November 17 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 44 days remaining until the end of the year.
474 – 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 .
794 – Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto .
1183 – The Battle of Mizushima .
1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1405 – Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu .
1511 – Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster , a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon .
1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England .
1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason .
1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars : Battle of the Bridge of Arcole : French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
1810 – Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War , although no fighting ever takes place.
1811 – José Miguel Carrera , Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile .
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia .
1839 – Oberto , Giuseppe Verdi 's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan , Italy.
1856 – American Old West : On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona , the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase .
1858 – Modified Julian Day zero.
1863 – American Civil War : Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee , under siege .
1869 – In Egypt , the Suez Canal , linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea , is inaugurated.
1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's "Slavonic March " is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante , who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War : The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League , which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh 's Schenley Park Casino .
1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
1911 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university , was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1922 – Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union .
1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal . In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps . Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor , a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century .
1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama .
1950 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 is adopted.
1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands , Kerry , Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport . The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport , serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 – Vietnam War : Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos .
1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1969 – Cold War : Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki , Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 – Vietnam War : Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre .
1970 – Luna programme : The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon . This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal : In Orlando, Florida , U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas , prompting reforms in the sport of boxing .
1983 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1988 – The National Revival Day: In Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , a demonstration starts against the Soviets, the perceived ignorance of the inflaming tension around Nagorno-Karabakh . The demonstration forcibly dispersed 17 days later would become the largest of its kind held in the USSR
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia , a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture , Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
1993 – United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991 .
1993 – In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
1997 – In Luxor , Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut , known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom , Slovenia , kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru .
2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut , Egypt .
2013 – Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
2013 – A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest . Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan . In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
9 – Vespasian , Roman emperor (d. 79)
1503 – Bronzino , Italian painter (d. 1572)
1576 – Roque González de Santa Cruz , Paraguayan missionary and saint (d. 1628)
1587 – Joost van den Vondel , Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1679)
1612 – Dorgon , Manchu son of Nurhaci (d. 1650)
1681 – Pierre François le Courayer , French theologian and author (d. 1776)
1685 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye , Canadian commander and explorer (d. 1749)
1729 – Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (d. 1785)
1749 – Nicolas Appert , French chef, invented canning (d. 1841)
1753 – Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg , American pastor and botanist (d. 1815)
1755 – Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824)
1765 – Jacques MacDonald , French general (d. 1840)
1769 – Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)
