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November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
- 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
- 395 – Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
- 511 – King Clovis I dies at Paris ("Lutetia") and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. The Merovingian Dynasty is continued by his four sons — Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons.
- 602 – Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself; their bodies are thrown into the sea and their heads are exhibited in Constantinople.
- 1095 – Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
- 1295 – The first elected representatives from Lancashire are called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
- 1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
- 1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem's Church in Berlin is laid.
- 1807 – The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
- 1810 – The Berners Street Hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
- 1815 – Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
- 1830 – St. Catherine Laboure experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
- 1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
- 1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
- 1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run – Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
- 1868 – American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
- 1886 – German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
- 1895 – At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
- 1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established.
- 1912 – Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1934 – Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
- 1940 – In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga.
- 1940 – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
- 1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
- 1944 – World War II: RAF Fauld explosion – An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
- 1954 – Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
- 1963 – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
- 1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
- 1971 – The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
- 1973 – Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387 to 35).
- 1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
- 1978 – In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1978 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
- 1983 – Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
- 1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
- 1989 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.
- 1991 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
- 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela.
- 1997 – Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
- 1999 – The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
- 2000 – In the Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada wins its third consecutive election with a gain in the number of its members.
- 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- 2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 2005 – The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
- 2006 – The Canadian House of Commons approves a motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
- 2009 – 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
Births
- 111 – Antinous, Greek favourite of Hadrian (d. 130)
- 1127 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song (d. 1194)
- 1576 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (d. 1638)
- 1582 – Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
- 1630 – Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (d. 1665)
- 1635 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
- 1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (d. 1744)
- 1710 – Robert Lowth, English bishop (d. 1787)
- 1746 – Robert R. Livingston, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs (d. 1813)
- 1746 – Increase Sumner, American politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
- 1754 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1794)
- 1759 – Franz Krommer, Czech composer (d. 1831)
- 1779 – Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician (d. 1865)
- 1804 – Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (d. 1885)
- 1809 – Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet (d. 1893)
- 1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
- 1843 – Elizabeth Stride, Swedish-English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
- 1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
- 1853 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (d. 1928)
- 1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
- 1865 – Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene journalist and politician (d. 1917)
- 1867 – Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
- 1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, President and Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1956)
- 1871 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (d. 1950)
- 1874 – Charles A. Beard, American historian (d. 1948)
- 1874 – František Erben, Bohemian gymnast (d. 1942)
- 1874 – Chaim Weizmann, Russian-Israeli politician and chemist, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
- 1875 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast (d. 1962)
- 1878 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Bengali poet (d. 1948)
- 1878 – Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter (d. 1969)
- 1885 – Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (d. 1944)
- 1887 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- 1888 – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1956)
- 1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (d. 1989)
- 1894 – Katherine Milhous, American illustrator and author (d. 1977)
- 1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971)
- 1897 – Vito Genovese, Italian-American mobster (d. 1969)
- 1898 – Fredric Warburg, English publisher and author (d. 1981)
- 1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
- 1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American author (d. 2000)
- 1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet (d. 2003)
- 1909 – James Agee, American author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
- 1909 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967)
- 1911 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician (d. 2011)
- 1911 – David Merrick, American theater producer (d. 2000)
- 1916 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (d. 1998)
- 1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
- 1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1920 – Cal Worthington, American car dealer (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Antonie Hegerlíková, Czech actress (d. 2012)
