November 21

November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 40 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present
  • 1902 – The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.
  • 1905 – Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
  • 1910 – Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
  • 1916 – Mines from SM U-73 sink HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
  • 1918 – The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
  • 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
  • 1918 – A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
  • 1920 – Irish War of Independence: On "Bloody Sunday" in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated a group of British Intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.
  • 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
  • 1927 – Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
  • 1942 – The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
  • 1944 – World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
  • 1945 – The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
  • 1950 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
  • 1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
  • 1959 – American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
  • 1961 – The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
  • 1962 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
  • 1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
  • 1964 – Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
  • 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
  • 1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
  • 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
  • 1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
  • 1971 – Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
  • 1972 – Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
  • 1974 – The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
  • 1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
  • 1979 – The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
  • 1980 – A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-five people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
  • 1985 – United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
  • 1986 – National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
  • 1990 – Bangkok Airways Flight 125 crashes on approach to Samui Airport, killing 38.[3]
  • 1992 – A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
  • 1995 – The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 1996 – Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
  • 1998 – Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.[4]
  • 2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
  • 2002 – Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police.[5]
  • 2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
  • 2004 – Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
  • 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
  • 2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
  • 2009 – A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
  • 2012 – At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
  • 2013 – Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
  • 2013 – Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
  • 2014 – A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
  • 2015 – The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
  • 2017 – Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
  • 2019 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.[6]
  • 2019 – Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.[7]
  • 2021 – An SUV plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring 62.[8]

Births

Pre-1600
  • 1495 – John Bale, English bishop and historian (d. 1563)
  • 1567 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)

1601–1900
  • 1631 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (d. 1669)
  • 1692 – Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)
  • 1694 – Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (d. 1778)[9]
  • 1718 – Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)
  • 1729 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1795)
  • 1760 – Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)
  • 1768 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1834)
  • 1785 – William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (d. 1853)
  • 1787 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)
  • 1811 – Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist, and revolutionary activist (d. 1857)[10]
  • 1818 – Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (d. 1881)
  • 1834 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)
  • 1840 – Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)
  • 1851 – Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (d. 1926)
  • 1852 – Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
  • 1853 – Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)
  • 1854 – Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
  • 1866 – Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)
  • 1866 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)
  • 1870 – Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (d. 1936)
  • 1870 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)
  • 1870 – Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician (d. 1947)
  • 1876 – Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1939)
  • 1877 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)
  • 1878 – Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (d. 1949)
  • 1886 – Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968)
  • 1894 – Cecil M. Harden, American politician (d. 1984)
  • 1897 – Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)
  • 1898 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)[11]
  • 1899 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
  • 1899 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 1987)

1901–present
  • 1902 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)
  • 1902 – Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)
  • 1903 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
  • 1904 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969)
  • 1905 – Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (d. 2006)[12]
  • 1907 – Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer (d. 1991)
  • 1908 – Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
  • 1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)
  • 1912 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)[13]
  • 1913 – John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
  • 1913 – Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1913 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)
  • 1914 – Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1990)
  • 1914 – Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)
  • 1915 – Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1973)
  • 1916 – Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)
  • 1917 – Chung Il-kwon, Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier (d.1994)
  • 1919 – Paul Bogart, American director and producer (d. 2012)
  • 1920 – Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)
  • 1920 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)[14]
  • 1921 – Donald Sheldon, American pilot (d. 1975)
  • 1922 – Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)
  • 1924 – Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018)
  • 1924 – Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)
  • 1924 – Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic (d. 2020)[15]
  • 1925 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015)
  • 1926 – Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (d. 2013)[16][17]
  • 1927 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)
  • 1929 – Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)
  • 1929 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1930 – Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)
  • 1931 – Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)
  • 1931 – Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)
  • 1931 – Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman
  • 1931 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)
  • 1932 – Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1932 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (d. 2016)
  • 1933 – Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
  • 1933 – Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (d. 2002)
  • 1933 – Jean Shepard, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1934 – Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright
  • 1934 – Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (d. 2021)
  • 1936 – Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)
  • 1937 – Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)
  • 1937 – Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist
  • 1939 – R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
  • 1940 – Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
  • 1940 – Richard Marcinko, American commander and author
  • 1940 – Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress
  • 1941 – Juliet Mills, English-American actress
  • 1941 – David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer
  • 1942 – Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician
  • 1943 – Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
  • 1943 – Jacques Laffite, French race car driver
  • 1944 – Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
  • 1944 – Earl Monroe, American basketball player
  • 1944 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1945 – Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
  • 1948 – Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon
  • 1948 – George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
  • 1948 – Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter
  • 1948 – Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer (d. 2016)
  • 1950 – Gary Pihl, American guitarist Boston
  • 1950 – Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
  • 1950 – Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1952 – Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician
  • 1952 – Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist
  • 1952 – Lorna Luft, American actress and singer
  • 1953 – Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author
  • 1954 – Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet
  • 1955 – Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1955 – Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1955 – Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer
  • 1956 – Cherry Jones, American actress
  • 1959 – Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager
  • 1960 – Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator
  • 1960 – Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1960 – Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter
  • 1961 – João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian music singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and social activist
  • 1962 – Alan Smith, English football player
  • 1963 – Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer
  • 1963 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
  • 1964 – Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager
  • 1964 – Liza Tarbuck, English actress, television & radio presenter
  • 1964 – Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse
  • 1964 – Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach
  • 1964 – Stefan Sonnenfeld, American businessman, co-founded Company 3
  • 1965 – Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
  • 1965 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
  • 1966 – Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1966 – Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach
  • 1966 – Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
  • 1967 – Ken Block, American race car driver
  • 1967 – Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
  • 1967 – Amanda Lepore, American model and singer
  • 1968 – Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer
  • 1968 – Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player
  • 1968 – Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor
  • 1969 – Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor
  • 1970 – Karen Davila, Filipino journalist
  • 1970 – Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 1971 – Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host
  • 1972 – Rich Johnston, English author and critic
  • 1972 – Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer
  • 1972 – Darrell Cavens, Canadian co-founder and former CEO of e-commerce company Zulily
  • 1976 – Mihaela Botezan, Romanian long-distance runner[18]
  • 1976 – Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1976 – Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
  • 1976 – Daniel Whiston, English figure skater
  • 1976 – Michael Wilson, Australian footballer
  • 1977 – Michael Batiste, American former professional basketball player
  • 1977 – Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1977 – Jonas Jennings, American football player
  • 1978 – Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
  • 1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer
  • 1979 – Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
  • 1979 – Stromile Swift, American basketball player
  • 1979 – Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Hank Blalock, American baseball player
  • 1980 – Alec Brownstein, American author and director
  • 1980 – Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1981 – Wesley Britt, American football player
  • 1981 – Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
  • 1981 – Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
  • 1982 – Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer
  • 1982 – Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
  • 1984 – Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
  • 1984 – Jena Malone, American actress and singer
  • 1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1985 – Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
  • 1985 – Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
  • 1986 – Colleen Ballinger, American youtube personality, comedian, actress, and singer
  • 1986 – Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player
  • 1986 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)
  • 1987 – Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
  • 1987 – Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player
  • 1988 – Len Väljas, Canadian skier
  • 1988 – Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player
  • 1989 – Will Buckley, English footballer
  • 1989 – Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
  • 1990 – Dani King, English cyclist[19]
  • 1990 – Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player[20]
  • 1991 – Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter
  • 1991 – Lewis Dunk, English footballer
  • 1991 – Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1994 – Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer[21]
  • 1997 – Reo Hatate, Japanese footballer[22]
  • 1999 – Jaelin Howell, American soccer player[23]

