Events

2022

The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.

2016

Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.

2015

Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.

2003

After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.

1998

A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

1998

The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

1996

A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

1994

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)

1993

Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.

1993

North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid, killing all 116 people on board.

1992

In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.

1991

An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

1990

Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.

1989

Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.

1985

Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released.

1980

Lake Peigneur in Louisiana drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

1979

Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

1977

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

1974

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.

1974

The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.

1969

Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

1969

Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

1968

A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

1959

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

1947

The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

1945

Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

1943

World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

1940

World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

1936

José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

1917

World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

1910

Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

1900

The French actress Sarah Bernhardt receives the press at the Savoy Hotel in New York at the outset of her first visit since 1896. She talked about her impending tour with a troupe of more than 50 performers and her plans to play the title role in Hamlet.

1873

Garnier Expedition: French forces under Lieutenant Francis Garnier captured Hanoi from the Vietnamese.

1861

American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

1845

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.

1820

An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this incident.)

1815

The Second Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1790 extent, imposing large indemnities, and prolonging the occupation by troops of Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia for several more years.

1805

Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.

1789

New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1776

American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

1739

Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

1695

Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho.

1441

The Peace of Cremona ends the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan, after the victorious Venetian enterprise of military engineering of the Galeas per montes.

1407

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, agree to a truce, but Burgundy would kill Orléans three days later.

1194

Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

762

During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.

284

Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.

Holidays

20-N (Spain)

Africa Industrialization Day (international)

Black Awareness Day (Brazil)

Children's Day

Christian feast day: Agapius

Christian feast day: Ambrose Traversari

Christian feast day: Ampelus and Caius

Christian feast day: Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of Cristero War)

Christian feast day: Bernward of Hildesheim

Christian feast day: Dasius of Durostorum

Christian feast day: Edmund the Martyr

Christian feast day: Felec (or Felix) of Cornwall

Christian feast day: Gregory of Dekapolis

Christian feast day: Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor

Christian feast day: Theonestus of Vercelli

Christian feast day: November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church)

National Sovereignty Day ( Argentina)

Day of the Mexican Revolution ( Mexico)

Royal Thai Navy Day ( Thailand)

Saint Verhaegen ( Brussels)

Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam ( Vietnam)

Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT community)

Births

2004

Youssoufa Moukoko, German footballer

2002

Madisyn Shipman, American actress

2001

Caty McNally, American tennis player

2001

Adrien Truffert, French footballer

2000

Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter

1997

Levi Garcia, Trinidadian footballer

1996

Jack Harrison, English professional footballer

1996

Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer

1996

Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer

1995

Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete

1995

Iván Garcia, Spanish cyclist

1995

Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater

1995

Kyle Snyder, American wrestler

1994

Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner

1993

Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player

1993

Sanjin Prcić, Bosnian footballer

1993

Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player

1992

Amit Guluzade, Azerbaijani footballer

1992

Zoltán Harcsa, Hungarian boxer

1992

Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and actress

1992

Kristiina Mäkelä, Finnish triple jumper

1992

Gaku Matsuda, Japanese actor

1992

Jenna Prandini, American track and field athlete

1992

Brayan Ramirez, Colombian cyclist

1992

Frédéric Veseli, Albanian footballer

1991

Irene Esser, Venezuelan actress and model

1991

Grant Hanley, Scottish footballer

1991

Anthony Knockaert, French footballer

1991

Yvonne Leuko, Cameroonian footballer

1991

Kim Se-yong, South Korean singer and actor

1991

Tim Simona, New Zealand rugby league player

1990

Haley Anderson, American swimmer

1990

Mark Christian, Manx cyclist

1990

Aleksandra Król, Polish snowboarder

1990

Slobodan Medojević, Serbian footballer

1990

Nzuzi Toko, Congolese footballer

1989

Artak Dashyan, Armenian footballer

1989

Babita Kumari, Indian wrestler

1989

Cody Linley, American actor and singer

1989

Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer

1989

Jonas Mendes, Bissau-Guinean footballer

1989

Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer

1989

Eduardo Vargas, Chilean footballer

1989

Dmitry Zhitnikov, Russian handballer

1988

Marie-Laure Brunet, French biathlete

1988

Aya Medany, Egyptian modern pentathlete.

