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November 24 is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 37 days remaining until the end of the year.
380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus , or formal entry, into Constantinople .
1227 – Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa .
1248 – In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe.
1429 – Hundred Years' War : Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité .
1542 – Battle of Solway Moss : An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway .
1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania ).
1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety ).
1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf , Schleswig-Holstein.
1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species .
1863 – American Civil War : Battle of Lookout Mountain : Near Chattanooga, Tennessee , Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg .
1877 – Anna Sewell 's classic animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
1906 – A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs , for the "Ohio League " Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football .
1917 – In Milwaukee , nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001 .
1922 – Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers , who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab ) officially opens.
1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
1940 – World War II : The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact , officially joining the Axis powers .
1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces .
1943 – World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
1944 – World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands .
1950 – The "Storm of the Century ", a violent snowstorm , takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. Three hundred fifty-three people would die as a result of the storm.
1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin .
1962 – The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
1963 – In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald , the assassin of President John F. Kennedy , is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters.
1965 – Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President ; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava , Czechoslovakia , killing all 82 people on board.
1969 – Apollo program : The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon .
1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper ) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis . The speed limit lasts only four months.
1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy " (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia 's Afar Depression .
1976 – The Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka , Bangladesh , kills at least 112 people.
2013 – Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries , limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions .
1273 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester (d. 1284)
1394 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (d. 1465)
1420 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire , English knight (d. 1473)
1583 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar , Spanish poet and painter (d. 1641)
1594 – Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent , English politician (d. 1651)
1615 – Philip William, Elector Palatine , German son of Magdalene of Bavaria (d. 1690)
1630 – Étienne Baluze , French scholar and academic (d. 1718)
1632 – Baruch Spinoza , Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 1677)
1655 – Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
1690 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel , German organist and composer (d. 1750)
1712 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée , French priest and educator (d. 1789)
1712 – Ali II ibn Hussein , Tunisian ruler (d. 1782)
1713 – Junípero Serra , Spanish priest and missionary (d. 1784)
1713 – Laurence Sterne , Irish clergyman and author (d. 1768)
1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony (d. 1760)
1729 – Alexander Suvorov , Russian field marshal (d. 1800)
1745 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1792)
1774 – Thomas Dick , Scottish minister, author, and educator (d. 1857)
1784 – Zachary Taylor , American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
1801 – Ludwig Bechstein , German author and poet (d. 1860)
1806 – William Webb Ellis , English clergyman, created Rugby football (d. 1872)
1811 – Ulrich Ochsenbein , Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1890)
1812 – Xavier Hommaire de Hell , French geographer and engineer (d. 1848)
1815 – Grace Darling , English lighthouse keeper (d. 1842)
1826 – Carlo Collodi , Italian journalist and author (d. 1890)
1833 – Antoine Labelle , Canadian priest (d. 1891)
1849 – Frances Hodgson Burnett , English-American playwright and author (d. 1924)
1857 – Miklós Kovács , Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (d. 1937)
1859 – Cass Gilbert , American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (d. 1934)
1864 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , French painter and illustrator (d. 1901)
1867 – Louis de Champsavin , French horse rider (d. 1916)
1867 – Scott Joplin , American pianist and composer (d. 1917)
1869 – Óscar Carmona , Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1873 – Julius Martov , Russian politician (d. 1923)
1874 – Charles William Miller , Brazilian footballer and referee (d. 1953)
1876 – Walter Burley Griffin , American architect, designed Canberra (d. 1937)
1877 – Alben W. Barkley , American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
1877 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara , Indian police officer (d. 1941)
1881 – Al Christie , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
