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November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 35 days remain until the end of the year.
783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus .1161 – Battle of Caishi : A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars .1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands , Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui .1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress .1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford 's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct .1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon 's retreat from Russia .1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York , a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society , the first college social fraternity .1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day , to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.1865 – Battle of Papudo : A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso , Chile.1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France .1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens , Montreal Wanderers , Ottawa Senators , Quebec Bulldogs , and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1918 – The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia .1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.1922 – The Toll of the Sea Technicolor . (The Gulf Between
1939 – Shelling of Mainila : The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.1941 – World War II: The Kido Butai (Japanese Combined Fleet) leaves the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 .1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia .1942 – Casablanca
1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa , Algeria .1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp , Belgium.
1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar .1950 – Korean War : Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir ), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.1965 – At the Hammaguir launch facility in the Algerian Sahara , France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite , Asterix-1 1968 – Vietnam War : United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor .1970 – In Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe , 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.1976 – "Anarchy in the U.K. ", the debut single of the Sex Pistols , is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon , claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery : In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport .1986 – Iran–Contra affair : U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission .1986 – The trial of John Demjanjuk , accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp , starts in Jerusalem .[1]
1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas , the parliament of the Republic of Ireland .1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana , India .
1999 – The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris , going on to win the United States presidential election , despite losing in the national popular vote.2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol , England.2004 – Ruzhou School massacre : A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou , China.2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
2008 – Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba .2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan : NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover. 907 – Rudesind , Galician bishop (d. 977)1288 – Go-Daigo , Japanese emperor (d. 1339)1401 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (d. 1418)1436 – Catherine of Portugal (d. 1463)1466 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings , English noble (d. 1506)1518 – Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora , Catholic cardinal (d. 1564)1534 – Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 1613)1552 – Seonjo of Joseon , King of Joseon (d. 1608)1594 – James Ware , Irish genealogist (d. 1666)1604 – Johannes Bach , German organist and composer (d. 1673)1607 – John Harvard , English minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)1609 – Henry Dunster , English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)1657 – William Derham , English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan , French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)1703 – Theophilus Cibber , English actor and playwright (d. 1758)1727 – Artemas Ward , American general and politician (d. 1800)1731 – William Cowper , English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800)1792 – Sarah Moore Grimké , American author and activist (d. 1873)1817 – Charles Adolphe Wurtz , Alsatian French chemist (d. 1884)1827 – Ellen G. White , American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1915)1828 – Robert Battey , American surgeon and academic (d. 1895)1828 – René Goblet , French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1905)
1832 – Rudolph Koenig , German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)1832 – Mary Edwards Walker , American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
1837 – Thomas Playford II , English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)1853 – Bat Masterson , American police officer and journalist (d. 1921)1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)1858 – Katharine Drexel , American nun and saint (d. 1955)1864 – Edward Higgins , English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (d. 1947)1869 – Maud of Wales (d. 1938)1870 – Sir Hari Singh Gour , founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (d. 1949)1873 – Fred Herd , Scottish golfer (d. 1954)1876 – Willis Carrier , American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950)1878 – Major Taylor , American cyclist (d. 1932)1885 – Heinrich Brüning , German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)1888 – Ford Beebe , American director and screenwriter (d. 1978)1889 – Albert Dieudonné , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)1891 – Scott Bradley , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)1894 – James Charles McGuigan , Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)1894 – Norbert Wiener , American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
