[quote]1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.[/quote]
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November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year.
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[B]Events[/B]
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[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/537"]537[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia"]Hagia Sophia[/URL] is completed.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1512"]1512[/URL] – The Spanish Crown issues the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Burgos"]Laws of Burgos[/URL], governing the conduct of settlers with regards to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas"]native Indians[/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World"]New World[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1657"]1657[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Remonstrance"]Flushing Remonstrance[/URL] is signed.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1703"]1703[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal"]Portugal[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"]England[/URL] sign the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuen_Treaty"]Methuen Treaty[/URL] which gives preference to Portuguese imported [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine"]wines[/URL] into England.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814"]1814[/URL] – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Patterson"]Daniel Patterson's[/URL] make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson"]Andrew Jackson[/URL]'s victory at the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans"]Battle of New Orleans[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831"]1831[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin"]Charles Darwin[/URL] embarks on his journey aboard the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Beagle"]HMS [I]Beagle[/I][/URL], during which he will begin to formulate the theory of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution"]evolution[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836"]1836[/URL] – The worst ever [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_avalanche"]avalanche[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"]England[/URL] occurs at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes"]Lewes[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex"]Sussex[/URL], killing 8 people.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1845"]1845[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl_ether"]Ether[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthetic"]anesthetic[/URL] is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Williamson_Long"]Crawford Williamson Long[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson,_Georgia"]Jefferson, Georgia[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918"]1918[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Poland_Uprising_%281918%E2%80%931919%29"]Great Poland Uprising[/URL] against the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany"]Germans[/URL] begins.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922"]1922[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_H%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D"]Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō[/URL] becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923"]1923[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namba_Daisuke"]Namba Daisuke[/URL], a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japanese[/URL] student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito"]Hirohito[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932"]1932[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall"]Radio City Music Hall[/URL] opened in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City"]New York City[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939"]1939[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzincan"]Erzincan[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey"]Turkey[/URL] was hit by an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake"]earthquake[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942"]1942[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Pioneers_of_Yugoslavia"]Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia[/URL] is founded.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945"]1945[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank"]World Bank[/URL] was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949"]1949[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution"]Indonesian National Revolution[/URL]: The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands"]Netherlands[/URL] officially recognizes [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia"]Indonesian[/URL] independence.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968"]1968[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Program"]Apollo Program[/URL]: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8"]Apollo 8[/URL] splashes down in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean"]Pacific Ocean[/URL], ending the first orbital manned mission to the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon"]Moon[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain"]Spain[/URL] becomes a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy"]democracy[/URL] after 40 years of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship"]dictatorship[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979"]1979[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"]Soviet Union[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan"]invades[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan"]Afghanistan[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985"]1985[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people"]Palestinian[/URL] guerrillas [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_and_Vienna_airport_attacks"]kill eighteen people[/URL] inside [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome"]Rome[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna"]Vienna[/URL] airports.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996"]1996[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban"]Taliban[/URL] forces retake the strategic [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagram_air_base"]Bagram air base[/URL] which solidifies their buffer zone around [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul"]Kabul[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997"]1997[/URL] – Protestant paramilitary leader [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wright_%28terrorist%29"]Billy Wright[/URL] is assassinated in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland"]Northern Ireland[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001"]2001[/URL] – The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]People's Republic of China[/URL] is granted permanent [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Trade_Relations"]normal trade relations[/URL] with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002"]2002[/URL] – Two [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_bomb"]truck bombs[/URL] kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grozny"]Grozny[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya"]Chechnya[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004"]2004[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation"]Radiation[/URL] from an explosion on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetar"]magnetar[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_1806-20"]SGR 1806-20[/URL] reaches [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"]Earth[/URL]. It is the brightest [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar"]extrasolar[/URL] event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007"]2007[/URL] – Former [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan"]Pakistani[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister"]Prime Minister[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto"]Benazir Bhutto[/URL] is assassinated in a shooting incident.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008"]2008[/URL] – Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cast_Lead"]Operation Cast Lead[/URL]
