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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2020
November 18 is the 322nd day of the
year (323rd in leap years) in
the Gregorian calendar.
43 days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
326 – The old St. Peter's
Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.[1] ·
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and
invade northern Italy.[2] ·
1095 – The Council of Clermont begins:
called by Pope Urban II,
it led to the First Crusade to
the Holy Land.[3] ·
1105 – Maginulfo is
elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV. ·
1180 – Phillip II becomes
king of France. ·
1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. ·
1282 – Pope Martin IV excommunicates
King Peter III of Aragon. ·
1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues
the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual
supremacy for the papacy. ·
1421 – A seawall at
the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands
breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will
be known as St
Elizabeth's flood. ·
1493 – Christopher Columbus first
sights the island now known as Puerto Rico. ·
1494 – French
King Charles VIII occupies Florence,
Italy. ·
1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha,
an Ottoman provincial
governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Ferdinand
the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa. ·
1626 – The new St Peter's Basilica is
consecrated. ·
1730 – The
future Frederick II (known
as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is
granted a royal pardon and released from confinement. ·
1760 – The
rebuilt debtors' prison,
at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners. ·
1803 – The Battle of Vertières,
the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution,
is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti,
the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. ·
1809 – In a naval action during
the Napoleonic Wars,
French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal. ·
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends
in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him
becoming known as "the bravest of the brave". ·
1863 – King Christian IX of
Denmark signs the November
constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This
is seen by the German Confederation as
a violation of the London Protocol and
leads to the German–Danish war of
1864. ·
1865 – Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
is published in the New York Saturday
Press. ·
1872 – Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are
arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential
election of 1872. ·
1883 – American and
Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of
thousands of local times. ·
1901 – Britain and the
United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote
Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer
Treaty and withdraws British objections to an
American-controlled canal in Panama. ·
1903 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla
Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive
rights over the Panama Canal Zone. ·
1905 – Prince Carl of
Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. ·
1909 – Two United
States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two
Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. ·
1916 – World War I: First Battle of the
Somme: In France, British
Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls
off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. ·
1918 – Latvia declares its independence from
Russia. ·
1928 – Release of the
animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully
synchronized sound cartoon, directed
by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances
of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the
Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday. ·
1929 – Grand Banks
earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in
the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2
submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks,
breaks 12 submarine transatlantic
telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast
communities in the Burin Peninsula. ·
1940 – World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign
Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet
to discuss Benito Mussolini's
disastrous Italian
invasion of Greece. ·
1943 – World War
II: Battle of
Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin
causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53
air crew. ·
1944 – The Popular Socialist
Youth is founded in Cuba. ·
1947 – The Ballantyne's Department
Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is
the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. ·
1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the
coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners
are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria. ·
1961 – United States
President John F. Kennedy sends
18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.[4][5] ·
1963 – The first push-button
telephone goes into service. ·
1970 – U.S.
President Richard Nixon asks
the U.S. Congress for
$155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. ·
1971 – Oman declares
its independence from United Kingdom. ·
1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that
claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270
children. Congressman Leo Ryan is
murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier. ·
1987 – King's Cross fire:
In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's
Cross St Pancras. ·
1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law
allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers. ·
1991 – Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas
Sutherland. ·
1991 – After an 87-day siege,
the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging
Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. ·
1993 – In the United
States, the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by
the House
of Representatives. ·
1993 – In South Africa, 21 political
parties approve a new constitution,
expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule. ·
1996 – A fire occurs
on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing
several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of
tunnel. ·
1999 – At Texas
A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses
killing 12 students and injuring 27 others. ·
2002 – Iraq disarmament
crisis: United Nations weapons
inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive
in Iraq. ·
2003 – The Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge
v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on
same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the
first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex
couples. ·
2012 – Pope
Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. ·
2013 – NASA launches
the MAVEN probe to Mars. Births[edit]
·
701 – Itzam K'an Ahk II,
Mayan ruler (d. 757) ·
709 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782) ·
1522 – Lamoral, Count
of Egmont (d. 1568) ·
1571 – Hippolytus
Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654) ·
1576 – Philipp
Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1612) ·
1630 – Eleonora
Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand
III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686) ·
1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author
(d. 1706) ·
1727 – Philibert Commerson,
French physician and explorer (d. 1773) ·
1736 – Carl
Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (d.
