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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[1034]] - [[Máel Coluim II of Scotland|Máel Coluim mac Cináeda]], [[King of Scots]] dies. [[Donnchad I of Scotland|Donnchad]], the son of his second daughter [[Bethóc]] and [[Crínán of Dunkeld]], inherits the throne. 
-*[[1120]] - The [[White Ship]] sinks in the [[English Channel]], drowning [[William Adelin]], son of [[Henry I of England]]. 
-*[[1177]] - [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]] and [[Raynald of Chatillon]] defeat [[Saladin]] at the [[Battle of Montgisard]]. 
-*[[1491]] - The [[siege]] of [[Granada]], last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], begins.  
-*[[1542]] - [[Battle of Solway Moss]]. The English army defeats the Scots. 
-*[[1667]] - A deadly [[earthquake]] rocks Shemakha, [[Caucasia]], killing 80,000 people.  
-*[[1703]] - The [[Great Storm of 1703]], the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the [[British Isles]], reaches its peak intensity and maintains it through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale. 
-*[[1758]] - [[French and Indian War]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces capture [[Fort Duquesne]] from [[France|French]] control. 
-* 1758 - [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] is founded.  
-*[[1783]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: The last [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] troops leave [[New York City]] three months after the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]].  
-*[[1795]] - [[Partitions of Poland]]: [[Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski of Poland|Stanislaus August Poniatowski]], the last [[List of Polish rulers|king]] of independent [[Poland]], is forced to [[abdication|abdicate]] and exiled to [[Russia]]. 
-*[[1809]] - [[Benjamin Bathurst (diplomat)|Benjamin Bathurst]], a British [[diplomat]], mysteriously disappeared (or more likely murdered) in [[Perleberg]]. 
-*[[1826]] - The [[Greek frigate Hellas|Greek frigate ''Hellas'']] arrives in [[Nafplion]] to become the first [[flagship]] of the [[Hellenic Navy]].  
-*[[1839]] - [[Cyclone]] slams [[India]] with high winds and a 40 foot [[storm surge]], destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland , taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the [[disaster]]. 
-*[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Missionary Ridge]] - At [[Missionary Ridge]] in [[Tennessee]], [[United States|Union]] forces led by General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] break the [[Siege of Chattanooga]] by routing [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops under General [[Braxton Bragg]]. 
-*[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the [[Confederate Army of Manhattan]] starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down [[New York City]].  
-*[[1867]] - [[Alfred Nobel]] patents dynamite. 
-*[[1874]] - The [[United States Greenback Party]] is established as a [[political party]] consisting primarily of [[farmer]]s affected by the [[Panic of 1873]].  
-*[[1876]] - [[Indian Wars]]: In retaliation for the [[United States|American]] defeat at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]], [[United States Army]] troops sack [[Chief Dull Knife]]'s sleeping [[Cheyenne]] village at the headwaters of the [[Powder River (Montana)|Powder River]]. 
-* [[1885]] - Death of Mother Mary of the Immaculate Conception, CIC, first of the [[Sisters of the Immaculate Conception]] (Louisiana), the second indigenous congregation of women in the [[Archdiocese of New Orleans]]. 
-*[[1905]] - The Danish [[Prins Carl]] arrives in [[Norway]] to become [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII of Norway]] 
-*[[1913]] - [[Panama]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. 
-*[[1918]] - [[Vojvodina]], former [[Austro-Hungarian]] crownland, proclaims its secession from this state to join the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] 
-*[[1926]] - The worst, deadliest [[tornado]] outbreak in U.S. November history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength reported in the midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates [[Heber Springs]], Arkansas. 51 deaths in [[Arkansas]] alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all. 
-*[[1936]] - In [[Berlin]], [[Nazi-Germany|Germany]] and [[Japan]] sign the [[Anti-Comintern Pact]], thus agreeing to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests" in case of an unprovoked attack by the [[Soviet Union]] against either nation.  
-*[[1940]] - First flight of the [[deHavilland]] [[deHavilland Mosquito|mosquito]] and [[Glenn L. Martin Company|Martin]] [[B-26 Marauder]]. 
-*[[1941]] - [[Finland]] joined the [[Anti-Comintern Pact]]. 