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[B][[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_27&action=edit§ion=2"]edit[/URL]] Births[/B]
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[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1390"]1390[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_de_Mortimer"]Anne de Mortimer[/URL], claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1571"]1571[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler"]Johannes Kepler[/URL], German astronomer (d. 1630)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1654"]1654[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bernoulli"]Jacob Bernoulli[/URL], Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1683"]1683[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conyers_Middleton"]Conyers Middleton[/URL], English minister (d. 1750)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1715"]1715[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Noailles,_duc_de_Mouchy"]Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy[/URL], French soldier (d. 1794)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1717"]1717[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI"]Pope Pius VI[/URL] (d. 1799)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1721"]1721[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hemsterhuis"]François Hemsterhuis[/URL], Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1761"]1761[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Andreas_Barclay_de_Tolly"]Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly[/URL], Russian military commander (d. 1818)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1773"]1773[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cayley"]George Cayley[/URL], English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776"]1776[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Kamensky"]Nikolay Kamensky[/URL], Russian general (d. 1811)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796"]1796[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghalib"]Mirza Ghalib[/URL], Indian poet (d. 1869)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1803"]1803[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Marie-Thomas_Chevalier_de_Lorimier"]François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier[/URL], French Canadian [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriote"]Patriote[/URL] (d. 1839)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1822"]1822[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur"]Louis Pasteur[/URL], French scientist (d. 1895)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1823"]1823[/URL] – Sir [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Bowell"]Mackenzie Bowell[/URL], fifth [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada"]Prime Minister of Canada[/URL] (d. 1917)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1832"]1832[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Tretyakov"]Pavel Tretyakov[/URL], Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864"]1864[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann-Paul"]René Georges Hermann-Paul[/URL], French artist (d. 1940)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879"]1879[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Greenstreet"]Sydney Greenstreet[/URL], English actor (d. 1954)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883"]1883[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_S._Eaton"]Cyrus S. Eaton[/URL], Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888"]1888[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_von_Harbou"]Thea von Harbou[/URL], German author and actress (d. 1954)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892"]1892[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Edwin_McKay"]Alfred Edwin McKay[/URL], Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896"]1896[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zuckmayer"]Carl Zuckmayer[/URL], German author and dramatist (d. 1977)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896"]1896[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bromfield"]Louis Bromfield[/URL], American writer (d. 1956)
[*]1896 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_De_Waele"]Maurice De Waele[/URL], Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900"]1900[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Stuck"]Hans Stuck[/URL], German race car driver (d. 1978)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901"]1901[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich"]Marlene Dietrich[/URL], German actress and singer (d. 1992)
[*]1901 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Handl"]Irene Handl[/URL], English actress (d. 1987)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906"]1906[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Levant"]Oscar Levant[/URL], American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907"]1907[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Haffner"]Sebastian Haffner[/URL], German journalist and writer (d. 1999)
[*]1907 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_L._Raiford"]Conrad L. Raiford[/URL], Goodwill Ambassador (d. 2002)
[*]1907 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_Otterloo"]Willem van Otterloo[/URL], Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909"]1909[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Riddell"]James Riddell[/URL], British champion skier and author (d. 2000)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910"]1910[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Olson"]Charles Olson[/URL], American poet (d. 1970)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911"]1911[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Russell"]Anna Russell[/URL], English-born Canadian singer and comedian (d. 2006)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915"]1915[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kornman"]Mary Kornman[/URL], American actress (d. 1973)
[*]1915 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Masters"]William Masters[/URL], American gynecologist (d. 2001)
