November 18

November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • 1903 The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
  • 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • 1909 Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
  • 1910 In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.[4]
  • 1916 World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  • 1918 Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
  • 1928 Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
  • 1940 World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
  • 1943 World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
  • 1944 The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
  • 1947 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • 1949 The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • 1961 United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.[5][6]
  • 1963 The first push-button telephone goes into service.
  • 1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • 1971 Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.
  • 1978 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.[7]
  • 1978 In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
  • 1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
  • 1988 War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
  • 1991 Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
  • 1991 After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
  • 1993 In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
  • 1993 In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
  • 1996 A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
  • 1999 At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
  • 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
  • 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
  • 2012 Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
  • 2013 NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
  • 2020 The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.[8]

Births

Pre-1600

  • 701 Itzam K'an Ahk II, Mayan ruler (d. 757)
  • 709 Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782)
  • 1522 Lamoral, Count of Egmont (d. 1568)
  • 1571 Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654)
  • 1576 Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1612)

1601–1900

  • 1630 Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686)
  • 1647 Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706)[9]
  • 1727 Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773)
  • 1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1800)
  • 1756 Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1837)
  • 1772 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806)[10]
  • 1774 Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
  • 1785 David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (d. 1841)
  • 1787 Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851)[11]
  • 1804 Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1878)
  • 1810 Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (d. 1888)
  • 1832 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901)
  • 1833 James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (d. 1895)
  • 1836 W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (d. 1911)[12]
  • 1839 August Kundt, German physicist and educator (d. 1894)
  • 1856 Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)
  • 1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941)[13]
  • 1861 Dorothy Dix, American journalist and author (d. 1951)[11]
  • 1866 Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1920)
  • 1874 Clarence Day, American author and poet (d. 1935)
  • 1876 Victor Hémery, French racing driver (d. 1950)
  • 1880 Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (d. 1952)
  • 1882 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano (d. 1963)
  • 1882 Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (d. 1957)
  • 1882 Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author (d. 1973)
  • 1882 Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (d. 1959)[14]
  • 1883 Carl Vinson, American judge and politician (d. 1981)
  • 1886 Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1967)
  • 1888 Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (d. 1973)
  • 1889 Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician (d. 1939)
  • 1891 Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(d. 1979)
  • 1897 Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
  • 1899 Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
  • 1899 Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (d. 1981)

1901–present

  • 1901 George Gallup, American statistician and academic (d. 1984)[11]
  • 1901 V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
  • 1901 Craig Wood, American golfer (d. 1968)
  • 1902 Franklin Adreon, American film and television director (d. 1979)
  • 1904 Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983)
  • 1904 Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978)
  • 1906 Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954)
  • 1906 Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988)
  • 1906 Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1949)
  • 1906 George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
  • 1907 Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
  • 1907 Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1908 Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001)
  • 1909 Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976)
  • 1911 Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (d. 2000)
  • 1912 Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995)
  • 1912 Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
  • 1913 Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
  • 1914 Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969)
  • 1915 Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
  • 1917 Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
  • 1918 İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d. 2008)
  • 1918 Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007)[15]
  • 1919 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1920 Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
  • 1920 Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1920 Ron Suart, English football player and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1922 Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967)
  • 1922 Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (d. 1992)
  • 1923 Alan Shepard, American astronaut and aviator (d. 1998)[11]
  • 1923 Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
  • 1924 Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000)
  • 1924 Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (d. 1996)
  • 1925 Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
  • 1927 Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1927 Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1928 Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 2004)
  • 1928 Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1929 Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (d. 2013)
  • 1932 Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010)
  • 1933 Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (d. 2008)
  • 1934 Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat
  • 1935 Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (d. 1997)
  • 1935 Rodney Hall, Australian author and poet
  • 1936 Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
  • 1936 Don Cherry, American trumpet player (d. 1995)
  • 1938 Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012)
  • 1938 Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
  • 1938 Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
  • 1939 Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic[11]
  • 1939 Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
  • 1939 Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1939 Brenda Vaccaro, American actress[11]
  • 1940 James Welch, American novelist and poet (d. 2003)
  • 1941 Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 2014)
  • 1941 Angela Watkinson, English educator and politician
  • 1942 Linda Evans, American actress[11]
  • 1942 Susan Sullivan, American actress
  • 1943 Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
  • 1944 Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
  • 1944 Edwin C. Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
  • 1945 Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010)
  • 1945 Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
  • 1946 Alan Dean Foster, American author[11]
  • 1946 Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
  • 1947 Jameson Parker, American actor[11]
  • 1947 Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1948 Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1948 Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2014)
  • 1948 Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (d. 1985)
  • 1948 Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010)[16][11]
  • 1949 Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
  • 1950 Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950 Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player
  • 1951 Pete Morelli, American businessman
  • 1951 Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
  • 1952 Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
  • 1952 Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director
  • 1952 John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1953 Alan Moore, English author and illustrator[11]
  • 1953 Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter[11]
  • 1954 Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
  • 1956 Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (d. 1995)
  • 1956 Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1956 Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (d. 2014)
  • 1957 Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
  • 1958 Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager[17]
  • 1958 Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian[11]
  • 1959 Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager
  • 1960 Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist[18]
  • 1960 Elizabeth Perkins, American actress[11]
  • 1960 Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter
  • 1961 Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer[11]
  • 1962 Bart Bryant, American golfer
  • 1962 Kirk Hammett, American guitarist and songwriter[11]
  • 1963 Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
  • 1963 Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach
  • 1963 Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1963 Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (d. 2015)
  • 1964 Rita Cosby, American journalist and author
  • 1964 Nadia Sawalha, English actress
  • 1965 Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1967 Tom Gordon, American baseball player
  • 1967 Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1968 George Kotsiopoulos, American stylist and journalist
  • 1968 Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1968 Owen Wilson, American actor, producer, comedian and screenwriter[11]
  • 1969 Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor
  • 1969 Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
  • 1970 Mike Epps, American comedian, actor, and producer[11]
  • 1970 Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist[19][11]
  • 1970 Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress[20]
  • 1971 Therese Coffey, English chemist and politician
  • 1971 Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic
  • 1971 Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
  • 1972 Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
  • 1973 Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert
  • 1973 Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach
  • 1974 Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach
  • 1974 Chloë Sevigny, American actress and fashion designer[11]
  • 1974 Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver[21]
  • 1975 Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
  • 1975 Shawn Camp, American baseball player
  • 1975 Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer
  • 1975 David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player[11]
  • 1975 Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1975 Jason Williams, American basketball player
  • 1976 Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • 1976 Dominic Armato, American voice actor
  • 1976 Sage Francis, American rapper
  • 1976 Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
  • 1976 Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
  • 1977 Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1977 Fabolous, American rapper[11]
  • 1978 Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
  • 1978 Aldo Montano, Italian fencer[22]
  • 1979 Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
  • 1980 Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
  • 1980 Luke Chadwick, English footballer
  • 1980 Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 1980 François Duval, Belgian racing driver
  • 1980 Denny Hamlin, American race car driver[23][11]
  • 1981 Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress
  • 1981 Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress
  • 1981 Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress
  • 1982 Greg Estandia, American football player
  • 1982 Damon Wayans Jr., actor[11]
  • 1983 Travis Buck, American baseball player
  • 1983 Michael Dawson, English footballer
  • 1983 Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
  • 1984 Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer
  • 1984 Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer
  • 1985 Allyson Felix, American sprinter[24]
  • 1985 Christian Siriano, American fashion designer
  • 1987 Jake Abel, American actor[11]
  • 1987 Yoon Park, South Korean actor
  • 1988 Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player
  • 1988 Michael Roach, American soccer player[25]
  • 1988 Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter[26]
  • 1989 Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player[27]
  • 1991 Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer[28]
  • 1991 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player[29]
  • 1992 Nathan Kress, American actor and director[11]
  • 1992 Steven Skrzybski, German footballer[30]
  • 1994 Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin professional tennis player[31]
  • 1994 Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer[32]
  • 1994 Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter[33]

