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Acontecimientos
- 951Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
- 1272While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.
- 1491An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
- 1532Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
- 1632King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.
- 1776American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
- 1793French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
- 1797The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
- 1805Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
- 1822American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1828Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
- 1849A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
- 1855David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
- 1857Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- 1860Fisgard Lighthouse, built in the Colony of Vancouver Island, shines its first light, becoming the first permanent lighthouse in present-day British Columbia
- 1863American Civil War: Confederate troops under General James Longstreet unsuccessfully attack Union forces in the Battle of Campbell's Station, allowing General Ambrose Burnside to secure and fortify Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1871The National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.
- 1885Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
- 1904English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- 1907Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1914The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- 1920Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
- 1933The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
- 1938LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
- 1940World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1940The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
- 1940New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- 1944World War II: In support of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, the town of Düren is destroyed by Allied aircraft.
- 1944The Jussi Awards, the Finnish film award ceremony, is held for the first time at Restaurant Adlon in Helsinki.
- 1945UNESCO is founded.
- 1959National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.
- 1959Aeroflot Flight 315 crashes on approach to Lviv Airport, killing all 40 people on board.
- 1965Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
- 1966The Temptations release their Greatest Hits album, which goes on to be the Billboard Year-End R&B album of 1967.
- 1967Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashes near Koltsovo Airport, killing 107.
- 1973Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
- 1973U.S. president Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
- 1974The Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico.
- 1979The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
- 1981Aeroflot Flight 3603 crashes during landing at Norilsk Airport, killing 99.
- 1988The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
- 1988In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1989El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
- 1990Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
- 1992The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
- 1997After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
- 2002The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China.
- 2004Half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.
- 2005Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- 2009Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.
- 2022Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Nacimientos
- 42 a. C.Tiberius, Roman emperor (died 37 AD)
- 1436Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (died 1521)
- 1457Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian queen (died 1508)
- 1466Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Florentine philosopher (died 1522)
- 1483Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (died 1522)
- 1528Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (died 1572)
- 1531Anna d'Este, Duchess consort of Nemours (died 1607)
- 1538Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Spanish Grand Inquisitioner, Archbishop of Lima (died 1606)
- 1540Princess Cecilia of Sweden (died 1627) juliano y gregoriano
- 1566Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (died 1621) las demás fuentes: 17 ene 1566
- 1569Paul Sartorius, German organist and composer (died 1609)
- 1603Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (died 1673)
- 1643Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (died 1703) juliano y gregoriano
- 1648Charles Duncombe, English banker and politician (died 1711)
- 1715Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer and educator (died 1760)
- 1717Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1793)
- 1720Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (died 1788)
- 1750Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1818)
- 1753James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician (died 1816)
- 1758Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (died 1841)
- 1774Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance (died 1845) juliano y gregoriano
- 1793Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era (died 1861)
- 1806Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator (died 1887)
- 1807Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist (died 1845)
- 1811John Bright, English academic and politician (died 1889)
- 1836Kalākaua of Hawaii (died 1891)
- 1839Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician (died 1908)
- 1841Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (died 1923)
- 1847Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1927)
- 1851Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress (died 1929)
- 1856Jürgen Kröger, German architect (died 1928)
- 1861Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist (died 1930) las demás fuentes: 13 sep 1861
- 1861Georgina Febres-Cordero, Venezuelan nun (died 1925)
- 1862Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (died 1944)
- 1873W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (died 1958)
- 1874Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (died 1920)
- 1883Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (died 1972)
- 1888Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer (died 1957)
- 1889George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1961)
- 1889Dietrich Kraiß, German general (died 1944)
- 1890Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (died 1956)
- 1892Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (died 1978)
- 1892Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1953)
- 1894Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer (died 1975)
- 1894Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician (died 1972)
- 1895Paul Hindemith, German composer, violist and conductor (died 1963)
- 1896Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic (died 1984)
- 1896Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader and politician (died 1980)
- 1896Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (died 1960)
- 1897Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic (died 1951)
- 1899Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host (died 1976)
- 1900Eliška Junková, Czech race car driver (died 1994)
- 1904Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian statesman, 1st President of Nigeria (died 1996)
- 1907Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
- 1909Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (died 1982)
- 1912George O. Petrie, American actor and director (died 1997)
- 1912W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (died 1995)
- 1913Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (died 2015)
- 1914Eddie Chapman, English spy (died 1997)
- 1915Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author (died 2017)
- 1916Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (died 1996)
- 1916Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (died 1988)
- 1916Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (died 1983) fecha discutida
- 1922Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (died 2015)
- 1922José Saramago, Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (died 2010)
- 1924Sam Farber, American businessman (died 2013)
- 1924Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (died 2014)
