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== Events == |
== Events == |
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=== Up to 1900 === |
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* [[43 BC]] – The second Roman Triumvirate alliance is formed by [[Augustus]], [[Marcus Aemelius Lepidus]] and [[Mark Antony]]. |
* [[43 BC]] – The second Roman Triumvirate alliance is formed by [[Augustus]], [[Marcus Aemelius Lepidus]] and [[Mark Antony]]. |
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* [[783]] - [[Asturias|Asturian]] [[Queen]] [[Adosinda]] is put up in a [[monastery]] to prevent her closest family and friends from retaking the throne from [[Mauretagus]]. |
* [[783]] - [[Asturias|Asturian]] [[Queen]] [[Adosinda]] is put up in a [[monastery]] to prevent her closest family and friends from retaking the throne from [[Mauretagus]]. |
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* [[986]] - The French city of [[Montpellier]] is first mentioned. |
* [[986]] - The French city of [[Montpellier]] is first mentioned. |
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* [[1161]] - [[Battle]] of Caishi in [[China]]: A [[Song dynasty]] fleet fights a [[Navy|naval]] engagement with [[Jin dynasty (1115-1234)|Jin dynasty]] [[ship]]s on the [[Yangtze]] [[River]] during the Jin-Song Wars. |
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* [[1703]] - The [[Great Storm]] of [[1703]], affecting [[Great Britain]], sinks 12 [[Royal Navy]] ships, killing over 1,500 people. |
* [[1703]] - The [[Great Storm]] of [[1703]], affecting [[Great Britain]], sinks 12 [[Royal Navy]] ships, killing over 1,500 people. |
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* [[1778]] – [[James Cook]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to navigate around the island of [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]], but doesn't find a suitable place to land. |
* [[1778]] – [[James Cook]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to navigate around the island of [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]], but doesn't find a suitable place to land. |
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* [[1894]] – [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and [[Alexandra Fyodorovna]] marry. |
* [[1894]] – [[Tsar]] [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and [[Alexandra Fyodorovna]] marry. |
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* [[1898]] - A [[storm]] off [[New England]] sinks the [[passenger]] [[ship]] ''Portland'', killing 152 people. The storm kills 450 people in total. |
* [[1898]] - A [[storm]] off [[New England]] sinks the [[passenger]] [[ship]] ''Portland'', killing 152 people. The storm kills 450 people in total. |
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=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === |
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* [[1914]] - British [[battleship]] ''Bulwark'' is destroyed by an explosion off [[Sheerness]], killing 738 people, as only 12 of the people on board survive. |
* [[1914]] - British [[battleship]] ''Bulwark'' is destroyed by an explosion off [[Sheerness]], killing 738 people, as only 12 of the people on board survive. |
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* [[1917]] – The [[NHL]] is founded. |
* [[1917]] – The [[NHL]] is founded. |
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* [[1992]] - In the night to [[November 27]], [[Vienna]]'s [[Hofburg]] [[Castle]] is severely damaged by [[fire]]. |
* [[1992]] - In the night to [[November 27]], [[Vienna]]'s [[Hofburg]] [[Castle]] is severely damaged by [[fire]]. |
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* [[1998]] – [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to speak at the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s parliament. |
* [[1998]] – [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to speak at the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s parliament. |
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* [[2000]] - [[George W. Bush]] is confirmed as the winner of [[Florida]]'s electoral votes in the disputed [[US]] [[President]]ial [[Election]], making him the next [[President of the United States]] instead of [[Al Gore]], who had won the most votes overall. |
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=== From 2001 === |
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* [[2003]] – [[Concorde]] makes its last flight, over [[Bristol]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]. |
* [[2003]] – [[Concorde]] makes its last flight, over [[Bristol]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]. |
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* [[2004]] – In [[Ruzhou]], [[China]], a man enters a school dormitory and stabs 8 people to death, while he also wounds 4 others. |
* [[2004]] – In [[Ruzhou]], [[China]], a man enters a school dormitory and stabs 8 people to death, while he also wounds 4 others. |
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* [[2011]] – The [[New Zealand National Party]], led by [[John Key]], is elected to a second term in government. |
* [[2011]] – The [[New Zealand National Party]], led by [[John Key]], is elected to a second term in government. |