1793 – Charles Lock Eastlake , English painter, historian, and academic (d. 1865)
1816 – August Wilhelm Ambros , Austrian composer and historian (d. 1876)
1827 – Petko Slaveykov , Bulgarian journalist and poet (d. 1895)
1835 – Andrew L. Harris , American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
1854 – Hubert Lyautey , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1934)
1857 – Joseph Babinski , French neurologist and academic (d. 1932)
1866 – Voltairine de Cleyre , American author and activist (d. 1912)
1868 – Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
1877 – Frank Calder , English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)
1878 – Grace Abbott , American social worker (d. 1939)
1878 – Augustus Goessling , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)
1886 – Walter Terence Stace , English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (d. 1967)
1887 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein , English field marshal (d. 1976)
1895 – Mikhail Bakhtin , Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1975)
1895 – Gregorio López , Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
1896 – Lev Vygotsky , Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (d. 1934)
1897 – Frank Fay , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
1899 – Douglas Shearer , Canadian-American engineer (d. 1971)
1901 – Walter Hallstein , German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (d. 1982)
1901 – Lee Strasberg , Ukrainian-American actor and director (d. 1982)
1902 – Eugene Wigner , Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1904 – Isamu Noguchi , American sculptor and architect (d. 1988)
1905 – Mischa Auer , Russian-American actor and singer (d. 1967)
1905 – Astrid of Sweden (d. 1935)
1906 – Soichiro Honda , Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
1906 – Rollie Stiles , American baseball player (d. 2007)
1907 – Israel Regardie , English occultist and author (d. 1985)
1911 – Christian Fouchet , French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1974)
1916 – Shelby Foote , American historian and author (d. 2005)
1919 – Kim Heungsou , North Korean painter and educator (d. 2014)
1920 – Camillo Felgen , Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1920 – Gemini Ganesan , Indian actor and director (d. 2002)
1921 – Albert Bertelsen , Danish painter and illustrator
1922 – Stanley Cohen , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1923 – Hubertus Brandenburg , Swedish bishop (d. 2009)
1923 – Mike Garcia , American baseball player (d. 1986)
1923 – Aristides Pereira , Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011)
1923 – Bert Sutcliffe , New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2001)
1925 – Jean Faut , American baseball player and bowler
1925 – Rock Hudson , American actor and singer (d. 1985)
1925 – Charles Mackerras ,American-Australian oboe player conductor (d. 2010)
1926 – Robert Brown , American actor
1927 – Robert Drasnin , American clarinet player and composer (d. 2015)
1927 – Fenella Fielding , English actress
1927 – Nicholas Taylor , Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician
1928 – Arman , French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1928 – Rance Howard , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1929 – Gorō Naya , Japanese actor and director (d. 2013)
1929 – Norm Zauchin , American baseball player (d. 1999)
1930 – Bob Mathias , American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006)
1932 – Jeremy Black , English admiral
1933 – Dan Osinski , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1933 – Orlando Peña , Cuban-American baseball player and scout
1934 – Jim Inhofe , American soldier and politician, 32nd Mayor of Tulsa
1934 – Anthony King , Canadian-English psephologist and academic
1934 – Terry Rand , American basketball player (d. 2014)
1935 – Bobby Joe Conrad , American football player
1935 – Toni Sailer , Austrian skier and actor (d. 2009)
1936 – Crispian Hollis , English bishop
1936 – Hisashi Igawa , Japanese actor
1937 – Peter Cook , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1938 – Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank , Scottish general
1938 – Gordon Lightfoot , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Auberon Waugh , English journalist and author (d. 2001)
1940 – Luke Kelly , Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners ) (d. 1984)
1940 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif , Turkish composer, author, and poet (d. 2002)
1942 – Partha Dasgupta , Bangladeshi economist and academic
1942 – Bob Gaudio , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Four Seasons )
1942 – Kang Kek Iew , Cambodian criminal
1942 – Lesley Rees , English endocrinologist and academic
1942 – István Rosztóczy , Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993)
1942 – Martin Scorsese , American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1943 – Lauren Hutton , American actress and producer
1944 – Jim Boeheim , American basketball player and coach
1944 – Malcolm Bruce , English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician
1944 – Gene Clark , American singer-songwriter (The Byrds , The New Christy Minstrels , and Dillard & Clark ) (d. 1991)
1944 – Danny DeVito , American actor, director, and producer
