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What happend on 28. November in History
In our data base we found 334 events happened on 28. November:
• 741: Pope Gregory III [category: Deaths]
• 1095: On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land. [category: Events]
• 1118: Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1180) [category: Births]
• 1170: Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1100) [category: Deaths]
• 1262: Shinran, Japanese monk (b. 1173) [category: Deaths]
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• 1290: Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241) [category: Deaths]
• 1443: Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag. [category: Events]
• 1489: Margaret Tudor, English wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) [category: Births]
• 1520: After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. [category: Events]
• 1570: James Whitelocke, English judge and politician (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1574: Georg Major, German theologian (b. 1502) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence. [category: Events]
• 1585: Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532) [category: Deaths]
• 1598: Hans Nansen, Danish politician (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1627: The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa. [category: Events]
• 1628: John Bunyan, English preacher and author (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1632: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer (d. 1687) [category: Births]
• 1640: Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain (d. 1698) [category: Births]
• 1660: At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society. [category: Events]
• 1661: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English-American politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1723) [category: Births]
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• 1666: At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green. [category: Events]
• 1667: Jean de Thévenot, French botanist (b. 1633) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Leonard Hoar, English-American minister and academic, President of Harvard University (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1598) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1681: Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1694: Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1698: Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
• 1700: Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1700: Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1770) [category: Births]
• 1757: William Blake, English poet and painter (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1763: Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1772: Luke Howard, English meteorologist (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1785: Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1785: William Whipple, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: The Treaty of Hopewell is signed. [category: Events]
• 1792: Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1793: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1794: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1810: William Froude, English engineer and architect (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1811: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. [category: Events]
• 1814: The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience. [category: Events]
• 1815: Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, conductor, and composer (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1821: Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia. [category: Events]
• 1829: Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1837: John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1843: József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation. [category: Events]
• 1852: Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founder of Filiki Eteria (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Helen Magill White, American first woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1857: Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1859: Washington Irving, American author and historian (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates. [category: Events]
• 1864: James Allen English author and poet (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1864: Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1866: Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1870: Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Mary Somerville, Scottish author (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1878: Hubert Lefèbvre, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1878: Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1880: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1885: Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. [category: Events]
• 1887: Ernst Röhm, German nazi official (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1890: Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist and politician (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1893: Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election. [category: Events]
• 1894: Henry Hazlitt, American philosopher and economist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1895: José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1895: The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours. [category: Events]
• 1896: Dawn Powell, American author (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1896: Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1904: James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1904: Nancy Mitford, English author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1904: Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1907: Alberto Moravia, Italian author and journalist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1907: Rose Bampton, American soprano (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1907: Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. [category: Events]
• 1908: Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1908: Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1909: Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire. [category: Events]
• 1910: Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again. [category: Events]
• 1911: Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1912: Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1912: Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading. [category: Events]
• 1915: Evald Okas, Estonian painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1915: Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Lilian, Princess of Réthy (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. [category: Events]
• 1918: Bukovina votes for the union with the Kingdom of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1919: Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.) [category: Events]
• 1920: Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen. [category: Events]
• 1921: `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1923: James Karen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Dennis Brutus, South African poet (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1925: The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance. [category: Events]
• 1927: Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1928: Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1928: John Coleman, Australian footballer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1928: Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Berry Gordy, American record producer, founded Motown Records [category: Births]
• 1930: Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author [category: Births]
• 1931: Ed Young, Chinese author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1931: Tomi Ungerer, French illustrator and author [category: Births]
• 1932: Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer [category: Births]
• 1932: Terence Frisby, English author [category: Births]
• 1933: Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joe Knollenberg, American politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Prince Hitachi of Japan [category: Births]
• 1935: Randolph Stow, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1935: Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist (The Romeros) [category: Births]
• 1936: Gary Hart, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: James Naismith, Canadian-American creator of basketball (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Laura Antonelli, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Paul Warfield, American football player [category: Births]
• 1942: In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people. [category: Events]
• 1943: Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Tehran Conference – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss war strategy. [category: Events]
• 1944: R. B. Greaves, Guyanan singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1944: Rita Mae Brown, American author, poet, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer [category: Births]
