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November 22 is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 39 days remain until the end of the year.

In the ancient astrology, it is the cusp day between Scorpio and Sagittarius. In some years it is Sagittarius, but others Scorpio.

Events[]

  • 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.[1]
  • 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.[2]
  • 1307Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.[3]
  • 1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.[4]
  • 1635Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
  • 1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
  • 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
  • 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
  • 1873 – The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
  • 1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • 1928 – The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • 1931Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
  • 1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
  • 1940World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
  • 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
  • 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
  • 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France.
  • 1948Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
  • 1954The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
  • 1956 – The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
  • 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
  • 1963 – William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
  • 1963 – The Beatles release With the Beatles.
  • 1967UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an ArabIsraeli peace settlement.
  • 1968The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
  • 1971 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
  • 1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
  • 1974 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
  • 1975Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
  • 1977British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
  • 1986Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.
  • 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
  • 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
  • 1989 – In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
  • 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
  • 1994 – The Sega Saturn is released in Japan.[5]
  • 1995Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
  • 1995 – The 7.3 Template:M Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
  • 2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
  • 2003Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
  • 2003 – England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.
  • 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
  • 2005Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
  • 2012 – Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
  • 2015 – A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar kills at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.

Births[]

  • 1329Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg (d. 1375)
  • 1428Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471)
  • 1515Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots (d. 1560)[6]
  • 1519Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (d. 1585)
  • 1532Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (d. 1585)
  • 1533Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (d. 1597)
  • 1564Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (d. 1610)
  • 1602Elisabeth of France (d. 1644)
  • 1635Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (d. 1672)
  • 1643René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (d. 1687)
  • 1690François Colin de Blamont, French pianist and composer (d. 1760)
  • 1698Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American soldier and politician, 10th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1778)
  • 1709Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)
  • 1710Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1784)
  • 1721Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1824)
  • 1722Gregory Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1794)
  • 1728Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1811)
  • 1744Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
  • 1780Conradin Kreutzer, German composer (d. 1849)[7]
  • 1780 – José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (d. 1834)
  • 1787Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1823)
  • 1808Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)[8]
  • 1814Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (d. 1893)
  • 1819George Eliot, English novelist and poet (d. 1880)
  • 1820Katherine Plunket, Irish supercentenarian (d. 1932)
  • 1824Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-German physician and ophthalmologist (d. 1916)
  • 1836George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (d. 1913)
  • 1845Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1875)
  • 1849Christian Rohlfs, German painter and academic (d. 1938)
  • 1852Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
  • 1856Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945)
  • 1857George Gissing, English novelist (d. 1903)
  • 1859Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (d. 1924)
  • 1861Ranavalona III of Madagascar (d. 1917)
  • 1868John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
  • 1869André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
  • 1870Howard Brockway, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1951)
  • 1870 – Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
  • 1873Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)
  • 1873 – Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1930)
  • 1876Percival Proctor Baxter, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of Maine (d.1969)
  • 1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934)
  • 1877Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1919)
  • 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
  • 1881Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (d. 1922)
  • 1884C. J. "Jack" De Garis, Australian entrepreneur (d. 1926)
  • 1884 – Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (d. 1953)
  • 1890Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (d. 1970)
  • 1891Edward Bernays, Austrian-American publicist (d. 1995)
  • 1893Harley Earl, American businessman (d. 1969)
  • 1893 – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (d. 1991)
  • 1896David J. Mays, American lawyer and author (d. 1971)
  • 1897Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989)
  • 1897 – Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer (d. 1987)
  • 1898Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
  • 1899Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981)
