EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST

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• 3340 BC – Earliest believed record of an eclipse.
• 1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
• 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
• 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
• 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
• 1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
• 1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
• 1824 – Ground is broken at Allanburg, Ontario, for the building of the first Welland Canal.
• 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
• 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
• 1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
• 1886 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
• 1902 – American Old West: Kid Curry Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
• 1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154.
• 1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
• 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
• 1939 – Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
• 1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
• 1947 – 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
• 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
• 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
• 1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1967 – The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
• 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
• 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
• 1982 – Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.
• 1989 – Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
• 1993 – American National Football League awards 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• 1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
• 1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
• 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
• 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall. He calls terrorists "yesterday's men".
• 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
• 1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
• 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
• 2001 – In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway (aka The Green River Killer) is arrested.
• 2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
• 2004 – Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
• 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
• 2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

Births[edit]

• 539 – Gregory of Tours, French bishop and saint (d. 594)
• 1340 – John, Duke of Berry (d. 1416)
• 1364 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, Scottish soldier (d. 1390)
• 1427 – Casimir IV Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1492)
• 1466 – Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (d. 1560)
• 1498 – Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish captain and explorer (d. 1568)
• 1508 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (d. 1580)
• 1554 – Philip Sidney, English soldier, courtier, and poet (d. 1586)
• 1594 – John Cosin, English bishop and academic (d. 1672)
• 1625 – Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
• 1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author (d. 1698)
• 1645 – Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706)
• 1667 – Jonathan Swift, Irish priest and poet (d. 1745)
• 1670 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722)
• 1683 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
• 1719 – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772)
• 1722 – Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (d. 1761)
• 1723 – William Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
• 1748 – Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)
• 1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
• 1764 – Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827)
• 1768 – Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838)
• 1781 – Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1791 – Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician (d. 1848)
• 1796 – Carl Loewe, German singer, composer, and conductor (d. 1869)
• 1810 – Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880)
• 1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)
• 1813 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (d. 1888)
• 1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)
• 1821 – Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (d. 1902)
• 1825 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (d. 1905)
• 1835 – Mark Twain, American author and critic (d. 1910)
• 1836 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, English politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1882)
• 1840 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928)
• 1847 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
• 1857 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
• 1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
• 1863 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (d. 1897)
• 1869 – Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Princess Henriette of Belgium (d. 1948)
• 1872 – John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (d. 1918)
• 1874 – Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1874 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1970)
• 1887 – Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
• 1889 – Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (d. 1971)
• 1898 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1904 – Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)
• 1906 – John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (d. 1977)
• 1906 – Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (d. 2008)
• 1907 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (d. 2012)
• 1909 – Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (Memphis Jug Band) (d. 1967)
• 1911 – Jorge Negrete, Mexican-American singer and actor (d. 1953)
• 1912 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966)
• 1912 – Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Brownie McGhee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Virginia Mayo, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Stuart Lancaster, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Graham Crowden, Scottish actor and singer (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator and politician (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Allan Sherman, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1928 – Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach
• 1928 – Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street
• 1930 – G. Gordon Liddy, American lawyer and radio host
• 1931 – Jack Ging, American actor
• 1931 – Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Margot Zemach, American illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1932 – Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader (The Nashville A-Team)
• 1932 – Cho Namchul, South Korean Go player (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Sam Gilliam, American painter
• 1933 – Jeanloup Sieff, French photographer (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Dennis Stevens, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician
• 1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989)
• 1937 – Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer and guitarist
• 1937 – Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer
• 1937 – Tom Simpson, English cyclist (d. 1967)
• 1937 – Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American physician and author
• 1938 – Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1938 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Kevin Phillips, American journalist and author
• 1940 – Peter Shreeves, Welsh footballer, coach, and manager
• 1940 – Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician
• 1943 – Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – George Graham, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1944 – Dian Parkinson, American model, Miss District of Columbia USA 1965
• 1945 – Hilary Armstrong, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1945 – Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple, Episode Six, and Rainbow)
• 1945 – Radu Lupu, Romanian-Swiss pianist
• 1945 – Mary Millington, English porn actress and model (d. 1979)
• 1945 – John R. Powers, American author and playwright (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Stan Sulzmann, English saxophonist
• 1946 – George Duffield, English jockey
• 1947 – Stuart Baird, English director and producer
• 1947 – Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet
• 1947 – Jude Ciccolella, American actor
• 1947 – David Mamet, American director, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek actor and singer (d. 2004)
• 1949 – Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Chris Claremont, English-American author
• 1950 – Tom Durkin, American sportscaster
• 1951 – June Chadwick, English actress
• 1952 – Semyon Bychkov, Russian-American conductor
• 1952 – Keith Giffen, American author and illustrator
• 1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
• 1953 – Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – June Pointer, American singer and actress (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
• 1953 – Jessie St. James, American porn actress
• 1954 – Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress and fashion designer
• 1954 – Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic
• 1955 – Michael Beschloss, American historian and author
• 1955 – Richard Burr, American businessman, academic, and politician
• 1955 – Kevin Conroy, American actor
• 1955 – Andy Gray, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 – Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter and actor (Generation X and Chelsea)
• 1955 – Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1957 – John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Psychedelic Furs)
• 1957 – Richard Barbieri, English keyboard player and songwriter (Porcupine Tree, Japan, and The Dolphin Brothers)
• 1957 – Andrew Calhoun, American singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Joël Champetier, Canadian author
• 1957 – Patrick McLoughlin, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1957 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Margaret Spellings, American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education
• 1958 – Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
• 1958 – Stacey Q, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Q and SSQ)
• 1958 – IZ the Wiz, American painter (d. 2009)
• 1959 – Giannis Aggelakas, Greek singer, songwriter, and poet
• 1959 – Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Runaways)
• 1959 – Lorraine Kelly, Scottish journalist and actress
• 1959 – Hugo Swire, English politician
• 1960 – Rich Fields, American meteorologist and game show announcer
• 1960 – Bill Halter, American scholar and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
• 1960 – Gary Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1960 – Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
• 1962 – Daniel Keys Moran, American computer programmer and author
• 1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Jushin Thunder Liger, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1965 – Aldair, Brazilian footballer
• 1965 – Lee Klein, American writer and curator
• 1965 – David Laws, English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• 1965 – Fumihito, Prince Akishino of Japan
• 1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
• 1966 – Nigel Adams, English politician
• 1966 – David Berkoff, American swimmer
• 1966 – John Bishop, English comedian and actor
• 1966 – Wil Mara, American author
• 1966 – David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter
• 1966 – Mika Salo, Finnish race car driver
• 1967 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian activist (d. 2010)
• 1967 – Joseph Corré, English businessman, who co-founded Agent Provocateur and social activist
• 1968 – Des'ree, English singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
• 1969 – Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Marc Goossens, Belgian race car driver
• 1969 – Amy Ryan, American actress
• 1969 – Mike Stone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Queensrÿche and The Stick People)
• 1970 – Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor and dancer
• 1970 – Perrey Reeves, American actress
• 1970 – Phil Babb, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Tonči Boban, Croatian footballer
• 1971 – Rosa Caracciolo, Hungarian pornographic actress
• 1971 – Ray Durham, American baseball player
• 1971 – Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1972 – Dan Jarvis, English soldier and politician
• 1972 – Stanislav Kitto, Estonian footballer
• 1972 – Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1973 – Christian, Canadian wrestler and actor
• 1973 – Im Chang-jung, South Korean actor and singer
• 1973 – John Moyer, American bass player (Disturbed, The Union Underground, and Adrenaline Mob)
• 1973 – Ian Wynne, English canoe racer
• 1973 – Kate Fischer, Australian model and actress
• 1974 – Sébastien Tellier, French singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1975 – Ben Thatcher, English footballer
• 1976 – Marco Castro, Peruvian-American director and cinematographer
• 1976 – Josh Lewsey, English rugby player
• 1976 – Cypher Zero, American circus performer and producer, founded the New York Circus Arts Academy
• 1977 – Richard Elias Anderson, Canadian basketball player
• 1977 – Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records
• 1977 – Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
• 1977 – Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
• 1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer and actor
• 1978 – Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director
• 1978 – Benjamin Lense, German footballer
• 1978 – Emil Steiner, American journalist and author
• 1979 – Chris Atkinson, Australian race car driver
• 1979 – Andrés Nocioni, Argentinian basketball player
• 1979 – Tomas Young, American soldier and activist (d. 2014)
• 1980 – Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
• 1980 – Shane Victorino, American baseball player
• 1981 – Zabiuddin Ansari, Indian-Pakistani accused terrorist
• 1981 – Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
• 1981 – Billy Lush, American actor
• 1982 – Medina, Danish singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
• 1982 – Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Andy Akinwolere, Nigerian-English television host
• 1983 – Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
• 1983 – Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer
• 1984 – Gergana, Bulgarian singer
• 1984 – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
• 1984 – Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress
• 1986 – Jordan Farmar, American basketball player
• 1987 – Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
• 1987 – Ian Hecox, American comedian and actor
• 1987 – Christel Khalil, American actress
• 1987 – Naomi Knight, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1987 – Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player (McFly)
• 1988 – Eir Aoi, Japanese singer
• 1988 – Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (d. 2014)
• 1988 – Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer
• 1988 – Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer
• 1989 – Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer
• 1990 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
• 1990 – Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer
• 1993 – Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1994 – Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player
• 1994 – Nyjah Huston, American skateboarder