1944 – Rem Koolhaas , Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library
1944 – Lorne Michaels , Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live
1944 – Tom Seaver , American baseball player and sportscaster
1945 – Lesley Abdela , English journalist and activist
1945 – Jeremy Hanley , English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
1945 – Elvin Hayes , American basketball player and sportscaster
1945 – Roland Joffé , English-French director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Martin Barre , English guitarist and songwriter (Jethro Tull )
1946 – Terry Branstad , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa
1946 – Petra Burka , Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach
1947 – Steven E. de Souza , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Inky Mark , Chinese-Canadian educator and politician
1947 – Michaele Vollbracht , American fashion designer
1948 – Howard Dean , American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont
1948 – East Bay Ray , American guitarist (Dead Kennedys )
1949 – John Boehner , American businessman and politician, 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1949 – Nguyễn Tấn Dũng , Vietnamese soldier and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Vietnam
1950 – Tom Walkinshaw , Scottish race car driver and businessman, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (d. 2010)
1951 – Butch Davis , American football player and coach
1951 – Werner Hoyer , German economist and politician
1951 – Dean Paul Martin , American singer, actor, and tennis player (Dino, Desi & Billy ) (d. 1987)
1951 – Stephen Root , American actor
1951 – Jack Vettriano , Scottish painter and philanthropist
1952 – David Emanuel , Welsh fashion designer
1952 – Ties Kruize , Dutch field hockey player
1952 – Cyril Ramaphosa , South African businessman and politician, 7th Deputy President of South Africa
1953 – Babis Tennes , Greek footballer and manager
1954 – Chopper Read , Australian criminal and author (d. 2013)
1954 – Kevin James , American porn actor (d. 1990)
1955 – Yolanda King , American actress and activist (d. 2007)
1955 – Dennis Maruk , Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Dan Schnurrenberger , American canoe racer
1956 – Jim McGovern , Scottish politician
1957 – Debbie Thrower , English journalist
1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , American actress and singer
1959 – Terry Fenwick , English footballer and manager
1959 – William R. Moses , American actor and producer
1959 – Jaanus Tamkivi , Estonian politician
1960 – RuPaul , American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
1960 – Michael Hertwig , German footballer and manager
1960 – Jonathan Ross , English actor and talk show host
1960 – Mandy Yachad , South African cricketer and field hockey player
1961 – Robert Stethem , American soldier (d. 1985)
1961 – Pat Toomey , American businessman and politician
1962 – Dédé Fortin , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Colocs ) (d. 2000)
1963 – Randy Black , Canadian drummer (Annihilator and Primal Fear )
1964 – Ralph Garman , American actor and radio host
1964 – Susan Rice , American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor
1964 – Mitch Williams , American baseball player and sportscaster
1965 – Amanda Brown , Australian violinist and composer (The Go-Betweens )
1966 – Alvin Patrimonio , Filipino basketball player and manager
1966 – Ben Allison , American bassist and composer
1966 – Jeff Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters ) (d. 1997)
1966 – Kate Ceberano , Australian singer-songwriter and actress (I'm Talking )
1966 – Richard Fortus , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Guns N' Roses and Love Spit Love )
1966 – Daisy Fuentes , Cuban-American model and actress
1966 – Sophie Marceau , French actress, director, and screenwriter
1967 – Tab Benoit , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Ronnie DeVoe , American singer, producer, and actor (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe )
1968 – Sean Miller , American basketball player and coach
1969 – Ryōtarō Okiayu , Japanese voice actor and singer
1969 – Jean-Michel Saive , Belgian table tennis player
1969 – Rebecca Walker , American author
1970 – Paul Allender , English guitarist and songwriter (Cradle of Filth and The Blood Divine )
1970 – Wendy Piatt , English businesswoman
1972 – Kimya Dawson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Moldy Peaches )
1972 – Joanne Goode , English badminton player
1972 – Lorraine Pascale , English model and chef
1972 – Leonard Roberts , American actor
1973 – Andreas Hedlund , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (Vintersorg , Borknagar , Cronian , Fission , Waterclime , and Otyg )
1973 – Eli Marrero , Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
1973 – Bernd Schneider , German footballer
1973 – Alexei Urmanov , Russian figure skater and coach
1973 – Leslie Bibb , American actress and producer
1974 – Eunice Barber , Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper
1974 – Berto Romero , Spanish comedian and actor
1975 – Kinga Baranowska , Polish mountaineer
1975 – Roland de Marigny , South African-Italian rugby player
1975 – Lord Infamous , American rapper (Three 6 Mafia ) (d. 2013)
1975 – Jerome James , American basketball player
1976 – Jacqueline Aguilera , Venezuelan model, Miss World 1995