1988

Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player

1988

Roberto Rosales, Venezuelan footballer

1988

Dariga Shakimova, Kazakhstani boxer

1988

Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer

1988

Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor and director

1987

Amelia Rose Blaire, American actress

1987

Andrew Driver, English footballer

1987

Ben Hamer, English footballer

1987

Mylène Lazare, French swimmer

1987

Kou Lei, Ukrainian table tennis player

1987

Nathan Lyon, Australian cricketer

1987

Joëlle Numainville, Canadian cyclist

1987

Christoph Pfingsten, German cyclist

1987

Valdet Rama, Albanian footballer

1987

Gina Stechert, German alpine skier

1986

Josh Carter, American basketball player

1986

Edder Delgado, Honduran footballer

1986

Ashley Fink, American actress and singer

1986

Kōhei Horikoshi, Japanese manga artist

1986

Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer

1986

William Fernando da Silva, Brazilian footballer

1986

Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter

1986

Bartolomé Salvá Vidal, Spanish tennis player

1986

Koudai Tsukakoshi, Japanese race car driver

1985

Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver

1985

Eric Boateng, British basketball player

1985

Dan Byrd, American actor

1985

Muhamed Demiri, Macedonian footballer

1985

Greg Holland, American baseball player

1985

Maria Mukhortova, Russian skater

1985

Heinrich Schmidtgal, Kazakhstani footballer

1985

Themistoklis Tzimopoulos, Greek New Zealander footballer

1985

Aaron Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer

1984

Ali, South Korean singer

1984

Halley Feiffer, American actress and playwright

1984

Kévin Hecquefeuille, French ice hockey player

1984

Justin Hoyte, English footballer

1984

Jeremy Jordan, American actor

1984

Cartier Martin, American basketball player

1984

Nelson Sebastián Maz, Uruguayan footballer

1984

Sherjill MacDonald, Dutch footballer

1984

Moe Meguro, Japanese curler

1984

Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver

1984

Florencia Mutio, Argentine field hockey player

1984

Stéphane N'Guéma, Gabonese footballer

1984

Naoya Tamura, Japanese footballer

1984

Monique van der Vorst, Dutch cyclist

1984

Lee Yun-yeol, South Korean gamer

1983

Future, American rapper

1983

Dele Aiyenugba, Nigerian footballer

1983

Mónika Kovacsicz, Hungarian handballer

1982

Stephen Ademolu, Canadian soccer player

1982

Dương Hồng Sơn, Vietnamese footballer

1982

Rémi Mathis, French historian and curator

1982

Shermine Shahrivar, Iranian model

1982

Gregor Urbas, Slovenian figure skater

1982

Israel Villaseñor, Mexican footballer

1981

Carlos Boozer, American basketball player

1981

Yuko Kavaguti, Japanese ice skater

1981

Ye Li, Chinese basketball player

1981

Andrea Riseborough, English actress

1981

İbrahim Toraman, Turkish footballer

1981

Orsolya Tóth, Hungarian actress

1981

Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter and actress

1980

Dilnaz Akhmadieva, Kazakhstani singer and actress

1980

James Chambers, English footballer

1980

Eiko Koike, Japanese actress

1980

Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Thai boxer

1980

Marek Krejčí, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)

