EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 10/11

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• 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang.
• 1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
• 1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
• 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.
• 1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
• 1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya.
• 1674 – Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.
• 1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
• 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• 1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
• 1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
• 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
• 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
• 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
• 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• 1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
• 1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• 1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending two days later.
• 1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
• 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
• 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
• 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
• 1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
• 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
• 1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
• 1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
• 1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
• 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
• 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
• 1989 – Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
• 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
• 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
• 2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.
• 2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
• 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
• 2008 – Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• 2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

Births[edit]

• 1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)
• 1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)
• 1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
• 1480 – Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517)
• 1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)
• 1489 – Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568)
• 1490 – John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)
• 1520 – Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1580)
• 1547 – Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1601)
• 1565 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)
• 1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)
• 1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
• 1584 – Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (d. 1638)
• 1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)
• 1668 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)
• 1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
• 1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
• 1697 – William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)
• 1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)
• 1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774)
• 1735 – Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)
• 1755 – Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)
• 1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)
• 1764 – Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)
• 1779 – Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (d. 1851)
• 1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)
• 1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)
• 1810 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)
• 1834 – José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)
• 1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)
• 1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
• 1848 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
• 1851 – Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)
• 1858 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
• 1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)
• 1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)
• 1871 – Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1947)
• 1873 – Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
• 1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)
• 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)
• 1880 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
• 1887 – Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)
• 1891 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
• 1893 – John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)
• 1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957)
• 1895 – József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1906 – Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)
• 1920 – Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (d. 1935)
• 1924 – Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
• 1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author
• 1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996)
• 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 1933 – Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer
• 1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic
• 1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
• 1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
• 1939 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist
• 1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 1940 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
• 1941 – John Geoghegan, American lieutenant (d. 1965)
• 1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player
• 1944 – Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1944 – Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic
• 1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician
• 1944 – Tim Rice, English lyricist and author
• 1945 – Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)
• 1947 – Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1947 – Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic
• 1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
• 1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1949 – Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Les Miles, American football player and coach
• 1954 – Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player
• 1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
• 1956 – Sinbad, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1957 – Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
• 1958 – Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic
• 1958 – Stephen Herek, American director and producer
• 1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager
• 1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)
• 1958 – Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
• 1959 – Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 – Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician
• 1961 – Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
• 1961 – John Walton, English darts player
• 1962 – Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1962 – Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor
• 1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Powell, American long jumper
• 1963 – Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian
• 1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
• 1965 – Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1967 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)
• 1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host
• 1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor
• 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
• 1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Warren G, American rapper and producer
• 1971 – Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Holly Black, American journalist, author, and poet
• 1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer
• 1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Terry Pearson, American baseball player
• 1972 – Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player
• 1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player
• 1972 – Greg LaRocca, American baseball player
• 1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee
• 1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer
• 1975 – Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World)
• 1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
• 1976 – Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
• 1976 – Sergio González Soriano, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
• 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
• 1978 – Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician
• 1978 – Jorge DePaula, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Eve, American rapper and producer
• 1978 – Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish bass player
• 1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian bass player
• 1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer
• 1979 – Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer
• 1980 – Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer
• 1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player
• 1980 – Agustín De La Canal, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Jeroen Ketting, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player
• 1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
• 1981 – Ezequiel Garré, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner
• 1981 – Ryback, American wrestler
• 1981 – Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Brett Tamburrino, Australian baseball player
• 1982 – Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Chris Canty, American football player
• 1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer
• 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
• 1982 – Matt Pagnozzi, American baseball player
• 1982 – Rafael Rosell, Filipino actor and model
• 1983 – Brian Dinkelman, American baseball player
• 1983 – Dinko Felić, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Ryan Mattheus, American baseball player
• 1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player
• 1983 – Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1984 – Jarno Mattila, Finnish footballer
• 1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
• 1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
• 1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1985 – Daan Huiskamp, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
• 1985 – Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer
• 1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player
• 1986 – Aaron Crow, American baseball player
• 1986 – Will Hendry, English footballer
• 1986 – Josh Peck, American actor
• 1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer
• 1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer
• 1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player
• 1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011)
• 1987 – Sam Malsom, English footballer
• 1987 – Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress
• 1987 – Charles Hamilton, American rapper
• 1987 – Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress
• 1988 – Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1989 – Luke Daley, English footballer
• 1989 – Taron Egerton, Welsh Actor
• 1989 – Matt Magill, American baseball player
• 1989 – Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
• 1989 – Sarah Wells, Canadian hurdler
• 1990 – Andre Blackman, English footballer
• 1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer
• 1990 – Aaron Murray, American football player
• 1990 – Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer
• 1990 – Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
• 1990 – Leo, South Korean singer
• 1992 – Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer
• 1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
• 1992 – Marek Frimmel, Slovak footballer
• 1992 – Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer
• 1992 – Wilfried Zaha, English footballer
• 1993 – Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 – Zoey Deutch, American actress
• 1994 – Claudio Dias, English footballer
• 1995 – Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1999 – Kiernan Shipka, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 461 – Pope Leo I (b. 400)
• 627 – Justus, Italian-English archbishop and saint
• 901 – Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
• 948 – Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
• 1066 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
• 1068 – Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
• 1187 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles
• 1241 – Pope Celestine IV
• 1258 – William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow
• 1290 – Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222)
• 1293 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)
• 1299 – John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)
• 1444 – Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)
• 1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
• 1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)
• 1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)
• 1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)
• 1644 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579)
• 1659 – Afzal Khan, Indian commander
• 1673 – Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
• 1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
• 1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
• 1772 – Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
• 1777 – Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
• 1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
• 1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain (b. 1823)
• 1869 – John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)
• 1887 – Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
• 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)
• 1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 – Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)
• 1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1946 – Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 – Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1963 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)
• 1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
• 1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
• 1986 – Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
• 1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1991 – William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
• 1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
• 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)
• 1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
• 2000 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)
• 2002 – Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954)
• 2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
• 2006 – Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907)
• 2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter, actress, and activist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
• 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
• 2012 – John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926)
• 2013 – John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922)
• 2013 – John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)
• 2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952)
• 2015 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938)