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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[954]] – The 13-year-old [[Lothair of France|Lothair III]] is crowned at the [[Abbey of Saint-Remi]] as king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John Bagnell|last=Bury|author-link=J. B. Bury|title=The Cambridge Medieval History vol 3 - Germany and the Western Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exuwlXT-ys0C&pg=PT74|year=1922|publisher=Plantagenet Publishing|pages=74}}</ref> *[[1028]] – Future [[Byzantine emperor|Byzantine empress]] [[Zoe Porphyrogenita|Zoe]] takes the throne as empress consort to [[Romanos III Argyros]].<ref>{{cite book|first=E.|last=Woodacre|title=Queenship in the Mediterranean: Negotiating the Role of the Queen in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0uvAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|date=18 December 2013|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave Macmillan US]]|isbn=978-1-137-36283-4|pages=28}}</ref> *[[1330]] – [[Battle of Posada]] ends: Wallachian Voievode [[Basarab I]] defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Mircea|last1=Mușat|first2=Ion|last2=Ardeleanu|title=From Ancient Dacia to Modern Romania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPsJAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică|page=112}}</ref> *[[1439]] – [[Plymouth]] becomes the first town incorporated by the [[Parliament of England|English Parliament]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1835]] – Construction is completed on the [[Wilberforce Monument]] in [[Kingston Upon Hull]].<ref name=Wilberforce>{{Cite web|title=Wilberforce Monument, Non Civil Parish - 1283041|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283041|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629090123/https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283041|archive-date=29 June 2017|access-date=1 October 2021|website=[[Historic England]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Pudge Heffelfinger]] becomes the first professional [[American football]] player on record, participating in his first paid game for the [[Allegheny Athletic Association]]. *[[1893]] – [[Abdur Rahman Khan]] accepts the [[Durand Line]] as the border between the [[Emirate of Afghanistan]] and the [[British Raj]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – Norway holds [[Norwegian monarchy plebiscite, 1905|a referendum]] resulting in popular approval of the [[Parliament of Norway|Storting's]] decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yearbook on Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=depWAAAAYAAJ|year=1972|publisher=[[United Nations]]|page=202}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[First Balkan War]]: King [[George I of Greece]] makes a triumphal entry into [[Thessaloniki]] after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule. * 1912 – The frozen bodies of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Robert Scott]] and his men are found on the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeffrey|last=Richards|author-link=Jeffrey Richards|title=Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJUbPSBT94C&pg=PA395|year=2001|publisher=[[Manchester University Press]]|isbn=978-0-7190-6143-1|pages=395}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Dissolution of Austria-Hungary]]: Austria becomes a [[Republic of German-Austria|republic]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Donald G.|last=Daviau|title=Major figures of Austrian literature: the interwar years 1918-1938|url=https://archive.org/details/majorfiguresofau00davi|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Ariadne Press|isbn=978-0-929497-60-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/majorfiguresofau00davi/page/4 4]}}</ref> After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist ''Red Guard'' is defeated by the social-democratic [[Volkswehr]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Mark E.|last=Blum|title=The Austro-Marxists, 1890-1918: a psychobiographical study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4SIiAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=978-0-8131-1515-3|page=240}}</ref> *[[1920]] – The [[1920 Cork hunger strike]] by [[Irish republicanism|Irish republicans]] ends after three deaths.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30943591.html |title=Death of MacSwiney had enormous significance as prisoners hunger strike drew global coverage |last=Dwyer |first=Ryle |date=13 August 2019 |website=Irish Examiner |publisher= |access-date=13 March 2024 |quote=}}</ref> *[[1920]] – Italy and the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] sign the [[Treaty of Rapallo (1920)|Treaty of Rapallo]]. *[[1927]] – [[Leon Trotsky]] is expelled from the [[Soviet Communist Party]], leaving [[Joseph Stalin]] in undisputed control of the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1928]] – {{SS|Vestris}} sinks approximately {{convert|200|mi|km}} off [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]], killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned. *[[1933]] – [[Nazi Germany]] uses a [[1933 German referendum|referendum]] to ratify its withdrawal from the [[League of Nations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1933/nov/13/secondworldwar.germany2 |title=All Germans rounded up to vote |journal=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 November 1933 |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> *[[1936]] – In California, the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] opens to traffic.<ref>{{cite book|title=Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-IcAQAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=[[Public Affairs Information Service]]|page=124}}</ref> *[[1938]] – Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Elimination of Jews from Economic Life prohibiting Jews from selling goods and services or working in a trade, totally segregating Jews from the [[Economy of Nazi Germany|German economy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1938: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1938-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Gabon]] ends as [[Free French Forces]] take [[Libreville]], [[Gabon]], and all of [[French Equatorial Africa]] from [[Vichy France|Vichy French]] forces. * 1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] arrives in Berlin to discuss [[German–Soviet Axis talks|the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers]]. *[[1941]] – World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to {{convert|-12|°C}} as the [[Soviet Union]] launches [[ski troops]] for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city. * 1941 – World War II: The {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Chervona Ukraina}} is destroyed during the [[Battle of Sevastopol]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Warship International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBFHAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=[[International Naval Research Organization]]|page=348}}</ref> *[[1942]] – World War II: [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]] between Japanese and American forces begins near [[Guadalcanal]]. