What happend on 21. November in History
In our data base we found 331 events happened on 21. November:
• 1011: Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950) [category: Deaths]
• 1150: García Ramírez of Navarre [category: Deaths]
• 1361: Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346) [category: Deaths]
• 1386: Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive. [category: Events]
• 1495: John Bale, English bishop (d. 1563) [category: Births]
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1555: Georgius Agricola, German scientist and scholar (b. 1490)
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1566: Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)
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1567: Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)
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1579: Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)
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1620: Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.).
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1643: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle French explorer (d. 1687)
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164_bc: Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
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235: Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
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496: Pope Gelasius I
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1652: Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
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1692: Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)
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1694: Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
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1695: Henry Purcell, English composer (b. 1659)
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1718: Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)
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1729: Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1795)
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1730: François de Troy, French painter (b. 1645)
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1760: Joseph Plumb Martin, American soldier (d. 1850)
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1761: Dorothea Jordan, Irish actress (d. 1816)
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1768: Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian (d. 1834)
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1775: John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)
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1782: Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)
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1783: In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
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1787: Samuel Cunard, Canadian businesswoman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)
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1789: North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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1811: Zeng Guofan, Chinese general (d. 1872)
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1811: Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)
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1818: Lewis H. Morgan, American anthropologist (d. 1881)
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1835: Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
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1840: Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)
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1844: Ivan Krylov, Russian author (b. 1769)
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1851: Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian archbishop (d. 1926)
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1852: Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
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1853: Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)
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1854: Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
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1859: Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic (b. 1830)
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1861: Tom Horn, American police officer and murderer (d. 1903)
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1861: Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
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1861: American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.
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1866: Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)
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1866: Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet (d. 1900)
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1870: Alexander Berkman, American activist and author (d. 1936)
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1870: Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (d. 1946)
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1870: Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman (d. 1964)
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1870: Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
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1874: Mariano Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
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1876: Olav Duun, Norwegian author (d. 1939)
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1877: Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer (d. 1933)
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1877: Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
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1878: Gustav Radbruch, German politician (d. 1949)
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1881: Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
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1882: Harold Lowe, Welsh officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1944)
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1886: Harold Nicolson, English diplomat and author (d. 1968)
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1894: Port Arthur, Manchuria falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, after which Japanese troops massacre the remaining inhabitants of the city.
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1897: Mollie Steimer Russian-American activist (d. 1980)
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1898: René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
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1899: Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
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1899: Garret Hobart, American politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
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1902: Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)
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1902: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
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1902: Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (d. 1982)
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1902: The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
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1904: Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (d. 1969)
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1905: Albert Einstein's paper, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, is published in the journal "Annalen der Physik". This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc².
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1907: Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
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1908: Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
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1909: Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851
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1910: Sailors onboard Brazil's most powerful military units, including the brand-new warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
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1912: Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)
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1913: John Boulting, English director (d. 1985)
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1913: Roy Boulting, English director (d. 2001)
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1914: Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)
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1916: Sid Luckman, American football player (d. 1998)
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1916: Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
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1916: World War I: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people.
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1918: A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
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1918: Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
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1919: Joe Kieyoomia, Navajo soldier (d. 1997)
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1919: Steve Brodie, American actor (d. 1992)
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1920: Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)
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1920: Stan Musial, American baseball player
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1920: Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday". This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three Irish Republican Army prisoners.
