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963 – Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome. 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. 1846 – American and Californio forces clash at the Battle of San Pasqual 1865 – Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution[1] 1877 – The first edition of The Washington Post is published. 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. 1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. 1917 – Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia. 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. 1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. 1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence. 1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War. 1942 – World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered. 1947 – The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated. 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita. 1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. 1969 – Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards. 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.) 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. 1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. 1978 – Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months. 1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. 1995 – Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.[2] 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67. 1998 – in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. 1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.[3] 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground. 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. 2015 – Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. 2017 – Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. |
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846 – Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874) 1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) 1421 – Henry VI of England (d. 1471) 1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529) 1520 – Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551) 1545 – Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604) 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670) 1592 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676) 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670) 1637 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714) 1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723) 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703) 1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712) 1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794) 1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809) 1752 – Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844) 1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) 1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) 1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829) 1805 – Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (d. 1876) 1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) 1812 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884) 1823 – Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900) 1827 – William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901) 1833 – John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916) 1835 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (d. 1910) 1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870) 1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945) 1853 – Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937) 1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931) 1863 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914) 1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936) 1872 – William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946) 1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946) 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941) 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932) 1878 – Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (d. 1968)[4] 1882 – Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (d. 1954) 1884 – Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973) 1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918) 1887 – Lynn Fontanne, British actress (d. 1983) 1887 – Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960) 1888 – Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949) 1890 – Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946) 1890 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951) 1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (d. 1955) 1892 – Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969) 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984) 1893 – Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (d. 1978) 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983) 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995) 1898 – John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (d. 1977) 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) 1898 – Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964) 1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) 1901 – Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (d. 1990) 1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946) 1904 – Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007) 1905 – Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (d. 2001) 1907 – John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (d. 1989) 1908 – Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003) 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934) 1908 – Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (d. 2000) 1908 – Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000) 1909 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002) 1909 – Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996) 1910 – David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971) 1913 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005) 1913 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (d. 2004) 1914 – Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (d. 1999) 1916 – Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943) 1916 – Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) 1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986) 1917 – Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (d. 2015) 1917 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977) 1917 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008) 1918 – Tauba Biterman, Polish Holocaust survivor (d. 2019) 1919 – Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012) 1919 – Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (d. 1983) 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (d. 2012) 1920 – Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015) 1920 – George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) 1921 – Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003) 1921 – Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004) 1922 – John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944) 1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (d. 2016) 1924 – Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973) 1927 – Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010) 1928 – Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980) 1929 – Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host 1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016) 1929 – Frank Springer, American author and illustrator (d. 2009) 1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter 1930 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000) 1931 – Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996) 1932 – Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007) 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (d. 2010) 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, American general 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015) 1935 – Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician 1936 – Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer 1936 – David Ossman, American writer and comedian 1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006) 1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor 1939 – Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator 1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician 1940 – Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer 1941 – Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress 1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991) 1941 – Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator 1941 – Bill Thomas, American academic and politician 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright 1942 – Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter 1943 – Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2008) 1943 – Keith West, English rock singer-songwriter and music producer 1944 – Jonathan King, English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender 1944 – Ron Kenoly, American Christian worship leader singer and songwriter 1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager 1945 – Dan Harrington, American lawyer and poker player 1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter 1946 – Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Maze) 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1947 – Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005) 1947 – Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter 1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014) 1948 – Don Nickles, American businessman and politician 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress 1949 – Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator 1949 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) 1949 – Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (d. 2007) 1949 – Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire 1950 – Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician 1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor 1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer 1951 – Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer 1952 – Chuck Baker, American baseball player 1952 – Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic 1952 – Joe Harris, American football player 1952 – Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist 1952 – Charles Salvador, English boxer and criminal 1952 – Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (d. 2010) 1952 – Jeff Schneider, American baseball player 1952 – David L. Spector, American biologist and academic 1953 – Sue Carroll, English journalist (d. 2011) 1953 – Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach 1953 – Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe 1953 – Tom Hulce, American actor 1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator 1953 – Dwight Stones, American high jumper and sportscaster 1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball player and coach 1954 – Chris Stamey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer 1955 – Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician 1955 – Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer 1955 – Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster 1955 – Tony Woodcock, English footballer 1955 – Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter 1956 – Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1956 – Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide 1956 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1982) 1957 – Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999) 1958 – Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter 1959 – Stephen Hepburn, English politician 1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015) 1959 – Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer 1959 – Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic 1960 – Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer (d. 2018) 1961 – David Lovering, American drummer 1961 – Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (d. 1996) 1961 – Manuel Reuter, German race car driver 1962 – Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter 1963 – Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer 1964 – Mall Nukke, Estonian painter 1965 – Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager 1966 – Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete 1966 – Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer 1967 – Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1967 – Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012) 1967 – Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer 1968 – Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player 1969 – Torri Higginson, Canadian actress 1970 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1970 – Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia 1970 – Mark Reckless, English politician 1970 – Jeff Rouse, American swimmer 1971 – Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player 1971 – Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor 1971 – Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player 1972 – Ewan Birney, Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK 1972 – Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician 1972 – Rick Short, American baseball player 1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer 1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player 1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter 1975 – Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer 1977 – Kevin Cash, American baseball player and coach 1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster 1977 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer 1978 – Chris Başak, American baseball player 1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player 1978 – Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player 1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer 1980 – Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (d. 2014) 1980 – Steve Lovell, English footballer 1980 – Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer 1982 – Robbie Gould, American football player 1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist 1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer 1982 – Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer 1982 – Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver 1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player 1984 – Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician 1984 – Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player 1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer 1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer 1986 – Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013) 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player 1988 – Adam Eaton, American baseball player 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer 1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor 1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer 1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player 1991 – Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player 1992 – Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer 1992 – Johnny Manziel, American football player 1993 – Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer 1993 – Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer 1993 – Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player 1994 – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player 1996 – Davide Calabria, Italian football player 1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater |
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343 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270) 735 – Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676) 762 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710) 1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109) 1305 – Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev 1306 – Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270) 1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1291) 1562 – Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (b. 1495) 1616 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552) 1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) 1658 – Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601) 1675 – John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602) 1686 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630) 1716 – Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642) 1718 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674) 1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665) 1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682) 1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) 1788 – Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714) 1855 – William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789) 1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794) 1868 – August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821) 1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814) 1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814) 1882 – Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819) 1882 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815) 1889 – Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808) 1892 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816) 1918 – Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851) 1921 – Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865) 1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863) 1945 – Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870) 1951 – Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892) 1955 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) 1956 – B. 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Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891) 1961 – Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) 1964 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895) 1972 – Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934) 1974 – Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904) 1976 – João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918) 1980 – Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911) 1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927) 1983 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903) 1983 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914) 1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917) 1985 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893) 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) 1989 – Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902) 1989 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902) 1989 – John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912) 1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) 1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903) 1991 – Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906) 1991 – Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) 1993 – Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908) 1994 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922) 1994 – Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (b. 1933) 1996 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926) 1997 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918) 1998 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921) 2000 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920) 2000 – Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942) 2001 – Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948) 2001 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923) 2002 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923) 2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918) 2005 – Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) 2005 – Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923) 2005 – Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942) 2005 – William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912) 2006 – John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922) 2010 – Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953) 2011 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) 2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961) 2012 – Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920) 2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933) 2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951) 2012 – Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963) 2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939) 2013 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926) 2013 – M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) 2014 – Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922) 2014 – Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962) 2014 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923) 2014 – Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981) 2015 – Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945) 2015 – Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917) 2015 – Nicholas Smith, British actor (b. 1934) 2016 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b.1923) 2017 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (b. 1943) |
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