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory. *[[1944]] – World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] launches 29 [[Avro Lancaster]] bombers, which [[Operation Catechism|sink]] the German [[battleship]] ''[[German battleship Tirpitz|Tirpitz]]'', with 12,000 lb [[Tallboy bomb]]s off [[Tromsø]], Norway. *[[1948]] – [[Aftermath of World War II]]: In Tokyo, the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]] sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General [[Hideki Tojo]], to death for their roles in World War II. *[[1954]] – [[Ellis Island]] ceases operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Ellis Island shepherded millions of immigrants into America |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/modern-history/ellis-island-millions-immigrants-united-states-america/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114152420/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/modern-history/ellis-island-millions-immigrants-united-states-america/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |website=History |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=en |date=13 November 2019}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Morocco]], [[Sudan]] and [[Tunisia]] join the [[United Nations]]. * 1956 – In the midst of the [[Suez Crisis]], [[Palestinian refugees]] are [[1956 Rafah massacre|shot dead in Rafah]] by [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel Defense Force]] soldiers following the invasion of the [[Gaza Strip]]. *[[1958]] – A team of rock climbers led by [[Warren Harding (climber)|Warren Harding]] completes the first ascent of [[The Nose (El Capitan)|The Nose]] on [[El Capitan]] in [[Yosemite Valley]]. *[[1961]] – Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the [[ketch]] [[Bluebelle (ship)|''Bluebelle'']].<ref>{{cite web |first1=Tere |last1=Duperrault Fassbender |first2=Richard D., Ph.D. |last2=Logan |title=Orphaned on the Ocean: The Unbelievable Story of Terry Jo Duperrault |url=https://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/orphaned-on-the-ocean-the-unbelievable-story-of-terry-jo-duperrault/ |website=[[Reader's Digest]] |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221101656/https://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/orphaned-on-the-ocean-the-unbelievable-story-of-terry-jo-duperrault/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Independent investigative journalist [[Seymour Hersh]] breaks the story of the [[My Lai Massacre]]. *[[1970]] – The [[Oregon Highway Division]] attempts to destroy a rotting beached [[sperm whale]] with explosives, leading to the now infamous [[Exploding whale#Sperm whale explosion by George Thornton of the Florence-Oregon whale|"exploding whale"]] incident. * 1970 – The [[1970 Bhola cyclone]] makes landfall on the coast of [[East Pakistan]], becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. *[[1971]] – Vietnam War: As part of [[Vietnamization]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from [[Vietnam]]. *1971 – [[Aeroflot Flight N-63]] crashes on approach to [[Havryshivka Vinnytsia International Airport|Vinnytsia Airport]], killing 48.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24B CCCP-46809 Vinnitsa Airport (VIN) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711112-0 |access-date=2021-01-08 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1975]] – The [[Comoros]] joins the United Nations. *[[1977]] – [[France]] conducts the ''Oreste'' nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, [[1975–78 French nuclear tests]] series. *[[1979]] – [[Iran hostage crisis]]: In response to the hostage situation in [[Tehran]], U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from [[Iran]]. *[[1980]] – The [[NASA]] space probe ''[[Voyager I]]'' makes its closest approach to [[Saturn]] and takes the first images of its [[Rings of Saturn|rings]]. *[[1981]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: Mission [[STS-2]], utilizing the [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]'', marks the first time a crewed spacecraft is launched into space twice. *[[1982]] – [[USSR]]: [[Yuri Andropov]] becomes the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|General Secretary]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party's Central Committee]], succeeding [[Leonid I. Brezhnev]]. *[[1990]] – [[Crown Prince]] [[Akihito]] is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. * 1990 – [[Tim Berners-Lee]] publishes a formal proposal for the [[World Wide Web]]. *[[1991]] – [[Santa Cruz massacre]]: The [[Indonesian Army]] open fire on a crowd of student protesters in [[Dili]], East Timor. *[[1995]] – [[Erdut Agreement]] regarding the peaceful resolution to the [[Croatian War of Independence]] is reached. *1995 – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on [[STS-74]] to deliver the [[Mir Docking Module|''Mir'' Docking Module]] to the Russian space station ''[[Mir]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-74 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-74.htm |access-date=July 29, 2024 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref> *[[1996]] – A [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]] [[Boeing 747]] and a Kazakh [[Ilyushin Il-76]] cargo plane [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision|collide in mid-air]] near New Delhi, killing 349 in the deadliest mid-air collision to date. *[[1997]] – [[Ramzi Yousef]] is found guilty of masterminding the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]]. *[[1999]] – The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1999 Düzce earthquake|Düzce earthquake]] shakes northwestern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured. *[[2001]] – In New York City, [[American Airlines Flight 587]], an [[Airbus A300]] ''en route'' to the [[Dominican Republic]], crashes minutes after takeoff from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]], killing all 260 on board and five on the ground. * 2001 – [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)#Fall of Kabul|War in Afghanistan]]: [[Taliban]] forces abandon [[Kabul]], ahead of advancing [[Afghan Northern Alliance]] troops. *[[2003]] – [[Iraq War]]: In [[Nasiriyah]], Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], are killed in a [[2003 Nasiriyah bombing|suicide bomb attack]] on an Italian police base. * 2003 – [[Shanghai Transrapid]] sets a new [[Land speed record for rail vehicles|world speed record]] of {{convert|501|km/h|mph}} for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles. *[[2011]] – [[Silvio Berlusconi]] tenders his resignation as [[Prime Minister of Italy]], effective November 16, due in large part to the [[European sovereign debt crisis]]. * 2011 – A [[Bid Kaneh explosion|blast]] in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the [[IRGC|Revolutionary Guards]] members, including [[Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam]], a key figure in Iran's missile program. *[[2014]] – The [[Philae (spacecraft)|Philae lander]], deployed from the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta probe]], reaches the surface of Comet [[67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko]]. *2014 – An Armenian [[Mil Mi-24]] attack helicopter is [[2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown|shot down]] by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.