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Acontecimientos
- 512Following Byzantine emperor Anastasius' deposition of Chalcedonian patriarchs and attempts to make Monophysite changes to liturgy, riots break out in Constantinople with a mob trying to proclaim Areobindus as emperor.
- 1354War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.
- 1429Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
- 1493Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands.
- 1501Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
- 1576Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).
- 1677The future Mary II marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign over England, Scotland, and Ireland as William and Mary.
- 1737The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
- 1780The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
- 1783Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
- 1791Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1798The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins.
- 1839Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
- 1847Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish medical doctor, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- 1852Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
- 1864American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in materiel at the Battle of Johnsonville.
- 1868Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
- 1890City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- 1918World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
- 1921The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
- 1921Japanese prime minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
- 1922In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 1924Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
- 1936Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.
- 1939World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- 1942World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
- 1944World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
- 1944World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
- 1952The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
- 1956Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
- 1960At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
- 1962The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1966The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of , leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice is also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of .
- 1967Iberia Flight 062 crashes in Blackdown, West Sussex, killing all 37 people on board including British actress June Thorburn.
- 1970Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
- 1970Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
- 1973The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
- 1979Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
- 1980Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
- 1993China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
- 1995Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 2002Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
- 2008Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
- 2010Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
- 2010Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
- 2015A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
- 2015A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
- 2020The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.
- 2022The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.
- 2025UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashes into multiple buildings during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including the 3 crew members.
Nacimientos
- 1448Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)
- 1512Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565)
- 1553Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
- 1575Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)
- 1592Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)
- 1631Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)
- 1640Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)
- 1649Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)
- 1661Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
- 1740Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)
- 1765Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)
- 1787Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)
- 1809Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)
- 1816Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)
- 1821Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)
- 1836Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912)
- 1840William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)
- 1853Anna Bayerová, Czech medical doctor (died 1924)
- 1861Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929)
- 1862Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)
- 1868La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)
- 1873Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)
- 1874Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946)
- 1879Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
- 1883Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
- 1884Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)
- 1887Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
- 1889Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987)
- 1890Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928)
- 1896Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)
- 1897Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)
- 1900Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
- 1901Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)
- 1904Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)
- 1905Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)
- 1906Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974)
- 1908Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)
- 1908Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
- 1909Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012)
- 1909Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974)
- 1909Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986)
- 1911Violet Biever, American politician (died 2010)
- 1911Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952) las demás fuentes: 4 nov 1909
- 1912Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969)
- 1912Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)
- 1912Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)
- 1913Gig Young, American actor (died 1978)
- 1914Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)
- 1915Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015)
- 1915Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973)
- 1916John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
- 1916Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)
- 1916Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)
- 1918Art Carney, American actor (died 2003)
- 1918Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994)
- 1919Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
- 1919Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)
- 1921Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004)
- 1922Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 1923Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002)
- 1923Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)
- 1923Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)
- 1925Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)
- 1925Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016)
- 1926Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
- 1928Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)
- 1928Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)
- 1928Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997)
- 1929Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)
- 1929Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)
- 1930James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967)
- 1930Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)
- 1930Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
- 1930Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012)
- 1931Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
- 1932Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)
- 1932Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)
- 1933Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018)
- 1933Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
- 1933C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)
- 1935Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host
- 1935Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer (died 2025)
- 1936C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
- 1937Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025)
- 1937Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)
- 1939Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
- 1939Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
- 1940Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)
- 1940Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
- 1940Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
- 1941Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
- 1941Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
- 1942Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
- 1943Clark Graebner, American tennis player
- 1943Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (died 2001)
- 1946Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
- 1946Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
- 1946Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)
- 1947Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress las demás fuentes: 18 jun 1947
- 1947Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)
- 1947Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)
- 1947Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025) las demás fuentes: 4 nov 1945
- 1947Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
- 1947Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1948Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)
- 1948Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)
- 1949Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
- 1950Charles Frazier, American novelist
- 1950Markie Post, American actress (died 2021)
- 1950Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)
- 1951Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
- 1952Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
- 1953Mick Buckley, English footballer (died 2013)
- 1953P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
- 1953Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
- 1953Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
- 1953Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
- 1953Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
- 1954Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1955Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
- 1955Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
- 1956Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1956James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)
- 1956Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter
- 1957Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1957Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
- 1957Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
- 1958Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
- 1958Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman las demás fuentes: 4 nov 1957
- 1959Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
- 1960Marc Awodey, American painter and poet (died 2012)
- 1960Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
- 1960Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1961Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1961Edward Knight, American composer and academic
- 1961Ralph Macchio, American actor
- 1961Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