1976 – Brandon Call , American actor
1976 – Diane Neal , American actress and director
1977 – Ryk Neethling , South African swimmer
1977 – Paul Shepherd , English footballer
1978 – Glen Air , Australian rugby player
1978 – Zoë Bell , New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
1978 – Rachel McAdams , Canadian actress
1978 – Reggie Wayne , American football player
1979 – Matthew Spring , English footballer
1980 – Jay Bradley , American wrestler
1980 – Isaac Hanson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hanson )
1980 – Israel Idonije , Nigerian-Canadian football player
1980 – Mercedes Martinez , American wrestler
1981 – Sarah Harding , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Girls Aloud )
1982 – Lucy Durack , Australian actress and singer
1982 – Katie Feenstra-Mattera , American basketball player
1982 – Otacílio Mariano Neto , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Yusuf Pathan , Indian cricketer
1982 – Hollie Smith , New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Viva Bianca , Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Ioannis Bourousis , Greek basketball player
1983 – Ryan Bradley , American figure skater
1983 – Ryan Braun , American baseball player
1983 – Trevor Crowe , American baseball player
1983 – Harry Lloyd , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Nick Markakis , American baseball player
1983 – Scott Moore , American baseball player
1983 – Christopher Paolini , American author
1984 – Amanda Evora , American figure skater
1984 – Park Han-byul , South Korean model and actress
1985 – Panbanisha , American bonobo (d. 2012)
1985 – Sékou Camara , Malian footballer (d. 2013)
1985 – Carolina Neurath Swedish journalist
1985 – Bea Saw , Filipino actress
1986 – Nani , Portuguese footballer
1986 – Luis Aguiar , Uruguayan footballer
1986 – Fabio Concas , Italian footballer
1986 – Everth Cabrera , Nicaraguan baseball player
1986 – Greg Rutherford , English long jumper
1986 – Alexis Vastine , French boxer (d. 2015)
1987 – Craig Noone , English footballer
1987 – Gemma Spofforth , English swimmer
1988 – Eric Nam , American-South Korean singer and television host
1989 – Ryan Griffin , American football player
1990 – Doriemus , New Zealand race horse (d. 2015)
1990 – Ng On Yee , Hong Kong snooker player
1993 – Taylor Gold , American snowboarder
1994 – Raquel Castro , American singer-songwriter and actress
1994 – Ruby Jane Smith , American singer-songwriter and fiddler
1994 – Emmanuelle Vera , American-Filipino actress and singer
1999 – Julia Buencamino , Filipino actress (d. 2015)
2005 – Giant George , American dog (d. 2013)
344 – Emperor Kang of Jin (b. 322)
375 – Valentinian I , Roman emperor (b. 321)
474 – Leo II , Byzantine emperor (b. 467)
594 – Gregory of Tours , Roman bishop and saint (b. 538)
641 – Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)
885 – Liutgard of Saxony (b. 845)
1104 – Nikephoros Melissenos , Byzantine general (b. 1045)
1231 – Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 1207)
1326 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel , English politician (b. 1285)
1492 – Jami , Persian poet and saint (b. 1414)
1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , Italian philosopher and author (b. 1463)
1558 – Mary I of England (b. 1516)
1558 – Reginald Pole , English cardinal and academic (b. 1500)
1562 – Antoine of Navarre (b. 1518)
1592 – John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka , Japanese commander (b. 1542)
1632 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
1643 – Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant , French general (b. 1602)
1648 – Thomas Ford , English viol player, composer, and poet (b. 1580)
1665 – John Earle , English bishop (b. 1601)
1668 – Joseph Alleine , English pastor and author (b. 1634)
1690 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier , French general and politician (b. 1610)
1708 – Ludolf Bakhuizen , German-Dutch painter (b. 1631)
1713 – Abraham van Riebeeck , South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
1747 – Alain-René Lesage , French author and playwright (b. 1668)
1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
1776 – James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
1780 – Bernardo Bellotto , Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
1796 – Catherine the Great , Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (b. 1729)
1808 – David Zeisberger , Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
1818 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
1835 – Carle Vernet , French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
1849 – Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 1794)
1858 – Robert Owen , Welsh theorist and activist (b. 1771)
1865 – James McCune Smith , American physician and author (b. 1813)
1897 – George Hendric Houghton , American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
1902 – Hugh Price Hughes , Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
1905 – Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg , (b. 1817)
1910 – Ralph Johnstone , American pilot (b. 1886)
1917 – Auguste Rodin , French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
1922 – Robert Comtesse , Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
1923 – Eduard Bornhöhe , Estonian author (b. 1862)
