From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
- 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA.
- 1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
- 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
- 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
- 1914 – The Ottoman Empire declares war against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro during the early months of World War I.
- 1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
- 1921 – Foundation of the Communist Party of Spain.
- 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
- 1932 – Al Shorta SC, one of Iraq's biggest football clubs, are founded as Montakhab Al Shorta.
- 1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge (a National Historic Site of Canada) connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
- 1940 – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
- 1941 – World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
- 1952 – The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
- 1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
- 1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
- 1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
- 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
- 1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
- 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
- 1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria.
- 1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
- 1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
- 1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
- 1975 – With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
- 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
- 1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
- 1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
- 1990 – After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
- 1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
- 1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
- 1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.
- 1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
- 2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
- 2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
- 2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
- 2010 – Germany's Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins Formula One's Drivers Championship to become the sport's youngest champion.
- 2012 – Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
Births
- 1567 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
- 1601 – John Eudes, French priest and missionary, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge (d. 1680)
- 1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
- 1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
- 1765 – Robert Fulton, American engineer, invented the steamboat (d. 1815)
- 1771 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
- 1776 – Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847)
- 1777 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (d. 1859)
- 1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
- 1779 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
- 1797 – Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist and lawyer (d. 1875)
- 1803 – Jacob Abbott, American author (d. 1879)
- 1805 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847)
- 1812 – Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
- 1812 – Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836)
- 1816 – John Curwen, English minister and educator (d. 1880)
- 1828 – James B. McPherson, American general (d. 1864)
- 1838 – August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
- 1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
- 1856 – Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (d. 1945)
- 1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (d. 1932)
- 1863 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
- 1869 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944)
- 1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
- 1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)
- 1878 – Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (d. 1966)
- 1878 – Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)
- 1883 – Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
- 1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
- 1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1895 – Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
- 1895 – Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1896 – Mamie Eisenhower, American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 36th First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1897 – John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (d. 1946)
- 1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
- 1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
- 1904 – Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
- 1904 – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Dick Powell, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1963)
- 1905 – John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
- 1906 – Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
- 1907 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1907 – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
- 1908 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
- 1910 – Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
- 1910 – Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996)
- 1912 – Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
- 1912 – Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
- 1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
- 1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
- 1919 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
- 1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
- 1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat 6th Secretary General of the United Nations
- 1922 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
- 1924 – Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
- 1925 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1925 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
- 1927 – Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
- 1927 – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
- 1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
- 1928 – Kathleen Hughes, American actress
- 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1930 – Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1930 – Monique Mercure, Canadian actress
- 1930 – Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992)
- 1930 – Edward Higgins White, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1932 – Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
- 1934 – Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator
- 1934 – Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
- 1935 – Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006)
- 1935 – Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
- 1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
- 1936 – Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
- 1936 – Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters and The Flairs) (d. 1990)
- 1937 – Bobby Astyr, American porn actor (d. 2002)
- 1937 – Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer
- 1937 – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1939 – Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
- 1942 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
- 1943 – Peter Norton, American programmer and author
- 1944 – Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
- 1944 – David Nash, English sculptor and academic
- 1945 – Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
- 1945 – Brett Lunger, American race car driver
- 1945 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 11th First Lady of Nigeria (d. 2005)
- 1945 – Sue Williams, American actress and model (d. 1969)
- 1946 – Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
- 1947 – Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
- 1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist
- 1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player
- 1948 – Paul Dacre, English journalist
- 1948 – Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
- 1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
- 1948 – Charles, Prince of Wales
- 1949 – Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
- 1949 – Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
- 1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor
- 1949 – Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
- 1949 – James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Styx)
- 1950 – Sarah Radclyffe, English production manager and producer
- 1951 – Frankie Banali, American drummer and songwriter (Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P.)
- 1951 – Sandahl Bergman, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1951 – Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1951 – Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
- 1951 – Alec John Such, American bass player (Bon Jovi)
- 1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
- 1952 – Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
- 1952 – Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
- 1953 – Phil Baron, American voice actor, puppeteer, and songwriter
- 1953 – Tim Bowler, English author
- 1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
- 1954 – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer (Chameleon)
- 1954 – Anson Funderburgh, American guitarist and bandleader
- 1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
- 1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
- 1954 – Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
- 1955 – Philip Egan, English bishop
- 1955 – Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 – Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
- 1956 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
- 1956 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch journalist and producer
- 1956 – Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician
- 1957 – Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic
- 1957 – Michael J. Fitzgerald, American author
- 1959 – Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959 – Paul McGann, English actor
- 1959 – Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
- 1960 – Remi Moses, English footballer and coach
- 1961 – Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
- 1961 – Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
- 1961 – D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- 1961 – Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
- 1962 – Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress
- 1962 – Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
- 1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
- 1964 – Bill Hemmer, American journalist
- 1964 – Silken Laumann, Canadian rower
- 1964 – Rockie Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1964 – Joseph Simmons, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.)