- 1961Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
- 1961Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1962Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
- 1963Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist
- 1963Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1963Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)
- 1964Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
- 1965Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
- 1967Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer
- 1967Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1967Karin Greiner, Austrian politician
- 1967Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1967Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer
- 1968Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator
- 1968Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
- 1968Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer
- 1969Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1969Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
- 1969Samantha Smith, American actress
- 1970Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
- 1970Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
- 1970Anthony Ruivivar, American actor
- 1970Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
- 1971Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
- 1971Tabu, Indian actress
- 1972Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
- 1973Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
- 1975Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player (died 2026)
- 1975Mikki Moore, American basketball player
- 1975Orlando Pace, American football player
- 1975Heather Tom, American actress and director
- 1975Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)
- 1976Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
- 1976Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
- 1976Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
- 1976Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist
- 1976James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (died 2016)
- 1976Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1976Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
- 1977Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
- 1978John Grabow, American baseball player
- 1980Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)
- 1980Richard Owens, American football player and coach
- 1980Emme Rylan, American actress
- 1980Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
- 1981Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
- 1981Vince Wilfork, American football player
- 1982Devin Hester, American football player
- 1982Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)
- 1983Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)
- 1984Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
- 1984Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
- 1985Marcell Jansen, German footballer
- 1985Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player
- 1986Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
- 1986Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
- 1986Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
- 1986Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
- 1987Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
- 1987Laura Geitz, Australian netball player
- 1987Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
- 1988Dez Bryant, American football player
- 1988David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
- 1988Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player
- 1990Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
- 1991Alon Day, Israeli race car driver
- 1991Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
- 1992Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer
- 1992Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer
- 1992Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
- 1993Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner
- 1993Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
- 1993Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian
- 1994Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
- 1996Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
- 1996Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
- 1996John Olive, Australian rugby league player
- 1996Eric Paschall, American basketball player
- 1998Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
- 1999Emma Maltais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player
- 2000Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player
- 2006Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
Fallecimientos
- 604Yohl Ik'nal, Mayan queen fecha discutida
- 915Zhang, Chinese empress (born 892)
- 1038Jaromír, duke of Bohemia (born 970) las demás fuentes: 4 nov 1035
- 1203Dirk VII, Count of Holland
- 1212Felix of Valois, French saint (born 1127)
- 1360Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (born 1295)
- 1411Khalil Sultan of Timurid (born 1384)
- 1428Sophia of Bavaria, queen of Bohemia (born 1376)
- 1485Françoise d'Amboise, duchess of Brittany (born 1427)
- 1485Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (born 1408)
- 1576John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (born c. 1510)
- 1581Mathurin Romegas, rival Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1525)
- 1652Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1597)
- 1658Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (born 1608)
- 1669Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1603) las demás fuentes: 5 nov 1669
- 1698Rasmus Bartholin, Danish medical doctor and mathematician (born 1625)
- 1702John Benbow, English admiral (born 1653) juliano y gregoriano
- 1704Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (born 1654)
- 1781Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (born 1721)
- 1801William Shippen, American medical doctor and anatomist (born 1712)
- 1847Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
- 1847Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (born 1807)
- 1856Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (born 1797)
- 1886James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (born 1820)
- 1893Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (born 1827)
- 1895Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
- 1906John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (born 1832)
- 1918Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
- 1921Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
- 1924Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1843) las demás fuentes: 4 nov 1923
- 1924Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
- 1930Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (born 1859)
- 1931Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (born 1877)
- 1931Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (born 1861)
- 1940Arthur Rostron, English mariner, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia during the Titanic disaster (born 1869)
- 1946Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (born 1865)
- 1948Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)
- 1950Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (born 1887)
- 1954Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)
- 1955Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896) las demás fuentes: 14 nov 1955
- 1955Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (born 1867)
- 1956Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1892)
- 1957Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1897)
- 1959Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1896)
- 1968Horace Gould, English race car driver (born 1918)
- 1968Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (born 1892)
- 1969Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (born 1911)
- 1974Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (born 1909)
- 1975Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (born 1893)
- 1975Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)
- 1976Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906)
- 1977Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (born 1935)
- 1980Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (born 1905)
- 1982Dominique Dunne, American actress (born 1959)
- 1982Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (born 1889)
- 1982Gil Whitney, American journalist (born 1940)
- 1984Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (born 1926)
- 1986Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (born 1906)
- 1988Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)
- 1992George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (born 1904)
- 1994Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (born 1923)
- 1995Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
- 1995Paul Eddington, English actor (born 1927)
- 1995Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
- 1995Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1916)
- 1997Richard Hooker, American novelist (born 1924)
- 1999Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1958)
- 2003Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (born 1917)
- 2003Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (born 1923)
- 2005Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (born 1980)
- 2005Sheree North, American actress and dancer (born 1932)
- 2005Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)
- 2005Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
- 2006Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1915)
- 2006Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (born 1908)
- 2007Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (born 1926)
- 2007Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
- 2008Michael Crichton, American medical doctor, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
- 2008Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (born 1920)
- 2008Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1971)
- 2009Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (born 1923)
- 2010Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (born 1934)
- 2011Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (born 1920)
- 2011Andy Rooney, American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (born 1919)
- 2012David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)
- 2013John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1924)
- 2013Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (born 1929)
- 2013Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (born 1928)
- 2014Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)
- 2014George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)
- 2014S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)
- 2015Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
- 2015René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
- 2015Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
- 2015Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
- 2016Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
- 2016Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
- 2017Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
- 2017Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
- 2019Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
- 2020Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
- 2023Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
- 2024Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
- 2024Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)
Celebraciones
- Community Service Day (Dominica)
- Flag Day (Panama)
- National Tonga Day (Tonga)
- National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)
- Unity Day (Russia)
- Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial, but widely commemorated)
Santoral
- Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)
- Emeric of Hungary
- Felix of Valois
- Joannicius the Great
- Modesta
- Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Pierius
- Blessed Teresa Manganiello
- Vitalis and Agricola
- November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)