1924 – Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
1928 – Lala Lajpat Rai , Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
1929 – Herman Hollerith , American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
1932 – Charles W. Chesnutt , American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
1936 – Ernestine Schumann-Heink , German-American singer (b. 1861)
1937 – Jack Worrall , Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
1938 – Ante Trumbić , Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
1940 – Eric Gill , English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
1940 – Raymond Pearl , American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
1947 – Victor Serge , Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
1954 – Yitzhak Lamdan , Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
1955 – James P. Johnson , American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
1958 – Mort Cooper , American baseball player (b. 1913)
1959 – Heitor Villa-Lobos , Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
1968 – Mervyn Peake , English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
1971 – Debaki Bose , Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
1971 – Gladys Cooper , English actress (b. 1888)
1973 – Mirra Alfassa , French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
1976 – Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani , Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
1979 – John Glascock , English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull , The Gods , Toe Fat , Carmen , and Chicken Shack ) (b. 1951)
1982 – Eduard Tubin , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
1986 – Georges Besse , French businessman (b. 1927)
1987 – Paul Derringer , American baseball player (b. 1906)
1988 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook , English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
1989 – Costabile Farace , American criminal (b. 1960)
1990 – Robert Hofstadter , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1992 – Audre Lorde , Caribbean-American author, poet, and activist (b. 1934)
1993 – Gérard D. Levesque , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (b. 1926)
1995 – Alan Hull , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lindisfarne ) (b. 1945)
1998 – Kea Bouman , Dutch tennis player (b. 1903)
1998 – Reinette L'Oranaise , Algerian-French singer (b. 1918)
1998 – Dick O'Neill , American actor (b. 1928)
1998 – Esther Rolle , American actress (b. 1920)
2000 – Louis Néel , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2001 – Michael Karoli , German guitarist and songwriter (Can ) (b. 1948)
2001 – Harrison A. Williams , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
2002 – Abba Eban , South African-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915)
2002 – Frank McCarthy , American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
2003 – Surjit Bindrakhia , Indian singer (b. 1962)
2003 – Arthur Conley , American-Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2003 – Don Gibson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
2004 – Mikael Ljungberg , Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)
2004 – Alexander Ragulin , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
2005 – Marek Perepeczko , Polish actor and director (b. 1942)
2006 – Ruth Brown , American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
2006 – Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
2006 – Flo Sandon's , Italian singer (b. 1924)
2006 – Bo Schembechler , American football player and coach (b. 1929)
2007 – Aarne Hermlin , Estonian chess player (b. 1940)
2008 – George Stephen Morrison , American admiral (b. 1919)
2008 – Pete Newell , American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
2011 – Kurt Budke , American basketball player and coach (b. 1961)
2012 – Ponty Chadha , Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1957)
2012 – Armand Desmet , Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
2012 – Lea Gottlieb , Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (b. 1918)
2012 – Freddy Schmidt , American baseball player (b. 1916)
2012 – Billy Scott , American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – Bal Thackeray , Indian cartoonist and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Margaret Yorke , English author (b. 1924)
2013 – Zeke Bella , American baseball player (b. 1930)
2013 – Alfred Blake , English colonel and lawyer (b. 1915)
2013 – Syd Field , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)
2013 – Doris Lessing , Iranian-English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2013 – Alex Marques , Portuguese footballer (b. 1993)
2013 – Mary Nesbitt Wisham , American baseball player (b. 1925)
2014 – John T. Downey , American CIA agent and judge (b. 1930)
2014 – Bill Frenzel , American lieutenant and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Rokurō Naya , Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
2014 – Jimmy Ruffin , American singer (b. 1936)
2014 – Ray Sadecki , American baseball player (b. 1940)
2014 – Patrick Suppes , American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1922)
2015 – Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi , Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1922)
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