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+ | *[[1519]] - [[Wikipedia:Hernán Cortés|Hernán Cortés]] enters [[Wikipedia:Tenochtitlán|Tenochtitlán]] and [[Wikipedia:Aztec|Aztec]] ruler [[Wikipedia:Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] welcomes him with great a [[Wikipedia:celebration|celebration]] as would befit a returning [[Wikipedia:god|god]]. |
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+ | *[[1520]] - [[Wikipedia:Stockholm Bloodbath|Stockholm Bloodbath]] begins: A successful invasion of [[Sweden|Sweden]] by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces results in the execution of around 100 people. |
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+ | *[[1576]] - [[Wikipedia:Eighty Years' War|Eighty Years' War]]: [[Wikipedia:Pacification of Ghent|Pacification of Ghent]] - The [[Wikipedia:Netherlands States-General|States-General]] of [[the Netherlands|the Netherlands]] meet and unite to oppose [[Spain|Spanish]] occupation. |
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+ | *[[1602]] - The [[Wikipedia:Bodleian Library|Bodleian Library]] at [[Wikipedia:Oxford University|Oxford University]] is opened to the public. |
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+ | *[[1620]] - The [[Wikipedia:Battle of White Mountain|Battle of White Mountain]] takes place near [[Wikipedia:Prague|Prague]], ending in a decisive [[Wikipedia:Catholic|Catholic]] victory in only two hours. |
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+ | *[[1793]] - In [[Paris|Paris]], the [[Wikipedia:French Revolution|French Revolution]]ary government opens the [[Wikipedia:Louvre|Louvre]] to the public as a [[Wikipedia:museum|museum]]. |
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+ | *[[1837]] - [[Wikipedia:Mary Lyon|Mary Lyon]] founds ''Mount Holyoke Female Seminary,'' which later becomes [[Wikipedia:Mount Holyoke College|Mount Holyoke College]]. |
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+ | *[[1861]] - [[American Civil War|American Civil War]]: The "[[Wikipedia:Trent Affair|Trent Affair]]" – The [[Wikipedia:USS San Jacinto (1850)|USS San Jacinto]] stops the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] mail ship Trent and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US. |
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+ | *[[1889]] - [[Montana|Montana]] is admitted as the 41st [[U.S. state|U.S. state]]. |
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+ | *[[1892]] - The [[Wikipedia:1892 New Orleans general strike|New Orleans general strike]] begins, uniting [[African American|black]] and [[Wikipedia:White people|white]] [[United States|American]] [[Wikipedia:trade union|trade union]]ists in a successful four-day general [[Wikipedia:strike action|strike action]] for the first time. |
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+ | *[[1895]] - While experimenting with [[Wikipedia:electricity|electricity]], [[Wikipedia:Wilhelm Röntgen|Wilhelm Röntgen]] discovers the [[Wikipedia:X-ray|X-ray]]. |
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+ | *[[1901]] - Bloody clashes take place in [[Wikipedia:Athens|Athens]] following the translation of the [[Wikipedia:Gospels|Gospels]] into [[Wikipedia:demotic Greek|demotic Greek]]. |
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+ | *[[1917]] - The [[Wikipedia:People's Commissars|People's Commissars]] give authority to [[Wikipedia:Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Lenin]], [[Wikipedia:Leon Trotsky|Leon Trotsky]], and [[Wikipedia:Josef Stalin|Josef Stalin]]. |
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+ | *[[1923]] - [[Wikipedia:Beer Hall Putsch|Beer Hall Putsch]]: In [[Wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], [[Wikipedia:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]] leads the [[Wikipedia:Nazism|Nazis]] in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the [[Germany|German]] government. |
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+ | *[[1926]] - [[Wikipedia:APOEL FC|APOEL FC]] is founded in [[Wikipedia:Nicosia|Nicosia]]. |
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+ | *[[1933]] - [[Wikipedia:Great Depression|Great Depression]]: [[Wikipedia:New Deal|New Deal]] - US President [[Wikipedia:Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] unveils the [[Wikipedia:Civil Works Administration|Civil Works Administration]], an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed. |
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+ | *[[1935]] - A dozen [[Wikipedia:labor union|labor]] leaders come together to announce the creation of the [[Wikipedia:Congress of Industrial Organizations|Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO), an organization charged with advancing [[Wikipedia:industrial unionism|industrial unionism]]. |
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+ | * 1935 - [[Wikipedia:Fernand Bouisson|Fernand Bouisson]] becomes Prime Minister of [[France|France]]. |
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+ | *[[1937]] - The [[Wikipedia:Nazism|Nazi]] exhibition ''[[Wikipedia:The Eternal Jew (film)|Der ewige Jude]]'' ("The Eternal [[Wikipedia:Jew|Jew]]") opens in [[Wikipedia:Munich|Munich]]. |
− | * 1937 - The |
+ | * 1937 - The [[Wikipedia:Chinese Youth Journalist Association|Chinese Youth Journalist Association]] is created in [[Wikipedia:Shanghai|Shanghai]]. It is now known as [[Wikipedia:Chinese Journalist Day|Chinese Journalist Day]]. |
