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== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[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]].
* [[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]].
* [[986]] - The French city of [[Montpellier]] is first mentioned.
* [[986]] - The French city of [[Montpellier]] is first mentioned.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[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.
* [[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]].
* [[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.
* [[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.

=== From 2001 ===
* [[2003]] – [[Concorde]] makes its last flight, over [[Bristol]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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]].

== Births ==
== Births ==
=== 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]])
* [[1731]] – [[William Cowper]], English [[poet]] (d. [[1800]])
* [[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]])
* [[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]])
* [[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]])
* [[1857]] – [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]])
* [[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]] – [[Edward Higgins]], British Salvation Army General (d. [[1947]])
* [[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]])
* [[1889]] – [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. [[1976]])
* [[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]])
* [[1894]] – [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. [[1964]])
* [[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]])


=== 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 ===
=== 1901 {{ndash}} 1925 ===
* [[1902]] - [[Maurice McDonald]], American fast food pioneer (d. [[1971]])
* [[1902]] - [[Maurice McDonald]], American fast food pioneer (d. [[1971]])
* [[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]])
* [[1905]] – [[Bob Johnson (baseball)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]])
* [[1905]] – [[Bob Johnson (baseball)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]])
* [[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]])
* [[1922]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]])
* [[1922]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]])
* [[1923]] - [[V. K. Murthy]], Indian [[cinema]]tographer (d. [[2014]])
* [[1923]] - [[Pat Phoenix]], English actress (d. [[1986]])
* [[1923]] - [[Pat Phoenix]], English actress (d. [[1986]])
* [[1924]] – [[George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]])
* [[1924]] – [[George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]])
* [[1924]] - [[Edward T. Breathitt]], [[Governor]] of [[Kentucky]] (d. [[2003]])
* [[1924]] - [[Edward T. Breathitt]], [[Governor]] of [[Kentucky]] (d. [[2003]])
* [[1925]] – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]])
* [[1925]] – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]])
* [[1925]] - [[Gregorio Conrado Alvarez]], [[Uruguay]]an [[military]] and [[politician]]

=== 1926 {{ndash}} 1950 ===
* [[1926]] - [[Rabi Ray]], Indian politician
* [[1926]] - [[Rabi Ray]], Indian politician
* [[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]])
* [[1933]] - [[Richard Holloway]], Scottish writer and former [[Bishop]] of [[Edinburgh]]
* [[1933]] - [[Richard Holloway]], Scottish writer and former [[Bishop]] of [[Edinburgh]]
* [[1936]] - [[Margaret Boden]], English [[computer]] [[scientist]] and [[Psychology|psychologist]]
* [[1937]] – [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1994]])
* [[1937]] – [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1994]])
* [[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]])
* [[1949]] - [[Martin Lee]], British singer
* [[1949]] - [[Martin Lee]], British singer
* [[1949]] - [[Mari Alkatiri]], 1st [[Prime Minister]] of [[East Timor]]
* [[1950]] – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer
* [[1950]] – [[Dieter Burdenski]], German footballer


=== From 1951 ===
=== 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 ===
* [[1951]] – [[Cicciolina]], Italian actress and politician
* [[1951]] – [[Cicciolina]], Italian actress and politician
* [[1951]] - [[Sulejman Tihic]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[politician]] (d. [[2014]])
* [[1953]] – [[Hilary Benn]], British politician
* [[1953]] – [[Hilary Benn]], British politician
* [[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
* [[1975]] – [[DJ Khaled]], Palestinian-American musical artist and [[DJ]]
* [[1975]] – [[DJ Khaled]], Palestinian-American musical artist and [[DJ]]

=== From 1976 ===
* [[1976]] – [[Maven Huffman]], American [[professional wrestler]]
* [[1976]] – [[Maven Huffman]], American [[professional wrestler]]
* [[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]]
* [[1981]] – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer
* [[1981]] – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer
* [[1981]] - [[Natalie Gauci]], Australian singer
* [[1982]] - [[Keith Ballard]], American [[ice hockey]] player
* [[1982]] - [[Keith Ballard]], American [[ice hockey]] player
* [[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]])
* [[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan]], American actor
* [[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan]], American actor
* [[1990]] – [[Chipmunk]], British rapper
* [[1990]] – [[Chipmunk]], English rapper
* [[1990]] – [[Danny Welbeck]], English footballer
* [[1990]] – [[Danny Welbeck]], English footballer
* [[1990]] - [[Rita Ora]], British singer
* [[1990]] - [[Rita Ora]], [[Kosovo]]-born English singer and actress
* [[1990]] - [[Avery Bradley]], American [[basketball]] player
* [[1992]] - [[Louis Ducruet]], [[Monaco|Monegasque]] royal
* [[1992]] - [[Louis Ducruet]], [[Monaco|Monegasque]] royal
* [[1993]] - [[Erena Ono]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]])
* [[1993]] - [[Erena Ono]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]])


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]]
* [[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]]
* [[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[France]] (b. [[1188]])
* [[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[France]] (b. [[1188]])
* [[1504]] – [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. [[1451]])
* [[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]])
* [[1688]] - [[Philippe Quinault]], French [[playwright]] (b. [[1635]])
* [[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]])
* [[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]])
* [[1836]] – [[John Loudon MacAdam]], Scottish engineer and [[road]]builder (b. [[1756]])
* [[1836]] – [[John Loudon MacAdam]], Scottish engineer and [[road]] builder (b. [[1756]])
* [[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]])
* [[1851]] - [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult]], French [[general]] and [[politician]] (b. [[1769]])
* [[1855]] – [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet (b. [[1798]])
* [[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]])
* [[1876]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German [[biologist]] (b. [[1792]])
* [[1883]] – [[Sojourner Truth]], American [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (b. [[1797]])
* [[1883]] – [[Sojourner Truth]], American [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] (b. [[1797]])

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[1912]] - [[Patriarch]] [[Joachim III of Constantinople]] (b. [[1854]])
* [[1912]] - [[Patriarch]] [[Joachim III of Constantinople]] (b. [[1854]])
* [[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]])
* [[1994]] - [[Arturo Rivera y Damas]], [[Archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[1994]] - [[Arturo Rivera y Damas]], [[Archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] (b. [[1923]])

=== From 2001 ===
* [[2003]] – [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. [[1978]])
* [[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]] - [[Stan Berenstain]], American writer (b. [[1923]])
* [[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]])
* [[2013]] - [[Cayetano Re]], [[Paraguay]]an [[footballer]] (b. [[1938]])
* [[2013]] - [[Cayetano Re]], [[Paraguay]]an [[footballer]] (b. [[1938]])
* [[2013]] - [[Chico Hamilton]], American [[jazz]] [[drum]]mer and [[bandleader]] (b. [[1921]])
* [[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]] - [[John Galbraith Graham]] ([[Araucaria]]), English [[crossword]] compiler and [[Church of England]] priest (b. [[1921]])
* [[2013]] - [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh entertainer (b. [[1925]])
* [[2013]] - [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh entertainer (b. [[1925]])
* [[2014]] - [[Frankie Fraser]], English gangster (b. [[1923]])
* [[2014]] - [[Sabah (singer)|Sabah]], Lebanese singer and actress (b. [[1927]])
* [[2014]] - [[Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)|Gilles Tremblay]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player (b. [[1938]])
* [[2014]] - [[Angel Tulio Zof]], Argentine [[footballer]] (b. [[1928]])


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