On This Day: November 24 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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51 Events 241 Births 114 Deaths

2023 Hibiscus Rising, commemorating David Oluwale, is unveiled in Leeds. ↗
2022 Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament, opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is officially named as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia. ↗
2017 A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128. ↗
2016 The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war. ↗
2015 A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort. ↗
2015 A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others. ↗
2015 An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia's capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead. ↗
2013 Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions. ↗
2012 A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people. ↗
2009 The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania. ↗
2001 Crossair Flight 3597 crashes in Bassersdorf near Zurich Airport, killing 24 people, including singer Melanie Thornton and two members of the German band Passion Fruit. ↗
1992 China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board. ↗
1991 Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-44. ↗
1989 After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the Velvet Revolution, Miloš Jakeš and the entire Politburo of the Czechoslovak Communist Party resign from office. This brings an effective end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. ↗
1976 The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people. ↗
1974 Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. ↗
1973 A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months. ↗
1971 During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found. ↗
1969 Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon. ↗
1966 Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board. ↗
1965 Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. ↗
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography. ↗
1962 Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. ↗
1962 The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast. ↗
1944 World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands. ↗
1943 World War II: At the battle of Makin the USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men. ↗
1941 World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. ↗
1940 World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. ↗
1935 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress. ↗
1932 In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. ↗
1929 The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland. ↗
1922 Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. ↗
1917 In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. ↗
1906 A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football. ↗
1877 Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published. ↗
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg. ↗
1859 British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published. ↗
1850 Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein. ↗
1835 The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety). ↗
1832 South Carolina passes the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state, beginning the Nullification Crisis. ↗
1750 Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa. ↗
1642 Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania). ↗
1542 Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway. ↗
1429 Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité. ↗
1359 Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates. ↗
1248 An overnight landslide on the north side of Mont Granier, one of the largest historical rockslope failures ever recorded in Europe, destroys five villages. ↗
1227 Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing. ↗
1221 Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia. ↗
1190 Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. ↗
847 An earthquake hits Syria, causing multiple casualties and damages in Antioch, Damascus and Mosul. ↗
380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. ↗

1998 Jeremy Swayman, American ice hockey player ↗
1995 Marcus Bontempelli, Australian footballer ↗
1994 Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer ↗
1993 Ivi Adamou, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter ↗
1993 Joe Pigott, English footballer ↗
1992 Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023) ↗
1990 Mario Gaspar, Spanish footballer ↗
1990 Sarah Hyland, American actress ↗
1990 Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter ↗
1990 Michael Oldfield, Australian rugby league player ↗
1988 Jarrod Parker, American baseball player ↗
1986 Asim Chaudhry, British comedian and actor ↗
1986 Jimmy Graham, American football player ↗
1986 Pedro León, Spanish footballer ↗
1985 Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer ↗
1984 David Booth, American ice hockey player ↗
1984 Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier ↗
1983 Dean Ashton, English footballer ↗
1983 Lars Eckert, German rugby player ↗
1983 André Laurito, German footballer ↗
1983 Gwilym Lee, Welsh actor ↗
1983 José López, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
1983 Shavlik Randolph, American basketball player ↗
1983 Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress and producer ↗
1982 Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player ↗
1982 Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player ↗
1980 Kabir Ali, English cricketer ↗
1980 Brandon Hunter, American basketball player (died 2023) ↗
1980 Beth Phoenix, American wrestler ↗
1980 Branko Radivojevič, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
1979 Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer ↗
1979 Carmelita Jeter, American sprinter "fastest woman alive". ↗
1979 Horacio Ramírez, Mexican-American baseball player ↗
1978 Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer ↗
1977 Colin Hanks, American actor ↗
1977 Celaleddin Koçak, German-Turkish footballer ↗
1976 Mona Hanna-Attisha, British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate ↗
1976 Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1976 Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater ↗
1975 Thomas Kohnstamm, American author ↗
1974 Amy Faye Hayes, American boxing ring announcer and model ↗
1974 Stephen Merchant, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1974 Machel Montano, Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1974 Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor and politician ↗
1973 Alejandro Ávila, Mexican actor ↗
1973 Danielle Nicolet, American actress ↗