− | * |
+ | *[[1938]] - A [[Wikipedia:pogrom|pogrom]] against the Jews of [[Germany|Germany]] and [[Austria|Austria]] takes place in response to the assassination of a German diplomat in [[Paris|Paris]]. |
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+ | *[[1939]] - [[Wikipedia:Venlo Incident|Venlo Incident]]: Two British agents of [[Wikipedia:Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] are captured by the Germans. |
− | * 1939 - In |
+ | * 1939 - In [[Wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], [[Wikipedia:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]] narrowly escapes an [[Wikipedia:assassination attempt|assassination attempt]] while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the [[Wikipedia:Beer Hall Putsch|Beer Hall Putsch]]. |
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+ | *[[1941]] - The [[Wikipedia:Albanian Party of Labour|Albanian Communist Party]] is founded. |
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+ | *[[1942]] - [[Wikipedia:Holocaust|Holocaust]]: In [[Wikipedia:Ternopil|Ternopil]], western [[Wikipedia:Ukraine|Ukraine]], the [[Germany|German]] [[Wikipedia:SS|SS]] deport about 2,400 [[Wikipedia:Jews|Jews]] from [[Wikipedia:Ternopil|Ternopil]] [[Wikipedia:ghetto|ghetto]] to the [[Wikipedia:Belzec|Belzec]] death camp, in the so called "[[Wikipedia:Second Aktion|Second Aktion]]". When the [[Wikipedia:Germans|Germans]] captured [[Wikipedia:Ternopil|Ternopil]], about 18,000 [[Wikipedia:Jews|Jews]] lived in the city. |
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+ | *[[1942]] - [[World War II|World War II]]: [[Wikipedia:Operation Torch|Operation Torch]] - [[United States|United States]] and [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] forces land in [[Wikipedia:French North Africa|French North Africa]]. |
− | * 1942 - |
+ | * 1942 - [[World War II|World War II]]: French resistance coup in Algiers, by which 400 Civil French patriots neutralize Vichyst XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest vichyst generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.), allowing the immediate success of [[Wikipedia:Operation Torch|Operation Torch]] in Algiers, then, from there, to the whole [[Wikipedia:French North Africa|French North Africa]]. |
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+ | *[[1950]] - [[Wikipedia:Korean War|Korean War]]: [[Wikipedia:United States Air Force|United States Air Force]] Lt. [[Wikipedia:Russell J. Brown|Russell J. Brown]] shoots down two [[Wikipedia:North Korea|North Korea]]n [[Wikipedia:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]]s in the first [[Wikipedia:jet aircraft|jet aircraft]]-to-jet aircraft [[Wikipedia:dogfight|dogfight]] in history. |
− | * |
+ | *[[1961]] - [[Wikipedia:KVN|KVN]], one of the world's oldest and long-running TV shows airs for the first time in the [[Wikipedia:USSR|USSR]]. |
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+ | *[[1965]] - The [[Wikipedia:British Indian Ocean Territory|British Indian Ocean Territory]] is created, consisting of [[Wikipedia:Chagos Archipelago|Chagos Archipelago]], [[Wikipedia:Aldabra|Aldabra]], [[Wikipedia:Farquhar Group|Farquhar]] and [[Wikipedia:Des Roches|Des Roches]] islands. |
− | * 1965 - The |
+ | * 1965 - The [[Wikipedia:173rd Airborne|173rd Airborne]] is ambushed by over 1,200 [[Wikipedia:Viet Cong|Viet Cong]] in [[Wikipedia:Operation Hump|Operation Hump]] during the [[Wikipedia:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]]. |
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+ | *[[1966]] - Former [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] Attorney General [[Wikipedia:Edward Brooke|Edward Brooke]] becomes the first [[African American|African American]] elected to the [[United States Senate|United States Senate]]. |
− | * 1966 - |
+ | * 1966 - [[Wikipedia:U.S. President|U.S. President]] [[Wikipedia:Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs into law an [[Wikipedia:antitrust|antitrust]] exemption allowing the [[Wikipedia:National Football League|National Football League]] to merge with the upstart [[Wikipedia:American Football League|American Football League]]. |
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+ | *[[1970]] - [[Wikipedia:Tom Dempsey|Tom Dempsey]] kicks a [[Wikipedia:National Football League|NFL]]-record 63 [[Wikipedia:yard|yard]] (57.6 [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]]) [[Wikipedia:Field goal (football)|field goal]] to give the [[Wikipedia:New Orleans Saints|New Orleans Saints]] a 19-17 victory over the [[Wikipedia:Detroit Lions|Detroit Lions]] at [[Wikipedia:Tulane Stadium|Tulane Stadium]]. |
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+ | *[[1973]] - The right [[Wikipedia:ear|ear]] of [[Wikipedia:John Paul Getty III|John Paul Getty III]] is delivered to a [[Wikipedia:newspaper|newspaper]] together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million [[Wikipedia:US dollar|USD]]. |
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+ | *[[1974]] - In [[Wikipedia:Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Wikipedia:Carol DaRonch|Carol DaRonch]] narrowly escapes abduction by [[Wikipedia:serial killer|serial killer]] [[Wikipedia:Ted Bundy|Ted Bundy]]. |
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+ | *[[1976]] - A series of [[Wikipedia:earthquake|earthquake]]s spreads panic in the city of [[Wikipedia:Thessaloniki|Thessaloniki]], which is evacuated. |
