On This Day: November 25 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2009 Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing. ↗
2008 Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. ↗
2000 The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0 kills 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, being the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years. ↗
1999 A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast. ↗
1992 The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993. ↗
1987 Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. ↗
1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. ↗
1986 The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. ↗
1985 A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21. ↗
1984 Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. ↗
1981 Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. ↗
1980 Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo. ↗
1977 Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983. ↗
1975 Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'état by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime. ↗
1975 Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. ↗
1973 Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. ↗
1970 In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. ↗
1968 The Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland is occupied by a large group of University of Helsinki students. ↗
1963 State funeral of John F. Kennedy; after lying in state at the United States Capitol, a Requiem Mass takes place at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the President is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. ↗
1960 The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. ↗
1958 French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. ↗
1952 Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history. ↗
1952 Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". ↗
1950 The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars). ↗
1947 Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. ↗
1947 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. ↗
1943 World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ↗
1941 World War II: HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo. ↗
1936 In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. ↗
1931 Wilhelm Schäfer leaves the Nazi Party and hands over the Boxheim Documents to the Frankfurt police. ↗
1926 The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400. ↗
1918 Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. ↗
1917 World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. ↗
1915 Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. ↗
1912 Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians prior to World War II, ceases its publications. ↗
1908 A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people. ↗
1905 Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. ↗
1876 American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River. ↗
1874 The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. ↗
1864 American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. ↗
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee. ↗
1839 A cyclone slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster. ↗
1833 A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. ↗
1826 The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. ↗
1795 Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. ↗
1783 American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. ↗
1759 An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000. ↗
1758 French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh. ↗
1755 King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. ↗
1678 Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assault the rebel stronghold of Kediri. ↗
1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. ↗
1596 The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility. ↗
1510 Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. ↗
1491 The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada. ↗
1487 Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen Consort of England. ↗
1400 King Minkhaung I becomes king of Ava. ↗
1343 A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. ↗
1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. ↗
1120 The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. ↗
1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. ↗
571 BCE Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. ↗

2002 Pedri, Spanish footballer ↗
2000 Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball player ↗
2000 Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis player ↗
1997 Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball player ↗
1993 Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer ↗
1992 Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player ↗
1991 Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player ↗
1990 Stephanie Hsu, American actress ↗
1988 Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (died 2010) ↗
1988 Jay Spearing, English footballer ↗
1987 Trevor Booker, American basketball player ↗
1986 Katie Cassidy, American actress ↗
1985 Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete ↗
1984 Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer ↗
1984 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (died 2022) ↗
1983 Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer ↗
1982 Mitchell Claydon, Australian-English cricketer ↗
1982 Michael Garnett, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer ↗
1981 Lee Bum-ho, South Korean baseball player ↗
1981 Barbara Pierce Bush, American activist ↗
1981 Jenna Bush Hager, American journalist ↗
1981 Jared Jeffries, American basketball player ↗
1981 Chevon Troutman, American basketball player ↗
1980 John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player ↗
1980 Josh Mathews, American wrestler and sportscaster ↗
1980 Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer ↗
1980 Alviro Petersen, South African cricketer ↗
1980 Nick Swisher, American baseball player ↗
1980 Steffen Thier, German rugby player ↗
1979 Jerry Ferrara, American actor ↗
1979 Joel Kinnaman, Swedish actor ↗
1978 Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1977 Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis player ↗