1895 – Bill W. , American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)1898 – Karl Ziegler , German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)1899 – Richard Hauptmann , German-American murderer (d. 1936)1900 – Anna Maurizio , Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993)1901 – William Sterling Parsons , American admiral (d. 1953)1902 – Maurice McDonald , American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971)1903 – Alice Herz-Sommer , Czech-English pianist and educator (d. 2014)1904 – Armand Frappier , Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)1904 – K. D. Sethna , Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011)1905 – Bob Johnson , American baseball player (d. 1982)1907 – Ruth Patrick , American botanist (d. 2013)1908 – Charles Forte, Baron Forte , Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (d. 2007)1908 – Lefty Gomez , American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
1909 – Fritz Buchloh , German footballer and manager (d. 1998)1909 – Frances Dee , American actress and singer (d. 2004)
1909 – Eugène Ionesco , Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)
1910 – Cyril Cusack , South African-born Irish actor (d. 1993)1911 – Samuel Reshevsky , Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992)1912 – Eric Sevareid , American journalist (d. 1992)1915 – Inge King , German-born Australian sculptor (d. 2016)1915 – Earl Wild , American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1917 – Nesuhi Ertegun , Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989)1918 – Patricio Aylwin , Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (d. 2016)1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski , Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (d. 2010)1919 – Frederik Pohl , American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma , Indian historian and academic (d. 2011)
1920 – Daniel Petrie , Canadian-American director and producer (d. 2004)1921 – Verghese Kurien , Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (d. 2012)1922 – Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist, created Peanuts 1923 – V. K. Murthy , Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)1924 – Jasu Patel , Indian cricketer (d. 1992)1924 – George Segal , American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
1925 – Eugene Istomin , American pianist (d. 2003)1925 – Gregorio Conrado Álvarez , Uruguayan dictator (d. 2016)
1926 – Rabi Ray , Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2017)1927 – Ernie Coombs , American-Canadian television host (d. 2001)1928 – Nishida Tatsuo , Japanese linguist and academic (d. 2012)1929 – Slavko Avsenik , Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2015)1929 – Betta St. John , American actress, singer and dancer
1930 – Berthold Leibinger , German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung (d. 2018)1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis , Dutch cardinal
1933 – Robert Goulet , American-Canadian singer and actor (d. 2007)1933 – Richard Holloway , Scottish bishop and radio host
1933 – Stanley Long , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1933 – Jamshid Mashayekhi , Iranian actor
1933 – Tony Verna , American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015)
1934 – Cengiz Bektaş , Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist1934 – Jerry Jameson , American director and producer
1935 – Marian Mercer , American actress and singer (d. 2011)1936 – Margaret Boden , English computer scientist and psychologist1937 – Bob Babbitt , American bass player (d. 2012)1937 – John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
1937 – Boris Yegorov , Russian physician and astronaut (d. 1994)
1938 – Porter Goss , American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA 1938 – Rodney Jory , Australian physicist and academic
1938 – Rich Little , Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia 1939 – Wayland Flowers , American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
1939 – John Gummer , English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie , Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1939 – Art Themen , English saxophonist and surgeon
1939 – Tina Turner , American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1940 – Enrico Bombieri , Italian mathematician and academic1940 – Davey Graham , English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
1940 – Quentin Skinner , English historian, author, and academic
1941 – Susanne Marsee , American soprano and educator1942 – Maki Carrousel , Japanese actor1942 – Olivia Cole , American actress (d. 2018)
1942 – Đặng Thùy Trâm , Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970)
1943 – Paul Burnett , English radio host1943 – Bruce Paltrow , American director and producer (d. 2002)
1943 – Marilynne Robinson , American novelist and essayist
1943 – Dale Sommers , American radio host (d. 2012)
1944 – Jean Terrell , American singer1944 – Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1945 – Daniel Davis , American actor1945 – John McVie , English-American bass player
1945 – Jim Mullen , Scottish guitarist
1945 – Michael Omartian , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1945 – Björn von Sydow , Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence
1946 – Raymond Louis Kennedy , American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2014)1946 – Art Shell , American football player and coach
1946 – Itamar Singer , Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
1947 – Roger Wehrli , American football player1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn , Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1948 – Claes Elfsberg , Swedish journalist
1948 – Marianne Muellerleile , American actress
1948 – Galina Prozumenshchikova , Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (d. 2015)
1948 – Peter Wheeler , English rugby player
1949 – Mari Alkatiri , East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor 1949 – Shlomo Artzi , Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Martin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Vincent A. Mahler , American political scientist and academic
