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| *[[1872]] - [[Women's suffrage]]: In defiance of the law, suffragist [[Susan B. Anthony]] votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. | *[[1872]] - [[Women's suffrage]]: In defiance of the law, suffragist [[Susan B. Anthony]] votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - The [[Kingdom of Poland (Mitteleuropa)|Kingdom of Poland]] proclaimed by the [[Act of November 5th]] of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. | + | *[[1916]] - The [[Everett Massacre]] takes place as political differences lead to a shoot-out between [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] organizers and local police |
| - | * 1916 - The [[Everett Massacre]] takes place as political differences lead to a shoot-out between [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] organizers and local police | + | |
| *[[1917]] - [[October Revolution]]: In [[Tallinn]], [[Esthonia]], [[Communist]] leader [[Jaan Anwelt]] lead revolutionaries in overthrowing the [[Russian Provisional Government, 1917|Provisional Government]] (As Esthonia and Russia are still using the [[Julian Calendar]], subsequent period references show an October 23 date). | *[[1917]] - [[October Revolution]]: In [[Tallinn]], [[Esthonia]], [[Communist]] leader [[Jaan Anwelt]] lead revolutionaries in overthrowing the [[Russian Provisional Government, 1917|Provisional Government]] (As Esthonia and Russia are still using the [[Julian Calendar]], subsequent period references show an October 23 date). | ||
| *1917 - [[Tikhon of Moscow|St. Tikhon of Moscow]] was elected the [[Patriarch of Moscow]] and of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. | *1917 - [[Tikhon of Moscow|St. Tikhon of Moscow]] was elected the [[Patriarch of Moscow]] and of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. | ||
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Art and culture
- 1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- 1916 - The Everett Massacre takes place as political differences lead to a shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police
- 1917 - October Revolution: In Tallinn, Esthonia, Communist leader Jaan Anwelt lead revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Esthonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
- 1917 - St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 1937 - World War II: Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
- 1942 - The World War II Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt.
- 1945 - Colombia joins the United Nations.
- 1962 - A mining accident kills 21 miners at the government-owned Kings Bay Coal Company on Svalbard, leading the Norwegian government to close the mine.
- 1965 - State of Emergency declared in Rhodesia after collapse of negotiations with Great Britain over Rhodesian independence (UDI would follow six days later)
- 1967 - The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan".
- 1983 - Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- 1986 - USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China—the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1987 - Apartheid: In South Africa, Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority South Africa government.
- 1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- 1994 - Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer.
- 1995 - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
- 1996 - President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismissed the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolved National Assembly of Pakistan.
- 2000 - Emperor Haile Selassie I given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
Births
- 1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
- 1494 - Hans Sachs, German mastersinger (d. 1576)
- 1549 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
- 1592 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- 1613 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- 1615 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
- 1667 - Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- 1701 - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
- 1715 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
- 1722 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
- 1742 - Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
- 1835 - Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
- 1846 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
- 1850 - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
- 1851 - Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
- 1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1854 - Alphonse Desjardins, Québécois founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)
- 1855 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
- 1855 - Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
- 1857 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
- 1873 - Teddy Flack, Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896. (d. 1935)
- 1885 - Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
- 1890 - Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
- 1892 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
- 1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
- 1900 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1904 - Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1905 - Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1906 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1906 - Endre Kabos, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1944))
- 1911 - Roy Rogers, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
- 1914 - Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
- 1917 - Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
- 1919 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1919 - Myron Floren, American accordianist The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 - Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
- 1931 - Ike Turner, American musician
- 1934 - Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1935 - Lester Piggott, British jockey
- 1936 - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
- 1937 - Harris Yulin, American actor
- 1938 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
- 1938 - Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
- 1940 - Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician
- 1943 - Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor
- 1945 - Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist
- 1946 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1947 - Peter Noone, English musician (Herman's Hermits)
- 1948 - Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
- 1948 - Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician
- 1948 - Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
- 1948 - Peter Hammill, British musician
- 1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1949 - Armin Shimerman, American actor
- 1949 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
- 1950 - Thorbjørn Jagland, former Norwegian prime minister
- 1952 - Bill Walton, American basketball player and commentator
- 1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1953 - Joyce Maynard, American writer
- 1955 - Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
- 1955 - Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
- 1955 - Nestor Serrano, American actor
- 1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1958 - Robert Patrick, American actor
- 1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
- 1960 - Tilda Swinton, English actress
- 1961 - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
- 1962 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
- 1963 - Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1965 - Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
- 1965 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1968 - Sam Rockwell, American film actor
- 1968 - Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress
- 1968 - Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
- 1970 - Javy Lopez, baseball player
- 1971 - Dana Jacobson, ESPN's First Take hostess
- 1971 - Corin Nemec, American actor
- 1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
- 1971 - Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player
- 1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
- 1973 - Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1973 - Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
- 1974 - Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- 1974 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- 1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
- 1977 - Brittney Skye, American porn star
- 1977 - Richard Wright, English footballer
- 1980 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1980 - Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 - Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
- 1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
- 1986 - BoA, Korean singer
Deaths
- 1370 - Casimir III the Great king of Poland
- 1515 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
- 1559 - Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
- 1660 - Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
- 1660 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1701 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (bc. 1659)
- 1714 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
- 1752 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
- 1758 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- 1828 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
- 1836 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
- 1879 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
- 1923 - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
- 1930 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
- 1933 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
- 1941 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
- 1942 - George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
- 1944 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
- 1951 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (b. 1889)
- 1955 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
- 1956 - Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
- 1960 - Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1960 - Johnny Horton, country music singer (b.1925)
- 1960 - Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (b. 1880)
- 1964 - Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (b. 1893)
- 1964 - Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
- 1971 - Sam Jones, baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1974 - Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1975 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
- 1975 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
- 1975 - Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905)
- 1977 - René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
- 1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
- 1979 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 1982 - Edward Hallett Carr, historian
- 1982 - Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 1985 - Spencer W. Kimball, twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
- 1985 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
- 1986 - Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
- 1986 - Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
- 1989 - Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Meir Kahane, Israeli rabbi and activist (b. 1932)
- 1991 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1991 - Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (b. 1923)
- 1992 - Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
- 1996 - Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 1997 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 1997 - Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born historian of ideas (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 2000 - Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926)
- 2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
- 2001 - Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Barry Horne , a British animal liberation activist.
- 2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
- 2005 - John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (b. 1925)
Notes
- Jacques Tati
- Catherine the Great
- Georges Franju
- Potlatch Magazine
- John Fowles
- Mack Sennett
- John Berger
- Herman Brood
- Raymond Loewy
- Diagonal Symphony
- René Goscinny
- Jim Steranko
- Elke Sommer
- Richard Oswald (November 5, 1880 - September 11, 1963) was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.
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