1980

Ana Caterina Morariu, Romanian-Italian actress

1980

Christian Obrist, Italian middle-distance runner

1980

Eoin Reddan, Irish rugby union player

1979

Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player

1979

Dmitri Bulykin, Russian footballer

1979

Kateryna Burmistrova, Ukrainian wrestler

1979

Naide Gomes, Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper

1979

Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic

1979

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Russian sprint athlete

1979

Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

1979

Jacob Pitts, American actor

1979

Shalini, Indian actress

1979

Arpad Sterbik, Serbian handball player

1978

Jean-François Bedenik, French footballer and coach

1978

Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host

1978

Kéné Ndoye, Senegalese track and fielder

1978

Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model

1977

Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee

1977

Mikhail Ivanov, Russian cross-country skier

1977

Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer and producer

1977

Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1976

Mohamed Barakat, Egyptian footballer

1976

Beto, Brazilian footballer

1976

DeJuan Collins, American basketball player

1976

Dominique Dawes, American gymnast and actress

1976

Laura Harris, Canadian actress

1976

Adrián Hernán González, Argentine footballer

1976

Harold Jamison, American basketball player

1976

Tusshar Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and producer

1976

Pascal Roller, German basketball player

1976

Francisco Rufete, Spanish footballer

1976

Nebojša Stefanović, Serbian politician

1976

Doug Viney, New Zealand boxer

1976

Atsushi Yoneyama, Japanese footballer

1976

Ji Yun-nam, North Korean footballer

1975

Mengke Bateer, Chinese Inner Mongolian basketball player

1975

Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975

Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach

1975

J. D. Drew, American baseball player

1975

Joshua Gomez, American actor

1975

Sébastien Hamel, French footballer

1975

Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter

1974

Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, German speed skater

1974

Jason Faunt, American actor

1974

Florian David Fitz, German actor, screenwriter and director

1974

Drew Ginn, Australian rower

1974

Claudio Husain, Argentine footballer

1974

Jon Knudsen, Norwegian footballer

1973

Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer

1973

Fabio Galante, Italian footballer

1973

Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

1973

Masaya Honda, Japanese footballer

1972

Johan Åkerman, Swedish ice hockey player

1972

Jérôme Alonzo, French footballer

1972

Ed Benes, Brazilian comic book artist

1972

Corinne Niogret, French biathlete

1972

Skander Souayah, Tunisian footballer

1972

Tatiana Turanskaya, Transnistrian politician

1971

Mike Dunn, English snooker player

1971

Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster

1971

Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer

1970

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates

1970

Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri

1970

Phife Dawg, American rapper (d. 2016)

1970

Delia Gonzalez, American boxer

1970

Stéphane Houdet, French wheelchair tennis player

1970

Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator

1970

Sabrina Lloyd, American actress

1969

Jimmy Blandon, Ecuadorian footballer

1969

Kristian Ghedina, Italian alpine ski racer

1969

Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer

1969

Wolfgang Stark, German football referee

1969

Callie Thorne, American actress and producer

1968

James Dutton, American astronaut

1968

Andrei Kharlov, Russian chess player

1968

Paul Scheuring, American screenwriter and director

1968

David Einhorn, American hedge fund manager

1968

Jeff Tarango, American tennis player

1967

Chris Childs, American basketball player

1967

Stuart Ripley, English footballer

1967

Teoman, Turkish singer

1966

Neil Broad, British tennis player

1966

Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1996)

1966

Terry Lovejoy, Australian information technologist

1966

Štefan Svitek, Slovak basketball coach

1966

Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator

1965

Mike D, American rapper and drummer

1965

Nigel Gibbs, English footballer and coach

1965

Yehuda Glick, American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi

1965

Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player

1965

Takeshi Kusao, Japanese actor and singer

1965

Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver

1965

Yoshiki, Japanese musician

1964

Katharina Böhm, Austrian actress

1964

Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author

1964

Andriy Kalashnykov, Ukrainian wrestler

1964

John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963

Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player

1963

Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic

1963

Beezie Madden, American show jumper

1963

Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress

1962

Živko Budimir, Bosnian politician

1962

Polona Dornik, Yugoslav and Slovenian basketball player

1962

Rajkumar Hirani, Indian director

1962

Abderrazak Khairi, Moroccan footballer

1962

Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi Jinping

1962

Gerardo Martino, Argentine footballer and manager

1961

Pierre Hermé, French pastry chef and chocolatier

1961

Petra Wenzel, Liechtenstein alpine skier

1960

Ye Jiangchuan, Chinese chess player

1960

Ozell Jones, American basketball player (d. 2006)

1959

Diane James, British politician

1959

Mario Martone, Italian director and screenwriter

1959

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian

1959

Sean Young, American actress and dancer

1958

Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer

1957

Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)

1957

John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)

1957

Jean-Marc Furlan, French football manager

1957

Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria

1956

Bo Derek, American actress and producer

1955

Angela Finocchiaro, Italian actress

1955

Toshio Matsuura, Japanese footballer

1955

Ray Ozzie, American software industry entrepreneur

1954

Richard Brooker, English actor and stuntman (d. 2013)

1954

Antonina Koshel, Soviet artistic gymnast

1954

Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter

1954

Bin Shimada, Japanese voice actor

1953

Fábio Jr., Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor

1953

Greg Gibson, American wrestler

1953

Halid Bešlić, Bosnian musician and singer

1953

Nirmal Selvamony, Indian Tamil academician and ecocritic

1952

John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1951

Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer

1951

León Gieco, Argentine folk rock singer and interpreter

1951

Aleksey Spiridonov, Soviet hammer thrower (d. 1998)