1977 Jill Flint, American actress ↗
1977 Marcus Marshall, Australian race car driver ↗
1976 Clint Mathis, American soccer player and coach ↗
1976 Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster ↗
1976 Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach ↗
1975 Kristian Nairn, Northern Irish actor and DJ ↗
1974 Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor (died 2024) ↗
1973 Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist ↗
1973 Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player ↗
1973 Erick Strickland, American basketball player ↗
1973 Eddie Steeples, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1972 Gerard King, American basketball player ↗
1972 Deepa Marathe, Indian cricketer ↗
1972 Petteri Nummelin, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
1971 Christina Applegate, American actress ↗
1971 Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach ↗
1971 Göksel Demirpençe, Turkish singer-songwriter ↗
1969 Anthony Peeler, American basketball player ↗
1968 Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress and singer ↗
1968 Erick Sermon, American rapper and producer ↗
1967 Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer ↗
1967 Gregg Turkington, Australian comedian and singer ↗
1966 Billy Burke, American actor ↗
1966 Stacy Lattisaw, American R&B singer ↗
1965 Cris Carter, American football player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1964 Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter (died 2022) ↗
1963 Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and director ↗
1963 Holly Cole, Canadian singer and actress ↗
1963 Chip Kelly, American football player and coach ↗
1962 Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1962 Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese videogame designer ↗
1962 Jimon Terakado, Japanese comedian and actor ↗
1961 Tarzan Basaruddin, Indonesian professor of computer science ↗
1961 Paul Comstive, English footballer (died 2013) ↗
1960 Amy Grant, American singer-songwriter ↗
1960 John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (died 1999) ↗
1959 Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (died 2015) ↗
1959 Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
1958 Naomi Oreskes, American historian of science ↗
1957 Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland ↗
1955 Don Hahn, American director and producer ↗
1955 Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer and manager ↗
1955 Connie Palmen, Dutch author ↗
1955 Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer ↗
1953 Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
1953 Mark Frost, American author, screenwriter, and producer ↗
1953 Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman ↗
1952 Crescent Dragonwagon, American author and educator ↗
1952 John Lynch, American businessman and politician, 80th Governor of New Hampshire ↗
1952 Gabriele Oriali, Italian footballer and manager ↗
1951 Bucky Dent, American baseball player and manager ↗
1951 Charlaine Harris, American author and poet ↗
1951 Bill Morrissey, American singer-songwriter (died 2011) ↗
1951 Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish author and journalist ↗
1951 Johnny Rep, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1950 Chris Claremont, English-American author ↗
1950 Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (died 2014) ↗
1950 Alexis Wright, Australian author ↗
1949 Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
1948 Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of Quebec ↗
1948 Lars Eighner, American author (died 2021) ↗
1947 Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer (died 2025) ↗
1947 John Larroquette, American actor ↗
1946 Marc Brown, American author and illustrator ↗
1946 Mike Doyle, English footballer (died 2011) ↗
1945 Gail Collins, American journalist and author ↗
1945 Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (died 1984) ↗
1945 George Webster, American football player (died 2007) ↗
1944 Ben Stein, American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author ↗
1944 Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (died 2003) ↗
1943 Jerry Portnoy, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player ↗
1942 Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1942 Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer and manager (died 2023) ↗
1941 Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter ↗
1941 Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author ↗
1941 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author ↗
1940 Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (died 1995) ↗
1940 Joe Gibbs, American football coach and auto racing executive ↗
1940 Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, 3rd President of Mauritius (died 2022) ↗
1940 Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal ↗
1940 Percy Sledge, American singer (died 2015) ↗
1939 Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic (died 2019) ↗
1938 Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist and psychologist (died 1983) ↗
1938 Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (died 2009) ↗
1936 Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer (died 2017) ↗
1935 Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (died 2015) ↗
1933 Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer (died 2024) ↗
1932 Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer ↗
1931 Nat Adderley, American cornet and trumpet player (died 2000) ↗
1929 Judy Crichton, American director and producer (died 2007) ↗
1927 John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (died 2008) ↗
1926 Poul Anderson, American author (died 2001) ↗
1926 Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (died 1969) ↗
1926 Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (died 2012) ↗
1924 Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977) ↗
1924 Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (died 2015) ↗
1924 Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (died 2012) ↗
1923 Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (died 2017) ↗
1923 Art Wall Jr., American golfer (died 2001) ↗
1922 Ilja Hurník, Czech composer and playwright (died 2013) ↗
1922 Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (died 2014) ↗
