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Day of the year
November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 57 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1677 – The future
Mary II of England marries
William, Prince of Orange ; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1737 – The
Teatro di San Carlo , the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
1780 – The
Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the
Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
1783 –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's
Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in
Linz , Austria.
1791 –
Northwest Indian War : The
Western Confederacy of
American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the
Battle of the Wabash .
1798 – The
Russo-Ottoman siege of
Corfu begins.
1839 –
Newport Rising : The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1847 – Sir
James Young Simpson , a Scottish physician, discovers the
anaesthetic properties of
chloroform .
1852 –
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour , becomes the
prime minister of
Piedmont -
Sardinia , which soon expands to become Italy.
1864 –
American Civil War :
Confederate troops bombard a
Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the
Battle of Johnsonville .
1868 –
Camagüey , Cuba, revolts against Spain during the
Ten Years' War .
1890 –
City and South London Railway : London's first deep-level
tube railway opens between
King William Street and
Stockwell .
1901–present
1918 –
World War I : The
Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and
Austria-Hungary is implemented.
1921 – The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the
Nazi Party is renamed the
Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in
Munich .
1921 –
Japanese Prime Minister
Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist
Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to
Tutankhamun 's tomb in the
Valley of the Kings .
1924 –
Nellie Tayloe Ross of
Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
1936 –
Spanish Civil War :
Largo Caballero
reshuffles his
war cabinet , persuading the
anarcho-syndicalist
CNT to join the government.
[2]
1939 –
World War II : U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the
United States Customs Service to implement the
Neutrality Act of 1939 , allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1942 – World War II: Disobeying a direct order by
Adolf Hitler , General Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the
Second Battle of El Alamein . The retreat would ultimately last five months.
1944 – World War II: The
7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates
Bitola for the Allies.
1944 – World War II:
Operation Pheasant , an Allied offensive to liberate
North Brabant in the
Netherlands , ends successfully.
[3]
1952 – The
United States government establishes the
National Security Agency , or NSA.
1956 –
Soviet troops enter
Hungary to end the
Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on
October 23 . Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1960 – At the
Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr.
Jane Goodall observes
chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
1962 – The United States concludes
Operation Fishbowl , its final above-ground
nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty .
1966 – The
Arno River
floods
Florence , Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books.
Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time
acqua alta of 194 cm (76 in).
1967 –
Iberia Flight 062 crashes in
Blackdown, West Sussex , killing all 37 people on board including British actress
June Thorburn .
[4]
1970 –
Vietnam War : The United States turns over control of the
air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to
South Vietnam .
1970 –
Salvador Allende takes office as
President of Chile , the first
Marxist to become president of a
Latin American country through open elections.
1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the
1973 oil crisis . Highways are used only by
cyclists and
roller skaters .
1979 –
Iran hostage crisis : A group of
Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in
Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
1980 –
Ronald Reagan is
elected as the 40th
President of the United States , defeating incumbent
Jimmy Carter .
1993 –
China Airlines Flight 605 , a brand-new
747-400 , overruns the runway at
Hong Kong
Kai Tak Airport .
1995 –
Israel-Palestinian conflict :
Israeli prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin is
assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident
He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th
Communist Party Congress .
2008 –
Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or
African-American descent to be
elected as
President of the United States .
2010 –
Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into
Guasimal , Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
2010 –
Qantas Flight 32 , an
Airbus A380 , suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from
Singapore , crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
2015 – A cargo plane
crashes shortly after takeoff from
Juba International Airport in
Juba , South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
[5]
[6]
2015 – A building
collapses in the Pakistani city of
Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
2020 – The
Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels
launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers .
