. 1968)
2013 –
Bill Foulkes , English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
2013 –
Chico Hamilton , American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
2013 –
Egon Lánský , Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934)
2013 –
Al Plastino , American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2014 –
Irvin J. Borowsky , American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924)
2014 –
Sitara Devi , Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920)
2014 –
Petr Hapka , Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944)
2014 –
Denham Harman , American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916)
2015 –
O'Neil Bell , Jamaican boxer (b. 1974)
2015 –
Jeremy Black , English admiral (b. 1932)
2015 –
Svein Christiansen , Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941)
2015 –
Lennart Hellsing , Swedish author and translator (b. 1919)
2015 –
Elmo Williams , American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913)
2016 –
Fidel Castro , Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 1926)
[60]
2016 –
Ron Glass , American actor (b. 1945)
[61]
2020 –
Diego Maradona , Argentinian football player (b. 1960)
[62]
2023 –
Terry Venables , English football player and manager (b.1943)
[63]
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