1951

David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma

1950

Jacqueline Gourault, French politician

1950

Gary Green, British musician

1949

Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist

1949

Thelma Drake, American politician

1949

Ulf Lundell, Swedish writer and composer

1949

Juha Mieto, Finnish cross-country skier

1949

Nené, Portuguese footballer

1948

John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

1948

Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1948

Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress

1948

Richard Masur, American actor and director

1948

Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 1978)

1948

Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese race car driver (d. 2024)

1947

Nurlan Balgimbayev, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (d. 2015)

1947

Eli Ben Rimoz, Israeli footballer

1947

Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

1946

Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1971)

1946

Algimantas Butnorius, Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (d. 2017)

1946

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

1946

Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer (d. 2021)

1945

Deborah Eisenberg, American writer, actress and teacher

1944

Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach

1944

Wayne Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)

1944

Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player

1943

David Douglas-Home, British businessman and politician (d. 2022)

1943

Veronica Hamel, American actress and model

1943

Ivan Hrdlička, Czechoslovak footballer

1943

Suze Rotolo, American artist (d. 2011)

1942

Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States

1942

Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

1942

Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1942

Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer

1942

Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul (d. 2008)

1941

Oliver Sipple, U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (d. 1989)

1941

Dr. John, American singer and songwriter (d. 2019)

1940

Wendy Doniger, American indologist

1940

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1940

Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician

1940

Arieh Warshel, Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist

1939

Jerry Colangelo, American businessman

1939

Copi, Argentine writer and artist (d. 1987)

1939

Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian

1939

Jan Szczepański, Polish boxer (d. 2017)

1938

Colin Fox, Canadian actor

1937

René Kollo, German tenor

1937

Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)

1937

Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013)

1937

Bruno Mealli, Italian cyclist (d. 2023)

1937

Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter

1936

Hans van Abeelen, Dutch geneticist (d. 1998)

1936

Don DeLillo, American novelist, essayist, and playwright

1936

Luciano Fabro, Italian sculptor and artist (d. 2007)

1936

Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014)

1935

Leo Falcam, Micronesian politician and 5th President of Micronesia (d. 2018)

1935

Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (d. 2011)

1934

Paco Ibáñez, Spanish singer and musician

1934

Lev Polugaevsky, Soviet Chess Grandmaster (d. 1995)

1932

Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (d. 2012)

1932

Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Japanese kabuki actor (d. 1997)

1932

Sándor Mátrai, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)

1932

Paulo Valentim, Brazilian footballer (d. 1984)

1932

Colville Young, Governor-General of Belize

1931

Wayne Moore, American swimmer (d. 2015)

1930

Christine Arnothy, French writer (d. 2015)

1930

Aarón Hernán, Mexican actor (d. 2020)

1930

Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013)

1930

Choe Yong-rim, North Korean Premier

1929

Jerry Hardin, American actor

1929

Raymond Lefèvre, French composer (d. 2008)

1929

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian footballer (d. 2020)

1929

Ron Willey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2004)

1928

Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

1928

Franklin Cover, American actor (d. 2006)

1928

Pedro Ferrándiz, Spanish basketball coach (d. 2022)

1928

John Disley, Welsh athlete (d. 2016)

1928

Pete Rademacher, American boxer (d. 2020)

1928

Genrikh Sapgir, Russian writer (d. 1999)

1927

Vakhtang Balavadze, Georgian wrestler (d. 2018)

1927

Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)

1927

Estelle Parsons, American actress and director

1927

Wolfgang Schreyer, German writer (d. 2017)

1927

Mikhail Ulyanov, Soviet and Russian actor (d. 2007)

1926

John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007)

1926

Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013)

1926

Édouard Leclerc, French businessman and entrepreneur (d. 2012)

1926

Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer (d. 2011)

1925

June Christy, American singer (d. 1990)

1925

Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)

1925

Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (d. 2015)

1924

Bill Borthwick, Australian politician (d. 2001)

1924

Timothy Evans, Welshman wrongfully convicted of murder (d. 1950)

1924

Karen Harup, Danish swimmer (d. 2009)

1924

Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010)

1924

Michael Riffaterre, French literary critic and theorist (d. 2006)

1924

Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007)

