November 12 — On This Day

The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.

Lothair of France · Abbey of Saint-Remi · West Francia

Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.

Byzantine emperor · Zoe Porphyrogenita · Romanos III Argyros

Battle of Posada: Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.

Battle of Posada · Basarab I

Plymouth, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

Plymouth · Parliament of England

The Second Statute of Repeal re-establishes Roman Catholicism in England under Queen Mary I.

Second Statute of Repeal · Roman Catholicism · Kingdom of England · Mary I of England

Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.

Jean Sylvain Bailly · Mayor of Paris · Guillotine

William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

William Heffelfinger · American football · Allegheny Athletic Association

Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

Abdur Rahman Khan · Durand Line · British Raj

Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country.

Norwegian monarchy plebiscite, 1905 · Parliament of Norway

King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

George I of Greece · Thessaloniki

The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Robert Falcon Scott · Ross Ice Shelf

Austria becomes a republic.

First Austrian Republic

Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia · Treaty of Rapallo (1920)

Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

Leon Trotsky · Soviet Communist Party · Joseph Stalin · Soviet Union

SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

SS Vestris · Hampton Roads, Virginia

In California, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.

World War II · Battle of Gabon · Free French Forces · Libreville · Gabon

World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

Vyacheslav Molotov · German-Soviet Axis talks

World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.

Soviet Union · Ski troops

World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.

Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina · Battle of Sevastopol

World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal · Guadalcanal

World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

Royal Air Force · Avro Lancaster · Battleship · German battleship Tirpitz · Tallboy bomb

In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East · Hideki Tojo

Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

Morocco · Sudan · Tunisia

In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Suez Crisis · Rafah massacre · Gaza Strip

A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

Warren Harding (climber) · The Nose (El Capitan) · El Capitan · Yosemite Valley

Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.

Vietnam War · Seymour Hersh · My Lai Massacre

The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

Oregon Highway Division · Sperm whale · Exploding whale

The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.

1970 Bhola cyclone · East Pakistan

Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.

Vietnamization · Richard Nixon · Vietnam

The Comoros joins the United Nations.

Comoros

Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

Iran hostage crisis · Tehran · Jimmy Carter · Iran

The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

NASA · Voyager I · Saturn · Rings of Saturn

Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

Space Shuttle program · STS-2 · Space Shuttle · Space Shuttle Columbia

USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.

USSR · Yuri Andropov · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Leonid I. Brezhnev

Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

Crown Prince · Akihito

Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

Tim Berners-Lee · World Wide Web

Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

Santa Cruz massacre · Dili

Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.

Erdut Agreement · Croatian War of Independence

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.

Saudi Arabian Airlines · Boeing 747 · Ilyushin Il-76 · Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Ramzi Yousef · 1993 World Trade Center bombing

The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.

1999 Düzce earthquake · Turkey · Mercalli intensity scale

In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

American Airlines Flight 587 · Airbus A300 · Dominican Republic · John F. Kennedy International Airport

War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

War in Afghanistan (2001-present) · Taliban · Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghan Northern Alliance

Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

Iraq War · Nasiriyah · 2003 invasion of Iraq

Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

Shanghai Transrapid · Land speed record for rail vehicles

Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.

Silvio Berlusconi · European sovereign debt crisis

A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

Bid Kaneh explosion · IRGC · Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam

The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Philae (spacecraft) · European Space Agency · Rosetta (spacecraft) · 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.

Suicide bomber · 2015 Beirut bombings · Bourj el-Barajneh · Beirut

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, Prince of Savoy (d. 1486)

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont

Johan Rantzau, German general (d. 1565)

Johan Rantzau

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony (d. 1521)

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)

Qi Jiguang

Claude of Valois (d. 1575)

Claude of Valois

Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (d. 1635)

Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg

Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)

Jeanne Mance · Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)

Richard Baxter

Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (d. 1672)

Diego Luis de San Vitores

Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Francis Nicholson, British Army general and colonial administrator (d. 1727)

Francis Nicholson

Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)

Edward Vernon

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)

Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)

Gerhard von Scharnhorst · Prussian Minister of War

Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)

Piet Retief

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)

Thaddeus William Harris

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)

Bahá'u'lláh · Bahá'í Faith

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)

Alexander Borodin

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (d. 1917)