-*[[1943]] - Statehood of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] was re-established at the [[AVNOJ|Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia]]. 
-*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: A [[Germany|German]] [[V-2 rocket]] hits a [[Woolworths Group plc|Woolworth's]] store in [[Deptford]], UK, killing 160 shoppers.  
-* 1944 - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Peleliu]] - At [[Peleliu]], [[Palau]], the [[United States|American]] forces led by the general officer [[William H. Rupertus]] defeat the [[Japan]]ese army led by [[Colonel Kunio Nakagawa]]. 
-*[[1947]] - [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: The "[[Hollywood Ten]]" are [[blacklisted]] by [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] [[movie studio]]s.  
-* 1947 - [[New Zealand]] ratifies the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]] and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the [[United Kingdom]]. 
-*[[1950]] - The "Storm of the Century", a violent [[snowstorm]], paralyzes the [[northeastern United States]] and the [[Appalachians]], bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die due to the storm. 
-* 1950 - The [[People's Republic of China]] joins the [[Korean War]], sending thousands of troops across the [[Yalu river]] border to fight [[United Nations]] forces. 
-*[[1952]] - [[Agatha Christie]]'s murder-mystery play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in [[London]] and eventually becomes the longest continuously-running [[play]] in history. 
-*[[1953]] - [[Hungary]] becomes the first team outside the [[British Isles]] to beat England at home, famously winning 6-3 at [[Wembley Stadium]]. 
-*[[1958]] - [[French Sudan]] gains [[Autonomous entity|autonomy]] as a self-governing member of the [[French Community]].  
-*[[1960]] - The [[Mirabal sisters]] of the [[Dominican Republic]] are [[assassination|assassinated]] . 
-*[[1963]] - President [[John F. Kennedy]] is buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].  
-*[[1970]] - In [[Japan]], author [[Yukio Mishima]] and two compatriots commit ritualistic [[suicide]] after an unsuccessful coup attempt.  
-*[[1973]] - [[Greece|Greek]] President [[George Papadopoulos]] is ousted in a military [[coup]] led by Lieutenant General [[Phaidon Gizikis]].  
-*[[1975]] - [[Suriname]] gains independence from the [[Netherlands]]. 
-*[[1980]] - [[No Más Fight]]: [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] regains the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] world welterweight [[boxing]] title in a bout against [[Roberto Duran]].  
-*[[1984]] - 36 top musicians gather in a [[Notting Hill]] studio and record [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]]'s ''[[Do They Know It's Christmas]]'' in order to raise money for [[famine relief]] in [[Ethiopia]].  
-* 1984 - A [[KCR]] train derails between [[Sheung Shui (KCRC)|Sheung Shui]] and [[Fanling (KCRC)|Fanling]], Hong Kong. 
-*[[1986]] - [[Iran Contra Affair]]: US Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]] announces that profits from covert weapons sales to [[Iran]] were illegally diverted to the anti-communist [[Contra]] rebels in [[Nicaragua]]. 
-* 1986 - The [[King Fahd Causeway]] was officially opened in the [[Persian Gulf]]. 
-*[[1987]] - [[Supertyphoon Nina]] pummels the [[Philippines]] with [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|category 5]] winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm. 
-*[[1988]] - German politician [[Rita Süssmuth]] becomes president of the [[Bundestag]]. 
-*[[1990]] - The [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] beat the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] 50-11 in the [[78th Grey Cup]] in [[Vancouver]]. 
-*[[1992]] - The [[Czechoslovakia]] Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] from [[January 1]], *[[1993]].  
-*[[1994]] - [[Sony]] founder [[Akio Morita]] announces he will be stepping down as [[corporate executive officer|CEO]] of the company.  
-*[[1996]] - An [[Ice storm]] strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. Powerful windstorm affects [[Florida]], winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers. 
-*[[2000]] - [[2000 Baku earthquake]] took place. 
-*[[2002]] - Reported assassination attempt on [[Turkmenistan|Turkmen]] president [[Saparmurat Niyazov]]. 
-*[[2003]] - The U.S. Court of Appeals (7thCir) issued its opinion in Assessment Technologies v. Wiredata, a copyright infringement case. 