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1921: Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (d. 1996)
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1922: Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)
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1922: María Casares, Spanish-French actress (d. 1996)
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1922: Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
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1922: Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
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1923: Veljko Kadijević, Yugoslav general
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1924: Christopher Tolkien, English author
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1924: Joseph Campanella, American actor
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1924: Milka Planinc, Croatian-Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)
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1924: Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
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1925: Xie Jin, Chinese director (d. 2008)
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1926: Odd Børretzen, Norwegian singer and author (d. 2012)
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1926: William Wakefield Baum, American archbishop
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1926: Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
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1927: Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)
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1927: Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
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1929: Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2012)
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1929: Marilyn French, American author (d. 2009)
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1930: Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian author (d. 1990)
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1931: Lewis Binford, American archaeologist (d. 2011)
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1931: Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (d. 2003)
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1931: Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (d. 1985)
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1932: Beryl Bainbridge, English author (d. 2010)
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1933: Henry Hartsfield, American astronaut
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1934: Laurence Luckinbill, American actor
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1935: Fairuz, Lebanese singer
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1936: Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)
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1937: Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)
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1937: Marlo Thomas, American actress and producer
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1938: Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
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1939: R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (d. 1987)
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1940: Dr. John, American singer-songwriter
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1940: Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
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1940: Richard Marcinko, American author
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1941: Juliet Mills, English actress
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1941: İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
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1941: Henrietta Vinton Davis American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
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1942: Afa Anoaʻi, Samoan-American wrestler and manager
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1942: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician
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1942: Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician (b. 1863)
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1942: J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
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1942: The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
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1943: Jacques Laffite, French race car driver
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1943: Larry Mahan, American rodeo performer
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1943: Phil Bredesen, American politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
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1943: Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
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1944: Dick Durbin, American politician
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1944: Earl Monroe, American basketball player
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1944: Harold Ramis, American actor and director
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1945: Goldie Hawn, American actress
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1945: Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
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1945: Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
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1945: Robert Benchley, American actor and critic (b. 1889)
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1946: Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
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1947: Nickolas Grace, English actor
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1948: Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer (Weather Report and The Eleventh House)
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1948: George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
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1948: Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (War)
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1948: Michel Suleiman, Lebanese politician, 16th President of Lebanon
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1950: Stephen Geyer, American composer
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1950: Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
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1952: Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian jurist
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1952: Lorna Luft, American actress and singer
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1953: Larry Shields, American clarinet player (b. 1893)
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1953: The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
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1954: Thomas Rothman, American film executive
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1955: Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
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1955: Edward Dierkes, American soccer player (b. 1886)
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1957: Francis Burton Harrison, American politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
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1958: David Reivers, American actor
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1958: Mel Ott, American baseball player (b. 1909)
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1959: Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)
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1959: American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
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1960: Brian McNamara, American actor
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1960: Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter (Violent Femmes)
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1962: Steven Curtis Chapman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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1962: The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
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1963: Nicollette Sheridan, English actress
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1963: Robert Stroud, American criminal and ornithologist (b. 1890)
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1964: Liza Tarbuck, English actress
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1964: Olden Polynice, Haitian basketball player
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1964: Shane Douglas, American wrestler
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1964: Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
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1964: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it is the world's longest suspension bridge).
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1965: Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor
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1965: Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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1965: Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
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1966: Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player
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1966: Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer
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1966: Troy Aikman, American football player
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1967: Ken Block, American race car driver
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1967: Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist
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1967: Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
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1967: C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
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1967: Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
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1968: Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player (Blur, Fat Les, Me Me Me, and WigWam)
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1968: Antonio Tarver, American boxer
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1968: Christopher Noxon, American journalist
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1968: Inka Bause, German actress and singer
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1968: Sean Schemmel, American voice actor, director, and scriptwriter
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1969: Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
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1969: Mutesa II of Buganda (b. 1924)
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1969: The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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1969: U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C. on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
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1970: Justin Langer, Australian cricketer
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1970: Karen Davila, Filipino journalist
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1970: C. V. Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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1970: Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
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1970: Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast – A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
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1971: Michael Strahan, American football player
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1971: Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
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1972: David Tua, Samoan boxer
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1972: Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer (The Causey Way)
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1972: Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
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1973: Brook Kerr, American actress
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1973: Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
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1973: Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
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1974: Karen Rolton, Australian cricketer
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1974: Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
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1974: John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)
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1974: The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
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1975: Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer (Billy Talent)
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1975: Cherie Johnson, American actress
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1975: Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
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1975: Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)
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1976: Daniel Whiston, English ice skater
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1976: Dasha, Czech porn actress
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1976: Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
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1976: Michael Wilson, Australian footballer
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1977: Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
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1977: Jonas Jennings, American football player
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1977: Tobias Sammet, German singer-songwriter (Edguy and Avantasia)
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1977: Yolande James, Canadian politician
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1977: Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that 'the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and the poem "God Defend New Zealand", written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods.