• 1945: Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Joe Dante, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1947: Panayotis Varotsos, Greek physicist [category: Births]
• 1947: Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian guitarist (Little River Band, Mississippi, Zoot, Birtles Shorrock Goble, and Birtles & Goble) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dick Morris, American author [category: Births]
• 1949: Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American actor and orchestra leader [category: Births]
• 1950: Ed Harris, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1951: Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1952: S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1953: Frank Olson, American biologist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Adem Jashari, Albanian commander [category: Births]
• 1955: Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Jeffrey Byron, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard Bean, English playwright [category: Births]
• 1957: David Van Day, English singer (Dollar Guys 'n' Dolls, and Bucks Fizz) [category: Births]
• 1958: Dave Righetti, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler [category: Births]
• 1958: Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. [category: Events]
• 1959: Judd Nelson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1960: Andy Ritchie, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: John Galliano, Gibraltarian-English fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1960: Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1960: Max Pruss, Prussian commander (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Mauritania becomes independent of France. [category: Events]
• 1961: Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jane Sibbett, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: John Fenty, English politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Martin Clunes, English actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host [category: Births]
• 1962: Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Skin Yard, Temple of the Dog, Hater, and Wellwater Conspiracy) [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican murderer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1963: Johnny Newman, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Walt Weiss, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: John Burkett, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Michael Bennet, American politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Roy Tarpley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. [category: Events]
• 1964: Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1965: Erwin Mortier, Belgian author [category: Births]
• 1965: Matt Williams, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1966: Dominic Chappell, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Helen Fospero, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1966: Sam Seder, American comedian, actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. [category: Events]
• 1967: Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1967: José del Solar, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Stephnie Weir, American comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue) [category: Births]
• 1968: Enid Blyton, English author (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Lexington Steele, American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Robb Nen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Fenriz, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Darkthrone, Storm, Dødheimsgard, Neptune Towers, and Isengard) [category: Births]
• 1971: Rob Conway, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later. [category: Events]
• 1971: Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. [category: Events]
• 1972: Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1972: Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames, Dimension Zero, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, and All Ends) [category: Births]
• 1972: Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Last executions in Paris, of the Clairvaux Mutineers, Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet, guillotined at La Sante Prison. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court, but as Buffet's accomplice is condemned to death anyway.) [category: Events]
• 1973: Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer (AFI, Blaqk Audio, and Redemption 87) [category: Births]
• 1973: Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Kristian Schmid, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Styles P, American rapper (The LOX) [category: Births]
• 1974: apl.de.ap, Filipino-American rapper and producer (The Black Eyed Peas) [category: Births]
• 1975: Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian author [category: Births]
• 1975: Park Sung-Bae, South Korean football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Satyricon) [category: Births]
• 1975: Sunny Mabrey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: East Timor declares its independence from Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1976: Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: DeMya Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Marlon Broomes, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Bob Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Aimee Garcia, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Brent Albright, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Freddie Mitchell, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Michael Simpkins, English football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine businessman (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Chamillionaire, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Color Changin' Click) [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Henney, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Joel Maximo, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 operated sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1980: Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria) [category: Births]
• 1980: Stuart Taylor, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – Over 70% of Iraqi Navy was destroyed by Iranian Navy in The Persian Gulf. The Iranian Navy's Day. [category: Events]
• 1981: Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jacqui Ainsley, English model [category: Births]
• 1981: Sharon Needles, American drag queen performer [category: Births]
• 1981: Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions. [category: Events]
• 1982: Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1982: Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Trey Songz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: Esha Gupta, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Craig Kieswetter, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1987: Karen Gillan, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Choh Hao Li, Chinese chemist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1988: Christopher Stringini, American singer (US5) [category: Births]
• 1988: Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Laura Alleway, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power. [category: Events]
• 1990: Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Jessica Robinson, English singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1991: South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1992: Adam Hicks, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Lola Sanchez, Australian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Buster Edwards, English criminal (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Thor Salden, Belgian singer [category: Births]
• 1997: Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Kerry Wendell Thornley, American author, co-founder of Discordianism (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: William Reid, Scottish pilot, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air-missiles. [category: Events]
• 2003: Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Robert Volpe, American police officer and painter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian army officer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian army officer (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and director (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Giorgos Fountas, Greek actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jakes Gerwel, South African academic (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Spain Rodriguez, American cartoonist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Zig Ziglar, American author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• _: Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catherine Labouré [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day / National Day / Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Navy Day (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Gregory III [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Burundi) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Chad) [category: Holidays and observances]