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* [[2011]] – The [[Mars Science Laboratory]], known as ''Curiosity'', is launched from Cape Canaveral in [[Florida]], on board an [[Atlas V]] rocket. It lands on [[Mars]] in [[August]] [[2012]]. |
* [[2011]] – The [[Mars Science Laboratory]], known as ''Curiosity'', is launched from Cape Canaveral in [[Florida]], on board an [[Atlas V]] rocket. It lands on [[Mars]] in [[August]] [[2012]]. |
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== Births == |
== Births == |
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=== Up to 1900 === |
=== Up to 1900 === |
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* [[1703]] – [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and writer (d. [[1758]]) |
* [[1703]] – [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and writer (d. [[1758]]) |
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* [[1731]] – [[William Cowper]], English [[poet]] (d. [[1800]]) |
* [[1731]] – [[William Cowper]], English [[poet]] (d. [[1800]]) |
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* [[1786]] - [[Jose Maria Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Spain]] (d. [[1846]]) |
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* [[1792]] – [[Sarah Grimke]], American abolitionist and feminist (d. [[1873]]) |
* [[1792]] – [[Sarah Grimke]], American abolitionist and feminist (d. [[1873]]) |
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* [[1827]] - [[Ellen G. White]], American author, co-founder of the [[Seventh-Day Adventist Church]] (d. [[1915]]) |
* [[1827]] - [[Ellen G. White]], American author, co-founder of the [[Seventh-Day Adventist Church]] (d. [[1915]]) |
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* [[1853]] - [[Bat Masterson]], American Old West figure (d. [[1921]]) |
* [[1853]] - [[Bat Masterson]], American Old West figure (d. [[1921]]) |
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* [[1857]] – [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]]) |
* [[1857]] – [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]]) |
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* [[1858]] - [[Katharine Drexel]], American [[nun]] and [[saint]] (d. [[1955]]) |
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* [[1864]] – [[Edward Higgins]], British Salvation Army General (d. [[1947]]) |
* [[1864]] – [[Edward Higgins]], British Salvation Army General (d. [[1947]]) |
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* [[1864]] - [[Eugene Pierre]], French politician (d. [[1937]]) |
* [[1864]] - [[Eugene Pierre]], French politician (d. [[1937]]) |
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* [[1885]] – [[Heinrich Brüning]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1970]]) |
* [[1885]] – [[Heinrich Brüning]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1970]]) |
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* [[1889]] – [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. [[1976]]) |
* [[1889]] – [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. [[1976]]) |
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* [[1892]] - [[Joe Guyon]], [[American football]] player (d. [[1971]]) |
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* [[1894]] – [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. [[1964]]) |
* [[1894]] – [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. [[1964]]) |
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* [[1895]] - [[Bill W.]], American founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. [[1971]]) |
* [[1895]] - [[Bill W.]], American founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. [[1971]]) |
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* [[1899]] – [[Bruno Hauptmann]], German kidnapper of [[Charles Augustus Lindbergh III|Charles Lindbergh III]] (d. [[1936]]) |
* [[1899]] – [[Bruno Hauptmann]], German kidnapper of [[Charles Augustus Lindbergh III|Charles Lindbergh III]] (d. [[1936]]) |
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=== 1901 {{ndash}} |
=== 1901 {{ndash}} 1925 === |
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* [[1902]] - [[Maurice McDonald]], American fast food pioneer (d. [[1971]]) |
* [[1902]] - [[Maurice McDonald]], American fast food pioneer (d. [[1971]]) |
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* [[1903]] - [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], [[Judaism|Jewish]] pianist, music teacher, [[Holocaust]] survivor and [[supercentenarian]] |
* [[1903]] - [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], [[Judaism|Jewish]] pianist, music teacher, [[Holocaust]] survivor and [[supercentenarian]] (d. [[2014]]) |
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* [[1905]] – [[Bob Johnson (baseball)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) |
* [[1905]] – [[Bob Johnson (baseball)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) |
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* [[1908]] – [[Lefty Gomez]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1989]]) |
* [[1908]] – [[Lefty Gomez]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1989]]) |
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* [[1920]] - [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-born [[movie director|television and movie director]] (d. [[2004]]) |
