November 27 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1901 - The U.S. Army War College is established.
- 1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1917 - P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.[5]
- 1918 - The Makhnovshchina is established.
- 1924 - In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1940 - In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
- 1940 - World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
- 1942 - World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
- 1944 - World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
- 1945 - CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.
- 1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
- 1968 - Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
- 1971 - The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
- 1973 - Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
- 1975 - The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
- 1978 - In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1978 - The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis.
- 1983 - Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
- 1984 - Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
- 1989 - Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
- 1992 - For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
- 1997 - Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
- 1999 - The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.
- 2001 - A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- 2004 - Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 2004 - Blackwater 61 crash: A CASA C-212 Aviocar crashes into the Koh-i-Baba mountain range in Afghanistan, killing six.[6]
- 2006 - The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
- 2008 - XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.[7]
- 2009 - Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
- 2015 - An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.
- 2020 - Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.[8]
- 2020 - Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.[9]
- 2024 - Syrian rebel groups led by Tahrir Al-Sham launch a ground offensive into Syria.[10]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1630 - Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (d. 1665)
- 1635 - Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
- 1640 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (d. 1709)
- 1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1744)
- 1710 - Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (d. 1787)
- 1746 - Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs (d. 1813)
- 1746 - Increase Sumner, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
- 1754 - Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1794)
- 1759 - Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1831)
- 1779 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1865)
- 1798 – Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (d. 1853)[12]
- 1804 - Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (d. 1885)
- 1809 - Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet (d. 1893)
- 1814 - Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (d. 1886)
- 1820 - Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (d. 1905)
- 1823 - James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (d. 1899)
- 1833 - Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
- 1841 - Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (d. 1898)[13]
- 1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
- 1845 - Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (d. 1918)
- 1853 - Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (d. 1928)
- 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
- 1859 - William Bliss Baker, American painter (d. 1886)
- 1862 - Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (d. 1949)
- 1865 - Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene priest, journalist, and politician (d. 1917)
- 1867 - Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (d. 1950)
- 1870 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (d. 1956)
- 1871 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1950)
- 1874 - Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (d. 1948)
- 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
- 1875 - Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast (d. 1962)
- 1877 - Katharine Anthony, American biographer (d. 1965)[14]
- 1878 - Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic (d. 1948)
- 1878 - Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (d. 1969)
- 1885 - Daniel Mendaille, French actor (d. 1963)
- 1885 - Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (d. 1944)
- 1886 - Tsuguharu Foujita, Japanese–French painter and printmaker (d. 1968)[15]
- 1887 - Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1956)
- 1894 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (d. 1977)
- 1894 - Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971)
- 1898 - Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (d. 1981)
- 1900 - Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (d. 1981)
1901–present
- 1901 - Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
- 1903 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1905 - Astrid Allwyn, American actress (d. 1978)[16]
- 1907 - Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (d. 2003)
- 1907 - L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (d. 2000)
- 1909 - James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1955)
- 1909 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1967)
- 1911 - Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (d. 2011)[17]
- 1911 - David Merrick, American director and producer (d. 2000)
- 1912 - Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018)
- 1916 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Stephen Elliott, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
- 1920 - Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Cal Worthington, Automobile dealer and television personality (d. 2013)
- 1921 - Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (d. 2013)
- 1921 - Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (d. 1992)
- 1922 - Hall Bartlett, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
- 1922 - Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1977)
- 1923 - J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician (d. 2011)
- 1925 - Derroll Adams, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2000)
- 1925 - John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Marshall Thompson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1925 - Ernie Wise, English actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013)
- 1927 - Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 1987)
- 1927 - William E. Simon, American soldier and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Alan Simpson, English screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)[18]
- 1930 - Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist (d. 2018)
- 1930 - Dick Poole, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1930 - Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (d. 2009)
- 1932 - Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (d. 1983)
- 1933 - Jacques Godbout, Canadian journalist, author, director, and screenwriter
- 1933 - Gordon S. Wood, American historian and academic
- 1934 - Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer and manager (d. 2009)
