November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 35 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus .
1161 – Battle of Caishi : A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars .
1476 – Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands , Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui .
1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress .
1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford 's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct .
1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon 's retreat from Russia .
1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York , a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society , the first college social fraternity .
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day , to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
1865 – Battle of Papudo : A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso , Chile.
1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens , Montreal Wanderers , Ottawa Senators , Quebec Bulldogs , and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1918 – The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia .
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor . (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
1939 – Shelling of Mainila : The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia .
1942 – Casablanca , the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa , Algeria .
1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp , Belgium.
1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar .
1950 – Korean War : Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir ), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert , France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite , Asterix-1 , on board.
1968 – Vietnam War : United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor .
1970 – In Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe , 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon , claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery : In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport .
1986 – Iran–Contra affair : U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission .
1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas , the parliament of the Republic of Ireland .
2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris , going on to win the United States presidential election , despite losing in the national popular vote.
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol , England.
2004 – Ruzhou School massacre : A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou , China.
2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
2008 – Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan : NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
2012 – Aam Aadmi Party Indian political party formally started.
Births
1436 – Catherine of Portugal (d. 1463)
1604 – Johannes Bach , German organist and composer (d. 1673)
1607 – John Harvard , English-American minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)
1609 – Henry Dunster , English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)
1657 – William Derham , English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan , French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)
1703 – Theophilus Cibber , English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
1727 – Artemas Ward , American general and politician (d. 1800)
1731 – William Cowper , English poet and hymnodist (d. 1800)
1792 – Sarah Moore Grimké , American author and activist (d. 1873)
1827 – Ellen G. White , American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
1828 – Robert Battey , American surgeon and academic (d. 1895)
1828 – René Goblet , French politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1905)
1832 – Rudolph Koenig , German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)
1832 – Mary Edwards Walker , American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
1847 – Maria Fyodorovna , Danish wife of Alexander III of Russia (d. 1928)
1853 – Bat Masterson , American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (d. 1921)
1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)
1858 – Katharine Drexel , American nun and saint (d. 1955)
1864 – Edward Higgins , English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (d. 1947)
1869 – Maud of Wales (d. 1938)
1876 – Willis Carrier , American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950)
1878 – Marshall Taylor , American cyclist (d. 1932)
1880 – Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski , Polish actor (d. 1943)
1885 – Heinrich Brüning , German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)
1888 – Ford Beebe , American screenwriter and director (d. 1978)
1889 – Albert Dieudonné , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1891 – Scott Bradley , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)
1894 – James Charles McGuigan , Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)
1894 – Norbert Wiener , American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
1895 – Bill W. , American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
1897 – Wim Hesterman , Dutch boxer (d. 1971)
1898 – Karl Ziegler , German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1899 – Richard Hauptmann , German-American murderer (d. 1936)
1900 – Reinhold Kesküll , Russian-Estonian sprinter (d. 1942)
1901 – William Sterling Parsons , American admiral (d. 1953)
1902 – Maurice McDonald , American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971)
1903 – Alice Herz-Sommer , Czech-English pianist and educator (d. 2014)
1904 – Armand Frappier , Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
1905 – Bob Johnson , American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 – Ruth Patrick , American botanist and limnologist (d. 2013)
1908 – Charles Forte, Baron Forte , Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (d. 2007)
1908 – Lefty Gomez , American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
