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Pre-1600

* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while
Laurentius Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' (" laurel"). People with the name include: In Early Christ ...
is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. *
845 __NOTOC__ Year 845 ( DCCCXLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Arab War: A prisoner exchange occurs between the Byzant ...
– The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. *
1307 Year 1307 ( MCCCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * October 13 – King Philip IV (the Fair) orders the arrest of the Knights Templar i ...
Pope Clement V issues the papal bull '' Pastoralis Praeeminentiae'' which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all
Templars , colors = White mantle with a red cross , colors_label = Attire , march = , mascot = Two knights riding a single horse , equipment ...
and seize their assets. * 1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the
Juan Fernández Islands The Juan Fernández Islands ( es, Archipiélago Juan Fernández) are a sparsely inhabited series of islands in the South Pacific Ocean reliant on tourism and fishing. Situated off the coast of Chile, they are composed of three main volcanic ...
off
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
.


1601–1900

* 1635Dutch colonial forces on
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island. * 1718
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as " Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself. * 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of
Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a Province, part of The Canadas, British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North Americ ...
", published in his newspaper ''The Constitution''. * 1855 – In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the
Birmingham and Midland Institute The Birmingham and Midland Institute (popularly known as the Midland Institute) (), is an institution concerned with the promotion of education and learning in Birmingham, England. It is now based on Margaret Street in Birmingham city centre. It ...
. * 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper '' Cutty Sark'' is launched. * 1873 – The French steamer SS ''Ville du Havre'' sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper '' Loch Earn'' in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.


1901–present

* 1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet. * 1935 – The '' China Clipper'' inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...
. * 1940
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. * 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General
Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September 1890 – 1 February 1957) was a German field marshal during World War II who is best known for commanding the 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943). The battle ende ...
sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. * 1943 – World War II:
Cairo Conference The Cairo Conference (codenamed Sextant) also known as the First Cairo Conference, was one of the 14 summit meetings during World War II that occurred on November 22–26, 1943. The Conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, between the United King ...
: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. * 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. * 1948Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign. *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
– The
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk. *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
– The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne,
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
. * 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
afterwards. * 1963 – Five Indian generals are killed in a fatal helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables. * 1967UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i peace settlement. * 1971 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains. * 1974 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status. * 1975Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. * 1977British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. * 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype
B-2 Spirit The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying w ...
stealth bomber is revealed. *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him. *
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership. * 1995 – '' Toy Story'' is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. * 1995 – The 7.3 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami. * 2002 – In
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest. * 2003Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. * 2003 – England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament. * 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
, resulting from the presidential elections. * 2005Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. * 2012 – Ceasefire begins between
Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni- Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qas ...
in the
Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
and
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
after eight days of violence and 150 deaths. * 2015 – A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
kills at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing. * 2022A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves 7 workers dead, including the shooter, and 4 others injured.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1329Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1375) * 1428Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471) * 1515Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots (d. 1560) * 1519Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (d. 1585) *
1532 Year 1532 (Roman numerals, MDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 22 – São Vicente, São Paulo, São Vicente is established as ...
Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony Anne of Denmark ( Danish and German: Anna; Haderslev, 22 November 1532 – Dresden, 1 October 1585) was a Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg. Through her marriage with Augustus of Saxony she became Electress of Saxony. She was ren ...
(d. 1585) * 1533
Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara Alfonso II d'Este (24 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este. Biography He was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France ...
, Italian noble (d. 1597) * 1564Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (d. 1610)


