On This Day: November 30 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2022 The AI chatbot ChatGPT is launched by OpenAI. ↗
2021 Barbados becomes a republic. ↗
2021 A 15-year-old gunman murders four students and injures seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. ↗
2018 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. ↗
2007 Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes in Keçiborlu while on approach to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport, killing 57. ↗
2005 John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. ↗
2004 A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway at Adisoemarmo Airport and crashed, killing 25 people. ↗
2000 NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. ↗
1999 Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. ↗
1999 In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. ↗
1999 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. ↗
1995 Official end of Operation Desert Storm. ↗
1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". ↗
1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) ↗
1972 Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. ↗
1971 Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. ↗
1967 The People's Republic of Southern Yemen gains its independence from the United Kingdom ↗
1967 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. ↗
1967 Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. ↗
1966 Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. ↗
1962 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashes at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 people. ↗
1954 In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. ↗
1953 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. ↗
1947 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. ↗
1942 World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. ↗
1941 The Holocaust: The SS-Einsatzgruppen round up roughly 25,000 Jews from the Riga Ghetto and kill them in the Rumbula massacre. ↗
1940 World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands. ↗
1939 World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places, bombing Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War. ↗
1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. ↗
1916 Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. ↗
1872 The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. ↗
1864 American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield in the Battle of Franklin. ↗
1853 Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. ↗
1803 The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. ↗
1803 In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic. ↗
1786 The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). ↗
1782 American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). ↗
1718 Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. ↗
1707 Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. ↗
978 Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. ↗

2000 Jane Paknia, American musician ↗
1998 Grant Williams, American basketball player ↗
1995 Lancey Foux, British rapper and singer ↗
1994 Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player ↗
1994 Marko Daňo, Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1991 Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player ↗
1990 Magnus Carlsen – Norwegian chess player ↗
1990 Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer ↗
1989 Adelaide Clemens, Australian actress ↗
1989 Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer ↗
1988 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (died 2014) ↗
1988 Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer ↗
1988 Rebecca Rittenhouse, American actress ↗
1988 Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer ↗
1987 Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player ↗
1987 Christel Khalil, American actress ↗
1987 Naomi, American wrestler, model, and dancer ↗
1987 Daniel Noboa, Politician and businessman, President of Ecuador ↗
1987 Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
1986 Jordan Farmar, American basketball player ↗
1986 Evgenia Linetskaya, Israeli tennis player ↗
1985 Kaley Cuoco, American actress ↗
1985 Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress and singer ↗
1985 Chrissy Teigen, American model ↗
1985 Luis Valbuena, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2018) ↗
1984 Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer ↗
1984 Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer ↗
1984 Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstani triple jumper ↗
1984 Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer ↗
1983 Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer ↗
1983 Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstani swimmer ↗
1982 Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress ↗
1982 Jason Pominville, Canadian-American ice hockey player ↗
1981 Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player ↗
1980 Cem Adrian, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and director ↗
1980 Jamie Ashdown, English footballer ↗
1980 Shane Victorino, American baseball player ↗
1979 Chris Atkinson, Australian racing driver ↗
1979 Andrés Nocioni, Italian-Argentine basketball player ↗
1978 Clay Aiken, American singer ↗
1978 Gael García Bernal – Mexican actor and producer ↗
1978 Benjamin Lense, German footballer ↗
1977 Richard Elias Anderson, Canadian basketball player and coach ↗
1977 Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records ↗
1977 Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer and manager ↗
1977 Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player and coach ↗
1977 Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer and coach ↗
1976 Marta Burgay, Italian astronomer ↗
1976 Marco Castro, Peruvian-American director and cinematographer ↗
1976 Andres Lacson, Filipino politician ↗
1976 Josh Lewsey, English rugby player ↗
1976 Paul Nuttall, British politician ↗
1975 Mark Blount, American basketball player ↗
1975 Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
1975 Ben Thatcher, English footballer ↗
1973 Christian Cage, Canadian wrestler, actor, and podcaster ↗
1972 Christophe Beck, Canadian television and film score composer and conductor ↗
1972 Dan Jarvis, English soldier and politician ↗
1972 Stanislav Kitto, Estonian footballer ↗
1972 Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer and manager ↗
1971 Ray Durham, American baseball player ↗
1970 Phil Babb, English footballer and manager ↗
1970 Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor and dancer ↗
1970 Natalie Williams, American basketball player and executive ↗
1969 Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1969 Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver ↗