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+ | * [[1977]] - [[Wikipedia:Manolis Andronikos|Manolis Andronikos]], a [[Greece|Greek]] [[Wikipedia:Archaeologist|Archaeologist]] and professor at the [[Wikipedia:Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]], discovers the [[Wikipedia:tomb|tomb]] of [[Wikipedia:Philip II of Macedon|Philip II of Macedon]] at [[Wikipedia:Vergina|Vergina]]. |
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+ | *[[1979]] - The [[Wikipedia:Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)|Chilean Communist Party]] is formed. |
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+ | *[[1987]] - [[Wikipedia:Remembrance Day Bombing|Remembrance Day Bombing]]: In [[Wikipedia:Enniskillen|Enniskillen]], [[Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], an [[Wikipedia:Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes, at a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead, killing eleven people. |
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+ | *[[1989]] - [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]'s [[Wikipedia:MTR|MTR]] [[Wikipedia:Lam Tin (MTR)|Lam Tin Station]] comes into service. |
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+ | *[[2002]] - [[Wikipedia:Iraq disarmament crisis|Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Wikipedia:UN Security Council Resolution 1441|UN Security Council Resolution 1441]] – The [[Wikipedia:United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council]] unanimously approves a resolution on [[Wikipedia:Iraq|Iraq]], forcing [[Wikipedia:Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein]] to [[Wikipedia:disarmament|disarm]] or face ''"serious consequences"''. |
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+ | *[[2004]] - [[Wikipedia:2003 invasion of Iraq|War in Iraq]]: More than 10,000 [[United States|U.S.]] troops and a small number of [[Wikipedia:Iraq|Iraq]]i army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of [[Wikipedia:Fallujah|Fallujah]]. |
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+ | *[[2006]] - [[Wikipedia:Kathiraveli November 2006 massacre|Kathiraveli November 2006 massacre]] |
− | * 2006 - |
+ | * 2006 - [[Wikipedia:Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident|Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident]] |
==Births== |
==Births== |
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+ | * [[35]] - [[Wikipedia:Nerva|Nerva]], [[Wikipedia:Roman Emperor|Roman Emperor]] (d. [[98]]) |
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+ | *[[1342]] - [[Wikipedia:Julian of Norwich|Julian of Norwich]], English saint (d. [[1416]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1491]] - [[Wikipedia:Teofilo Folengo|Teofilo Folengo]], Italian poet (d. [[1544]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1622]] - King [[Wikipedia:Charles X of Sweden|Charles X of Sweden]] (d. [[1660]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1656]] (N.S.) - [[Wikipedia:Edmond Halley|Edmond Halley]], British astronomer and mathematician (d. [[1742]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1706]] - [[Wikipedia:Johann Ulrich von Cramer|Johann Ulrich von Cramer]], German judge and philosopher (d. [[1772]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1710]] - [[Wikipedia:Sarah Fielding|Sarah Fielding]], English writer (d. [[1768]]) |
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+ | *[[1715]] - [[Wikipedia:Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern|Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern]], wife of [[Wikipedia:Frederick II of Prussia|Frederick II of Prussia]] (d. [[1797]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1723]] - [[Wikipedia:John Byron|John Byron]], British naval officer (d. [[1786]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1768]] - [[Wikipedia:Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom|Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom]], (d. [[1840]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1777]] - [[Wikipedia:Désirée Clary|Désirée Clary]], queen of Sweden (d. [[1860]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1836]] - [[Wikipedia:Milton Bradley|Milton Bradley]], American game manufacturer (d. [[1911]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1847]] - [[Wikipedia:Jean Casimir-Perier|Jean Casimir-Perier]], French politician (d. [[1907]]) |
− | * 1847 - |
+ | * 1847 - [[Wikipedia:Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker]], Irish novelist (d. [[1912]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1848]] - [[Wikipedia:Gottlob Frege|Gottlob Frege]], German mathematician and logician (d. [[1925]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1854]] - [[Wikipedia:Johannes Rydberg|Johannes Rydberg]], Swedish physicist (d. [[1919]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1866]] - [[Wikipedia:Herbert Austin|Herbert Austin]], English automobile pioneer (d. [[1941]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1868]] - [[Wikipedia:Felix Hausdorff|Felix Hausdorff]], German mathematician (d. [[1942]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1869]] - [[Wikipedia:Zinaida Gippius|Zinaida Gippius]], Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. [[1945]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1883]] - [[Wikipedia:Arnold Bax|Arnold Bax]], English composer (d. [[1953]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1884]] - [[Wikipedia:Hermann Rorschach|Hermann Rorschach]], Swiss psychiatrist (d. [[1922]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1885]] - [[Wikipedia:Hans Cloos|Hans Cloos]], German geologist (d. [[1951]]) |