1920 Shelagh Fraser, English actress (died 2000) ↗
1920 Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (died 2009) ↗
1920 Noel Neill, American actress (died 2016) ↗
1919 Norman Tokar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979) ↗
1917 Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (died 2010) ↗
1917 Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1997) ↗
1916 Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1915 Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (died 2006) ↗
1915 Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (died 2013) ↗
1914 Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (died 1999) ↗
1914 Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (died 1995) ↗
1913 Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator (died 1993) ↗
1911 Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (died 1984) ↗
1909 P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (died 1986) ↗
1908 Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (died 1990) ↗
1907 John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (died 1938) ↗
1906 Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (died 2001) ↗
1905 Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (died 1993) ↗
1904 Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1964) ↗
1904 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (died 2000) ↗
1902 Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1985) ↗
1901 Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer, commandant of Auschwitz and later Majdanek, convicted war criminal (died 1948) ↗
1900 Rudolf Höss, German SS officer, commandant of Auschwitz, convicted war criminal (died 1947) ↗
1900 Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (died 1980) ↗
1898 Debaki Bose, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1971) ↗
1898 Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (died 1989) ↗
1896 Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesian archbishop (died 1963) ↗
1896 Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (died 1989) ↗
1895 Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (died 1991) ↗
1895 Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (died 1978) ↗
1895 Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet and author (died 1986) ↗
1895 Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1979) ↗
1893 Joseph Wood Krutch, American author and critic (died 1970) ↗
1891 Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (died 1941) ↗
1890 Isaac Rosenberg, English soldier and poet (died 1918) ↗
1889 Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (died 1956) ↗
1887 Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (died 1943) ↗
1883 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (died 1939) ↗
1881 Jacob Fichman, Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (died 1958) ↗
1881 Pope John XXIII (died 1963) ↗
1880 John Flynn, Australian minister and pilot, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (died 1951) ↗
1880 Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (died 1960) ↗
1877 Harley Granville-Barker, British actor, director and playwright (died 1946) ↗
1876 Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1936) ↗
1874 Joe Gans, American boxer (died 1910) ↗
1873 Albert Henry Krehbiel, American painter and illustrator (died 1945) ↗
1872 Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1960) ↗
1870 Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1937) ↗
1870 Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement (died 1943) ↗
1869 Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge (died 1934) ↗
1868 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1937) ↗
1867 Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr (died 1941) ↗
1865 Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (died 1933) ↗
1862 Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (died 1901) ↗
1862 Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 1958) ↗
1858 Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright (died 1922) ↗
1846 Carrie Nation, American activist (died 1911) ↗
1845 José Maria Eça de Queirós – Portuguese-French journalist and author (died 1900) ↗
1844 Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (died 1929) ↗
1843 Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919) ↗
1841 Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (died 1902) ↗
1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919) ↗
1817 John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to France (died 1911) ↗
1815 William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (died 1904) ↗
1814 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (died 1878) ↗
1787 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (died 1863) ↗
1778 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (died 1856) ↗
1758 John Armstrong, Jr., American general and politician, 7th United States Secretary of War (died 1843) ↗
1753 Robert Townsend, American spy (died 1838) ↗
1752 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (died 1814) ↗
1703 Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784) ↗
1666 Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (died 1740) ↗
1638 Catherine of Braganza (died 1705) ↗
1609 Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1669) ↗
1587 Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1666) ↗
1577 Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (died 1629) ↗
1566 John Heminges, English actor (died 1630) ↗
1562 Lope de Vega – Spanish playwright and poet (died 1635) ↗
1493 Osanna of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (died 1565) ↗
1467 Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (died 1525) ↗
1454 Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (died 1510) ↗
1075 Emperor Taizong of Jin (died 1135) ↗
902 Emperor Taizong of Liao (died 947) ↗

2025 Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, Spanish Roman Catholic bishop (born 1949) ↗
2024 Earl Holliman, American actor (born 1928) ↗
2024 Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer (born 1929) ↗
2023 Terry Venables, English football player and manager (born1943) ↗
2020 Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player (born 1960) ↗
2016 Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926) ↗
2016 Ron Glass, American actor (born 1945) ↗