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1978: Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
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1978: Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
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1978: Sara Tanaka, American actress
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1979: Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979: Kim Dong-wan, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
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1979: Stromile Swift, American basketball player
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1979: Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
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1979: The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
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1980: Alec Brownstein, American author and director
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1980: Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
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1980: Hank Blalock, American baseball player
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1980: Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
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1980: Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
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1980: A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). 87 people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
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1981: Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
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1981: Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
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1981: Wesley Britt, American football player
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1981: Harry von Zell, American actor (b. 1906)
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1982: Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
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1982: Ryan Starr, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1982: John Hargrave, English activist (b. 1894)
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1983: Brie Bella, American wrestler
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1983: Jamie Langley, English rugby player
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1983: Nikki Bella, American wrestler
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1984: Callum Ferguson, Australian cricketer
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1984: Hope Dworaczyk, American model and television host
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1984: Jena Malone, American actress and singer
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1984: Willy Mason, American singer-songwriter
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1984: Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
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1984: Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
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1985: Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter
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1985: Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
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1985: Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer
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1985: United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
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1986: Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player
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1986: Jordan Lloyd, American television personality, winner of Big Brother
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1986: Dar Robinson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1947)
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1986: Jerry Colonna, American comedian and singer (b. 1904)
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1986: Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1957)
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1986: Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the sale of weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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1987: Brian Douwes, Dutch kick-boxer
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1987: Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
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1988: Len Väljas, Canadian skier
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1988: Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player
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1988: Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
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1988: Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
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1989: Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
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1989: Fabian Delph, English footballer
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1989: Will Buckley, English footballer
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1990: Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (b. 1954)
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1991: Lewis Dunk, English footballer
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1991: Sonny Werblin, American businessman (b. 1907)
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1992: Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter
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1992: Megan and Liz Mace, American singers
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1992: Rino Sashihara, Japanese singer (AKB48 and HKT48)
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1992: Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
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1992: Ricky Williams, American musician (b. 1956)
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1993: Elena Myers, American motorcycle racer
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1993: Bill Bixby, American actor and director (b. 1934)
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1994: Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1899)
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1995: Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat (b. 1940)
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1995: Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)
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1995: The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.
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1996: Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
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1996: Humberto Vidal Explosion. 33 people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.
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1999: Quentin Crisp, English actor (b. 1908)
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2000: Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
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2001: Samantha Bailey, American actress
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2001: Salahuddin of Selangor (b. 1926)
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2002: Hadda Brooks, American singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
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2002: NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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2004: The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
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2004: The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed.
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2004: The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
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2005: Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
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2005: Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Kathryn Johnston, American shooting victim (b. 1914)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1972)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist (b. 1915)
[category: Deaths] •
2006: Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
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2007: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
[category: Deaths] •
2007: Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
[category: Deaths] •
2007: Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
[category: Deaths] •
2009: Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet astronaut(b. 1926)
[category: Deaths] •
2009: A mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, kills 108.
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2010: David Nolan, American politician and activist (b. 1943)
[category: Deaths] •
2010: Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)
[category: Deaths] •
2010: Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)
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2012: Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (b. 1987)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian boxer (b. 1928)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Austin Peralta, American pianist and composer (b. 1990)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Dann Cahn, American film editor (b. 1923)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Deborah Raffin, American actress (b. 1953)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Edwarda O'Bara, American coma patient (b. 1953)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Emily Squires, American director, scriptwriter and producer (b. 1941)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Mr. Food, American chef and author (b. 1931)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Nick Discepola, Italian-Canadian politician (b. 1949)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer (b. 1943)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Șerban Ionescu, Romanian actor (b. 1950)
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_: Armed Forces Day (Greece)
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_: Christian Feast Day:
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_: Day of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
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_: National Adoption Day (United States)
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_: No Music Day (Unofficial)
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_: November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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_: Pope Gelasius I
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_: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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_: World Hello Day (Unofficial)
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_: World Television Day (International)
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