-*[[2005]] - [[Ministry of National Defence (Poland)|Polish Minister of National Defence]] [[Radosław Sikorski|Radek Sikorski]] opens [[Warsaw Pact]] archives to historians. Maps of possible nuclear strikes against [[Western Europe]], as well as the possible nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-controlled forces, are released. 
 +*[[1947]] - [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: The "[[Hollywood Ten]]" are [[blacklisted]] by [[Studio system|Hollywood movie studio]]s.
 +*[[1952]] - [[Agatha Christie]]'s murder-mystery play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' opens in London.
 +*[[2005]] - ''[[The Libertine (2005 film)|The Libertine]]'' world premiere
==Births== ==Births==
-* [[1454]] - [[Catherine Cornaro]], queen of Cyprus (d. [[1510]])+* [[1870]] - [[Maurice Denis]], French painter (b. [[1943]])
-* [[1501]] - [[Yi Hwang]], Confucian scholar (d. [[1570]])+*[[1877]] - [[Harley Granville-Barker]], English actor, director, producer, critic and playwright. (d. 1946)
-* [[1562]] - [[Felix Lope de Vega|Félix Lope de Vega]], Spanish playwright (d. [[1635]])+* [[1962]] - [[Ashley Beedle]], British disc jockey and record producer.
-* [[1577]] - [[Piet Hein (Netherlands)|Piet Hein]], Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. [[1629]])+* [[1950]] - [[Jocelyn Brown]], United States dance music singer.
-* [[1609]] - [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen of [[Charles I of England]] (d. [[1669]])+* [[1964]] - [[Mark Lanegan]], American musician ([[Screaming Trees]]) (d. 2022)
-* [[1638]] - [[Catherine of Braganza]], Queen of [[Charles II of England]] (d. [[1705]])+
-* [[1703]] - [[Jean-François Séguier]], French astronomer and botanist (d. [[1784]])+
-* [[1712]] - [[Charles-Michel de l'Épée]], French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. [[1789]])+
-* [[1714]] - [[Yoriyuki Arima]], Japanese mathematician (d. [[1783]])+
-* [[1778]] - [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], British Christian writer (d. [[1856]])+
-* [[1814]] - [[Julius Robert von Mayer]], German physician and physicist (d. [[1878]])+
-* [[1817]] - [[John Bigelow]], American statesman and author (d. [[1911]])+
-* [[1835]] - [[Andrew Carnegie]], British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. [[1919]])+
-* [[1841]] - [[Ernst Schröder]], German mathematician (d. [[1902]])+
-* [[1843]] - [[Henry Ware Eliot]] American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of [[T. S. Eliot]] (d. [[1919]])+
-* [[1844]] - [[Karl Benz]], German engineer (d. [[1929]])+
-* [[1845]] - [[José Maria Eça de Queiróz]], Portuguese novelist (d. [[1900]])+
-* [[1846]] - [[Carrie Nation]], American temperance advocate (d. [[1911]])+
-* [[1858]] - [[Alfred Capus]], French author (d. [[1922]])+
-* [[1862]] - [[Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin|Ethelbert Nevin]], American pianist and composer (d. [[1901]])+
-* [[1869]] - [[Ben Lindsey]], American judge and social reformer (d. [[1934]])+
-* [[1870]] - [[Winthrop Ames]], American theatrical director (d. [[1937]])+
-* [[1874]] - [[Joe Gans]], American boxer (d. [[1910]])+
-* [[1880]] - [[Elsie J. Oxenham]], British children's author (d. [[1960]])+
-* [[1881]] - [[Pope John XXIII]] (d. [[1963]])+
-* [[1883]] - [[Harvey Spencer Lewis]], American mystic (d. [[1939]])+
-* 1883 - [[Merrill C. Meigs]], American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. [[1968]])+
-* [[1887]] - [[Nikolai Vavilov]], Russian physicist (d. [[1943]])+
-* [[1890]] - [[Isaac Rosenberg]], English war poet and artist (d. [[1918]])+
-* [[1895]] - [[Wilhelm Kempff]], German pianist (d. [[1991]])+
-* 1895 - [[Ludvík Svoboda]], [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (d. [[1979]])+
