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November 24 is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 37 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
- 1227 – Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
- 1248 – In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe.
- 1429 – Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- 1542 – Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
- 1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
- 1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
- 1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called "Evolution Day"
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
- 1906 – A 13-6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
- 1922 – Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
- 1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
- 1940 – World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
- 1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.
- 1943 – World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
- 1944 – World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
- 1950 – The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 353 people would die as a result of the storm.
- 1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
- 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
- 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting happens to be broadcast live on television.
- 1965 – Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
- 1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
- 1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
- 1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
- 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasted only four months.
- 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- 1976 – The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
- 2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
- 2013 – Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.
Births
- 1273 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (d. 1284)
- 1394 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (d. 1465)
- 1420 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English knight (d. 1473)
- 1583 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (d. 1641)
- 1615 – Philip William, Elector Palatine, German son of Magdalene of Bavaria (d. 1690)
- 1630 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
- 1632 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- 1655 – Charles XI of Sweden, King of Sweden (d. 1697)
- 1690 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
- 1712 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French educator (d. 1789)
- 1712 – Ali II ibn Hussein, Tunisian ruler (d. 1782)
- 1713 – Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
- 1713 – Laurence Sterne, Irish author (d. 1768)
- 1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony, Spanish queen (d. 1760)
- 1729 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
- 1745 – Maria Luisa of Spain, Holy Roman empress (d. 1792)
- 1774 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, educator, and author (d. 1857)
- 1784 – Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1801 – Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
- 1806 – William Webb Ellis, English clergyman, created Rugby football (d. 1872)
- 1811 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss politician (d. 1890)
- 1812 – Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer (d. 1848)
- 1812 – Christian Hansen Vennemoe, Norwegian politician (d. 1901)
- 1815 – Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
- 1826 – Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
- 1833 – Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (d. 1891)
- 1849 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American playwright and author (d. 1924)
- 1857 – Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet (d. 1937)
- 1859 – Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (d. 1934)
- 1864 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
- 1867 – Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (d. 1916)
- 1867 – Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist (d. 1917)
- 1869 – Óscar Carmona, Portuguese politician, 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
- 1873 – Julius Martov, Russian politician (d. 1923)
- 1874 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
- 1876 – Walter Burley Griffin, American architect, designed Canberra (d. 1937)
- 1877 – Alben W. Barkley, American politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
- 1877 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (d. 1941)
- 1881 – Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
- 1882 – Nikolai Janson, Soviet politician (d. 1938)
- 1884 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Russian-Israeli politician, 2nd President of Israel (d. 1963)
- 1885 – Theodor Altermann, Estonian stage actor and director (d. 1915)
- 1885 – Christian Wirth, German SS officer (d. 1944)
- 1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (d. 1973)
- 1887 – Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (d. 1960)
- 1887 – Erich von Manstein, German military officer (d. 1973)
- 1888 – Dale Carnegie, American author (d. 1955)
- 1888 – Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist and author (d. 1972)
- 1893 – Charles F. Hurley, American politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- 1894 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
- 1897 – Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1962)
- 1899 – Ward Morehouse, American columnist and critic (d. 1966)
- 1904 – Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian surgeon (d. 1988)
- 1908 – Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
- 1910 – Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (d. 2009)
- 1911 – Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1911 – Joe Medwick, American baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1912 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1912 – Garson Kanin, American director and scriptwriter (d. 1999)
- 1912 – Charles Schneeman, American illustrator (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1912 – Joan Sanderson, English television and stage actress (d. 1992)
- 1912 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist (d. 1986)
- 1913 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (d. 2005)
- 1916 – Forrest J Ackerman, American collector and author (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1917 – Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli diplomat and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1919 – David Kossoff, English actor (d. 2005)
