Explore fascinating moments from history that shaped our world
The British government announced that it had removed the last land mine from the Falkland Islands, laid by Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War.
A skirmish occurred between South Korean and North Korean naval ships off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

Nadarajah Raviraj, a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer, was assassinated in Colombo.

Writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were executed by the Nigerian military government.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald (pictured) sank in Lake Superior with the loss of 29 lives.
In Angola, the MPLA decisively defeated the FNLA in the Battle of Quifangondo, while Portugal simultaneously withdrew all its colonial and military personnel from Luanda.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald (pictured) sank in Lake Superior with the loss of 29 lives.
The children's television series Sesame Street (puppeteer pictured) premiered in the United States.
Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby on 30 October, British forces retaliated by attacking Surabaya.
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck the Vrancea region of Romania.
Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas led a coup against his own constitutional government, establishing the dictatorial Estado Novo regime.
White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.November 19, 1898 newspaper headline (pictured)
Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley (pictured) located missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
Henry Wirz, the Confederate superintendent of Andersonville Prison, was hanged after a controversial conviction, becoming the only American Civil War officer executed for war crimes.
At the culmination of a Swedish civil war, supporters of the deposed King Sigismund III Vasa were publicly executed in the Åbo Bloodbath.
Fourth Crusade: The Siege of Zara (present-day Zadar, Croatia), the first attack on a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders, began.
Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.
President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.
Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.
World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne.
WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight.
Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario.
The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
Treaty of Osimo between Yugoslavia and Italy
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board.
Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
Luna 17: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union.
National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
The Nauru Independence Act 1967 passed the Parliament of Australia, giving independence to the UN Trust Territory of Nauru with effect from 31 January 1968.
The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people.
Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
Finnish author F. E. Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.
Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.
Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen noblemen who opposed Duke Charles are decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) for their involvement in the War against Sigismund.
Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.
Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.
Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced by Li (now called "Xu Zhigao"), who becomes the first ruler of Southern Tang.
Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
Christian Convery, Canadian actor
Luca Del Bel Belluz, Canadian ice hockey player
Eduardo Camavinga, French footballer
Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model
Scotty Pippen Jr., American basketball player
Armand Duplantis, Swedish-American pole vaulter
Michael Cimino, American actor
João Félix, Portuguese footballer
Michael J. Keplinger, Austrian musician and filmmaker
Kiernan Shipka, American actress
Karen Villanueva, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Federico Dimarco, Italian footballer
Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast
Maurice Gomis, Italian-Senegalese footballer

Daniel James, Welsh footballer
Giovanna Scoccimarro, German judoka

Yuriy Vakulko, Ukrainian footballer
Drew Lock, American football player
Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player
Ryan Peniston, British tennis player
Zoey Deutch, American actress
Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter
Claudio Dias, English footballer
Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler
Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer
Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer
Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer
Wilfried Zaha, Ivorian footballer
Tony Snell, American basketball player
Marcus Browne, American boxer
Zach Ertz, American football player
Leo, South Korean singer
Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer
Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
Brendon Hartley, New Zealand race car driver
Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
Jacob Pullen, American basketball player
Massimo Coda, Italian footballer
Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress
Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player
D. J. Augustin, American basketball player
Sam Malsom, English footballer
Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress
Charles Hamilton, American rapper
Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player
Aaron Crow, American baseball player
Josh Peck, American actor

Goran Jerković, French footballer
Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer
Eric Thames, American baseball player

Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (died 2011)
Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer
Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer
Kazuhisa Makita, Japanese baseball player
Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
Ahmed Fathy, Egyptian footballer
Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer (died 2020)
Heather Matarazzo, American actress
Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player

Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2004)
Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner
Ryback, American wrestler
Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer
Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer
Troy Bell, American basketball player
Chris Joannou, Australian bass player
Anthony Réveillère, French footballer
Kelly Santos, Brazilian basketball player
Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer

Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician
Diplo, American DJ, songwriter, and producer
Eve, American rapper and producer
Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player
David Paetkau, Canadian actor
Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (died 2009)
Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

Sergio González, Spanish footballer and manager
Jaroslav Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player
Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager
Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player
Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer
Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee
Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player
Shawn Green, American baseball player

Big Pun, American rapper (died 2000)
Walton Goggins, American actor and producer
Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter
Warren G, American rapper and producer
U-God, American rapper
Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach
Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor
Ellen Pompeo, American actress
Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor
Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host

Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (died 2014)
Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach

Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach
Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach
Hugh Bonneville, English actor
Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian
Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach
Mike Powell, American long jumper
Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach
Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter
Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
John Walton, English darts player
Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (died 2015)
Maeve Sherlock, English politician
Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager
Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic
Stephen Herek, American director and producer
Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager
Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (died 2001)
Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
Sinbad, American comedian and actor
Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter
Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player

Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach
Les Miles, American football player and coach
John Williamson, American basketball player (died 1996)
Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
Jack Scalia, American actor
Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)
Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player
Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager
Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (died 2024)
Luciano Sušanj, Croatian Olympic runner and politician (died 2024)
Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound
Steven Utley, American author and poet (died 2013)

Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1997)
Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (died 1982)
Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan
Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic
Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician
Tim Rice, English lyricist and author
Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician
Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player (died 2020)
Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
James Hood, American activist (died 2013)
Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation

Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (died 2015)
Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (died 1999)
Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (died 2013)
Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist (died 2022)

Russell Means, American activist, actor, and musician (died 2012)
Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
Robert Moreland, American college basketball coach (Texas Southern Tigers) (died 2024)
Albert Hall, American actor

Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (died 2004)
Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist
Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (died 2018)
Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (died 1969)
Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (died 2020)

A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (died 1994)

Clio Maria Bittoni, Italian lawyer (died 2024)
Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 1990)
Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (died 2019)
Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (died 2016)
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (died 1996)

Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008)
Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (died 2013)
Gene Conley, American baseball and basketball player (died 2017)
Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (died 2022)
W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (died 2019)
Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (died 2015)
Tommy Banks, English footballer (died 2024)
Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2020)
Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (died 2022)

Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (died 1991)
Vaughn O. Lang, American general (died 2014)

Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (died 2013)
Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (died 2014)
Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (died 2024)
Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (died 1984)
Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (died 1999)
Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (died 1935)
Ina Clough, English actress (died 2003)
Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (died 2008)
George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (died 1997)
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (died 2013)
Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (died 1945)
Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1969)
Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (died 2012)

Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (died 2004)

Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (died 2000)
Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (died 1975)

Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (died 1970)

Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (died 1985)
Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (died 1996)

Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)
Jane Froman, American actress and singer (died 1980)
John Moore, English activist and author (died 1967)
Josef Kramer, German SS officer (died 1945)

Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (died 1975)
Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (died 1979)
Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (died 1981)
Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1957)

John P. Marquand, American author (died 1960)

Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (died 1972)

Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group
Claude Rains, English-American actor (died 1967)
Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (died 1972)
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (died 1973)
Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (died 1968)
Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)
Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (died 1954)
Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (died 1959)
Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (died 1931)
Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (died 1916)
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (died 1962)
Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (died 1954)
Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (died 1949)
Winston Churchill, American author and painter (died 1947)

Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (died 1957)
Amy Levy (died 1889) First Jewish student at Cambridge University
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (died 1928)

Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (died 1931)
Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (died 1925)
John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1894)
Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (died 1932)
Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (died 1923)
José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1886)
Jacob Hamburger, German rabbi and author (died 1911)
George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (died 1882)
Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (died 1872)
Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (died 1876)
Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (died 1851)
Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (died 1849)
Friedrich Schiller, German poet and playwright (died 1805)
Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (died 1846)
Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (died 1813)
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (died 1774)
Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (died 1792)
William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1764)
John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (died 1771)
François Couperin, French organist and composer (died 1733)
Louis, Prince of Condé (died 1710)
Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (died 1705)
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (died 1638)
Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (died 1660)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1601)
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (died 1646)
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1601)
Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (died 1580)
John III, Duke of Cleves (died 1539)

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (died 1568)
Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (died 1546)
Bridget of York, English nun (died 1517)
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (died 1477)
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1408)
Philip I, Prince of Taranto (died 1332)
Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (died 799)
Tim Sullivan, American novelist (born 1948)
Kevin Conroy, American actor and voice actor, longtime voice of Batman (born 1955)
Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (born 1955)
Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (born 1922)
Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (born 1952)
André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (born 1937)
Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (born 1918)
Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1938)
Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (born 1920)
Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (born 1951)
John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (born 1921)
Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)

Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (born 1926)
John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (born 1922)

John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (born 1921)
John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (born 1922)
Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (born 1920)
Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (born 1927)

Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (born 1942)
Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (born 1944)
Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (born 1919)
Robert Enke, German footballer (born 1977)

John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (born 1960)

Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (born 1937)

Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1915)
Laraine Day, American actress (born 1920)
Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (born 1907)
Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (born 1923)

Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (born 1932)
Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (born 1954)

Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1966)
Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (born 1919)

Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1962)

Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (born 1908)
Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (born 1907)
Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1913)

Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (born 1936)
Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (born 1912)
Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1935)
Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (born 1915)
Mary Millar, English actress (born 1936)

Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (born 1941)
Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (born 1904)
Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (born 1920)
Chuck Connors, American actor (born 1921)
Marjorie Abbatt, English toy-maker and businesswoman (born 1899)
William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (born 1929)

Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (born 1943)
Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (born 1914)
Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (born 1961)
Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (born 1916)
Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (born 1904)
Xavier Herbert, Australian author (born 1901)
Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (born 1906)
Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (b. 1905)
Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (born 1912)

Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (born 1909)

Klára Dán von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (born 1911)
Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (born 1875)
Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (born 1900)
Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (born 1856)
Claude Rodier, physicist (born 1903)
Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (born 1862)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (born 1881)
Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (born 1856)
Anita Berber, German dancer (born 1899)
George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (born 1863)
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (born 1854)

Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (born 1864)
Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (born circa 1794)
John E. Wool, American general (born 1784)
Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (born 1823)
Gideon Mantell, English scientist (born 1790)
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (born 1724)
Cornstalk, American tribal chief (born 1720)
Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (born 1724)
Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (born 1661)
Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (born 1659)
Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (born 1640)
Afzal Khan, Indian commander
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (born 1579)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1573)
Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (born 1540)
Richard Chancellor, English explorer(born c. 1521)
Pope Paul III (born 1468)
Władysław III of Poland (born 1424)
John I, Count of Holland (born 1284)
Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (born 1237)
Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (born c. 1222)
William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow
Pope Celestine IV
Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles

Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
Adelaide of Paris (born 850)
Leo II, Byzantine emperor (born 467)
Pope Leo I
Christian feast day: Adelin of Séez
Christian feast day: Áed mac Bricc
Christian feast day: Andrew Avellino

Christian feast day: Baudolino
Christian feast day: Elaeth
Christian feast day: Grellan
Christian feast day: Justus
Christian feast day: Lübeck martyrs
Christian feast day: Pope Leo I
Christian feast day: Monitor
Christian feast day: Theoctiste
Christian feast day: Tryphena of Rome
Christian feast day: November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Cry of Independence Day (Panama)
Day of Remembrance of Atatürk (Turkey)
Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia)
Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan
Martinisingen (Germany)
United States Marine Corps birthday (United States)
World Keratoconus Day
World Science Day for Peace and Development