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November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 49 days remaining until the end of the year.
1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros .1330 – Battle of Posada , Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush.1439 – Plymouth , England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament .1555 – The Second Statute of Repeal re-establishes Catholicism in England.1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly , the first Mayor of Paris , is guillotined .1892 – William "Pudge" Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association .1893 – The treaty of the Durand Line delineating the border between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan is signed by Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat in British India, and the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations.1905 – Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.1912 – King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
1918 – Austria becomes a republic .1920 – Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo .1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party , leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union .1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia , killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photos alleged to be of the Loch Ness Monster .1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.1940 – World War II : The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville , Gabon , and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers .
1941 – World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.1941 – World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol .
1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal . The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz Tallboy bombs off Tromsø , Norway.1945 – Sudirman is elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces .1948 – In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo , to death for their roles in World War II.1956 – Morocco , Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.1956 – In the midst of the Suez Crisis , Palestinian refugees are shot dead in the village of Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip .
1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley .1968 – Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.1969 – Vietnam War : My Lai Massacre : Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.1970 – The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
1971 – Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization , US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam .1975 – The Comoros joins the United Nations.1978 – Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran , as the Bishop of Rome.1979 – Iran hostage crisis : In response to the hostage situation in Tehran , US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran .1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I Saturn and takes the first images of its rings .1981 – Space Shuttle program : Mission STS-2 , utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia 1982 – In the Soviet Union , Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee , succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev .1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web .
1991 – Santa Cruz massacre : Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili , East Timor.1993 – The first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 1 , is held in Denver, Colorado.1995 – Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing .1999 – The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale .2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587 , an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic , crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport , killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.2001 – War in Afghanistan : Taliban forces abandon Kabul , ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
2003 – Iraq War : In Nasiriyah , Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq , are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
2011 – Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis .2014 – The Philae lander , deployed from the European Space Agency 's Rosetta probe , reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko .
1528 – Qi Jiguang , Chinese general (d. 1588)1547 – Claude of Valois (d. 1575)1606 – Jeanne Mance , French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)1615 – Richard Baxter , English minister, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)1651 – Juana Inés de la Cruz , Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)1684 – Edward Vernon , English admiral and politician (d. 1757)1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville , French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst , Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)1780 – Piet Retief , South African ruler (d. 1838)1790 – Letitia Christian Tyler , American wife of John Tyler , 10th First Lady of the United States (d. 1842)1793 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz , Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)1795 – Thaddeus William Harris , American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton , American activist (d. 1902)1817 – Bahá'u'lláh , Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)1833 – Alexander Borodin , Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)1840 – Auguste Rodin , French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917)1842 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh , English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)1848 – Eduard Müller , Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)1850 – Mikhail Chigorin , Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)1866 – Sun Yat-sen , Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)1872 – William Fay , Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)1881 – Olev Siinmaa , Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)1881 – Maximilian von Weichs , German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth , German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)1886 – Ben Travers , English author and playwright (d. 1980)