1601–1900

* 1602
Elisabeth of France Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
(d. 1644) * 1635Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (d. 1672) * 1643René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (d. 1687) * 1690François Colin de Blamont, French pianist and composer (d. 1760) * 1698Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American soldier and politician, 10th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1778) * 1709Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786) *
1710 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – In Prussia, Cölln is merged with Alt-Berlin by ...
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1784) * 1721Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1824) * 1728Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1811) * 1744Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818) * 1780
Conradin Kreutzer Conradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer (22 November 1780 – 14 December 1849) was a German composer and conductor. His works include the operas '' Das Nachtlager in Granada'' and incidental music to ''Der Verschwender'', both produced in 1834 in Vienna. ...
, German composer (d. 1849) * 1780 – José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (d. 1834) * 1787Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1823) * 1808Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892) * 1814
Serranus Clinton Hastings Serranus Clinton Hastings (November 22, 1814 – February 18, 1893) was an American politician, rancher and lawyer in California. He studied law as a young man and moved to the Iowa District in 1837 to open a law office. Iowa became a territory ...
, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (d. 1893) * 1819George Eliot, English novelist and poet (d. 1880) * 1820
Katherine Plunket Katherine Plunket (born as Catherine Plunket; 22 November 182014 October 1932) was an Anglo Irish aristocrat and artist from Ballymascanlan, County Louth, a prolific Botanical illustrator and painter. and the oldest person ever to be born and d ...
, Irish supercentenarian (d. 1932) *
1824 May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony Events January–March * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-German physician and ophthalmologist (d. 1916) * 1836George Barham, English businessman, founded
Express County Milk Supply Company Express Dairies is a former brand of Dairy Crest, that specialised almost entirely in home deliveries of milk, and other dairy products. History The company was founded by George Barham in 1864 as the 'Express County Milk Supply Company,' so name ...
(d. 1913) * 1845Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1875) * 1849
Christian Rohlfs Christian Rohlfs (November 22, 1849 – January 8, 1938) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the important representatives of German expressionism. Early life and education He was born in Groß Niendorf, Kreis Segeberg in Prussia ...
, German painter and academic (d. 1938) * 1852
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque (22 November 1852 – 15 May 1924), was a French diplomat and politician, advocate of international arbitration and winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Peace ...
, French politician and diplomat,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1924) *
1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945) *
1857 Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * Jan ...
George Gissing George Robert Gissing (; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. His best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include '' The Nether World'' (1889), ''New Gru ...
, English novelist (d. 1903) * 1859Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (d. 1924) * 1861Ranavalona III of Madagascar (d. 1917) * 1868John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967) * 1869André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1951) *
1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
Howard Brockway Howard A. Brockway (November 22, 1870 – February 20, 1951) was an American composer. Brockway was born on November 22, 1870 in Brooklyn, New York. He spent five years in Berlin, studying composition under Otis Bardwell Boise and piano un ...
, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1951) * 1870 – Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) * 1873Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955) * 1873 – Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1930) * 1876
Percival Proctor Baxter Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland, Maine mayor James Phinney Baxter, he served as the 53rd Governor of the U.S. state ...
, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969) * 1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934) *
1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great ...
Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1919) * 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...
(d. 1930) * 1881Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (d. 1922) * 1884C. J. "Jack" De Garis, Australian entrepreneur (d. 1926) * 1884 – Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (d. 1953) * 1890Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (d. 1970) * 1891Edward Bernays, Austrian-American publicist (d. 1995) * 1893
Harley Earl Harley Jarvis Earl (November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969) was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of design at General Motors, later becoming vice president, the first top executive ever ...
, American businessman (d. 1969) * 1893 – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (d. 1991) * 1896
David J. Mays David John Mays (November 22, 1896 – February 17, 1971) was an American lawyer and writer. He attempted to slow racial desegregation on behalf of Byrd Organization during the Massive Resistance era. Mays served as counsel to the Gray Commissio ...
, American lawyer and author (d. 1971) * 1897Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989) * 1897 – Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer (d. 1987) * 1898Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935) * 1899Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981) * 1900Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980) * 1900 – Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987)