1909 – Fritz Buchloh , German footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1909 – Frances Dee , American actress and singer (d. 2004)
1909 – Eugène Ionesco , Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)
1910 – Cyril Cusack , South African-Irish actor (d. 1993)
1911 – Samuel Reshevsky , American chess player (d. 1992)
1912 – Eric Sevareid , American journalist (d. 1992)
1914 – Charles Breijer , Dutch photographer (d. 2011)
1915 – Earl Wild , American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1917 – Nesuhi Ertegun , Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989)
1918 – Patricio Aylwin , Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile
1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski , Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (d. 2010)
1919 – Frederik Pohl , American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma , Indian historian and academic (d. 2011)
1920 – Daniel Petrie , Canadian-American director and producer (d. 2004)
1921 – Verghese Kurien , Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (d. 2012)
1922 – Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000)
1923 – V. K. Murthy , Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
1923 – Pat Phoenix , English actress (d. 1986)
1924 – Michael Holliday , English singer (d. 1963)
1924 – George Segal , American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
1925 – Eugene Istomin , American pianist (d. 2003)
1926 – Rabi Ray , Indian politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1927 – Ernie Coombs , American-Canadian television host (d. 2001)
1928 – Nishida Tatsuo , Japanese linguist and academic (d. 2012)
1929 – Slavko Avsenik , Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2015)
1929 – Betta St. John , American actress, singer and dancer
1930 – Berthold Leibinger , German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis , Dutch cardinal
1933 – Robert Goulet , American-Canadian singer and actor (d. 2007)
1933 – Richard Holloway , Scottish bishop and radio host
1933 – Stanley Long , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1933 – Jamshid Mashayekhi , Iranian actor
1933 – Tony Verna , American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015)
1934 – Jerry Jameson , American director and producer
1934 – Cengiz Bektaş , Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer
1935 – Marian Mercer , American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1936 – Margaret Boden , English computer scientist and psychologist
1937 – Bob Babbitt , Hungarian-American musician (d. 2012)
1937 – John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh , English politician, Secretary of State for Health
1937 – Boris Yegorov , Russian physician and astronaut (d. 1994)
1938 – Porter Goss , American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA
1938 – Rodney Jory , Australian physicist and academic
1938 – Rich Little , Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
1939 – Wayland Flowers , American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
1939 – John Gummer , English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
1939 – Mark Margolis , American actor
1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie , Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1939 – Art Themen , English saxophonist and surgeon
1939 – Tina Turner , American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Ike & Tina Turner )
1940 – Enrico Bombieri , Italian mathematician and academic
1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
1940 – Quentin Skinner , English historian, author, and academic
1941 – Susanne Marsee , American soprano and educator
1942 – Maki Carrousel , Japanese actor
1942 – Olivia Cole , American actress
1942 – Đặng Thùy Trâm , Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970)
1943 – Paul Burnett , English radio host
1943 – Bruce Paltrow , American director and producer (d. 2002)
1943 – Marilynne Robinson , American novelist and essayist
1943 – Dale Sommers , American radio host (d. 2012)
1944 – Michael Gregory , American actor
1944 – Jean Terrell , American singer (The Supremes )
1944 – Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1945 – Daniel Davis , American actor
1945 – John McVie , English bass player (Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers )
1945 – Jim Mullen , Scottish guitarist (Kokomo and Morrissey–Mullen )
1945 – Michael Omartian , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Rhythm Heritage )
1945 – Björn von Sydow , Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence
1946 – Raymond Louis Kennedy , American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2014)
1946 – Art Shell , American football player and coach
1946 – Itamar Singer , Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
1947 – Roger Wehrli , American football player
1947 – Susanne Zenor , American actress
1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn , Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Krešimir Ćosić , Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (d. 1995)
1948 – Claes Elfsberg , Swedish journalist
1948 – Marianne Muellerleile , American actress
1948 – Galina Prozumenshchikova , Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (d. 2015)
1948 – Peter Wheeler , English rugby player
1949 – Mari Alkatiri , East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
1949 – Shlomo Artzi , Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Juanin Clay , American actress (d. 1995)
1949 – Martin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brotherhood of Man )
1949 – Vincent A. Mahler , American political scientist and academic
1950 – Honey Wilder , American porn actress
1951 – Ilona Staller , Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician
1951 – Sulejman Tihić , Bosnian politician (d. 2014)
1952 – Julien Temple , English film, documentary and music video director
1953 – Hilary Benn , English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
1953 – Harry Carson , American football player and sportscaster
