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November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1429 – Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
- 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
- 1576 – Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
- 1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
- 1737 – The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
- 1780 – Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui aka Tupac Amaru starts his Rebellion on Peru against Spain-
- 1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
- 1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1798 – Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
- 1839 – Newport Rising: the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
- 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- 1852 – Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
- 1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
- 1868 – Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
- 1890 – City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- 1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
- 1921 – The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich.
- 1921 – Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
- 1921 – The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
- 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
- 1939 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- 1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein – Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
- 1944 – World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
- 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
- 1956 – Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
- 1960 – At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
- 1962 – In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
- 1966 – The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
- 1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
- 1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
- 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: a mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
- 1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
- 1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
- 1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
- 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
Births
- 1448 – Alfonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
- 1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
- 1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
- 1631 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
- 1640 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)
- 1650 – William III of England (d. 1702)
- 1661 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1742)
- 1740 – Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymnwriter (d. 1778)
- 1765 – Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1836)
- 1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1874)
- 1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, American jurist 5th Chief Justice of California (d. 1899)
- 1821 – Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer (d. 1915)
- 1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
- 1845 – Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian activist (d. 1883)
- 1853 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (d. 1924)
- 1861 – Dimitrios Ioannou, Greek general (d. 1926)
- 1868 – La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1935)
- 1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1953)
- 1884 – Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the Tractor (d. 1960)
- 1884 – George Underwood, American runner (d. 1943)
- 1887 – Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist (d. 1984)
- 1897 – Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)
- 1897 – Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)
- 1890 – Klabund, German author and poet (d. 1928)
- 1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
- 1899 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (d. 1985)
- 1900 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)
- 1901 – Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
- 1901 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
- 1902 – Reg Dean, English super-centenarian (d. 2013)
- 1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967)
- 1906 – Sterling North, American author and critic (d. 1974)
- 1907 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (d. 2013)
- 1908 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- 1909 – Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American pilot (d. 2012)
- 1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
- 1909 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
- 1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1916 – John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
- 1916 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Art Carney, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
- 1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1919 – Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1919 – Shirley Mitchell, American actress (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1923 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
- 1923 – Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
- 1923 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, academic, and author (d. 2001)
- 1925 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1926 – Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Hannah Weiner, American poet (d. 1997)
- 1929 – Archbishop Anastasios of Albania
- 1929 – Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1929 – Dickie Valentine, English singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
- 1930 – James E. Brewton, American painter (d. 1967)
- 1930 – Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1930 – John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Doris Roberts, American actress
- 1931 – Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal
- 1932 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (d. 2004)
- 1932 – Tommy Makem, Irish-American singer-songwriter (The Clancy Brothers) (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Tito Francona, American baseball player
- 1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (d. 2011)
- 1935 – Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer
- 1936 – C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and academic
- 1937 – Loretta Swit, American actress
- 1937 – Michael Wilson, Canadian politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance
- 1938 – Jorge Manicera, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2012)
- 1939 – Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
- 1939 – Michael Meacher, English academic and politician
- 1940 – Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
- 1941 – Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
- 1942 – Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic
- 1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player
- 1943 – Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
- 1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (d. 2001)
- 1944 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (d. 1995)
- 1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
- 1946 – Laura Bush, American educator, 50th First Lady of the United States
- 1946 – Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
- 1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
- 1947 – Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (d. 2003)
- 1947 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1947 – Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali
- 1950 – Charles Frazier, American author
- 1950 – Markie Post, American actress
- 1951 – Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
- 1951 – Cosey Fanni Tutti, English singer-songwriter (Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey)
- 1952 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
- 1953 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1953 – P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Rick Green, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953 – Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
- 1953 – Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
- 1953 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
- 1953 – Marvel Williamson, American nurse and academic
- 1954 – Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook)
- 1955 – Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
- 1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
- 1956 – Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Mekons)
- 1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
- 1956 – Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Dixie Dregs)
- 1957 – Tony Abbott, English-Australian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1957 – Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
- 1957 – Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov, Russian gymnast
- 1958 – Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
- 1958 – Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman
- 1959 – Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
- 1960 – Marc Awodey, American painter and poet
- 1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Frl. Menke, German singer
