November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 54 days remaining until the end of the year.
This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).
335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier , on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople .
680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople .
1426 – Lam Sơn uprising : Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi .
1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite , the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim , Alsace , France.
1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia .
1665 – The London Gazette , the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1775 – John Murray , the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia , starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation , which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society .
1811 – Tecumseh's War : The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana , United States.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois , abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1861 – American Civil War : Battle of Belmont : In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly , is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party .
1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia .
1893 – Women's suffrage : Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1900 – Battle of Leliefontein , a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses .
1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba .
1907 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University .
1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio , to Columbus, Ohio ) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin ) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg , with a production of Beethoven 's Fidelio .
1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 , a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1914 – The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress .
1917 – The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution , which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October . On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace .
1917 – World War I : Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire .
1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa , killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria .
1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution . Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.
1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia .
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution .
1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City .
1940 – In Tacoma, Washington , the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm , a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1941 – World War II : Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
1944 – A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. Sixteen people are killed and 50 are injured.
1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge , a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları) , oldest offshore oil platform.
1956 – Suez Crisis : The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt .
1957 – Cold War : The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters .
1963 – Wunder von Lengede : In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio , becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 , establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting .
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon 's veto of the War Powers Resolution , which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1975 – In Bangladesh , a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf , freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman . The day is occasionally observed as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day .
1983 – United States Senate bombing : A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol . No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
1987 – In Tunisia , president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali .
1987 – Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line was opened, starting with train services between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia , becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City .
1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph , along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland .
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA .
1994 – WXYC , the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , provides the world's first internet radio broadcast .
1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor .
2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate , becoming the first First Lady (former or current) to win a competitive election for public office in the United States.
2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas .
2001 – SABENA , the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt.
2002 – Iran bans advertising of United States products.
2004 – Iraq War : The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency " as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah .
2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
630 – Constans II , Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
994 – Ibn Hazm , Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)
1619 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux , French author and poet (d. 1692)
1650 – John Robinson , English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)