1923

Gunnar Åkerlund, Swedish sprint canoer (d. 2006)

1923

Danny Dayton, American actor and director (d. 1999)

1923

Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (d. 2005)

1923

Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)

1921

Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)

1920

Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (d. 2015)

1919

Alan Brown, English race car driver (d. 2004)

1919

Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012)

1918

Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986)

1918

Dora Ratjen, German high jumper (d. 2008)

1917

Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)

1917

Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (d. 1971)

1917

Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician (d. 2009)

1917

Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)

1916

Charles E. Osgood, American psychologist (d. 1991)

1916

Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015)

1916

Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008)

1916

Donald T. Campbell, American social scientist (d. 1996)

1915

Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1915

Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (d. 1989)

1914

Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992)

1914

Kurt Lundqvist, Swedish high jumper (d. 1976)

1913

Franz Berghammer, Austrian field handballer (d. 1944)

1913

Charles Berlitz, American linguist (d. 2003)

1913

Charles Bettelheim, French Marxian economist and historian (d. 2006)

1913

Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (d. 1983)

1913

Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981)

1913

Russell Rouse, American screenwriter, director and producer (d. 1987)

1913

Libertas Schulze-Boysen, German opponent of the Nazis (d. 1942)

1913

Yakov Zak, Soviet pianist (d. 1976)

1912

Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (d. 1969)

1912

Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (d. 2011)

1911

Eduard Kainberger, Austrian footballer (d. 1974)

1911

David Seymour, Polish photographer (d. 1956)

1911

Jean Shiley, American high jumper (d. 1998)

1911

Rupert Weinstabl, Austrian sprint canoeist (d. 1953)

1911

Paul Zielinski, German footballer (d. 1966)

1910

Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944)

1910

Pauli Murray, American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, Episcopal priest, and author (d. 1985)

1909

John Berger, Swiss cross-country skier (d. 2002)

1909

Vicente Feola, Brazilian football manager and coach (d. 1975)

1909

Piero Gherardi, Italian costume and set designer (d. 1971)

1909

Samand Siabandov, Soviet Red Army writer (d. 1989)

1908

Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1968)

1908

Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist and author (d. 2004)

1908

Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer (d. 1988)

1907

Fran Allison, American entertainer (d. 1989)

1907

Mihai Beniuc, Romanian writer (d. 1988)

1907

Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1977)

1907

Anni Rehborn, German swimmer (d. 1987)

1906

Vera Tanner, English swimmer (d. 1971)

1905

Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)

1904

Arnold Gartmann, Swiss bobsledder (d. 1980)

1903

Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1997)

1903

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educator (d. 1981)

1902

Gianpiero Combi, Italian footballer (d. 1956)

1902

Erik Eriksen, Danish politician (d. 1972)

1902

Heini Meng, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 1982)

1902

Jean Painlevé, French photographer and filmmaker (d. 1989)

1902

Philipp Schmitt, German officer of the Schutzstaffel (d. 1950)

1901

José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1957)

1900

Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (d. 1996)

1900

Helen Bradley, English painter (d. 1979)

1900

Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985)

1899

Alicja Kotowska, Polish nun (d. 1939)

1898

Richmond Landon, American high jumper (d. 1971)

1898

Adrian Piotrovsky, Russian dramaturge (d. 1937)

1897

Germaine Krull, German photographer and political activist (d. 1985)

1896

Chiyono Hasegawa, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2011)

1896

Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish screenplay writer (d. 1944)

1895

Pierre Cot, French politician (d. 1977)

1894

Johann Nikuradse, Georgian-born German engineer and physicist (d. 1979)

1893

André Bloch, French mathematician (d. 1948)

1893

Grace Darmond, Canadian-American actress (d. 1963)

1892

James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (d. 1965)

1891

Reginald Denny, English actor (d. 1967)

1890

Robert Armstrong, American actor (d. 1973)

1890

Harald Madsen, Danish actor (d. 1949)

1890

Lauri Tanner, Finnish gymnast (d. 1950)

1889

Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1953)

1888

Dennis Fenton, American sports shooter (d. 1954)

1887

Jean Ducret, French footballer

1886

Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)

1886

Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)

1886

Alexandre Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (d. 1934)

1885

George Holley, English footballer (d. 1942)

1885

Kaarlo Vasama, Finnish gymnast (d. 1926)

1884

Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)

1883

Edwin August, American actor and director (d. 1964)