1951 – Ilona Staller , Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician1951 – Sulejman Tihić , Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2014)
1952 – Elsa Salazar Cade , Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist1952 – Julien Temple , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Wendy Turnbull , Australian tennis player
1953 – Hilary Benn , English politician, Secretary of State for International Development 1953 – Shelley Moore Capito , American politician
1953 – Harry Carson , American football player and sportscaster
1953 – Jacki MacDonald , Australian television host and actress
1953 – Desiré Wilson , South African race car driver
1954 – Roz Chast , American cartoonist1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran , Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
1955 – Gisela Stuart , German-English academic and politician1956 – Dale Jarrett , American race car driver and sportscaster1956 – Don Lake , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Keith Vaz , Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
1957 – Félix González-Torres , Cuban-American sculptor (d. 1996)1958 – Michael Skinner , English rugby player1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs , American author and academic1959 – Jerry Schemmel , American sportscaster
1960 – Chuck Eddy , American journalist1960 – Harold Reynolds , American baseball player and sportscaster
1961 – Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria , Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer 1961 – Tom Carroll , Australian surfer
1961 – Ivory , American wrestler and trainer
1962 – Fernando Bandeirinha , Portuguese footballer and manager1962 – Chuck Finley , American baseball player
1963 – Mario Elie , American basketball player and coach1963 – Matt Frei , German-English journalist and author
1963 – Joe Lydon , English rugby player and coach
1964 – Vreni Schneider , Swiss skier1965 – Scott Adsit , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1965 – Dougray Scott , Scottish actor and producer
1965 – Des Walker , English footballer
1966 – Garcelle Beauvais , Haitian-American actress and singer1966 – Fahed Dermech , Tunisian footballer
1967 – Ridley Jacobs , Antiguan cricketer1968 – Edna Campbell , American basketball player, sportscaster, and nurse1968 – Haluk Levent , Turkish singer
1969 – Shawn Kemp , American basketball player1969 – Kara Walker , American painter and illustrator
1970 – John Amaechi , American-English basketball player and sportscaster1970 – Dave Hughes , Australian comedian and radio host
1971 – Vicki Pettersson , American author1971 – Winky Wright , American boxer and actor
1972 – Chris Osgood , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1972 – Arjun Rampal , Indian actor and producer
1973 – Peter Facinelli , American actor, director, and producer1974 – Line Horntveth , Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer1974 – Roman Šebrle , Czech decathlete and high jumper
1975 – DJ Khaled , American rapper and producer1975 – Patrice Lauzon , Canadian figure skater
1976 – Andreas Augustsson , Swedish footballer1976 – Maven Huffman , American wrestler
1976 – Brian Schneider , American baseball player and manager
1977 – Ivan Basso , Italian cyclist1977 – Paris Lenon , American football player
1977 – Campbell Walsh , Scottish canoe racer
1978 – Jun Fukuyama , Japanese voice actor and singer1980 – Satoshi Ohno , Japanese singer1980 – Jackie Trail , American tennis player
1981 – Stephan Andersen , Danish footballer1981 – Natasha Bedingfield , English singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Natalie Gauci , Australian singer and pianist
1981 – Gina Kingsbury , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Jon Ryan , Canadian football player
1982 – Keith Ballard , American ice hockey player1983 – Chris Hughes , American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook 1983 – Emiri Katō , Japanese voice actress and singer
1984 – Antonio Puerta , Spanish footballer (d. 2007)1985 – Matt Carpenter , American baseball player1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis , Greek pole vaulter1986 – Bauke Mollema , Dutch cyclist
1986 – Alberto Sgarbi , Italian rugby player
1987 – Georgios Tzavellas , Greek footballer1988 – Blake Harnage , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1988 – Yumi Kobayashi , Japanese model and actress
1989 – Junior Stanislas , English footballer1989 – Angeline Quinto , Filipina singer and actress
1990 – Avery Bradley , American basketball player1990 – Chip , English rapper
1990 – Rita Ora , Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Danny Welbeck , English footballer
1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini , Italian footballer399 – Siricius , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334)946 – Li Congyan , Chinese general (b. 898)975 – Conrad of Constance , German bishop and saint (b.c. 900)1014 – Swanehilde of Saxony , margravine of Meissen 1236 – Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi , Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (b. 1216)1267 – Sylvester Gozzolini , Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (b. 1177)1473 – Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma 1504 – Isabella I , queen of Castile and León (b. 1451)1621 – Ralph Agas , English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)1639 – John Spottiswoode , Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565)1651 – Henry Ireton , English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)1661 – Luis Méndez de Haro , Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)1688 – Philippe Quinault , French playwright and composer (b. 1635)1689 – Marquard Gude , German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)1717 – Daniel Purcell , English organist and composer (b. 1664)1719 – John Hudson , English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)1780 – James Steuart , Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)1829 – Thomas Buck Reed , American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)1836 – John Loudon McAdam , Scottish engineer (b. 1756)1851 – Jean-de-Dieu Soult , French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)1855 – Adam Mickiewicz , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)1857 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff , German poet and author (b. 1788)1860 – Benjamin Greene , English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)1872 – Pavel Kiselyov , Russian general and politician (b. 1788)1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel , Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)1883 – Sojourner Truth , American activist (b. 1797)1885 – Thomas Andrews , Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)1892 – Charles Lavigerie , French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)1895 – George Edward Dobson , Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)1896 – Coventry Patmore , English poet and critic (b. 1823)1912 – Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)1919 – Felipe Ángeles , Mexican general (b. 1868)1926 – John Browning , American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)1928 – Reinhard Scheer , German admiral (b. 1863)1929 – John Cockburn , Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky , Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)1936 – Şükrü Naili Gökberk , Turkish general (b. 1876)1938 – Flora Call Disney , American mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)1941 – Ernest Lapointe , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)1943 – Edward O'Hare , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)1943 – Helen Maud Merrill , American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)
1950 – Hedwig Courths-Mahler , German writer (b. 1867)1952 – Sven Hedin , Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)1954 – Bill Doak , American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)1956 – Tommy Dorsey , American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)1959 – Albert Ketèlbey , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)1962 – Albert Sarraut , French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci , Italian soprano (b. 1882)1971 – Giacomo Alberione , Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)1973 – John Rostill , English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)1974 – Cyril Connolly , English author and critic (b. 1903)1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)1978 – Ford Beebe , American director and screenwriter (b. 1888)1978 – Frank Rosolino , American trombonist (b. 1926)
1981 – Pete DePaolo , American race car driver (b. 1898)1981 – Max Euwe , Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)
1982 – Juhan Aavik , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)1985 – Vivien Thomas , American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)1986 – Betico Croes , Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938)1987 – Thomas George Lanphier, Jr. , American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)1987 – J. P. Guilford , American psychologist and academic (b. 1897)
1987 – Peter Hujar , American photographer (b. 1934)
1989 – Ahmed Abdallah , Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)1991 – Ed Heinemann , American engineer (b. 1908)1991 – Bob Johnson , American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
1993 – César Guerra-Peixe , Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)1994 – David Bache , English car designer (b. 1925)1994 – Arturo Rivera y Damas , Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923)
1996 – Michael Bentine , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)1996 – Paul Rand , American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
1997 – Marguerite Henry , American author (b. 1902)1998 – Jonathan Kwitny , American journalist and author (b. 1941)2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää , Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943)2002 – Polo Montañez , Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955)2002 – Verne Winchell , American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915)
2003 – Soulja Slim , American rapper (b. 1978)2003 – Stefan Wul , French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
2004 – Philippe de Broca , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)2004 – C. Walter Hodges , English author and illustrator (b. 1909)
2005 – Takanori Arisawa , Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951)2005 – Stan Berenstain , American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears
2005 – Mark Craney , American drummer (b. 1952)
2006 – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos , Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)2006 – Dave Cockrum , American author and illustrator (b. 1943)
2006 – Isaac Gálvez , Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
2006 – Raúl Velasco , Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)
2007 – Silvestre S. Herrera , Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)2007 – Mel Tolkin , Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
2007 – Herb McKenley , Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)
2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks including:
2010 – Leroy Drumm , American songwriter (b. 1936)2011 – Manon Cleary , American painter and academic (b. 1942)2012 – Celso Advento Castillo , Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)2012 – Peter Marsh , Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)
2012 – Joseph Murray , American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2012 – M. C. Nambudiripad , Indian author and translator (b. 1919)
2013 – Arik Einstein , Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939)2013 – Jane Kean , American actress and singer (b. 1923)
2013 – Saul Leiter , American photographer and painter (b. 1923)
2013 – Tony Musante , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2014 – Mary Hinkson , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)2014 – Gilles Tremblay , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)
2014 – Peter Underwood , English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932)
2015 – Amir Aczel , Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950)2015 – Guy Lewis , American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
2016 – Fritz Weaver , American actor (b. 1926)2018 – Stephen Hillenburg , American marine biology teacher, cartoonist, animator, and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (b. 1961)Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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