<ref name="helo">{{Cite news |last=Harutyunyan |first=Sargis |date=2014-11-12 |title=Armenian Helicopter Shot Down Near Karabakh |url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/26687991.html |access-date=2014-11-15 |work="Free Europe/Freedom" radio station}}</ref> *[[2015]] – Two [[suicide bomber]]s [[2015 Beirut bombings|detonate explosives]] in [[Bourj el-Barajneh]], [[Beirut]], killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others. *[[2017]] – The 7.3 {{M|w}} [[2017 Kermanshah earthquake|Kermanshah earthquake]] shakes the northern [[Iran]]–[[Iraq]] border with a maximum [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured. *[[2021]] – The [[Los Angeles Superior Court]] formally ends [[Britney Spears conservatorship dispute|the 14-year conservatorship]] to pop singer [[Britney Spears]].<ref name="Termination">{{cite news |last=Melas |first=Chloe |title=Britney Spears' conservatorship ends |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/entertainment/britney-spears-conservatorship-ends/index.html |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – A [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] and a [[Bell P-63 Kingcobra]] [[2022 Dallas air show mid-air collision|collide in mid-air]] over [[Dallas Executive Airport]] during an airshow, killing six.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deliso |first=Meredith |date=2022-11-13 |title=6 dead after 2 planes collide and crash during WWII air show in Dallas |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/aircraft-collide-crash-wwii-airshow-dallas/story?id=93175961 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225051958/https://abcnews.go.com/US/aircraft-collide-crash-wwii-airshow-dallas/story?id=93175961 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1450]] – [[Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont]], Prince of Savoy (died 1486) *[[1492]] – [[Johan Rantzau]], German general (died 1565) *[[1494]] – [[Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen]], Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony (died 1521) *[[1528]] – [[Qi Jiguang]], Chinese general (died 1588) *[[1547]] – [[Claude of Valois]], French princess (died 1575)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charlotte Franken Haldane|title=Queen of Hearts: Marguerite of Valois ('La Reine Margot') 1553-1615|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1o8MAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Constable|page=5|isbn=9780486118949}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg]], German nobleman (died 1635) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Jeanne Mance]], French-Canadian nurse, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal]] (died 1673) *[[1615]] – [[Richard Baxter]], English minister, poet, and theologian (died 1691) *[[1627]] – [[Diego Luis de San Vitores]], Spanish Jesuit missionary (died 1672) *[[1651]] – [[Juana Inés de la Cruz]], Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (died 1695)<ref>{{cite book|first=Pamela|last=Kirk|title=Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Religion, Art, and Feminism|location=New York|publisher=Continuum|year=1999|page=18|isbn=978-0-82641-169-3}}</ref> *[[1655]] – [[Francis Nicholson]], British Army general and colonial administrator (died 1727) *[[1684]] – [[Edward Vernon]], English admiral and politician (died 1757) *[[1729]] – [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]], French admiral and explorer (died 1811) *[[1755]] – [[Gerhard von Scharnhorst]], Prussian general and politician, [[Prussian Minister of War]] (died 1813) *[[1774]] – [[Charles Bell]], Scottish surgeon and artist (died 1842)<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1211566921.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924202636/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1211566921.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Sir Charles Bell: The artist who went to the roots!|journal= Journal of Postgraduate Medicine|date=1 April 2004|last1=Kazi|first1=Rehan|last2=Rhys-Evans|first2=P.|volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=158–9 |pmid=15235222 }}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[Piet Retief]], South African ruler (died 1838) *[[1793]] – [[Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz]], Livonian physician and botanist (died 1831) *[[1795]] – [[Thaddeus William Harris]], American entomologist and botanist (died 1856) *[[1815]] – [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], American activist (died 1902)<ref>{{cite book | last=Kent | first=Deborah | title=Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Woman Knows the Cost of Life | place=Berkeley Heights, New Jersey | publisher=Enslow Publishers | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-7660-3357-3 | page=[https://archive.org/details/elizabethcadysta0000kent/page/114 114] | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/elizabethcadysta0000kent/page/114 }}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Bahá'u'lláh]], Persian spiritual leader, founded the [[Baháʼí Faith]] (died 1892)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Melton | first1=J. Gordon | last2=Baumann | first2=Martin | title=Religions of the World : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices | place=Santa Barbara | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-5988-4203-6 | page=354}}</ref> *[[1833]] – [[Alexander Borodin]], Russian composer and chemist (died 1887) *[[1840]] – [[Auguste Rodin]], French sculptor and illustrator, created [[The Thinker]] (died 1917) *[[1842]] – [[John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1919) *[[1848]] – [[Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)|Eduard Müller]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 1919) *[[1850]] – [[Mikhail Chigorin]], Russian chess player and theoretician (died 1908) *[[1866]] – [[Sun Yat-sen]], Chinese physician and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of China]] (died 1925)<ref>{{cite book | last=Chaurasia | first=Radhey Shyam | title=Modern History of China | place=New Delhi | publisher=Atlantic | year=2004 | isbn=978-8-1269-0315-3 | page=131}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[William