- 1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1965 – Greg Hands, American-English politician, Treasurer of the Household
- 1966 – Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
- 1966 – Petra Rossner, German cyclist
- 1966 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
- 1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter (Veruca Salt)
- 1967 – Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author
- 1968 – Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress
- 1968 – Serge Postigo, French-Canadian actor
- 1969 – Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (SouthGang and Marvelous 3)
- 1970 – Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Raconteurs)
- 1970 – David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1971 – Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
- 1971 – Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
- 1972 – Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
- 1972 – Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
- 1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
- 1972 – Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Jonathan Slinger, English actor
- 1972 – Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
- 1972 – Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
- 1973 – Betsy Brandt, American actress
- 1973 – Kareem Campbell, American skateboarder
- 1973 – Lawyer Milloy, American football player
- 1973 – Moka Only, Canadian rapper and producer (Swollen Members)
- 1973 – Dana Snyder, American comedian, actor, and producer
- 1973 – Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor
- 1974 – Matt Cedeño, American model and actor
- 1974 – Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
- 1974 – David Moscow, American actor and producer
- 1974 – Joe Principe, American singer and bass player (Rise Against and 88 Fingers Louie)
- 1975 – Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Blink-182, +44, Transplants, TRV$DJAM, Expensive Taste, and Box Car Racer)
- 1975 – Nicolai Cleve Broch, Norwegian actor
- 1975 – Luiz Bombonato Goulart, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 – Stephen Guarino, American actor
- 1975 – Martin Hairer, Austrian mathematician and academic
- 1975 – Faye Tozer, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Steps)
- 1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
- 1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
- 1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- 1978 – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
- 1978 – Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
- 1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
- 1978 – Chris Shar, American bass player (Stiffed and Man Man)
- 1979 – Rallia Christidou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 – Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
- 1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
- 1979 – Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
- 1979 – Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
- 1979 – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
- 1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
- 1980 – Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
- 1981 – Vanessa Bayer, American actress
- 1981 – Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
- 1981 – Russell Tovey, English actor
- 1982 – Boosie Badazz, American rapper
- 1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player
- 1983 – Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
- 1983 – Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
- 1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
- 1986 – Yuna, Malaysian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1986 – Alo Jakin, Estonian cyclist
- 1986 – Cory Michael Smith, American actor
- 1987 – Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
- 1988 – Michael Cox, American football player
- 1988 – Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
- 1988 – Takurō Ōno, Japanese actor
- 1989 – Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
- 1989 – T. Y. Hilton, American football player
- 1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
- 1989 – The Ready Set, American singer-songwriter
- 1990 – Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
- 1990 – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- 1990 – Tereza Mrdeža, Croatian tennis player
- 1991 – Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 – Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
- 1992 – Nathan Fox, English footballer
- 1993 – Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
- 1996 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
- 2002 – Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
Deaths
- 565 – Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (b. 482)
- 669 – Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese courtier and politician (b. 614)
- 1263 – Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (b. 1220)
- 1359 – Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (b. 1296)
- 1391 – Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
- 1522 – Anne of France (b. 1461)
- 1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)
- 1633 – William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
- 1687 – Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
- 1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- 1716 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
- 1734 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
- 1746 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
- 1749 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
- 1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
- 1825 – Jean Paul, German journalist and author (b. 1763)
- 1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
- 1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
- 1831 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
- 1832 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (b. 1737)
- 1844 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
- 1864 – Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
- 1866 – Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
- 1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
- 1908 – Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
- 1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
- 1915 – Booker T. Washington, American educator, author, and activist (b. 1856)
- 1916 – Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
- 1921 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
- 1937 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
- 1944 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
- 1944 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (b. 1892)
- 1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
- 1947 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
- 1950 – Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet (b. 1914)
- 1966 – Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1972 – Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
- 1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
- 1977 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
- 1981 – Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
- 1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
- 1984 – Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
- 1988 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
- 1989 – Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
- 1990 – Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
- 1991 – Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 1992 – Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
- 1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
- 1995 – Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1996 – John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
- 1997 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
- 1997 – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
- 2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
- 2001 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
- 2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
- 2002 – Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
- 2003 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
- 2004 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
- 2006 – Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926)
- 2008 – Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (b. 1931)
- 2010 – Wes Santee, American runner (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
- 2011 – Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
- 2011 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
- 2012 – Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains) (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Gail Harris, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Augustine, Indian actor (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Georgina Anderson, English singer (b. 1998)
- 2013 – Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Grace Jones, English super-centenarian (b. 1899)
- 2013 – Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965)
- 2013 – Reg Sinclair, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Marius Barnard, South African surgeon and politician (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Diem Brown, American journalist and activist (b. 1982)
- 2014 – Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
- 2015 – Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Berugo Carámbula, Uruguayan actor (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Norm Ellenberger, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
- 2015 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
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