1901–present

* 1901Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1971) * 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999) * 1902Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947) * 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist and educator (d. 1942) * 1902 – Humphrey Gibbs, English-Rhodesian politician, 15th
Governor of Southern Rhodesia The Governor of Southern Rhodesia was the representative of the British monarch in the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from 1923 to 1980. The Governor was appointed by The Crown and acted as the local head of state, receiving instruct ...
(d. 1990) * 1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990) * 1902 – Ethel Smith, American organist (d. 1996) * 1904Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957) * 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2000) * 1904 –
Fumio Niwa was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel ''The Buddha Tree'' (Japanese ''Bodaiju'', "The Linden", or "The Bodhi Tree", 1956). He was ordained as a Shin Buddhist priest in his youth, but aban ...
, Japanese author (d. 2005) * 1906Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983) * 1909Mikhail Mil, Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970) * 1910Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005) *
1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * ...
Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987) *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...
Doris Duke Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, art collector, horticulturalist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". Her great wealth, luxurious l ...
, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993) * 1913Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976) * 1913 –
Gardnar Mulloy Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. Du ...
, American tennis player and coach (d. 2016) * 1913 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2006) * 1913 – Jacqueline Vaudecrane, French figure skater and coach (d. 2018) * 1914Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (d. 1995) * 1915Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (d. 2014) * 1917
Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...
, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) * 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2012) * 1917 – Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988) *
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009) * 1919Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976) *
1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (d. 2019) * 1920 –
Anne Crawford Imelda Anne Crawford (22 November 1920 – 17 October 1956) was a British film actress, born in Palestine of a Scottish father and an English mother, and brought up in Edinburgh. Biography A contemporary of Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calver ...
, Israeli-English actress (d. 1956) *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
Brian Cleeve Brian Brendon Talbot Cleeve (22 November 1921 – 11 March 2003) was a writer, whose published works include twenty-one novels and over a hundred short stories. He was also an award-winning broadcaster on RTÉ television. Son of an Irish father ...
, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003) * 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004) *
1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
Fikret Amirov Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov ( az, Fikrət Məşədi Cəmil oğlu Əmirov; November 22, 1922, Ganja – February 20, 1984, Baku) was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer. Biography Fikret Amirov grew up in an atmosphere of Azerb ...
, Azerbaijani composer (d. 1984) * 1922 –
Wiyogo Atmodarminto Wiyogo Atmodarminto (22 November 1922 – 19 October 2012) or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. Previously, he served as ...
, Indonesian general and politician, 10th
Governor of Jakarta The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, ...
(d. 2012) * 1922 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the
AR-15 rifle An AR-15-style rifle is any lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design. The original ArmaLite AR-15 is a scaled-down derivative of Eugene Stoner's ArmaLite AR-10 design. The then Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation ...
(d. 1997) * 1923Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2016) * 1923 – Dika Newlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006) *
1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987) * 1924 –
Les Johnson Leslie Royston Johnson AM (22 November 1924 – 26 May 2015) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam Government, serving as Minister for Housing (1972–19 ...
, Australian politician (d. 2015) * 1925
Jerrie Mock Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the '' Spirit of Columbus'' a ...
, American pilot (d. 2014) * 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015) * 1926Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007) * 1926 – Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded
Nautilus, Inc. Nautilus, Inc., located in Vancouver, Washington, United States, is the American worldwide marketer, developer, and manufacturer of fitness equipment brands Bowflex, Modern Movement, Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, and Universal. The products are s ...
and MedX Corporation (d. 2007) * 1927Steven Muller, German-American scholar and academic (d. 2013) * 1927 – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (d. 2008) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (d. 2008) * 1929
Staughton Lynd Staughton Craig Lynd (November 22, 1929 – November 17, 2022) was an American political activist, author, and lawyer.Staughton Lynd, ''Living Inside Our Hope: A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement,'' Cornell University Pres ...
, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist (d. 2022) * 1929 – Keith Rayner, Australian Archbishop * 1930Peter Hall, English actor, director, and manager (d. 2017) * 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (d. 2016) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
Merv Lincoln Mervyn George "Merv" Lincoln (22 November 19331 May 2016) was an Australian middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the mile run at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and twice competed in the Summer Olympic Games. Ca ...
, Australian Olympic athlete (d. 2016) * 1934
Rita Sakellariou Rita Sakellariou ( el, Ρίτα Σακελλαρίου) (born 22 November 1934, Sitia, Crete, Greece – died 6 August 1999, Athens, Greece) was a Greek singer. Biography Her mother originated in Kalymnos and her father in Izmir. As a child, he ...
, Greek singer (d. 1999) * 1935
Ludmila Belousova Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова; 22 November 1935 – 26 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg P ...
, Soviet ice skater (d. 2017) * 1936John Bird, English actor and screenwriter * 1936 –
Archie Gouldie Archibald Edward Gouldie (November 22, 1936 – January 23, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He wrestled for Stampede Wrestling for decades as Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie, with the nickname coming from the wrestler's reputation of ...
, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2016) * 1937Nikolai Kapustin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2020) * 1938
John Eleuthère du Pont John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer and philanthropist. An heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. Du ...
, American businessman and philanthropist, founded
Delaware Museum of Natural History The Delaware Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) is a museum located since January 1, 2022. The museum was founded in 1957 by John Eleuthere du Pont near Greenville, Delaware; it opened in 1972 on a site near Winterthur, Delaware. It is known for ...