* [[1920]] - [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-born [[movie director|television and movie director]] (d. [[2004]]) |
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* [[1922]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) |
* [[1922]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) |
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* [[1923]] - [[V. K. Murthy]], Indian [[cinema]]tographer (d. [[2014]]) |
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* [[1923]] - [[Pat Phoenix]], English actress (d. [[1986]]) |
* [[1923]] - [[Pat Phoenix]], English actress (d. [[1986]]) |
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* [[1924]] – [[George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]]) |
* [[1924]] – [[George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]]) |
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* [[1924]] - [[Edward T. Breathitt]], [[Governor]] of [[Kentucky]] (d. [[2003]]) |
* [[1924]] - [[Edward T. Breathitt]], [[Governor]] of [[Kentucky]] (d. [[2003]]) |
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* [[1925]] – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]]) |
* [[1925]] – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]]) |
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* [[1925]] - [[Gregorio Conrado Alvarez]], [[Uruguay]]an [[military]] and [[politician]] |
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=== 1926 {{ndash}} 1950 === |
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* [[1926]] - [[Rabi Ray]], Indian politician |
* [[1926]] - [[Rabi Ray]], Indian politician |
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* [[1927]] – [[Ernie Coombs]], American children's entertainer (d. [[2001]]) |
* [[1927]] – [[Ernie Coombs]], American children's entertainer (d. [[2001]]) |
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* [[1933]] – [[Robert Goulet]], American singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) |
* [[1933]] – [[Robert Goulet]], American singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) |
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* [[1933]] - [[Richard Holloway]], Scottish writer and former [[Bishop]] of [[Edinburgh]] |
* [[1933]] - [[Richard Holloway]], Scottish writer and former [[Bishop]] of [[Edinburgh]] |
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* [[1936]] - [[Margaret Boden]], English [[computer]] [[scientist]] and [[Psychology|psychologist]] |
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* [[1937]] – [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1994]]) |
* [[1937]] – [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1994]]) |
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* [[1938]] – [[Porter J. Goss]], American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director |
* [[1938]] – [[Porter J. Goss]], American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director |
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* [[1949]] – [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) |
* [[1949]] – [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) |
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* [[1949]] - [[Martin Lee]], British singer |
* [[1949]] - [[Martin Lee]], British singer |
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* [[1949]] - [[Mari Alkatiri]], 1st [[Prime Minister]] of [[East Timor]] |
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* [[1950]] – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer |
* [[1950]] – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer |
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=== 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 === |
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* [[1951]] – [[Cicciolina]], Italian actress and politician |
* [[1951]] – [[Cicciolina]], Italian actress and politician |
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* [[1951]] - [[Sulejman Tihic]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[politician]] (d. [[2014]]) |
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* [[1953]] – [[Hilary Benn]], British politician |
* [[1953]] – [[Hilary Benn]], British politician |
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* [[1953]] – [[Harry Carson]], American football player |
* [[1953]] – [[Harry Carson]], American football player |
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* [[1973]] – [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor |
* [[1973]] – [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor |
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* [[1975]] – [[DJ Khaled]], Palestinian-American musical artist and [[DJ]] |
* [[1975]] – [[DJ Khaled]], Palestinian-American musical artist and [[DJ]] |
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* [[1976]] – [[Maven Huffman]], American [[professional wrestler]] |
* [[1976]] – [[Maven Huffman]], American [[professional wrestler]] |
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* [[1977]] - [[Ivan Bassi]], Italian cyclist |
* [[1977]] - [[Ivan Bassi]], Italian cyclist |
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* [[1981]] – [[Ivan Basso]], Italian [[Cycling|cyclist]] |
* [[1981]] – [[Ivan Basso]], Italian [[Cycling|cyclist]] |
