November 22
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Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1601–1900
[edit]- 1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
- 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1855 – In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1873 – The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1901–present
[edit]- 1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1921 – During The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922), 22 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.<ref>Moore, Cormac, (2019), Birth of the Border, Merrion Press, Newbridge, p. 49, Template:ISBN</ref>
- 1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1952 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.<ref name="LATimes20120628">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1955 – The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1968 – Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.<ref name="AAR7002r">Template:Cite report</ref>
- 1971 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1987 – The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.<ref name="Knittel">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.<ref name="cassutt200908">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1994 – A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.<ref name="Final Report AAR-95-05">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2010 – During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.<ref name="cnn25">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2014 – While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.<ref name="Fitzsimmons">Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2022 – A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Births
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1428 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (d. 1471)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1515 – Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots (d. 1560)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1519 – Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (d. 1585)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1533 – Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (d. 1597)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (d. 1619)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1601–1900
[edit]- 1602 – Elisabeth of France (d. 1644)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1635 – Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (d. 1672)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1690 – François Colin de Blamont, French composer (d. 1760)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American politician, Governor of Louisiana (d. 1778)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1728 – Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1811)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1780 – Conradin Kreutzer, German composer (d. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1780 – José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (d. 1834)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1787 – Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1832)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1808 – Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1819 – George Eliot, English novelist and poet (d. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1820 – Katherine Plunket, Irish supercentenarian (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1849 – Christian Rohlfs, German painter and printmaker (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1857 – George Gissing, English novelist (d. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1859 – Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1861 – Ranavalona III of Madagascar (d. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1861 – Cyrus Edwin Dallin, American sculptor (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1868 – John Nance Garner, American politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1869 – André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1870 – Howard Brockway, American composer (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1870 – Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1873 – Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1873 – Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (d. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1881 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1884 – C. J. "Jack" De Garis, Australian entrepreneur (d. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- 1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (d. 1970)<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1890 – Harry Pollitt, British politician and trade unionist, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1891 – Edward Bernays, American publicist (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1893 – Harley Earl, American industrial designer (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1893 – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981)<ref name=Chase2019 />
1901–present
[edit]- 1901 – Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1902 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (d. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1904 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1904 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1906 – Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1910 – Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1911 – Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1912 – Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1913 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1913 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1914 – Peter Townsend, British captain and pilot (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1915 – Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1917 – Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1917 – Mick Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- 1918 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1920 – Anne Crawford, British actress (d. 1956)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 165</ref>
- 1920 – Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (d. 2019)<ref>Centenary in honour of Professor Baidyanath Misra (22.Nov.2020) | Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies</ref>
- 1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish writer and broadcaster (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1922 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian-American director (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1924 – Les Johnson, Australian politician (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- 1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)<ref name="UPI" />
- 1925 – Jerrie Mock, American pilot (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1926 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1927 – Steven Muller, American academic administrator (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1928 – Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1928 – Mel Hutchins, American basketball player (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1929 – Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1930 – Peter Hall, English director (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
- 1933 – Merv Lincoln, Australian Olympic athlete (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1935 – Ludmila Belousova, Soviet ice skater (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1936 – John Bird, English actor, writer and satirist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1937 – Zenon Jankowski, Polish pilot and military officer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1937 – Nikolai Kapustin, Soviet pianist and composer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1938 – John Eleuthère du Pont, American convicted murderer (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1939 – Tom West, American technologist (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1940 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1941 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1943 – Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1945 – Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer, founded Buzzco Associates (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1945 – Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (d. 2010)<ref>Kotiranta, Pirkko: Ujosta pojasta kasvoi iskelmän pitkätyöläinen, Helsingin Sanomat 9 December 2010. Accessed on 16 September 2019.</ref>
- 1947 – Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 787</ref>
- 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1948 – Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1948 – Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1948 – Mick Rock, English photographer (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
- 1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, Surgeon General of the United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
- 1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1953 – Wayne Larkins, English cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1954 – Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1954 – Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1954 – Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1955 – George Alagiah, British journalist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player<ref name="AP" />