(d. 2010) * 1938 – Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic * 1939Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011) * 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2022) * 1940Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter * 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author * 1940 –
Andrzej Żuławski Andrzej Żuławski (; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1 ...
, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016) * 1941Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director * 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1941 – Ron McClure, American jazz bassist * 1941 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013) * 1941 –
Terry Stafford Terry LaVerne Stafford (November 22, 1941 – March 17, 1996) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 US Top 10 hit " Suspicion", and the 1973 country music hit " Amarillo by Morning". Stafford was also known for his Elvi ...
, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996) * 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1942Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut * 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer * 1943Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster * 1943 –
William Kotzwinkle William Kotzwinkle (born November 22, 1943) is an American novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for ''Doctor Rat'' in 1977, and has also won ...
, American novelist and screenwriter * 1943 – Ricky May, New Zealand-Australian jazz singer (d. 1988) * 1943 – Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer * 1943 – Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter * 1945Elaine Weyuker, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic * 1945 –
Kari Tapio Kari Tapani Jalkanen (22 November 1945 – 7 December 2010), better known by his stage name Kari Tapio, was a Finnish schlager and country & western singer. During his career, he was one of the most popular singers in Finland for decades; having ...
, Finnish singer (d. 2010) * 1946
Aston Barrett Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, England. Located immediately to the north-east of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. It is approximately 1.5 miles from Birmingham City Centre. History Aston wa ...
, Jamaican bass player and songwriter * 1947Sandy Alderson, American businessman and academic * 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005) * 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager * 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012) * 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author * 1948
Radomir Antić Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player. Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, wi ...
, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2020) * 1948 – Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (d. 1990) * 1948 –
Saroj Khan Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the first ...
, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (d. 2020) * 1949
Richard Carmona Richard Henry Carmona (born November 22, 1949) is an American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surg ...
, American physician and politician, 17th Surgeon General of the United States * 1949 –
David Pietrusza David Pietrusza (born November 22, 1949 in Amsterdam, New York) is an American author and historian. Career David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically acclaimed works concerning 20th-century American history, including five volumes (" ...
, American author and historian * 1950
Lyman Bostock Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 23, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for four seasons, as an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels (1978), with a li ...
, American baseball player (d. 1978) * 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager * 1950 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer * 1950 – Art Sullivan, Belgian singer (d. 2019) * 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor * 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1951Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager * 1952
Nicholas Suntzeff Nicholas B. Suntzeff (born November 22, 1952, San Francisco) is an American University Distinguished Professor and holds the Mitchell/Heep/ Munnerlyn Chair of Observational Astronomy in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M Univers ...
, American astronomer and cosmologist *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
Wayne Larkins Wayne Larkins (born 22 November 1953) is an English former cricketer, who represented Northamptonshire, Durham and Bedfordshire as an opening batsman throughout his career. He was selected to play for England as Graham Gooch's opening partne ...
, English cricketer and footballer * 1954Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of
TV5 Monde TV5Monde (), formerly known as TV5, is a French public television network, broadcasting several channels of French-language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union. The network is available across ...
* 1954 – Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, 57th Prime Minister of Italy * 1954 – Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
George Alagiah, British journalist * 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
Lawrence Gowan Lawrence Henry Gowan (born 22 November 1956) is a Scottish born Canadian singer and keyboardist. He was born in Glasgow and raised in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. Gowan has been both a solo artist and lead vocalist and keyboardi ...
, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor * 1956 – Ron Randall, American author and illustrator * 1957
Donny Deutsch Donald Jay Deutsch (born November 22, 1957) is an American branding and marketing professional, television personality, and former Chairman of advertising firm Deutsch Inc. He joined his father's advertising firm, David Deutsch Associates, in 19 ...
, American businessman and television host * 1957 – Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist *
1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Horse, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress * 1958 –
Lee Guetterman Arthur Lee Guetterman (born November 22, 1958), nicknamed "Goot," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played from to for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Ba ...
, American baseball player * 1958 – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor * 1958 –
Chic McSherry Charles "Chic" McSherry (born 22 November 1958) is a Scottish rock guitarist, songwriter, author and businessman. In his music career, he has written five studio albums with Doogie White and the band La Paz. In his business career, he is on the ...
, Scottish musician, businessman and writer * 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1959
Eddie Frierson Eddie Frierson is an American voice actor and writer. He has provided voices for such films as ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Hotel Transylvania'', ''The Princess and the Frog'', ''ParaNorman'', ''Curious George'', ''Tangled'' the video games '' Medal of ...
, American actor * 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer * 1959 –
Fabio Parra Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959 in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the ''Novatos'' classification for new riders or riders riding their ...
, Colombian cyclist * 1959 – Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian actress, singer, and politician * 1960
Jim Bob James Robert Morrison, known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author. He was the singer of indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. Biography Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Ja ...
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter *
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Mariel Hemingway, American actress * 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer * 1961 –
Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz (born November 22, 1961), also known as merlyn, is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant. He has written several books on the Perl programming language, and plays a promotional role within the Per ...
, American computer programmer and author * 1962Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano * 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian engineer and author * 1962 – Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet and educator * 1963Hugh Millen, American football player and sportscaster * 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager * 1963 – Kennedy Pola, Samoan-American football player and coach * 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1963 – Corinne Russell, English model, actress, and dancer * 1964Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021) * 1964 – Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster * 1965
Valeriya Gansvind Valeriya I. Gansvind (also spelled Valeria, born 22 November 1965 in Moscow Oblast) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). Biography Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated fr ...
, Estonian chess player * 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist * 1965 – Jörg Jung, German footballer and manager * 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor * 1965 –
Kristin Minter Kristin Minter is an American actress. She is best known as Miranda in '' ER'' (1995–2003). Life and career Minter portrayed Kathy Winslow in the film ''Cool as Ice'' alongside Vanilla Ice and Rachel MacLeod in three episodes of '' Highland ...
, American actress * 1965 – Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper and musician * 1966
Ed Ferrara Edward Ferrara (born November 22, 1966) is an American retired professional wrestler, writer and agent for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, often co-working alongside Vince Russo. He is most known for, in WCW, ...
, American wrestler and manager * 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English lawyer and politician * 1966 – Richard Stanley, South African director, producer, and screenwriter * 1967
Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
, German-Swiss tennis player and coach * 1967 –
Tom Elliott Thomas or Tom Elliott may refer to: * Thomas Elliott (footballer) (1890–?), English footballer * Thomas Elliott (Australian cricketer) (1879–1939), Australian cricketer * Thomas Elliott (New Zealand cricketer) (1867–?), New Zealand cricket ...
, Australian investment banker * 1967 – Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster * 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor and activist * 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater, coach, and sportscaster * 1968Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress * 1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Canadian computer scientist and programmer, created PHP * 1968 – Sarah MacDonald, Canadian organist and conductor *
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Byron Houston, American basketball player * 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator * 1970Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach * 1970 – Chris Fryar, American drummer * 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter * 1971
Cath Bishop Catherine Bishop (born 22 November 1971) is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a dip ...
, English rower * 1971 –
Kyran Bracken Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE (born 22 November 1971) is a world-cup winning former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo. He won a total of 51 England caps and captained the team on three occasi ...
, Irish-English rugby player * 1971 –
Cecilia Suárez María Cecilia Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Cecilia Suárez (Mexican ; born November 22, 1971), is a Mexican actress and a prominent activist working with the United Nations and European Union campaigning against femicide and viole ...
, Mexican actress and producer * 1972Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player * 1972 –
Russell Hoult Russell Hoult (born 22 November 1972) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He notably spent time playing in the Premier League and played for Leicester City, Derby County and West Bromwic ...
, English footballer, coach, and manager * 1972 –
Jay Payton Jason Lee "Jay" Payton (born November 22, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the New York Mets (-), Colorado Rockies (2002-, 2010), San Diego Padres (), Boston Red Sox (), Oakland Athletics (2005-) an ...
, American baseball player and sportscaster * 1973Dmitri Linter, Russian-Estonian activist * 1973 – Chad Trujillo, American astronomer and scholar * 1973 – Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player * 1974Joe Nathan, American baseball player * 1974 –
David Pelletier David Jacques Pelletier (born November 22, 1974) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his former wife Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena Be ...
, Canadian figure skater and coach * 1975Aiko, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1975 –
Joshua Wheeler Joshua Lloyd Wheeler (November 22, 1975 – October 22, 2015) was a United States Army soldier who was killed in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. He was a master sergeant assigned to the elite Delta Force, and was the first American servic ...
, American sergeant (d. 2015) * 1975 – Yusaku Maezawa, Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector * 1976
Adrian Bakalli Adrian Bakalli (born 22 November 1976) is a Belgian former professional footballer. He represented the Belgium Under-21 side. He played for R.W.D. Molenbeek and Rode Verrewinkel before joining English side Watford in January 1999. During t ...
, Belgian footballer * 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach * 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer and businesswoman * 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter * 1977
Kerem Gönlüm Kerem Gönlüm (born November 22, 1977) is a Turkish former professional basketball player for Sigortam.net İTÜ Basket of the Turkish Basketball League. In 2019 January, he started punditry on a local radio station. Gonlum served a one-year ba ...
, Turkish basketball player * 1977 –
Annika Norlin Annika Norlin (born 22 November 1977), of Östersund, Sweden, is a Swedish pop artist, journalist and author who makes music under the names Hello Saferide (in English) and Säkert! (in Swedish).Michael Preston Michael Preston (born Jack Davies; 14 May 1938) is an English international film and television actor, and singer, sometimes credited as Mike Preston. Life and career Preston was born in Hackney, London, England. He was a boxer and then beca ...
, English footballer * 1978Colin Best, Australian rugby league player * 1978 – Mélanie Doutey, French actress and singer * 1978 – Karen O, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1979Jeremy Dale, American illustrator (d. 2014) * 1979 –
Christian Terlizzi Christian Terlizzi (; born 22 November 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who last played for Marsala as a defender. He played for clubs on all professional levels of Italian football, including U.S. Città di Palermo, U.C. Sam ...
, Italian footballer *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...
David Artell David John Artell (born 22 November 1980) is a professional football manager and former player who most recently was manager of club Crewe Alexandra. He began his career as a centre back with Rotherham United, as the "Millers" won successive ...
, English-Gibraltarian footballer and coach * 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster * 1980 – Rait Keerles, Estonian basketball player * 1980 –
Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov (, born November 22, 1980, in Mogilyev, Belarusian SSR) is a retired Russian high jumper. He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Vícto ...
, Russian high jumper * 1981Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, Arab-Danish social worker and politician * 1981 –