Fay]], Irish actor and producer (died 1947) *[[1881]] – [[Olev Siinmaa]], Estonian-Swedish architect (died 1948) * 1881 – [[Maximilian von Weichs]], German field marshal (died 1954) *[[1886]] – [[Günther Dyhrenfurth]], German geologist and mountaineer (died 1975) * 1886 – [[Ben Travers]], English author and playwright (died 1980) *[[1889]] – [[DeWitt Wallace]], American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (died 1981) *[[1890]] – [[Lily Kronberger]], Hungarian figure skater (died 1974) *[[1892]] – [[Tudor Davies]], Welsh tenor and actor (died 1958) *[[1894]] – [[Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe]], Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (died 1976) *[[1895]] – [[Manuel Alonso Areizaga]], Spanish tennis player (died 1984) * 1895 – [[Marguerite Henry (scientist)|Marguerite Henry]], Australian zoologist (died 1982)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Damkaer |first=David M. |date=2014-07-07 |title=Marguerite Henry (1895-1982), brief candle to Australian entomostracans |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-lookup/doi/10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=534–538 |doi=10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |bibcode=2014JCBio..34..534D |issn=0278-0372}}</ref> * 1895 – [[Nima Yooshij]], Iranian poet and academic (died 1960) *[[1896]] – [[Salim Ali]], Indian ornithologist and author (died 1987) *[[1897]] – [[Karl Marx (composer)|Karl Marx]], German composer and conductor (died 1985) *[[1898]] – [[Leon Štukelj]], Slovenian gymnast (died 1999) *[[1900]] – [[Stanley Graham]], New Zealand mass murderer (died 1941) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[James Luther Adams]], American minister and theologian (died 1994) *[[1903]] – [[Jack Oakie]], American actor (died 1978) *[[1904]] – [[Max Hoffman]], Austrian-born car importer and businessman (died 1981) *[[1905]] – [[Louise Thaden]], American pilot (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Nancy A | last1=Williams | first2=Jeannie M | last2=Whayne | title=Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives | place=Fayetteville | publisher=University of Arkansas Press | year=2000 | isbn=978-1-5572-8588-1 |page=286}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[George Dillon (poet)|George Dillon]], American soldier and poet (died 1968) *[[1908]] – [[Harry Blackmun]], American lawyer and judge (died 1999)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 12: Anne Hathaway, Wallace Shawn |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/12/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-12-Anne-Hathaway-Wallace-Shawn/4721668212479/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Nov.,%2C%20Wallace%20Shawn%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=10 November 2023 |date=12 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Dudley Nourse]], South African cricketer (died 1981) *[[1911]] – [[Buck Clayton]], American trumpet player and academic (died 1991) *[[1915]] – [[Roland Barthes]], French philosopher, theorist, and critic (died 1980) *[[1916]] – [[Paul Emery]], English racing driver (died 1993) * 1916 – [[Jean Papineau-Couture]], Canadian composer and academic (died 2000) *[[1917]] – [[Jo Stafford]], American singer (died 2008)<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 2008 |title=Jo Stafford, Wistful Voice of WWII Era, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/arts/music/19stafford.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 |access-date=12 Nov 2024 |work=New York Times}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[France Štiglic]], Slovenian film director and screenwriter (died 1993) *[[1920]] – [[Richard Quine]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989) *[[1922]] – [[Tadeusz Borowski]], Polish poet, author, and journalist (died 1951) * 1922 – [[Kim Hunter]], American actress (died 2002) *[[1923]] – [[Ian Graham]], English archaeologist and explorer (died 2017) * 1923 – [[Loriot]], German humorist, actor, and director (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diogenes.ch/leser/aktuell/news/709 |title=Loriot alias Vicco von Bülow gestorben |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916233333/http://www.diogenes.ch/leser/aktuell/news/709 |archive-date=16 September 2011 |work=[[Diogenes Verlag]] |language=de |trans-title=Loriot, alias Vicco von Bülow, has died }}</ref> * 1923 – [[Rubén Bonifaz Nuño]], Mexican poet and scholar (died 2013) *[[1924]] – [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]], American bassist, cellist, and composer (died 1981) *[[1926]] – [[Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley]], English lawyer and judge (died 2016) *[[1927]] – [[František Šťastný]], Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2000) * 1927 – [[Yutaka Taniyama]], Japanese mathematician and theorist (died 1958) *[[1929]] – [[Michael Ende]], German author and fiction writer (died 1995) * 1929 – [[Grace Kelly]], American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (died 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Kelly {{!}} American actress and princess of Monaco |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Bob Crewe]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2014) *[[1934]] – [[Charles Manson]], American cult leader (died 2017)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1934 – [[John McGahern]], Irish author and educator (died 2006) * 1934 – [[Vavá]], Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2002) *[[1937]] – [[Richard H. Truly]], NASA astronaut (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard H. Truly |url=https://www.nasa.gov/people/richard-h-truly/ |website=NASA |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Delano Lewis]], American diplomat (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Delano E. Lewis Papers, 1960–1997 |url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead%2Fksrl.kc.lewisdelanoe.xml%3Broute%3Dksrlead%3Bbrand%3Dksrlead%3Bquery%3D |publisher=[[University of Kansas]] |access-date=May 20, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054503/http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead%2Fksrl.kc.lewisdelanoe.xml%3Broute%3Dksrlead%3Bbrand%3Dksrlead%3Bquery%3D |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1938 – [[Benjamin Mkapa]], Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd [[President of Tanzania]] (died 2020) * 1938 – [[Mort Shuman]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1991) *[[1939]] – [[Lucia Popp]], Slovak soprano (died 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juhanová |first=Dáša |date=2017-06-13 |title=Vo Viedenskej štátnej opere slávnostne odhalili bustu Lucie Poppovej |url=https://operaslovakia.sk/vo-viedenskej-statnej-opere-slavnostne-odhalili-bustu-lucie-poppovej/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Opera Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Michel Audet]], Canadian economist and