Auguste Rodin · The Thinker

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh · Nobel Prize in Physics

Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)

Eduard Müller (Swiss politician) · President of the Swiss Confederation

Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)

Mikhail Chigorin

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)

Sun Yat-sen · President of the Republic of China

William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)

William Fay

Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)

Olev Siinmaa

Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)

Maximilian von Weichs

Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)

Günther Dyhrenfurth

Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)

Ben Travers

DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)

DeWitt Wallace · Reader's Digest

Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)

Lily Kronberger

Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)

Tudor Davies

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe

Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player (d. 1984)

Manuel Alonso Areizaga

Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)

Nima Yooshij

Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)

Salim Ali

Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)

Karl Marx (composer)

Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)

Leon Štukelj

Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer (d. 1941)

Stanley Graham

James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)

James Luther Adams

Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)

Jack Oakie

Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (d. 1981)

Max Hoffman

Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)

Louise Thaden

George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)

George Dillon (poet)

Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)

Harry Blackmun

Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)

Dudley Nourse

Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)

Buck Clayton

Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (d. 1958)

Peter Whitehead (racing driver)

Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)

Roland Barthes

Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)

Paul Emery

Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)

Jean Papineau-Couture

Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)

Jo Stafford

France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (d. 1993)

France Štiglic

Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

Jackie Washington

Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

Richard Quine

Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)

Tadeusz Borowski

Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)

Kim Hunter

Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer

Ian Graham

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño

Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)

Sam Jones (musician)

Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)

Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley

František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)

František Šťastný

Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)

Yutaka Taniyama

Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)

Grace Kelly · Princess Grace of Monaco

Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (d. 1995)

Michael Ende

Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)

Bob Crewe

Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer

Charles Manson

John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)

John McGahern

Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Denis DeJordy

Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania

Benjamin Mkapa · President of Tanzania

Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)

Mort Shuman

Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)

Lucia Popp

Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician

Michel Audet

Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician

Jürgen Todenhöfer

Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Errol Brown

Brian Hyland, American pop singer

Brian Hyland

Wallace Shawn, American actor, comedian and playwright

Wallace Shawn

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)

Björn Waldegård

John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

John Walker (musician)

Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

Booker T. Jones

Al Michaels, American sportscaster

Al Michaels

Michael Bishop, American author and educator

Michael Bishop (author)

Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Neil Young

Judith Roitman, American mathematician and academic

Judith Roitman

Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman

Alexandra Charles

Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Buck Dharma

Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter

Patrice Leconte

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran

Hassan Rouhani · President of Iran

Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)

Ron Lapointe

Jack Reed, American soldier and politician

Jack Reed (politician)

Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer-songwriter

Barbara Fairchild

Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist

Baaba Maal

Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player

Paul McNamee

Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (Bay City Rollers)

Les McKeown · Bay City Rollers

Megan Mullally, American actress and singer

Megan Mullally

Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author

Nick Stellino

Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker

Mykola Vynnychenko (athlete)

Vincent Irizarry, American actor

Vincent Irizarry

Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer

Toshihiko Sahashi

Maurane, Belgian singer and actress

Maurane

Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach

Nadia Comăneci

Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer

Enzo Francescoli

Kuniko Asagi, Japanese actress and television host

Kuniko Asagi

Jon Dough, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)

Jon Dough

Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and actress

Mariella Frostrup

Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Mark Hunter (ice hockey)

Neal Shusterman, American author and poet

Neal Shusterman

Naomi Wolf, American author and activist

Naomi Wolf

Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

Vic Chesnutt

David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter

David Ellefson

Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach

Wang Kuang-hui

Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer

Barbara Stühlmeyer

Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer

Lex Lang

Bassim Al-Karbalaei, Iraqi Eulogy Reciter

Bassim Al-Karbalaei

Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager

Disco Inferno (wrestler)

Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist

Iryna Khalip

Michael Moorer, American boxer

Michael Moorer

Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter

Kathleen Hanna

Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player

Sammy Sosa

Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter

Aaron Stainthorpe

Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author

Ian Bremmer

Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster

Jason Cundy

Rob Schrab, American writer and artist

Rob Schrab

Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer

Elektra (wrestling)