Deaths

Pre-1600
  • 615 – Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)
  • 933 – Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (b. 853)
  • 1011 – Reizei, emperor of Japan (b. 950)
  • 1136 – William de Corbeil, English archbishop (b. 1070)
  • 1150 – García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)
  • 1325 – Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
  • 1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)
  • 1555 – Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)
  • 1566 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)
  • 1579 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)

1601–1900
  • 1639 – Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1583)
  • 1652 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
  • 1695 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)
  • 1710 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1637)[24]
  • 1775 – John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
  • 1782 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
  • 1811 – Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
  • 1844 – Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
  • 1859 – Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
  • 1861 – Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
  • 1870 – Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
  • 1874 – Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
  • 1881 – Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
  • 1899 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)

1901–present
  • 1907 – Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
  • 1907 – Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
  • 1908 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
  • 1909 – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
  • 1916 – Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
  • 1922 – Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
  • 1926 – Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
  • 1928 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)
  • 1934 – John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)
  • 1938 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
  • 1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
  • 1942 – Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
  • 1942 – J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
  • 1943 – Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (b. 1887)[25]
  • 1945 – Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
  • 1945 – Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
  • 1945 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
  • 1945 – Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
  • 1947 – William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
  • 1953 – Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
  • 1953 – António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (b. 1868)[26]
  • 1953 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)
  • 1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
  • 1958 – Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
  • 1959 – Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)
  • 1962 – Frank Amyot, Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)[27]
  • 1963 – Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)
  • 1963 – Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)
  • 1964 – Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)[28]
  • 1967 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
  • 1970 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
  • 1970 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • 1973 – Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
  • 1974 – John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)
  • 1974 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)
  • 1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)
  • 1980 – Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
  • 1981 – Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
  • 1982 – John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)
  • 1984 – Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
  • 1986 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
  • 1988 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1903)
  • 1989 – Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • 1989 – Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
  • 1990 – Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)
  • 1991 – Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
  • 1992 – Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
  • 1992 – Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)
  • 1993 – Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)
  • 1994 – Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
  • 1995 – Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)
  • 1995 – Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (b. 1940)
  • 1996 – Bernard Rose, English organist and composer (b 1916)
  • 1996 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
  • 1999 – Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)
  • 2000 – Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
  • 2002 – Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
  • 2005 – Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
  • 2005 – Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2006 – Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
  • 2006 – Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)
  • 2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
  • 2007 – Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)
  • 2007 – Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
  • 2009 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)
  • 2010 – Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)
  • 2010 – David Nolan, American activist and politician (b. 1943)
  • 2010 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)
  • 2011 – Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction and fantasy author (b. 1926)
  • 2012 – Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
  • 2012 – Austin Peralta, American pianist (b. 1990)
  • 2013 – John Egerton, American journalist and author (b. 1935)
  • 2013 – Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (b. 1927)
  • 2013 – Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)
  • 2013 – Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
  • 2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)
  • 2013 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)
  • 2014 – John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)
  • 2014 – Robert Richardson, English general (b. 1929)
  • 2015 – Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
  • 2015 – Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (b. 1939)
  • 2015 – Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (b. 1938)
  • 2015 – Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)
  • 2015 – Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (b. 1932)
  • 2016 – Hassan Sadpara, Pakistani mountaineer and adventurer (b. 1963)
  • 2017 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
  • 2021 – Lou Cutell, American actor (b. 1930)[29]

Holidays and observances

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