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Acontecimientos
- 326The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
- 401The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
- 1095The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- 1105Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.
- 1210Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it.
- 1302Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
- 1421St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.
- 1493Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
- 1601Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa.
- 1626The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated.
- 1730The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.
- 1760The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
- 1803The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1809Napoleonic Wars: In a naval action, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
- 1812Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
- 1863King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
- 1867An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens.
- 1872Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
- 1883In the "day of two noons", American and Canadian railroad companies institute four standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- 1889Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington.
- 1901Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
- 1903The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
- 1905Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1909Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
- 1910In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
- 1916World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
- 1918Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
- 1928Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
- 1929Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
- 1940World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
- 1943World War II: In the first action of the Berlin Air Offensive, four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
- 1944The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
- 1947The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
- 1949The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
- 1961Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
- 1963The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.
- 1970U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
- 1971Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1978The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.
- 1978In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children.
- 1983Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.
- 1985The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.
- 1987King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
- 1991Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
- 1991After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
- 1991The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1993In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
- 1993In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
- 1996A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
- 1999At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
- 2002Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
- 2003The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
- 2012Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
- 2013NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
- 2020The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Nacimientos
- 701Itzam K'an Ahk II, Mayan ruler (died 757)
- 709Emperor Kōnin of Japan (died 782)
- 1522Lamoral, Count of Egmont (died 1568)
- 1571Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (died 1654)
- 1576Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1612)
- 1630Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1686)
- 1647Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (died 1706)
- 1727Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (died 1773)
- 1736Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (died 1800)
- 1756Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (died 1837)
- 1772Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (died 1806)
- 1774Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (died 1837)
- 1785David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (died 1841)
- 1786Carl Maria von Weber, German composer and conductor (probable; died 1826) fecha discutida
- 1787Louis Daguerre, French artist, photographer and inventor (died 1851)
- 1804Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1878)
- 1810Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (died 1888)
- 1832Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (died 1901)
- 1833James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (died 1895)
- 1836W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (died 1911)
- 1839August Kundt, German physicist and educator (died 1894)
- 1856Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1929) juliano y gregoriano
- 1860Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 1941) juliano y gregoriano
- 1862John Matthew Moore, American politician (died 1940)
- 1866Henry Daglish, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (died 1920)
- 1871Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (died 1914)
- 1874Clarence Day, American author and poet (died 1935)
- 1876Victor Hémery, French racing driver (died 1950)
- 1880Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (died 1952)
- 1882Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano (died 1963)
- 1882Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (died 1957)
- 1882Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author (died 1973)
- 1882Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (died 1959)
- 1883Carl Vinson, American judge and politician (died 1981)
- 1886Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1967)
- 1888Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (died 1973)
- 1889Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician (died 1939)
- 1890Laura Negley, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (died 1973)
- 1891Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher. (died 1979)
- 1897Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
- 1899Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (died 1985)
- 1899Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (died 1981)
- 1901George Gallup, American statistician (died 1984)
- 1901V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
- 1901Craig Wood, American golfer (died 1968)
- 1904Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (died 1978)
- 1904Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1983)
- 1906Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (died 1954)
- 1906Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (died 1988)
- 1906Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1949)
- 1906George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
- 1907Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (died 1998)
- 1907Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
- 1908Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (died 2001)
- 1909Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (died 1976)
- 1911Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (died 2000)
- 1912Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1995)
- 1912Hilda Nickson, English author (died 1977)
- 1913Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (died 1999)
- 1914Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (died 1969)
- 1915Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (died 2004) las demás fuentes: 18 nov 1916
- 1917Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (died 1957)
- 1918İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (died 2008)
- 1918Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2007)