1889 – DeWitt Wallace , American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest 1890 – Lily Kronberger , Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)1892 – Tudor Davies , Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)1894 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe , Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)1896 – Salim Ali , Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)1896 – Nima Yooshij , Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)
1897 – Karl Marx , German composer and conductor (d. 1985)1898 – Leon Štukelj , Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)1901 – James Luther Adams , American minister and theologian (d. 1994)1903 – Jack Oakie , American actor and singer (d. 1978)1905 – Louise Thaden , American pilot (d. 1979)
1906 – George Dillon , American soldier and poet (d. 1968)1908 – Harry Blackmun , American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)1910 – Dudley Nourse , South African cricketer (d. 1981)1911 – Buck Clayton , American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)1914 – Peter Whitehead , English race car driver (d. 1958)1915 – Roland Barthes , French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)1916 – Rogelio de la Rosa , Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)1916 – Paul Emery , English race car driver (d. 1993)
1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
1917 – Jo Stafford , American singer and actress (d. 2008)1919 – Jackie Washington , Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)1920 – Richard Quine , American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)1922 – Tadeusz Borowski , Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)1922 – Peggy Fenner , English politician (d. 2014)
1922 – Kim Hunter , American actress (d. 2002)
1923 – Ian Graham , English archaeologist and explorer1923 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño , Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)
1923 – Vicco von Bülow , German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1924 – Sam Jones , American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)1925 – Toivo Hyytiäinen , Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1978)1926 – Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley , English lawyer and judge1927 – František Šťastný , Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)1927 – Yutaka Taniyama , Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)
1928 – Maureen Gardner , English hurdler and dancer (d. 1974)1928 – Bob Holness , English radio and television host (d. 2012)
1928 – Marjorie W. Sharmat , American author
1929 – Anthony di Bonaventura , American pianist and academic (d. 2012)1929 – Michael Ende , German anthroposophist and author (d. 1995)
1929 – Grace Kelly , American-Monacan actress and singer (d. 1982)
1930 – Bob Crewe , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)1933 – Jalal Talabani , Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq 1934 – Ann Flood , American actress1934 – Charles Manson , American cult leader and murderer
1934 – John McGahern , Irish author and educator (d. 2006)
1936 – Mills Lane , American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge1936 – Mort Shuman , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
1937 – Ina Balin , American actress (d. 1990)1937 – Richard H. Truly , American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
1938 – Denis DeJordy , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1938 – Benjamin Mkapa , Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
1939 – Ruby Nash Garnett , American singer (Ruby & the Romantics )1939 – Terry McDonald , English footballer and coach
1939 – Lucia Popp , Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
1940 – Michel Audet , Canadian economist and politician1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer , German judge and politician
1941 – Carol Gluck , American historian, author, and academic1943 – Errol Brown , Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate ) (d. 2015)1943 – Julie Ege , Norwegian model and actress (d. 2008)
1943 – Brian Hyland , American singer and guitarist
1943 – Wallace Shawn , American actor and playwright
1943 – Björn Waldegård , Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)
1943 – John Walker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Walker Brothers ) (d. 2011)
1944 – Booker T. Jones , American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s )1944 – Al Michaels , American sportscaster
1945 – Michael Bishop , American author and educator1945 – Tracy Kidder , American journalist and author
1945 – Neil Young , Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Squires , The Mynah Birds , and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young )
1946 – Alexandra Charles , Swedish businesswoman1946 – Krister Henriksson , Swedish actor
1947 – Ron Bryant , American baseball player1947 – Buck Dharma , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult )
1947 – Patrice Leconte , French director and screenwriter
1948 – Banjō Ginga , Japanese voice actor1948 – Cliff Harris , American football player
1948 – Hassan Rouhani , Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran
1949 – Ron Lapointe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)1949 – Jack Reed , American soldier and politician
1950 – Barbara Fairchild , American singer-songwriter1950 – Kaoru Yumi , Japanese actress
1952 – Max Grodénchik , American actor1953 – Baaba Maal , Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist1954 – Rob Lytle , American football player (d. 2010)1954 – Rhonda Shear , American model and actress, Miss Louisiana USA 1975
1955 – Louan Gideon , American actress (d. 2014)1955 – Les McKeown , Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers )
1955 – Katharine Weber , American author and academic
