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November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 58 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
- 644 – Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
- 1333 – The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
- 1468 – Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
- 1492 – Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
- 1592 – The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.
- 1783 – John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
- 1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.
- 1793 – French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
- 1812 – Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
- 1817 – The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1838 – The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
- 1848 – A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
- 1867 – Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
- 1868 – John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
- 1883 – American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture.
- 1898 – France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
- 1903 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
- 1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
- 1918 – Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
- 1918 – Poland declares its independence from Russia.
- 1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
- 1930 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
- 1932 – Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1935 – George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possible fixed, plebiscite.
- 1942 – World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
- 1943 – World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
- 1944 – World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
- 1954 – The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name.
- 1956 – The Khan Yunis killings are perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 275 male Arabs.
- 1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
- 1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
- 1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
- 1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
- 1973 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
- 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
- 1978 – Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979 – Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
- 1982 – The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
- 1986 – Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- 1986 – The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
- 1988 – Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
- 1996 – Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
- 1997 – The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
- 2013 – A solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States.
Births
- 39 – Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
- 1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1571)
- 1558 – Thomas Kyd, English author and playwright (d. 1594)
- 1560 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
- 1587 – Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1654)
- 1604 – Osman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1622)
- 1633 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (d. 1714)
- 1656 – Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738)
- 1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742)
- 1749 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
- 1757 – Robert Smith, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State (d. 1842)
- 1777 – Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
- 1793 – Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician (d. 1836)
- 1794 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
- 1799 – William Sprague III, American politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1856)
- 1801 – Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (d. 1859)
- 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- 1815 – John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist (d. 1875)
- 1816 – Jubal Early, American general and lawyer (d. 1894)
- 1816 – Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (d. 1898)
- 1845 – Edward Douglass White, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
- 1852 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912)
- 1856 – Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1918)
- 1857 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (d. 1918)
- 1862 – Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (d. 1916)
- 1863 – Alfred Perot, French physicist (d. 1925)
- 1871 – Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager (d. 1943)
- 1876 – Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary (d. 1940)
- 1877 – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile (d. 1960)
- 1884 – Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968)
- 1884 – Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (d. 1952)
- 1887 – Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet (d. 1964)
- 1890 – Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (d. 1967)
- 1890 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1943)
- 1894 – William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930)
- 1894 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1964)
- 1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (d. 1970)
- 1899 – Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1968)
- 1899 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978)
- 1901 – Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1901 – André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author (d. 1976)
- 1903 – Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
- 1903 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educator (d. 1981)
- 1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Giovanni Leone, Italian politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001)
- 1908 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990)
- 1909 – James Reston, Scottish-American journalist (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Richard Hurndall, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1910 – Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1974)
- 1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan lieutenant and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006)
- 1915 – Hal Jackson, American radio host (d. 2012)
- 1917 – Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1918 – Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007)
- 1918 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2003)
- 1918 – Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1919 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 1995)
- 1919 – Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Květa Legátová, Czech author (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1993)
- 1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1922 – Dennis McDermott, English-Canadian union leader and diplomat (d. 2003)
- 1923 – Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author and critic (d. 1995)
- 1923 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990)
- 1924 – Violetta Elvin, Russian ballerina
- 1924 – Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania
- 1926 – Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop
- 1927 – Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Peggy McCay, American actress
- 1928 – Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1928 – Bill Morrison, Australian politician, 37th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (d. 1989)
- 1929 – Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Ed Richards, American fencer (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Mable John, American singer and singer
- 1930 – D. James Kennedy, American pastor, evangelist, and author (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Brian Robinson, English cyclist
- 1930 – Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer
- 1930 – Lois Smith, American actress
- 1930 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician, 7th Premier of North Korea (d. 2005)
- 1931 – Monica Vitti, Italian actress, singer, and screenwriter
- 1931 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1933 – John Barry, English-American composer and conductor (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1933 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts
- 1933 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934 – Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1934 – Hans Janmaat, Dutch businessman, educator, and politician (d. 2002)
- 1935 – Ingrid Rüütel, Estonian philologist, 3rd First Lady of Estonia
- 1936 – Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player
- 1936 – Takao Saito, Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13
- 1937 – Dietrich Möller, German politician, 15th Mayor of Marburg
- 1938 – Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic
- 1938 – Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
- 1938 – Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1940 – Sonny Rhodes, American blues singer and lap steel guitar player
- 1942 – Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter
- 1942 – Priit Tomson, Estonian basketball player
- 1943 – Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pentangle) (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter
- 1945 – Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer and manager
- 1946 – Reinhard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer, and author (d. 1982)
- 1946 – Tom Savini, American actor, stuntman, director, and make-up artist
- 1946 – Wataru Takeshita, Japanese politician
- 1947 – Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
- 1947 – Siiri Oviir, Estonian politician, 3rd Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
- 1947 – Faraj Sarkohi, Iranian journalist and critic
- 1948 – Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (The Luvvers)
- 1948 – Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician
- 1948 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (d. 1974)
- 1948 – Rick Kreuger, American baseball player and coach
- 1948 – Rainer Zobel, German footballer, coach, and manager
- 1949 – Mike Evans, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Osamu Fujimura, Japanese politician
- 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer and talk show host
- 1949 – Anna Wintour, English-American journalist
- 1950 – Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author
- 1950 – Joe Queenan, American author and critic
- 1951 – Dwight Evans, American baseball player and coach
- 1951 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist
- 1951 – André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1952 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer
- 1952 – Jim Cummings, American voice actor and singer
- 1952 – David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist
- 1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress
- 1953 – Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chrome)
- 1953 – Larry Herndon, American baseball player and coach
- 1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, actor, producer, and talk show host
- 1954 – Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter (Adam and the Ants)
- 1955 – Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955 – Anne Milton, English nurse and politician
- 1955 – Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster
- 1956 – Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice
- 1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Gary Ross, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach
- 1957 – Peter Gregson, Scottish-English engineer and academic
- 1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist
- 1957 – Gary Olsen, English-Australian actor (d. 2000)
- 1959 – Hal Hartley, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1961 – David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, English businessman
- 1961 – Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
- 1962 – Gabe Newell, American businessman, co-founded the Valve Corporation
- 1962 – David J. Schiappa, American politician
- 1962 – Jacqui Smith, English politician
- 1963 – Davis Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
- 1963 – Ian Wright, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1964 – Algimantas Briaunis, Lithuanian footballer and manager
- 1964 – Milly D'Abbraccio, Italian porn actress
- 1964 – Paprika Steen, Danish actress, singer, and director
- 1965 – Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1965 – Ann Scott, French-English author
- 1967 – Mike O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 – John Tomac, American cyclist
- 1967 – Steven Wilson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man, and Storm Corrosion)
- 1967 – Mark Roberts, Welsh singer and guitarist (Catatonia, Sherbet Antlers and Y Ffyrc)
- 1968 – Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish mountaineer
- 1968 – Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player and coach
- 1969 – Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian DJ and producer
- 1969 – Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower
- 1970 – Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer
- 1971 – Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
- 1971 – Sticky Fingaz, American rapper, producer, and actor (Onyx)
- 1971 – Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer
- 1971 – Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and coach
- 1972 – Michael Hofmann, German footballer
- 1972 – Marko Koers, Dutch runner
- 1973 – Nemone, English radio and television host
- 1973 – Julia Channel, French porn actress and singer
- 1973 – Ben Fogle, English television host and author
- 1973 – Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
- 1973 – Christian Picciolini, American businessman and manager
- 1974 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach
- 1974 – Sonali Kulkarni, Indian actress
- 1975 – Darren Sharper, American football player and sportscaster
- 1976 – Tōko Aoyama, Japanese voice actress
- 1976 – Guillermo Franco, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
- 1976 – Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player and composer
- 1977 – Aria Giovanni, American porn actress and model
- 1977 – Marcel Ketelaer, German footballer
- 1977 – Sean Ringgold, American actor and stuntman
- 1977 – Jane Monheit, jazz and adult contemporary vocalist
- 1978 – Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rise Against, Baxter, Arma Angelus, and The Killing Tree)
- 1978 – Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
