November 27
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November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 34 days remain until the end of the year.
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 Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham launch a ground offensive into Syria.[10]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1630 – Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (died 1665)
- 1635 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (died 1719)
- 1640 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (died 1709)
- 1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)
- 1710 – Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (died 1787)
- 1746 – Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs (died 1813)
- 1746 – Increase Sumner, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1799)
- 1754 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (died 1794)
- 1759 – Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer (died 1831)
- 1779 – Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (died 1865)
- 1798 – Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (died 1853)[12]
- 1804 – Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (died 1885)
- 1809 – Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet (died 1893)
- 1814 – Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (died 1886)
- 1820 – Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (died 1905)
- 1823 – James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (died 1899)
- 1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (died 1897)
- 1841 – Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (died 1898)[13]
- 1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (died 1899)
- 1845 – Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (died 1918)
- 1853 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (died 1928)
- 1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)
- 1859 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (died 1886)
- 1862 – Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (died 1949)[14]
- 1865 – Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene priest, journalist, and politician (died 1917)
- 1867 – Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (died 1950)
- 1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (died 1956)
- 1871 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (died 1950)
- 1874 – Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (died 1948)
- 1874 – Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (died 1952)
- 1875 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast (died 1962)
- 1877 – Katharine Anthony, American biographer (died 1965)[15]
- 1878 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic (died 1948)
- 1878 – Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (died 1969)
- 1885 – Daniel Mendaille, French actor (died 1963)
- 1885 – Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (died 1944)
- 1886 – Tsuguharu Foujita, Japanese–French painter and printmaker (died 1968)[16]
- 1887 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (died 1946)
- 1888 – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 1956)
- 1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (died 1989)
- 1894 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (died 1977)
- 1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (died 1971)
- 1898 – Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (died 1981)
- 1900 – Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host (died 1981)
1901–present
- 1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (died 1962)
- 1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
- 1905 – Astrid Allwyn, American actress (died 1978)[17]
- 1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (died 2003)
- 1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (died 2000)
- 1909 – James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 1955)
- 1909 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1967)
- 1911 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (died 2011)[18]
- 1911 – David Merrick, American director and producer (died 2000)
- 1912 – Connie Sawyer, American actress (died 2018)
- 1916 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster and actor (died 2002)
- 1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (died 1998)[18]
- 1918 – Stephen Elliott, American actor (died 2005)
- 1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (died 1985)
- 1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (died 1999)
- 1920 – Cal Worthington, Automobile dealer and television personality (died 2013)
- 1921 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (died 2013)
- 1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992)
- 1922 – Hall Bartlett, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
- 1922 – Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (died 1977)
- 1923 – J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician (died 2011)
- 1925 – Derroll Adams, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2000)
- 1925 – John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist (died 2009)
- 1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)
- 1925 – Ernie Wise, English actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1926 – Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (died 2013)
- 1927 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 1987)
- 1927 – William E. Simon, American soldier and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2000)
- 1928 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (died 2005)
- 1928 – Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (died 2001)
- 1929 – Alan Simpson, English screenwriter and producer (died 2017)[19]
- 1930 – Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist (died 2018)
- 1930 – Dick Poole, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1930 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (died 2009)
- 1932 – Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (died 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 (died 2009)
- 1934 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1975)
- 1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic
- 1935 – Les Blank, American director and producer (died 2013)
- 1935 – Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (died 2008)
- 1935 – Willie Pastrano, American boxer (died 1997)
- 1936 – Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author (died 2020)
- 1938 – John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
- 1938 – Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (died 2019)
- 1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
- 1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 2001)
- 1939 – Buzz Cason, American singer and songwriter (died 2024)[20][21]
- 1940 – Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (died 1973)[18]
- 1941 – Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (died 2015)[18]
- 1941 – Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
- 1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)[18]
- 1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist (died 2020)[22]
- 1942 – Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic
- 1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1970)[18]
- 1943 – Nicole Brossard, Canadian author and poet
- 1943 – Jil Sander, German fashion designer
- 1944 – Mickey Leland, American activist and politician (died 1989)
- 1945 – James Avery, American actor (died 2013)[18]
- 1945 – Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
- 1945 – Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist
- 1945 – Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver (died 2022)
- 1945 – Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 1945 – Simon Townsend, Australian journalist and television host (died 2025)
- 1946 – Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
- 1946 – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti
- 1947 – Neil Rosenshein, American tenor and actor
- 1949 – Jim Price, American basketball player and coach[23]
- 1949 – Masanori Sekiya, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 – Gavyn Davies, English journalist and businessman
- 1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter[24]
- 1951 – Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress, Miss Brasil 1969
- 1951 – Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer and guitarist (died 2004)
- 1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- 1952 – Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2022)
- 1952 – Jim Wetherbee, American captain, engineer, and astronaut
- 1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer[18]
- 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 (died 2020)
- 1953 – Richard Stone, American composer (died 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[24]
- 1956 – William Fichtner, American actor[24]
- 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 (died 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[24]
- 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[24]
- 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[24]
- 1960 – Maria Schneider, American composer and musician[24]
- 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[24]
- 1962 – Mike Bordin, American drummer[24]
- 1962 – Davey Boy Smith, English-Canadian wrestler (died 2002)
- 1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer[24]
- 1964 – Robin Givens, American actress[24]
- 1964 – Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1964 – Hisayuki Sasaki, Japanese golfer (died 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[24]
- 1969 – El Chombo, Panamanian singer-songwriter[25]