-* 1895 - [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American writer (d. [[1986]])+
-* [[1896]] - [[Virgil Thomson]], American composer and music critic (d. [[1989]])+
-* [[1900]] - [[Rudolf Hoess]], commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. [[1947]])+
-* [[1901]] - [[Arthur Liebehenschel]], Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. [[1948]])+
-* [[1902]] - [[Eddie Shore]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1985]])+
-* [[1904]] - [[Lillian Copeland]], American athlete (d. [[1964]])+
-* 1904 - [[Ba Jin]], Chinese novelist (d. [[2005]])+
-* 1904 - [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and alpinist (d. [[2000]])+
-* [[1907]] - [[John Stuart Hindmarsh]], British racing driver and aviator (d. [[1938]])+
-* [[1913]] - [[Lewis Thomas]], American physician and essayist (d. [[1993]])+
-* [[1914]] - [[Joe DiMaggio]], American baseball player (d. [[1999]])+
-* [[1915]] - [[Augusto Pinochet]], Chilean President (d. [[2006]])+
-* [[1920]] - [[Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail]], King of Malaysia (d. [[2000]])+
-* 1920 - [[Ricardo Montalbán]], Mexican actor+
-* 1920 - [[Noel Neill]], American actress+
-* [[1922]] - [[Gloria Lasso]], French-Spanish singer (d. [[2005]])+
-* [[1923]] - [[Mauno Koivisto]], former president of Finland+
-* [[1924]] - [[Takaaki Yoshimoto]], Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.+
-* [[1926]] - [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor (d. [[1969]])+
-* 1926 - [[Poul Anderson]], American writer (d. [[2001]])+
-* [[1933]] - [[Kathryn Grant]], American actress+
-* [[1936]] - [[Trisha Brown]], American choreographer and dancer+
-* [[1940]] - [[Reinhard Furrer]], American physicist and astronaut (d. [[1995]])+
-* 1940 - [[Joe Gibbs]], American football coach+
-* [[1941]] - [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]], Pakistani author and spiritual leader (d. [[2001]])+
-* 1941 - [[Percy Sledge]], American musician+
-* [[1942]] - [[Bob Lind]], American folk singer and songwriter+
-* [[1944]] - [[Ben Stein]], American actor+
-* [[1945]] - [[George Webster]], American football player (d. [[2007]])+
-* [[1946]] - [[Bev Bevan]], English rock drummer ([[The Move]], [[Electric Light Orchestra]])+
-* [[1947]] - [[Jonathan Kaplan]], American filmmaker +
-* 1947 - [[John Larroquette]], American actor+
-* [[1948]] - [[Jacques P. Dupuis]], French Canadian politician+
-* [[1951]] - [[Bucky Dent]], American baseball player+
-* 1951 - [[Bill Morrissey]], American musician+
-* 1951 - [[Arturo Pérez Reverte]], Spanish novelist and war reporter+
-* [[1952]] - [[Imran Khan]], Pakistani test cricketer+
-* [[1953]] - [[Jeffrey Skilling]], former CEO of [[Enron]]+
-* 1953 - [[Graham Eadie]], Australian [[rugby league]] player+
-* [[1956]] - [[Hélène Goudin]], Swedish politician+
-* [[1957]] - [[Bob Ehrlich]], Jr., former [[Maryland]] governor +
-* [[1959]] - [[Charles Kennedy]], British politician+
-* 1959 - [[Steve Rothery]], British guitarist ([[Marillion]])+
-* [[1960]] - [[Amy Grant]], American singer+
-* 1960 - [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]], American publisher (d. [[1999]])+
-* [[1960]] - [[Kasey Smith]], American keyboardist+
-* [[1962]] - [[Gilbert Delorme]], Canadian ice hockey player+
-* [[1963]] - [[Holly Cole]], Canadian jazz singer.+
-* 1963 - [[Bernie Kosar]], American football player+
-* [[1964]] - [[Mark Lanegan]], American musician ([[Screaming Trees]])+
-* [[1965]] - [[Cris Carter]], American football player+
-* 1965 - [[Dougray Scott]], Scottish television and film actor+
-* [[1966]] - [[Tim Armstrong]], American musician ([[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] and [[The Transplants]])+
