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Pre-1600

* 332 BC
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
is crowned
pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
of
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
.


1601–1900

* 1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first
comet A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. This produces an extended, gravitationally unbound atmosphere or Coma (cometary), coma surrounding ...
to be discovered by telescope. * 1770James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the
Nile The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...
. * 1812
Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...
: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein. * 1851 – ''
Moby-Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler ...
'', a novel by
Herman Melville Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works ar ...
, is published in the USA. * 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.


1901–present

* 1910
Aviator An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators because they a ...
Eugene Burton Ely Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an American aviator, aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft takeoff and landing. Background Ely was born in Williamsburg, Iowa, and raised in Davenport, Iowa. H ...
performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS ''Birmingham'' in a Curtiss pusher. * 1914 – The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu,
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
– The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
meets to devise a constitution. * 1920 – '' Pesäpallo'', the Finnish version of
baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. * 1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of ''Mundo obrero''. * 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom. *
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
– The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting
Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
to the North Shore region, opens to traffic. * 1940
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: In England,
Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...
is heavily bombed by German
Luftwaffe The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. * 1941 – World War II: The
aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering carrier-based aircraft, shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the ...
sinks due to torpedo damage from the sustained on November 13. * 1941 – World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day. * 1952 – The ''
New Musical Express ''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming and culture website, bimonthly magazine, and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a " rock inkie", the ''NME'' would become a maga ...
'' publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart. * 1957 – The " Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee. * 1960Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in
Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
. *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and
North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; ; VNDCCH), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it o ...
ese forces. * 1967 – The
Congress of Colombia The Congress of the Republic of Colombia () is the name given to Colombia's bicameral national legislature. The Congress of Colombia consists of the 108-seat Senate, and the 188-seat Chamber of Representatives, Members of both houses are e ...
, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman". * 1967 – American physicist
Theodore Maiman Theodore Harold Maiman (July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007) was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser.Johnson, John Jr. (May 11, 2008). "Theodore H. Maiman, at age 32; scientist created the first L ...
is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser. * 1969
Apollo program The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which Moon landing, landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo followed Project Mercury that put the first Americans in sp ...
:
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. * 1970
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization. * 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the
Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...
football
team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ...
. *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
– '' Mariner 9'' enters orbit around
Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
. *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
– In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. * 1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins. *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara. * 1977 – During a British
House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom. *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
conducts the ''Aphrodite'' nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests. *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis. * 1982
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 Polish presidential election, 1990 election, Wałę ...
, the leader of Poland's outlawed
Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...
movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. * 1984Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President
Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...
, is assassinated in his home city. * 1990 – After
German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...
, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a
treaty A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations that is governed by international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention ...
confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland. *1990 – While on approach to
Zurich Airport Zurich Airport is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest o ...
, Alitalia Flight 404 crashes into Stadlerberg Mountain near Weiach, killing 46. * 1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan
intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...
officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. * 1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in
exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...
. * 1992 – In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30. * 1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs. * 2001War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital
Kabul Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...
. * 2001 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. * 2003 – Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian
dwarf planet A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be hydrostatic equilibrium, gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve clearing the neighbourhood, orbital dominance like the ...
. * 2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C. *2008 – Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station. *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
launches a major military operation in the
Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...
in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by
Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...
. * 2016 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes
Kaikōura Kaikōura (; ) is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, located on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1, north of Christchurch. The town has an estimated permanent resident population of as of . Kaikōura is th ...
,
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people. * 2017 – A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home. * 2019A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.