1969 Chris Weitz, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1968 Des'ree, English R&B singer-songwriter ↗
1968 Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist and sportscaster ↗
1967 Joseph Corré, English fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Agent Provocateur ↗
1967 Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (died 2010) ↗
1967 Richard Harry, Australian rugby player ↗
1966 Nigel Adams, English businessman and politician ↗
1966 David Berkoff, American swimmer ↗
1966 John Bishop, English comedian, presenter, and actor ↗
1966 Philippe Bozon, French ice hockey player ↗
1966 David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter ↗
1966 Mika Salo, Finnish racing driver ↗
1965 Aldair, Brazilian footballer ↗
1965 Fumihito, Prince Akishino, Japanese royal (younger brother of Emperor Naruhito and first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne) ↗
1965 David Laws, English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury ↗
1965 Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter ↗
1964 Jushin Thunder Liger, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist ↗
1962 Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (died 2014) ↗
1962 Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player ↗
1962 Daniel Keys Moran, American computer programmer and author ↗
1961 Innocent Egbunike, Nigerian sprinter and coach ↗
1961 Ian Morris, Trinidadian footballer and sprinter ↗
1960 Bill Halter, American scholar, activist, and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas ↗
1960 Gary Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster ↗
1960 Michael O'Connor, Australian rugby player ↗
1960 Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player and coach ↗
1960 Ron Simons, American theatre producer and actor (died 2024) ↗
1959 Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress ↗
1959 Lorraine Kelly, Scottish journalist and actress ↗
1959 Hugo Swire, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ↗
1958 Stacey Q, American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress ↗
1957 John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
1957 Richard Barbieri, English keyboard player and songwriter ↗
1957 Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
1957 Thomas McElweem Irish Republican and hunger striker (died 1981) ↗
1957 Patrick McLoughlin, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Transport ↗
1957 Colin Mochrie, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1957 Margaret Spellings, American educator and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education ↗
1955 Michael Beschloss, American historian and author ↗
1955 Richard Burr, American businessman, academic, and politician ↗
1955 Kevin Conroy, American actor (died 2022) ↗
1955 Andy Gray, Scottish footballer and sportscaster ↗
1955 Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
1954 Wayne Bartholomew, Australian surfer ↗
1954 Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic ↗
1953 Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1953 June Pointer, American singer and actress (died 2006) ↗
1953 David Sancious, American rock and jazz keyboard player and guitarist ↗
1952 Semyon Bychkov, Russian-American conductor ↗
1952 Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer ↗
1951 Daniel Petrie, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1950 Patricia Ann Tracey, American Naval Vice Admiral ↗
1950 Paul Westphal, American basketball player and coach (died 2021) ↗
1949 Jim Chones, American basketball player ↗
1949 Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (died 2021) ↗
1949 Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter ↗
1947 Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet and translator ↗
1947 David Mamet, American playwright, screenwriter, and director ↗
1946 George Duffield, English jockey and trainer ↗
1945 Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ↗
1945 Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer ↗
1945 Vani Jairam, Indian playback singer (died 2023) ↗
1945 John R. Powers, American author and playwright (died 2013) ↗
1944 George Graham, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1943 Norma Alarcón, American author and professor ↗
1943 Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1941 Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician ↗
1940 Kevin Phillips, American political analyst and author (died 2023) ↗
1940 Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (died 2012) ↗
1938 Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981) ↗
1938 John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (died 2013) ↗
1937 Jimmy Bowen, American record producer, songwriter, and pop singer ↗
1937 Praveen Chaudhari, Indian-American physicist and academic (died 2010) ↗
1937 Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1937 Luther Ingram, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 2007) ↗
1937 Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer ↗
1937 Tom Simpson, English cyclist (died 1967) ↗
1937 Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American physician and author ↗
1936 Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2014) ↗
1936 Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (died 1989) ↗
1935 Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1934 Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (died 2017) ↗
1933 Norman Deeley, English footballer and manager (died 2007) ↗
1933 Sam Gilliam, American painter and educator (died 2022) ↗
1932 Bob Moore, American bassist (died 2021) ↗
1932 Cho Nam-chul, South Korean Go player (died 2006) ↗
1931 Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (died 2018) ↗
1931 Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (died 2007) ↗
1931 Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (died 1989) ↗
1930 G. Gordon Liddy, American lawyer, radio host, television actor and criminal (died 2021) ↗
1929 Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (died 2012) ↗
1929 Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street ↗
1928 Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan (died 2014) ↗
1928 Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach (died 2022) ↗
1928 Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (died 2024) ↗
1928 Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2013) ↗
1928 Elmira Nazirova, Azerbaijani composer (died 2014) ↗
1927 Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer (died 2017) ↗
1926 Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, Bolivian architect and art historian (died 2018) ↗
1926 Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (died 2003) ↗
1926 Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (died 2024) ↗
1925 Maryon Pittman Allen, American journalist and politician (died 2018) ↗