Ben Adams Benjamin “Ben” Edward Stephen Adams (born 22 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter from Ascot, England, best known as a member of the British-Norwegian boy band A1. Early life Born in Ascot, Adams attended Westminster Unde ...
, English-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer * 1981 – Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress and singer * 1981 –
Pape Sow Pape Sow (pronounced "Pop So"; born 22 November 1981) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and for several European and Asian teams. College career Sow is fluent in three differen ...
, Senegalese basketball player * 1981 – Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1981 – Shangela Laquifa Wadley, American drag queen, comedian and reality television personality * 1982
Xavier Doherty Xavier John Doherty (born 22 November 1982) is a former Australian international cricketer who played Australian domestic cricket with Tasmania and internationally for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm orthodox bowler ...
, Australian cricketer * 1982 – Alasdair Duncan, Australian journalist and author * 1982 –
Isild Le Besco Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including ''Sade'' (2000), a French ...
, French actress, director, and screenwriter * 1982 – Yakubu, Nigerian footballer * 1983Sei Ashina, Japanese actress * 1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist and songwriter * 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1983 –
Peter Ramage Peter Iain Ramage (born 22 November 1983) is an English football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Newcastle United U23 team. Ramage began his career with Newcastle United as an academy player before progress ...
, English footballer * 1983 – Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter * 1984Scarlett Johansson, American actress * 1984 –
Nathalie Nordnes Nathalie Nordnes (born 22 November 1984, in Bergen) is a Norwegian singer. She released her first album on Virgin Records in 2003, and her fourth album in November 2011. Most of her recorded output is sung in English. Her debut album ''Hush Hush ...
, Norwegian singer-songwriter * 1985
Austin Brown Nathaniel Austin Brown (born November 22, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer Early life Brown was born in Tarzana, California, on November 22, 1985, to Nathaniel Brown and Rebbie Jackson. He is a member of the Jackson ...
, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer * 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer * 1985 –
Dieumerci Mbokani Dieudonné "Dieumerci" Mbokani Bezua (born 22 November 1985) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Beveren. He is captain of the DR Congo national football team. He has previously played for TP Mazembe, Anderlecht, V ...
, Congolese footballer * 1985 – Ava Leigh, English singer-songwriter * 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player * 1985 –
James Roby James William Mark Roby (born 22 November 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for St Helens in the Super League, and for Great Britain and England at international level. He has played his ent ...
, English rugby league player * 1985 – DeVon Walker, American football player *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...
Erika Padilla Erika Padilla (born November 22, 1986) is a Filipino actress, TV host, model and sideline reporter. Early life Padilla's father is General Ricardo Ilagan Padilla, a former regional director of Region 4 Calabarzon and the incumbent Mayor of Bon ...
, Filipino actress and host * 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter * 1987
Martti Aljand Martti Aljand (born 22 November 1987 in Tallinn) is an Estonian individual medley and breaststroke swimmer. At 2008 Summer Olympics he finished 45th in 100 m breaststroke with national record and 46th in 200 m breaststroke.
, Estonian swimmer * 1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer * 1988
Jamie Campbell Bower James Metcalfe Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor and singer. He made his feature film debut in 2007 with a supporting role in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. He went on to feature in '' The Twiligh ...
, English actor, model and singer * 1988 –
Austin Romine Austin Allen Romine (born November 22, 1988) is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Card ...
, American baseball player *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
Candice Glover Candice Rickelle Glover (born November 22, 1989) is an American R&B singer and actress who won the twelfth season of ''American Idol''. Glover is the first winner to have auditioned three times before being cast for the live shows. Her debut a ...
, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1989 – Minehiro Kinomoto, Japanese actor * 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer * 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer *
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
Jang Dongwoo, South Korean singer and dancer * 1990 – Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor * 1990 – Brock Osweiler, American football player * 1991
Tarik Black Tarik Bernard Black (; born November 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He has previously played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets in the Natio ...
, American professional basketball player * 1993Tridha Choudhury, Indian actress * 1993 –
Adèle Exarchopoulos Adèle Exarchopoulos (; born 22 November 1993 in Paris) is a French actress. She is best known for her leading role as Adèle in ''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' (2013), for which she earned international attention and critical acclaim; at the 201 ...
, French actress *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
Keiji Tanaka is a retired Japanese figure skater. He is the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 U.S. Classic champion, 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and a two-time Japanese national silver medalist (2016, 2 ...
, Japanese figure skater * 1994 – Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer * 1994 –
Samantha Bricio Samantha Bricio (born November 22, 1994) is a Mexican volleyball professional player, the youngest player to play for the Mexico national team in its history. Bricio played in the 2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship (finishing ninth) and ...
, Mexican volleyball player * 1994 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor * 1995Katherine McNamara, American actress * 1996
Hailey Baldwin Hailey Rhode Bieber (; born November 22, 1996) is an American model, media personality, and socialite. She has been featured in major ads for Guess, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. Early life and family Hailey Rhode Baldwin was born in Tu ...
, American model * 1996 – JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player * 2000
Auliʻi Cravalho Chloe Auliʻi Cravalho (; born November 22, 2000) is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film '' Moana''. She went on to star in ...
, Hawaiian-American actress and singer * 2000 –
Baby Ariel Ariel Rebecca Martin (born November 22, 2000), known professionally as Baby Ariel, is an American social media personality known for her videos on the social media platform musical.ly (now known as TikTok). She was recognized as one of the mo ...
, American social media vlogger and singer * 2001Zhong Chenle, Chinese singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 365Antipope Felix II * 950Lothair II of Italy (b. 926) * 1249As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt * 1286Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249) * 1318Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271) * 1392Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (b. 1362) * 1538
John Lambert John Lambert may refer to: * John Lambert (martyr) (died 1538), English Protestant martyred during the reign of Henry VIII *John Lambert (general) (1619–1684), Parliamentary general in the English Civil War * John Lambert of Creg Clare (''fl.'' c ...
, English Protestant martyr


