November 28

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 Dynasty by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
• 1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
• 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
• 1520 – After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first European ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
• 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 Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
• 1785 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
• 1811 – Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
• 1814 – The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
• 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.
• 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 – New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election.
• 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.
• 1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
• 1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
• 1909 – Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
• 1910 – The Liberal Party, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, wins the second Greek general election of the year.
• 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.
• 1918 – Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• 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.
• 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. The chief executioner is André Obrecht. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder, but as Buffet's accomplice was condemned to death anyway.)
• 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.)
• 1981 – Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
• 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.
• 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.

Births

• 1118 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1180)
• 1489 – Margaret Tudor, English wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
• 1570 – James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, MP for Woodstock (d. 1632)
• 1598 – Hans Nansen, Danish politician (d. 1667)
• 1628 – John Bunyan, English preacher and author (d. 1688)
• 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer (d. 1687)
• 1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain (d. 1698)
• 1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English-American politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1723)
• 1681 – Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740)
• 1700 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (d. 1764)
• 1700 – Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German wife of Christian VI of Denmark (d. 1770)
• 1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter (d. 1827)
• 1772 – Luke Howard, English meteorologist (d. 1864)
• 1785 – Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
• 1792 – Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
• 1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet (d. 1866)
• 1805 – John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
• 1810 – William Froude, English engineer and architect (d. 1879)
• 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
• 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
• 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
• 1853 – Helen Magill White, American educator, first woman to earn a Ph.D. in the U.S. (d. 1944)
• 1857 – Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
• 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)
• 1878 – Hubert Lefèbvre, French rugby player
• 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
• 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1942)
• 1887 – Ernst Röhm, German soldier, leader of the Sturmabteilung ("Brownshirts") (d. 1934)
• 1891 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist and politician, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1949)
• 1894 – Henry Hazlitt, American philosopher and economist (d. 1993)
• 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Dawn Powell, American author (d. 1965)
• 1896 – Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994)
• 1904 – James Eastland, American politician, President pro tempore of the Senate (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Nancy Mitford, English author (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Rose Bampton, American soprano (d. 2007)
• 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and journalist (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009)
• 1911 – Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
• 1915 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter (d. 2011)
• 1915 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy, English wife of Leopold III of Belgium (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1923 – James Karen, American actor
• 1924 – Dennis Brutus, South African poet (d. 2009)
• 1925 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
• 1926 – Bernard Kops, English dramatist and poet
• 1927 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1928 – John Coleman, Australian footballer (d. 1973)
• 1928 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Berry Gordy, Jr., American record producer, founded Motown Records
• 1931 – Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author
• 1931 – Tomi Ungerer, French illustrator and author
• 1931 – Ed Young, Chinese-American author and illustrator
• 1932 – Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer
• 1932 – Terence Frisby, English author
• 1933 – Joe Knollenberg, American politician
• 1933 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1935 – Prince Hitachi, Japanese philanthropist and chemist
• 1935 – Randolph Stow, Australian author
• 1936 – Gary Hart, American politician and author, Senator from Colorado
• 1936 – Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros)
• 1940 – Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
• 1942 – Manolo Blahnik, Spanish shoe designer
• 1942 – Paul Warfield, American football player
• 1943 – Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer
• 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American author, poet, and screenwriter
• 1944 – R. B. Greaves, Guyanan singer (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
• 1946 – Joe Dante, American director and producer
• 1947 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1947 – Panayotis Varotsos, Greek physicist
• 1948 – Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian guitarist (Little River Band, Mississippi, Zoot, Birtles Shorrock Goble, and Birtles & Goble)
• 1948 – Alan Lightman, American physicist and author
• 1948 – Dick Morris, American political consultant and author
• 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
• 1949 – Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American actor and orchestra leader
• 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor
• 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 – Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut
• 1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
• 1953 – Alistair Darling, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (2007-2010)
• 1953 – Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1953 – Gordon Marsden, English politician, MP for Blackpool South
• 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
• 1955 – Jeffrey Byron, American actor
• 1955 – Adem Jashari, Yugoslav Albanian guerrilla, co-founded the Kosovo Liberation Army (d. 1998)
• 1956 – Fiona Armstrong, English journalist and author
• 1956 – Richard Bean, English playwright
• 1957 – Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian legal scholar and historian
• 1957 – David Van Day, English singer (Dollar Guys 'n' Dolls, and Bucks Fizz)
• 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1958 – Dave Righetti, American baseball player
• 1959 – Judd Nelson, American actor
• 1959 – Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist
• 1960 – John Galliano, Gibraltarian-English fashion designer
• 1960 – Andy Ritchie, English footballer
• 1960 – Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach
• 1961 – Martin Clunes, English actor
• 1961 – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1961 – John Fenty, English politician
• 1961 – Jane Sibbett, American actress
• 1962 – Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Skin Yard, Temple of the Dog, Hater, and Wellwater Conspiracy)
• 1962 – Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
• 1962 – Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host (The Daily Show)
• 1963 – Walt Weiss, American baseball player
• 1963 – Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, director, and producer
• 1963 – Andrew Jones, English politician
• 1963 – Johnny Newman, American basketball player
• 1963 – Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican murderer (d. 2006)
• 1964 – Michael Bennet, American politician, Senator from Colorado
• 1964 – John Burkett, American baseball player
• 1964 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
• 1964 – Sian Williams, British journalist
• 1965 – Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
• 1965 – Matt Williams, American baseball player
• 1966 – Dominic Chappell, English race car driver
• 1966 – Helen Fospero, English journalist
• 1966 – Sam Seder, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1967 – Chris Heaton-Harris, English politician, MP for Daventry
• 1967 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
• 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (d. 2007)
• 1967 – Stephnie Weir, American comedian and actress
• 1968 – Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
• 1969 – Robb Nen, American baseball player
• 1969 – Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler
• 1969 – Lexington Steele, American porn actor
• 1970 – Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
• 1970 – Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
• 1971 – Rob Conway, American wrestler
• 1971 – Fenriz, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Darkthrone, Storm, Dødheimsgard, Neptune Towers, and Isengard)
• 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
• 1972 – Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
• 1972 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames, Dimension Zero, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, and All Ends)
• 1973 – Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer (AFI, Blaqk Audio, and Redemption 87)
• 1974 – apl.de.ap, Filipino-American rapper and producer (The Black Eyed Peas)
• 1974 – Styles P, American rapper (The LOX)
• 1974 – Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
• 1974 – András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer
• 1975 – Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian author
• 1975 – Sunny Mabrey, American actress
• 1975 – Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
• 1975 – Park Sung-Bae, South Korean football player
• 1975 – Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Satyricon)
• 1975 – Seffy Efrati, Israeli bassist (Aviv Geffen, Blackfield and Porcupine Tree)
• 1976 – Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
• 1977 – Marlon Broomes, English footballer
• 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
• 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 – Aimee Garcia, American actress
• 1978 – Freddie Mitchell, American football player
• 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
• 1978 – Michael Simpkins, English footballer
• 1978 – Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
• 1978 – Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
• 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Color Changin' Click)
• 1979 – Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Henney, American actor
• 1979 – Joel Maximo, American wrestler
• 1979 – Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player
• 1980 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
• 1980 – Stuart Taylor, English footballer
• 1981 – Jacqui Ainsley, English model
• 1981 – Sharon Needles, American drag queen performer
• 1981 – Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
• 1982 – Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 – Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer
• 1982 – Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player
• 1983 – Summer Rae, American model, football player and wrestler
• 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1983 – Edouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
• 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
• 1984 – Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
• 1984 – Trey Songz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
• 1985 – Esha Gupta, Indian actress
• 1985 – Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 – Caitlin McClatchey, English-Scottish swimmer
• 1986 – Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
• 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
• 1987 – Craig Kieswetter, English cricketer
• 1988 – Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Christopher Stringini, American singer (US5)
• 1989 – Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
• 1990 – Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
• 1990 – Bradley Smith English motorcycle racer
• 1991 – Jessica Robinson, English singer and actress
• 1992 – Adam Hicks, American actor and singer
• 1992 – Jake Miller, American rapper
• 1994 – Lola Sanchez, Australian-American actress
• 1997 – Thor Salden, Belgian singer