[*]1915 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Zsengell%C3%A9r"]Gyula Zsengellér[/URL], Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916"]1916[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Baumbach"]Werner Baumbach[/URL], German [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber"]bomber[/URL] pilot (d. 1953)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917"]1917[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onni_Palaste"]Onni Palaste[/URL], Finnish writer (d. 2009)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918"]1918[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Celardo"]John Celardo[/URL], American comic strip artist
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919"]1919[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sweeney"]Charles Sweeney[/URL], American general (d. 2004)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920"]1920[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hobbs"]Bruce Hobbs[/URL], American jockey (d. 2005)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925"]1925[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bambier"]Maurice Bambier[/URL], French politician (d. 1994)
[*]1925 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Piccoli"]Michel Piccoli[/URL], French actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926"]1926[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Courtland"]Jerome Courtland[/URL], American actor, director and producer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927"]1927[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gardner"]Antony Gardner[/URL], British politician
[*]1927 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Nixon"]Agnes Nixon[/URL], American television producer, director, and writer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930"]1930[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Sheed"]Wilfrid Sheed[/URL], English-born American writer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931"]1931[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_Moore"]Scotty Moore[/URL], American guitarist
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934"]1934[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Latynina"]Larissa Latynina[/URL], Russian gymnast
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939"]1939[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amos"]John Amos[/URL], American actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941"]1941[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pinder"]Michael Pinder[/URL], British musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Blues"]Moody Blues[/URL])
[*]1941 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Richardson"]Nolan Richardson[/URL], American basketball coach
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942"]1942[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Browne"]Byron Browne[/URL], baseball player
[*]1942 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Menino"]Thomas Menino[/URL], American politician
[*]1942 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmian_Carr"]Charmian Carr[/URL], American actress
[*]1942 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rothstein"]Ron Rothstein[/URL], American basketball coach
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943"]1943[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts"]Cokie Roberts[/URL], American journalist
[*]1943 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Manuel_Serrat"]Joan Manuel Serrat[/URL], Spanish musician
[*]1943 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sinfield"]Peter Sinfield[/URL], British lyricist and producer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944"]1944[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chuckle_Brothers"]Barry Elliot[/URL] British actor
[*]1944 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jones_%28Foreigner%29"]Mick Jones[/URL], British musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreigner_%28band%29"]Foreigner[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946"]1946[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kaye"]Lenny Kaye[/URL], American guitarist
[*]1946 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Street-Porter"]Janet Street-Porter[/URL], British journalist, producer and presenter
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947"]1947[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Eadie"]Bill Eadie[/URL], professional wrestler known as "Ax" of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_%28professional_wrestling%29"]Demolition[/URL]
[*]1947 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Nelson_%28singer%29"]Tracy Nelson[/URL], American blues singer
[*]1947 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Redmond"]Mickey Redmond[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League"]National Hockey League[/URL] player
[*]1947 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Perry"]Janet Perry[/URL], American soprano
[*]1947 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Polleunis"]Willy Polleunis[/URL], Belgian athlete
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948"]1948[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu"]Gérard Depardieu[/URL], French actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950"]1950[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bettega"]Roberto Bettega[/URL], Italian footballer
[*]1950 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bozzio"]Terry Bozzio[/URL], American drummer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Persons_%28band%29"]Missing Persons[/URL])
[*]1950 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Chu"]Morgan Chu[/URL], lawyer and intellectual property expert
[*]1950 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Stone_%28voice_actor%29"]Doug Stone[/URL], Canadian voice actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951"]1951[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Zedillo"]Ernesto Zedillo[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Mexico"]President of Mexico[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952"]1952[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Bonoff"]Karla Bonoff[/URL], American singer and songwriter
[*]1952 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tovah_Feldshuh"]Tovah Feldshuh[/URL], American actress
[*]1952 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Hill"]Jay Hill[/URL], Canadian politician
[*]1952 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Knopfler"]David Knopfler[/URL], British musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits"]Dire Straits[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955"]1955[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Olson"]Barbara Olson[/URL], American political commentator (d. 2001)
[*]1955 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Murphey"]Brad Murphey[/URL], Australian racing driver
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957"]1957[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Mortensen"]Greg Mortensen[/URL], American author
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958"]1958[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jones_%28golfer%29"]Steve Jones[/URL], American golfer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959"]1959[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerina_Dunwich"]Gerina Dunwich[/URL], American author