[7]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1631 –
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
1640 –
Carlo Mannelli , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)
1649 –
Samuel Carpenter , Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1714)
1661 –
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine , German son of
Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1742)
1740 –
Augustus Toplady , English cleric and hymn writer (d. 1778)
1765 –
Pierre-Simon Girard , French mathematician and engineer (d. 1836)
1787 –
Edmund Kean , British Shakespearean stage actor (d. 1833)
[8]
1809 –
Benjamin Robbins Curtis , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1874)
1816 –
Stephen Johnson Field , American lawyer and jurist 5th
Chief Justice of California (d. 1899)
1821 –
Thomas Keefer , Canadian engineer and businessman (d. 1915)
1836 –
Henry J. Lutcher , American businessman (d. 1912)
1840 –
William Giblin , Australian politician, 13th
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1887)
1853 –
Anna Bayerová , Czech physician (d. 1924)
1861 –
Alice Gossage , American journalist (d. 1929)
[9]
[10]
1862 –
Rasmus Rasmussen , Norwegian actor and director (d. 1932)
1868 –
La Belle Otero , Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
1873 –
Kyōka Izumi , Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1939)
1874 –
Charles Despiau , French sculptor (d. 1946)
1879 –
Will Rogers , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1935)
1883 –
Nikolaos Plastiras , Greek general and politician 135th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1953)
1884 –
Harry Ferguson , Irish engineer, invented the
tractor (d. 1960)
1887 –
Alfred Lee Loomis , American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)
1889 –
Alton Adams , American composer and bandleader (d. 1987)
1890 –
Klabund , German author and poet (d. 1928)
1896 –
Carlos P. Garcia , Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th
President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
1897 –
Dolly Stark , American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)
1900 –
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu , Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)
1901–present
1901 –
Spyridon Marinatos , Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
1904 –
Tadeusz Żyliński , Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967)
1905 –
Dragutin Tadijanović , Croatian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1906 –
Sterling North , American author and critic (d. 1974)
1908 –
Stanley Cortez , American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)
1908 –
Joseph Rotblat , Polish-English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
[11]
1909 –
Evelyn Bryan Johnson , American colonel and pilot (d. 2012)
1909 –
Bert Patenaude , American soccer player (d. 1974)
1909 –
Skeeter Webb , American baseball player and manager (d. 1986)
1911 –
Dixie Lee , American actress and singer (d. 1952)
1912 –
Botong Francisco , Filipino painter (d. 1969)
1912 –
Vadim Salmanov , Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978)
1912 –
Giff Vivian , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1983)
1913 –
Gig Young , American actor (d. 1978)
1914 –
Carlos Castillo Armas , Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (d. 1957)
1915 –
Marguerite Patten , English economist and author (d. 2015)
1915 –
Ismail Abdul Rahman , Malaysian politician (d. 1973)
1916 –
John Basilone , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1916 –
Walter Cronkite , American journalist, voice actor, and producer (d. 2009)
[12]
1916 –
Ruth Handler , American businesswoman, created
Barbie (d. 2002)
1918 –
Art Carney , American actor (d. 2003)
1918 –
Cameron Mitchell , American actor (d. 1994)
1919 –
Martin Balsam , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1919 –
Eric Thompson , English race car driver and businessman (d. 2015)
1921 –
Mary Sherman Morgan , American scientist and engineer (d. 2004)
1922 –
Benno Besson , Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1923 –
Freddy Heineken , Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
1923 –
Howie Meeker , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (d. 2020)
1923 –
Eugene Sledge , American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2001)
1925 –
Gamani Corea , Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
1925 –
Doris Roberts , American actress (d. 2016)
[13]
1926 –
Carlos "Patato" Valdes , Cuban-American
conga player and composer (d. 2007)
1928 –
Larry Bunker , American drummer and
vibraphone player (d. 2005)
1928 –
Eugenio Lopez Jr. , Filipino businessman and chairman of the
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (d. 1999)
1928 –
Hannah Weiner , American poet and author (d. 1997)
1929 –
Anastasios of Albania , Greek-Albanian archbishop
1929 –
Shakuntala Devi , Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
1930 –
James E. Brewton , American painter (d. 1967)
1930 –
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury , Indian pharmacologist and academic (d. 2015)
1930 –
Dick Groat , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
[14]
1930 –
Frank J. Prial , American journalist and author (d. 2012)
1931 –
Bernard Francis Law , Mexican-American cardinal (d. 2017)
1932 –
Thomas Klestil , Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th
President of Austria (d. 2004)
1932 –