− | * 1885 - |
+ | * 1885 - [[Wikipedia:Tomoyuki Yamashita|Tomoyuki Yamashita]], Japanese general (d. [[1946]]) |
− | * 1885 - |
+ | * 1885 - [[Wikipedia:Emil Fahrenkamp|Emil Fahrenkamp]], German architect (d. [[1966]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1893]] - [[Wikipedia:Clarence Williams|Clarence Williams]], American composer (d. [[1965]]) |
− | * 1893 - |
+ | * 1893 - [[Wikipedia:Prajadhipok|Prajadhipok]], Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. [[1941]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1895]] - [[Wikipedia:Photios Kontoglou|Photios Kontoglou]], Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. [[1965]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1896]] - [[Wikipedia:Bucky Harris|Bucky Harris]], baseball player (d. [[1977]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1897]] - [[Wikipedia:Dorothy Day|Dorothy Day]], social activist (d. [[1980]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1898]] - [[Wikipedia:Marie Prevost|Marie Prevost]], Canadian actress (d. [[1937]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1900]] - [[Wikipedia:Margaret Mitchell|Margaret Mitchell]], American author (d. [[1949]]) |
− | * 1900 - |
+ | * 1900 - [[Wikipedia:Charlie Paddock|Charlie Paddock]], American athlete (d. [[1943]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1904]] - [[Wikipedia:Cedric Belfrage|Cedric Belfrage]] English-born writer (d. [[1990]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1908]] - [[Wikipedia:Martha Gellhorn|Martha Gellhorn]], American writer (d. [[1998]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1913]] - [[Wikipedia:June Havoc|June Havoc]], American actress |
− | * |
+ | *[[1918]] - [[Wikipedia:Hermann Zapf|Hermann Zapf]], German designer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1919]] - [[Wikipedia:P. L. Deshpande|P. L. Deshpande]], Indian author (d. [[2000]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1920]] - [[Wikipedia:Esther Rolle|Esther Rolle]], American actress (d. [[1998]]) |
− | * 1920 - |
+ | * 1920 - [[Wikipedia:Eugênio de Araújo Sales|Eugênio de Araújo Sales]], Brazilian cardinal |
− | * |
+ | *[[1922]] - [[Wikipedia:Christiaan Barnard|Christiaan Barnard]], South African heart surgeon (d. [[2001]]) |
− | * 1922 - |
+ | * 1922 - [[Wikipedia:Ademir Marques de Menezes|Ademir Marques de Menezes]], Brazilian footballer (d. [[1996]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1923]] - [[Wikipedia:Jack Kilby|Jack Kilby]], American electrical engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[2005]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1924]] - [[Wikipedia:Joe Flynn (US actor)|Joe Flynn]], American actor (d. [[1974]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1927]] - [[Wikipedia:Ken Dodd|Ken Dodd]], English comedian |
− | * 1927 - |
+ | * 1927 - [[Wikipedia:Nguyen Khanh|Nguyen Khanh]], Prime Minister of South Vietnam |
− | * 1927 - |
+ | * 1927 - [[Wikipedia:Patti Page|Patti Page]], American singer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1929]] - [[Wikipedia:António Castanheira Neves|António Castanheira Neves]], Portuguese philosopher |
− | * |
+ | *[[1931]] - [[Wikipedia:Darla Hood|Darla Hood]], American actress (d. [[1979]]) |
− | * 1931 - |
+ | * 1931 - [[Wikipedia:Morley Safer|Morley Safer]], Canadian journalist |
− | * |
+ | *[[1933]] - [[Wikipedia:Peter Arundell|Peter Arundell]], British racing driver |
− | * |
+ | *[[1935]] - [[Wikipedia:Alain Delon|Alain Delon]], French actor |
− | * 1935 - |
+ | * 1935 - [[Wikipedia:Alfonso López Trujillo|Alfonso López Trujillo]], Colombian Cardinal Bishop |
− | * |
+ | *[[1938]] - [[Wikipedia:Driss Basri|Driss Basri]], Moroccan [[Wikipedia:Interior Minister|Interior Minister]] (d. [[2007]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1942]] - [[Wikipedia:Angel Cordero Jr.|Angel Cordero Jr.]], Puerto Rican jockey |
− | * |
+ | *[[1943]] - [[Wikipedia:Martin Peters|Martin Peters]], English footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1944]] - [[Wikipedia:Bonnie Bramlett|Bonnie Bramlett]], American singer ([[Wikipedia:Delaney, Bonnie & Friends|Delaney]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1945]] - [[Wikipedia:The Turtles|Don Murray]], American musician ([[Wikipedia:The Turtles|The Turtles]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1946]] - [[Wikipedia:Guus Hiddink|Guus Hiddink]], Dutch football coach |
− | * 1946 - |
+ | * 1946 - [[Wikipedia:Roy Wood|Roy Wood]], English songwriter and musician ([[Wikipedia:Electric Light Orchestra|Electric Light Orchestra]], [[Wikipedia:The Move|The Move]], [[Wikipedia:Wizzard|Wizzard]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1947]] - [[Wikipedia:Minnie Riperton|Minnie Riperton]], American singer (d. [[1979]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1949]] - [[Wikipedia:Bonnie Raitt|Bonnie Raitt]], American singer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1950]] - [[Wikipedia:Mary Hart|Mary Hart]], American television personality |
− | * |
+ | *[[1951]] - [[Wikipedia:Alfredo Astiz|Alfredo Astiz]], Argentine general |
− | * |
+ | *[[1952]] - [[Wikipedia:Jan Raas|Jan Raas]], Dutch cyclist |