2015 O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (born 1974) ↗
2015 Jeremy Black, English admiral (born 1932) ↗
2015 Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (born 1941) ↗
2015 Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (born 1919) ↗
2015 Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (born 1913) ↗
2014 Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (born 1924) ↗
2014 Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (born 1920) ↗
2014 Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (born 1944) ↗
2014 Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (born 1916) ↗
2013 Lou Brissie, American baseball player (born 1924) ↗
2013 Ricardo Fort, Argentinian businessman (born 1968) ↗
2013 Bill Foulkes, English footballer and manager (born 1932) ↗
2013 Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (born 1921) ↗
2013 Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (born 1934) ↗
2013 Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (born 1921) ↗
2012 Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (born 1931) ↗
2012 Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (born 1930) ↗
2012 Dinah Sheridan, English actress (born 1920) ↗
2012 Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (born 1933) ↗
2011 Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter and coach (born 1942) ↗
2011 Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947) ↗
2011 Jawayd Anwar, Pakistani poet and writer (born 1959) ↗
2010 Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (born 1930) ↗
2010 Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (born 1955) ↗
2010 C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (born 1933) ↗
2010 Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (born 1930) ↗
2008 Leonard Goodwin, British protozoologist (born 1915) ↗
2007 Peter Lipton, American philosopher and academic (born 1954) ↗
2006 Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (born 1931) ↗
2006 Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1979) ↗
2006 Phyllis Fraser, American actress and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (born 1916) ↗
2006 Kenneth M. Taylor, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1919) ↗
2005 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (born 1946) ↗
2005 Richard Burns, English rally driver (born 1971) ↗
2004 Ed Paschke, American painter and academic (born 1939) ↗
2002 Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (born 1926) ↗
2000 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (born 1917) ↗
1999 Valentín Campa, Mexican union leader and politician (born 1904) ↗
1998 Nelson Goodman, American philosopher and academic (born 1906) ↗
1998 Flip Wilson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
1997 Hastings Banda, Malawian physician and politician, 1st President of Malawi (born 1898) ↗
1995 Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (born 1914) ↗
1991 Eleanor Audley, American actress and voice artist (born 1905) ↗
1990 Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (born 1930) ↗
1989 Alva R. Fitch, American general (born 1907) ↗
1987 Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (born 1922) ↗
1985 Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (born 1905) ↗
1985 Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (born 1909) ↗
1984 Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1913) ↗
1983 Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer), Pakistani Christian playback singer (born 1932) ↗
1981 Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (born 1907) ↗
1980 Herbert Flam, American tennis player (born 1928) ↗
1974 Drake – English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948) ↗
1974 U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1909) ↗
1973 Laurence Harvey, Lithuania-born English actor (born 1928) ↗
1972 Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (born 1886) ↗
1972 Hans Scharoun, German architect (born 1893) ↗
1970 Yukio Mishima – Japanese author, actor, and director (born 1925) ↗
1968 Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (born 1878) ↗
1968 Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (born 1908) ↗
1965 Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (born 1890) ↗
1963 Alexander Marinesko, Russian lieutenant (born 1913) ↗
1961 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (born 1866) ↗
1959 Gérard Philipe, French actor (born 1922) ↗
1957 Prince George of Greece and Denmark (born 1869) ↗
1956 Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894) ↗
1950 Mao Anying, Chinese general (born 1922) ↗
1950 Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873) ↗
1950 Ling Ma – Finnish linguist and diplomat (born 1873) ↗
1949 Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (born 1878) ↗
1948 Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (born 1877) ↗
1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (born 1866) ↗
1934 N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (born 1849) ↗
1920 Gaston Chevrolet, French-American racing driver and businessman (born 1892) ↗
1909 Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (born 1839) ↗
1885 Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (born 1819) ↗
1885 Alfonso XII of Spain (born 1857) ↗
1884 Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (born 1818) ↗
1865 Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (born 1821) ↗
1785 Richard Glover, English poet and politician (born 1712) ↗
1755 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (born 1687) ↗
1748 Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (born 1674) ↗
1700 Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (born 1643) ↗
1694 Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (born 1605) ↗
1626 Edward Alleyn, English actor, founded Dulwich College (born 1566) ↗
1565 Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (born 1512) ↗
1560 Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (born 1466) ↗
1456 Jacques Cœur, French merchant and banker (born 1395) ↗
1374 Philip II, Prince of Taranto (born 1329) ↗
1326 Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shōgun (born 1264) ↗
1185 Pope Lucius III (born 1097) ↗
1120 William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (born 1103) ↗
1034 Malcolm II of Scotland (born 954) ↗
734 Bilge Khagan, Turkic emperor (born 683) ↗
311 Pope Peter I of Alexandria ↗