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* [[1981]] – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer |
* [[1981]] – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer |
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* [[1981]] - [[Natalie Gauci]], Australian singer |
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* [[1982]] - [[Keith Ballard]], American [[ice hockey]] player |
* [[1982]] - [[Keith Ballard]], American [[ice hockey]] player |
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* [[1982]] - [[Dallas Johnson]], Australian [[rugby]] player |
* [[1982]] - [[Dallas Johnson]], Australian [[rugby]] player |
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* [[1984]] – [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2007]]) |
* [[1984]] – [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2007]]) |
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* [[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan]], American actor |
* [[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan]], American actor |
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* [[1990]] – [[Chipmunk]], |
* [[1990]] – [[Chipmunk]], English rapper |
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* [[1990]] – [[Danny Welbeck]], English footballer |
* [[1990]] – [[Danny Welbeck]], English footballer |
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* [[1990]] - [[Rita Ora]], |
* [[1990]] - [[Rita Ora]], [[Kosovo]]-born English singer and actress |
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* [[1990]] - [[Avery Bradley]], American [[basketball]] player |
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* [[1992]] - [[Louis Ducruet]], [[Monaco|Monegasque]] royal |
* [[1992]] - [[Louis Ducruet]], [[Monaco|Monegasque]] royal |
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* [[1993]] - [[Erena Ono]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]]) |
* [[1993]] - [[Erena Ono]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]]) |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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=== Up to 1900 === |
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* [[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]] |
* [[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]] |
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* [[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[France]] (b. [[1188]]) |
* [[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[France]] (b. [[1188]]) |
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* [[1504]] – [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. [[1451]]) |
* [[1504]] – [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. [[1451]]) |
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* [[1518]] - [[Vannozza de Cattanei]], Italian mistress to the future-[[Pope Alexander VI]] (b. [[1442]]) |
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* [[1688]] - [[Philippe Quinault]], French [[playwright]] (b. [[1635]]) |
* [[1688]] - [[Philippe Quinault]], French [[playwright]] (b. [[1635]]) |
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* [[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]]) |
* [[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]]) |
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* [[1836]] – [[John Loudon MacAdam]], Scottish engineer and [[road]]builder (b. [[1756]]) |
* [[1836]] – [[John Loudon MacAdam]], Scottish engineer and [[road]] builder (b. [[1756]]) |
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* [[1842]] - [[Robert Smith (Cabinet minister)|Robert Smith]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1757]]) |
* [[1842]] - [[Robert Smith (Cabinet minister)|Robert Smith]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1757]]) |
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* [[1851]] - [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult]], French [[general]] and [[politician]] (b. [[1769]]) |
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* [[1855]] – [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet (b. [[1798]]) |
* [[1855]] – [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet (b. [[1798]]) |
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* [[1872]] - [[Pavel Kiselyov]], Russian [[general]] and [[politician]] (b. [[1788]]) |
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* [[1876]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German [[biologist]] (b. [[1792]]) |
* [[1876]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German [[biologist]] (b. [[1792]]) |
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* [[1883]] – [[Sojourner Truth]], American [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (b. [[1797]]) |
* [[1883]] – [[Sojourner Truth]], American [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (b. [[1797]]) |
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=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 === |
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* [[1912]] - [[Patriarch]] [[Joachim III of Constantinople]] (b. [[1854]]) |
* [[1912]] - [[Patriarch]] [[Joachim III of Constantinople]] (b. [[1854]]) |
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* [[1919]] - [[Felipe Angeles]], Mexican [[revolution]]ary [[General officer|general]] (b. [[1868]]) |
