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November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
- 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
- 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1470 – Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
- 1520 – An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
- 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
- 1627 – The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
- 1660 – At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1666 – At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1785 – The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
- 1811 – Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1814 – The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
- 1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
- 1843 – Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- 1861 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
- 1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
- 1885 – Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1893 – Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the New Zealand general election, 1893.
- 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1899 – The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
- 1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- 1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
- 1912 – Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914 – World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- 1917 – The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- 1919 – Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
- 1920 – Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
- 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
- 1942 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
- 1943 – World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
- 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
- 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent of France.
- 1964 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
- 1966 – Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
- 1967 – The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) was discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
- 1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
- 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1972 – Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
- 1975 – East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- 1980 – Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
- 1987 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
- 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
- 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
- 1991 – South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
- 2002 – Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
- 2014 – Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
- 2016 – A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 81 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia.
Births
- 1118 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1180)
- 1293 – Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1328)
- 1470 – Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty (d. 1559)
- 1475 – Anne Shelton, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn (d. 1555)
- 1489 – Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (d. 1541)
- 1570 – James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (d. 1632)
- 1592 – Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (d. 1643)
- 1598 – Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1667)
- 1628 – John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (d. 1688)
- 1631 – Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1690)
- 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (d. 1687)
- 1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (d. 1698)
- 1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1723)
- 1681 – Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740)
- 1694 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (d. 1728)
- 1700 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
- 1700 – Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1770)
- 1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter (d. 1827)
- 1760 – Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (d. 1834)
- 1772 – Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (d. 1864)
- 1774 – Maria Antonia of Parma (d. 1841)
- 1785 – Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
- 1792 – Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic (d. 1867)
- 1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (d. 1866)
- 1804 – William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1888)
- 1805 – John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer (d. 1852)
- 1810 – William Froude, English engineer and architect (d. 1879)
- 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (d. 1895)
- 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1894)
- 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (d. 1920)
- 1853 – Helen Magill White, American academic (d. 1944)
- 1857 – Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
- 1861 – Adina Emilia De Zavala, teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history (d. 1955)
- 1864 – James Allen, English author and poet (d. 1912)
- 1864 – Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (d. 1932)
- 1866 – Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (d. 1924)
- 1876 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (d. 1946)
- 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1921)
- 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (d. 1934)
- 1891 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (d. 1949)
- 1891 – Mabel Alvarez, American painter (d. 1985)[1]
- 1894 – Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic (d. 1984)
- 1894 – Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (d. 1965)
- 1896 – Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (d. 1994)
- 1898 – İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (d. 1985)
- 1903 – Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (d. 2012)
- 1904 – James Eastland, American planter and politician (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (d. 1973)
- 1906 – Henry Picard, American golfer (d. 1997)
- 1907 – Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator (d. 2007)
- 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (d. 1990)
- 1908 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
- 1910 – Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1911 – Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (d. 1973)
- 1912 – Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
- 1913 – Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic (d. 1994)
- 1915 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic (d. 2011)
- 1915 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy (d. 2002)
- 1916 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1924 – Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (d. 2000)
- 1925 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
- 1925 – Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1983)
- 1927 – Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2017)
- 1928 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Berry Gordy, Jr., American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records
- 1930 – A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (d. 1999)
- 1932 – Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (d. 2016)
- 1932 – Terence Frisby, English author and playwright
- 1933 – Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician
- 1933 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1935 – Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
- 1935 – Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet (d. 2010)
- 1936 – Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
- 1938 – Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player
- 1940 – Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
- 1941 – Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (d. 2015)
- 1942 – Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
- 1943 – R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
- 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
- 1945 – Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines
- 1946 – Joe Dante, American director and producer
- 1947 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1947 – Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
- 1947 – Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana politician and Speaker of The National Assembly[2]
- 1948 – Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 – Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer
- 1948 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter
- 1948 – Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician
- 1948 – Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author
- 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (d. 1995)
- 1949 – Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader (CBS Orchestra)
- 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor and producer
- 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951 – Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut
- 1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
- 1953 – Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 1953 – Helen De Michiel, American director and producer
- 1953 – Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1953 – Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician
- 1954 – Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2002)
- 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
- 1955 – Adem Jashari, Kosovo commander (d. 1998)
- 1956 – Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