- 1919Jocelyn Brando, American actress (died 2005)
- 1920Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (died 2000)
- 1920Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2008)
- 1920Ron Suart, English football player and manager (died 2015)
- 1921Frances Hawkins, American politician and teacher, member of the Nevada State Assembly (died 2001)
- 1922Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (died 1992)
- 1922Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (died 1967)
- 1923Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (died 2008)
- 1923Alan Shepard, American astronaut (died 1998)
- 1923Ted Stevens, American politician (died 2010)
- 1924Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (died 1996)
- 1926Roy Sievers, American baseball player (died 2017)
- 1927Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2003)
- 1927Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (died 2014)
- 1928Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 2004)
- 1928Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2025)
- 1929Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (died 2013)
- 1932Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (died 2010)
- 1933Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (died 2008)
- 1933Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat (died 2023)
- 1935Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (died 1997)
- 1936Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
- 1936Don Cherry, American trumpet player (died 1995)
- 1936John Edmond, Rhodesian folk singer and soldier
- 1938Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (died 2012)
- 1938Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
- 1938Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
- 1939Margaret Atwood, Canadian author
- 1939Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
- 1939Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress fecha discutida
- 1939Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
- 1940James Welch, American novelist and poet (died 2003)
- 1941Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (died 2014)
- 1941David Hemmings, English actor and director (died 2003)
- 1942Linda Evans, American actress
- 1942Susan Sullivan, American actress
- 1943Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
- 1944Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
- 1944Ed Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
- 1945Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (died 2010)
- 1945Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
- 1946Alan Dean Foster, American author
- 1947Jameson Parker, American actor
- 1947Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1948Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1948Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2014)
- 1948Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (died 1985)
- 1948Jack Tatum, American football player (died 2010)
- 1949Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
- 1950Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player
- 1951Pete Morelli, American businessman
- 1951Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (died 2019)
- 1952Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
- 1952Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director
- 1952John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (died 2013)
- 1953Alan Moore, English author
- 1953Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
- 1954Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
- 1956Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (died 1995)
- 1956Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
- 1956Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (died 2014)
- 1957Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
- 1958Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager
- 1958Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian
- 1959Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1960Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist
- 1960Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
- 1960Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter
- 1961Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer
- 1962Tim Guinee, American actor
- 1962Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica
- 1962Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
- 1963Len Bias, American basketball player (died 1986)
- 1963Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach
- 1963Todd Bowles, American football player and coach
- 1963Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster
- 1964Rita Cosby, American journalist and author
- 1965Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1967Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1968Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
- 1968Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
- 1968Owen Wilson, American actor
- 1969Sam Cassell, American basketball player and coach
- 1969Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor fecha discutida
- 1969Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)
- 1969Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer (died 2026)
- 1970Mike Epps, American actor and comedian
- 1970Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist
- 1970Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress
- 1971Thérèse Coffey, English chemist and politician
- 1971Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic
- 1971Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1972Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
- 1973Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert (died 2024)
- 1973Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach
- 1974Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach
- 1974Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer
- 1974Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver
- 1975Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer
- 1975David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1976Dominic Armato, American voice actor
- 1976Sage Francis, American rapper
- 1976Steven Pasquale, American actor
- 1976Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1976Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
- 1976Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress las demás fuentes: 18 nov 1977
- 1977Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1977Fabolous, American rapper
- 1978Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
- 1978Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
- 1979Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
- 1979Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1980Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)
- 1980Luke Chadwick, English footballer
- 1980Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1980François Duval, Belgian racing driver
- 1980Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
- 1980C. J. Wilson, American baseball player
- 1981Mekia Cox, American actress and dancer
- 1981Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress
- 1981Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress
- 1981Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress
- 1981Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
- 1982Justin Knapp, American Wikipedia editor
- 1982Damon Wayans Jr., American actor and comedian
- 1983Travis Buck, American baseball player
- 1983Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
- 1984Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer
- 1984Aleksander Ihnatowicz, Polish programmer and actor
- 1984Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer
- 1985Allyson Felix, American sprinter
- 1987Jake Abel, American actor
- 1987Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987Yoon Park, South Korean actor
- 1988Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player
- 1988Michael Roach, American soccer player