1883

Tony Gaudio, Italian American cinematographer (d. 1951)

1882

Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician (d. 1967)

1881

Irakli Tsereteli, Georgian politician (d. 1959)

1880

Walter Brack, German swimmer (d. 1919)

1877

Herbert Pitman, English sailor (d. 1961)

1876

Rudolf Koch, German designer (d. 1934)

1875

Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (d. 1944)

1874

James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (d. 1958)

1873

Ramón Castillo, Argentine politician (d. 1944)

1873

William Coblentz, American physicist (d. 1962)

1873

Georges Caussade, French composer (d. 1936)

1873

Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer and music critic (d. 1953)

1871

William Heard Kilpatrick, American pedagogue (d. 1965)

1871

Augusto Weberbauer, German naturalist (d. 1948)

1869

Zinaida Gippius, Russian writer and editor (d. 1945)

1869

Josaphata Hordashevska, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun (d. 1919)

1867

Patrick Joseph Hayes, American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1938)

1867

Gustav Giemsa, German chemist and bacteriologist (d. 1948)

1866

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944)

1866

Maria Letizia Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (d. 1926)

1864

Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer (d. 1937)

1862

Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist (d. 1925)

1862

Edvard Westermarck, Finnish philosopher and sociologist (d. 1939)

1861

Camillo Laurenti, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1938)

1860

José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, (d. 1931)

1858

Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

1857

Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (d. 1938)

1855

Josiah Royce, American philosopher (d. 1916)

1853

Oskar Potiorek, Austro-Hungarian Army officer (d. 1933)

1851

Mikhail Albov, Russian writer (d. 1911)

1851

John Merle Coulter, American botanist (d. 1928)

1851

Margherita of Savoy, Italian Queen consort (d. 1926)

1850

Joseph Samuel Bloch, Austrian rabbi and deputy (d. 1923)

1850

Charlotte Garrigue, wife of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (d. 1923)

1841

Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901)

1841

François Denys Légitime, Haitian general (d. 1935)

1841

Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)

1834

Franjo Kuhač, Croatian conductor and composer (d. 1911)

1830

Mikhail Dragomirov, Russian general (1905)

1813

Franz Miklosich, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891)

1808

Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein, French orientalist (d. 1887)

1801

Mungo Ponton, Scottish inventor (d. 1880)

1794

Eduard Rüppell, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1884)

1788

Félix Varela, Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest (d. 1853)

1787

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, German firearms inventor and manufacturer (d. 1867)

1784

Marianne von Willemer, Austrian actress and dancer (d. 1860)

1783

Georgios Sinas, Greek entrepreneur and banker (d. 1856)

1782

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter (d. 1861)

1781

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854)

1781

Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian illustrator and engraver (d. 1835)

1776

Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Austrian violinist (d. 1830)

1761

Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)

1755

Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Polish noble, politician and writer (d. 1821)

1753

Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram (d. 1815)

1752

Thomas Chatterton, English poet (d. 1770)

1750

Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)

1748

Jean-François de Bourgoing, French diplomat, writer and translator (d. 1811)

1739

Jean-François de La Harpe, French writer and literary critic (d. 1803)

1737

José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, Spanish-Mexican scientist and cartographer (d. 1799)

1733

Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (d. 1804)

1726

Oliver Wolcott, American politician (d. 1797)

1717

George (Konissky), Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian (d. 1795)

1715

Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)

1688

Gyeongjong of Joseon, 20th king of the Joseon Dynasty (d. 1724)

1660

Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741)

1629

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (d. 1698)

1625

Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)

1620

Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682)

1603

Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1667)

1602

Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686)

1545

Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1592)

939

Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997)

270

Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313)

Deaths

2020

Jan Morris, Welsh historian, author and travel writer (b. 1926)

2019

Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (b. 1923)

2018

James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (b. 1929)

2018

Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)

2017

Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (b. 1934)

2016

Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)

2016

Gene Guarilia, American basketball player (b. 1937)

2016

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (b. 1926)

2016

William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928)

2015

Keith Michell, Australian actor (b. 1926)

2015

Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933)

2015

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (b. 1953)

2014

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)

2013

Sylvia Browne, American author (b. 1936)

2013

Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)

2012

Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)

2012

William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)

2012

Pete La Roca, American jazz drummer (b. 1938)

2012

Ivan Kušan, Croatian writer (b. 1933)