1972 Ruxandra Dragomir, Romanian tennis player ↗
1972 Marek Lemsalu, Estonian footballer ↗
1971 Lola Glaudini, American actress ↗
1971 Cosmas Ndeti, Kenyan runner ↗
1971 Keith Primeau, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1970 Doug Brien, American football player ↗
1970 Julieta Venegas, American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1970 Ashley Ward, English footballer and businessman ↗
1969 David Adeang, Nauruan lawyer and politician ↗
1969 Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
1969 Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter ↗
1968 Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and manager ↗
1968 Scott Krinsky, American actor and comedian ↗
1968 Dawn Robinson, American singer and actress ↗
1967 Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer-songwriter ↗
1967 Jon Hein, American radio personality ↗
1966 Russell Watson, English tenor and actor ↗
1965 Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress ↗
1964 Garret Dillahunt, American actor ↗
1964 Conleth Hill, Northern Irish actor ↗
1964 Brad Sherwood, American actor and game show host ↗
1963 Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (died 2018) ↗
1962 John Kovalic, English author and illustrator ↗
1962 John Squire, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1962 Paul Thorburn, German-Welsh rugby player and manager ↗
1962 Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer and manager ↗
1962 Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer ↗
1961 Carlos Carnero, Spanish lawyer and politician ↗
1961 Arundhati Roy – Indian writer and activist ↗
1960 Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer ↗
1959 Todd Brooker, Canadian skier and sportscaster ↗
1958 Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1958 Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician ↗
1958 Nick Knight, British photographer ↗
1957 Denise Crosby, American actress and producer ↗
1957 Edward Stourton, English journalist and author ↗
1956 Terry Lewis, American musician, producer, and songwriter ↗
1956 Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright, and director ↗
1955 Ian Botham, English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster ↗
1955 Scott Hoch, American golfer ↗
1955 Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Culture ↗
1955 Najib Mikati, Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon ↗
1955 Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer and author ↗
1954 Clem Burke, American drummer (died 2025) ↗
1954 Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
1954 Margaret Wetherell, English psychologist and academic ↗
1952 Rachel Chagall, American actress ↗
1952 Norbert Haug, German journalist and businessman ↗
1952 Thierry Lhermitte, French actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1952 Parveen Shakir, Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1994) ↗
1952 Jim Sheridan, Scottish politician (died 2022) ↗
1952 Ken Wilson, Australian rugby league player (died 2022) ↗
1951 Mimis Androulakis, Greek author and politician ↗
1951 Chet Edwards, American businessman and politician ↗
1951 Margaret Mountford, Northern Irish-British lawyer and businesswoman ↗
1951 Graham Price, Egyptian-Welsh rugby player ↗
1950 Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (died 2015) ↗
1950 Stanley Livingston, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1949 Henry Bibby, American basketball player and coach ↗
1949 Shane Bourne, Australian comedian, actor, and television host ↗
1949 Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician ↗
1949 Sally Davies, English hematologist and academic ↗
1948 Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic ↗
1948 Rudy Tomjanovich, American basketball player and coach ↗
1948 Steve Yeager, American baseball player and coach ↗
1947 Dwight Schultz, American actor ↗
1947 Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player ↗
1946 Ted Bundy, American serial killer (died 1989) ↗
1946 Tony Clarkin, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2024) ↗
1946 Penny Jordan, English author (died 2011) ↗
1946 Roberto Chale, Peruvian footballer (died 2024) ↗
1945 Nuruddin Farah, Somali novelist ↗
1945 Lee Michaels, American singer-songwriter and musician ↗
1944 Bev Bevan, English drummer ↗
1944 Candy Darling, American model and actress (died 1974) ↗
1944 Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
1944 Dan Glickman, American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture ↗
1943 Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit ↗
1943 Richard Tee, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1993) ↗
1943 Margaret E. M. Tolbert, American chemist and academic ↗
1943 Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor ↗
1942 Marlin Fitzwater, American soldier and journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary ↗
1942 Jean Ping, Gabonese politician and diplomat ↗
1942 Andrew Stunell, English minister and politician (died 2024) ↗
1941 Pete Best, Indian-English drummer and songwriter ↗
1941 Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2012) ↗
1941 Wayne Jackson, American trumpeter (died 2016) ↗
1940 Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (died 2013) ↗
1940 Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League (died 2025) ↗
1940 Eric Wilson, Canadian author and educator ↗
1938 Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO ↗
1938 Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1938 Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (died 1959) ↗
1935 Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain (died 2020) ↗
1935 Ron Dellums, American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland (died 2018) ↗
1935 Mordicai Gerstein, American author, illustrator, and director (died 2019) ↗
1934 Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer (died 1998) ↗
1933 John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (died 2012) ↗
1932 Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (died 2019) ↗
1932 Fred Titmus, English cricketer and coach (died 2011) ↗
1931 Tommy Allsup, American guitarist (died 2017) ↗
1931 Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2012) ↗
1930 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (died 1981) ↗
1930 Bob Friend, American baseball player and politician (died 2019) ↗
1929 Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021) ↗
1929 George Moscone, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1978) ↗
1927 Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003) ↗
1927 Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (died 1999) ↗
1927 Emma Lou Diemer, American composer (died 2024) ↗
1927 Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014) ↗
1926 Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024) ↗