− | * 1952 - |
+ | * 1952 - [[Wikipedia:Christie Hefner|Christie Hefner]], CEO of [[Wikipedia:Playboy Enterprises|Playboy Enterprises]] |
− | * 1952 - |
+ | * 1952 - [[Wikipedia:John Denny|John Denny]], American baseball player |
− | * |
+ | *[[1953]] - [[Wikipedia:Alfre Woodard|Alfre Woodard]], American actress |
− | * |
+ | *[[1954]] - [[Wikipedia:Michael D. Brown|Michael D. Brown]], U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director |
− | * 1954 - |
+ | * 1954 - [[Wikipedia:Kazuo Ishiguro|Kazuo Ishiguro]], British author |
− | * 1954 - |
+ | * 1954 - [[Wikipedia:Rickie Lee Jones|Rickie Lee Jones]], American singer |
− | * 1954 - |
+ | * 1954 - [[Wikipedia:Jeanette McGruder|Jeanette McGruder]], American musician ([[Wikipedia:P Funk|P Funk]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1956]] - [[Wikipedia:Richard Curtis (screenwriter)|Richard Curtis]], British screenwriter |
− | * |
+ | *[[1957]] - [[Wikipedia:Porl Thompson|Porl Thompson]], British musician ([[Wikipedia:The Cure|The Cure]]) |
− | * 1957 - |
+ | * 1957 - [[Wikipedia:Alan Curbishley|Alan Curbishley]], English football manager |
− | * |
+ | *[[1958]] - [[Wikipedia:Don Byron|Don Byron]], American clarinetist |
− | * |
+ | *[[1960]] - [[Wikipedia:Oleg Menshikov|Oleg Menshikov]], Russian actor |
− | * 1960 - |
+ | * 1960 - [[Wikipedia:Michael Nyqvist|Michael Nyqvist]], Swedish actor |
− | * |
+ | *[[1961]] - [[Wikipedia:Leif Garrett|Leif Garrett]], American singer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1965]] - [[Wikipedia:Jeff Blauser|Jeff Blauser]], American baseball player |
− | * 1965 - |
+ | * 1965 - [[Wikipedia:Craig Chester|Craig Chester]], American actor and screenwriter |
− | * |
+ | *[[1966]] - [[Wikipedia:Gordon Ramsay|Gordon Ramsay]], British chef and reality television personality |
− | * |
+ | *[[1967]] - [[Wikipedia:Courtney Thorne-Smith|Courtney Thorne-Smith]], American actress |
− | * 1967 - |
+ | * 1967 - [[Wikipedia:Henry Rodriguez|Henry Rodriguez]], Dominican Republic baseball player |
− | * |
+ | *[[1968]] - [[Wikipedia:Parker Posey|Parker Posey]], American actress |
− | * 1968 - |
+ | * 1968 - [[Wikipedia:Zara Whites|Zara Whites]], Dutch actress |
− | * 1968 - |
+ | * 1968 - [[Wikipedia:Sergio Porrini|Sergio Porrini]], Italian footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1969]] - [[Wikipedia:Roxana Zal|Roxana Zal]], American actress |
− | * |
+ | *[[1970]] - [[Wikipedia:José Francisco Porras|José Francisco Porras]], Costa Rican footballer |
− | * 1970 - |
+ | * 1970 - [[Wikipedia:Diana King|Diana King]], Jamaican singer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1971]] - [[Wikipedia:Carlos Atanes|Carlos Atanes]], Spanish film director |
− | * 1971 - |
+ | * 1971 - [[Wikipedia:Tech N9ne|Aaron Yates]] (Tech N9NE), American rapper |
− | * |
+ | *[[1972]] - [[Wikipedia:Gretchen Mol|Gretchen Mol]], American actress |
− | * |
+ | *[[1974]] - [[Wikipedia:Masashi Kishimoto|Masashi Kishimoto]], Japanese manga author |
− | * |
+ | *[[1975]] - [[Wikipedia:Tara Reid|Tara Reid]], American actress |
− | * 1975 - |
+ | * 1975 - [[Wikipedia:José Manuel Pinto|José Pinto]], Spanish footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1976]] - [[Wikipedia:Brett Lee|Brett Lee]], Australian cricketer |
− | * 1976 - |
+ | * 1976 - [[Wikipedia:Brothers Strause|Colin Strause]], American director |
− | * |
+ | *[[1977]] - [[Wikipedia:Bucky Covington|Bucky Covington]], American entertainer |
− | * 1977 - |
+ | * 1977 - [[Wikipedia:Jully Black|Jully Black]], Canadian R&B singer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1978]] - [[Wikipedia:Ali Karimi|Ali Karimi]], Iranian footballer |
− | * 1978 - |
+ | * 1978 - [[Wikipedia:Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli|Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli]], Brazilian footballer |
− | * 1978 - |
+ | * 1978 - [[Wikipedia:Tim de Cler|Tim de Cler]], Dutch footballer |
− | * 1978 - |
+ | * 1978 - [[Wikipedia:Maurice Evans (basketball)|Maurice Evans]], American basketball player |
− | * 1978 - |
+ | * 1978 - [[Wikipedia:Spyros Gogolos|Spyros Gogolos]], Greek footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1979]] - [[Wikipedia:Aaron Hughes|Aaron Hughes]], Northern Irish footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1981]] - [[Wikipedia:Joe Cole (footballer)|Joe Cole]], English footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1982]] - [[Wikipedia:Mika Kallio|Mika Kallio]], Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1983]] - [[Wikipedia:Kat Shoob|Kat Shoob]], British television presenter |
− | * 1983 - |
+ | * 1983 - [[Wikipedia:Blanka Vlašić|Blanka Vlašić]], Croatian high jumper |
− | * 1983 - |
+ | * 1983 - [[Wikipedia:Remko Pasveer|Remko Pasveer]], Dutch footballer |
− | * |
+ | *[[1984]] - [[Wikipedia:Nayanthara|Nayanthara]], Indian actress |
− | * |
+ | *[[1985]] - [[Wikipedia:Jack Osbourne|Jack Osbourne]], English television star |
− | * |
+ | *[[1987]] - [[Wikipedia:Aaron Burns|Aaron Burns]], Manchester United Academy Player |
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+ | *[[2003]] - [[Wikipedia:Lady Louise Windsor|Lady Louise Windsor]], British royal |
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==Deaths== |
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+ | * [[911]] - [[Wikipedia:Louis the Child|Louis the Child]], last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks (b. [[893]]) |
