On This Day: November 26 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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53 Events 258 Births 111 Deaths

2025 The 2025 Tai Po apartment fire, a catastrophic fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaves at least 75 dead and 77 injured. ↗
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. ↗
2019 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years. ↗
2018 The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars. ↗
2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others. ↗
2011 The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover. ↗
2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of terrorist attacks killing approximately 175 citizens by 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan based extremist Islamist terrorist organisation. ↗
2008 The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks in Dubai. ↗
2004 Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China. ↗
2004 The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct. ↗
2003 The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England. ↗
2000 George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote. ↗
1999 The 7.5 Mw  Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured. ↗
1998 Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ↗
1998 The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India. ↗
1991 National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities with Azeri names. ↗
1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission. ↗
1986 The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. ↗
1983 Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport. ↗
1979 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 crashes near Taif in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board. ↗
1977 An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm. ↗
1970 In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. ↗
1968 Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor. ↗
1965 France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster. ↗
1950 Korean War: Communist Chinese troops launch a massive counterattack (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir) against United Nations and South Korean forces. ↗
1949 The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. ↗
1944 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in New Cross, London, killing 168 people. ↗
1944 World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. ↗
1943 World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria. ↗
1942 World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia. ↗
1942 Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City. ↗
1942 A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers occurs in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, leading to three deaths. ↗
1941 World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina, in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions. On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs Hitokappu Bay for Hawaii. ↗
1939 Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later. ↗
1924 The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established after a new constitution, passed by the first State Great Khural, abolishes the monarchy. ↗
1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years. ↗
1922 The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.) ↗
1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Red Army launches a surprise attack against the Makhnovshchina. ↗
1918 The Montenegrin Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia. ↗
1917 The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France. ↗
1917 The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams. ↗
1914 HMS Bulwark is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men while at anchor near Sheerness. ↗
1865 Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile. ↗
1863 United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years. ↗
1852 An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies. ↗
1812 The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia. ↗
1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. ↗
1789 A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress. ↗
1778 In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui. ↗
1476 Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. ↗
1346 Having been elected German king at Rhens on 11 July 1346, Charles IV is crowned King of Germany by bishop Walram of Cologne in Bonn. ↗
1161 Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars. ↗
783 The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. ↗

2001 Pau Víctor, Spanish footballer ↗
2000 Lamecha Girma, Ethiopian athlete ↗
1999 Jaycee Horn, American football player ↗
1999 Olivia O'Brien, American singer-songwriter ↗
1999 Jacob Shaffelburg, Canadian soccer player ↗
1998 Shivam Mavi, Indian cricketer ↗
1997 Aubrey Joseph, American actor ↗
1997 Jennie Wåhlin, Swedish curler ↗
1997 Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English-Congolese footballer ↗
1996 Malik Beasley, American basketball player ↗
1996 Brandon Carlo, American ice hockey player ↗
1996 Louane, French singer and actress ↗
1996 Marc Roca, Spanish footballer ↗
1995 James Guy, English swimmer ↗
1992 Anuel AA, Puerto Rican rapper and singer ↗
1991 Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer ↗
1991 Corey Knebel, American baseball player ↗
1990 Avery Bradley, American basketball player ↗
1990 Chip, English rapper ↗
1990 Gabriel Paulista, Brazilian footballer ↗
1990 Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1990 Danny Welbeck, English footballer ↗
1989 Angeline Quinto, Filipina singer and actress ↗
1989 Junior Stanislas, English footballer ↗
1988 Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1988 Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress ↗
1987 Kat DeLuna, American singer, songwriter and dancer ↗
1987 Georgios Tzavellas, Greek footballer ↗
1986 Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter ↗
1986 Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist ↗
1986 Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player ↗
1985 Matt Carpenter, American baseball player ↗
1984 Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (died 2007) ↗
1983 Matt Garza, American baseball player ↗
1983 Chris Hughes, American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook ↗
1983 Emiri Katō, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
1982 Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player ↗
1982 Luther Head, American basketball player ↗
1981 Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer ↗
1981 Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1981 Natalie Gauci, Australian singer and pianist ↗
1981 Gina Kingsbury, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Jon Ryan, Canadian football player ↗
1980 Jessica Bowman, American actress ↗
1980 Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer ↗