1925 William F. Buckley Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (died 2008) ↗
1925 Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) ↗
1924 Eileen Barton, American singer (died 2006) ↗
1924 Lorne Munroe, Canadian-American cellist and educator (died 2020) ↗
1922 Claus Moser, Baron Moser, German-English statistician and academic (died 2015) ↗
1921 John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (died 2000) ↗
1919 David Kossoff, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
1917 Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (died 2010) ↗
1916 Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (died 2008) ↗
1914 Lynn Chadwick, English sculptor (died 2003) ↗
1914 Bessie Blount Griffin, American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist (died 2009) ↗
1913 Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer (died 1990) ↗
1913 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (died 2005) ↗
1912 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (died 1993) ↗
1912 Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
1912 Joan Sanderson, English actress (died 1992) ↗
1912 Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (died 1972) ↗
1912 Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (died 1986) ↗
1911 Kirby Grant, American actor (died 1985) ↗
1911 Joe Medwick, American baseball player and manager (died 1975) ↗
1910 Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (died 2009) ↗
1908 Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer (died 2000) ↗
1904 Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon (died 1988) ↗
1899 Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic (died 1966) ↗
1897 Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (died 1962) ↗
1897 Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player (died 1953) ↗
1895 Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972) ↗
1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and businessman (died 1978) ↗
1893 Charles F. Hurley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946) ↗
1891 Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1970) ↗
1888 Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (died 1955) ↗
1888 Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist and author (died 1972) ↗
1887 Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (died 1960) ↗
1887 Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (died 1973) ↗
1886 Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (died 1973) ↗
1885 Theodor Altermann, Estonian actor, director, and producer (died 1915) ↗
1885 Christian Wirth, German SS officer (died 1944) ↗
1884 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Ukrainian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (died 1963) ↗
1882 Nikolai Janson, Russian politician (died 1938) ↗
1881 Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1951) ↗
1881 Ye Gongchuo, Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (died 1968) ↗
1879 Wylie Cameron Grant, American tennis player (died 1968) ↗
1877 Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (died 1956) ↗
1877 Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (died 1941) ↗
1876 Walter Burley Griffin, American architect and urban planner, designed Canberra (died 1937) ↗
1874 Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and referee (died 1953) ↗
1873 Julius Martov, Russian politician (died 1923) ↗
1873 Herbert Roper Barrett, English tennis player (died 1943) ↗
1869 Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (died 1951) ↗
1868 Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (died 1917) ↗
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (died 1901) ↗
1859 Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (died 1934) ↗
1857 Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937) ↗
1851 John Indermaur, British lawyer (died 1925) ↗
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (died 1924) ↗
1840 John Alfred Brashear, American scientist, telescope maker and educator (died 1920) ↗
1826 Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (died 1890) ↗
1812 Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer (died 1848) ↗
1811 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1890) ↗
1806 William Webb Ellis, English priest, created Rugby football (died 1872) ↗
1801 Ludwig Bechstein, German author and poet (died 1860) ↗
1784 Zachary Taylor – American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (died 1850) ↗
1774 Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, author, and educator (died 1857) ↗
1745 Maria Luisa of Spain (died 1792) ↗
1729 Alexander Suvorov, Russian field marshal (died 1800) ↗
1724 Maria Amalia of Saxony (died 1760) ↗
1713 Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (died 1784) ↗
1713 Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (died 1768) ↗
1712 Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (died 1789) ↗
1712 Ali II ibn Hussein, Tunisian ruler (died 1782) ↗
1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (died 1750) ↗
1655 Charles XI of Sweden (died 1697) ↗
1632 Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677) ↗
1630 Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (died 1718) ↗
1615 Philip William, Elector Palatine (died 1690) ↗
1603 John, Count of Nassau-Idstein (1629–1677) (died 1677) ↗
1594 Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (died 1651) ↗
1583 Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (died 1641) ↗
1583 Philip Massinger, English dramatist (died 1640) ↗
1472 Pietro Torrigiano, Italian sculptor (died 1528) ↗
1427 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (died 1473) ↗
1394 Charles, Duke of Orléans (died 1465) ↗
1273 Alphonso, Earl of Chester (died 1284) ↗

2025 Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter (born 1944) ↗
2025 Dharmendra, Indian actor (born 1935) ↗
2024 Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (born 1933) ↗
2024 Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (born 1939) ↗
2024 Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926) ↗
2022 Börje Salming, Swedish hockey player (born 1951) ↗
2019 Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991) ↗
2016 Paul Futcher, English footballer (born 1956) ↗
2016 Florence Henderson, American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934) ↗
2015 Robert Ford, English general (born 1923) ↗
2015 John Forrester, English historian and philosopher (born 1949) ↗
2015 Quincy Monk, American football player (born 1979) ↗
2015 Heinz Oberhummer, Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941) ↗
2015 Douglas W. Shorenstein, American businessman (born 1955) ↗
2014 Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961) ↗
2014 Murli Deora, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (born 1937) ↗