Tommy Makem , Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1933 –
Tito Francona , American baseball player (d. 2018)
1933 –
Charles K. Kao , Chinese physicist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1933 –
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu , Nigerian colonel and politician,
President of Biafra (d. 2011)
1935 –
Barry Crocker , Australian singer, actor, and television host
1935 –
Elgar Howarth , English conductor and composer
1936 –
C. K. Williams , American poet, critic, and translator (d. 2015)
1937 –
Loretta Swit , American actress and singer
[15]
1937 –
Michael Wilson , Canadian academic and politician, 31st
Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2019)
1939 –
Gail E. Haley , American author and illustrator
1939 –
Michael Meacher , English academic and politician,
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (d. 2015)
1940 –
Sally Baldwin , Scottish social sciences professor (d. 2003)
[16]
1940 –
Marlène Jobert , French actress, singer, and author
1940 –
Delbert McClinton , American singer-songwriter
[15]
1941 –
Kafi Benz , American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
1941 –
Lyndall Gordon , South African-English author and academic
1942 –
Patricia Bath , American ophthalmologist and academic (d. 2019)
1943 –
Clark Graebner , American tennis player
1943 –
Bob Wollek , French race car driver and skier (d. 2001)
1946 –
Laura Bush , American educator and librarian, 45th
First Lady of the United States
[15]
1946 –
Frederick Elmes , American cinematographer
1946 –
Robert Mapplethorpe , American photographer (d. 1989)
[12]
1947 –
Ivonne Coll , Puerto Rican actress
[15]
1947 –
Jerry Fleck , American actor, director, and production manager (d. 2003)
1947 –
Rod Marsh , Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2022)
1947 –
Ali Özgentürk , Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 –
Alexei Ulanov , Russian figure skater
1947 –
Ludmila Velikova , Russian figure skater and coach
1948 –
Alexis Hunter , New Zealand-English painter and photographer (d. 2014)
1948 –
Amadou Toumani Touré , Malian soldier and politician,
President of Mali (d. 2020)
1949 –
Garo Aida , Japanese photographer and author
1950 –
Charles Frazier , American novelist
[12]
1950 –
Markie Post , American actress (d. 2021)
[12]
1950 –
Nik Powell , English businessman, co-founded
Virgin Group (d. 2019)
1951 –
Traian Băsescu , Romanian captain and politician, 4th
President of Romania
1952 –
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
1953 –
Mick Buckley , English footballer (d. 2013)
1953 –
P. J. Carey , American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
1953 –
Carlos Gutierrez , Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th
United States Secretary of Commerce
1953 –
Peter Lord , English animator, director, and producer, co-founded
Aardman Animations
1953 –
Van Stephenson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1953 –
Jacques Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver
1954 –
Chris Difford , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[15]
1955 –
Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah , Indian author, poet, and scholar
1955 –
Matti Vanhanen , Finnish journalist and politician, 40th
Prime Minister of Finland
1956 –
Tom Greenhalgh , Swedish singer-songwriter
1956 –
James Honeyman-Scott , English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1982)
1956 –
Jordan Rudess , American keyboard player and songwriter
1957 –
Tony Abbott , English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th
Prime Minister of Australia
1957 –
Richard Harrington , English businessman and politician
1957 –
Aleksandr Tkachyov , Russian gymnast and coach
1958 –
Lee Jasper , English activist and politician
1958 –
Anne Sweeney , American businesswoman
1959 –
Ken Kirzinger , Canadian actor and stuntman
1960 –
Marc Awodey , American painter and poet (d. 2012)
1960 –
Kathy Griffin , American comedian and actress
[15]
1960 –
Igor Liba , Slovak ice hockey player
[17]
1961 –
Daron Hagen , American pianist, composer, and conductor
1961 –
Edward Knight , American composer and academic
1961 –
Ralph Macchio , American actor
[15]
1961 –
Jeff Probst , American television host and producer
[15]
1961 –
Steve Rotheram , English politician,
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
1961 –
Nigel Worthington , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1962 –
Arvo Volmer , Estonian conductor
1963 –
Marc Déry , Canadian singer and guitarist
1963 –
Michel Therrien , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 –
Lena Zavaroni , Scottish singer and television host (d. 1999)
1964 –
Yūko Mizutani , Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2016)
1965 –
Wayne Static , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1967 –
Daisuke Asakura , Japanese songwriter and producer
1967 –
Yılmaz Erdoğan , Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
1967 –
Eric Karros , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 –
Asif Mujtaba , Pakistani cricketer
1968 –
Matthew Tobin Anderson , American author, critic, and educator
1968 –
Carlos Baerga , Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
[15]
1968 –
Lee Germon , New Zealand cricketer
1969 –
Sean Combs , American rapper, producer, and actor
[15]
1969 –
Matthew McConaughey , American actor and producer
[15]
1969 –
Samantha Smith , American actress
[12]
1970 –
Tim DeBoom , American triathlete
1970 –
Malena Ernman , Swedish soprano