- 1927Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (died 1983)
- 1929Peter Boizot, English businessman (died 2018)
- 1930Paul Foytack, American baseball player (died 2021)
- 1930Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss (died 2017)
- 1931Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (died 2006)
- 1931Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (died 2011)
- 1932Beatriz González, Colombian painter, sculptor and art historian (died 2026)
- 1933Garnet Mimms, American R&B singer
- 1933Seydou Madani Sy, Senegalese jurist and politician (died 2026)
- 1935Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
- 1935Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (died 2010)
- 1935Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
- 1936John Moore, Australian businessman and politician
- 1937Alan Budd, English economist and academic (died 2023)
- 1938Ahmed Bouanani, Moroccan filmmaker (died 2011)
- 1938Kang Ning-hsiang, Taiwanese politician
- 1938Walter Learning, Canadian actor (died 2020)
- 1938Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (died 2002)
- 1938Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1939Michael Billington, English author and critic
- 1941Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist (died 2022)
- 1941Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (died 2005)
- 1941Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1942Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
- 1942Joanna Pettet, English actress (died 2026)
- 1944Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic (died 2022)
- 1945Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2014)
- 1945Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
- 1946Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter (died 2023)
- 1946Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (died 2000)
- 1946Barbara Smith, American writer
- 1946Beverly Smith, American writer
- 1946Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
- 1947Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
- 1948Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager (died 2023)
- 1948Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1948Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic (died 2026)
- 1948Ken James, Australian actor
- 1950Harvey Martin, American football player (died 2001)
- 1950Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
- 1951Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
- 1953Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
- 1954Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
- 1954Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1955Héctor Cúper, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
- 1955Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1955Guillermo Lasso, Ecuadoran businessman, 47th President of Ecuador
- 1955Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
- 1955Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman
- 1956Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
- 1957Jacques Gamblin, French actor
- 1958Boris Krivokapić, Serbian author and academic
- 1959Glenda Bailey, English journalist las demás fuentes: 16 nov 1958
- 1959Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (died 2014)
- 1961Frank Bruno, English boxer
- 1962Darwyn Cooke, Canadian writer and artist (died 2016)
- 1962Sergei Agashkov, Turkmen football player and manager (died 2026)
- 1963Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer
- 1963William Bonner, Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
- 1963Zina Garrison, American tennis player
- 1964Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
- 1964Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1964Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
- 1964Maeve Quinlan, American actress
- 1965Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
- 1966Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1966Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player
- 1966Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1966Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
- 1967Craig Arnold, American poet and academic (died 2009)
- 1968Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (died 2014)
- 1968Melvin Stewart, American swimmer fecha discutida
- 1970Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer
- 1971Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
- 1971Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
- 1971Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
- 1971Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
- 1971Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
- 1973Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager
- 1973Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
- 1974Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
- 1974Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1975Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player (died 2021)
- 1975Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
- 1976Dan Black, English singer-songwriter fecha discutida
- 1976Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
- 1976Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
- 1977Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1977Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
- 1978Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
- 1978Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, Turkish runner
- 1978Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
- 1978Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1978Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer
- 1979Bruce Irons, American surfer
- 1980Moris Carrozzieri, Italian footballer
- 1980Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
- 1980Nicole Gius, Italian skier
- 1980Carol Huynh, Canadian wrestler
- 1980Hasan Üçüncü, Turkish footballer
- 1981Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1981Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1981Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
- 1981Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1981Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
- 1982Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
- 1982Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
- 1982Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
- 1982Amar'e Stoudemire, American-Israeli basketball player
- 1983Kool A.D., American rapper
- 1983Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1983Britta Steffen, German swimmer
- 1984Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
- 1984Mark Bunn, English footballer
- 1984Tamawashi Ichiro, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1985Aditya Roy Kapur, Indian actor
- 1985Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister of Finland
- 1986Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (died 2016)
- 1986Maxime Médard, French rugby player
- 1987Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
- 1987Jordan Walden, American baseball player
- 1989Iamsu!, American rapper and producer
- 1990Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor las demás fuentes: 5 nov 1990
- 1990Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player
- 1991Nemanja Gudelj, Serbian footballer
- 1991Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
- 1992George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
- 1992Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player
- 1992Marcelo Brozović, Croatian footballer
- 1992Shane Prince, American-Belarusian ice hockey player
- 1993C. J. Beathard, American football player
- 1993Nélson Semedo, Portuguese footballer
- 1993Denzel Valentine, American basketball player
- 1994Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
- 1995André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Cameroonian footballer
- 1996Ivan Baran, Croatian writer
- 1996Boulaye Dia, Senegalese footballer
- 1996Trinovi Khairani, Indonesian politician
- 1997Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer
- 1999Bol Bol, South Sudanese-American basketball player
- 1999Mats Wieffer, Dutch footballer
- 2000Josh Green, Australian basketball player
- 2006Mason Ramsey, American singer
Fallecimientos
- 897Gu Yanhui, Chinese warlord
- 987Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official
- 1005Ælfric of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1093Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045)
- 1131Dobrodeia of Kiev, Rus princess and author of medical books
- 1240Edmund Rich, English archbishop and saint (born 1175)