2010

Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (b. 1931)

2009

Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)

2007

Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager (b. 1919)

2007

Ian Smith, Rhodesian lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)

2006

Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

2006

Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950)

2006

Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)

2005

Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)

2005

James King, American tenor (b. 1925)

2005

Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)

2004

Ancel Keys, American physiologist (b. 1904)

2003

Robert Addie, English actor (b. 1960 )

2003

David Dacko, African educator and politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)

2003

Eugene Kleiner, American businessman, co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (b. 1923)

2002

Kakhi Asatiani, Georgian footballer (b. 1947)

2000

Mike Muuss, American computer programmer, created Ping (b. 1958)

2000

Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)

2000

Barbara Sobotta, Polish athlete (b. 1936)

1999

Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1908)

1998

Roland Alphonso, Jamaican saxophonist (b. 1931)

1998

Galina Starovoytova, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)

1997

Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)

1997

Robert Palmer, American saxophonist, producer, and author (b. 1945)

1995

Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)

1995

Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (b. 1919)

1994

Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)

1992

Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)

1989

Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1913)

1984

Carlo Campanini, Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904)

1984

Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)

1984

Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)

1983

Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)

1983

Richard Loo, Chinese-American actor (b. 1903)

1981

Frank Sheed, Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (d. 1981)

1980

John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)

1978

Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)

1978

Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)

1976

Martin D'Arcy, English Jesuit priest (b. 1888)

1976

Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)

1975

Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)

1973

Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)

1972

Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)

1960

Ya'akov Cahan, Israeli writer and translator (b. 1881)

1959

Sylvia Lopez, French model and actress (b. 1933)

1957

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (b. 1875)

1954

Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and engineer, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (b. 1879)

1952

Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)

1950

Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)

1947

Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (b. 1921)

1945

Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

1944

Maria Jacobini, Italian actress (b. 1892)

1941

Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)

1940

Arturo Bocchini, Chief of Police under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini (b. 1880)

1940

Tim Coleman, English footballer (b. 1881)

1940

Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (b. 1882)

1938

Maud of Wales, queen of Norway (b. 1869)

1938

Edwin Hall, American physicist (b. 1855)

1936

Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)

1936

José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

1935

John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (b. 1859)

1934

Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)

1933

Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)

1930

Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)

1925

Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)

1924

Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)

1923

Allen Holubar, American actor and director

1923

Denny Barry Irish Republican, died on hunger Strike 1923 Irish hunger strikes (b. 1883)

1918

John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)

1910

Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)

1908

Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)

1908

Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)

1907

Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)

1903

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)

1903

Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier

1898

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)

1894

Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)

1889

August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (b. 1826)

1886

William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)

1882

Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)

1880

Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)

1866

Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)

1864

Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)

1856

Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)

1824

Carl Axel Arrhenius, Swedish chemist (b. 1757)

1778

Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)

1773

Charles Jennens, English landowner and patron of the arts

1764

Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)

1758

Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)

1742

Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)

1737

Caroline of Ansbach, queen of England and Ireland (b. 1683)

1704

Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)

1695

Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)

1684

Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, governor of Spanish Florida (1646-1648, and 1651-1654) (b. 1613)

1678

Karel Dujardin, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1622)

1662

Leopold Wilhelm, Austrian duke and governor (b. 1614)

1651

Mikołaj Potocki, Polish nobleman (b. 1595)

1612

John Harington, English courtier and author (b. 1561)

1606

John Lyly, English poet and courtier

1593

Hans Bol, Flemish painter (b. 1534)

1591

Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)

1559

Lady Frances Brandon, English noblewoman and claimant to the throne of England (b. 1517)

1518

Pierre de la Rue, Belgian singer and composer (b. 1452)

1480

Eleanor of Scotland, Scottish princess (b. 1433)

1400

Elisabeth of Moravia, margravine of Meissen

1316

John I, king of France and Navarra (b. 1316)

1314

Albert II, German nobleman (b. 1240)

1022

Bernward of Hildesheim, German bishop (b. c. 960)

1008

Geoffrey I, duke of Brittany (b. 980)

996

Richard I, duke of Normandy (b. 932)

927

Xu Wen, Chinese general (b. 862)

869

Edmund the Martyr, English king (b. 841)

855

Theoktistos, Byzantine courtier

811

Li Fan, Chinese chancellor (b. 754)

763

Domnall Midi, High King of Ireland (b. 743)

284

Numerian, Roman emperor