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+ | * [[955]] - [[Wikipedia:Pope Agapetus II|Pope Agapetus II]] |
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+ | *[[1171]] - [[Wikipedia:Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut|Baldwin IV]] (b. [[1108]]) |
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+ | *[[1195]] - [[Wikipedia:Conrad of Hohenstaufen|Conrad of Hohenstaufen]] |
− | * |
+ | *[[1226]] - King [[Wikipedia:Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII of France]] (b. [[1187]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1246]] - [[Wikipedia:Berenguela of Castile|Berenguela of Castile]], wife of [[Wikipedia:Alfonso IX of Castile|Alfonso IX of Castile]] (b. [[1180]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1308]] - [[Wikipedia:Duns Scotus|Duns Scotus]], Scottish philosopher |
− | * |
+ | *[[1517]] - [[Wikipedia:Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros|Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros]], Spanish statesman (b. [[1436]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1527]] - [[Wikipedia:Jerome Emser|Jerome Emser]], German theologian (b. [[1477]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1599]] - [[Wikipedia:Francisco Guerrero (composer)|Francisco Guerrero]], Spanish composer (b. [[1528]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1600]] - [[Wikipedia:Natsuka Masaie|Natsuka Masaie]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1562]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1605]] - [[Wikipedia:Robert Catesby|Robert Catesby]], English conspirator (b. [[1573]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1658]] - [[Wikipedia:Witte Corneliszoon de With|Witte Corneliszoon de With]], Dutch naval officer (b. [[1599]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1674]] - [[Wikipedia:John Milton|John Milton]], English poet (b. [[1608]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1719]] - [[Wikipedia:Michel Rolle|Michel Rolle]], French mathematician (b. [[1652]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1817]] - [[Wikipedia:Andrea Appiani|Andrea Appiani]], Italian painter (b. [[1754]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1830]] - King [[Wikipedia:Francis I of the Two Sicilies|Francis I of the Two Sicilies]] (b. [[1777]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1887]] - [[Wikipedia:Doc Holliday|Doc Holliday]], American gambler and gunfighter (b. [[1851]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1890]] - [[Wikipedia:César Franck|César Franck]], Belgian composer and organist (b. [[1822]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1905]] - [[Wikipedia:Victor Borisov-Musatov|Victor Borisov-Musatov]], Russian painter (b. [[1870]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1917]] - [[Wikipedia:Colin Blythe|Colin Blythe]], English cricketer (b. [[1879]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1921]] - [[Wikipedia:Pavol Orszagh Hviezdoslav|Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav]], Slovak poet (b. [[1849]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1934]] - [[Wikipedia:Carlos Chagas|Carlos Chagas]], Brazilian physician (b. [[1879]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1944]] - [[Wikipedia:Walter Nowotny|Walter Nowotny]], Austrian/German fighter pilot (b. [[1920]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1945]] - [[Wikipedia:August von Mackensen|August von Mackensen]], German field marshal (b. [[1849]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1949]] - [[Wikipedia:Cyriel Verschaeve|Cyriel Verschaeve]], Belgian clergyman (b. [[1874]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1953]] - [[Wikipedia:Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin|Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin]], Russian writer, [[Wikipedia:Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1870]]) |
− | * 1953 - |
+ | * 1953 - [[Wikipedia:John van Melle|John van Melle]], South African author (b. [[1887]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1959]] - [[Wikipedia:Frank Sherman Land|Frank Sherman Land]], founder of [[Wikipedia:DeMolay International|DeMolay International]] (b. [[1890]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1965]] - [[Wikipedia:Dorothy Kilgallen|Dorothy Kilgallen]], American newspaper columnist (b. [[1913]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1968]] - [[Wikipedia:Wendell Corey|Wendell Corey]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1974]] - [[Wikipedia:Ivory Joe Hunter|Ivory Joe Hunter]], American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (b. [[1914]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1977]] - [[Wikipedia:Bucky Harris|Bucky Harris]], baseball player (b. [[1896]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1978]] - [[Wikipedia:Norman Rockwell|Norman Rockwell]], American illustrator (b. [[1894]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1979]] - [[Wikipedia:Yvonne de Gaulle|Yvonne de Gaulle]], wife of [[Wikipedia:Charles de Gaulle|Charles de Gaulle]] (b. [[1900]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1983]] - [[Wikipedia:Mordecai Kaplan|Mordecai Kaplan]], Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. [[1881]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1985]] - [[Wikipedia:Nicolas Frantz|Nicolas Frantz]], Luxembourgish cyclist (b. [[1899]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1986]] - [[Wikipedia:Vyacheslav Molotov|Vyacheslav Molotov]], Russian politician (b. [[1890]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1993]] - [[Wikipedia:Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff|Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1906]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1994]] - [[Wikipedia:Michael O'Donoghue|Michael O'Donoghue]], American writer (b. [[1940]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1998]] - [[Wikipedia:Jean Marais|Jean Marais]], French actor (b. [[1913]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[1999]] - [[Wikipedia:Leon Štukelj|Leon Štukelj]], Slovenian gymnast (b. [[1898]]) |