[*]1959 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Tippett"]Andre Tippett[/URL], American football player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960"]1960[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_d%27Abo"]Maryam d'Abo[/URL], British actress
[*]1960 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Paige_Meyerink"]Victoria Paige Meyerink[/URL], American actress and producer
[*]1960 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Nally"]Donald Nally[/URL], American choral conductor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962"]1962[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Crampton"]Barbara Crampton[/URL], American actress
[*]1962 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Few"]Mark Few[/URL], American basketball coach
[*]1962 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Self"]Bill Self[/URL], American basketball coach
[*]1962 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Steinhauer"]Sherri Steinhauer[/URL], American golfer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963"]1963[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_No%C3%A9"]Gaspar Noé[/URL], Argentinian-born director
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964"]1964[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gomez"]Ian Gomez[/URL], American actor
[*]1964 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Randle"]Theresa Randle[/URL], American actress
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965"]1965[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan"]Salman Khan[/URL], Indian actor
[*]1965 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mainwaring"]Chris Mainwaring[/URL], Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966"]1966[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Coakley-Thompson"]Wendy Coakley-Thompson[/URL], American writer
[*]1966 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_LaRue"]Eva LaRue[/URL], American actress
[*]1966 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Goldberg"]Bill Goldberg[/URL], American football player and professional wrestler
[*]1966 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez"]Fabian Núñez[/URL], American politician
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969"]1969[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Boullion"]Jean-Christophe Boullion[/URL], French race car driver
[*]1969 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vowell"]Sarah Vowell[/URL], American author and journalist
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970"]1970[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendon_Cook"]Brendon Cook[/URL], Australian racing driver
[*]1970 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Neal"]Lorenzo Neal[/URL], American football player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970"]1970[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna"]Chyna[/URL], female wrestler
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971"]1971[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Ferguson_%28footballer%29"]Duncan Ferguson[/URL], Scottish footballer
[*]1971 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Smolinski"]Bryan Smolinski[/URL], American ice hockey player
[*]1971 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Hawes"]Jason Hawes[/URL], Paranormal investigator
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972"]1972[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wilson_Brown"]Thomas Wilson Brown[/URL], American actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972"]1972[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Charvis"]Colin Charvis[/URL], Welsh rugby union player
[*]1972 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ollie"]Kevin Ollie[/URL], American basketball player
[*]1972 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Slocum"]Matt Slocum[/URL], American musician ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixpence_None_the_Richer"]Sixpence None the Richer[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973"]1973[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoffer_Zegers"]Kristoffer Zegers[/URL], Dutch composer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973"]1973[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Cruz"]Wilson Cruz[/URL], Puerto Rican actor
[*]1973 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Ferris"]Dee Ferris[/URL], British painter
[*]1973 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Kumar"]Deepak Kumar[/URL], Indian philosopher
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974"]1974[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka"]Masi Oka[/URL], Japanese-American actor
[*]1974 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Pandolfo"]Jay Pandolfo[/URL], American ice hockey player
[*]1974 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumiko_Orikasa"]Fumiko Orikasa[/URL], Japanese seiyū and singer
[*]1974 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ponce"]Edgar Ponce[/URL], Mexican actor and dancer (d. 2005)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975"]1975[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_O%27Rourke"]Heather O'Rourke[/URL], American actress (d. 1988)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976"]1976[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pisani"]Fernando Pisani[/URL], Canadian/Italian ice hockey player
[*]1976 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Stanford"]Aaron Stanford[/URL], American actor
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977"]1977[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Pillon"]Jacqueline Pillon[/URL], Canadian actress
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuce_McAllister"]Deuce McAllister[/URL], American football player
[*]1978 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaos_Georgeas"]Nikolaos Georgeas[/URL], Greek footballer
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979"]1979[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunn"]David Dunn[/URL], English footballer
[*]1979 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Palmer"]Carson Palmer[/URL], American football player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980"]1980[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Castagnoli"]Claudio Castagnoli[/URL], Swiss wrestler
[*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Berrian"]Bernard Berrian[/URL], American football player
[*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cas_Haley"]Cas Haley[/URL], American singer and guitarist
[*]1980 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahntay_Jones"]Dahntay Jones[/URL], American basketball player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981"]1981[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Aardsma"]David Aardsma[/URL], American baseball player
[*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_de_Ravin"]Emilie de Ravin[/URL], Australian actress
[*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javine_Hylton"]Javine[/URL], British singer
[*]1981 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Sharp"]Patrick Sharp[/URL], Canadian ice hockey player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"]1982[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mead"]James Mead[/URL], American guitarist ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutless"]Kutless[/URL])