1800) ·
1756 – Thomas Burgess,
English bishop and philosopher (d. 1837) ·
1772 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806) ·
1774 – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d.
1837) ·
1785 – David Wilkie,
Scottish painter and academic (d. 1841) ·
1787 – Louis Daguerre, French physicist and
photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851) ·
1804 – Alfonso
Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of
Italy (d. 1878) ·
1810 – Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (d.
1888) ·
1832 – Adolf Erik
Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901) ·
1833 – James
Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (d.
1895) ·
1836 – W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and
illustrator (d. 1911) ·
1839 – August Kundt, German physicist and educator
(d. 1894) ·
1856 – Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d.
1929) ·
1860 – Ignacy Jan
Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime
Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941) ·
1861 – Dorothy Dix, American journalist and author
(d. 1951) ·
1866 – Henry Daglish, Australian politician,
6th Premier of
Western Australia (d. 1920) ·
1874 – Clarence Day, American author and poet (d.
1935) ·
1876 – Victor Hémery, French race car driver (d.
1950) ·
1880 – Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed
the Central Sofia
Market Hall (d. 1952) ·
1882 – Amelita Galli-Curci,
Italian-American soprano (d. 1963) ·
1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic
(d. 1957) ·
1882 – Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and
author (d. 1973) ·
1882 – Frances Gertrude
McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (d.
1959)[6] ·
1883 – Carl Vinson, American judge and politician
(d. 1981) ·
1886 – Ferenc Münnich,
Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime
Minister of Hungary (d. 1967) ·
1888 – Frances Marion, American screenwriter,
novelist and journalist (d. 1973) ·
1889 – Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician
(d. 1939) ·
1891 – Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial
designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(d. 1979) ·
1897 – Patrick
Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1974) ·
1899 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist
and conductor (d. 1985) ·
1899 – Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher
and civil rights activist (d. 1981) ·
1901 – George Gallup, American statistician and
academic (d. 1984) ·
1901 – V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984) ·
1901 – Craig Wood,
American golfer (d. 1968) ·
1902 – Franklin Adreon, American film and
television director (d. 1979) ·
1904 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English
lieutenant and politician, Secretary
of State for the Colonies (d. 1983) ·
1904 – Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist
(d. 1978) ·
1906 – Sait Faik
Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954) ·
1906 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer,
designed the mini car (d. 1988) ·
1906 – Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short
story writer, and critic (d. 1949) ·
1906 – George Wald, American neurobiologist and
academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 1997) ·
1907 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998) ·
1907 – Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2003) ·
1908 – Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian,
and singer (d. 2001) ·
1909 – Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter
and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976) ·
1911 – Attilio Bertolucci,
Italian poet and author (d. 2000) ·
1912 – Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and
coach (d. 1995) ·
1912 – Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) ·
1913 – Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and
illustrator (d. 1999) ·
1914 – Haguroyama Masaji,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969) ·
1915 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and
umpire (d. 2004) ·
1917 – Beebe Steven Lynk,
African-American chemist and author (d. 1948) ·
1917 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d.
1957) ·
1918 – İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d.
2008) ·
1918 – Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and
politician, Victoria Cross recipient
(d. 2007) ·
1919 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005) ·
1920 – Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and
politician, 77th Prime Minister of
Egypt (d. 2008) ·
1920 – Robert Fryer, American playwright and
producer (d. 2000) ·
1920 – Ron Suart, English football player and
manager (d. 2015) ·
1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle,
Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d.
1967) ·
1922 – Marjorie Gestring,
American springboard diver (d. 1992) ·
1923 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and
astronaut (d. 1998) ·
1923 – Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and
politician (d. 2010) ·
1924 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart,
Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000) ·
1924 – Anna Elisabeth (Lise)
Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (d.