1683 – Anton thor Helle , German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)
1687 – William Stukeley , English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)
1706 – Carlo Cecere , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)
1728 – James Cook , English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)
1750 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg , German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)
1800 – Platt Rogers Spencer , American calligrapher and educator (d. 1864)
1805 – Thomas Brassey , English engineer and businessman (d. 1870)
1818 – Emil du Bois-Reymond , German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)
1832 – Andrew Dickson White , American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)
1838 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam , French author and playwright (d. 1889)
1846 – Ignaz Brüll , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
1851 – Chris von der Ahe , German-American businessman (d. 1913)
1858 – Bipin Chandra Pal , Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)
1860 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne , French general and engineer (d. 1936)
1860 – Paul Peel , Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)
1861 – Jeff Milton , American police officer (d. 1947)
1867 – Marie Curie , Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1872 – Lucille La Verne , American actress (d. 1945)
1872 – Leonora Speyer , American poet and violinist (d. 1956)
1876 – Charlie Townsend , English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1878 – Lise Meitner , Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1968)
1879 – King Baggot , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
1879 – Leon Trotsky , Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940)
1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch , Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (d. 1935)
1888 – C. V. Raman , Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 – Jan Matulka , Czech-American painter and illustrator (d. 1972)
1893 – Leatrice Joy , American actress (d. 1985)
1893 – Margaret Leech , American historian and author (d. 1974)
1896 – Esdras Minville , Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)
1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1897 – Armstrong Sperry , American author and illustrator (d. 1976)
1898 – Margaret Morris , American actress (d. 1968)
1898 – Raphaël Salem , Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
1899 – Yitzhak Lamdan , Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)
1901 – Norah McGuinness , Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)
1903 – Ary Barroso , Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)
1903 – Dean Jagger , American actor (d. 1991)
1903 – Konrad Lorenz , Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1903 – Grace Stafford , American actress (d. 1992)
1905 – William Alwyn , English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)
1906 – Eugene Carson Blake , American minister and educator (d. 1985)
1908 – Marijac , French author and illustrator (d. 1994)
1909 – Ruby Hurley , American activist (d. 1980)
1909 – Norman Krasna , American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1984)
1912 – Victor Beaumont , German-English actor (d. 1977)
1913 – Albert Camus , French philosopher, journalist, and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
1913 – Alekos Sakellarios , Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1914 – Archie Campbell , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1914 – R. A. Lafferty , American soldier, engineer, and author (d. 2002)
1915 – Philip Morrison , American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)
1915 – M. Athalie Range , American activist and politician (d. 2006)
1917 – Titos Vandis , Greek actor (d. 2003)
1918 – Paul Aussaresses , French general (d. 2013)
1918 – Billy Graham , American minister and author
1918 – Maria Teresa de Noronha , Portuguese singer (d. 1993)
1919 – Ellen Stewart , American director and producer (d. 2011)
1920 – Max Kampelman , American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)
1921 – Lisa Ben , American singer-songwriter and journalist
1921 – Jack Fleck , American soldier and golfer (d. 2014)
1922 – Ghulam Azam , Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)
1922 – Al Hirt , American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)
1923 – Gene Callahan , American art director and production designer (d. 1990)
1926 – Joan Sutherland , Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2010)
1927 – Ivor Emmanuel , Welsh singer and actor (d. 2007)
1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi , Japanese businessman (d. 2013)
1928 – Richard G. Scott , American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)
1929 – Jesús de Polanco , Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)
1929 – Eric Kandel , Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Lila Kaye , English actress and singer (d. 2012)
1930 – Rudy Boschwitz , German-American soldier and politician
1931 – G. Edward Griffin , American director, producer, and author
1935 – W. S. Rendra , Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)
1936 – Gwyneth Jones , Welsh soprano
1937 – Mary Daheim , American journalist and author
1938 – Ian Balding American-English horse trainer
1938 – Dee Clark , American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1938 – Jake Gibbs , American baseball player and coach
1938 – Jim Kaat , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1938 – Barry Newman , American actor
1939 – Barbara Liskov , American computer scientist and academic