1980 Jackie Trail, American tennis player ↗
1978 Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer ↗
1977 Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist ↗
1977 Paris Lenon, American football player ↗
1977 Campbell Walsh, Scottish canoe racer ↗
1976 Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer ↗
1976 Maia Campbell, American actress ↗
1976 Maven, American wrestler ↗
1976 Brian Schneider, American baseball player and manager ↗
1975 DJ Khaled, American rapper and producer ↗
1975 Patrice Lauzon, Canadian figure skater ↗
1974 Line Horntveth, Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer ↗
1974 Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress ↗
1974 Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper ↗
1973 Peter Facinelli, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1972 James Dashner, American author ↗
1972 Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster ↗
1972 Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer ↗
1971 Vicki Pettersson, American author ↗
1971 Winky Wright, American boxer and actor ↗
1970 John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster ↗
1970 Dave Hughes, Australian comedian and radio host ↗
1969 Shawn Kemp, American basketball player ↗
1969 Kara Walker – American painter and illustrator ↗
1968 Edna Campbell, American basketball player ↗
1968 Haluk Levent, Turkish singer ↗
1967 Ridley Jacobs, Antiguan cricketer ↗
1966 Kristin Bauer van Straten, American actress ↗
1966 Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer ↗
1966 Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer ↗
1966 Sue Wicks, American basketball player and coach ↗
1965 Scott Adsit, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1965 Des Walker, English footballer ↗
1964 Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier ↗
1963 Mario Elie, American basketball player and coach ↗
1963 Matt Frei, German-English journalist and author ↗
1963 Joe Lydon, English rugby player and coach ↗
1962 Fernando Bandeirinha, Portuguese footballer and manager ↗
1962 Chuck Finley, American baseball player ↗
1961 Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer ↗
1961 Tom Carroll, Australian surfer ↗
1961 Ivory, American wrestler and trainer ↗
1960 Chuck Eddy, American journalist ↗
1960 Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1959 Dai Davies, Welsh politician ↗
1959 Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic ↗
1959 Jamie Rose, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
1959 Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster ↗
1959 Sergey Golovkin, Russian serial killer, rapist, torturer, and necrophile (died 1996) ↗
1958 Michael Skinner, English rugby player ↗
1957 Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor (died 1996) ↗
1956 Dale Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster ↗
1956 Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1956 Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe ↗
1955 Jelko Kacin, Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament ↗
1955 Gisela Stuart, German-English academic and politician ↗
1954 Roz Chast, American cartoonist ↗
1954 Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (died 2009) ↗
1953 Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development ↗
1953 Shelley Moore Capito, American politician ↗
1953 Harry Carson, American football player ↗
1953 Jacki MacDonald, Australian television host and actress ↗
1953 Julien Temple, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1953 Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver ↗
1952 Elsa Salazar Cade, Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist ↗
1952 Wendy Turnbull, Australian tennis player ↗
1951 Ilona Staller, Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician ↗
1951 Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2014) ↗
1949 Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor ↗
1949 Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1949 Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024) ↗
1949 Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic ↗
1949 Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (died 2021) ↗
1948 Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1948 Claes Elfsberg, Swedish journalist ↗
1948 Marianne Muellerleile, American actress ↗
1948 Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (died 2015) ↗
1948 Peter Wheeler, English rugby player ↗
1947 Roger Wehrli, American football player ↗
1946 Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2014) ↗
1946 Art Shell, American football player and coach ↗
1946 Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (died 2012) ↗
1945 Daniel Davis, American actor ↗
1945 John McVie, English-American bass player ↗
1945 Jim Mullen, Scottish guitarist ↗
1945 Michael Omartian, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer ↗
1945 Björn von Sydow, Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence ↗
1944 Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe ↗
1944 Jean Terrell, American singer ↗
1943 Paul Burnett, English radio host ↗
1943 Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (died 2002) ↗
1943 Marilynne Robinson, American novelist and essayist ↗
1943 Dale Sommers, American radio host (died 2012) ↗
1942 Maki Carrousel, Japanese actor ↗
1942 Olivia Cole, American actress (died 2018) ↗
1942 Jan Stenerud, Norwegian-American football player ↗
1942 Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese physician and author (died 1970) ↗
1941 Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano ↗
1941 Jeff Torborg, American baseball player and manager (died 2025) ↗
1940 Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic ↗
1940 Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2008) ↗
1940 Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (died 2007) ↗
1940 Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic ↗
1939 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2025) ↗
1939 Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (died 1988) ↗
1939 John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment ↗
1939 Mark Margolis, American actor (died 2023) ↗
1939 Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2021) ↗
1939 Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon ↗
1939 Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (died 2023) ↗
1938 Elizabeth Bailey, American economist (died 2022) ↗
1938 Porter Goss, American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA ↗
1938 Rodney Jory, Australian physicist and academic (died 2021) ↗
1938 Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer ↗
1937 Bob Babbitt, American bass player (died 2012) ↗
1937 John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019) ↗
1937 Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 1994) ↗
1936 Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist ↗
1935 Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (died 2011) ↗
1934 Cengiz Bektaş, Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist (died 2020) ↗