1996) ·
1925 – Gene Mauch, American baseball player and
manager (d. 2005) ·
1927 – Hank Ballard, American R&B
singer-songwriter (d. 2003) ·
1927 – Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and
author (d. 2014) ·
1928 – Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and
politician, 5th Prime
Minister of the Philippines (d. 2004) ·
1928 – Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter
and pianist ·
1929 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and
educator (d. 2013) ·
1932 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d.
2010) ·
1933 – Bruce Conner, American painter,
photographer, and director (d. 2008) ·
1934 – Vassilis Vassilikos,
Greek journalist and diplomat ·
1935 – Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and
politician (d. 1997) ·
1935 – Rodney Hall,
Australian author and poet ·
1936 – Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal ·
1936 – Don Cherry,
American trumpet player (d. 1995) ·
1938 – Jules Mikhael
Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012) ·
1938 – Norbert Ratsirahonana,
Malagasy politician, Prime
Minister of Madagascar ·
1938 – Karl Schranz, Austrian skier ·
1939 – Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet,
and critic ·
1939 – Margaret
Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and
politician, Leader of
the House of Lords ·
1939 – Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French
singer-songwriter and actress ·
1939 – Brenda Vaccaro, American actress ·
1940 – James Welch,
American novelist and poet (d. 2003) ·
1941 – Gary Bettenhausen,
American race car driver (d. 2014) ·
1941 – Angela Watkinson, English educator and
politician ·
1942 – Linda Evans, American actress ·
1942 – Susan Sullivan, American actress ·
1943 – Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal ·
1944 – Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer,
founded JOOP! ·
1944 – Edwin C. Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer,
author, Director Griffith Observatory ·
1945 – Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d.
2010) ·
1945 – Mahinda Rajapaksa,
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri
Lanka ·
1946 – Alan Dean Foster, American author ·
1946 – Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter
and producer (d. 2015) ·
1947 – Timothy Maude, American general (d. 2001) ·
1947 – Jameson Parker, American actor and producer ·
1947 – Ross Wilson,
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1948 – Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor ·
1948 – Andrea Marcovicci,
American actress and singer ·
1948 – Kongō Masahiro,
Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2014) ·
1948 – Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and
painter (d. 1985) ·
1948 – Jack Tatum, American football player (d.
2010) ·
1949 – Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and
songwriter ·
1950 – Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1950 – Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player ·
1951 – Pete Morelli, American businessman ·
1951 – Justin Raimondo, American journalist and
author ·
1952 – Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and
politician, 36th Premier of
Queensland ·
1952 – Delroy Lindo, English actor and director ·
1952 – John Parr, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1953 – Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (d.
2013) ·
1953 – Alan Moore, English author and illustrator ·
1953 – Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and
screenwriter ·
1955 – Carter Burwell, American composer and
conductor ·
1956 – Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer
and painter (d. 1995) ·
1956 – Warren Moon, American football player and
sportscaster ·
1956 – Jim Weirich, American computer scientist,
developed Rake Software (d.
2014) ·
1957 – Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer,
producer, and writer ·
1958 – Daniel Brailovsky,
Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager[7] ·
1959 – Jimmy
Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager ·
1960 – Ivans Klementjevs,
Latvian canoeist[8] ·
1960 – Elizabeth Perkins,
American actress ·
1960 – Yeşim
Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1960 – Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter ·
1961 – Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and
producer ·
1962 – Bart Bryant, American golfer ·
1962 – Kirk Hammett, American guitarist and
songwriter ·
1963 – Len Bias, American basketball player (d.
1986) ·
1963 – Dante Bichette, American baseball player and
coach ·
1963 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and
sportscaster ·
1963 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (d.