-* [[1967]] - [[Kazuya Nakai]], Japanese [[voice actor]]+
-* 1967 - [[Gregg Turkington]], American comedian (as [[Neil Hamburger]]) and musician+
-* [[1968]] - [[Jill Hennessy]], Canadian actress+
-* 1968 - [[Erick Sermon]], American rap music artist+
-* 1968 - [[Jacqueline Hennessy]], Canadian actress and talk show host+
-* 1968 - [[Galin Nikov]], Bulgarian pole vaulter+
-* [[1969]] - [[Anthony Peeler]], American basketball player+
-* [[1971]] - [[Christina Applegate]], American actress+
-* 1971 - [[Magnus Arvedson]], Swedish ice hockey player+
-* [[1973]] - [[Erick Strickland]], American basketball player+
-* [[1976]] - [[Donovan McNabb]], American football player+
-* [[1977]] - [[Marcus Marshall]], Australian racing driver+
-* [[1978]] - [[Shina Ringo]], Japanese musician+
-* [[1979]] - [[Thea Gilmore]], British songwriter+
-* 1979 - [[Brooke Haven]], American porn star +
-* [[1980]] - [[Josh Lomberger]], American professional wrestling backstage interviewer+
-* 1980 - [[Kushan Liyanarachchi]], Prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner, Sri Lanka+
-* 1980 - [[Aaron Mokoena]], South African footballer+
-* [[1981]] - [[Xabi Alonso]], Spanish international footballer+
-* 1981 - [[Barbara Pierce Bush|Barbara Bush]] and [[Jenna Bush]], daughters of [[George W. Bush]] and [[Laura Bush]]+
-* 1981 - [[Jared Jeffries]], American basketball player+
-* [[1983]] - [[Kirsty Crawford]], Scottish singer/songwriter+
-* [[1984]] - [[Gaspard Ulliel]], French actor+
-* [[1986]] - [[Craig Gardner]], English footballer+
-* 1986 - [[Amber Hagerman]], American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the [[Amber Alert]] system (d. [[1996]])+
-* 1986 - [[Katie Cassidy]], American actress and singer +
-* [[1987]] - [[Joe Gatting]], English footballer+
-* 1987 - [[Anwar Ali]], Pakistan Under-19 Cricketer+
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-* [[311]] - [[Peter of Alexandria]], Christian martyr+*[[1956]] - [[Alexander Dovzhenko]], Soviet filmmaker (b. [[1894]])
-*[[1034]] - King [[Malcolm II of Scotland]]+
-*[[1120]] - [[William Adelin]], son of [[Henry I of England]] (drowned) (b. [[1104]])+
-*[[1185]] - [[Pope Lucius III]] (b. [[1097]])+
-*[[1326]] - [[Prince Koreyasu]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1264]])+
-*[[1374]] - [[Philip II of Taranto]], Emperor of Costantinople (b. [[1329]])+
-*[[1456]] - [[Jacques Cœur]], French merchant+
-*[[1560]] - [[Andrea Doria]], Italian naval leader (b. [[1466]])+
-*[[1626]] - [[Edward Alleyn]], English actor (b. [[1566]])+
-*[[1686]] - [[Nicolas Steno]], Danish geologist (b. [[1638]])+
-*[[1694]] - [[Ismael Bullialdus]], French astronomer (b. [[1605]])+
-*[[1700]] - [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]], first native Mayor of New York (b. [[1643]])+
-*[[1748]] - [[Isaac Watts]], British hymnwriter (b. [[1674]])+
-*[[1755]] - [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], German musician (b. [[1687]])+
-*[[1785]] - [[Richard Glover]], British poet (b. [[1712]])+
-*[[1865]] - [[Heinrich Barth]], German explorer (b. [[1821]])+
-*[[1881]] - [[Theobald Boehm]], German inventor of the modern flute (b. [[1794]])+
-*[[1884]] - [[Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe]], German chemist (b. [[1818]])+
-*[[1885]] - King [[Alfonso XII of Spain]] (b. [[1857]])+
-* 1885 - [[Thomas A. Hendricks|Thomas Hendricks]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1819]])+
-*[[1920]] - [[Gaston Chevrolet]], French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. [[1892]])+
-*[[1944]] - [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]], American baseball commissioner (b. [[1866]])+
-*[[1947]] - [[Léon-Paul Fargue]], French poet (b. [[1876]])+