[*]1982 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terji_Skiben%C3%A6s"]Terji Skibenæs[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_people"]Faroese[/URL] guitarist, ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDr_%28band%29"]Týr[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983"]1983[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Hamels"]Cole Hamels[/URL], American baseball player
[*]1983 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Boric"]Anthony Boric[/URL], New Zealand [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Black"]All Black[/URL] rugby player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984"]1984[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Simon"]Gilles Simon[/URL], French tennis player
[*]1984 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_P"]Pleasure P[/URL], American R&B Singer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Ricky"]Pretty Ricky[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985"]1985[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Bailly"]Logan Bailly[/URL], Belgian football goalkeeper
[*]1985 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stastny"]Paul Stastny[/URL], Canadian-American ice hockey player
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988"]1988[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Porcello"]Rick Porcello[/URL], American baseball player
[*]1988 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Williams"]Hayley Williams[/URL], American singer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramore"]Paramore[/URL])
[*]1988 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zavon_Hines"]Zavon Hines[/URL], English football player
[*]1988 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taecyeon"]Taecyeon[/URL], South Korean actor & singer ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2PM"]2PM[/URL])
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991"]1991[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Bridges"]Chloe Bridges[/URL], American actress
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[LIST]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/418"]418[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Zosimus"]Pope Zosimus[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1076"]1076[/URL] – Prince [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svyatoslav_II_of_Kiev"]Svyatoslav II of Kiev[/URL] (b. 1027)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1381"]1381[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Mortimer,_3rd_Earl_of_March"]Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March[/URL], English politician
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1548"]1548[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Spiera"]Francesco Spiera[/URL], Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1603"]1603[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cartwright_%28churchman%29"]Thomas Cartwright[/URL], English Puritan clergyman
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1704"]1704[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albrecht_von_Barfus"]Hans Albrecht von Barfus[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg"]Brandenburg[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian"]Prussian[/URL] field marshal and prime minister (b. 1635)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707"]1707[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mabillon"]Jean Mabillon[/URL], French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1737"]1737[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bowyer_%281663-1737%29"]William Bowyer[/URL], English printer (b. 1663)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1743"]1743[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthe_Rigaud"]Hyacinthe Rigaud[/URL], French painter (b. 1659)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1771"]1771[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pitot"]Henri Pitot[/URL], French engineer (b. 1695)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1782"]1782[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Home,_Lord_Kames"]Henry Home, Lord Kames[/URL], Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800"]1800[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Blair"]Hugh Blair[/URL], Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812"]1812[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shneur_Zalman_of_Liadi"]Shneur Zalman of Liadi[/URL], Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812"]1812[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Southcott"]Joanna Southcott[/URL], an English self-described religious prophetess (b. 1750)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834"]1834[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lamb_%28writer%29"]Charles Lamb[/URL], English essayist (b. 1775)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836"]1836[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin"]Stephen F. Austin[/URL], American pioneer (b. 1793)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858"]1858[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Bo%C3%ABly"]Alexandre Pierre François Boëly[/URL], French composer (b. 1785)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896"]1896[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28industrialist%29"]John Brown[/URL], British manufacturer (b. 1816)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900"]1900[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Armstrong"]William George Armstrong[/URL], English inventor, industrialist, and engineer (b. 1810)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914"]1914[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martin_Hall"]Charles Martin Hall[/URL], American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923"]1923[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel"]Gustave Eiffel[/URL], French engineer and architect (b. 1832)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925"]1925[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Yesenin"]Sergei Yesenin[/URL], Russian poet (b. 1895)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938"]1938[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Bridges"]Calvin Bridges[/URL], American geneticist (b. 1889)