1970 –
Anthony Ruivivar , American actor
[15]
1970 –
Tony Sly , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1971 –
Gregory Porter , American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
[15]
1971 –
Tabu , Indian actress
1972 –
Luís Figo , Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
1973 –
Steven Ogg , Canadian actor
[12]
1975 –
Éric Fichaud , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 –
Eduard Koksharov , Russian handball player
1975 –
Mikki Moore , American basketball player
1975 –
Orlando Pace , American football player
1975 –
Heather Tom , American actress and director
[15]
1975 –
Lorenzen Wright , American basketball player (d. 2010)
1976 –
Daniel Bahr , German banker and politician,
German Federal Minister of Health
1976 –
Bruno Junqueira , Brazilian race car driver
1976 –
Mario Melchiot , Dutch footballer
1976 –
Kenji Osawa , Japanese mixed martial artist
1976 –
James Dale Ritchie , American serial killer (d. 2016)
1976 –
Makoto Tamada , Japanese motorcycle racer
1976 –
Peter Van Houdt , Belgian footballer
1977 –
Larry Bigbie , American baseball player
1978 –
John Grabow , American baseball player
1980 –
Jerry Collins , Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
1980 –
Richard Owens , American football player and coach
1980 –
Emme Rylan , American actress
[15]
1980 –
Dan Stoenescu , Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
1981 –
Guy Martin , English motorcycle racer
1981 –
Vince Wilfork , American football player
1982 –
Devin Hester , American football player
1982 –
Kamila Skolimowska , Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009)
1983 –
Anton Buslov , Russian astrophysicist and journalist (d. 2014)
1984 –
Dustin Brown , American ice hockey player
1984 –
Ayila Yussuf , Nigerian footballer
1985 –
Marcell Jansen , German footballer
1985 –
Miki Miyamura , Japanese tennis player
1986 –
Suhas Gopinath , Indian businessman
1986 –
Alexz Johnson , Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
1986 –
Szymon Pawłowski , Polish footballer
1986 –
Adrian Zaugg , South African race car driver
1987 –
Tim Breukers , Dutch footballer
1987 –
Laura Geitz , Australian netball player
1987 –
Artur Jędrzejczyk , Polish footballer
1988 –
Dez Bryant , American football player
1988 –
David Mead , Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1988 –
Nathan Ross , Australian rugby league player
1990 –
Jean-Luc Bilodeau , Canadian actor
[12]
1991 –
Alon Day , Israeli race car driver
[18]
1991 –
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove , Dutch tennis player
[19]
1992 –
Yurii Bieliaiev , Belarusian ice dancer
1992 –
Hiroki Nakada , Japanese footballer
1992 –
Julian Wießmeier , German footballer
1993 –
Ce'Aira Brown , American middle-distance runner
[20]
1993 –
Elisabeth Seitz , German gymnast
1994 –
Billy Stanlake , Australian cricketer
1996 –
Kaitlin Hawayek , American ice dancer
1996 –
Michael Christian Martinez , Filipino figure skater
1996 –
John Olive , Australian rugby league player
1996 –
Eric Paschall , American basketball player
[21]
1997 –
Bea Binene , Filipina television actress
2000 –
Tyrese Maxey , American basketball player
[22]
2000 –
Sun Yingsha , Chinese table tennis player
[23]
Deaths
Pre-1600
604 –
Yohl Ik'nal , Mayan queen
915 –
Zhang , Chinese empress (b. 892)
1038 –
Jaromír , duke of Bohemia (b. 970)
1203 –
Dirk VII, Count of Holland
1212 –
Felix of Valois , French saint (b. 1127)
1360 –
Elizabeth de Clare , English noblewoman (b. 1295)
[24]
1411 –
Khalil Sultan of Timurid (b. 1384)
1428 –
Sophia of Bavaria , queen of Bohemia (b. 1376)
1485 –
Françoise d'Amboise , duchess of Brittany (b. 1427)
1485 –
Giovanni Mocenigo , Doge of Venice (b. 1408)
[25]
1576 –
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (b. c. 1510)
1581 –
Mathurin Romegas , rival Grandmaster of the
Knights Hospitaller (b. c.1525)
1601–1900
1652 –
Jean-Charles della Faille , Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1597)
1658 –
Antoine Le Maistre , French lawyer and author (b. 1608)
1669 –
Johannes Cocceius , Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1603)
1698 –
Rasmus Bartholin , Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
1702 –
John Benbow , English admiral (b. 1653)
1704 –
Andreas Acoluthus , German orientalist and scholar (b. 1654)
1781 –
Johann Nikolaus Götz , German poet and songwriter (b. 1721)
1801 –
William Shippen , American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
1847 –
Felix Mendelssohn , German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
1847 –
Thiệu Trị , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
1856 –
Paul Delaroche , French painter and educator (b. 1797)
1886 –
James Martin , Irish-Australian politician, 6th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
1893 –
Pierre Tirard , Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th
Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
1895 –
Eugene Field , American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
1901–present
1906 –
John H. Ketcham , American general and politician (b. 1832)
1918 –
Wilfred Owen , English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
1921 –
Hara Takashi , Japanese politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
1924 –
Richard Conner , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
1924 –
Gabriel Fauré , French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
1930 –
Akiyama Yoshifuru , Japanese general (b. 1859)