- 1969 – Ruth George, English politician
- 1969 – Damian Hinds, English politician
- 1969 – Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter
- 1969 – Elizabeth Marvel, American actress[24]
- 1970 – Kelly Loeffler, American politician and businesswoman[26]
- 1970 – Han Kang, South Korean writer[27]
- 1970 – Markus Vogl, Austrian politician[28]
- 1971 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor[24]
- 1971 – Larry Allen, American football player (died 2024)[29]
- 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[30]
- 1973 – Twista, American rapper and producer
- 1974 – Wendy Houvenaghel, Northern Irish racing cyclist
- 1974 – Alec Newman, Scottish actor
- 1975 – Bad Azz, American rapper (died 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[24]
- 1977 – Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player
- 1977 – Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian[31]
- 1977 – Andy Panko, American basketball player[32]
- 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[33]
- 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 (died 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[34]
- 1983 – Donta Smith, American-Venezuelan basketball player[35]
- 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[24]
- 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[36]
- 1987 – Lashana Lynch, English actress[24]
- 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[37]
- 1993 – Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer[18]
- 1995 – Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player
- 1996 – Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer
- 2001 – Zoe Colletti, American actress[38]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 8 BC – Horace, Roman soldier and poet (born 65 BC)
- 395 – Rufinus, Roman politician (born 335)
- 450 – Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (born 392)
- 511 – Clovis I, king of the Franks
- 602 – Maurice, Byzantine emperor (born 539)
- 639 – Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyon
- 1198 – Constance, Queen of Sicily (born 1154)
- 1252 – Blanche of Castile (born 1188)
- 1346 – Saint Gregory of Sinai (born c. 1260)
- 1382 – Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (born 1340)
- 1474 – Guillaume Du Fay, French composer and music theorist (born 1397)
- 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1486)
- 1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (born 1568)
1601–1900
- 1620 – Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin (born 1577)
- 1632 – John Eliot, English politician (born 1592)
- 1703 – Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (born 1644)
- 1754 – Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (born 1667)
- 1811 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (born 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 (born 1760)[39][40]
- 1830 – André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (born 1780)
- 1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1815)
- 1875 – Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (born 1826)
- 1881 – Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (born 1794)
- 1884 – Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (born 1810)
- 1890 – Mahatma Phule, Indian Activist (born 1827)
- 1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (born 1824)
- 1899 – Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (born 1819)
1901–present
- 1901 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (born 1831)
- 1908 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (born 1827)
- 1916 – Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (born 1855)
- 1919 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (born 1857)
- 1920 – Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (born 1853)
- 1921 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1854)
- 1921 – Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (born 1841)[41]
- 1930 – Simon Kahquados, Potawatomi political activist (born 1851)[42]
- 1931 – Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (born 1899)
- 1934 – Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (born 1908)
- 1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (born 1849)
- 1940 – Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1871)
- 1943 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (born 1916)
- 1944 – Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (born 1879)
- 1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
- 1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (born 1892)
- 1958 – Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (born 1892)
- 1958 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (born 1892)
- 1960 – Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (born 1875)
- 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1870)
- 1962 – August Lass, Estonian footballer (born 1903)
- 1967 – Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (born 1902)
- 1969 – May Gibbs, English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist, (born 1877)
- 1970 – Helene Madison, American swimmer and nurse (born 1913)
- 1973 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (born 1887)
- 1975 – Alberto Massimino, Italian automotive engineer (born 1895)
- 1975 – Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (born 1925)
- 1977 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (born 1936)
- 1978 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (born 1930)[43]
- 1978 – George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (born 1929)[43]
- 1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (born 1882)
- 1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (born 1898)
- 1985 – Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (born 1920)
- 1986 – Steve Tracy, American actor (b, 1952)
- 1988 – John Carradine, American actor (born 1906)
- 1988 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and author (born 1927)
- 1989 – Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1908)[44]
- 1990 – David White, American actor (born 1916)
- 1990 – Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (born 1951)
- 1992 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (born 1914)
- 1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (born 1906)
- 1997 – Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (born 1907)
- 1998 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
- 1998 – Gloria Fuertes, Spanish poet and author of children's literature (born 1917)
- 1999 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (born 1937)
- 1999 – Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1925)
- 1999 – Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (born 1902)
- 2000 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (born 1932)
- 2000 – Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (born 1924)
- 2000 – Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (born 1922)
- 2002 – Billie Bird, American actress (born 1908)
- 2002 – Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (born 1915)
- 2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (born 1919)
- 2005 – Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
- 2006 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (born 1923)
- 2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (born 1950)
- 2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (born 1951)
- 2007 – Bernie Banton, Australian activist (born 1946)
- 2007 – Robert Cade, American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (born 1927)
- 2007 – Sean Taylor, American football player (born 1983)
- 2007 – Bill Willis, American football player and coach (born 1921)
- 2008 – V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (born 1931)
- 2009 – Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
- 2010 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
- 2011 – Len Fulford, English photographer and director (born 1928)
- 2011 – Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
- 2011 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1969)
- 2012 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (born 1925)
- 2012 – Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1941)
- 2012 – Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (born 1954)
- 2012 – Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (born 1917)
- 2012 – Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (born 1958)
- 2013 – Lewis Collins, English-American actor (born 1946)
- 2013 – Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (born 1929)
- 2013 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (born 1941)
- 2013 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 1925)
- 2013 – Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (born 1919)
- 2014 – Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (born 1911)
- 2014 – Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (born 1988)[45][46]
- 2014 – P. D. James, English author (born 1920)
- 2014 – Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (born 1926)
- 2014 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
- 2015 – Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (born 1963)
- 2015 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (born 1929)
- 2015 – Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (born 1971)
- 2015 – Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (born 1924)
- 2016 – Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (born 1923)
- 2020 – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear scientist (born 1958) [8]
- 2021 – Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (born 1964)[47]
- 2024 – Mary McGee, American motorcycle racer (born 1936)[48]
Holidays and observances