- 1988Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter
- 1989Marc Albrighton, English footballer
- 1989Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player
- 1990Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player
- 1991Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer
- 1991Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player
- 1991Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player
- 1992Nathan Kress, American actor and director
- 1992Henry Martín, Mexican footballer
- 1992Quincy Miller, American basketball player
- 1992Steven Skrzybski, German footballer
- 1992Joe Thuney, American football player
- 1994Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter
- 1994Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player
- 1994Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer
- 1996Akram Afif, Qatari footballer
- 1996Christian Kirk, American football player
- 1997Jacob Bryson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997Shea Langeliers, American baseball player
- 1997Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 2001Caleb Williams, American football player
- 2002Patrick Baldwin Jr., American basketball player
- 2004Luka Romero, Mexican-Argentine footballer
Fallecimientos
- 942Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (born c. 878)
- 953Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (born 931)
- 1100Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York
- 1154Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (born 1092)
- 1170Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (born c. 1100)
- 1259Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian
- 1305John II, duke of Brittany (born 1239)
- 1313Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (born 1290)
- 1349Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (born 1310)
- 1441Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
- 1472Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (born c. 1403)
- 1482Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1559Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (born 1474)
- 1565Yun Wŏnhyŏng, Korean writer and politician (born 1509)
- 1590George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (born 1528)
- 1664Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (born 1620)
- 1724Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (born 1685)
- 1785Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (born 1725)
- 1797Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (born 1719)
- 1804Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (born 1733)
- 1814William Jessop, English engineer (born 1745) juliano y gregoriano
- 1830Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (born 1748)
- 1839Wilhelmine von Wrochem, German flutist, singer and actress (born 1798)
- 1841Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (born 1785)
- 1852Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (born 1769)
- 1886Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (born 1829)
- 1889William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (born 1824)
- 1909Renée Vivien, English-French poet (born 1877) las demás fuentes: 10 nov 1909
- 1922Marcel Proust, French author and critic (born 1871)
- 1927Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (born 1871)
- 1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)
- 1940Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (born 1876)
- 1941Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (born 1879)
- 1941Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
- 1941Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1867)
- 1952Paul Éluard, French poet and author (born 1895)
- 1962Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
- 1965Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (born 1888)
- 1969Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (born 1902)
- 1969Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1888)
- 1972Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (born 1943)
- 1976Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (born 1890)
- 1977Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (born 1897)
- 1978Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (born 1931)
- 1978Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (born 1925)
- 1979Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1901)
- 1980Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (born 1895)
- 1984Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (born 1907)
- 1986Gia Carangi, American model (born 1960)
- 1987Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (born 1934)
- 1991Gustáv Husák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (born 1913)
- 1994Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (born 1907)
- 1994Anselm Franz, Austrian jet engine pioneer (born 1900)
- 1994Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (born 1945)
- 1995Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (born 1909)
- 1998Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (born 1936)
- 1999Paul Bowles, American composer and author (born 1910)
- 1999Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (born 1941)
- 2001Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (born 1918)
- 2002James Coburn, American actor (born 1928)
- 2003Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (born 1948)
- 2004Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (born 1905)
- 2004Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (born 1929)
- 2005Harold J. Stone, American actor (born 1911)
- 2009Red Robbins, American basketball player (born 1944)
- 2010Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (born 1940)
- 2010Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (born 1937)
- 2012Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (born 1929)
- 2012Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)
- 2013Thomas Howard, American football player (born 1983)
- 2013S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (born 1929)
- 2013Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (born 1947)
- 2013Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (born 1953)
- 2014Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1922)
- 2014Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1945)
- 2014Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1925)
- 2014C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (born 1947)
- 2015Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (born 1987)
- 2015Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (born 1952)
- 2015Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)
- 2016Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (born 1956)
- 2016Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (born 1920)
- 2017Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)
- 2020Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (born 1973)
- 2022Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (born 1944)
- 2024Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (born 1929)
- 2024Arthur Frommer, American travel writer (born 1929)
- 2024Bob Love, American basketball player (born 1942)
- 2024Colin Petersen, Australian drummer, record producer and actor (born 1946)
Celebraciones
- Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
- Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
- National Day (Oman)
- Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.
- Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)
Santoral
- Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Alphaeus and Zacchaeus
- Barulas
- Constant
- Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul
- Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)
- Juthwara
- Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism)
- The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
- Maudez (Mawes)
- Nazarius (Nazaire)
- Odo of Cluny
- Romanus of Caesarea
- Rose Philippine Duchesne
- November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)