  • 1900Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (d. 1980)
  • 1900 – Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987)
  • 1901Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
  • 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999)
  • 1902Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
  • 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist and educator (d. 1942)
  • 1902 – Humphrey Gibbs, English-Rhodesian politician, 15th Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1990)
  • 1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
  • 1902 – Ethel Smith, American organist (d. 1996)
  • 1904Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
  • 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
  • 1904 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)
  • 1906Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)
  • 1909Mikhail Mil, Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970)
  • 1910Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1911Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987)
  • 1912Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993)
  • 1913Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)
  • 1913 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player and coach (d. 2016)
  • 1913 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2006)
  • 1913 – Jacqueline Vaudecrane, French figure skater and coach (d. 2018)
  • 1914Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (d. 1995)
  • 1915Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (d. 2014)
  • 1917Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
  • 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
  • 1917 – Sir Keith Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988)
  • 1918Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (d. 2009)
  • 1919Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976)
  • 1920Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (d. 1956)
  • 1921Brian Cleeve, Irish sailor, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1922Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani composer (d. 1984)
  • 1922 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (d. 2012)
  • 1922 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997)
  • 1923Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
  • 1923 – Dika Newlin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
  • 1924Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
  • 1924 – Les Johnson, Australian politician (d. 2015)
  • 1925Jerrie Mock, American pilot (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1926Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (d. 2007)
  • 1927Steven Muller, German-American scholar and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1927 – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (d. 2008)
  • 1928Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (d. 2008)
  • 1929Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist
  • 1929 – Keith Rayner, Australian Archbishop
  • 1930Peter Hall, English actor, director, and manager (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer
  • 1932Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (d. 2016)
  • 1933Merv Lincoln, Australian Olympic athlete (d. 2016)
  • 1934Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
  • 1935Ludmila Belousova, Soviet ice skater (d. 2017)
  • 1936John Bird, English actor and screenwriter
  • 1936 – Archie Gouldie, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2016)
  • 1937Nikolai Kapustin, Russian pianist and composer
  • 1938John Eleuthère du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Delaware Museum of Natural History (d. 2010)
  • 1938 – Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic
  • 1939Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011)
  • 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence
  • 1940Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
  • 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author
  • 1940 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1941Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
  • 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1941 – Ron McClure, American jazz bassist
  • 1941 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013)
  • 1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1942Guion Bluford, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer
  • 1943Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1943 – William Kotzwinkle, American novelist and screenwriter
  • 1943 – Ricky May, New Zealand-Australian jazz singer (d. 1988)
  • 1943 – Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1943 – Roger L. Simon, American author and screenwriter
  • 1945Elaine Weyuker, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
  • 1945 – Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (d. 2010)[9]
  • 1946Aston Barrett, Jamaican bass player and songwriter
  • 1947Sandy Alderson, American businessman and academic
  • 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)
  • 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012)
  • 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author
  • 1948Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
  • 1948 – Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (d. 1990)
  • 1948 – Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (d. 2020)[10]
  • 1949Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
  • 1949 – David Pietrusza, American author and historian
  • 1950Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
  • 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1950 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1950 – Art Sullivan, Belgian singer (d. 2019)
  • 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
  • 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1951Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager
  • 1952Nicholas Suntzeff, American astronomer and cosmologist
  • 1953Wayne Larkins, English cricketer and footballer
  • 1954Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde[11]
  • 1954 – Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, 57th Prime Minister of Italy
  • 1954 – Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter[12]
  • 1955George Alagiah, British journalist
  • 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player
  • 1956Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor
  • 1956 – Ron Randall, American author and illustrator
  • 1957Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host
  • 1957 – Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist
  • 1958Horse, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
  • 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
  • 1958 – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor
  • 1958 – Chic McSherry, Scottish musician, businessman and writer
  • 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1959Eddie Frierson, American actor
  • 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