2014 Peter Henderson, New Zealand rugby player (born 1926) ↗
2014 Nenad Manojlović, Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957) ↗
2014 Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930) ↗
2013 Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (born 1926) ↗
2013 Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (born 1980) ↗
2013 Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1935) ↗
2013 June Keithley, Filipino actress and journalist (born 1947) ↗
2013 Jean King, American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (born 1925) ↗
2013 Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (born 1927) ↗
2013 Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (born 1926) ↗
2012 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (born 1962) ↗
2012 Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (born 1933) ↗
2012 Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player and manager (born 1939) ↗
2012 Nicholas Turro, American chemist and academic (born 1938) ↗
2012 Ernie Warlick, American football player and sportscaster (born 1932) ↗
2010 Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (born 1913) ↗
2009 Abe Pollin, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923) ↗
2009 Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1935) ↗
2009 Jun Ross, Filipino basketball player (born 1949) ↗
2008 Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (born 1956) ↗
2008 Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) ↗
2007 Casey Calvert, American guitarist (born 1981) ↗
2006 Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (born 1950) ↗
2006 George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (born 1943) ↗
2006 Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist and ethologist (born 1938) ↗
2005 Pat Morita, American actor (born 1932) ↗
2004 Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian journalist and author (born 1920) ↗
2004 Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (born 1923) ↗
2004 James Wong, Chinese actor and songwriter (born 1940) ↗
2003 Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (born 1921) ↗
2002 John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1921) ↗
1997 Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1930) ↗
1996 Sorley MacLean, Scottish soldier and poet (born 1911) ↗
1995 Eduard Ole, Estonian-Swedish painter (born 1898) ↗
1993 Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932) ↗
1991 Freddie Mercury – Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Queen, and producer (born 1946) ↗
1991 Eric Carr, American drummer of KISS (born 1950) ↗
1990 Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (born 1934) ↗
1990 Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925) ↗
1990 Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (born 1896) ↗
1990 Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (born 1910) ↗
1990 Bülent Arel, Turkish-American composer and educator (born 1919) ↗
1987 Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (born 1904) ↗
1982 Barack Obama – Kenyan economist and academic, father of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (born 1936) ↗
1980 Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (born 1897) ↗
1980 George Raft, American actor and dancer (born 1901) ↗
1980 Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator (born 1922) ↗
1980 Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (born 1902) ↗
1973 John Neihardt, American author and poet (born 1881) ↗
1968 D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (born 1942) ↗
1965 Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895) ↗
1963 John F. Kennedy – American assassin of John F. Kennedy (born 1939) ↗
1961 Ruth Chatterton, American actress (born 1892) ↗
1960 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (born 1882) ↗
1959 Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (born 1883) ↗
1958 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864) ↗
1957 Diego Rivera – Mexican painter and sculptor (born 1886) ↗
1956 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (born 1920) ↗
1954 Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (born 1874) ↗
1948 Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (born 1864) ↗
1943 Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Navy Cross recipient (born 1919) ↗
1932 William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (born 1850) ↗
1929 Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (born 1841) ↗
1922 Erskine Childers, executed Irish soldier, journalist, and author (born 1870) ↗
1920 Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (born 1857) ↗
1920 Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (born 1854) ↗
1916 Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (born 1840) ↗
1895 Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (born 1823) ↗
1890 August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (born 1816) ↗
1885 Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (born 1837) ↗
1870 Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1846) ↗
1848 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1779) ↗
1807 Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (born 1742) ↗
1801 Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (born 1725) ↗
1801 Philip Hamilton, Eldest son of Alexander Hamilton (born 1782) ↗
1793 Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (born 1723) ↗
1781 James Caldwell, American minister (born 1734) ↗
1775 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1703) ↗
1770 Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (born 1685) ↗
1741 Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (born 1688) ↗
1722 Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (born 1623) ↗
1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian guru (born 1621) ↗
1650 Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (born 1566) ↗
1642 Walatta Petros, saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (born 1592) ↗
1615 Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (born 1556) ↗
1583 René de Birague, French cardinal (born 1506) ↗
1577 Ismail II, Shah of Safavid Iran (born 1537) ↗
1572 John Knox, Scottish pastor and theologian (born 1510) ↗
1531 Johannes Oecolampadius, German theologian and reformer (born 1482) ↗
1530 Mingyi Nyo, Burmese ruler (born 1459) ↗
1492 Loys of Gruuthuse, Earl of Winchester (born c. 1427) ↗
1468 Jean de Dunois, French soldier (born 1402) ↗
1426 Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, (born c. 1363) ↗
1326 Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier (born 1296) ↗
1265 Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles ↗
1227 Leszek I the White, High Duke of Poland (born c. 1186) ↗
1072 Bagrat IV of Georgia (born 1018) ↗
654 Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (born 596) ↗