politician * 1940 – [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]], Indian actor & director (died 1992) * 1940 – [[Jürgen Todenhöfer]], German judge and politician *[[1943]] – [[Errol Brown]], Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (died 2015) * 1943 – [[Brian Hyland]], American pop singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1943 – [[Wallace Shawn]], American actor, comedian and playwright<ref name="AP" /> * 1943 – [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish racing driver (died 2014) * 1943 – [[John Walker (musician)|John Walker]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011) *[[1944]] – [[Ken Houston]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Houston |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/ken-houston/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Booker T. Jones]], American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1944 – [[Al Michaels]], American sportscaster<ref name="AP" /> *[[1945]] – [[Michael Bishop (author)|Michael Bishop]], American author and educator (died 2023) * 1945 – [[Judith Roitman]], American mathematician and academic * 1945 – [[Neil Young]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 12, 2022 includes celebrities Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-12-2022-includes-celebrities-ryan-gosling-anne-hathaway.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=10 November 2023 |date=12 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Alexandra Charles]], Swedish businesswoman *[[1947]] – [[Buck Dharma]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Patrice Leconte]], French director and screenwriter *[[1948]] – [[Hassan Rouhani]], Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th [[President of Iran]]<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1949]] – [[Ron Lapointe]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992) * 1949 – [[Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)|Jack Reed]], American soldier and politician *[[1950]] – [[Barbara Fairchild]], American country and gospel singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1953]] – [[Baaba Maal]], Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1954]] – [[Paul McNamee]], Australian tennis player *[[1955]] – [[Les McKeown]], Scottish pop singer (died 2021) *[[1957]] – [[Tim Samaras]], American engineer, storm chaser (died 2013) * 1957 – [[Ivan Šuker]], Croatian politician and economist (died 2023)<ref>[http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/ivan_suker "Ivan Šuker / Members of the Government"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725093420/http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/ivan_suker |date=25 July 2009 }} Government of the Republic Croatia - official web portal. Retrieved 21 January 2010.</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Megan Mullally]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1958 – [[Mykola Vynnychenko (athlete)|Mykola Vynnychenko]], Ukrainian race walker *[[1959]] – [[Vincent Irizarry]], American actor * 1959 – [[Toshihiko Sahashi]], Japanese composer *[[1960]] – [[Maurane]], Belgian singer and actress (died 2018) *[[1961]] – [[Nadia Comăneci]], Romanian gymnast and coach<ref>{{cite book|author=Janet Woolum|title=Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and how They Influenced Sports in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWmCWO6SpsYC&pg=PA99|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-120-4|pages=99}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Enzo Francescoli]], Uruguayan footballer *[[1962]] – [[Kuniko Asagi]], Japanese actress and television host * 1962 – [[Jon Dough]], American porn actor, director, and producer (died 2006) * 1962 – [[Mariella Frostrup]], British journalist and actress * 1962 – [[Mark Hunter (ice hockey)|Mark Hunter]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager * 1962 – [[Neal Shusterman]], American author and poet * 1962 – [[Naomi Wolf]], American author and activist<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1964]] – [[Vic Chesnutt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009) * 1964 – [[David Ellefson]], American bass player and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 – [[Wang Kuang-hui]], Taiwanese baseball player and coach * 1964 – [[Barbara Stühlmeyer]], German musicologist, church musician and writer *[[1965]] – [[Lex Lang]], American voice actor and producer *[[1967]] – [[Bassim Al-Karbalaei]], Iraqi Eulogy Reciter * 1967 – [[Disco Inferno (wrestler)|Disco Inferno]], American wrestler and manager * 1967 – [[Iryna Khalip]], Belarusian journalist * 1967 – [[Michael Moorer]], American boxer * 1967 – [[Grant Nicholas]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1968]] – [[Kathleen Hanna]], American singer-songwriter * 1968 – [[Sammy Sosa]], Dominican-American baseball player<ref name="UPI" /> * 1968 – [[Aaron Stainthorpe]], English-German singer-songwriter *[[1969]] – [[Ian Bremmer]], American political scientist and author * 1969 – [[Jason Cundy]], English footballer and sportscaster * 1969 – [[Rob Schrab]], American writer and artist *[[1970]] – [[Elektra (wrestling)|Elektra]], American wrestler, model, and dancer * 1970 – [[Tonya Harding]], American figure skater<ref name="UPI" /> * 1970 – [[Sarah Harmer]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1970 – [[Oscar Strasnoy]], French-Argentine composer *[[1971]] – [[Chen Guangcheng]], Chinese-American lawyer and activist * 1971 – [[Rebecca Wisocky]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1972]] – [[Vassilios Tsiartas]], Greek footballer *[[1973]] – [[Radha Mitchell]], Australian actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1973 – [[Ethan Zohn]], American [[United States Soccer Federation|pro soccer]] player and ''[[Survivor: Africa]]'' winner *[[1974]] – [[Alessandro Birindelli]], Italian footballer * 1974 – [[Tamala Jones]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1975]] – [[Kiara Bisaro]], Canadian mountain biker<ref>{{cite web |title=Kiara BISARO - Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike {{!