- 1240Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher (born 1165)
- 1264Emperor Lizong of Song China (born 1205)
- 1272Henry III of England (born 1207)
- 1322Nasr, Sultan of Granada (born 1287)
- 1328Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shōgun (born 1276)
- 1464John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1406)
- 1494Theda Ukena, German noble (born 1432)
- 1580Marie of Baden-Sponheim, German Noblewoman (born 1507)
- 1601Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (born 1542)
- 1603Pierre Charron, French Catholic theologian and philosopher (born 1541)
- 1613Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (born 1556)
- 1625Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (born c. 1532)
- 1628Paolo Quagliati, Italian organist and composer (born 1555)
- 1688Bengt Gottfried Forselius, Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (born 1660)
- 1695Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (born 1625)
- 1724Jack Sheppard, English criminal (born 1702)
- 1745James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1665)
- 1773John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (born 1715)
- 1779Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (born 1716)
- 1790Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (born 1723)
- 1797Frederick William II of Prussia (born 1744)
- 1802André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (born 1746) las demás fuentes: 11 oct 1802
- 1806Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (born 1754)
- 1808Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (born 1779) las demás fuentes: 17 nov 1808
- 1836Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (born 1761)
- 1878Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1874)
- 1884František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (born 1835)
- 1885Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1844)
- 1903Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1895)
- 1907Robert I, Duke of Parma (born 1848)
- 1908Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (born 1829)
- 1911A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (born 1842)
- 1911Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (born 1879)
- 1913George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (born 1836)
- 1922Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1875)
- 1939Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (born 1866)
- 1941Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (born 1902)
- 1941Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1864)
- 1947Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (born 1877)
- 1950Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1879)
- 1956Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (born 1887)
- 1960Clark Gable, American actor (born 1901)
- 1961Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1882)
- 1964Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (born 1898)
- 1971Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (born 1943)
- 1972Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1889)
- 1973Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (born 1915)
- 1974Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (born 1882)
- 1976Jack Foster, English cricketer (born 1905)
- 1982Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1896)
- 1984Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (born 1906)
- 1986Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (born 1923)
- 1986Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (born 1936)
- 1987Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)
- 1989Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
- 1990Ege Bagatur, Turkish politician (born 1937)
- 1993Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (born 1939)
- 1993Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (born 1915)
- 1994Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
- 1999Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
- 2000Robert Earl Davis, American hip-hop artist (born 1971)
- 2000Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (born 1957)
- 2001Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (born 1930)
- 2005Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (born 1913)
- 2005Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
- 2005Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (born 1910)
- 2006Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
- 2006Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (born 1930)
- 2007Harold Alfond, American businessman (born 1914)
- 2007Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (born 1947)
- 2007Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (born 1946)
- 2007Vernon Scannell, English boxer, poet, and author (born 1922)
- 2008Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (born 1928) las demás fuentes: 15 nov 2008
- 2008Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (born 1916)
- 2009Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (born 1978)
- 2009Sergei Magnitsky, Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (born 1972)
- 2009Edward Woodward, English actor (born 1930)
- 2010Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (born 1913)
- 2010Ronni Chasen, American publicist (born 1946)
- 2010Wyngard Tracy, Filipino DJ and talent manager (born 1952)
- 2012John Chapman, Australian evangelist and academic (born 1930)
- 2012Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (born 1930)
- 2012Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (born 1960)
- 2012Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (born 1946)
- 2012Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1920)
- 2012Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (born 1921)
- 2013Robert Conley, American journalist (born 1928)
- 2013Billy Hardwick, American bowler (born 1941)
- 2013William McDonough Kelly, Canadian lieutenant and politician (born 1925)
- 2013Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (born 1932)
- 2013Oscar Lanford, American mathematician and academic (born 1940)
- 2013Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1931)
- 2013Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (born 1923)
- 2013Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1924)
- 2014Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (born 1926)
- 2014Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (born 1931)
- 2014Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (born 1935)
- 2014Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (born 1987)
- 2014Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (born 1920)
- 2014Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (born 1925)
- 2015David Canary, American actor (born 1938)
- 2015Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (born 1945)
- 2015Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
- 2015Alton D. Slay, American general (born 1924)
- 2016Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (born 1918)
- 2016Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)
- 2016Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (born 1972)
- 2017Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)
- 2017Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)
- 2018William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1931)
- 2019John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (born 1947)
- 2019Terry O'Neill, British photographer (born 1938)
- 2020Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (born 1936)
- 2021Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (born 1964)
- 2022Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (born 1926)
- 2022Arthur Ngirakelsong, 2nd Chief Justice of Palau (born 1941)
- 2024Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet dancer (born 1985)
Celebraciones
- Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
- Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance:
- Volkstrauertag (Germany)
- Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)
- Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
- Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations)
Santoral
- Africus
- Agnes of Assisi
- Edmund of Abingdon
- Elfric of Abingdon
- Eucherius of Lyon
- Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church)
- Giuseppe Moscati
- Gobrain
- Hugh of Lincoln
- Margaret of Scotland
- Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity)
- Othmar
- Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
- Roch Gonzalez, Juan de Castillo, and Alonso Rodriguez, SJ
- November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)