− | * 1999 - |
+ | * 1999 - [[Wikipedia:Lester Bowie|Lester Bowie]], American jazz trumpet player (b. [[1941]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[2002]] - [[Wikipedia:Jon Elia|Jon Elia]], Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (b. [[1931]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[2003]] - [[Wikipedia:Guy Speranza|Guy Speranza]], American singer, original [[Wikipedia:Riot (band)|Riot]] frontman (b. [[1956]]) |
− | * 2003 - |
+ | * 2003 - [[Wikipedia:C. Z. Guest|C. Z. Guest]], American socialite (b. [[1920]]) |
− | * |
+ | *[[2005]] - [[Wikipedia:David Westheimer|David Westheimer]], American novelist (b. [[1917]]) |
− | * 2005 - |
+ | * 2005 - [[Wikipedia:Alekos Alexandrakis|Alekos Alexandrakis]], Greek actor (b. [[1928]]) |
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+ | *[[2006]] - [[Wikipedia:Basil Poledouris|Basil Poledouris]], American [[Wikipedia:film score|film score]] composer (b. [[1945]]) |
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+ | *[[2007]] - [[Wikipedia:Dulce Saguisag|Dulce Saguisag]], Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary. (b. [[1943]]) |
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+ | *[[2007]] - [[Wikipedia:Chad Varah|Chad Varah]] founder of charity [[Wikipedia:The Samaritans|The Samaritans]] (b. [[1911]]) |
==Holidays and observances== |
==Holidays and observances== |
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+ | *[[Wikipedia:Roman calendar|Roman calendar]] |
− | :*'' |
+ | :*''[[Wikipedia:Lapis manalis|Mundus patet]]'': a harvest feast involving the dead. |
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+ | * [[Wikipedia:Synaxis|Synaxis]] of the [[Wikipedia:Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]] and the other [[Wikipedia:Christian angelic hierarchy|Bodiless Powers of Heaven]] in [[Greece|Greece]], [[Wikipedia:Cyprus|Cyprus]] and all other [[Wikipedia:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Church]]es worldwide |
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+ | * [[Wikipedia:Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki|Saint Demetrius Day]] ([[Wikipedia:Mitrovdan|Mitrovdan]]) in [[Wikipedia:Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ([[Wikipedia:Eastern Orthodox|Eastern Orthodox]]) |
− | * Feast of Blessed |
+ | * Feast of Blessed [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth of the Trinity|Elizabeth of the Trinity]] in the [[Wikipedia:Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] |
− | * International |
+ | * International [[Wikipedia:KVN|KVN]] day. |
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November 8 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 52 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a celebration as would befit a returning god.
- 1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
- 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
- 1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
- 1620 - The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
- 1793 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
- 1837 - Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
- 1861 - American Civil War: The "Trent Affair" – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
- 1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- 1892 - The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
- 1895 - While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
- 1901 - Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
- 1917 - The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Josef Stalin.
- 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
- 1926 - APOEL FC is founded in Nicosia.
- 1933 - Great Depression: New Deal - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
- 1935 - A dozen labor leaders come together to announce the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), an organization charged with advancing industrial unionism.
- 1935 - Fernand Bouisson becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1937 - The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
- 1937 - The Chinese Youth Journalist Association is created in Shanghai. It is now known as Chinese Journalist Day.
- 1938 - A pogrom against the Jews of Germany and Austria takes place in response to the assassination of a German diplomat in Paris.
- 1939 - Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
- 1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
- 1941 - The Albanian Communist Party is founded.
- 1942 - Holocaust: In Ternopil, western Ukraine, the German SS deport about 2,400 Jews from Ternopil ghetto to the Belzec death camp, in the so called "Second Aktion". When the Germans captured Ternopil, about 18,000 Jews lived in the city.