- 1934 - Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1975)
- 1934 - Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic
- 1935 - Les Blank, American director and producer (d. 2013)
- 1935 - Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 2008)
- 1935 - Willie Pastrano, American boxer (d. 1997)
- 1936 - Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author (d. 2020)
- 1938 - John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
- 1938 - Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (d. 2019)
- 1939 - Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
- 1939 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
- 1939 - Buzz Cason, American singer and songwriter (d. 2024)[19] [20]
- 1940 - Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1941 - Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (d. 2015)
- 1941 - Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
- 1941 - Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1941 - Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist (d. 2020)[21]
- 1942 - Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
- 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970)
- 1943 - Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
- 1943 - Jil Sander, German fashion designer
- 1944 - Mickey Leland, American activist and politician (d. 1989)
- 1945 - James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1945 - Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
- 1945 - Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist
- 1945 - Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver (d. 2022)
- 1945 - Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 1945 - Simon Townsend, Australian journalist and television host
- 1947 - Neil Rosenshein, American tenor and actor
- 1949 - Jim Price, American basketball player and coach[22]
- 1949 - Masanori Sekiya, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 - Gavyn Davies, English journalist and businessman
- 1951 - Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter[23]
- 1951 - Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress, Miss Brasil 1969
- 1951 - Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1952 - Sheila Copps, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- 1952 - Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
- 1952 - Jim Wetherbee, American captain, engineer, and astronaut
- 1953 - Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1953 - Steve Bannon, American media executive and political figure
- 1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 - Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian admiral and politician
- 1953 - Lyle Mays, American keyboardist and composer (d. 2020)
- 1953 - Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
- 1954 - Arthur Smith, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1955 - Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 - Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
- 1956 - William Fichtner, American actor
- 1956 - John McCarthy, English journalist and author
- 1956 - Nazrin Shah of Perak, Sultan of Perak
- 1957 - Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish race car driver
- 1957 - Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
- 1957 - Frank Boeijen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 - Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to Australia, daughter of President John F. Kennedy
- 1957 - Callie Khouri, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 - Michael A. Stackpole, American game designer and author
- 1958 - Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese singer-songwriter, and producer
- 1958 - Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
- 1959 - Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist
- 1960 - Kevin Henkes, American author and illustrator
- 1960 - Ken O'Brien, American football player and coach
- 1960 - Tim Pawlenty, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
- 1960 - Michael Rispoli, American actor
- 1960 - Maria Schneider, American composer and musician
- 1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1960 - Gianni Vernetti, Italian lawyer and politician
- 1961 - Samantha Bond, English actress
- 1961 - Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1962 - Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter
- 1962 - Mike Bordin, American drummer
- 1962 - Davey Boy Smith, English-Canadian wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1963 - Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer
- 1964 - Robin Givens, American actress
- 1964 - Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1964 - Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (d. 2013)
- 1965 - Danielle Ammaccapane, American golfer
- 1966 - Andy Merrill, American television writer, producer and voice actor
- 1968 - Al Barrow, English bass guitarist
- 1968 - Michael Vartan, French-American actor
- 1969 - El Chombo, Panamanian singer-songwriter[24]
- 1969 - Ruth George, English politician
- 1969 - Damian Hinds, English politician
- 1969 - Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter
- 1969 - Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
- 1970 - Kelly Loeffler, American politician and businesswoman[25]
- 1970 - Han Kang, South Korean writer[26]
- 1970 - Markus Vogl, Austrian politician[27]
- 1971 - Kirk Acevedo, American actor
- 1971 - Larry Allen, American football player (d. 2024)[28]
- 1971 - Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1971 - Nick Van Exel, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer
- 1973 - Sharlto Copley, South African actor
- 1973 - Samantha Harris, American model and television host
- 1973 - Evan Karagias, American wrestler and actor
- 1973 - Jin Katagiri, Japanese comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter
- 1973 - Jon Runyan, American football player and politician[29]
- 1973 - Twista, American rapper and producer
- 1974 - Wendy Houvenaghel, Northern Irish racing cyclist
- 1974 - Alec Newman, Scottish actor
- 1975 - Bad Azz, American rapper (d. 2019)
- 1975 - Martín Gramática, Argentine-American football player
- 1975 - Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
- 1976 - Jean Grae, South African-American rapper and producer
- 1976 - Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
- 1976 - Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter
- 1977 - Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player
- 1977 - Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian[30]
- 1977 - Andy Panko, American basketball player[31]
- 1978 - Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
- 1978 - Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
- 1978 - Mike Skinner, English rapper and producer
- 1978 - Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
- 1979 - Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
- 1979 - Hilary Hahn, American violinist
- 1979 - Brendan Haywood, American basketball player[32]
- 1979 - Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
- 1980 - Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 - Veronika Portsmuth, Estonian singer and conductor
- 1980 - Michael Yardy, English cricketer
- 1981 - Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
- 1981 - Ryan Jimmo, Canadian mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
- 1981 - Matthew Taylor, English footballer
- 1982 - David Bellion, French footballer
- 1982 - Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
- 1982 - Tommy Robinson, English activist, co-founded the English Defence League
- 1983 - Professor Green, English rapper