1925 William H. Gates, Sr., American lawyer and philanthropist (died 2020) ↗
1924 Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (died 2006) ↗
1924 Shirley Chisholm, American activist, educator and politician (died 2005) ↗
1924 Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973) ↗
1920 Virginia Mayo, American actress (died 2005) ↗
1919 Jane C. Wright, American oncologist and cancer researcher (died 2013) ↗
1918 Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (died 2014) ↗
1916 Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (died 2013) ↗
1916 Michael Gwynn, English actor (died 1976) ↗
1915 Brownie McGhee, American folk-blues singer and guitarist (died 1996) ↗
1915 Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005) ↗
1912 Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (died 1966) ↗
1912 Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (died 2006) ↗
1911 Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (died 1978) ↗
1911 Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (died 1953) ↗
1909 Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (died 1967) ↗
1907 Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (died 2012) ↗
1906 John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (died 1977) ↗
1906 Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (died 2008) ↗
1904 Clyfford Still, American painter and educator (died 1980) ↗
1898 Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager (died 1976) ↗
1889 Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977) ↗
1889 Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (died 1971) ↗
1888 Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach (died 1965) ↗
1887 Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1970) ↗
1887 Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver (died 1971) ↗
1883 Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet and politician (died 1956) ↗
1875 Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (died 1936) ↗
1875 Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1941) ↗
1874 Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) ↗
1874 Lucy Maud Montgomery, English-Canadian author and poet (died 1942) ↗
1873 Božena Benešová, Czech author and poet (died 1936) ↗
1872 John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (died 1918) ↗
1869 Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937) ↗
1869 James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (died 1953) ↗
1866 Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1933) ↗
1863 Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (died 1897) ↗
1858 Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (died 1937) ↗
1857 Bobby Abel, English cricketer (died 1936) ↗
1847 Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (died 1909) ↗
1843 Martha Ripley, American physician (died 1912) ↗
1840 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (died 1928) ↗
1836 Lord Frederick Cavendish, Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (died 1882) ↗
1835 Mark Twain – American novelist, humorist, and critic (died 1910) ↗
1832 James Dickson, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Queensland (died 1901) ↗
1825 William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter and educator (died 1905) ↗
1821 Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (died 1902) ↗
1817 Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1903) ↗
1813 Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (died 1890) ↗
1813 Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (died 1888) ↗
1810 Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (died 1880) ↗
1796 Carl Loewe, German singer, composer, and conductor (died 1869) ↗
1791 Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician (died 1848) ↗
1781 Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (died 1873) ↗
1768 Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (died 1838) ↗
1764 Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (died 1827) ↗
1756 Ernst Chladni, German physicist and author (died 1827) ↗
1748 Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (died 1838) ↗
1723 William Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (died 1790) ↗
1719 Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (died 1772) ↗
1699 King Christian VI of Denmark (died 1746) ↗
1683 Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (died 1744) ↗
1670 John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (died 1722) ↗
1667 Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (died 1745) ↗
1645 Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1706) ↗
1642 Andrea Pozzo, Jesuit Brother, architect and painter (died 1709) ↗
1637 Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author (died 1698) ↗
1625 Jean Domat, French scholar and jurist (died 1696) ↗
1614 William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (died 1680) ↗
1599 Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (died 1661) ↗
1594 John Cosin, English bishop and academic (died 1672) ↗
1573 Aubert Miraeus, Belgian historian (died 1640) ↗
1554 Philip Sidney, English soldier, courtier, and poet (died 1586) ↗
1549 Sir Henry Savile, English scholar and mathematician (died 1622) ↗
1508 Andrea Palladio, Italian architect and theoretician, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (died 1580) ↗
1485 Veronica Gambara, Italian poet and stateswoman (died 1550) ↗
1466 Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (died 1560) ↗
1459 Mingyi Nyo, founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (died 1530) ↗
1427 Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (died 1492) ↗
1426 Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1506) ↗
1364 John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, Scottish soldier (died 1390) ↗
1340 John, Duke of Berry (died 1416) ↗
1310 Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (died 1349) ↗
539 Gregory of Tours, French bishop and saint (probable; (died 594) ↗

2024 Lou Carnesecca, American basketball player and coach (born 1925) ↗
2023 Alistair Darling, British Politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1953) ↗
2023 Shane MacGowan, Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues (born 1957) ↗
2022 Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (born 1926) ↗
2022 Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1943) ↗
2020 Irina Antonova, Russian art historian (born 1922) ↗
2018 George H. W. Bush – American politician, 41st President of the United States and 43rd Vice President of the United States (born 1924) ↗
2017 Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (born 1930) ↗
2017 Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (born 1949) ↗
2017 Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (born 1931) ↗
2017 Alfie Curtis, British actor (born 1930) ↗
