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Events

Pre-1600

447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1577 – The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8.<ref>"Abū'l Faẓl, independent discoverer of the Great Comet of 1577", by R. C. Kapoor, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage vol.18, No.3 (2015) pp.249–260</ref> Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.<ref>Template:Cite book pp. 300–01.</ref>
1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2Template:Frac miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.<ref>Template:Cite anss</ref>
1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)<ref>Template:DNB</ref>
1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. 1798)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)<ref>Template:Biographical Directory of Congress</ref>
1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)<ref>Template:Basketballhof</ref>
1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)<ref>Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Baseball-reference manager</ref>
1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)<ref>Template:ESPNcricinfo</ref>
1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cricinfo</ref>
1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Hugman</ref>
1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – June Squibb, American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)<ref name="facssf1">Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Sally Field, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1949 – Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>
1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer<ref>Template:Fussballdaten</ref>
1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player<ref>*Template:All Blacks</ref>
1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author<ref>Shriver known for her political bloodlines (October 9, 2003) Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 5, 2008.</ref>
1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer<ref>Template:Cricinfo</ref>
1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress<ref name=tvg>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1969 – Colson Whitehead, American author<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress<ref>Rebecca Romijn Profile in the FMD-database. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref>
1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player<ref>David Giffin rugby profile Scrum.com</ref>
1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1976 – Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Patina Miller, American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – James Paxton, Canadian baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Emma Stone, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Pierson Fodé, American actor and model<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1991 – Doron Lamb, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Stefan Ortega, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

1003 – Pope John XVII<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)<ref>Template:Britannica</ref>

1601–1900

1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)<ref>Template:MacTutor Biography</ref>
1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)<ref>Joshua Rifkin, et al. "Schütz, Heinrich." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, accessed October 8, 2013. Online: [1].</ref>
1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)<ref name="Adams2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite DCB</ref>
1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)<ref>Cyclisme : la fiche coureur de Hugo Albert Koblett . Lequipe.fr (23 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-05.</ref>
1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)<ref name=aar>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cycling archives</ref>
1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)<ref name="obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – King Von, American rapper (b. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – John Nott, British politician (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Tony Todd, American actor (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:
- Barlaam of Khutyn<ref>St. Barlaam Catholic Online</ref>
- Demetrian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Illtud<ref>National Calendar for Wales, accessed 6 February 2012</ref>
- Leonard of Noblac<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Melaine of Rennes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Winnoc<ref>Winnoc at the Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
- November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Gustavus Adolphus Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
Finnish Swedish Heritage Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (in Finland)
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Obama Day (in Kenya)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

References

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External links

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