[*]1938 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osip_Mandelstam"]Osip Mandelstam[/URL], Russian poet (b. 1891)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950"]1950[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Beckmann"]Max Beckmann[/URL], German painter (b. 1884)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952"]1952[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Joseph_Hartigan"]Patrick Joseph Hartigan[/URL], Australian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1878)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953"]1953[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Tuwim"]Julian Tuwim[/URL], Polish poet (b. 1894)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955"]1955[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Francis_Blakeney_Carpenter"]Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter[/URL], English soldier (b. 1881)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956"]1956[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_McKenna"]Lambert McKenna[/URL], Irish editor and lexicographer. (b. 1870)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965"]1965[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ende"]Edgar Ende[/URL], German painter (b. 1901)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966"]1966[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_St%C3%A1bile"]Guillermo Stábile[/URL], Argentine footballer (b. 1906)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972"]1972[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson"]Lester B. Pearson[/URL], fourteenth [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada"]Prime Minister of Canada[/URL], recipient of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957"]1957[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize"]Nobel Peace Prize[/URL] (b. 1897)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974"]1974[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Aleksandrovich_Fock"]Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock[/URL], Russian physicist (b. 1898)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978"]1978[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Luman"]Bob Luman[/URL], American [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music"]country[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly"]rockabilly[/URL] singer (b. 1937)
[*]1978 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houari_Boum%C3%A9dienne"]Houari Boumédienne[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Algeria"]President of Algeria[/URL] (b. 1932)
[*]1978 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bell_%28musician%29"]Chris Bell[/URL] American musician (b. 1951)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979"]1979[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafizullah_Amin"]Hafizullah Amin[/URL], second [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan"]President of Afghanistan[/URL] (b. 1929)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981"]1981[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael"]Hoagy Carmichael[/URL], American composer and singer (b. 1899)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"]1982[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swigert"]John Swigert[/URL], American astronaut (b. 1931)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987"]1987[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_D_Lloyd"]Geoffrey D Lloyd[/URL], Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988"]1988[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Ashby"]Hal Ashby[/URL], American film director (b. 1929)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992"]1992[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Boyle"]Kay Boyle[/URL], American writer (b. 1902)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993"]1993[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Pilette"]André Pilette[/URL], Belgian racing driver (b. 1918)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994"]1994[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Cradock"]Fanny Cradock[/URL], English food writer and broadcaster (b. 1909)
[*]1994 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._L._Reyes"]J. B. L. Reyes[/URL], Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995"]1995[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shura_Cherkassky"]Shura Cherkassky[/URL], Ukrainian classical pianist (b. 1909)
[*]1995 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrikh_Gasparyan"]Genrikh Gasparyan[/URL], Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997"]1997[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Gill"]Brendan Gill[/URL], American columnist and humorist (b. 1914)
[*]1997 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wright_%28terrorist%29"]Billy Wright[/URL], Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002"]2002[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill"]George Roy Hill[/URL], American film director (b. 1922)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003"]2003[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Goodman"]Vestal Goodman[/URL], American Gospel singer (b. 1929)
[*]2003 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates"]Alan Bates[/URL], English actor (b. 1934)
[*]2003 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Calder%C3%B3n_%28baseball%29"]Iván Calderón[/URL], Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004"]2004[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"]Hank Garland[/URL], American musician (b. 1930)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"]2005[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._William_Doody"]William Doody[/URL], Canadian politician (b. 1931)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007"]2007[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto"]Benazir Bhutto[/URL], former [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan"]Prime Minister of Pakistan[/URL] (assassinated) (b. 1953)
[*]2007 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Kawalerowicz"]Jerzy Kawalerowicz[/URL], Polish film director (b. 1922)
[*]2007 – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Kross"]Jaan Kross[/URL], Estonian writer (b. 1920)
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008"]2008[/URL] – [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaney_Bramlett"]Delaney Bramlett[/URL], American musician (b. 1939)[/code]
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July 31st-
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 – NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo.
Births-
1963 – Norman Cook, British musician (The Housemartins, Freak Power, Beats International, Fatboy Slim)
1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor
1965 – J. K. Rowling, British writer
1990 – Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler (:v:)
Deaths-
1875 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
One time my birthday was on easter
Bob Dylan was born, motherfuckers.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_10[/url]
Events
* 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
* 1520 – Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
* 1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
* 1674 – Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
* 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
* 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
* 1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Chaumette.
* 1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which lead to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia
* 1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
* 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.
* 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, allegedly greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
* 1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.
* 1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
* 1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa, Ontario and Washington, DC) that said on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
* 1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12.