1940 – Dakin Matthews , American actor, director, and playwright
1940 – Antonio Skármeta , Chilean author and academic
1941 – Madeline Gins , American poet and architect (d. 2014)
1941 – Angelo Scola , Italian cardinal and philosopher
1942 – Tom Peters , American businessman and author
1942 – Johnny Rivers , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1942 – Jean Shrimpton , English model and actress
1943 – Michael Byrne , English actor
1943 – Silvia Cartwright , New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand
1943 – Stephen Greenblatt , American theorist, scholar, and critic
1943 – Boris Gromov , Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast
1943 – Joni Mitchell , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Michael Spence , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Waljinah , Indonesian singer
1944 – Luigi Riva , Italian footballer and manager
1944 – Peter Wilby , English journalist
1945 – Earl Boen , American actor
1945 – Joe Niekro , American baseball player (d. 2006)
1946 – John Aylward , American actor
1947 – Bob Anderson , English darts player
1947 – Rebecca Eaton , American television producer
1947 – Yutaka Fukumoto , Japanese baseball player and coach
1947 – Ron Leavitt , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1947 – Sondhi Limthongkul , Thai journalist and politician
1947 – Holmes Osborne , American actor
1948 – Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint , English businessman and politician
1948 – Buck Martinez , American baseball player and manager
1948 – Alex Ribeiro , Brazilian race car driver
1949 – Stephen Bruton , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
1949 – Su Pollard , English actress and singer
1949 – Steven Stucky , American composer and academic
1949 – David S. Ware , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)
1950 – Lindsay Duncan , Scottish actress
1951 – Gerard F. Gilmore , New Zealand astronomer and academic
1951 – Lawrence O'Donnell , American journalist, actor, and producer
1951 – John Tamargo , American baseball player and coach
1952 – David Petraeus , American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1952 – Modibo Sidibé , Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1952 – Valeriy Zuyev , Ukrainian footballer and manager
1953 – Maire Aunaste , Estonian journalist and author
1953 – Erik Balke , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1953 – Christopher Foster , English bishop
1953 – Lucinda Green , English horse rider and journalist
1954 – Robin Beck , American singer-songwriter
1954 – James Gray , Scottish politician
1954 – Guy Gavriel Kay , Canadian lawyer and author
1954 – Kamal Haasan , Indian actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Gil Junger , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Shirley Eikhard , Canadian singer-songwriter
1955 – Kitty Margolis , American singer and producer
1955 – Detlef Ultsch , German martial artist
1956 – Mikhail Alperin , Ukrainian pianist and composer (Moscow Art Trio )
1956 – Denise Jannah , Dutch singer
1956 – Jonathan Palmer , English race car driver and businessman
1956 – Judy Tenuta , American actress, producer, screenwriter, and accordion player
1957 – John Benitez , American DJ, songwriter, and producer
1957 – King Kong Bundy , American wrestler and actor
1957 – Christopher Knight , American actor, singer, and producer
1957 – Tony Schiavone , American sportscaster
1958 – Rissei Ō , Japanese Go player
1958 – Lori Saldaña , American academic and politician
1959 – Srinivas , Indian singer-songwriter
1959 – Billy Gillispie , American basketball player and coach
1959 – Alexandre Guimarães , Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager
1960 – Tommy Thayer , American guitarist and songwriter (Kiss and Black 'n Blue )
1961 – Orlando Mercado , American baseball player and coach
1962 – Tracie Savage , American actress and journalist
1962 – Dirk Shafer , American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)
1963 – John Barnes , Jamaican-English footballer and manager
1963 – Sam Graves , American farmer and politician
1964 – Troy Beyer , American actress, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Gill Holland , Norwegian-American actor and producer
1964 – Philip Hollobone , English soldier and politician
1964 – Li Nanxing , Singaporean actor and director
1964 – Liam Ó Maonlaí , Irish keyboard player and songwriter (Hothouse Flowers )
1964 – Dana Plato , American actress (d. 1999)
1964 – Bonnie St. John , American skier and scholar
1965 – Steve Parkin , English footballer and manager
1965 – Sigrun Wodars , German runner and physiotherapist
1966 – Calvin Borel , American jockey
1967 – Careena Collins , American porn actress and director
1967 – Steve DiGiorgio , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Death , Control Denied , Sadus , and Charred Walls of the Damned )
1967 – David Guetta , French DJ and producer
1967 – Hikaru Ijūin , Japanese radio host
1967 – Julie Pinson , American actress
1967 – Sharleen Spiteri , Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (Texas )
1968 – Greg Tribbett , American singer and guitarist (Mudvayne and Hellyeah )
1968 – Mark Preston , Australian engineer
1968 – Russ Springer , American baseball player
1969 – Michelle Clunie , American actress
1969 – Hélène Grimaud , French pianist
1969 – Michel Picard , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1970 – Vilis Daudziņš , Latvian actor
1970 – Neil Hannon , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Divine Comedy and The Duckworth Lewis Method )
1970 – Andy Houston , American race car driver
1970 – Marc Rosset , Swiss-Monacan tennis player