  • 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
  • 1959 – Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian actress, singer, and politician
  • 1960Jim Bob, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1961Mariel Hemingway, American actress
  • 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer
  • 1961 – Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer and author
  • 1962Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano
  • 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian engineer and author
  • 1962 – Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet and educator
  • 1963Hugh Millen, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Kennedy Pola, Samoan-American football player and coach
  • 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1963 – Corinne Russell, English model, actress, and dancer
  • 1964Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1965Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player
  • 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist[13]
  • 1965 – Jörg Jung, German footballer and manager
  • 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
  • 1965 – Kristin Minter, American actress
  • 1965 – Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper and musician
  • 1966Ed Ferrara, American wrestler and manager
  • 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English lawyer and politician
  • 1966 – Richard Stanley, South African director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Michael K. Williams, American actor and producer
  • 1967Boris Becker, German-Swiss tennis player and coach
  • 1967 – Tom Elliott, Australian investment banker
  • 1967 – Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor and activist
  • 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1968Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress
  • 1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Canadian computer scientist and programmer, created PHP
  • 1968 – Sarah MacDonald, Canadian organist and conductor
  • 1969Byron Houston, American basketball player[14]
  • 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator
  • 1970Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
  • 1970 – Chris Fryar, American drummer
  • 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter
  • 1971Cath Bishop, English rower[15]
  • 1971 – Kyran Bracken, Irish-English rugby player
  • 1971 – Cecilia Suárez, Mexican actress and producer
  • 1972Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player[16]
  • 1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1973Dmitri Linter, Russian-Estonian activist
  • 1973 – Chad Trujillo, American astronomer and scholar
  • 1973 – Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player
  • 1974Joe Nathan, American baseball player[17]
  • 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater and coach
  • 1975Aiko, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1975 – Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (d. 2015)
  • 1975 – Yusaku Maezawa, Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector
  • 1976Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
  • 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach
  • 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer and businesswoman
  • 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter
  • 1977Kerem Gönlüm, Turkish basketball player
  • 1977 – Annika Norlin, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1977 – Michael Preston, English footballer
  • 1978Colin Best, Australian rugby league player
  • 1978 – Mélanie Doutey, French actress and singer
  • 1978 – Karen O, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1979Jeremy Dale, American illustrator (d. 2014)
  • 1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
  • 1980David Artell, English-Gibraltarian footballer and coach
  • 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster
  • 1980 – Rait Keerles, Estonian basketball player
  • 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper
  • 1981Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, Arab-Danish social worker and politician
  • 1981 – Ben Adams, English-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1981 – Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress and singer
  • 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
  • 1981 – Jenny Owen Youngs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1981 – Shangela Laquifa Wadley, American drag queen, comedian and reality television personality
  • 1982Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer
  • 1982 – Alasdair Duncan, Australian journalist and author
  • 1982 – Isild Le Besco, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1982 – Yakubu, Nigerian footballer
  • 1983Sei Ashina, Japanese actress
  • 1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer
  • 1983 – Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
  • 1984Scarlett Johansson, American actress[18]
  • 1984 – Nathalie Nordnes, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • 1985Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer
  • 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1985 – Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer
  • 1985 – Ava Leigh, English singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player[19]
  • 1985 – James Roby, English rugby league player[20]
  • 1985 – DeVon Walker, American football player
  • 1986Erika Padilla, Filipino actress and host
  • 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter
  • 1987Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer
  • 1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
  • 1988Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor and singer
  • 1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player
  • 1989Candice Glover, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1989 – Minehiro Kinomoto, Japanese actor
  • 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer
  • 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
  • 1990Jang Dongwoo, South Korean singer and dancer
  • 1990 – Brock Osweiler, American football player
  • 1990 – Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor
  • 1991Tarik Black, American professional basketball player
  • 1993Tridha Choudhury, Indian actress
  • 1993 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
  • 1994Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater
  • 1994 – Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer
  • 1994 – Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player
  • 1994 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor
  • 1995Katherine McNamara, American actress
  • 1996Hailey Baldwin, American model
  • 1996 – Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
  • 2000Auli'i Cravalho, Hawaiian-American actress and singer[21]
  • 2000 – Baby Ariel, American social media vlogger and singer
  • 2001Zhong Chenle, Chinese singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor

Deaths[]

  • 365Antipope Felix II
  • 950Lothair II of Italy (b. 926)
  • 1249As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt
  • 1286Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)
  • 1318Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271)
  • 1392Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (b. 1362)
  • 1538John Lambert, English Protestant martyr
  • 1617Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam (b. 1590)
  • 1694John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)
  • 1697Libéral Bruant, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (b. 1635)
  • 1710Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1637)
  • 1718Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680)
  • 1758Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680)
  • 1774Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (b. 1725)
  • 1794John Alsop, American merchant and politician (b. 1724)
  • 1813Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759)
  • 1819John Stackhouse, English botanist and phycologist (b. 1742)
  • 1871Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)
  • 1875Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
  • 1886Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
  • 1896George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)
  • 1900Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)
  • 1902Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
  • 1913Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)
  • 1916Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)
  • 1917Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
  • 1919Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)
  • 1920Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884)
  • 1926Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
  • 1932William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
  • 1941Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
  • 1943Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
  • 1944Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)
  • 1946Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)
  • 1948Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)
  • 1954Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
  • 1955Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
  • 1956Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)
  • 1963Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905)
  • 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894)
  • 1963 – John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
  • 1963 – C. S. Lewis, British writer, critic and Christian apologist (b. 1898)
  • 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (Dallas Police Department) (b. 1924)
  • 1967Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
  • 1976Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936)
  • 1980Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
  • 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
  • 1980 – Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
  • 1981Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
  • 1986Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)
  • 1988Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer, designed the Torres de Satélite (b. 1908)
  • 1989C. C. Beck, American illustrator (b. 1910)
  • 1989 – René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
  • 1992Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)
  • 1993Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1917)
  • 1994Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (b. 1917)
  • 1994 – Forrest White, American businessman (b. 1920)
  • 1996María Casares, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922)
  • 1996 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)
  • 1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
  • 1997Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
  • 1998Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)
  • 2000Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
  • 2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)
  • 2001Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915)
  • 2001 – Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923)
  • 2001 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)
  • 2002Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 2004Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
  • 2005Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)
  • 2006Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)[22]
  • 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
  • 2007Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1929)
  • 2007 – Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)
  • 2008MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971)
  • 2010Jean Cione, American baseball player and educator (b. 1928)
  • 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914)
  • 2011Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author and educator (b. 1926)
  • 2011 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano and actress (b. 1921)
  • 2011 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938)
  • 2011 – Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931)
  • 2012Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909)
  • 2012 – Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)
  • 2012 – Bennie McRae, American football player (b. 1939)
  • 2012 – P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
  • 2013Don Dailey, American computer programmer (b. 1956)
  • 2013 – Brian Dawson, English singer (b. 1939)
  • 2013 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983)
  • 2013 – Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935)
  • 2013 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931)
  • 2014Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)
  • 2014 – Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923)
  • 2014 – Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947)
  • 2014 – Émile Poulat, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920)
  • 2015Abubakar Audu, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Kogi State (b. 1947)
  • 2015 – Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949)
  • 2015 – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
  • 2015 – Robin Stewart, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946)
  • 2015 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (b. 1929)
  • 2016M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)
  • 2017Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962)
  • 2017 – Tommy Keene, American singer songwriter (b. 1958)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Arbour Day (British Virgin Islands)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Amphilochius of Iconium
    • Cecilia
    • George (Eastern Orthodox, a national holiday in Georgia)
    • Herbert
    • Philemon and Apphia
    • Pragmatius of Autun
    • November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of Justice (Azerbaijan)
  • Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)
  • Earliest day on which Holodomor Remembrance Day can fall, while November 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Saturday of November. (Ukraine)
  • Earliest day on which Thanksgiving Day can fall, while November 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. (United States)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.
  • Teacher's Day (Costa Rica)

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