-*[[1948]] - [[Kanbun Uechi]], karate master (b. [[1877]])+
-*[[1950]] - [[Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]], Danish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1873]])+
-* 1950 - [[Gustaf John Ramstedt]], Finland-Sedish linguist and diplomat (b. [[1873]])+
-*[[1959]] - [[Gérard Philipe]], French actor (b. [[1922]])+
-*[[1965]] - Dame [[Myra Hess]], British pianist (b. [[1890]])+
-*[[1968]] - [[Upton Sinclair]], American journalist, politician, and writer (b. [[1878]])+
-* 1968 - [[Paul Siple]], American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. [[1908]]) +
*[[1970]] - [[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese writer (b. [[1925]]) *[[1970]] - [[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese writer (b. [[1925]])
-*[[1972]] - [[Henri Coandă]], Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. [[1886]])+*[[1967]] - [[Ossip Zadkine]], Russian Jewish artist and sculptor (b. [[1890]])
-*[[1973]] - [[Laurence Harvey]], Lithuanian-born actor (b. [[1928]])+
*[[1974]] - [[Nick Drake]], British singer and songwriter (b. [[1948]]) *[[1974]] - [[Nick Drake]], British singer and songwriter (b. [[1948]])
-* 1974 - [[U Thant]], Burmese [[UN Secretary-General]] (b. [[1909]])+*[[1983]] - [[Lotte H. Eisner]], French-German film critic, (b. [[1896]])
-*[[1978]] - [[Elaine Esposito]], American woman who hold the record for longest [[coma]] (b. [[1934]])+*[[1998]] - [[Enrico Sabbatini]], Italian-born production designer (b. [[1932]])
-*[[1981]] - [[Jack Albertson]], American actor (b. [[1907]])+*[[2001]] - [[David Gascoyne]], British poet associated with the Surrealist movement (b. [[1916]])
-*[[1985]] - [[Ray Jablonski]], American baseball player (b. [[1926]])+
-*[[1987]] - [[Harold Washington]], Mayor of Chicago (b. [[1922]])+
-*[[1989]] - [[Alva R. Fitch]], American World War II and Korean soldier (b. [[1907]])+
-*[[1997]] - [[Monique Serf|Barbara]], French singer (b. [[1930]])+
-* 1997 - [[Kamuzu Banda]], [[President of Malawi]] (b. ca. [[1898]])+
-*[[1998]] - [[Nelson Goodman]], American philosopher (b. [[1906]])+
-* 1998 - [[Flip Wilson]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1933]])+
-*[[2001]] - [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]], Internationally renowned Spiritual Leader of Pakistan (b. [[1941]])+
*[[2002]] - [[Karel Reisz]], Czech theater director (b. [[1926]]) *[[2002]] - [[Karel Reisz]], Czech theater director (b. [[1926]])
-*[[2005]] - [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1946]])+*[[2006]] - [[Phyllis Fraser|Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner]], American actress, journalist and children's book publisher (b. [[1916]])
-* 2005 - [[Richard Burns]], English WRC champion (b. [[1971]])+
-*[[2006]] - [[Sean Bell]], American shooting victim (b. [[1983]])+
-* 2006 - [[Luciano Bottaro]], Italian comic book artist (b. [[1931]])+
-* 2006 - [[Leo Chiosso]], Italian lyricist (b. [[1920]])+
-* 2006 - [[Valentin Elizalde]], Mexican singer (b. [[1979]])+
-* 2006 - [[Phyllis Fraser|Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner]], American actress, journalist and children's book publisher (b. [[1916]]) +
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-==Notes==+
-# John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester+
-# Maurice Denis+
-# Lotte H. Eisner+
-# Leonard Woolf+
-# Yukio Mishima+
-# Jocelyn Brown+
-# David Gascoyne+
-# List of Belgian painters+
-# Alexander Dovzhenko+
-# Nick Drake+
-# The Libertine (2005 film)+
-# Enrico Sabbatini+
-# Ossip Zadkine+
-# Mark Lanegan+
-# Harley Granville-Barker+
-# Karel Reisz+
-# 1968 in film+
-# Connie Palmen+
-* Agatha Christie+
-* David Gascoyne+
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