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November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khanate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
- 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre.
- 1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
- 1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
- 1882 – Oulu, Finland is devastated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882.
- 1889 – North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- 1895 – The first gasoline-powered race in the United States; first prize is $2,000.
- 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
- 1899 – The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
- 1909 – Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
- 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
- 1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- 1917 – The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election, 1920.
- 1920 – Adam Martin Wyant became the first former professional American football player to be elected to the United States Congress.
- 1930 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
- 1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
- 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
- 1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
- 1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
- 1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
- 1951 – Korean War: A small platoon of 28 Canadian soldiers defend a vital area against an entire battalion of 800 Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours of November 3.
- 1953 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
- 1957 – The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
- 1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- 1959 – The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
- 1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd., the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
- 1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
- 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
- 1965 – Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
- 1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- 1973 – The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura.
- 1974 – 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
- 1977 – South Ockendon Windmill, a smock mill at South Ockendon, Essex, England collapsed.
- 1982 – Channel 4 is launched in the United Kingdom.
- 1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 1984 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1988 – The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1990 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 2000 – The first resident crew to the ISS docked with their Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft.
- 2007 – 50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.
Births
- 682 – Umar II, Saudi Arabian caliph (d. 720)
- 971 – Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030)
- 1470 – Edward V of England (d. 1483)
- 1475 – Anne of York, Lady Howard (d. 1511)
- 1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721)
- 1667 – James Louis Sobieski, French-Polish son of John III Sobieski (d. 1737)
- 1692 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (d. 1766)
- 1696 – Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)
- 1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
- 1709 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- 1734 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 1820)
- 1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1799)
- 1741 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
- 1754 – Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1794)
- 1755 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian wife of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
- 1766 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
- 1767 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (d. 1820)
- 1777 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
- 1795 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1799 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
- 1799 – Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer (d. 1885)
- 1808 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)
- 1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- 1821 – George Bowen, Irish-English colonial administrator, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1899)
- 1833 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian physician and academic (d. 1904)
- 1837 – Émile Bayard, French illustrator (d. 1891)
- 1844 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
- 1855 – Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic (d. 1947)
- 1865 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
- 1877 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933)
- 1877 – Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
- 1877 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
- 1878 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)
- 1879 – Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (d. 1965)
- 1883 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (d. 1947)
- 1885 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (d. 1972)
- 1886 – Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Alfred Asikainen, Russian-Finnish wrestler (d. 1942)
- 1890 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)
- 1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964)
- 1891 – David Townsend, American art director and set decorator (d. 1935)
- 1892 – Alice Brady, American actress and singer (d. 1939)
- 1893 – Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (d. 1966)
- 1894 – Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)
- 1899 – Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1973)
- 1903 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
- 1904 – Hugh Lygon, German-English son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (d. 1936)
- 1905 – James Dunn, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
- 1905 – Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)
- 1906 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)
- 1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1908 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1908 – Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1942)
- 1910 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, theorist, and philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Ray Walston, American actor and singer (d. 2001)
- 1915 – Sidney Luft, American film producer (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Ann Rutherford, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American sportscaster (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
- 1922 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
- 1924 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
- 1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer
- 1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator
- 1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician
- 1928 – Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author
- 1929 – Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
- 1929 – Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
- 1932 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Bill Gothard, American minister and author
- 1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
- 1936 – Rose Bird, American judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999)
- 1936 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1937 – Earl Carroll, American singer (The Cadillacs and The Coasters) (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
- 1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
- 1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain
- 1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English politician
- 1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor
- 1940 – Jim Bakken, American football player
- 1940 – Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
- 1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician
- 1941 – Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Shadows)
- 1942 – Shere Hite, American-German sexologist, educator, and author
- 1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress and producer
- 1944 – Michael Buffer, American ring announcer
- 1944 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Nice, The V.I.P.'s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Emerson, Lake & Powell)
- 1945 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1945 – J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Longbranch Pennywhistle and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band)
- 1946 – Alan Jones, Australian race car driver
- 1946 – Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress
- 1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
- 1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, and Ian Campbell Folk Group)
- 1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
- 1950 – Alex Fagan, American police officer (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Erika Mann, German politician
- 1951 – Thomas Mallon, American author and critic
- 1951 – Lindy Morrison, Australian drummer (The Go-Betweens, Xero, and Tuff Monks)
- 1952 – Maxine Nightingale, English singer
- 1954 – Pat Croce, American businessman and author
- 1955 – Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer (Chris Burnett Quartet)
- 1955 – Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
- 1955 – Ambrose Madtha, Indian archbishop (d. 2012)
- 1956 – Dale Brown, American author and pilot
- 1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1957 – Notis Sfakianakis, Greek singer
- 1957 – Michael Bailey Smith, American actor
- 1958 – Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 – Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1961 – k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1961 – Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
- 1962 – David Brock, American journalist and author
- 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano and actress
- 1962 – Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
- 1963 – Bobby Dall, American bass player (Poison)
- 1963 – Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
- 1963 – Ron McGovney, American bass player (Metallica, Leather Charm, and Phantasm)
- 1963 – Borut Pahor, Slovenian politician, 4th President of Slovenia
- 1963 – Craig Saavedra, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Park Young-seok, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1964 – Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
- 1964 – Olena Pakholchyk, Ukrainian sailor
- 1965 – Nicholas Boles, English politician
- 1965 – Arnold Clavio, Filipino journalist
- 1965 – Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 1965 – Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
- 1966 – Sean Kanan, American actor and producer
- 1966 – Tim Kirkman, American director and screenwriter
- 1966 – Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor, director, and producer
- 1966 – Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese wrestler
- 1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor, director, and producer
- 1967 – Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter
- 1967 – Simon Hill, English-Australian sportscaster
- 1967 – Marc van Roon, Dutch pianist and educator
- 1967 – Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin
- 1968 – Neal Casal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals and Chris Robinson Brotherhood)
- 1968 – Ultra Naté, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1969 – Reginald Arvizu, American bass player (Korn, StillWell, and L.A.P.D.)