2015) ·
1964 – Rita Cosby, American journalist and author ·
1964 – Nadia Sawalha, English actress ·
1965 – Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter
and musician ·
1967 – Tom Gordon, American baseball player ·
1967 – Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
and sportscaster ·
1967 – Gavin Peacock, English footballer and
sportscaster ·
1968 – Barry Hunter,
Irish footballer and manager ·
1968 – George Kotsiopoulos,
American stylist and journalist ·
1968 – Romany Malco, American rapper, producer,
actor, and screenwriter ·
1968 – Gary Sheffield, American baseball player and
coach ·
1968 – Owen Wilson, American actor, producer,
comedian and screenwriter ·
1969 – Sam Cassell, American basketball player and
coach ·
1969 – Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor ·
1969 – Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial
artist and wrestler (d. 2014) ·
1969 – Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor ·
1970 – Mike Epps, American comedian, actor, and
producer ·
1970 – Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist ·
1970 – Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress ·
1971 – Therese Coffey, English chemist and
politician ·
1971 – Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic ·
1971 – Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league
player and sportscaster ·
1972 – Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed
skater ·
1973 – Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter
and business expert ·
1973 – Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and
coach ·
1974 – Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach ·
1974 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress and fashion
designer ·
1974 – Petter Solberg, Norwegian race car driver ·
1975 – Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer ·
1975 – Shawn Camp, American baseball player ·
1975 – Anthony McPartlin,
English comedian, actor, and producer ·
1975 – David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball
player ·
1975 – Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and
actor ·
1975 – Jason
Williams, American basketball player ·
1976 – Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter ·
1976 – Dominic Armato, American voice actor ·
1976 – Sage Francis, American rapper ·
1976 – Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer ·
1976 – Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress ·
1977 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league
player, coach, and sportscaster ·
1978 – Damien Johnson, Irish footballer ·
1978 – Aldo
Montano, Italian fencer ·
1979 – Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer ·
1980 – Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist,
hijacker of United
Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001) ·
1980 – Luke Chadwick, English footballer ·
1980 – Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and
singer ·
1980 – François Duval,
Belgian race car driver ·
1980 – Denny Hamlin, American race car driver ·
1980 – Dustin Kensrue, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1981 – Dianne dela Fuente,
Filipino singer and actress ·
1981 – Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress ·
1981 – Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress ·
1981 – Maggie Stiefvater,
American author ·
1981 – Allison Tolman, American actress ·
1981 – Christina Vidal, American actress and singer ·
1982 – Greg Estandia, American football player ·
1983 – Travis Buck, American baseball player ·
1983 – Michael
Dawson, English footballer ·
1983 – Jon Lech Johansen,
Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS ·
1984 – Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer ·
1984 – Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer ·
1985 – Allyson Felix, American sprinter ·
1985 – Christian Siriano,
American fashion designer ·
1987 – Yoon Park, South Korean actor ·
1988 – Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player ·
1988 – Michael Roach,
American soccer player ·
1988 – Marie-Josée Ta Lou,
Ivorian sprinter[9] ·
1989 – Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player ·
1989 – Natalie Osman, American wrestler ·
1990 – Myk Perez, Filipino singer ·
1991 – Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer ·
1991 – Noppawan
Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player ·
1992 – Nathan Kress, American actor and director ·
1992 – Steven Skrzybski, German footballer ·
1993 – Zhang Zetian, Chinese businesswoman and
investor ·
1994 – Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin professional
tennis player[10] ·
1994 – Bernhard Luxbacher,
Austrian footballer[11] ·
1994 – Akiyuki Hashimoto,
Japanese sprinter[12] Deaths[edit]
·
942 – Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (b.
c. 878) ·
953 – Liutgard of
Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (b. 931) ·
1100 – Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York ·
1154 – Adelaide of
Maurienne, French queen consort (b. 1092) ·
1170 – Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (b.
c. 1100) ·
1247 – Robin Hood, heroic outlaw in English folklore (b. 1160) ·
1259 – Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian ·
1305 – John II,
duke of Brittany (b. 1239) ·
1313 – Constance of
Portugal, Portuguese infanta (b. 1290) ·
1349 – Frederick
II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1310) ·
1441 – Roger Bolingbroke,
English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer ·
1472 – Basilius Bessarion,
titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403) ·
1482 – Gedik Ahmed Pasha,
Ottoman politician, 17th Grand
Vizier of the Ottoman Empire ·
1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall,
English bishop (b. 1474) ·
1565 – Yun Won-hyung, Korean writer and politician
(b. 1509) ·
1590 – George
Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and
politician, Lord High
Steward of Ireland (b. 1528) ·
1664 – Miklós Zrínyi,
Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (b. 1620) ·
1724 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão,
Portuguese priest (b. 1685) ·
1785 – Louis
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725) ·
1797 – Jacques-Alexandre
Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) ·
1804 – Philip Schuyler, American general and
senator (b. 1733) ·
1814 – William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745) ·
1830 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and
academic, founded the Illuminati (b.