Births


Pre-1600

* 1449Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (died 1510) * 1487John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (died 1548) * 1501Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (died 1575) * 1531Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604)


1601–1900

*
1601 This Epoch (reference date)#Computing, epoch is the beginning of the 400-year Gregorian leap-year cycle within which digital files first existed; the last year of any such cycle is the only leap year whose year number is divisible by 100. Jan ...
John Eudes, French priest and missionary (died 1680) * 1650
William III of England William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, Zeeland, Lordship of Utrecht, Utrec ...
, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1702) * 1663Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (died 1712) * 1719Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1787) * 1765
Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the (also known as ''Clermont''). In 1807, that steamboat ...
, American engineer, Early
steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels worki ...
pioneer (died 1815) * 1771Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (died 1802) * 1776Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (died 1847) * 1777Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (died 1859) *
1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1837) * 1779Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (died 1850) * 1797Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (died 1875) * 1803Jacob Abbott, American author (died 1879) * 1805Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (died 1847) * 1812Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (died 1878) * 1812 – Maria Cristina of Savoy (died 1836) * 1816John Curwen, English minister and educator (died 1880) *
1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organiz ...
James B. McPherson, American general (died 1864) * 1832Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (died 1920) * 1838August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (died 1881) * 1840Claude Monet, French painter (died 1926) * 1856Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (died 1945) * 1861Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (died 1932) * 1863Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (died 1944) * 1869John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (died 1944) * 1871Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1936) * 1875Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (died 1899) * 1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (died 1944) * 1877Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (died 1968) * 1878Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (died 1966) * 1878 – Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (died 1957) * 1883Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942) * 1889Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Union Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, despite the president of ...
(died 1964) * 1891Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1941) * 1893Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner (died 1975) * 1895Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (died 1972) * 1897
John Steuart Curry John Steuart Curry (November 14, 1897 – August 29, 1946) was an American painter whose career spanned the years from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting rural life in his home state, Kansas. Along with Thomas Hart B ...
, American painter and academic (died 1946) * 1898Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944) * 1900Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1990)