- 1978 – Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey
- 1978 – Julia Taylor, Hungarian porn actress
- 1979 – Pablo Aimar, Argentinian footballer
- 1979 – Beau McDonald, Australian footballer and coach
- 1980 – Hans Anderson, Danish motorcycle racer
- 1981 – Diego López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Vicente Matías Vuoso, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer
- 1981 – Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver
- 1982 – Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater
- 1982 – Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
- 1983 – Julie Marie Berman, American actress
- 1983 – Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderer
- 1984 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1984 – Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (NEWS and Kanjani Eight)
- 1985 – Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
- 1986 – Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player
- 1986 – Jermaine Jones, American singer and actor
- 1986 – Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer
- 1986 – Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer and actor (SS501)
- 1987 – Cameron, American wrestler, dancer, and model
- 1987 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player
- 1987 – Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
- 1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress
- 1988 – Angus McLaren, Australian actor
- 1989 – Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989 – Joyce Jonathan, French singer
- 1990 – Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer
- 1992 – Valeria Solovyeva, Russian tennis player
- 1995 – Kendall Jenner, American model
Deaths
- 361 – Constantius II, Roman emperor (b. 317)
- 644 – Umar, Islamic caliph (b. 584)
- 753 – Saint Pirmin, Spanish-German monk (b. 700)
- 1254 – John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (b. 1193)
- 1428 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English general and politician (b. 1388)
- 1580 – Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian and author (b. 1512)
- 1584 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (b. 1538)
- 1600 – Richard Hooker, English priest and theologian (b. 1554)
- 1639 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579)
- 1643 – John Bainbridge, English astronomer and academic (b. 1582)
- 1643 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
- 1711 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian (b. 1666)
- 1787 – Robert Lowth, English bishop (b. 1710)
- 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and activist (b. 1748)
- 1794 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal (b. 1715)
- 1858 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
- 1869 – Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
- 1890 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
- 1891 – Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
- 1914 – Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
- 1917 – Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
- 1918 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
- 1926 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter (b. 1860)
- 1927 – Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
- 1929 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
- 1933 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
- 1939 – Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
- 1949 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)
- 1954 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869)
- 1957 – Laika, Russian dog (b. 1954)
- 1957 – Wilhelm Reich, Ukrainian-Austrian psychotherapist and author (b. 1897)
- 1960 – Paul Willis, American actor and director (b. 1901)
- 1962 – Antonius van Loon, Dutch tug of war competitor (b. 1888)
- 1962 – L. O. Wenckebach, Dutch sculptor and painter (b. 1895)
- 1964 – John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
- 1970 – Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923)
- 1973 – Marc Allégret, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1975 – Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
- 1975 – Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1919)
- 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
- 1975 – Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 1983 – Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (b. 1901)
- 1987 – Mary Shane, American sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 1988 – Henri van Praag, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and educator (b. 1916)
- 1990 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
- 1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
- 1991 – Chris Bender American singer (b. 1972)
- 1993 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (b. 1895)
- 1993 – Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (b. 1906)
- 1994 – Alvin Andreas Herborg Nielsen, American physicist (b. 1910)
- 1994 – Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887)
- 1995 – John Orchard, English actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
- 1996 – Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish drug trafficker and murderer (b. 1956)
- 1998 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)
- 1999 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
- 2001 – Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (b. 1909)
- 2002 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
- 2002 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
- 2004 – Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972)
- 2006 – Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2006 – Marie Rudisill, American author (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, Russian actor (b. 1962)
- 2007 – Martin Meehan, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1945)
- 2007 – Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
- 2008 – Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913)
- 2009 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and critic (b. 1906)
- 2009 – Archie Baird, Scottish footballer, journalist, and educator (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (b. 1917)
- 2010 – Jerry Bock, American composer (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938)
- 2010 – Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian politician (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Odd Børretzen, Norwegian author and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2012 – George Chesterton, English cricketer and coach (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and academic (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Eugenija Pleškytė, Lithuanian actress (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Ingegerd Troedsson, Swedish politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Reshma, Pakistani singer (b. 1947)
- 2013 – D. Rajendra Babu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Nick Cardy, American illustrator (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (b. 1925)
- 2013 – William J. Coyne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Rupert Gerritsen, Australian historian (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Leonard Long, Australian painter (b. 1911)
- 2013 – Trần Văn Quang, Vietnamese general (b. 1917)
Holidays and observances
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