}} Canada |url=https://www.olympic.org/kiara-bisaro |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=13 January 2020 |language=en |date=20 June 2016}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Jason Lezak]], American swimmer * 1975 – [[Amy Neighbors]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=21 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Tevin Campbell]], American R&B singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Judith Holofernes]], German singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1976 – [[Richelle Mead]], American author and educator * 1976 – [[Mirosław Szymkowiak]], Polish footballer and journalist *[[1977]] – [[Benni McCarthy]], South African footballer * 1977 – [[Lee Murray]], English mixed martial artist *[[1978]] – [[Alexandra Maria Lara]], Romanian-German actress * 1978 – [[Mista (footballer)|Mista]], Spanish footballer * 1978 – [[Ashley Williams (actress)|Ashley Williams]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Matt Cappotelli]], American wrestler and trainer (died 2018) * 1979 – [[Cote de Pablo]], Chilean actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Lucas Glover]], American golfer * 1979 – [[Corey Maggette]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1979 – [[Matt Stevic]], Australian footballer and umpire *[[1980]] – [[Shaun Cooper (musician)|Shaun Cooper]], American bass player * 1980 – [[Nur Fettahoğlu]], German-Turkish journalist and actress * 1980 – [[Ryan Gosling]], Canadian actor, producer and singer<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TSSQq6nwKEC|date=18 October 2010|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-174027-2|page=557}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Charlie Hodgson]], English rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Annika Becker]], German pole vaulter * 1981 – [[DJ Campbell]], English footballer * 1981 – [[Sergio Floccari]], Italian footballer *[[1982]] – [[Anne Hathaway]], American actress<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Famous birthdays list for today, November 12, 2024 includes celebrities Ryan Gosling, Ashley Williams|work=The Plain Dealer|date=November 12, 2024|accessdate=November 12, 2024|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/11/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-november-12-2024-includes-celebrities-ryan-gosling-ashley-williams.html}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Mikele Leigertwood]], English footballer *[[1983]] – [[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Charlie Morton]], American baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Sepp De Roover]], Belgian footballer * 1984 – [[Jorge Masvidal]], American Mixed Martial Artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Jorge Masvidal |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2500857/jorge-masvidal |website=ESPN.com |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Omarion]], American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer <ref>[https://www.who2.com/bio/omarion/ Omarion | Who2<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1984 – [[Sandara Park]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actress * 1984 – [[Conrad Rautenbach]], Zimbabwean racing driver *[[1985]] – [[Arianny Celeste]], American model and actress * 1985 – [[Adlène Guedioura]], French-Algerian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Ignazio Abate]], Italian footballer * 1986 – [[Nedum Onuoha]], English footballer *[[1987]] – [[Jason Day (golfer)|Jason Day]], Australian golfer * 1987 – [[Kengo Kora]], Japanese actor *[[1988]] – [[Russell Westbrook]], American basketball player *[[1989]] – [[Hiroshi Kiyotake]], Japanese footballer *[[1990]] – [[Adrianna Franch]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrianna Franch {{!}} USWNT {{!}} U.S. Soccer Official Site |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/f/adrianna-franch |access-date=2021-01-14 |website=www.ussoccer.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Florent Manaudou]], French swimmer * 1990 – [[Marcell Ozuna]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcell Ozuna |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/marcell-ozuna-542303 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Harmeet Singh (footballer)|Harmeet Singh]], Norwegian footballer * 1990 – [[Siim-Sander Vene]], Estonian basketball player *[[1991]] – [[Cairo Santos]], Brazilian gridiron football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cairo Santos |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/17427/cairo-santos |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Gijs Van Hoecke]], Belgian cyclist *[[1992]] – [[Dāvis Bertāns]], Latvian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Davis Bertans |url=https://www.nba.com/player/202722/davis-bertans |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Trey Burke]], American basketball player * 1992 – [[Adam Larsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Larsson |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2562610/adam-larsson |website=[[ESPN.com]] |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Luguelín Santos]], Dominican sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Luguelín Santos |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/121084 |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Tomáš Hertl]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomas Hertl |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/player/tomas-hertl-8476881 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Guillaume Cizeron]], French ice dancer<ref>{{cite web |title=Guillaume CIZERON - Olympic {{!}} France |url=https://www.olympic.org/guillaume-cizeron |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=en |date=17 January 2019}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Thomas Lemar]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web | title=Thomas Lemar | url=https://www.laliga.com/jugador/lemar | publisher=[[La Liga]] |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[xQc]], Canadian online streamer<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1062210254895755267 |user=xQc |title=Thank you for all the birthday wishes and the big stream today. It was pretty pog even though we we're losing most games. You guys are always all amazing and make the stream what it is. Hope you all have a good night and i'll catch you in the morning. Gn <3 |date=November 12, 2018 |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Dexter Lawrence]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dexter Lawrence II |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035483/dexter-lawrence-ii |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> * [[1998]] – [[Jules Koundé]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web | title= Jules Koundé | url=https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/futbol/primer-equipo/jugadores/15552/jules-kounde| publisher=[[FC Barcelona]] |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> *1998 – [[Elias Pettersson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elias Pettersson |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/elias-pettersson-8480012 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Choi Yoo-jung (singer)|Choi Yoo-jung]], South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.tf.co.kr/read/entertain/1711030.htm|title=[TF무술년 ENT③] 2018년 주목받을 갓 스무살 스타는 누구?|access-date=September 9, 2018|date=January 2, 2018|work=The Fact|language=ko|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915225245/http://news.tf.co.kr/read/entertain/1711030.