1882 – Nikolai Janson , Russian politician (d. 1938)
1884 – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi , Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (d. 1963)
1885 – Theodor Altermann , Estonian actor, director, and producer (d. 1915)
1885 – Christian Wirth , German SS officer (d. 1944)
1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson , American publisher, founded The Little Review (d. 1973)
1887 – Raoul Paoli , French boxer and rower (d. 1960)
1887 – Erich von Manstein , German field marshal (d. 1973)
1888 – Dale Carnegie , American author and educator (d. 1955)
1888 – Fredrick Willius , American cardiologist and author (d. 1972)
1892 – Daniel McVey , Australian public servant (d. 1972)
1893 – Charles F. Hurley , American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 – Herbert Sutcliffe , English cricketer (d. 1978)
1897 – Lucky Luciano , Italian-American mobster (d. 1962)
1899 – Ward Morehouse , American author, playwright, and critic (d. 1966)
1904 – Albert Ross Tilley , Canadian captain and surgeon (d. 1988)
1908 – Libertad Lamarque , Argentinian actress and singer (d. 2000)
1910 – Larry Siemering , American football player and coach (d. 2009)
1911 – Kirby Grant , American actor (d. 1985)
1911 – Joe Medwick , American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
1912 – Bernard Delfgaauw , Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993)
1912 – Garson Kanin , American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1912 – Joan Sanderson , English actress (d. 1992)
1912 – Charles Schneeman , American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972)
1912 – Barbara Sheldon , American actress (d. 2007)
1912 – Teddy Wilson , American pianist and educator (d. 1986)
1913 – Howard Duff , American actor (d. 1990)
1913 – Geraldine Fitzgerald , Irish-American actress (d. 2005)
1916 – Forrest J Ackerman , American soldier and author (d. 2008)
1917 – Shabtai Rosenne , English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (d. 2010)
1919 – David Kossoff , English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1921 – John Lindsay , American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (d. 2000)
1922 – Claus Moser, Baron Moser , German-English statistician and academic (d. 2015)
1924 – Lorne Munroe , Canadian-American cellist and educator
1925 – William F. Buckley, Jr. , American publisher and author, founded the National Review (d. 2008)
1925 – Simon van der Meer , Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1926 – Tsung-Dao Lee , Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Ahmadou Kourouma , Ivorian-French author and playwright (d. 2003)
1927 – Alfredo Kraus , Spanish opera tenor (d. 1999)
1929 – Franciszek Kokot , Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
1929 – George Moscone , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1978)
1930 – Bob Friend , American baseball player and politician
1931 – Arthur Chaskalson , South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2012)
1932 – Fred Titmus , English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
1933 – John Sheridan , English rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
1934 – Alfred Schnittke , German-Russian journalist and composer (d. 1998)
1935 – Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa , Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain
1935 – Ron Dellums , American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland
1935 – Mordicai Gerstein , American author, illustrator, and director
1938 – Willy Claes , Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
1938 – David Newell , American television actor
1938 – Oscar Robertson , American basketball player and sportscaster
1938 – Charles Starkweather , American spree killer (d. 1959)
1940 – Paul Tagliabue , American lawyer and businessman
1940 – Eric Wilson , Canadian author and educator
1941 – Pete Best , English drummer and songwriter (The Beatles and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars )
1941 – Donald "Duck" Dunn , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s , The Mar-Keys , and The Blues Brothers ) (d. 2012)
1942 – Billy Connolly , Scottish comedian, actor, and singer (The Humblebums )
1942 – Marlin Fitzwater , American journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary
1942 – Andrew Stunell , English politician
1943 – Dave Bing , American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit
1943 – Richard Tee , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Stuff ) (d. 1993)
1943 – Robin Williamson , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Incredible String Band )
1944 – Candy Darling , American model and actress (d. 1974)
1944 – Ibrahim Gambari , Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Foreign Minister of Nigeria
1944 – Dan Glickman , American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
1945 – Lee Michaels , American singer and keyboard player (The Sentinals )
1946 – Ted Bundy , American serial killer (d. 1989)
1946 – Penny Jordan , English author (d. 2011)
1947 – Dwight Schultz , American actor
1947 – Dave Sinclair , English keyboard player (Caravan , Hatfield and the North , The Wilde Flowers , Matching Mole , and The Polite Force )
1948 – Spider Robinson , American-Canadian author and critic
1948 – Steve Yeager , American baseball player and coach
1949 – Shane Bourne , Australian comedian, actor, and television host
1949 – Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington , English politician
1949 – Sally Davies , English hematologist and academic
1949 – Linda Tripp , American civil servant
1950 – Roscoe Born , American actor
1950 – Bob Burns , American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (d. 2015)
1950 – Stanley Livingston , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Mimis Androulakis , Greek author and politician
1951 – Chet Edwards , American businessman and politician
1951 – Margaret Mountford , Irish lawyer and businesswoman