1901–present

* 1904Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (died 1970) * 1904 – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (died 1995) * 1904 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1963) * 1905John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (died 1964) * 1906Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (died 1985) * 1907Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1995) * 1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (died 2002) * 1907 – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (died 2003) * 1908
Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age ...
, American captain, lawyer, and politician ref name="UPI" /> * 1910Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (died 2001) * 1910 – Eric Malpass, English author (died 1996) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (died 1979) * 1912 – Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (died 2003) * 1914Ken Carson, American Western singer (died 1994) * 1915Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (died 2001) * 1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (died 2006) * 1916Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1994) * 1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2011) * 1917
Park Chung Hee Park Chung Hee (; ; November14, 1917October26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until Assassination of Park Chung ...
, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (died 1979) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (died 1999) * 1919Johnny Desmond, American singer (died 1985) * 1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (died 2013) * 1920Mary Greyeyes, the first
First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...
woman to join the
Canadian Armed Forces The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; , FAC) are the unified Military, military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air commands referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Under the ''National Defenc ...
(died 2011) * 1921Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (died 2005) * 1921 – Brian Keith, American actor and director (died 1997) * 1922Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (died 2016) * 1922 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (died 1973) * 1924Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1982) * 1925Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (died 2013) * 1925 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (died 2012) * 1927Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (died 2012) * 1927 – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (died 2015) * 1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (died 1996) * 1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1997) * 1928Kathleen Hughes, American actress (died 2025) * 1929Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (died 1997) * 1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2017) * 1930Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (died 2015) * 1930 – Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (died 2020) * 1930 – Michael Robbins, English actor (died 1992) * 1930 – Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (died 1967) * 1932Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (died 2011) * 1933
Fred Haise Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the United States Marine Corps Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps and United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He ...
, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut * 1934Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 2015) * 1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (died 2020) * 1934 – Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Hussein of Jordan Hussein bin Talal (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952 until Death and state funeral of King Hussein, his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemites, Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hu ...
(died 1999) * 1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist * 1936Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (died 2007) * 1936 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (died 2006) * 1936 – Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (died 1990) * 1937Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (died 2023) * 1937 – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014) * 1939Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer * 1942Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (died 2011) * 1942 – Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
Peter Norton, American programmer and author * 1944
Karen Armstrong Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and Christian mysticism, mystical ...
, English author and academic * 1944 – Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player * 1945Louise Ellman, English academic and politician * 1945 – Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (died 2022) * 1945 – Brett Lunger, American race car driver *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (died 1998) * 1946 – Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician * 1947P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (died 2022) * 1947 – Nat Young, Australian surfer and author * 1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (died 2016) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and ...
, King of the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
* 1948 – Paul Dacre, English journalist * 1948 – Michael Dobbs, English author and politician * 1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (died 2009) *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer * 1949 – Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter * 1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor * 1949 – Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor * 1949 – James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1951Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor * 1951 – Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer * 1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer * 1952Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter * 1952 – Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter * 1952 – Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Tim Bowler, English children's author * 1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th
Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (), officially the prime minister of the French Republic (''Premier ministre de la République française''), is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of its Council of Ministers. The prime ...
* 1954Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2023) * 1954 –
Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault (; born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five times the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time. In ...
, French cyclist * 1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State * 1954 – Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver * 1954 – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer * 1955Philip Egan, English bishop * 1955 – Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar * 1956 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2010) * 1956 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (died 2021) * 1956 – Valerie Jarrett, American government official * 1959Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer * 1959 – Paul McGann, English actor * 1961D. B. Sweeney, American actor *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Laura San Giacomo, American actress * 1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter * 1963Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter * 1964Bill Hemmer, American journalist * 1964 –
Joseph Simmons Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), better known by the stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is an American rapper, producer, DJ, and television personality. Simmons is one of the founding members of the influential Hip-hop, hip hop g ...
, American hip-hop artist * 1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian * 1966Charles Hazlewood, English conductor * 1966 – Petra Rossner, German cyclist * 1967Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter * 1968
Lionel Simmons Lionel James "L-Train" Simmons (born November 14, 1968) is an Americans, American former professional basketball player. Early life Simmons led South Philadelphia High School to a Philadelphia Public League boys' championship in 1986, getting an ...
, American basketball player * 1969Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1970Dana Stubblefield, American football player *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster * 1971 – Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author * 1971 – Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster * 1972 – Josh Duhamel, American model and actor * 1972 – Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania * 1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer * 1972 – Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player * 1972 – Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach * 1972 – Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster * 1972 – Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Lawyer Milloy, American football player * 1973 – Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player * 1973 – Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor * 1974Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef * 1974 – Sofie Merckx, Belgian politician * 1974 – David Moscow, American actor * 1974 – Joe Principe, American singer and bass player *
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer * 1975 – Stephen Guarino, American actor * 1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic * 1977Brian Dietzen, American actor * 1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper and producer *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player * 1978 – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer * 1978 – Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress * 1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player * 1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress * 1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress * 1979 – Pushkar Lele, Indian singer * 1979 – Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer * 1979 – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman * 1980 – Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress * 1981Vanessa Bayer, American actress * 1981 – Tom Ferrier, English race car driver * 1981 – Russell Tovey, English actor * 1982
Boosie Badazz Torence Ivy Hatch Jr. (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil' Boosie), is an American rapper. Hatch began rapping in the 1990s as a member of the Southern hip hop collective Concentr ...
, American rapper * 1982 – Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai * 1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player * 1982 – Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter * 1983Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player * 1983 – Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer * 1983 – Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter * 1983 – Miriam Barnes, American sprinter and hurdler * 1984Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer * 1984 – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer * 1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer * 1985Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer * 1986Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler * 1986 – Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach * 1986 – Cory Michael Smith, American actor *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer * 1988Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler * 1988 – Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress * 1989Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer * 1989 – T. Y. Hilton, American football player * 1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer * 1989 – Stella Maeve, American actress * 1990Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer * 1990 – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008) * 1991Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist * 1991 – Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player * 1991 – Graham Patrick Martin, American actor * 1991 – Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist * 1993Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player * 1993 – Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor * 1993 – Samuel Umtiti, French footballer * 1996Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player * 1996 – Dawson Knox, American football player * 1997Noussair Mazraoui, Moroccan footballer * 1997 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer * 1997 – Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer * 1998Sofia Kenin, American tennis player * 1998 – DeVonta Smith, American football player * 2000Xiyeon, South Korean singer and actress