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Raffey Cassidy]], English actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[2002]] – [[Paolo Banchero]], Italian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Paolo Banchero |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631094/paolo-banchero |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> *2002 – [[Tino Livramento]], English footballer <ref>{{cite web |title=Tino Livramento|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49495/Tino-Livramento/overview | publisher=[[Premier League]] |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[607]] – [[Pope Boniface III]] * [[657]] – [[Livinus]], Irish [[apostle]] (born c.580) * [[973]] – [[Burchard III, Duke of Swabia|Burchard III]], Frankish nobleman (born c.915) * [[975]] – [[Notker Physicus]], Swiss painter *[[1035]] – [[Cnut the Great]], Danish-English king (born c.995) *[[1087]] – [[William I, Count of Burgundy]] (born 1020) *[[1094]] – [[Duncan II of Scotland]] (born 1060) *[[1202]] – [[Canute VI of Denmark]] (born 1163) *[[1209]] – [[Philippe du Plessis]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born 1165) *[[1218]] – [[Henry de Abergavenny]], Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff *[[1347]] – [[John of Viktring]], Austrian chronicler and political advisor (born c.1270) *[[1375]] – [[John Henry, Margrave of Moravia]] (born 1322)<ref>[http://www.spock.com/John-Henry,-Margrave-of-Moravia Spock Beta] (''dead link'')</ref> *[[1434]] – [[Louis III of Anjou]] (born 1403) *[[1555]] – [[Stephen Gardiner]], English bishop and politician, [[Secretary of State (England)|English Secretary of State]] (born 1497) * 1555 – [[Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty)|Yang Jisheng]] (born 1516), Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sun |first1=Yüen-king |last2=Goodrich |first2=L. Carrington |date=1976 |title=Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644, Volume 2 |chapter=Yang Chi-sheng |location=New York and London |publisher=Columbia University Press |editor-last1=Goodrich |editor-first1=L. Carrington |editor-last2=Fang |editor-first2=Chaoying |pages=1503–1505 |isbn=0-231-03833-X |author-link2=Luther Carrington Goodrich}}</ref> * 1555 – [[Zhang Jing (Ming dynasty)|Zhang Jing]], Ming Chinese general *[[1562]] – [[Pietro Martire Vermigli]], Italian theologian (born 1500) *[[1567]] – [[Anne de Montmorency]], French general and diplomat (born 1493) *[[1572]] – [[Henry of Stolberg]], German nobleman (born 1509) *[[1595]] – [[John Hawkins (naval commander)|John Hawkins]], English admiral and shipbuilder (born 1532) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[Josaphat Kuntsevych]], Lithuanian archbishop (born c. 1582) *[[1667]] – [[Hans Nansen]], Danish politician (born 1598) *[[1671]] – [[Thomas Fairfax]], English general and politician (born 1612) *[[1742]] – [[Friedrich Hoffmann]], German physician and chemist (born 1660) *[[1793]] – [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]], French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Paris]] (born 1736) * 1793 – [[Lord George Gordon]], English politician (born 1751) *[[1836]] – [[Juan Ramón Balcarce]], Argentinian general and politician, 6th [[Governor of Buenos Aires Province]] (born 1773) *[[1847]] – [[William Christopher Zeise]], Danish chemist who prepared [[Zeise's salt]], one of the first organometallic compounds (born 1789) *[[1865]] – [[Elizabeth Gaskell]], English author (born 1810)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Geoffrey Sharps|title=Mrs. Gaskell's Observation and Invention: A Study of Her Non-biographic Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrVaAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Linden Press|page=545|isbn=9780900001000}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Joseph James Cheeseman]], Liberian politician, 12th [[President of Liberia]] (born 1843) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[William Henry Barlow]], English engineer (born 1812) *[[1916]] – [[Percival Lowell]], American astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1855) *[[1933]] – [[John Cady (golfer)|John Cady]], American golfer (born 1866) * 1933 – [[F. Holland Day]], American photographer and publisher (born 1864) *[[1939]] – [[Norman Bethune]], Canadian physician and humanitarian (born 1890) *[[1942]] – [[Maurice O'Neill (Irish republican)|Maurice O'Neill]], executed [[Irish Republican]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Colm |title=Garda assassinations and IRA executions during the Emergency |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/garda-assassinations-and-ira-executions-during-the-emergency-1.3075417 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Albert Bond Lambert]], American golfer and pilot (born 1875) * 1946 – [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], Indian academic and politician, [[President of the Indian National Congress]] (born 1861) *[[1948]] – [[Umberto Giordano]], Italian composer (born 1867) *[[1950]] – [[Lesley Ashburner]], American hurdler (born 1883) * 1950 – [[Julia Marlowe]], English-American actress (born 1865) *[[1955]] – [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the [[Grand Hotel Aranybika]] (born 1878) * 1955 – [[Tin Ujević]], Croatian poet and translator (born 1891) * 1955 – [[Sarah Wambaugh]], American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (born 1882) *[[1958]] – [[Gustaf Söderström]], Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and [[tug of war]] competitor (born 1865) *[[1962]] – [[Roque González Garza]], Mexican general and acting president (1915) (born 1885)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10030/Roque%20Gonzalez%20Garza|title=Roque González Garza|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Many Benner]], French painter (born 1873)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER, Emmanuel Michel |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-emmanuel-michel/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983 |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Taher Saifuddin]], Indian spiritual leader, 51st [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (born 1888) *[[1969]] – [[Liu Shaoqi]], Chinese politician, 2nd [[Chairman of the People's Republic of China]] (born 1898) *[[1971]] – [[Hanna Neumann|Johanna von Caemmerer]], German mathematician (born 1914)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/159 159] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/159 }}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Rudolf Friml]], Czech-American pianist and composer (born 1879)<ref>{{cite book|author=Elliott Robert Barkan|title=Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwwY_eJnodgC&pg=PA129|year=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-098-7|pages=129}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Tommy Wisdom]], English racing driver and journalist (born 1906) *[[1976]] – [[Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)|Mikhail Gurevich]], Russian engineer, co-founded [[Mikoyan]] (born 1893) * 1976 – [[Walter Piston]], American composer and academic (born 1894) *[[1981]] – [[William