1748) ·
1841 – Agustín Gamarra,
Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)[13] ·
1852 – Rose Philippine
Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769) ·
1886 – Chester A. Arthur,
American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President
of the United States (b. 1829) ·
1889 – William Allingham,
Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824) ·
1909 – Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877) ·
1922 – Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b.
1871) ·
1927 – Scipione
Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver,
explorer, and politician (b. 1871) ·
1936 – V. O.
Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872) ·
1940 – Ivane Javakhishvili,
Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876) ·
1941 – Émile Nelligan,
Canadian poet and author (b. 1879) ·
1941 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and
physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1864) ·
1941 – Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist
and politician, 3rd Prime
Minister of Australia (b. 1867) ·
1952 – Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b.
1895) ·
1962 – Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist,
and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1885) ·
1965 – Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and
bureaucrat, 33rd Vice
President of the United States, 11th US Secretary
of Agriculture (b. 1888) ·
1969 – Ted Heath,
English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902) ·
1969 – Joseph P. Kennedy
Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b.
1888) ·
1972 – Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (Crazy Horse)
(b. 1943) ·
1976 – Man Ray, American-French photographer and
painter (b. 1890) ·
1977 – Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer
and politician, 15th Federal
Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897) ·
1978 – Jim Jones, American cult leader,
founded Peoples Temple (b.
1931) ·
1978 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and
politician (b. 1925) ·
1979 – Freddie Fitzsimmons,
American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901) ·
1980 – Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey
player, and businessman (b. 1895) ·
1984 – Mary Hamman, American journalist and author
(b. 1907) ·
1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960) ·
1987 – Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934) ·
1991 – Gustáv Husák,
Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of
Czechoslovakia (b. 1913) ·
1994 – Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and
bandleader (The Cab
Calloway Orchestra) (b. 1907) ·
1994 – Peter Ledger, Australian painter and
illustrator (b. 1945) ·
1995 – Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist
(b. 1909) ·
1998 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist
and publisher (b. 1936) ·
1999 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author
(b. 1910) ·
1999 – Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (b.
1941) ·
2001 – Walter Matuszczak,
Polish-American football player 1939
All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918) ·
2002 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928) ·
2003 – Michael Kamen, American composer and
conductor (b. 1948) ·
2004 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and
academic (b. 1905) ·
2004 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer
(b. 1929) ·
2005 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911) ·
2009 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (b.
1944) ·
2010 – Freddy Beras-Goico,
Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940) ·
2010 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American
astronomer and academic (b. 1937) ·
2012 – Emilio Aragón
Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929) ·
2012 – Phoebe Hearst Cooke,
American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927) ·
2013 – Thomas
Howard, American football player (b. 1983) ·
2013 – S. R. D.
Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (b.
1929) ·
2013 – Ljubomir
Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (b. 1947) ·
2013 – Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and
producer (b. 1953) ·
2014 – Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and
producer (b. 1922) ·
2014 – Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and
author (b. 1945) ·
2014 – Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and
politician, 48th Prime
Minister of Jordan (b. 1925) ·
2014 – C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer
(b. 1947) ·
2015 – Abdelhamid Abaaoud,
Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (b. 1987)[14] ·
2015 – Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (b.
1952) ·
2015 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1975)[15] ·
2016 – Sharon Jones,
American soul and funk singer (b. 1956) ·
2016 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon and
scientist (b. 1920)[16] ·
2017 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock
guitarist (b. 1953) Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox
Church) o Barulas o Constant o Dedication
of Saints Peter and Paul o Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)[17] o Juthwara o Mabyn (Roman Catholic
Church and Anglicanism) o The
main day of the Feast
of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela) o November
18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Day of Army and
Victory (Haiti) ·
Independence
Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956. ·
Proclamation
Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence
of Latvia from Russia in 1918. ·
Remembrance Day of the
Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia) |
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