1953 – Desiré Wilson , South African race car driver
1954 – Roz Chast , American cartoonist
1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran , Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
1955 – Gisela Stuart , German-English academic and politician
1956 – Dale Jarrett , American race car driver
1956 – Don Lake , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Keith Vaz , Yemeni-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1957 – Félix González-Torres , Cuban-American visual artist (d. 1996)
1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs , American author and academic
1959 – Jerry Schemmel , American sportscaster
1960 – Chuck Eddy , American journalist
1960 – Harold Reynolds , American baseball player and sportscaster
1961 – Ivory , American wrestler
1961 – Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria , Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
1961 – Marcy Walker , American minister and actress
1962 – Fernando Bandeirinha , Portuguese footballer
1962 – Chuck Finley , American baseball player
1963 – Mario Elie , American basketball player and coach
1963 – Matt Frei , German-English journalist and author
1963 – Joe Lydon , English rugby player and coach
1964 – Vreni Schneider , Swiss skier
1965 – Scott Adsit , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Des Walker , English footballer
1966 – Garcelle Beauvais , Haitian-American actress and singer
1966 – Fahed Dermech , Tunisian footballer
1967 – Ridley Jacobs , Antiguan cricketer
1968 – Edna Campbell , American basketball player, sportscaster, and nurse
1968 – Haluk Levent , Turkish rock music singer
1969 – Shawn Kemp , American basketball player
1969 – Kara Walker , American painter and illustrator
1970 – John Amaechi , American-English basketball player and sportscaster
1970 – Dave Hughes , Australian comedian and radio host
1971 – Vicki Pettersson , American author
1971 – Ryan Robbins , Canadian actor
1971 – Winky Wright , American boxer and actor
1972 – Christopher Fitzgerald , American actor and singer
1972 – Helger Hallik , Estonian wrestler
1972 – Chris Osgood , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1972 – Arjun Rampal , Indian actor
1973 – Peter Facinelli , American actor, director, and producer
1973 – Kristin Bauer van Straten , American actress
1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels , American actress
1974 – Line Horntveth , Norwegian tubist (Jaga Jazzist )
1974 – Andris Keišs , Latvian actor
1974 – Roman Šebrle , Czech decathlete
1975 – DJ Khaled , American rapper and producer
1975 – Patrice Lauzon , Canadian figure skater
1976 – Maven , American wrestler
1976 – Andreas Augustsson , Swedish footballer
1976 – Brian Schneider , American baseball player and manager
1977 – Ivan Basso , Italian cyclist
1977 – Paris Lenon , American football player
1977 – John Parrish , American baseball player
1977 – Campbell Walsh , Scottish canoe racer
1978 – Jun Fukuyama , Japanese voice actor and singer
1979 – B. J. Averell , American reality show contestant, winner of The Amazing Race 9
1980 – Jason Griffith , American voice actor
1980 – Satoshi Ohno , Japanese singer and actor (Arashi )
1980 – Jackie Trail , American tennis player
1981 – Stephan Andersen , Danish footballer
1981 – Natasha Bedingfield , English singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – OJ da Juiceman , American rapper (1017 Brick Squad )
1981 – Natalie Gauci , Australian singer and pianist (Tune in Tokyo )
1981 – Gina Kingsbury , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Jon Ryan , Canadian football player
1982 – Keith Ballard , American ice hockey player
1982 – Dallas Johnson , Australian rugby player
1983 – Chris Hughes , American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook
1983 – Emiri Katō , Japanese voice actress and singer
1984 – Antonio Puerta , Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis , Greek pole vaulter
1986 – Kanae Itō , Japanese voice actress and singer
1986 – Bauke Mollema , Dutch cyclist
1986 – Trevor Morgan , American actor
1986 – Alberto Sgarbi , Italian rugby player
1987 – Georgios Tzavellas , Greek footballer
1988 – Blake Harnage , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Versa )
1988 – Yumi Kobayashi , Japanese model
1989 – Junior Stanislas , English footballer
1990 – Chip , English rapper
1990 – Avery Bradley , American basketball player
1990 – Rita Ora , Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Danny Welbeck , English footballer
1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini , Italian footballer
1992 – Louis Ducruet , Monacan son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1993 – Erena Ono , Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 )
1994 – Azra Hadzic , Australian tennis player
Deaths
399 – Pope Siricius (b. 334)
1504 – Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
1621 – Ralph Agas , English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)
1639 – John Spottiswoode , Scottish archbishop (b. 1565)
1651 – Henry Ireton , English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)
1661 – Luis Méndez de Haro , Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)
1688 – Philippe Quinault , French playwright (b. 1635)
1689 – Marquard Gude , German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)
1717 – Daniel Purcell , English organist and composer (b. 1664)
1719 – John Hudson , English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
1780 – James Steuart , Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
1829 – Thomas Buck Reed , United States Senator (b. 1787)
1836 – John Loudon McAdam , Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
1851 – Jean-de-Dieu Soult , French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
1855 – Adam Mickiewicz , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
1857 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff , German poet and author (b. 1788)
1860 – Benjamin Greene , English brewer and founder of Greene King (b. 1780)