- 1961 – Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1961 – Edward Knight, American composer and academic
- 1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor
- 1961 – Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
- 1961 – Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
- 1961 – Les Sampou, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 – Nigel Worthington, Irish footballer and manager
- 1962 – Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
- 1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
- 1963 – Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
- 1963 – Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (d. 1999)
- 1964 – Kurt Krakowian, American actor
- 1965 – Pata, Japanese guitarist (X Japan and Rain)
- 1965 – Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
- 1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American singer-songwriter (Talisman and Soul SirkUS)
- 1965 – Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Static-X)
- 1965 – Kiersten Warren, American actress
- 1967 – Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1968 – Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author
- 1968 – Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
- 1968 – Miles Long, American porn actor, director, and producer
- 1969 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor (Diddy – Dirty Money)
- 1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
- 1970 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d. 2003)
- 1970 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
- 1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
- 1970 – Bethenny Frankel, American actress, talk show host, and author
- 1970 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (No Use for a Name and Scorpios) (d. 2012)
- 1971 – Tabu, Indian actress and singer
- 1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American singer-songwriter and drummer (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Anywhere, De Facto, and The Fall on Deaf Ears)
- 1974 – Louise Redknapp, English singer and actress (Eternal)
- 1975 – Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player
- 1975 – Mikki Moore, American basketball player
- 1975 – Orlando Pace, American football player
- 1975 – Curtis Stone, Australian chef and author
- 1975 – Heather Tom, American actress
- 1975 – Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1976 – Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
- 1976 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
- 1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
- 1976 – Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
- 1977 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
- 1977 – Tonicha Jeronimo, English actress
- 1977 – So Ji-sub, South Korean actor and rapper
- 1977 – Hannelore Knuts, Belgian model and actress
- 1978 – John Grabow, American baseball player
- 1978 – Danny Salomon, American actor
- 1979 – Jesse Camp, American television host and actor
- 1979 – Trishelle Cannatella, American model and actress
- 1979 – Audrey Hollander, American porn actress and director
- 1980 – Sabrina Colie, Jamaican-American actress
- 1980 – Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby player
- 1980 – Richard Owens, American football player
- 1980 – Marcy Rylan, American actress
- 1981 – Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
- 1981 – Vince Wilfork, American football player
- 1982 – Devin Hester, American football player
- 1984 – Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
- 1985 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer
- 1985 – Ryan Nemeth, American wrestler
- 1985 – Victoria Leigh Soto, American educator (d. 2012)
- 1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1986 – Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
- 1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
- 1987 – T.O.P, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Big Bang)
- 1987 – Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
- 1991 – Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
- 1992 – Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
- 1993 – Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
- 1997 – Bea Binene, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
- 1997 – Sandra Samir, Egyptian tennis player
Deaths
- 1411 – Khalil Sultan of Timurid (b. 1384)
- 1652 – Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1597)
- 1658 – Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (b. 1608)
- 1669 – Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1603)
- 1698 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
- 1702 – John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
- 1704 – Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (b. 1654)
- 1781 – Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)
- 1801 – William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
- 1847 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
- 1847 – Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
- 1856 – Paul Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
- 1893 – Pierre Tirard, French politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
- 1895 – Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
- 1906 – John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
- 1918 – Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (b. 1893)
- 1924 – Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
- 1924 – Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
- 1930 – Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
- 1931 – Luigi Galleani, Italian activist (b. 1861)
- 1940 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
- 1946 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
- 1948 – Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician (b. 1874)
- 1950 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
- 1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
- 1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
- 1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Israeli religious leader (b. 1897)
- 1968 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (b. 1892)
- 1969 – Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (b. 1911)
- 1974 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
- 1975 – Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
- 1975 – Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
- 1977 – Tom Reamy, American author (b. 1935)
- 1980 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
- 1982 – Gil Whitney, American journalist (b. 1940)
- 1986 – Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1988 – Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Trevor Kent, Australian actor (b. 1940)
- 1992 – George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Sam Francis, American painter (b. 1923)
- 1994 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1925)
- 1995 – Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
- 1995 – Eddie Egan, American actor and police officer (b. 1930)
- 1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
- 1995 – Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, academic, and author (b. 1916)
- 1997 – Richard Hooker, American surgeon and author (b. 1924)
- 1998 – Nagarjun, Indian poet and author (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1958)
- 2002 – Nakis Avgerinos, Greek politician (b. 1911)
- 2003 – Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
- 2003 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, academic, and author (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (b. 1980)
- 2005 – Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Dajan Ahmet, Estonian actor and director (b. 1962)
- 2006 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971)
- 2009 – Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1934)
- 2010 – Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (b. 1896)
- 2010 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
- 2011 – Arnold Green, Estonian politician (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Andy Rooney, American radio and television host (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (b. 1974)
- 2012 – Errol Black, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Ted Curson, American trumpet player (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Jim Durham, American sportscaster (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Mike L. Fry, American television host (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Frances Hashimoto, American businesswoman (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Beverley Goodway, English photographer (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Marit Henie, Norwegian figure skater (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Reg Pickett, Indian-English footballer (b. 1927)
- 2012 – David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Roger Barton, English footballer (b. 1946)
- 2013 – Viktor Dolnik, Russian ornithologist (b. 1938)
- 2013 – John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Elfed Morris, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Hans von Borsody, Austrian-German actor (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Georg Wahl, German horse rider and coach (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (b. 1928)
Holidays and observances
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