1957 – Paul Dennis Reid , American murderer (d. 2013)1957 – Tim Samaras , American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)
1957 – Norman Black , American basketball player and coach
1958 – Megan Mullally , American actress and singer1958 – Nick Stellino , Italian-American chef and author
1958 – Mykola Vynnychenko , Ukrainian race walker
1959 – Vincent Irizarry , American actor1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi , Japanese composer
1960 – Maurane , Belgian singer and actress1960 – Ismo Alanko , Finnish singer-songwriter (Hassisen Kone , Sielun Veljet , and Ismo Alanko Säätiö )
1961 – Nadia Comăneci , Romanian gymnast and coach1961 – Enzo Francescoli , Uruguayan footballer
1962 – Kuniko Asagi , Japanese actress and television host1962 – Jon Dough , American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)
1962 – Mariella Frostrup , Norwegian-Irish journalist and actress
1962 – Mark Hunter , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1962 – Neal Shusterman , American author and poet
1962 – Brix Smith , American singer and guitarist (The Fall and The Adult Net )
1962 – Naomi Wolf , American author and activist
1963 – Sam Lloyd , American actor and singer (The Blanks )1963 – Michael Rogers , American journalist, blogger, and activist
1963 – Susumu Terajima , Japanese actor
1964 – Vic Chesnutt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (brute. and The Undertow Orchestra ) (d. 2009)1964 – David Ellefson , American bass player and songwriter (Megadeth , Avian , and F5 )
1964 – Wang Kuang-hui , Taiwanese baseball player and coach
1965 – Lex Lang , American voice actor and producer1967 – Iryna Khalip , Belarusian journalist1967 – Michael Moorer , American boxer
1967 – Grant Nicholas , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Feeder and Raindancer )
1968 – Nick D'Virgilio , American drummer (Big Big Train and Spock's Beard )1968 – Kathleen Hanna , American singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill , Le Tigre , and The Julie Ruin )
1968 – Aya Hisakawa , Japanese voice actress and singer
1968 – Disco Inferno , American wrestler and manager
1968 – Sharon Shannon , Irish accordion player and fiddler (The Waterboys )
1968 – Sammy Sosa , Dominican-American baseball player
1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe , English-German singer-songwriter (My Dying Bride )
1969 – Ian Bremmer , American political scientist and author1969 – Jason Cundy , English footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Johnny Gosch , American kidnap victim
1970 – Elektra , American wrestler, model, and dancer1970 – Héctor Arredondo , Mexican actor (d. 2014)
1970 – Tonya Harding , American figure skater and boxer
1970 – Sarah Harmer , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Craig Parker , Fijian-New Zealand actor
1970 – Harvey Spencer Stephens , English actor
1971 – Chen Guangcheng , Chinese-American lawyer and activist1972 – Vassilios Tsiartas , Greek footballer1973 – Mayte Garcia , American singer, dancer, and actress1973 – Radha Mitchell , Australian actress and producer
1973 – Ethan Zohn , American soccer player
1974 – Tamala Jones , American actress1975 – Nina Brosh , Israeli model and actress1975 – Dario Šimić , Croatian footballer
1975 – Katherine Grainger , Scottish-English rower
1975 – Jason Lezak , American swimmer
1975 – Angela Watson , American actress
1976 – Tevin Campbell , American singer-songwriter and actor1976 – Judith Holofernes , German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wir sind Helden )
1976 – Richelle Mead , American author and educator
1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak , Polish footballer and journalist
1977 – Rachel Dolezal , American activist and academic1977 – Benni McCarthy , South African footballer
1977 – Lee Murray , English mixed martial artist
1978 – Aaron Heilman , American baseball player1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara , Romanian-German actress
1978 – Ashley Williams , American actress
1978 – Lena Yada , American actress, model, surfer and wrestler
1979 – Matt Cappotelli , American wrestler and trainer1979 – Cote de Pablo , Chilean-American actress and singer
1979 – Lucas Glover , American golfer
1979 – Corey Maggette , American basketball player and sportscaster
1979 – Matt Stevic , Australian footballer and umpire
1980 – Trent Acid , American wrestler (d. 2010)1980 – Shaun Cooper , American bass player (Taking Back Sunday , Straylight Run , and Destry )
1980 – Nur Fettahoğlu , German-Turkish journalist and actress
1980 – Ryan Gosling , Canadian-American actor, singer, and producer (Dead Man's Bones )
1980 – Charlie Hodgson , English rugby player
1980 – Ricky Sinz , American porn actor
1981 – Annika Becker , German pole vaulter1981 – DJ Campbell , English footballer
1981 – Sergio Floccari , Italian footballer
1982 – Anne Hathaway , American actress and singer1982 – Mikele Leigertwood , English footballer
1983 – Charlie Morton , American baseball player1984 – Omarion , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (B2K )1984 – Sepp De Roover , Belgian footballer
1984 – Benjamin Okolski , American figure skater
1984 – Sandara Park , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (2NE1 )
1984 – Conrad Rautenbach , Zimbabwean race car driver
1984 – Yan Zi , Chinese tennis player
1985 – Arianny Celeste , American model and actress1985 – Adlène Guedioura , French-Algerian footballer
1986 – Ignazio Abate , Italian footballer1986 – Robert Müller , German footballer
1986 – Nedum Onuoha , English footballer
1986 – Evan Yo , Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1987 – Jason Day , Australian golfer1987 – Kengo Kora , Japanese actor
1987 – Bryan Little , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Alistair Brammer , English actor and singer1988 – Russell Westbrook , American basketball player
1989 – Gino M. Santos , Filipino director and producer1990 – Farahnaz Amirsoleymani , American author and illustrator1990 – Florent Manaudou , French swimmer
1990 – Harmeet Singh , Norwegian footballer
1990 – Siim-Sander Vene , Estonian basketball player