- 1921 – John Lindsay, American politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Claus Moser, Baron Moser, British statistician
- 1922 – Martin Poll, American film and television producer (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
- 1925 – William F. Buckley, Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author (d. 2003)
- 1929 – Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
- 1930 – Bob Friend, American baseball player
- 1931 – Arthur Chaskalson, South African judge (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Fred Titmus, English cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1933 – John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)
- 1935 – Ron Dellums, American politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland
- 1935 – Mordicai Gerstein, American children's author and illustrator
- 1938 – Willy Claes, Belgian politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
- 1938 – Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
- 1938 – Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (d. 1959)
- 1940 – Elizabeth Filkin, English civil servant
- 1940 – Don Metz, American architect
- 1940 – Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman
- 1940 – Eric Wilson, Canadian author
- 1941 – Pete Best, English drummer (The Beatles and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars)
- 1941 – Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player and songwriter (Booker T. and the M.G.'s, The Mar-Keys, and The Blues Brothers) (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, actor, and singer (The Humblebums)
- 1942 – Marlin Fitzwater, American journalist, White House Press Secretary
- 1942 – Andrew Stunell, English politician
- 1943 – Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit
- 1943 – Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (The Incredible String Band)
- 1944 – Bev Bevan, English drummer (The Move and Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1944 – Candy Darling, American model and actress (d. 1974)
- 1944 – Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian diplomat and scholar
- 1944 – Dan Glickman, American politician
- 1945 – Lee Michaels, American keyboard player (The Sentinals)
- 1946 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
- 1946 – Penny Jordan, English author (d. 2011)
- 1947 – Dwight Schultz, American actor
- 1947 – Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player (Caravan, Hatfield and the North, The Wilde Flowers, Matching Mole, and The Polite Force)
- 1948 – Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author
- 1948 – Steve Yeager, American baseball player
- 1949 – Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
- 1949 – Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, British politician
- 1949 – Sally Davies, English haematologist, Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government
- 1949 – Linda Tripp, American civil servant
- 1950 – Roscoe Born, American actor
- 1950 – Stanley Livingston, American actor
- 1951 – Mimis Androulakis, Greek politician and author
- 1951 – Chet Edwards, American politician
- 1951 – Margaret Mountford, English lawyer and businesswoman
- 1951 – Graham Price, Welsh former rugby union player
- 1952 – Norbert Haug, German journalist and businessman
- 1952 – Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
- 1952 – Jim Sheridan, Scottish politician
- 1953 – Glenn Withrow, American actor
- 1954 – Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1955 – Ian Botham, England cricketer
- 1955 – Clem Burke, American drummer (Blondie, Ramones, The Adult Net, and The Romantics)
- 1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
- 1955 – Najib Mikati, Lebanese politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon
- 1955 – Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
- 1956 – Sven Grünberg, Estonian composer
- 1957 – Denise Crosby, American actress
- 1957 – Edward Stourton, English journalist
- 1958 – Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer
- 1958 – Alain Chabat, French actor and director
- 1958 – Margaret Curran, Scottish politician, MP for Glasgow East
- 1959 – Todd Brooker, Canadian downhill skier
- 1959 – Robert Jüttner, German footballer
- 1960 – Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer (Strength in Numbers)
- 1960 – Amanda Wyss, American actress
- 1961 – Carlos Carnero, Spanish politician
- 1961 – Arundhati Roy, Indian author and activist
- 1962 – John Kovalic, English cartoonist (Dork Tower)
- 1962 – John Squire, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stone Roses and The Seahorses)
- 1962 – Paul Thorburn, Welsh former rugby football player
- 1962 – Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer
- 1962 – Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer
- 1964 – Garret Dillahunt, American actor
- 1964 – Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack and Another Animal)
- 1964 – Brad Sherwood, American comedian and actor
- 1965 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
- 1966 – Russell Watson, English tenor
- 1967 – Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer (Royal Hunt)
- 1967 – Cal Eldred, American baseball player
- 1968 – Todd Beamer, American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
- 1968 – Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1969 – David Adeang, Nauruan politician
- 1969 – Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter (Cryptic Slaughter and Danzig)
- 1970 – Doug Brien, American football player
- 1970 – Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1970 – Ashley Ward, English footballer
- 1971 – Cosmas Ndeti, Kenyan runner
- 1971 – Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Marek Lemsalu, Estonian footballer
- 1974 – Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor and director
- 1974 – Machel Montano, Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer (Xtatik)
- 1974 – Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
- 1974 – Dave Aizer, American television host and producer
- 1975 – Thomas Kohnstamm, American author
- 1976 – Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
- 1977 – Colin Hanks, American actor
- 1977 – Olle Kärner, Estonian orienteer
- 1977 – Celaleddin Koçak, Turkish footballer
- 1978 – Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer
- 1979 – Becca Barlow, American guitarist (BarlowGirl)
- 1979 – Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer
- 1980 – Beth Phoenix, American wrestler
- 1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player
- 1982 – Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player
- 1983 – Dean Ashton, English footballer
- 1983 – Lars Eckert, German rugby player
- 1983 – Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