- 1970 – Ely Buendia, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eraserheads and Pupil)
- 1970 – Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestler and model
- 1972 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
- 1972 – Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1972 – Samantha Womack, English actress, singer, and director
- 1973 – Marisol Nichols, American actress
- 1974 – Nelly, American rapper and actor (St. Lunatics)
- 1974 – Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
- 1975 – Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver
- 1975 – Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Death Cab for Cutie)
- 1976 – Margus Hernits, Estonian figure skater
- 1976 – Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
- 1977 – Rodney Buford, American basketball player
- 1977 – Jason Cerbone, American actor
- 1977 – Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
- 1977 – Randy Harrison, American actor
- 1977 – Emma Reynolds, English politician
- 1977 – Leon Taylor, English diver and sportscaster
- 1978 – Carmen Cali, American baseball player
- 1979 – Erika Flores, American actress
- 1979 – Julie Lund, Danish actress
- 1979 – Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Darren Young, American wrestler
- 1980 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 – Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player
- 1980 – Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
- 1981 – Miryo, South Korean rapper and singer (Brown Eyed Girls)
- 1981 – Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
- 1981 – Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Avy Scott, American porn actress and director
- 1981 – Roddy White, American football player
- 1982 – Yunel Escobar, Cuban baseball player
- 1982 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
- 1982 – Charles Itandje, French footballer
- 1982 – Shura Taft, English-Australian radio and television host
- 1984 – Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and singer
- 1984 – Julia Stegner, German model
- 1986 – Diana Penty, Indian model and actress
- 1986 – Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player
- 1986 – Lara Sacher, Australian actress
- 1987 – Danny Cipriani, English rugby player
- 1988 – Julia Görges, German tennis player
- 1989 – Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1989 – Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
- 1989 – Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Katelyn Tarver, American actress and singer
- 1990 – Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
- 1990 – Kendall Schmidt, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Big Time Rush and Heffron Drive)
Deaths
- 943 – Emma of France (b. 894)
- 1083 – Matilda of Flanders (b. 1031)
- 1285 – Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
- 1483 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1454)
- 1610 – Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)
- 1618 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568)
- 1716 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
- 1807 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
- 1846 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
- 1852 – Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
- 1863 – Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
- 1877 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
- 1887 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (b. 1820)
- 1898 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
- 1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
- 1930 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
- 1935 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1941 – Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (b. 1898)
- 1944 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
- 1945 – Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
- 1945 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (b. 1880)
- 1949 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
- 1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish-English author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (b. 1862)
- 1958 – Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
- 1959 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian union leader and politician (b. 1885)
- 1960 – Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
- 1961 – James Thurber, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
- 1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
- 1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
- 1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
- 1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
- 1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 1979 – Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
- 1981 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
- 1982 – Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
- 1984 – Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932)
- 1986 – Paul Frees, American voice actor and singer (b. 1920)
- 1991 – Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1992 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1994 – Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)
- 1994 – PPeter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
- 1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (b. 1963)
- 1996 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)
- 1998 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957)
- 2000 – Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
- 2000 – Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (b. 1885)
- 2002 – Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
- 2002 – Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
- 2003 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
- 2004 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati prince (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
- 2004 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2005 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949)
- 2007 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
- 2007 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
- 2007 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
- 2007 – The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Andy Irons, American surfer (b. 1978)
- 2010 – Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
- 2011 – Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Milt Campbell, American decathlete (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Hans Lindgren, Swedish actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)
- 2013 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Robert R. Bowie, American diplomat and scholar (b. 1909)
- 2013 – Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (b. 1956)
- 2013 – Målfrid Grude Flekkøy, Norwegian psychologist and civil servant (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Hugh Gurling, English geneticist and academic (b. 1950)
- 2013 – Montgomery Kaluhiokalani, American surfer (b. 1958)
- 2013 – Clifford Nass, American author and academic (b. 1958)
- 2013 – Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Russ Sullivan, American baseball player (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
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