- 1925 – John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1925 – Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (d. 1999)
- 1927 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987)
- 1928 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist
- 1930 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Alan Simpson, English TV and radio scriptwriter
- 1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino politician (d. 1983)
- 1933 – Jacques Godbout, Canadian author and director
- 1933 – Gordon S. Wood, American historian
- 1934 – Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (d. 1975)
- 1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician
- 1935 – Les Blank, American director and producer (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Daniel Charles, French philosopher (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Gail Sheehy, American author and journalist
- 1938 – John Ashworth, English biologist and education administrator, chairman of British Library board (1996-2001)
- 1938 – Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (1999-2011)
- 1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player
- 1939 – Tony Green, English sportscaster
- 1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
- 1940 – John Alderton, English actor
- 1940 – Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
- 1941 – Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
- 1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
- 1942 – Henry Carr, American runner
- 1942 – Marilyn Hacker, American poet
- 1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Blue Flame) (d. 1970)
- 1943 – Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
- 1943 – Jil Sander, German fashion designer
- 1944 – Neddy Smith, Australian criminal
- 1945 – Barbara Anderson, American actress
- 1945 – James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
- 1945 – Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver
- 1945 – Eiv Eloon, Estonian sci-fi writer
- 1945 – Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 1945 – Ann Mallalieu, English lawyer and politician
- 1947 – Don Adams, American basketball player
- 1947 – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djiboutian politician, President of Djibouti
- 1947 – Neil Rosenshein, American tenor
- 1949 – Nick Discepola, Italian-Canadian politician (d. 2012)
- 1949 – Masanori Sekiya, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 – Gavyn Davies, English businessman, chairman of the BBC (2001-2004)
- 1950 – Gran Hamada, Japanese wrestler
- 1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director
- 1951 – Gunnar Graps, Estonian rock musician (d. 2004)
- 1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- 1952 – Bappi Lahiri, Indian director and singer
- 1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis and Era)
- 1952 – James D. Wetherbee, American astronaut
- 1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor
- 1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Aquarium)
- 1953 – Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian politician and military commander
- 1953 – Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
- 1954 – Patricia McPherson, American actress
- 1954 – Kimmy Robertson, American actress
- 1954 – Arthur Smith, English comedian and actor
- 1955 – Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
- 1956 – William Fichtner, American actor
- 1956 – John McCarthy, English journalist
- 1957 – Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver
- 1957 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American author, editor, lawyer and diplomat, daughter of John and Jacqueline Kennedy
- 1957 – Kevin O'Connell, American sound designer
- 1957 – Michael Stackpole, American author
- 1958 – Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Simple Minds)
- 1959 – Victoria Mullova, Russian violinist
- 1960 – Kevin Henkes, American author and illustrator
- 1960 – Ken O'Brien, American football player
- 1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
- 1960 – Michael Rispoli, American actor
- 1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian politician, 10th & 13th Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1960 – Gianni Vernetti, Italian politician
- 1961 – Samantha Bond, English actress
- 1961 – Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer (Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death)
- 1962 – Mike Bordin, American drummer (Faith No More and EZ-Street)
- 1962 – Davey Boy Smith, English wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1963 – Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern
- 1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor
- 1964 – Giles Fraser, English priest and journalist
- 1964 – Robin Givens, American actress
- 1964 – Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1964 – David Rakoff, Canadian-American author and actor (d. 2012)
- 1964 – Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (d. 2013)
- 1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor and producer
- 1967 – Shane Embury, English bass player (Napalm Death, Unseen Terror, Meathook Seed, Lock Up, and Venomous Concept)
- 1968 – Michael Vartan, French-American actor
- 1969 – Damian Hinds, English politician
- 1969 – Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter (Alter Bridge, The Mayfield Four, Citizen Swing, and Cosmic Dust)
- 1970 – Brooke Langton, American actress
- 1970 – Erik Menendez, American murderer
- 1970 – Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress
- 1971 – Larry Allen, American football player
- 1971 – Nick Van Exel, American basketball player
- 1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer
- 1973 – Twista, American rapper and producer
- 1973 – Sharlto Copley, South African actor, director, and producer
- 1973 – Samantha Harris, American model and television host
- 1973 – Evan Karagias, American wrestler and actor
- 1973 – Janne Oinas, Finnish footballer
- 1974 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor
- 1974 – Alec Newman, Scottish actor
- 1975 – Bad Azz, American rapper and actor (LBC Crew)
- 1975 – Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American footballer
- 1975 – Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
- 1976 – Pgeezy, American rapper (d. 2012)
- 1976 – Jean Grae, South African–American rapper and producer
- 1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter
- 1977 – Mika Tan, American porn actress
- 1977 – Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player
- 1978 – Shy Love, German-American porn actress
- 1978 – Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
- 1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
- 1978 – Mike Skinner, English rapper, producer, and actor (The Streets)
- 1978 – Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
- 1978 – Tim Yeung, American drummer (Divine Heresy and World Under Blood)
- 1979 – Hilary Hahn, American violinist
- 1979 – Ricky Carmichael, American motocrosser and NASCAR driver
- 1979 – Shin Hye-sung, South Korean singer (Shinhwa and S)