Deaths[edit]

• 1016 – Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993)
• 1526 – Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (b. 1498)
• 1580 – Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (b. 1530)
• 1600 – Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535)
• 1623 – Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)
• 1654 – John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)
• 1675 – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)
• 1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
• 1718 – Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
• 1761 – John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)
• 1765 – George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
• 1864 – Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)
• 1873 – Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)
• 1892 – Dimitrios Valvis, Greek politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1901 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)
• 1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
• 1916 – Dorrit Weixler, German actress (b. 1892)
• 1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)
• 1923 – John Maclean, Scottish educator and activist (b. 1879)
• 1930 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)
• 1933 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
• 1934 – Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)
• 1934 – Roy Turk, American songwriter (b. 1892)
• 1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)
• 1942 – Anthony M. Rud, American writer (b. 1893)
• 1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)
• 1944 – Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
• 1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)
• 1956 – Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874)
• 1957 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1890)
• 1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1914)
• 1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 – Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
• 1977 – Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)
• 1993 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)
• 1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1995 – Stretch, American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1968)
• 1996 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
• 1997 – Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
• 1998 – Ruth Clifford, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Margaret Walker, American poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (Loverboy) (b. 1955)
• 2002 – Mr. Wrestling, American wrestler (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
• 2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Seung Sahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Jean Parker, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (Loudness, Lazy, and Sly) (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian activist (b. 1967)
• 2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-German tenor and actor (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Daya Mata, American spiritual leader (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Jamelle Folsom, American wife of Jim Folsom (b. 1927)
• 2012 – I. K. Gujral, Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Dolores Mantez, English actress (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Jean Kent, English actress (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Moussa Konaté, Malian author and playwright (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)
• 2013 – Paul Walker, American actor and producer (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Yury Yakovlev, Russian actor (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Bonifacio Day (Philippines)
• Christian feast day:
  • Andrew
  • November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Cities for Life Day (International)
• Independence Day (Barbados), celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966
• Independence Day (South Yemen), celebrates the independence of South Yemen from the United Kingdom in 1967
• National Day (Benin)
• Regina Mundi Day (South Africa)
• St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)