2015 Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1928) ↗
2015 Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (born 1948) ↗
2015 Ling Ma – Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (born 1918) ↗
2015 Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (born 1940) ↗
2015 Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1922) ↗
2015 Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1927) ↗
2015 Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (born 1924) ↗
2014 Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (born 1932) ↗
2014 Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1961) ↗
2014 Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (born 1917) ↗
2014 Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (born 1924) ↗
2014 Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (born 1914) ↗
2014 Kent Haruf, American novelist (born 1943) ↗
2013 Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (born 1934) ↗
2013 Jean Kent, English actress (born 1921) ↗
2013 Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (born 1937) ↗
2013 Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1968) ↗
2013 Paul Walker, American actor (born 1973) ↗
2012 Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1938) ↗
2012 I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1919) ↗
2012 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (born 1931) ↗
2012 Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (born 1930) ↗
2012 Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (born 1922) ↗
2012 Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (born 1922) ↗
2012 Mitchell Cole, English footballer (born 1985) ↗
2010 Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (born 1967) ↗
2010 Garry Gross, American photographer (born 1937) ↗
2008 Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (born 1958) ↗
2007 Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (born 1948) ↗
2007 Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (born 1938) ↗
2006 Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (born 1927) ↗
2006 Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (born 1938) ↗
2006 Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (born 1945) ↗
2005 Jean Parker, American actress (born 1915) ↗
2004 Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (born 1920) ↗
2004 Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (born 1927) ↗
2003 Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (born 1905) ↗
2000 Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (born 1915) ↗
2000 Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (born 1955) ↗
1998 Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (born 1899) ↗
1998 Margaret Walker, American author and poet (born 1915) ↗
1997 Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1947) ↗
1996 Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (born 1932) ↗
1995 Til Kiwe, German actor and screenwriter (born 1910) ↗
1994 Guy Debord, French theorist and author (born 1931) ↗
1994 Lionel Stander, American actor (born 1908) ↗
1993 David Houston, American singer-songwriter (born 1938) ↗
1992 Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (born 1906) ↗
1990 Fritz Eichenberg, German-American illustrator and arts educator (born 1901) ↗
1989 Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Cameroon (born 1924) ↗
1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (born 1930) ↗
1988 Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (born 1913) ↗
1987 Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (born 1913) ↗
1979 Laura Gilpin, American photographer (born 1891) ↗
1979 Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (born 1901) ↗
1977 Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1911) ↗
1972 Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (born 1883) ↗
1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (born 1904) ↗
1966 Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (born 1914) ↗
1958 Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (born 1888) ↗
1955 Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (born 1896) ↗
1954 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (born 1886) ↗
1953 Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (born 1879) ↗
1949 Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (born 1872) ↗
1944 Paul Masson, French cyclist (born 1876) ↗
1943 Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (born 1914) ↗
1942 Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (born 1893) ↗
1935 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (born 1888) ↗
1934 Hélène Boucher, French pilot (born 1908) ↗
1933 Arthur Currie, Canadian general (born 1875) ↗
1931 Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (born 1848) ↗
1930 Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (born 1851) ↗
1930 Mary Harris Jones, American Labor organizer (born 1837) ↗
1923 John Maclean, Scottish educator and revolutionary socialist activist (born 1879) ↗
1920 Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (born 1867) ↗
1908 Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (born 1855) ↗
1907 Ludwig Levy, German architect (born 1854) ↗
1901 Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (born 1815) ↗
1900 Oscar Wilde – Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (born 1854) ↗
1892 Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1814) ↗
1864 Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (born 1828) ↗
1863 Kamehameha IV, Hawaiian King (born 1834) ↗
1765 George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (born 1725) ↗
1761 John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (born 1706) ↗
1760 Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actress (born 1697) ↗
1718 Charles XII of Sweden (born 1682) ↗
1703 Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (born 1672) ↗
1694 Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (born 1628) ↗
1675 Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (born 1605) ↗
1654 John Selden, English jurist and scholar (born 1584) ↗
1647 Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1598) ↗
1647 Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (born 1582) ↗
1623 Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (born 1576) ↗
1603 William Gilbert, English scientist (born 1544) ↗
1600 Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (born 1535) ↗
1580 Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (born 1530) ↗
1526 Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (born 1498) ↗
1525 Guillaume Crétin, French poet (born c. 1460) ↗
1378 Andrew Stratford, English verderer and landowner ↗
1283 John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (born c. 1205) ↗
1276 Kanezawa Sanetoki, Japanese member of the Hōjō clan (born 1224) ↗
1204 Emeric, King of Hungary ↗
1016 Edmund Ironside, English king (born 993) ↗