1970 – Morgan Spurlock , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Paul Ware , English footballer (d. 2013)
1971 – Martin Björk . Swedish television host
1971 – Jamie Drummond , Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic
1971 – Robin Finck , American guitarist and songwriter (Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses )
1971 – Matthew Ryan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Strays Don't Sleep )
1971 – Trivikram Srinivas , Indian director and screenwriter
1971 – Kâzım Koyuncu , Laz singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2005)
1972 – Christopher Daniel Barnes , American actor and singer
1972 – Mike Goldman , Australian radio and television host
1972 – Danny Grewcock , English rugby player
1972 – Jason London , American actor and producer
1972 – Jeremy London , American actor and producer
1972 – Hasim Rahman , American boxer
1972 – Marcus Stewart , English footballer and coach
1973 – Catê , Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1973 – Yunjin Kim , South Korean-American actress
1973 – Martín Palermo , Argentinian footballer and manager
1974 – Kris Benson , American baseball player
1974 – Brigitte Foster-Hylton , Jamaican hurdler
1974 – Christian Gómez , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Chris Summers , Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro and Bigbang )
1975 – Venkat Prabhu , Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
1976 – Rob Caggiano , American guitarist and producer (Anthrax , Boiler Room , and The Damned Things )
1976 – Melyssa Ford , Canadian model and actress
1976 – Chang Hao , Chinese Go player
1976 – One Be Lo , American rapper (Binary Star )
1976 – Mark Philippoussis , Australian tennis player and model
1977 – Lindsay Czarniak , American journalist and sportscasyer
1977 – Andres Oper , Estonian footballer
1977 – María Sánchez Lorenzo , Spanish tennis player
1977 – Anthony Thomas , American football player and coach
1978 – Mohamed Aboutrika , Egyptian footballer
1978 – Elisabeth Bachman , American volleyball player and coach
1978 – Rio Ferdinand , English footballer
1978 – Tomoya Nagase , Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Tokio )
1978 – Barry Robson , Scottish footballer
1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink , Dutch footballer
1979 – Mike Commodore , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Will Demps , American football player
1979 – Danny Fonseca , Costa Rican footballer
1979 – Barney Harwood , English television host and actor
1979 – Jon Peter Lewis , American singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Joey Ryan , American wrestler
1979 – Otep Shamaya , American singer-songwriter and actress (Otep )
1980 – Karthik , Indian singer-songwriter
1980 – Sergio Bernardo Almirón , Argentinian footballer
1980 – Gervasio Deferr , Spanish gymnast
1980 – James Franklin , New Zealand cricketer
1980 – Luciana Salazar , Argentinian model, actress, and singer
1981 – Muhammad Hassan , American wrestler and educator
1981 – Nana Katase , Japanese model, actress, and singer
1981 – Anushka Shetty , Indian actress
1981 – Rina Uchiyama , Japanese actress and model
1982 – Pascal Leclaire , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Forrest Kline , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hellogoodbye )
1983 – Esmerling Vásquez , Dominican baseball player
1984 – Mihkel Aksalu , Estonian footballer
1984 – Jonathan Bornstein , American soccer player
1984 – Gervais Randrianarisoa , Malagasy footballer
1984 – Amelia Vega , Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003
1985 – Sebastian Aldén , Swedish motorcycle racer
1985 – Lucas Neff , American actor and producer
1986 – Andy Hull , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manchester Orchestra , Bad Books , and Right Away, Great Captain! )
1986 – David Nelson , American football player
1986 – Doukissa Nomikou , Greek model and television host
1986 – Toro y Moi , American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Marek Semjan , Slovak tennis player
1987 – Rachele Brooke Smith , American actress and dancer
1988 – Alexandr Dolgopolov , Ukrainian tennis player
1988 – Simone Favaro , Italian rugby player
1988 – Thomas Schneider , German sprinter
1988 – Tinie Tempah , English rapper and producer
1989 – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot )
1990 – Daniel Ayala , Spanish footballer
1990 – Matt Corby , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – David de Gea , Spanish footballer
1990 – Joelle Hadjia , Australian singer-songwriter
1994 – Haruna Iikubo , Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume )
1995 – Bethany Mota , American video blogger
1995 – Runa Natsui , Japanese actress
1996 – Lorde , New Zealand singer-songwriter
1997 – Erika Hendsel , Estonian tennis player
1997 – Nana Okada , Japanese singer (AKB48 )
1225 – Engelbert II of Berg , German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)
1550 – Jón Arason , Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)
1574 – Solomon Luria , Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
1581 – Richard Davies , Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)
1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi , Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)
1627 – Jahangir , Mughal emperor (b. 1569)
1639 – Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour , English politician (b. 1560)
1642 – Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester , English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (b. 1563)
1713 – Elizabeth Barry , English actress (b. 1658)
1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy , American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