1951 – Graham Price , Egyptian-Welsh rugby player
1952 – Rachel Chagall , American actress
1952 – Norbert Haug , German journalist and businessman
1952 – Thierry Lhermitte , French actor, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Jim Sheridan , Scottish politician
1953 – Glenn Withrow , American actor
1954 – Emir Kusturica , Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Margaret Wetherell , British social psychologist
1955 – Ian Botham , English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster
1955 – Clem Burke , American drummer (Blondie , Ramones , The Adult Net , and The Romantics )
1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth , Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Culture
1955 – Najib Mikati , Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon
1955 – Takashi Yuasa , Japanese lawyer and author
1956 – Sven Grünberg , Estonian singer-songwriter
1957 – Denise Crosby , American actress and producer
1957 – Edward Stourton , English journalist and author
1958 – Roy Aitken , Scottish footballer and manager
1958 – Alain Chabat , French actor and director
1958 – Margaret Curran , Scottish academic and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1959 – Todd Brooker , Canadian skier and sportscaster
1960 – Edgar Meyer , American bassist and composer (Strength in Numbers )
1960 – Amanda Wyss , American actress
1961 – Carlos Carnero , Spanish politician
1961 – Arundhati Roy , Indian author and activist
1962 – John Kovalic , English author and illustrator
1962 – John Squire , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stone Roses and The Seahorses )
1962 – Paul Thorburn , German-Welsh rugby player and manager
1962 – Ioannis Topalidis , Greek footballer and manager
1962 – Tracey Wickham , Australian swimmer
1964 – Garret Dillahunt , American actor
1964 – Tony Rombola , American guitarist (Godsmack and Another Animal )
1964 – Brad Sherwood , American actor and game show host
1965 – Shirley Henderson , Scottish actress and singer
1966 – Russell Watson , English tenor and actor
1967 – Henrik Brockmann , Danish singer-songwriter (Royal Hunt and Evil Masquerade )
1967 – Cal Eldred , American baseball player and sportscaster
1968 – Todd Beamer , American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
1968 – Bülent Korkmaz , Turkish footballer and manager
1969 – David Adeang , Nauruan lawyer and politician
1969 – Rob Nicholson , American bass player and songwriter (Cryptic Slaughter and Danzig )
1970 – Doug Brien , American football player
1970 – Julieta Venegas , American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970 – Ashley Ward , English footballer
1971 – Brandon Molale , American actor
1971 – Cosmas Ndeti , Kenyan runner
1971 – Keith Primeau , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Marek Lemsalu , Estonian footballer
1974 – Dave Aizer , American television host and producer
1974 – Stephen Merchant , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Machel Montano , Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer (Xtatik )
1974 – Taro Yamamoto , Japanese actor and politician
1975 – Thomas Kohnstamm , American author
1976 – Christian Laflamme , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Chen Lu , Chinese figure skater
1977 – Colin Hanks , American actor
1977 – Olle Kärner , Estonian orienteer
1977 – Celaleddin Koçak , German-Turkish footballer
1978 – Katherine Heigl , American actress and producer
1979 – Joseba Llorente , Spanish footballer
1980 – Beth Phoenix , American wrestler
1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick , American football player
1982 – Sean O'Loughlin , English rugby player
1983 – Dean Ashton , English footballer
1983 – Lars Eckert , German rugby player
1983 – Meredith Henderson , Canadian actress and producer
1983 – André Laurito , German footballer
1983 – José López , Venezuelan baseball player
1983 – Karine Vanasse , Canadian actress and producer
1984 – Maria Höfl-Riesch , German skier
1984 – Wolf Hudson , American porn actor and director
1985 – Julia Alexandratou , Greek model, actress, and singer
1985 – Tony Hunt , American football player
1986 – Pedro León , Spanish footballer
1986 – Mohamed Massaquoi , American football player
1990 – Sarah Hyland , American actress
1990 – Tom Odell , English singer-songwriter
1992 – Sergei Kulbach , Ukrainian figure skater
1993 – Ivi Adamou , Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter
1993 – Joe Pigott , English footballer
1994 – Nabil Bentaleb , Algerian footballer
1994 – Reece Mastin , English-Australian singer-songwriter
2003 – Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman , New Zealand meningococcal disease survivor
654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
835 – Muhammad al-Jawad , Muslim religious leader born in Medina , 9th of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)
1072 – Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
1265 – Magnus Olafsson , Manx king
1326 – Hugh Despenser the Younger , English courtier (b. 1296)
1468 – Jean de Dunois , French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius , theologian and reformer from Electorate of the Palatinate (b. 1482)
1572 – John Knox , Scottish pastor and theologian (b. 1510)
1583 – René de Birague , French cardinal (b. 1506)
1615 – Sethus Calvisius , composer and theorist born in Thuringia (b. 1556)
1650 – Manuel Cardoso , Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1566)
1675 – Guru Tegh Bahadur , 9th Guru of Sikhs from Amritsar (b. 1621)
1722 – Johann Adam Reincken , Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623)
1741 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault , French historian and author (b. 1685)
1775 – Lorenzo Ricci , Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
1781 – James Caldwell , American minister (b. 1734)
1793 – Clément Charles François de Laverdy , French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)