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Torch - United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
- 1942 - World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, by which 400 Civil French patriots neutralize Vichyst XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest vichyst generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.), allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers, then, from there, to the whole French North Africa.
- 1950 - Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
- 1961 - KVN, one of the world's oldest and long-running TV shows airs for the first time in the USSR.
- 1965 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
- 1965 - The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War.
- 1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate.
- 1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
- 1970 - Tom Dempsey kicks a NFL-record 63 yard (57.6 meter) field goal to give the New Orleans Saints a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium.
- 1973 - The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD.
- 1974 - In Salt Lake City, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.
- 1976 - A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
- 1977 - Manolis Andronikos, a Greek Archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
- 1979 - The Chilean Communist Party is formed.
- 1987 - Remembrance Day Bombing: In Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes, at a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead, killing eleven people.
- 1989 - Hong Kong's MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service.
- 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
- 2004 - War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
- 2006 - Kathiraveli November 2006 massacre
- 2006 - Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident
Births
- 35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
- 1342 - Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
- 1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
- 1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
- 1656 (N.S.) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
- 1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
- 1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
- 1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
- 1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
- 1768 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
- 1777 - Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
- 1836 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
- 1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
- 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
- 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
- 1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
- 1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
- 1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
- 1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)
- 1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
- 1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
- 1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- 1885 - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Clarence Williams, American composer (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
- 1895 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
- 1897 - Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
- 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
- 1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)
- 1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
- 1913 - June Havoc, American actress
- 1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer
- 1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
- 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1927 - Ken Dodd, English comedian
- 1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
- 1927 - Patti Page, American singer
- 1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
- 1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1931 - Morley Safer, Canadian journalist
- 1933 - Peter Arundell, British racing driver
- 1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
- 1935 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop
- 1938 - Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
- 1943 - Martin Peters, English footballer
- 1944 - Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney)
- 1945 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles)
- 1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
- 1946 - Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
- 1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)
- 1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer
- 1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality
- 1951 - Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
- 1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
- 1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
- 1952 - John Denny, American baseball player
- 1953 - Alfre Woodard, American actress
- 1954 - Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
- 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
- 1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
- 1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
- 1956 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
- 1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
- 1957 - Alan Curbishley, English football manager
- 1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist
- 1960 - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
- 1960 - Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
- 1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer
- 1965 - Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
- 1965 - Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
- 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
- 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
- 1967 - Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- 1968 - Parker Posey, American actress
- 1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress
- 1968 - Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
- 1969 - Roxana Zal, American actress
- 1970 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
- 1970 - Diana King, Jamaican singer
- 1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
- 1971 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
- 1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress
- 1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- 1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
- 1975 - José Pinto, Spanish footballer
- 1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
- 1976 - Colin Strause, American director
- 1977 - Bucky Covington, American entertainer
- 1977 - Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
- 1978 - Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
- 1978 - Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 - Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
- 1978 - Maurice Evans, American basketball player
- 1978 - Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer
- 1982 - Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
- 1983 - Kat Shoob, British television presenter
- 1983 - Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
- 1983 - Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
- 1984 - Nayanthara, Indian actress
- 1985 - Jack Osbourne, English television star
- 1987 - Aaron Burns, Manchester United Academy Player
- 2003 - Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
Deaths
- 911 - Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks (b. 893)
- 955 - Pope Agapetus II
- 1171 - Baldwin IV (b. 1108)
- 1195 - Conrad of Hohenstaufen
- 1226 - King Louis VIII of France (b. 1187)
- 1246 - Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)
- 1308 - Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher
- 1517 - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish statesman (b. 1436)
- 1527 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477)
- 1599 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
- 1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562)
- 1605 - Robert Catesby, English conspirator (b. 1573)
- 1658 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (b. 1599)
- 1674 - John Milton, English poet (b. 1608)
- 1719 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
- 1817 - Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (b. 1754)
- 1830 - King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
- 1887 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b. 1851)
- 1890 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822)
- 1905 - Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
- 1917 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879)
- 1921 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
- 1934 - Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (b. 1879)
- 1944 - Walter Nowotny, Austrian/German fighter pilot (b. 1920)
- 1945 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
- 1949 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian clergyman (b. 1874)
- 1953 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
- 1953 - John van Melle, South African author (b. 1887)
- 1959 - Frank Sherman Land, founder of DeMolay International (b. 1890)
- 1965 - Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1913)
- 1968 - Wendell Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1974 - Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (b. 1896)
- 1978 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (b. 1894)
- 1979 - Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
- 1983 - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. 1881)
- 1985 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1899)
- 1986 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. 1890)
- 1993 - Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1994 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (b. 1940)
- 1998 - Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
- 1999 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1941)
- 2002 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (b. 1931)
- 2003 - Guy Speranza, American singer, original Riot frontman (b. 1956)
- 2003 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. 1920)
- 2005 - David Westheimer, American novelist (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (b. 1945)
- 2007 - Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary. (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Chad Varah founder of charity The Samaritans (b. 1911)
Holidays and observances
- Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.
- Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven in Greece, Cyprus and all other Eastern Orthodox Churches worldwide
- Saint Demetrius Day (Mitrovdan) in Yugoslavia (Eastern Orthodox)
- Feast of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity in the Catholic Church
- International KVN day.
External links
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