Holden]], American actor (born 1918) *[[1986]] – [[Minoru Yasui]], American lawyer and activist (born 1916) *[[1990]] – [[Eve Arden]], American actress and comedian (born 1908) *[[1991]] – [[Gabriele Tinti (actor)|Gabriele Tinti]], Italian actor (born 1932) *[[1993]] – [[H. R. Haldeman]], American diplomat, 4th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (born 1926) *[[1994]] – [[Wilma Rudolph]], American sprinter and educator (born 1940) *[[1997]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish-American composer and conductor (born 1915) *[[1998]] – [[Roy Hollis]], English footballer (born 1925) * 1998 – [[Sally Shlaer]], American mathematician and engineer (born 1938) *[[2000]] – [[Franck Pourcel]], French conductor and composer (born 1913) *[[2001]] – [[Albert Hague]], German-American actor and composer (born 1920) * 2001 – [[Tony Miles]], English chess player and theoretician (born 1955) *[[2003]] – [[Jonathan Brandis]], American actor (born 1976) * 2003 – [[Cameron Duncan]], New Zealand director and screenwriter (born 1986) * 2003 – [[Penny Singleton]], American actress (born 1908) * 2003 – [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]], American drummer (born 1954) *[[2007]] – [[K. C. Ibrahim]], Indian cricketer (born 1919) * 2007 – [[Ira Levin]], American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (born 1929) *[[2008]] – [[Catherine Baker Knoll]], American educator and politician, 30th [[Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania]] (born 1930) * 2008 – [[Mitch Mitchell]], English drummer (born 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Henryk Górecki]], Polish composer (born 1933) *[[2012]] – [[Hans Hammarskiöld]], Swedish photographer (born 1925) * 2012 – [[Sergio Oliva]], Cuban-American bodybuilder (born 1941) * 2012 – [[Daniel Stern (psychologist)|Daniel Stern]], American psychologist and theorist (born 1934) *[[2013]] – [[Steve Rexe]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1947) * 2013 – [[Konrad Rudnicki]], Polish astronomer and academic (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Aleksandr Serebrov]], Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1944) * 2013 – [[John Tavener]], English composer and educator (born 1944) * 2013 – [[Kurt Trampedach]], Danish painter and sculptor (born 1943) *[[2014]] – [[Ravi Chopra]], Indian director and producer (born 1946) * 2014 – [[Warren Clarke]], English actor, director, and producer (born 1947) * 2014 – [[Marge Roukema]], American educator and politician (born 1929) * 2014 – [[Valery Senderov]], Russian mathematician and academic (born 1945) *[[2015]] – [[Márton Fülöp]], Hungarian footballer (born 1983) * 2015 – [[Jihadi John]], terrorist (born 1988) *[[2016]] – [[Lupita Tovar]], Mexican-American actress (born 1910) * 2016 – [[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz]], Egyptian Actor (born 1946) *[[2018]] – [[Stan Lee]], American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (born 1922)<ref name="NYT-20181112">{{cite news |last1=Kandell |first1=Jonathan |last2=Webster |first2=Andy |title=Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics + Video (05:26) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html |date=November 12, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 13, 2018 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Chung-Yun Hse]], Wood scientist (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chung Hse Obituary - Austin, TX |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/austin-tx/chung-hse-10443549 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en-us}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Don Walsh]], American oceanographer (born 1931)<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|title=Don Walsh, Record-Breaking Deep Sea Explorer, Dies at 92|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/us/don-walsh-dead.html|last=Broad|first=William J. |work=The New York Times|date=November 18, 2023|access-date=November 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129184018/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/us/don-walsh-dead.html |archive-date=2023-11-29 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Roy Haynes]], American drummer and composer (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Roy Haynes, a Giant of Jazz Drumming, Is Dead at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/music/roy-haynes-dead.html |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Horgan]], Canadian politician and diplomat, 36th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dickson |first=Courtney |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Former B.C. premier John Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany, dead at 65 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/john-horgan-dead-bc-premier-1.7381286 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Song Jae-rim]], South Korean actor and model (born 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seo |first=Yoonjung |date=2024-11-13 |title=South Korean actor Song Jae-lim dead at 39 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/asia/south-korea-song-jae-lim-dead-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Thomas E. Kurtz]], American computer scientist and educator (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosen |first=Kenneth R. |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/technology/thomas-kurtz-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Timothy West]], English actor (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Natasha |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/theater/timothy-west-dead.html |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Public holidays in Taiwan|Birth of Sun Yat-Sen]], also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. ([[Republic of China]]) *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Arsatius]] **[[Astrik|Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma]] **[[Cumméne Fota]] **[[Cunibert]] **[[Emilian of Cogolla]] **[[Imerius of Immertal]] **[[Josaphat Kuntsevych]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Greek Catholic Church]]) **[[Lebuinus|Lebuinus (Liafwine)]] **[[Livinus|Livinus of Ghent]] **[[Saint Machar|Machar]] **[[Margarito Flores García]] **[[Nilus of Sinai]] **[[Patiens]] **[[Saint Renatus|René d'Angers]] **[[Theodore the Studite]] **[[Ymar]] **[[November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)]] *[[Father's Day]] ([[Indonesia]]) *[[Public holidays in Indonesia|National Health Day]] ([[Indonesia]]) *[[National Youth Day (East Timor)]] *[[World Pneumonia Day]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/12 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=12}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/12 |title=Historical Events on November 12 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:November 12}} [[Category:Days of November]]
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