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 942 Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (b. c. 878)
  • 953 Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (b. 931)
  • 1100 Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York
  • 1154 Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (b. 1092)
  • 1170 Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
  • 1259 Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian
  • 1305 John II, duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
  • 1313 Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (b. 1290)
  • 1349 Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1310)
  • 1441 Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
  • 1472 Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
  • 1482 Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
  • 1559 Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (b. 1474)
  • 1565 Yun Won-hyung, Korean writer and politician (b. 1509)
  • 1590 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)

1601–1900

  • 1664 Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (b. 1620)
  • 1724 Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685)
  • 1785 Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725)
  • 1797 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
  • 1804 Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
  • 1814 William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
  • 1830 Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
  • 1841 Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)[34]
  • 1852 Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
  • 1886 Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
  • 1889 William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)

1901–present

  • 1909 Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
  • 1922 Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
  • 1927 Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
  • 1936 V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
  • 1940 Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
  • 1941 Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
  • 1941 Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
  • 1941 Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
  • 1952 Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
  • 1962 Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
  • 1965 Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
  • 1969 Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
  • 1969 Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
  • 1972 Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
  • 1976 Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
  • 1977 Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
  • 1978 Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
  • 1978 Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
  • 1979 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
  • 1980 Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
  • 1984 Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
  • 1986 Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
  • 1987 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
  • 1991 Gustáv Husák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1913)
  • 1994 Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (b. 1907)
  • 1994 Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
  • 1995 Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (b. 1909)
  • 1998 Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1936)
  • 1999 Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b. 1910)
  • 1999 Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
  • 2001 Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918)
  • 2002 James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 2003 Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
  • 2004 Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
  • 2004 Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
  • 2005 Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
  • 2009 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
  • 2010 Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)
  • 2010 Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1937)
  • 2012 Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929)
  • 2012 Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
  • 2013 Thomas Howard, American football player (b. 1983)
  • 2013 S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (b. 1929)
  • 2013 Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (b. 1947)
  • 2013 Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (b. 1953)
  • 2014 Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1922)
  • 2014 Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1945)
  • 2014 Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)
  • 2014 C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (b. 1947)
  • 2015 Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (b. 1987)[35]
  • 2015 Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (b. 1952)
  • 2015 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1975)[36]
  • 2016 Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (b. 1956)
  • 2016 Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (b. 1920)[37]
  • 2017 Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
  • Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
  • Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
  • National Day (Oman)
  • Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.
  • Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)

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