- 1983 – André Laurito, German footballer
- 1983 – José López, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 – Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress
- 1984 – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier
- 1984 – Wolf Hudson, American porn actor and director
- 1985 – Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress and singer
- 1985 – Tony Hunt, American football player
- 1986 – Pedro León, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
- 1990 – Sarah Hyland, American actress and singer
- 1990 – Tom Odell, British singer-songwriter
- 1992 – Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1993 – Ivi Adamou, Cypriot singer
- 1994 – Reece Mastin, English-Australian singer-songwriter
- 2003 – Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealand meningococcal disease survivor
Deaths
- 654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
- 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, Abbasid religious leader, 9th of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)
- 1072 – Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
- 1265 – Magnus Olafsson, Manx king
- 1326 – Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier, son of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (b. 1296)
- 1468 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- 1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
- 1572 – John Knox, Scottish clergyman (b. 1510)
- 1583 – René de Birague, French cardinal (b. 1506)
- 1600 – Balthasar Russow, Baltic German chronicler and clergyman (b. 1536)
- 1615 – Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
- 1650 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
- 1675 – Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian religious leader, 9th Guru of Sikhs (b. 1621)
- 1722 – Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623)
- 1741 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
- 1770 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
- 1775 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
- 1781 – James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734)
- 1793 – Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French politician (b. 1723)
- 1801 – Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
- 1807 – Joseph Brant, Mohawk tribal leader (b. 1742)
- 1848 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
- 1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet (b. 1846)
- 1885 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentine journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
- 1890 – August Belmont, German-American politician (b. 1816)
- 1916 – Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
- 1920 – Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
- 1920 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
- 1922 – Robert Erskine Childers, Irish solder and author (b. 1870)
- 1929 – Georges Clemenceau, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
- 1936 – Lucio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908)
- 1943 – Doris Miller, American soldier and cook, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
- 1948 – Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
- 1956 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
- 1957 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
- 1958 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
- 1959 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
- 1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
- 1960 – Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (b. 1875)
- 1961 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1893)
- 1963 – Marotrao Kannamwar, Indian politician
- 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
- 1964 – Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (b. 1884)
- 1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)
- 1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
- 1968 – D. A. Levy, American poet (b. 1942)
- 1973 – John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881)
- 1980 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
- 1980 – George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1982 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist, father of Barack Obama (b. 1936)
- 1985 – Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1987 – Jehane Benoît, Canadian author and journalist (b. 1904)
- 1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine race car driver (b. 1934)
- 1990 – Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
- 1990 – Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (b. 1896)
- 1991 – Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (KISS) (b. 1950)
- 1991 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibari-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex) (b. 1946)
- 1993 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1996 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (b. 1911)
- 1997 – Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Hilary Minster, English actor (b. 1944)
- 2001 – Melanie Thornton, American singer (La Bouche) (b. 1967)
- 2002 – John Rawls, American political philosopher (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Snowflake, Spanish gorilla (b. 1964)
- 2003 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2004 – Wong Jim, Chinese actor and songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2004 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (b. 1920)
- 2004 – Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- 2006 – George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (b. 1943)
- 2006 – Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
- 2008 – Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Cecil H. Underwood, American politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Chan Hung-lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Abe Pollin, American businessman (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese politician (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1962)
- 2012 – Alec Campbell, English-Botswana archaeologist (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Ardeshir Cowasjee, Pakistani columnist (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Tony Leblanc, Spanish actor and director (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Frank Pittman, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Chris Stamp, English music producer and manager (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Nicholas Turro, American chemist (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Ernie Warlick, American football player (b. 1932)
Holidays and observances
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