Deaths

• 741 – Pope Gregory III
• 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1100)
• 1262 – Shinran, Japanese monk (b. 1173)
• 1290 – Eleanor of Castile, Spanish wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
• 1574 – Georg Major, German theologian (b. 1502)
• 1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
• 1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French botanist (b. 1633)
• 1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier (b. 1608)
• 1675 – Leonard Hoar, English-American minister and academic, President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
• 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
• 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
• 1694 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
• 1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. 1637)
• 1695 – Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
• 1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622)
• 1763 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
• 1785 – William Whipple, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1730)
• 1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
• 1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
• 1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, conductor, and composer (b. 1745)
• 1843 – József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (b. 1772)
• 1845 – Patriarch Meletius III of Constantinople, Greek-Ottoman religious leader (b. 1772)
• 1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1852 – Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founder of Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
• 1859 – Washington Irving, American author and historian (b. 1783)
• 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish author (b. 1780)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1896)
• 1917 – Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet (b. 1844)
• 1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
• 1930 – Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople, Turkish religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian-American creator of basketball (b. 1861)
• 1943 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, Foreign Minister of Estonia (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 (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1960 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
• 1960 – Max Pruss, Prussian commander (b. 1891)
• 1960 – Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908)
• 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
• 1962 – K. C. Dey, Indian singer, composer, actor and teacher (b. 1893)
• 1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
• 1968 – Enid Blyton, English author (b. 1897)
• 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
• 1972 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
• 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1977 – Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1896)
• 1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine businessman (b. 1902)
• 1982 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, Greek wife of Carol II of Romania (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese chemist (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (b. 1946)
• 1993 – Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (b. 1915)
• 1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
• 1994 – Buster Edwards, English criminal (b. 1932)
• 1994 – Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American author, co-founder of Discordianism (b. 1938)
• 2000 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
• 2001 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
• 2001 – William Reid, Scottish pilot, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover) (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian politician (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Robert Volpe, American police officer and painter (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director (b. 1944)
• 2008 – Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian army officer (b. 1972)
• 2008 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian army officer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and director (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Giorgos Fountas, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian (b. 1923)
• 2012 – José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Jakes Gerwel, South African academic (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961)
• 2012 – Spain Rodriguez, American cartoonist (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Zig Ziglar, American author (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í Faith)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Catherine Labouré
  • Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)
  • Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox
  • Pope Gregory III
• Independence Day / National Day / Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
• Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.
• Navy Day (Iran)
• Republic Day (Burundi)
• Republic Day (Chad)

External links

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