1872 – Pavel Kiselyov , Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel , Prussian politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
1883 – Sojourner Truth , American activist (b. 1797)
1885 – Thomas Andrews , Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
1892 – Charles Lavigerie , French cardinal (b. 1825)
1895 – George Edward Dobson , Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)
1896 – Coventry Patmore , English poet and critic (b. 1823)
1912 – Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)
1919 – Felipe Ángeles , Mexican general (b. 1868)
1926 – John Browning , American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)
1928 – Reinhard Scheer , German admiral (b. 1863)
1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky , Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)
1936 – Şükrü Naili Gökberk , Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army (b. 1876)
1941 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen , Danish sculptor and cermamist (b. 1861)
1941 – Ernest Lapointe , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
1943 – Edward O'Hare , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
1952 – Paul Éluard , French Surrealist poet (b. 1895)
1952 – Sven Hedin , Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)
1954 – Bill Doak , American baseball player (b. 1891)
1956 – Tommy Dorsey , American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
1959 – Albert Ketèlbey , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)
1962 – Albert Sarraut , French politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci , Italian soprano (b. 1882)
1971 – Giacomo Alberione , Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
1973 – John Rostill , English bass player and songwriter (The Shadows ) (b. 1942)
1974 – Cyril Connolly , English author and critic (b. 1903)
1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
1978 – Ford Beebe , American screenwriter and director (b. 1888)
1981 – Pete DePaolo , American race car driver (b. 1898)
1981 – Max Euwe , Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
1982 – Juhan Aavik , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)
1985 – Vivien Thomas , American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)
1986 – Betico Croes , Aruban politician and activist (b. 1938)
1987 – Thomas George Lanphier, Jr. , American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
1987 – J. P. Guilford , American psychologist and educator (b. 1897)
1987 – Peter Hujar , American photographer (b. 1934)
1989 – Ahmed Abdallah , Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
1991 – Ed Heinemann , American engineer (b. 1908)
1991 – Bob Johnson , American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
1993 – César Guerra-Peixe , Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
1994 – David Bache , English car designer (b. 1925)
1994 – Joey Stefano , American porn actor (b. 1968)
1994 – Arturo Rivera y Damas , Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923)
1996 – Michael Bentine , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1996 – Paul Rand , American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
1997 – Marguerite Henry , American author (b. 1902)
1998 – Jonathan Kwitny , American journalist and author (b. 1941)
2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää , Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943)
2002 – Polo Montañez , Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
2002 – Verne Winchell , American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915)
2003 – Soulja Slim , American rapper (UTP ) (b. 1978)
2003 – Stefan Wul , French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
2004 – Philippe de Broca , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2004 – Cyril Walter Hodges , English artist and writer (b. 1909)
2005 – Takanori Arisawa , Japanese composer (b. 1951)
2005 – Stan Berenstain , American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)
2005 – Mark Craney , American drummer (Jethro Tull ) (b. 1952)
2006 – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos , Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)
2006 – Dave Cockrum , American author and illustrator (b. 1943)
2006 – Isaac Gálvez , Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
2006 – Raúl Velasco , Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)
2007 – Silvestre S. Herrera , Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
2007 – Mel Tolkin , Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
2007 – Herb McKenley , Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)
2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks :
2008 – Vitaly Karayev , Russian politician (b. 1962)
2008 – Edna Parker , American super-centenarian (b. 1893)
2008 – De'Angelo Wilson , American actor (b. 1979)
2010 – Leroy Drumm , American songwriter (b. 1936)
2010 – Palle Huld , Danish actor (b. 1912)
2011 – Manon Cleary , American painter (b. 1942)
2012 – Celso Advento Castillo , Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2012 – Peter Marsh , Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)
2012 – Joseph Murray , American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2012 – P. K. Venukuttan Nair , Indian actor (b. 1931)
2012 – M. C. Nambudiripad , Indian author (b. 1919)
2013 – Arik Einstein , Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (The High Windows ) (b. 1939)
2013 – Jane Kean , American actress and singer (b. 1923)
2013 – Saul Leiter , American photographer and painter (b. 1923)
2013 – Tony Musante , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Temistocle Popa , Romanian actor and composer (b. 1921)
2013 – Stan Stennett , Welsh actor (b. 1925)
2014 – Sabah , Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
2014 – Frankie Fraser , English gangster (b. 1923)
2014 – Mary Hinkson , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)
2014 – Gilles Tremblay , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)
2014 – Peter Underwood , English parapsychologist and author (b. 1923)
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