* [[1919]] - [[Felipe Angeles]], Mexican [[revolution]]ary [[General officer|general]] (b. [[1868]]) |
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* [[1994]] – [[Joey Stefano]], American actor (b. [[1968]]) |
* [[1994]] – [[Joey Stefano]], American actor (b. [[1968]]) |
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* [[1994]] - [[Arturo Rivera y Damas]], [[Archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] (b. [[1923]]) |
* [[1994]] - [[Arturo Rivera y Damas]], [[Archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[2003]] – [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. [[1978]]) |
* [[2003]] – [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. [[1978]]) |
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* [[2004]] - [[Philippe de Broca]], French [[actor]], [[director]] and [[screenwriter]] (b. [[1933]]) |
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* [[2005]] - [[Stan Berenstain]], American writer (b. [[1923]]) |
* [[2005]] - [[Stan Berenstain]], American writer (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[2005]] - [[Mark Craney]], American musician (b. [[1952]]) |
* [[2005]] - [[Mark Craney]], American musician (b. [[1952]]) |
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* [[2012]] - [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon and [[Nobel Prize]] winner (b. [[1919]]) |
* [[2012]] - [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon and [[Nobel Prize]] winner (b. [[1919]]) |
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* [[2013]] - [[Cayetano Re]], [[Paraguay]]an [[footballer]] (b. [[1938]]) |
* [[2013]] - [[Cayetano Re]], [[Paraguay]]an [[footballer]] (b. [[1938]]) |
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* [[2013]] - [[Arik Einstein]], Israeli [[singer-songwriter]] and [[actor]] (b. [[1939]]) |
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* [[2013]] - [[John Galbraith Graham]] ([[Araucaria]]), English [[crossword]] compiler and [[Church of England]] priest (b. [[1921]]) |
* [[2013]] - [[John Galbraith Graham]] ([[Araucaria]]), English [[crossword]] compiler and [[Church of England]] priest (b. [[1921]]) |
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* [[2013]] - [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh entertainer (b. [[1925]]) |
* [[2013]] - [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh entertainer (b. [[1925]]) |
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* [[2014]] - [[Frankie Fraser]], English gangster (b. [[1923]]) |
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* [[2014]] - [[Sabah (singer)|Sabah]], Lebanese singer and actress (b. [[1927]]) |
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* [[2014]] - [[Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)|Gilles Tremblay]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (b. [[1938]]) |
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* [[2014]] - [[Angel Tulio Zof]], Argentine [[footballer]] (b. [[1928]]) |
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== Observances == |
== Observances == |
Revision as of 14:58, 27 November 2014
November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 43 BC – The second Roman Triumvirate alliance is formed by Augustus, Marcus Aemelius Lepidus and Mark Antony.
- 783 - Asturian Queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her closest family and friends from retaking the throne from Mauretagus.
- 986 - The French city of Montpellier is first mentioned.
- 1161 - Battle of Caishi in China: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze River during the Jin-Song Wars.
- 1703 - The Great Storm of 1703, affecting Great Britain, sinks 12 Royal Navy ships, killing over 1,500 people.
- 1778 – James Cook becomes the first European to navigate around the island of Maui, Hawaii, but doesn't find a suitable place to land.
- 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is held in the United States.
- 1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1863 – US President Abraham Lincoln declares Thanksgiving Day a national holiday, to be observed on the fourth Thursday in November.
- 1865 – Spanish-South American War: In the naval Battle of Papudo, the Chilean fleet under Juan Williams Rebolledo defeats the Spanish.
- 1894 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna marry.
- 1898 - A storm off New England sinks the passenger ship Portland, killing 152 people. The storm kills 450 people in total.
1901 – 2000
- 1914 - British battleship Bulwark is destroyed by an explosion off Sheerness, killing 738 people, as only 12 of the people on board survive.
- 1917 – The NHL is founded.
- 1918 - The Podgorica Assembly in Montenegro votes for a "Union of the People", declaring that it merges with Serbia.
- 1922 – Howard Carter enters the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt.
- 1942 - Franklin D. Roosevelt orders gasoline rationing across the United States, starting on December 1.
- 1942 - An earthquake in Turkey kills 4,000 people.
- 1943 - World War II: The ship HMT Rohna is sunk by the German Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean Sea north of Bejaia, Algeria.
- 1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworths shop on New Cross High Street, London, killing 168 people.
