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Events

• 1002 - English king Ethelred II of England ordered killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
• 1642 - At the Battle of Turnham Green of the First English Civil War the Royalist forces withdrew in face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to take London.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec defended by British General Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. Allen and his troops were disorganised and soundly defeated; however, U.S. Brigadier General Richard Montgomery's force entered Montreal unopposed.
• 1841 - James Braid (physician) first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
• 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki, Seattle, Washington, the first settlers of what will become Seattle, Washington.
• 1887 - Bloody Sunday (1887) clashes in central London
• 1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
• 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Australian Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) is torpedoed by Unterseeboot 81, she sinks on November 14.
• 1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal
• 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assassinated in Caracas.
• 1954 - Great Britain national rugby league team defeated France national rugby league team to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• 1956 - United States Supreme Court declared Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal; this ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
• 1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau, Bahamas with the loss of 90 lives.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March Against Death."
• 1970 - 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).
• 1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, has become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars without a hitch.
• 1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
• 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
• 1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
• 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
• 1990 - The World Wide Web first began.
• 1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a Referenda in Sweden.
• 1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five United States and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility for the attack.
• 2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
• 2001 - Philippines House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
• 2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an Executive order (United States) allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
• 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
• 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige (ship) sinks off the Galicia (Spain) coast and causes a huge oil spill.

Births

• 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430)
• 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
• 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
• 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)
• 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
• 1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
• 1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
• 1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d.1762)
• 1732 - John Dickinson (delegate), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
• 1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
• 1761 - John Moore (British soldier), British general (d. 1809)
• 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
• 1814 - Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879)
• 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
• 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
• 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith (1838-1918), president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
• 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
• 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
• 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
• 1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
• 1856 - Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941)
• 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
• 1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
• 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
• 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer
• 1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
• 1910 - William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
• 1913 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1913 - Jack Dyer, Australian footballer (d. 2003)
• 1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
• 1918 - Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host
• 1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
• 1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress
• 1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
• 1928 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor
• 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
• 1933 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress
• 1934 - Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor
• 1935 - Tom Atkins (actor), American actor
• 1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1938 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet and politician (d. 1994)
• 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
• 1940 - Daniel Pilon, Québécois film and television actor
• 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
• 1942 - John P. Hammond, American musician
• 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, French Canadian politician (d. 1977)
• 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American musician
• 1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
• 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor
• 1947 - Gene Garber, American Relief Pitcher
• 1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
• 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
• 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 - Frances Conroy, American actress
• 1954 - Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
• 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor
• 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and singer
• 1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress
• 1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor
• 1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player
• 1964 - Wong Ka Keung, Hong Kong musician Beyond (band)
• 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host
• 1968 - Pat Hentgen, American baseball player
• 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• 1969 - Lori Berenson, American criminal
• 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
• 1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
• 1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
• 1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer
• 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer
• 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
• 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, bass player for NYC based band The Strokes
• 1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player
• 1979 - Subliminal (rapper), Israeli rapper and producer
• 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress
• 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Québécois short track speed skater
• 1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
• 1981 - Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1982 - Samkon Gado, American football player
• 1982 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
• 1985 - Asdrubal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 - Jibbs, American Rapper
• 1991 - Keenan Hall Canadian Actor
• 1993 - Jurriaan Van Der Schee, Australian model
• 1995 - Stella Hudgens, American actress
• 1997 - Brent Kinsman, American actor
• 1997 - Shane Kinsman, American actor