1991 – Gijs Van Hoecke , Belgian cyclist1992 – Giulietta , Australian singer-songwriter and dancer1992 – Trey Burke , American basketball player
1992 – Adam Larsson , Swedish ice hockey player
1993 – Luguelín Santos , Dominican sprinter1994 – Anna Khnychenkova , Ukrainian figure skater1998 – Fanny Stollár , Hungarian tennis player1998 – Yuna Taira , Japanese actress
607 – Pope Boniface III 1035 – Cnut the Great , Danish-English king (b. 985)1094 – Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)1434 – Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)1555 – Stephen Gardiner , English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1497)1567 – Anne de Montmorency , French general and diplomat (b. 1493)1595 – John Hawkins , English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)1667 – Hans Nansen , Danish politician (b. 1598)1671 – Thomas Fairfax , English general and politician (b. 1612)1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann , German physician and chemist (b. 1660)1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly , French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)1793 – Lord George Gordon , English politician (b. 1751)
1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce , Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell , English author (b. 1810)1902 – William Henry Barlow , English engineer (b. 1812)1916 – Percival Lowell , American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)1933 – John Cady , American golfer (b. 1866)1933 – F. Holland Day , American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
1939 – Norman Bethune , Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)1941 – Abe Reles , American mobster (b. 1907)1945 – Jaro Fürth , Czech-Austrian actor (b. 1871)1946 – Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)1946 – Madan Mohan Malaviya , Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
1948 – Umberto Giordano , Italian composer (b. 1867)1950 – Lesley Ashburner , American hurdler (b. 1883)1950 – Julia Marlowe , English-American actress (b. 1865)
1955 – Alfréd Hajós , Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)1955 – Tin Ujević , Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)1958 – Gustaf Söderström , Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)1965 – Taher Saifuddin , Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)1969 – Liu Shaoqi , Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)1972 – Rudolf Friml , Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)1972 – Tommy Wisdom , English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
1976 – Mikhail Gurevich , Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)1976 – Walter Piston , American composer and academic (b. 1894)
1981 – William Holden , American actor and singer (b. 1918)1984 – Chester Himes , American-French author (b. 1909)1986 – Minoru Yasui , American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)1987 – Cornelis Vreeswijk , Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)1998 – Roy Hollis , English footballer (b. 1925)1998 – Sally Shlaer , American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)
1990 – Eve Arden , American actress and singer (b. 1908)1991 – Gabriele Tinti , Italian actor (b. 1932)1993 – H. R. Haldeman , American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)1994 – Wilma Rudolph , American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)1997 – Carlos Surinach , Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)2000 – Franck Pourcel , French conductor and composer (b. 1913)2000 – Leah Rabin , Russian-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (b. 1928)
2001 – Albert Hague , German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)2001 – Tony Miles , English chess player and theoretician (b. 1955)
2001 – Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , American guru and author (b. 1927)
2003 – Jonathan Brandis , American actor (b. 1976)2003 – Cameron Duncan , New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1986)
2003 – Kay E. Kuter , American actor (b. 1925)
2003 – Penny Singleton , American actress and singer (b. 1908)
2003 – Tony Thompson , American drummer (Chic and Power Station ) (b. 1954)
2007 – K. C. Ibrahim , Indian cricketer (b. 1919)2007 – Ira Levin , American author and playwright (b. 1929)
2008 – Catherine Baker Knoll , American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930)2008 – Mitch Mitchell , English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience , The Riot Squad , The Dirty Mac , and Ramatam ) (b. 1947)
2010 – Henryk Górecki , Polish composer (b. 1933)2010 – Karl Plutus , Estonian lawyer and jurist (b. 1904)
2012 – Anthony di Bonaventura , American pianist and academic (b. 1929)2012 – Bob French , American drummer and radio host (b. 1928)
2012 – Hans Hammarskiöld , Swedish photographer (b. 1925)
2012 – Sergio Oliva , Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)
2012 – Fred Ridgeway , Irish-English actor (b. 1953)
2012 – Daniel Stern , American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)
2013 – Steve Rexe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)2013 – Konrad Rudnicki , Polish astronomer and academic (b. 1926)
2013 – Al Ruscio , American actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Aleksandr Serebrov , Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1944)
2013 – John Tavener , English composer and educator (b. 1944)
2013 – Kurt Trampedach , Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1943)
2014 – John Briscoe , South African-American epidemiologist, engineer, and academic (b. 1948)2014 – Ravi Chopra , Indian director and producer (b. 1946)
2014 – Warren Clarke , English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Marge Roukema , American educator and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Valery Senderov , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1945)
2015 – Márton Fülöp , Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)2015 – Pál Várhidi , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
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