- 1949 - India agrees to the constitution proposed by B. R. Ambedkar. This leads to India becoming a republic two months later, on January 26, 1950.
- 1950 – Korean War: The People's Republic of China enters the war, launching a counterattack in North Korea against South Korea and UN troops.
- 1965 - In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix 1, on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.
- 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 1.5 inches (38.1 millimetres) of rain fall in a minute, which is a world record.
- 1976 – The Last Waltz is held.
- 1979 - A Boeing 707 of Pakistan International Airlines, crashes during take-off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board.
- 1982 – Larry Holmes wins the heavyweight boxing world title, defeating Randall Cobb in Houston, Texas.
- 1983 – In London, 6,800 gold bars, worth nearly £ 26 million, are stolen from the Brink's MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
- 1990 - The Delta II rocket makes its first flight.
- 1991 – Azerbaijan's national assembly abolishes the autonomous State of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomus Oblast, where the population is of mainly Armenian ethnicity, and renames all its cities back to their old names.
- 1992 - In the night to November 27, Vienna's Hofburg Castle is severely damaged by fire.
- 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to speak at the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
- 2000 - George W. Bush is confirmed as the winner of Florida's electoral votes in the disputed US Presidential Election, making him the next President of the United States instead of Al Gore, who had won the most votes overall.
From 2001
- 2003 – Concorde makes its last flight, over Bristol, England, United Kingdom.
- 2004 – In Ruzhou, China, a man enters a school dormitory and stabs 8 people to death, while he also wounds 4 others.
- 2008 – The 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks begin with killings and hostage takings in different parts of the city, committed by Islamist terrorists, of whom only one survives. The attacks end on November 29 after a stand-off at the Taj Mahal Hotel.
- 2011 – The New Zealand National Party, led by John Key, is elected to a second term in government.
- 2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory, known as Curiosity, is launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, on board an Atlas V rocket. It lands on Mars in August 2012.
Births
Up to 1900
- 117 - Aelius Aristides, Greek writer (d. 181)
- 1288 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
- 1436 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
- 1604 - Johannes Bach, German composer and musician (d. 1673)
- 1607 – John Harvard, English-born clergyman and university benefactor (d. 1638)
- 1609 – Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
- 1657 – William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
- 1678 – Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
- 1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
- 1731 – William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
- 1786 - Jose Maria Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1846)
- 1792 – Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
- 1827 - Ellen G. White, American author, co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
- 1828 - Rene Goblet, Prime Minister of France (d. 1915)
- 1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
- 1832 – Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
- 1847 – Maria Feodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
- 1853 - Bat Masterson, American Old West figure (d. 1921)
- 1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
- 1858 - Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (d. 1955)
- 1864 – Edward Higgins, British Salvation Army General (d. 1947)
- 1864 - Eugene Pierre, French politician (d. 1937)
- 1869 – Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
- 1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1885 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)
- 1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1976)
- 1892 - Joe Guyon, American football player (d. 1971)
- 1894 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Bill W., American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
- 1897 - Manuel A. Odria, Peruvian general and politician (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
1901 – 1925
- 1902 - Maurice McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Alice Herz-Sommer, Jewish pianist, music teacher, Holocaust survivor and supercentenarian (d. 2014)
- 1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Eugene Ionescu, Romanian-born dramatist (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Fritz Buchloh, German footballer (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile
- 1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Frederik Pohl, American writer (d. 2013)
- 1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1923 - V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
- 1923 - Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1924 – George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Edward T. Breathitt, Governor of Kentucky (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Gregorio Conrado Alvarez, Uruguayan military and politician
1926 – 1950
- 1926 - Rabi Ray, Indian politician
- 1927 – Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
- 1930 - J. Joseph Garrahy, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch archbishop and cardinal
- 1933 – Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Richard Holloway, Scottish writer and former Bishop of Edinburgh
- 1936 - Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist
- 1937 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
- 1938 – Porter J. Goss, American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
- 1938 – Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1939 – Tina Turner, American singer and actress
- 1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1940 - Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician
- 1940 - Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Olivia Cole, American actress
- 1942 - Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese doctor (d. 1970)