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 565
Justinian I Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
, Byzantine emperor (born 482) * 669Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (born 614) * 940Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier * 976Taizu, Chinese emperor (born 927) * 1060Geoffrey II, count of Anjou * 1189William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex * 1226Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (born 1193) * 1263Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (born 1220) * 1346Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna * 1359Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (born 1296) * 1391Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (born 1340) * 1442Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (born 1384) * 1522Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (born 1461) * 1539Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot * 1556Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (born 1504)


1601–1900

* 1633William Ames, English philosopher and academic (born 1576) * 1687Nell Gwyn, English mistress of
Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest su ...
(born 1650) * 1691Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (born 1617) * 1716
Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in ad ...
, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1646) * 1734Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (born 1649) * 1739Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (born 1683) * 1746Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (born 1709) * 1749Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (born 1713) * 1817Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (born 1795) * 1825
Jean Paul Jean Paul (; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Life and work Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Ficht ...
, German journalist and author (born 1763) * 1829Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (born 1763) * 1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a 19th-century German idealist. His influence extends across a wide range of topics from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political philosophy and t ...
, German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1770) * 1831 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (born 1757) * 1832Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (born 1737) * 1844John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (born 1780) * 1844 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (born 1803) * 1864
Franz Müller Franz Müller (31 October 184014 November 1864) was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train. The case caught the imagination of the public due to increasing safety fears about rail tra ...
, German tailor and murderer (born 1840) * 1866Miguel I of Portugal (born 1802)


1901–present

* 1907Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1848) * 1908Guangxu Emperor of China (born 1871) * 1910John La Farge, American artist (born 1835) * 1914Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (born 1861) * 1915Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (born 1856) * 1916Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (born 1862) * 1916 – Saki, British short story writer (born 1870) *
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (born 1874) * 1921Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (born 1846) * 1930Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (born 1883) * 1932Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (born 1884) * 1937Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (born 1866) * 1939Bluey, Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (born 1910) * 1944Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (born 1873) * 1944 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (born 1892) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1876) * 1947Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (born 1873) * 1966Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (born 1921) *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1900) * 1974Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (born 1904) * 1977A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (born 1896) * 1981Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (born 1941) * 1984Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (born 1916) * 1984 – Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1912) * 1988Haywood S. Hansell, American general (born 1903) * 1989Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (born 1910) * 1990Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (born 1919) * 1991Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928) * 1992Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (born 1925) *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
Tom Villard, American actor (born 1953) * 1995Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (born 1911) * 1996Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (born 1928) * 1996 – John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (born 1929) * 1997Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (born 1916) * 1997 – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1905) * 2000Robert Trout, American journalist (born 1908) * 2001Charlotte Coleman, English actress (born 1968) * 2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1922) * 2002Eddie Bracken, American actor (born 1915) * 2002 – Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (born 1909) * 2003Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1962) *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (born 1939) * 2006Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (born 1926) * 2008Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (born 1931) * 2008 – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927) *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Wes Santee, American runner (born 1932) *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (born 1936) * 2011 – Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (born 1970) * 2011 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950) *
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974) * 2012 – Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930) * 2012 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936) * 2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960) * 2012 – Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933) *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (born 1951) * 2013 – Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (born 1938) * 2013 – Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965) *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924) * 2014 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created '' Battlestar Galactica'' (born 1937) * 2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984) * 2015K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929) * 2015 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926) * 2016Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (born 1955) * 2020Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (born 1919) * 2020 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (born 1932) * 2024Vic Flick, English guitarist (born 1937) * 2024 – Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer (born 1943)


Holidays and observances

* Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...
) * Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) *Christian feast day: ** Alberic of Utrecht **All Saints of the Carmelites **All Souls of the Benedictine family ** Barlaam of Kiev (
Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...
) ** Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux) ** Hypatius of Gangra ** Joseph Pignatelli SJ **
Justinian I Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
(
Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...
and Lutheran Church) ** Laurence O'Toole ** Nikola Tavelic ** Philip the Apostle (
Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...
) ** Samuel Seabury (
Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a Christian Full communion, communion consisting of the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, ...
) ** Serapion of Algiers ** Sidonius (Saëns) ** Venera (Veneranda) ** November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Day of the Colombian Woman (
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
) * Mobile Brigade Day (
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
) * World Diabetes Day ( International) * Dobruja Day (
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
)


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