1601–1900

* 1617
Ahmed I Ahmed I ( ota, احمد اول '; tr, I. Ahmed; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal f ...
, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and
Caliph of Islam A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
(b. 1590) * 1694John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630) * 1697
Libéral Bruant Libéral Bruant (''ca'' 1635 – Paris, 22 November 1697), was a French architect best known as the designer of the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, which is now dominated by the dome erected by Jules Hardouin Mansart, his collaborator in earlier ...
, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (b. 1635) * 1718Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680) * 1758Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680) *
1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs c ...
Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (b. 1725) * 1794
John Alsop John Alsop Jr. (1724 – November 22, 1794) was an American merchant and politician from New York City. As a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, he signed the 1774 Continental Association. Early life Alsop was ...
, American merchant and politician (b. 1724) * 1813Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759) * 1819John Stackhouse, English botanist and phycologist (b. 1742) *
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826) *
1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 ...
, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812) * 1886Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823) * 1896
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Early life Ferris was bor ...
, American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859) * 1900Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)


1901–present

* 1902Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851) * 1913Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837) * 1916Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876) * 1917Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842) * 1919Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852) *
1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
Manuel Pérez y Curis Manuel Pérez y Curis (May 21, 1884 – November 22, 1920) was a Uruguayan poet, born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Biography Pérez y Curis was the son of Julián Pérez Rial and Manuela Curis. ''Apolo'' magazine, which appeared monthly and contai ...
, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884) * 1923Andy O'Sullivan (Irish Republican) died on Hunger Strike * 1926
Darvish Khan Darvish Khan ( fa, درویش‌خان , Gholam Hossein Darvish; 1872 – 22 November 1926) was a Persian classical musician and a tar player.http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=44944 Biography Darvish Khan was born in Tehran. His tea ...
, Iranian tar player (b. 1872) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862) * 1941Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915) * 1943Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895) *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882) * 1946
Otto Georg Thierack Otto Georg Thierack (19 April 188926 October 1946) was a German Nazi jurist and politician. Early life and career Thierack was born in Wurzen in Saxony. He took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 as a volunteer, reaching the rank ...
, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889) * 1948Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868) * 1954Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882) *
1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895) *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882) * 1963Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905) * 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894) * 1963 – John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
(b. 1917) * 1963 –
C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge Univer ...
, British writer, critic and Christian apologist (b. 1898) * 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer ( Dallas Police Department) (b. 1924) * 1967Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892) * 1976Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936) *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...
Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913) * 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901) * 1980 – Mae West, American stage and film actress (b. 1893) * 1981Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1900) *
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...
Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910) * 1988Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer, designed the Torres de Satélite (b. 1908) *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
C. C. Beck Charles Clarence Beck (June 8, 1910 – November 22, 1989) was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel (today known as Shazam!) at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics. Early life C. C. Beck was born on J ...
, American illustrator (b. 1910) * 1989 – René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925) * 1992Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905) * 1993Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1917) *
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
Minni Nurme Minni Katharina Nurme (born 30 October 1917 in Aidu Parish, today Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County; died 22 November 1994 in Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. Life and career Born Minni Neumann, Nurme graduated from the girls' school in Viljandi ...
, Estonian writer and poet (b. 1917) * 1994 –
Forrest White Forrest Fred White (21 May 1920 in West Virginia - 22 November 1994 in Banning, California) was an American musical instruments industry executive, best known for his association with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. White began working a ...
, American businessman (b. 1920) * 1996
María Casares María Casares (21 November 1922 – 22 November 1996) was a Spanish-born French actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage and cinema. She was credited in France as Maria Casarès. Early life Casares was born María V ...
, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922) * 1996 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936) * 1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924) * 1997Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960) * 1998Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953) * 2000Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927) * 2000 –
Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 21 November 2000) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final me ...
, Czech runner (b. 1922) * 2001Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915) * 2001 – Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923) * 2001 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918) * 2002Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914) * 2004
Arthur Hopcraft Arthur Hopcraft (30 November 1932 – 22 November 2004) was an English scriptwriter, well known for his TV plays such as '' The Nearly Man'', and for his small-screen adaptations such as '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''; ''Hard Times'', ''Bl ...
, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932) * 2005
Bruce Hobbs Bruce Robertson Hobbs (December 27, 1920 – November 22, 2005) was an English jockey and racehorse trainer. Born on Long Island, New York, Hobbs became the youngest jockey ever to ride the winner of the English Grand National when successful ...
, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920) * 2006
Asima Chatterjee Asima Chatterjee (23 September 1917 – 22 November 2006) was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine.''The Shaping of Indian Science''. p. 1036. Indian Science Congress Association, Pr ...
, Indian chemist (b. 1917) * 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942) * 2007Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1929) * 2007 – Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935) *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971) * 2010
Jean Cione Jean S. Cione ��Cy″(June 23, 1928 – November 22, 2010) was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 143 lb., She batted and threw left-handed. AAGPBL rules of play The ...
, American baseball player and educator (b. 1928) * 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914) * 2011Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author and educator (b. 1926) * 2011 –
Sena Jurinac Srebrenka "Sena" Jurinac () (24 October 1921 – 22 November 2011) was a Bosnian-born Austrian operatic soprano. Biography Jurinac was born in Travnik, Bosnia-Herzegovina (then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), the daughter of a Croatian fa ...
, Bosnian-Austrian soprano and actress (b. 1921) * 2011 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938) * 2011 – Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931) * 2012Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909) * 2012 –
Bryce Courtenay Arthur Bryce Courtenay, (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book '' The Power of One''. Background and early ye ...
, South African-Australian author (b. 1933) * 2012 –
Bennie McRae Benjamin Prince "Bennie" McRae (December 8, 1939November 22, 2012) was an American football player. A native of Newport News, Virginia, McRae played college football as a halfback at the University of Michigan from 1959 to 1961 and professiona ...
, American football player (b. 1939) * 2012 –
P. Govinda Pillai P. Govinda Pillai (23 May 1926 – 22 November 2012) was a veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and ideologue from Kerala, India, and former Chief Editor of Deshabhimani. Biography Pillai was born on 23 May 1926 in Pulluva ...
, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926) * 2013Don Dailey, American computer programmer (b. 1956) * 2013 – Brian Dawson, English singer (b. 1939) * 2013 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983) * 2013 – Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935) * 2013 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2013 –
Alec Reid Alexander Reid (5 August 1931 – 22 November 2013) was an Irish Catholic priest noted for his facilitator role in the Northern Ireland peace process, a role BBC journalist Peter Taylor subsequently described as "absolutely critical" to i ...
, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931) *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
Fiorenzo Angelini Fiorenzo Angelini (1 August 1916 – 22 November 2014) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Curia, and was elevate ...
, Italian cardinal (b. 1916) * 2014 – Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923) * 2014 – Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947) * 2014 –
Émile Poulat Émile Poulat (; June 13, 1920 – November 22, 2014), was until 1954 a Catholic priest, associated with the Prêtres Ouvriers movement, and thereafter a French historian and sociologist. Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sc ...
, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920) * 2015Abubakar Audu, Nigerian banker and politician,
Governor of Kogi State This is a list of Kogi State administrators and governors. Kogi State was created on 27 August, 1991 out of Benue State and Kwara State. See also * States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria References *{{cite web , url=http://ww ...
(b. 1947) * 2015 –
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of ...
, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949) * 2015 – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948) * 2015 –
Robin Stewart Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom '' Bless This House''. Early life ...
, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946) * 2015 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th
President of South Korea The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and ...
(b. 1929) * 2016
M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...
, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930) * 2017Bob Avakian, American music producer (b. 1919) * 2017 – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962) * 2017 – Tommy Keene, American singer songwriter (b. 1958) * 2020Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (b. 1924)


Holidays and observances

* Arbour Day (
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) * Christian Calendar of saints, feast day: **Amphilochius of Iconium ** Saint Cecilia, Cecilia **St George's Day (Georgia), George (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, a national holiday in Georgia (country), Georgia) **Saint Herbert, Herbert **Saint Philemon, Philemon and Apphia **Pragmatius of Autun ** November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Public holidays in Azerbaijan, Day of Justice (Azerbaijan) *Congress of Manastir, Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and Albanians, ethnic Albanians) * Lebanese Independence Day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943. * Teacher's Day (Costa Rica)


References


External links

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