* 1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
* 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
* 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, is celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
* 1951 – Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
* 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
* 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
* 1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.
* 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
* 1970 – The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
* 1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
* 1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
* 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
* 1975 – United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686).
* 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
* 1989 – Fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria.
* 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
* 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
* 2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
* 2007 – ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.
Births
* 1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
* 1433 – Charles, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
* 1480 – Bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)
* 1483 – Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
* 1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
* 1566 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (d. 1601)
* 1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)
* 1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
* 1668 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
* 1668 – François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
* 1683 – George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
* 1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
* 1697 – William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
* 1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
* 1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774)
* 1735 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d. 1813)
* 1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
* 1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
* 1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
* 1810 – George Jennings, English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
* 1834 – José Hernández, Argentine author of Martín Fierro (d. 1886)
* 1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (d. 1932)
* 1845 – Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
* 1848 – Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (d. 1925)
* 1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
* 1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957)
* 1871 – Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
* 1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
* 1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
* 1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)
* 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish political activist (d. 1916)
* 1880 – Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
* 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author (d. 1968)
* 1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
* 1889 – Claude Rains, English actor (d. 1967)
* 1891 – Carl Stalling, American film composer (d. 1972)
* 1893 – John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
* 1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian legal theorist and politician (d. 1957)
* 1895 – Mabel Normand, American silent actress (d. 1930)
* 1895 – John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1981)
* 1896 – Jimmie Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
* 1896 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-born American silent actress (d. 1973)
* 1906 – Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
* 1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
* 1907 – John Moore, English author (d. 1967)
* 1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
* 1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
* 1909 – Johnny Marks, American songwriter (d. 1985)
* 1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
* 1916 – Billy May, American composer, arranger and bandleader (d. 2004)
* 1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter
* 1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
* 1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
* 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor
* 1919 – François Périer, French actor (d. 2002)
* 1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congoian politician (d. 1969)
* 1920 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)
* 1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur (d. 2008)
* 1923 – Hachiko, world famous dog (d. 1935)
* 1924 – Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan's Island)
* 1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
* 1927 – Sabah (singer), Lebanese singer and actress
* 1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
* 1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
* 1932 – Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)
* 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
* 1933 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
* 1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
* 1935 – Bernard Babior, American biochemist
* 1935 – Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist
* 1937 – Albert Hall, American actor
* 1939 – Russell Means, Native American activist
* 1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
* 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician and politician (d. 1999)
* 1941 – John Geoghegan, Silver Star recipient (d. 1965)
* 1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel laureate
* 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor
* 1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American politician
* 1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American politician
* 1944 – Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
* 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer
* 1946 – Roy Thomas Baker, English record producer
* 1947 – Glen Buxton, American musician (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
* 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese military commander (d. 1982)
* 1947 – Greg Lake, British musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
* 1947 – Dave Loggins, American songwriter and singer
* 1948 – Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist
* 1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese novelist and video game designer.