1862 – Bahadur Shah II , Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
1872 – Alfred Clebsch , German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
1881 – John MacHale , Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
1906 – Heinrich Seidel , German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace , Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
1916 – Henry Ward Ranger , American painter and academic (b. 1858)
1919 – Hugo Haase , German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
1922 – Sam Thompson , American baseball player (b. 1860)
1923 – Ashwini Kumar Dutta , Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
1930 – Ōkido Moriemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
1933 – Harold Weber , American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
1941 – Frank Pick , English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
1943 – Dwight Frye , American actor (b. 1899)
1944 – Richard Sorge , Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
1944 – Hannah Szenes , Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
1947 – K. Natesa Iyer , Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
1959 – Victor McLaglen , English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt , American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
1966 – Rube Bressler , American baseball player (b. 1894)
1967 – John Nance Garner , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
1968 – Gordon Coventry , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
1968 – Alexander Gelfond , Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)
1974 – Eric Linklater , Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)
1978 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta , Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)
1978 – Gene Tunney , American boxer and actor (b. 1897)
1979 – Amedeo Nazzari , Italian actor (b. 1907)
1980 – İlhan Erdost , Turkish publisher (b. 1944)
1980 – Steve McQueen , American actor and producer (b. 1930)
1981 – Will Durant , American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
1983 – Germaine Tailleferre , French pianist and composer (b. 1892)
1986 – Tracy Pew , Australian bass player (The Birthday Party and The Saints ) (b. 1957)
1990 – Lawrence Durrell , Indian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1912)
1991 – Carter Cornelius , American singer (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose ) (b. 1948)
1991 – Tom of Finland , Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)
1992 – Alexander Dubček , Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)
1992 – Jack Kelly , American actor and politician (b. 1927)
1993 – Adelaide Hall , American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)
1994 – Shorty Rogers , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
1995 – Ann Dunham , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1942)
1996 – Claude Ake , Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)
1996 – Jaja Wachuku , Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
2000 – Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)
2000 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam , Sri Lankan educator and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1950)
2000 – Chidambaram Subramaniam , Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1910)
2001 – Nida Blanca , Filipino actress (b. 1936)
2002 – Rudolf Augstein , German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)
2004 – Howard Keel , American actor and singer (b. 1919)
2005 – Harry Thompson , English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
2006 – Aino Kukk , Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)
2006 – Bryan Pata , American football player (b. 1984)
2006 – Johnny Sain , American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2006 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber , French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (b. 1924)
2006 – Polly Umrigar , Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)
2007 – Earl Dodge , American activist and politician (b. 1932)
2007 – George W. George , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
2010 – Smaro Stefanidou , Greek actress (b. 1913)
2011 – Joe Frazier , American boxer and actor (b. 1944)
2012 – Carmen Basilio , American boxer (b. 1927)
2012 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. , American author (b. 1950)
2012 – Sandy Pearson , Australian general (b. 1918)
2012 – Darrell Royal , American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2012 – Arthur K. Snyder , American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – John Cole , Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2013 – Ian Davies , Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)
2013 – Ron Dellow , English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
2013 – Joey Manley , American publisher, founded Modern Tales (b. 1965)
2013 – Paul Mantee , American actor (b. 1931)
2013 – Jack Mitchell , American photographer and author (b. 1925)
2013 – Manfred Rommel , German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Solwhit , French-Irish race horse (b. 2004)
2014 – Lincoln D. Faurer , American general (b. 1928)
2014 – Rough Habit , New Zealand race horse (b. 1986)
2014 – Kajetan Kovič , Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
2014 – Allen Ripley , American baseball player (b. 1952)
2015 – Bappaditya Bandopadhyay , Indian director and poet (b. 1970)
2015 – Carl-Åke Eriksson , Swedish actor (b. 1934)
2015 – Gunnar Hansen , Icelandic-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2015 – Eddie Hoh , American drummer (b. 1944)
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