1931 –
Buddy Bolden , American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
1931 –
Luigi Galleani , Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)
1940 –
Arthur Rostron , English captain (b. 1869)
1946 –
Rüdiger von der Goltz , German general (b. 1865)
1948 –
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield , English businessman and politician,
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
1950 –
Grover Cleveland Alexander , American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
1954 –
Stig Dagerman , Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)
1955 –
Robert E. Sherwood , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1955 –
Cy Young , American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
1957 –
Shoghi Effendi ,
Guardian of the
Baháʼí Faith (b. 1897)
1956 –
Freddie Dixon , English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
1959 –
Friedrich Waismann , Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)
1968 –
Horace Gould , English race car driver (b. 1918)
1968 –
Michel Kikoine , Belarusian-French painter and soldier (b. 1892)
1969 –
Carlos Marighella , Brazilian author and activist (b. 1911)
1974 –
Bert Patenaude , American soccer player (b. 1909)
1975 –
Francis Dvornik , Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
1975 –
Izzat Husrieh , Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
1976 –
Toni Ulmen , German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
1977 –
Tom Reamy , American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
1980 –
Elsie MacGill , Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)
1982 –
Burhan Felek , Turkish lawyer and journalist (b. 1889)
1982 –
Gil Whitney , American journalist (b. 1940)
1984 –
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan , Turkish poet and author (b. 1926)
1986 –
Kurt Hirsch , German-English mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1988 –
Kleanthis Vikelidis , Greek footballer and manager (b. 1916)
1992 –
George Klein , Canadian engineer, invented the
motorized wheelchair (b. 1904)
1994 –
Sam Francis , American soldier and painter (b. 1923)
1995 –
Gilles Deleuze , French philosopher and scholar (b. 1925)
1995 –
Paul Eddington , English actor (b. 1927)
1995 –
Yitzhak Rabin , Israeli general and politician, 5th
Prime Minister of Israel ,
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1922)
1995 –
Morrie Schwartz , American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1916)
1997 –
Richard Hooker , American novelist (b. 1924)
1999 –
Malcolm Marshall , Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1958)
2003 –
Charles Causley , Cornish author and poet (b. 1917)
2003 –
Richard Wollheim , English philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2005 –
Nadia Anjuman , Afghan journalist and poet (b. 1980)
2005 –
Sheree North , American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2005 –
Graham Payn , South African-born English actor and singer (b. 1918)
2005 –
Hiro Takahashi , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)
2006 –
Frank Arthur Calder , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1915)
2006 –
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey , American author (b. 1908)
2007 –
Karl Rebane , Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2007 –
Peter Viertel , German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2008 –
Michael Crichton , American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2008 –
Rosella Hightower , American ballerina (b. 1920)
2008 –
Juan Camilo Mouriño , French-Mexican economist and politician,
Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971)
2009 –
Hubertus Brandenburg , German bishop (b. 1923)
2010 –
Sparky Anderson , American baseball player and manager (b. 1934)
2011 –
Arnold Green , Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2011 –
Andy Rooney , American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (b. 1919)
2012 –
David Resnick , Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed
Yad Kennedy (b. 1924)
2013 –
John D. Hawk , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924)
2013 –
Leonid Stolovich , Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
2013 –
Ray Willsey , Canadian-American football player and coach (b. 1928)
2014 –
Enrique Olivera , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (b. 1940)
2014 –
George Edgar Slusser , American author and academic (b. 1939)
2014 –
S. Donald Stookey , American physicist and chemist, invented
CorningWare (b. 1915)
2015 –
Piotr Domaradzki , Polish-American historian and journalist (b. 1946)
2015 –
René Girard , French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (b. 1923)
2015 –
Károly Horváth , Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (b. 1950)
2015 –
Lee Robinson , American lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
2016 –
Catherine Davani , first female
Papua New Guinean judge (b. 1960)
[26]
2016 –
Mansour Pourheidari , Iranian football player and coach (b. 1946)
2017 –
Isabel Granada , Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (b. 1976)
2017 –
Ned Romero , American actor and opera singer (b. 1926)
[27]
2019 –
Gay Byrne , Irish broadcaster (b. 1934)
[28]
2020 –
Ken Hensley , English rock singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1945)
[29]
2023 –
Akbar Golpayegani , Iranian vocalist (b. 1934)
[30]
Holidays and observances
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