* 1948 – Hugh Moffatt, American songwriter
* 1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1949 – Ann Reinking, American dancer
* 1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2005)
* 1950 – Bob Orton, Jr., American wrestler
* 1952 – Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
* 1955 – James Chapman, American novelist
* 1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player
* 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
* 1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
* 1956 – Sinbad, American actor
* 1958 – Stephen Herek, American film director
* 1958 – George Lowe, American voice actor
* 1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer (d. 2001)
* 1958 – Brooks Williams, American musician
* 1959 – Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
* 1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
* 1959 – Mike McCarthy, American football coach
* 1960 – Neil Gaiman, English writer
* 1960 – Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
* 1961 – Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor
* 1961 – John Walton, English darts player
* 1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor
* 1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player
* 1964 – Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
* 1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
* 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racing driver
* 1966 – Vanessa Angel, English actress
* 1966 – Bill DeMott, American wrestler
* 1967 – Michael Jai White, American actor
* 1968 – Steve Brookstein, English X Factor winner
* 1968 – Tracy Morgan, American actor/comedian
* 1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
* 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer
* 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress
* 1970 – Warren G, American rapper
* 1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian rally driver
* 1970 – Vince Vieluf, American actor
* 1970 – Tay Ping Hui, Singaporean actor
* 1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor
* 1972 – DJ Ashba, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
* 1972 – Isaac Bruce, American football player
* 1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player
* 1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
* 1974 – Niko Hurme, Finnish musician
* 1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian
* 1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
* 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
* 1977 – Josh Barnett, American Mixed Martial Artist
* 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
* 1977 – Won Bin, Korean actor
* 1978 – Kyla Cole, Slovak pornographic actress
* 1978 – Eve, American rapper
* 1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish musician (Babyshambles)
* 1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian musician, (Silverchair)
* 1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player
* 1980 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer, (Fei Lun Hai/Fahrenheit)
* 1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player
* 1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
* 1981 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
* 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
* 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer
* 1983 – Sammie Rhodes, American pornographic actress
* 1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player
* 1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
* 1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand/Australian singer
* 1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress
* 1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player
* 1986 – Ilias Iliadis, Greek judoka
* 1986 – Josh Peck, American actor
* 1987 – Charles Hamilton, American hip-hop artist
* 1987 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
Deaths
* 627 – Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 901 – Adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia
* 1241 – Pope Celestine IV
* 1444 – King Vladislaus III of Varna is killed in battle (b. 1424)
* 1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
* 1596 – Peter Wentworth, English Puritan politician (b. 1530)
* 1605 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
* 1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
* 1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (b. 1573)
* 1644 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579)
* 1673 – Michael of Poland (b. 1640)
* 1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
* 1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admirals (b. 1661)
* 1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
* 1777 – Cornstalk, Shawnee chief
* 1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724)
* 1848 – Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)
* 1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American Confederate commandant of POW camp at
* 1869 – John E. Wool, American soldier (b. 1822)
* 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, (b. 1854)
* 1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
* 1912 – Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
* 1917 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
* 1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French officer and explorer (b. 1856)
* 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and the first President of Turkey (b. 1881)
* 1964 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (b. 1910)
* 1973 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American country music banjo player (b. 1915)
* 1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, American ship captain (b. 1912)
* 1981 – Abel Gance, French film director, producer, and actor (b. 1889)
* 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
* 1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
* 1985 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
* 1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
* 1986 – Gordon Richards, British jockey. (b. 1904)
* 1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player (b. 1943)
* 1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
* 1991 – William Afflis, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
* 1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor, baseball and basketball player (b. 1921)
* 1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer (b. 1920)
* 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (b. 1941)
* 1997 – Tommy Tedesco, American musician (b. 1930)
* 1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
* 2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
* 2000 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, lawyer, professor, and the Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
* 2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
* 2002 – Michel Boisrond, French film director (b. 1921)
* 2003 – Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
* 2003 – Irv "Kup" Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912)
* 2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907)
* 2006 – Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
* 2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
* 2006 – Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
* 2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
* 2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
* 2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
* 2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
* 2007 – Norman Mailer, American author (b. 1923)
* 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1932)
* 2008 – Arthur Shawcross, American serial killer (b. 1945)
* 2008 – Wannes Van de Velde, Flemish singer (b. 1937)
* 2009 – Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
* 2009 – Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper (b. 1977)
* 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
Holidays and observances
* Christian Feast Day:
o Andrew Avellino
o Justus
o Pope Leo I
* Cry of Independence Day (Panama)
* Day of Remembrance of Ataturk (Turkey)
* Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia)
* Day of Tradition or Día de la Tradición, celebrated on the birthday of José Hernández (Argentina, especially San Antonio de Areco)
* Heroes' Day or Hari Pahlawan (Indonesia)
* Mārtiņi (Ancient Latvia)
* United States Marine Corps birthday ball (United States)
26th of july
1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.
1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1971 – Apollo Program: launch of Apollo 15.
2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
awesome stuff happened.
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Nov. 15.
[B][U]Cool shit that happened.[/U][/B]
1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
1791 – The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
1806 – Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it is later named Pikes Peak).
1920 – First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
1926 – The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
1943 – Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". *
1969 – Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
1969 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
1969 – In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant.
1971 – Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
*Not really cool
[B][U]People got born.[/U][/B]
1952 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler
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