- 1979 – Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
- 1980 – Veronika Portsmuth, Estonian conductor and singer
- 1980 – Michael Yardy, English cricketer
- 1980 – Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1981 – Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
- 1981 – Gary Lucy, English actor
- 1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
- 1982 – David Bellion, French footballer
- 1982 – Tommy Robinson, English activist
- 1983 – Professor Green, English rapper
- 1984 – Domata Peko, American football player
- 1985 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress
- 1985 – Thilo Versick, German footballer
- 1986 – Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
- 1986 – Steven Silva, Filipino actor
- 1986 – Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter (JLS)
- 1987 – Yuria Haga, Japanese actress
- 1987 – Gary Wozniak, American sled racer
- 1988 – Miroslav Šmajda, Slovak singer
- 1990 – Shane Haboucha, American actor
- 1992 – Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter (Blog 27)
- 1992 – Alex Neuberger, American actor
- 1992 – Park Chanyeol, South Korean singer and dancer (EXO)
- 1995 – Leonard Proxauf, German-Austrian actor
Deaths
- 8 BC – Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
- 395 – Rufinus, Roman statesman
- 450 – Galla Placidia, Roman daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)
- 602 – Maurice, Byzantine emperor (b. 539)
- 1198 – Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)
- 1252 – Blanche of Castile, Spanish wife of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
- 1474 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (b. 1397)
- 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
- 1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai and commander (b. 1568)
- 1632 – John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)
- 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (b. 1601)
- 1703 – Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
- 1754 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1758 – Senesino, Italian contralto castrato (b. 1686)
- 1811 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
- 1830 – André Parmentier, American landscape architect (b. 1780)
- 1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1875 – Richard Christopher Carrington, English amateur astronomer (b. 1826)
- 1881 – Theobald Boehm, German flute maker (b. 1794)
- 1884 – Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
- 1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
- 1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author and playwright (b. 1824)
- 1899 – Constant Fornerod, Swiss politician (b. 1819)
- 1901 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
- 1908 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (b. 1827)
- 1916 – Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet (b. 1855)
- 1919 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian politician (b. 1857)
- 1920 – Alexius Meinong, Austrian philosopher (b. 1853)
- 1921 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
- 1931 – Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (b. 1899)
- 1932 – Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896)
- 1934 – Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
- 1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek businessman (b. 1849)
- 1940 – Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
- 1943 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian-Yugoslav politician (b. 1916)
- 1944 – Leonid Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
- 1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 – Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (b. 1892)
- 1958 – Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, (Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly) (b. 1892)
- 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
- 1967 – Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
- 1970 – Helene Madison, American competition swimmer (b. 1913)
- 1973 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
- 1975 – Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- 1977 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
- 1978 – Harvey Milk, American politician and activist (b. 1930)
- 1978 – George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
- 1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)
- 1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1983 – Kostas Mentis, Greek actor (b. 1913)
- 1987 – Sian Kingi, Australian murder victim (b. 1974)
- 1988 – John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
- 1988 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player (b. 1927)
- 1989 – Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, (Prime Minister of Spain) (b. 1908)
- 1990 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1990 – Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist (b. 1951)
- 1992 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1906)
- 1997 – Buck Leonard, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1999 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler (b. 1937)
- 1999 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and scholar (b. 1925)
- 1999 – Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)
- 2000 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author (b. 1932)
- 2000 – Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)
- 2000 – Len Shackleton, English footballer (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian Hindi poet (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2005 – Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
- 2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
- 2006 – Alan Freeman, Australian-English radio host (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Bernie Banton, Australian campaigner (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Robert Cade, American physician, co-invented Gatorade (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2007 – Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921)
- 2008 – V. P. Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Al Alberts, American singer and composer (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Irvin Kershner, American director and actor (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)
- 2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian sarangi player (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Jim Davis, American politician (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Erik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)
- 2012 – Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (b. 1979)
- 2012 – Ladislas Kijno, French painter (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Marvin Miller, American union leader (MLBPA) (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Herbert Oberhofer, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Assane Seck, Senegalese politician (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)
Holidays and observances
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