Deaths

• 867 - Pope Nicholas I
• 1004 - Abbon of Fleury
• 1093 - King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1031)
• 1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem
• 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg
• 1314 - Albert the Degenerate
• 1345 - Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
• 1359 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1326)
• 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)
• 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
• 1619 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
• 1770 - George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
• 1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
• 1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
• 1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
• 1868 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
• 1903 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830)
• 1952 - Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author (b. 1910)
• 1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
• 1973 - Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946)
• 1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
• 1982 - Hugues Lapointe, French Canadian politician, Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec (b. 1911)
• 1985 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
• 1986 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (b. 1952)
• 1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
• 1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
• 1989 - Victor Davis, Canadian Olympic swimmer (b. 1964)
• 1991 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal (b. 1904)
• 1994 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
• 1996 - Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
• 1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916)
• 1997 - André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
• 1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
• 1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
• 1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (b. 1907)
• 1998 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
• 2003 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
• 2004 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
• 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968)
• 2005 - Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-born professional wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist. (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - Iovis epulum; feast of Feronia (goddess)
• Calendar of Saints - Bricius of Tours; Mother Cabrini; Saint Homobonus; Stanislaus Kostka
• Feast day of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 1002 - English king Ethelred II of England ordered killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
• 1642 - At the Battle of Turnham Green of the First English Civil War the Royalist forces withdrew in face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to take London.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec defended by British General Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. Allen and his troops were disorganised and soundly defeated; however, U.S. Brigadier General Richard Montgomery's force entered Montreal unopposed.
• 1841 - James Braid (physician) first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
• 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki, Seattle, Washington, the first settlers of what will become Seattle, Washington.
• 1887 - Bloody Sunday (1887) clashes in central London
• 1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
• 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Australian Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) is torpedoed by Unterseeboot 81, she sinks on November 14.
• 1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal
• 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assassinated in Caracas.
• 1954 - Great Britain national rugby league team defeated France national rugby league team to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• 1956 - United States Supreme Court declared Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal; this ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
• 1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau, Bahamas with the loss of 90 lives.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March Against Death."
• 1970 - 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).
• 1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, has become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars without a hitch.
• 1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
• 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
• 1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
• 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
• 1990 - The World Wide Web first began.
• 1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a Referenda in Sweden.
• 1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five United States and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility for the attack.
• 2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
• 2001 - Philippines House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
• 2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an Executive order (United States) allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
• 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
• 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige (ship) sinks off the Galicia (Spain) coast and causes a huge oil spill.

Births

• 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430)
• 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
• 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
• 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)
• 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
• 1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
• 1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
• 1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d.1762)
• 1732 - John Dickinson (delegate), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
• 1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
• 1761 - John Moore (British soldier), British general (d. 1809)
• 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
• 1814 - Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879)
• 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
• 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
• 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith (1838-1918), president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
• 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
• 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
• 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
• 1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
• 1856 - Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941)
• 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
• 1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
• 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
• 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer
• 1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
• 1910 - William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
• 1913 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1913 - Jack Dyer, Australian footballer (d. 2003)
• 1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
• 1918 - Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host
• 1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
• 1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress
• 1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
• 1928 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor
• 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
• 1933 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress
• 1934 - Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor
• 1935 - Tom Atkins (actor), American actor
• 1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1938 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet and politician (d. 1994)
• 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
• 1940 - Daniel Pilon, Québécois film and television actor
• 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
• 1942 - John P. Hammond, American musician
• 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, French Canadian politician (d. 1977)
• 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American musician
• 1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
• 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor
• 1947 - Gene Garber, American Relief Pitcher
• 1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
• 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
• 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 - Frances Conroy, American actress
• 1954 - Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
• 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor
• 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and singer
• 1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress
• 1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor
• 1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player
• 1964 - Wong Ka Keung, Hong Kong musician Beyond (band)
• 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host
• 1968 - Pat Hentgen, American baseball player
• 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• 1969 - Lori Berenson, American criminal
• 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
• 1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
• 1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
• 1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer
• 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer
• 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
• 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, bass player for NYC based band The Strokes
• 1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player
• 1979 - Subliminal (rapper), Israeli rapper and producer
• 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress
• 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Québécois short track speed skater
• 1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
• 1981 - Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1982 - Samkon Gado, American football player
• 1982 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
• 1985 - Asdrubal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 - Jibbs, American Rapper
• 1991 - Keenan Hall Canadian Actor
• 1993 - Jurriaan Van Der Schee, Australian model
• 1995 - Stella Hudgens, American actress
• 1997 - Brent Kinsman, American actor
• 1997 - Shane Kinsman, American actor

Deaths

• 867 - Pope Nicholas I
• 1004 - Abbon of Fleury
• 1093 - King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1031)
• 1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem
• 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg
• 1314 - Albert the Degenerate
• 1345 - Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
• 1359 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1326)
• 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)
• 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
• 1619 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
• 1770 - George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
• 1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
• 1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
• 1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
• 1868 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
• 1903 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830)
• 1952 - Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author (b. 1910)
• 1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
• 1973 - Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946)
• 1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
• 1982 - Hugues Lapointe, French Canadian politician, Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec (b. 1911)
• 1985 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
• 1986 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (b. 1952)
• 1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
• 1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
• 1989 - Victor Davis, Canadian Olympic swimmer (b. 1964)
• 1991 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal (b. 1904)
• 1994 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
• 1996 - Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
• 1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916)
• 1997 - André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
• 1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
• 1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
• 1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (b. 1907)
• 1998 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
• 2003 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
• 2004 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
• 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968)
• 2005 - Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-born professional wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist. (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - Iovis epulum; feast of Feronia (goddess)
• Calendar of Saints - Bricius of Tours; Mother Cabrini; Saint Homobonus; Stanislaus Kostka
• Feast day of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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