1934 Jerry Jameson, American director and producer ↗
1934 Sergio Pollastrelli, Italian politician (died 2025) ↗
1933 Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer and actor (died 2007) ↗
1933 Richard Holloway, Scottish bishop and radio host ↗
1933 Stanley Long, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1933 Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor (died 2019) ↗
1933 Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (died 2015) ↗
1931 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1931 Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal (died 2020) ↗
1930 Berthold Leibinger, German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung (died 2018) ↗
1929 Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2015) ↗
1929 Betta St. John, American actress, singer and dancer (died 2023) ↗
1928 Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese linguist and academic (died 2012) ↗
1927 Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (died 2001) ↗
1926 Arturo Luz, Filipino visual artist (died 2021) ↗
1926 Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2017) ↗
1925 Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Uruguayan dictator (died 2016) ↗
1925 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (died 2003) ↗
1924 Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (died 1992) ↗
1924 George Segal, American painter and sculptor (died 2000) ↗
1923 Tom Hughes, Australian politician and barrister (died 2024) ↗
1923 V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (died 2014) ↗
1922 Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (died 2000) ↗
1921 Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (died 2012) ↗
1920 Daniel Petrie, Canadian-American director and producer (died 2004) ↗
1919 Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (died 2010) ↗
1919 Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author (died 2013) ↗
1919 Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (died 2011) ↗
1918 Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (died 2016) ↗
1917 Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (died 1989) ↗
1915 Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (died 2016) ↗
1915 Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (died 2010) ↗
1912 Eric Sevareid, American journalist (died 1992) ↗
1911 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess player and author (died 1992) ↗
1910 Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (died 1993) ↗
1909 Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager (died 1998) ↗
1909 Frances Dee, American actress and singer (died 2004) ↗
1909 Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (died 1994) ↗
1908 Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (died 2007) ↗
1908 Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager (died 1989) ↗
1907 Ruth Patrick, American botanist (died 2013) ↗
1905 Bob Johnson, American baseball player (died 1982) ↗
1904 Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (died 1991) ↗
1904 K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (died 2011) ↗
1903 Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (died 2014) ↗
1902 Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (died 1971) ↗
1901 William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (died 1953) ↗
1900 Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (died 1993) ↗
1899 Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (died 1936) ↗
1898 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) ↗
1895 Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1971) ↗
1894 James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (died 1974) ↗
1894 Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (died 1964) ↗
1891 Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1977) ↗
1889 Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1976) ↗
1888 Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (died 1978) ↗
1885 Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1970) ↗
1878 Major Taylor, American cyclist (died 1932) ↗
1876 Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (died 1950) ↗
1873 Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (died 1954) ↗
1870 Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (died 1949) ↗
1869 Maud of Wales (died 1938) ↗
1864 Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (died 1947) ↗
1858 Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (died 1955) ↗
1857 Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (died 1913) ↗
1853 Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist (died 1921) ↗
1837 Thomas Playford II, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (died 1915) ↗
1832 Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic (died 1901) ↗
1832 Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1919) ↗
1828 Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (died 1895) ↗
1828 René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (died 1905) ↗
1827 Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1915) ↗
1817 Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian-French chemist (died 1884) ↗
1811 Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (died 1872) ↗
1792 Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist (died 1873) ↗
1731 William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1800) ↗
1727 Artemas Ward, American general and politician (died 1800) ↗
1703 Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (died 1758) ↗
1679 Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (died 1755) ↗
1678 Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (died 1771) ↗
1657 William Derham, English minister and philosopher (died 1735) ↗
1609 Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (died 1659) ↗
1607 John Harvard, English minister and philanthropist (died 1638) ↗
1604 Johannes Bach, German organist and composer (died 1673) ↗
1594 James Ware, Irish genealogist (died 1666) ↗
1552 Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (died 1608) ↗
1534 Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (died 1613) ↗
1518 Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora, Catholic cardinal (died 1564) ↗
1466 Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (died 1506) ↗
1436 Catherine of Portugal (died 1463) ↗
1401 Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418) ↗
1288 Go-Daigo, Japanese emperor (died 1339) ↗
907 Rudesind, Galician bishop (died 977) ↗

2024 Jim Abrahams, American film director and writer (born 1944) ↗
2022 Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (born 1945) ↗
2021 Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (born 1930) ↗
2018 Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961) ↗
2016 Fritz Weaver, American actor (born 1926) ↗
2015 Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950) ↗
2015 Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (born 1922) ↗
2014 Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1925) ↗
2014 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1938) ↗