- 1983 - Henrik Karlsson, Swedish-Kazakhstani ice hockey player[33]
- 1983 - Donta Smith, American-Venezuelan basketball player[34]
- 1984 - Leslie Dewan, American entrepreneur
- 1984 - Izumi Kitta, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1984 - Domata Peko, American football player
- 1985 - Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer
- 1985 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
- 1985 - Thilo Versick, German footballer
- 1986 - Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
- 1986 - Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer
- 1986 - Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
- 1986 - Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
- 1987 - Luigi Datome, Italian basketball player[35]
- 1987 - Lashana Lynch, English actress
- 1989 - Michael Floyd, American football player
- 1989 - Freddie Sears, English footballer
- 1990 - Josh Dubovie, English singer
- 1992 - Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter
- 1992 - Chanyeol, South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model
- 1992 - Bradley Zimmer, American baseball player[36]
- 1993 - Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer
- 1995 - Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player
- 1996 - Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer
- 2001 - Zoe Colletti, American actress[37]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1620 - Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (b. 1577)
- 1632 - John Eliot, English politician (b. 1592)
- 1703 - Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
- 1754 - Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)
- 1811 - Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)
- 1819 - Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.
- 1822 - Old Billy, English barge horse, oldest recorded horse (b. 1760)[38] [39]
- 1830 - André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)
- 1852 - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
- 1875 - Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
- 1881 - Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
- 1884 - Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
- 1890 - Mahatma Phule, Indian Activist (b. 1827)
- 1895 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
- 1899 - Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
1901–present
- 1901 - Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
- 1908 - Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
- 1916 - Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
- 1919 - Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)
- 1920 - Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)
- 1921 - Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
- 1921 - Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (b. 1841)[40]
- 1930 - Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (b. 1851)[41]
- 1931 - Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)
- 1934 - Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
- 1936 - Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
- 1940 - Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
- 1943 - Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
- 1944 - Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
- 1953 - Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1955 - Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
- 1958 - Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)
- 1958 - Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
- 1960 - Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (b. 1875)
- 1960 - Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
- 1962 - August Lass, Estonian footballer (b. 1903)
- 1967 - Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
- 1969 - May Gibbs, English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist, (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (b. 1913)
- 1973 - Frank Christian, American trumpet player (b. 1887)
- 1975 - Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1895)
- 1975 - Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- 1977 - Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)
- 1978 - Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)[42]
- 1978 - George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
- 1980 - F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)
- 1981 - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1985 - Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (b. 1920)
- 1986 - Steve Tracy, American actor (b, 1952)
- 1988 - John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
- 1988 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and author (b. 1927)
- 1989 - Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)[43]
- 1990 - David White, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1990 - Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)
- 1992 - Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
- 1994 - Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1906)
- 1997 - Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (b. 1907)
- 1998 - Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1998 - Gloria Fuertes, Spanish poet and author of children's literature (b. 1917)
- 1999 - Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1937)
- 1999 - Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1925)
- 1999 - Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)
- 2000 - Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)
- 2000 - Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
- 2002 - Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)
- 2006 - Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
- 2007 - Bernie Banton, Australian activist (b. 1946)
- 2007 - Robert Cade, American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (b. 1927)
- 2007 - Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2007 - Bill Willis, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
- 2008 - V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
- 2009 - Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
- 2010 - Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
- 2011 - Len Fulford, English photographer and director (b. 1928)
- 2011 - Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2011 - Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)
- 2012 - Mickey Baker, American guitarist (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- 2012 - Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)
- 2012 - Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (b. 1917)
- 2012 - Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)
- 2013 - Lewis Collins, English-American actor (b. 1946)
- 2013 - Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941)
- 2013 - Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919)
- 2014 - Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)
- 2014 - Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)[44] [45]
- 2014 - P. D. James, English author (b. 1920)
- 2014 - Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963)
- 2015 - Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (b. 1971)
- 2015 - Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (b. 1924)
- 2016 - Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923)
- 2020 - Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear scientist (b. 1958)
- 2021 - Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (b. 1964)[46]
- 2024 – Mary McGee, American motorcycle racer (b. 1936)[47]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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