- 1957 – Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
- 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
- 1958 – Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
- 1959 – Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1959 – Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter
- 1959 – Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster
- 1960 – Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat
- 1960 – John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
- 1960 – Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager
- 1960 – Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach
- 1961 – Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director
- 1961 – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 – Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter
- 1962 – Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
- 1963 – Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer
- 1963 – Andrew Jones, English politician
- 1963 – Johnny Newman, American basketball player
- 1963 – Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager
- 1964 – Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician
- 1964 – John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler
- 1964 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1964 – Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist
- 1965 – Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet
- 1965 – Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager
- 1967 – Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician
- 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (d. 2007)
- 1967 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager
- 1967 – Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian
- 1968 – Darren Bett, English journalist
- 1969 – Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Petr Kouba, Czech footballer
- 1969 – Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager
- 1969 – Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler
- 1969 – Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete
- 1970 – Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
- 1970 – Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
- 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
- 1972 – Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower
- 1972 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
- 1973 – Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer
- 1974 – apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper
- 1974 – András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager
- 1975 – Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer
- 1975 – Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author
- 1975 – Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer
- 1975 – Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
- 1975 – Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1976 – Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
- 1977 – Marlon Broomes, English footballer
- 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager
- 1977 – Acer Nethercott, English rower (d. 2013)
- 1977 – Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
- 1977 – Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player
- 1978 – Brent Albright, American wrestler
- 1978 – Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
- 1978 – Freddie Mitchell, American football player
- 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- 1978 – Michael Simpkins, English footballer
- 1978 – Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
- 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor
- 1979 – Shy FX, English DJ and producer
- 1979 – Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player
- 1980 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Stuart Taylor, English footballer
- 1981 – Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
- 1982 – Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
- 1982 – Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer
- 1982 – Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player
- 1983 – Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
- 1983 – Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1983 – Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress
- 1983 – Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
- 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
- 1984 – Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
- 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer
- 1984 – Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director
- 1985 – Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 – Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
- 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
- 1987 – Craig Kieswetter, South African-English cricketer and golfer
- 1989 – Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 – Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
- 1990 – Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer
- 1992 – Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter
- 1992 – Adam Hicks, American actor
- 1993 – David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
- 1995 – Chase Elliott, American race car driver
- 2000 – Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor
Deaths
- 741 – Pope Gregory III
- 939 – Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (b. 890)
- 1122 – Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
- 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080)
- 1290 – Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241)
- 1317 – Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (b. 1247)
- 1476 – James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
- 1499 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (b. 1475)
- 1574 – Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)
- 1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
- 1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633)
- 1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
- 1675 – Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (b. 1630)
- 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598)
- 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (b. 1606)
- 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (b. 1601)[3]
- 1694 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (b. 1644)
- 1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637)
- 1695 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (b. 1632)
- 1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622)
- 1763 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
- 1785 – William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)
- 1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
- 1794 – Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (b. 1736)
- 1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750)
- 1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
- 1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
- 1852 – Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
- 1859 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
- 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
- 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
- 1873 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
- 1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
- 1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
- 1890 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
- 1891 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
- 1901 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
- 1904 – Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
- 1907 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
- 1912 – Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
- 1917 – Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
- 1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1930 – Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
- 1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
- 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)
- 1943 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
- 1945 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
- 1947 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
- 1953 – Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
- 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
- 1960 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1960 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)
- 1962 – K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
- 1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1968 – Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
- 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
- 1972 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
- 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
- 1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)
- 1982 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896)
- 1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1987 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913)
- 1987 – Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler
- 1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (b. 1946)
- 1993 – Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
- 1994 – Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (b. 1932)
- 1994 – Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (b. 1938)
- 1995 – Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
- 2001 – William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
- 2005 – Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
- 2008 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
- 2009 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)
- 2014 – Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Marjorie Lord, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2015 – Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (b. 1930)