2014 Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (born 1932) ↗
2013 Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1939) ↗
2013 Jane Kean, American actress and singer (born 1923) ↗
2013 Saul Leiter, American photographer and painter (born 1923) ↗
2013 Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (born 1936) ↗
2012 Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1943) ↗
2012 Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (born 1948) ↗
2012 Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) ↗
2012 M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (born 1919) ↗
2011 Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (born 1942) ↗
2010 Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (born 1936) ↗
2007 Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917) ↗
2007 Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (born 1913) ↗
2007 Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (born 1922) ↗
2006 Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (born 1923) ↗
2006 Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (born 1943) ↗
2006 Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (born 1975) ↗
2006 Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (born 1933) ↗
2005 Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1951) ↗
2005 Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (born 1923) ↗
2005 Mark Craney, American drummer (born 1952) ↗
2004 Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1933) ↗
2004 C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (born 1909) ↗
2003 Soulja Slim, American rapper (born 1977) ↗
2003 Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (born 1922) ↗
2002 Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (born 1955) ↗
2002 Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (born 1915) ↗
2001 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (born 1943) ↗
1998 Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (born 1941) ↗
1997 Marguerite Henry, American author (born 1902) ↗
1996 Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
1996 Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (born 1914) ↗
1994 David Bache, English car designer (born 1925) ↗
1994 Arturo Rivera y Damas, Salvadoran archbishop (born 1923) ↗
1993 César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1914) ↗
1991 Ed Heinemann, American engineer (born 1908) ↗
1991 Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931) ↗
1989 Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (born 1919) ↗
1987 Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (born 1915) ↗
1987 J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (born 1897) ↗
1987 Peter Hujar, American photographer (born 1934) ↗
1986 Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (born 1938) ↗
1985 Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (born 1910) ↗
1982 Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1884) ↗
1981 Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (born 1898) ↗
1981 Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (born 1901) ↗
1978 Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (born 1888) ↗
1978 Frank Rosolino, American trombonist (born 1926) ↗
1977 Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (born 1920) ↗
1974 Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (born 1903) ↗
1973 John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (born 1942) ↗
1971 Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (born 1884) ↗
1963 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (born 1882) ↗
1962 Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (born 1872) ↗
1959 Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1875) ↗
1956 Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1905) ↗
1954 Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (born 1891) ↗
1952 Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (born 1865) ↗
1950 Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (born 1867) ↗
1943 Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1914) ↗
1941 Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1876) ↗
1937 Silvestras Žukauskas, Lithuanian general (born 1860) ↗
1936 Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (born 1876) ↗
1934 Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (born 1866) ↗
1929 John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (born 1850) ↗
1928 Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (born 1863) ↗
1926 Ernest Belfort Bax, English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (born 1854) ↗
1926 John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (born 1855) ↗
1920 Semen Karetnyk, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1893) ↗
1919 Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (born 1868) ↗
1917 Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (born 1864) ↗
1912 Joachim III of Constantinople (born 1834) ↗
1896 Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (born 1823) ↗
1895 George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (born 1848) ↗
1892 Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (born 1825) ↗
1885 Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (born 1813) ↗
1883 Sojourner Truth, American activist (born 1797) ↗
1882 Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (born 1805) ↗
1872 Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (born 1788) ↗
1860 Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (born 1780) ↗
1857 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (born 1788) ↗
1855 Adam Mickiewicz – Polish poet and playwright (born 1798) ↗
1851 Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (born 1769) ↗
1836 John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (born 1756) ↗
1829 Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (born 1787) ↗
1780 James Steuart, Scottish economist (born 1712) ↗
1719 John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (born 1662) ↗
1717 Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (born 1664) ↗
1689 Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (born 1635) ↗
1688 Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (born 1635) ↗
1661 Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (born 1598) ↗
1651 Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1611) ↗
1639 John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and historian (born 1565) ↗
1621 Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (born 1540) ↗
1504 Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (born 1451) ↗
1473 Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma ↗
1267 Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (born 1177) ↗
1236 Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (born 1216) ↗
1014 Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen ↗
975 Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (bornc. 900) ↗
946 Li Congyan, Chinese general (born 898) ↗
399 Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (born 334) ↗