1801 – Franz Moritz von Lacy , Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807 – Joseph Brant , American tribal leader (b. 1742)
1848 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
1870 – Comte de Lautréamont , Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
1885 – Nicolás Avellaneda , Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
1890 – August Belmont , German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
1916 – Hiram Maxim , American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
1920 – Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili , Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
1920 – Alexandru Macedonski , Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
1922 – Robert Erskine Childers , Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
1929 – Georges Clemenceau , French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
1936 – Lucio Godina , Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908)
1943 – Doris Miller , American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
1948 – Anna Jarvis , American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
1956 – Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1957 – Diego Rivera , Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
1958 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
1959 – Dally Messenger , Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1960 – Roscoe Lockwood , American rower (b. 1875)
1961 – Ruth Chatterton , American actress and singer (b. 1893)
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald , American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
1964 – Herbert Johanson , Estonian architect (b. 1884)
1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)
1967 – Louis Fratto , American gangster (b. 1908)
1968 – D. A. Levy , American poet and publisher (b. 1942)
1973 – John Neihardt , American author and poet (b. 1881)
1980 – Herbert Agar , American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1980 – George Raft , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1895)
1980 – Henrietta Hill Swope , American astronomer (b. 1902)
1982 – Barack Obama, Sr. , Kenyan economist and academic (b. 1936)
1985 – Big Joe Turner , American singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Jehane Benoît , Canadian author and journalist (b. 1904)
1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu , Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
1990 – Fred Shero , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
1990 – Dodie Smith , English author and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 – Marion Post Wolcott , American photographer (b. 1910)
1991 – Eric Carr , American drummer and songwriter (KISS ) (b. 1950)
1991 – Freddie Mercury , Zanzibari-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex ) (b. 1946)
1993 – Albert Collins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
1995 – Eduard Ole , Estonian painter (b. 1898)
1996 – Sorley MacLean , Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911)
1997 – Barbara , French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930)
1999 – Hilary Minster , English actor (b. 1944)
2001 – Melanie Thornton , American-German singer (La Bouche ) (b. 1967)
2002 – John Rawls , American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921)
2003 – Snowflake , Spanish gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 – Warren Spahn , American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
2004 – Arthur Hailey , English-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004 – Joseph Hansen , American author and poet (b. 1923)
2004 – James Wong , Chinese actor and songwriter (b. 1940)
2005 – Pat Morita , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2006 – Juice Leskinen , Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2006 – George W. S. Trow , American author, playwright, and critic (b. 1943)
2006 – Zdeněk Veselovský , Czech zoologist and ethologist (b. 1938)
2007 – Casey Calvert , American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights ) (b. 1981)
2008 – Kenny MacLean , Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (Platinum Blonde ) (b. 1956)
2008 – Cecil H. Underwood , American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2009 – Chan Hung-lit , Chinese actor and director (b. 1943)
2009 – Abe Pollin , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
2009 – Samak Sundaravej , Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
2009 – Jun Ross , Filipino basketball player (b. 1949)
2010 – Huang Hua , Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1913)
2012 – Héctor Camacho , Puerto Rican boxer and singer (b. 1962)
2012 – Antoine Kohn , Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
2012 – Tony Leblanc , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012 – Jimmy Stewart , American baseball player and manager (b. 1939)
2012 – Nicholas Turro , American chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2012 – Ernie Warlick , American football player (b. 1932)
2013 – Matthew Bucksbaum , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (b. 1926)
2013 – Arnaud Coyot , French cyclist (b. 1980)
2013 – Lou Hyndman , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2013 – June Keithley , Filipino actress and journalist (b. 1947)
2013 – Jean King , American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (b. 1925)
2013 – Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown , English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (b. 1927)
2013 – Matti Ranin , Finnish actor (b. 1926)
2014 – Jorge Herrera Delgado , Mexican engineer and politician (b. 1961)
2014 – Murli Deora , Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (b. 1937)
2014 – Peter Henderson , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1926)
2014 – Nenad Manojlović , Serbian water polo player and manager (b. 1957)
2014 – Viktor Tikhonov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
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