- 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1957 – Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1957 – Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1958 – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor and the 17th and current Yang Di Pertuan Agong or the King of Malaysia<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – Kennedy Polamalu, Samoan-American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
- 1964 – Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1964 – Benoit Benjamin, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, American actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1964 – Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1965 – Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1966 – Nicholas Rowe, British actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1966 – Michael K. Williams, American actor (d. 2021)<ref name="AP" />
- 1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1967 – Tom Elliott, Australian investment banker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
- 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1968 – Daedra Charles, American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1968 – Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1969 – Byron Houston, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1970 – Chris Fryar, American drummer<ref name="AP" />
- 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1971 – Cath Bishop, English rower<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1971 – Kyran Bracken, Irish-English rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1972 – Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1973 – Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1977 – Kerem Gönlüm, Turkish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1978 – Colin Best, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1980 – David Artell, English footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1982 – Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1982 – Derrick Johnson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1982 – Yakubu, Nigerian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American actor and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
- 1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985 – Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985 – Adam Ottavino, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985 – James Roby, English rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter and convicted murderer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1987 – Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1987 – Elias, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor, singer, and model<ref name="AP" />
- 1988 – Drew Pomeranz, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989 – Alden Ehrenreich, American actor<ref name="AP" />
- 1989 – Candice Glover, American singer<ref name="AP" />
- 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1990 – Brock Osweiler, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1990 – Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1991 – Tarik Black, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1992 – Natalie Achonwa, Canadian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1992 – Carles Gil, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1992 – Vladislav Namestnikov, Russian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 – Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 – Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994 – Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1995 – Katherine McNamara, American actress<ref name="UPI" />
- 1996 – Hailey Bieber, American model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1996 – Mackenzie Lintz, American actress<ref name="AP" />
- 1996 – JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1996 – Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 – Trey McBride, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999 – Dwight McNeil, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2001 – Chenle, Chinese singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2002 – Brandon Miller, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2002 – Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 365 – Antipope Felix II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 950 – Lothair II of Italy (b. 926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1249 – As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 1286 – Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1318 – Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1538 – John Lambert, English Protestant martyr<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1601–1900
[edit]- 1617 – Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam (b. 1590)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1694 – John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1697 – Libéral Bruant, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (b. c. 1635)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1718 – Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680)<ref name=Chase2019>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (b. 1680)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1774 – Robert Clive, English general, politician and first British governor of Bengal (b. 1725)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1813 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1819 – John Stackhouse, English botanist (b. 1742)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1871 – Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1875 – Henry Wilson, American politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1886 – Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (b. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1901–present
[edit]- 1902 – Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1913 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1916 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1919 – Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1921 – Edward J. Adams, American serial/spree killer and bank robber (b.1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1923 – Andy O'Sullivan (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike<ref>Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers – Republican Sinn Féin Poblachtach</ref>
- 1941 – Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1943 – Lorenz Hart, American composer (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1944 – Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1946 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1955 – Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1956 – Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- 1963 – C. S. Lewis, British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1966 – Herbert Wilkinson Ayre, English footballer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1966 – Émile Drain, French actor (b. 1890)
- 1980 – Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1980 – Mae West, American stage and film actress (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1988 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989 – René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1991 – Tadashi Imai, Japanese director (b. 1912)<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/tadashi-imai Template:Bare URL inline</ref>
- 1992 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 347</ref>
- 1993 – Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1993 – Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva, Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1996 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 1998 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1918)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 29</ref>
- 2001 – Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2001 – Norman Granz, American record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2002 – Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 36</ref>
- 2002 – Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary and journalist (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2006 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2007 – Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2010 – Jean Cione, American baseball player (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 2011 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2011 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2011 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2011 – Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2012 – Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2013 – Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2013 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2013 – Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2015 – Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 2015 – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2015 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, President of South Korea (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2016 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2017 – Bob Avakian, American music producer (b. 1919)<ref name="Mao and Beyond">Template:Cite book</ref>
- 2017 – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2017 – Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (b. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2020 – Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2022 – John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2024 – Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Christian feast day:
- Cecilia<ref name=Chase2019 />
- Philemon and Apphia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Pragmatius of Autun<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.<ref name=Chase2019 />