- 1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
- 1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer
- 1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
- 1945 – John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
- 1947 – Susanne Zenor, American actress
- 1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American molecular biologist
- 1948 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
- 1948 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
- 1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
- 1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, Political Scientist and professor at Loyola University Chicago
- 1949 – Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Martin Lee, British singer
- 1949 - Mari Alkatiri, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
- 1950 – Dieter Burdenski, German footballer
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician
- 1951 - Sulejman Tihic, Bosnia and Herzegovina politician (d. 2014)
- 1953 – Hilary Benn, British politician
- 1953 – Harry Carson, American football player
- 1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
- 1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- 1956 – Keith Vaz, British politician
- 1960 - Delio Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1961 - Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-British entrepreneur
- 1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
- 1963 - Mario Elie, American basketball player
- 1963 - Matt Frei, German-born British journalist
- 1964 - Chokri Belaid, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
- 1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
- 1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- 1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
- 1970 - John Amaechi, American-born British basketball player
- 1971 – Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
- 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
- 1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
- 1975 – DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American musical artist and DJ
From 1976
- 1976 – Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
- 1977 - Ivan Bassi, Italian cyclist
- 1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
- 1980 – Aruna Dindane, Ivory Coast footballer
- 1981 – Aurora Snow, American actress
- 1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
- 1981 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
- 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- 1981 - Natalie Gauci, Australian singer
- 1982 - Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
- 1982 - Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby player
- 1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
- 1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
- 1990 – Chipmunk, English rapper
- 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
- 1990 - Rita Ora, Kosovo-born English singer and actress
- 1990 - Avery Bradley, American basketball player
- 1992 - Louis Ducruet, Monegasque royal
- 1993 - Erena Ono, Japanese singer (AKB48)
Deaths
Up to 1900
- 399 - Pope Siricius
- 1252 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of France (b. 1188)
- 1504 – Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
- 1518 - Vannozza de Cattanei, Italian mistress to the future-Pope Alexander VI (b. 1442)
- 1688 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (b. 1635)
- 1717 - Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
- 1836 – John Loudon MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder (b. 1756)
- 1842 - Robert Smith, United States Secretary of State (b. 1757)
- 1851 - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician (b. 1769)
- 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
- 1872 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
- 1876 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
- 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
1901 – 2000
- 1912 - Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1854)
- 1919 - Felipe Angeles, Mexican revolutionary general (b. 1868)
- 1926 - John Browning, American firearms designer and inventor (b. 1855)
- 1930 – Otto Sverdrup, Norwegian explorer (b. 1854)
- 1934 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b. 1866)
- 1938 - Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (b. 1914)
- 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
- 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
- 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American musician (b. 1905)
- 1961 - Styles Bridges, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1898)
- 1962 - Albert Sarrault, French politician (b. 1872)
- 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
- 1968 – Arnold Zweig, German writer (b. 1887)
- 1969 - Albert Ketelbey, British composer and conductor (b. 1875)
- 1973 – John Rostill, British musician (b. 1942)
- 1977 - Yoshibayama Junnosoke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1920)
- 1979 - Ove Joensen, Faroese rower and adventurer (b. 1948)
- 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
- 1989 - Ahmed Abdallah, President of the Comoros
- 1994 – Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
- 1994 - Arturo Rivera y Damas, Archbishop of San Salvador (b. 1923)
From 2001
- 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
- 2004 - Philippe de Broca, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2005 - Stan Berenstain, American writer (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Mark Craney, American musician (b. 1952)
- 2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian, world's oldest woman at the time of her death (b. 1893)
- 2011 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (b. 1933)
- 2012 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Cayetano Re, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1938)
- 2013 - Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1939)
- 2013 - John Galbraith Graham (Araucaria), English crossword compiler and Church of England priest (b. 1921)
- 2013 - Stan Stennett, Welsh entertainer (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Frankie Fraser, English gangster (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2014 - Angel Tulio Zof, Argentine footballer (b. 1928)