Tonya Harding, American figure skater

Tonya Harding

Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sarah Harmer

Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer

Oscar Strasnoy

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist

Chen Guangcheng

Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer

Vassilios Tsiartas

Radha Mitchell, Australian actress

Radha Mitchell

Jason Lezak, American swimmer

Jason Lezak

Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

Tevin Campbell

Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

Judith Holofernes

Richelle Mead, American author and educator

Richelle Mead

Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist

Mirosław Szymkowiak

Benni McCarthy, South African footballer

Benni McCarthy

Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist

Lee Murray

Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress

Alexandra Maria Lara

Ashley Williams, American actress

Ashley Williams (actress)

Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer

Matt Cappotelli

Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress

Cote de Pablo

Lucas Glover, American golfer

Lucas Glover

Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster

Corey Maggette

Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire

Matt Stevic

Shaun Cooper, American bass player

Shaun Cooper (musician)

Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress

Nur Fettahoğlu

Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer

Ryan Gosling

Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player

Charlie Hodgson

Annika Becker, German pole vaulter

Annika Becker

DJ Campbell, English footballer

DJ Campbell

Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer

Sergio Floccari

Anne Hathaway, American actress

Anne Hathaway

Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer

Mikele Leigertwood

Charlie Morton, American baseball player

Charlie Morton (pitcher)

Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer

Sepp De Roover

Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Sandara Park

Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver

Conrad Rautenbach

Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player

Yan Zi (tennis)

Arianny Celeste, American model and actress

Arianny Celeste

Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer

Adlène Guedioura

Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer

Ignazio Abate

Nedum Onuoha, English footballer

Nedum Onuoha

Jason Day, Australian golfer

Jason Day (golfer)

Kengo Kora, Japanese actor

Kengo Kora

Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

Bryan Little

Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

Russell Westbrook

Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer

Hiroshi Kiyotake

Florent Manaudou, French swimmer

Florent Manaudou

Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer

Harmeet Singh (footballer)

Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player

Siim-Sander Vene

Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

Gijs Van Hoecke

Trey Burke, American basketball player

Trey Burke

Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Adam Larsson

Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter

Luguelín Santos

Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer

Guillaume Cizeron

Pope Boniface III

Pope Boniface III

Livinus, Irish apostle

Livinus · Apostle (Christian)

Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (b. 985)

Cnut the Great

William I, Count of Burgundy (b. 1020)

William I, Count of Burgundy

Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)

Duncan II of Scotland

Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163)

Canute VI of Denmark

Phillipe de Plessis, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1165)

Phillipe de Plessis

Henry de Abergavenny, Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff

Henry de Abergavenny

John of Viktring, Austrian chronicler and political advisor

John of Viktring

Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)

Louis III of Naples

Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1497)

Stephen Gardiner · Secretary of State (England)

Zhang Jing, Ming Chinese general

Zhang Jing (Ming dynasty)

Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian theologian (b. 1500)

Pietro Martire Vermigli

Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (b. 1493)

Anne de Montmorency

Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (b. 1509)

Henry of Stolberg

John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)

John Hawkins (naval commander)

Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop (b. c. 1582)

Josaphat Kuncevyc

Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)

Hans Nansen

Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)

Thomas Fairfax

Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)

Friedrich Hoffmann

Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)

Jean Sylvain Bailly · Mayor of Paris

Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)

Lord George Gordon

Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)

Juan Ramón Balcarce · Governor of Buenos Aires Province

William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)

William Christopher Zeise · Zeise's salt

Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)

Elizabeth Gaskell

Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)

Joseph James Cheeseman · President of Liberia

William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)

William Henry Barlow

Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)

Percival Lowell

John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)

John Cady (golfer)

F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)

F. Holland Day

Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)

Norman Bethune

Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

Albert Bond Lambert

Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)

Madan Mohan Malaviya · President of the Indian National Congress

Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)

Umberto Giordano

Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

Lesley Ashburner

Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)

Julia Marlowe

Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)

Alfréd Hajós · Grand Hotel Aranybika

Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)

Tin Ujević

Sarah Wambaugh, American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (b. 1882)

Sarah Wambaugh

Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)

Gustaf Söderström · Tug of war

Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)

Taher Saifuddin · Da'i al-Mutlaq

Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)

Liu Shaoqi · Chairman of the People's Republic of China

Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)

Rudolf Friml

Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)

Tommy Wisdom

Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)

Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer) · Mikoyan

Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)

Walter Piston

William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)

William Holden

Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)

Minoru Yasui

Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)

Cornelis Vreeswijk

Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)

Eve Arden

Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)

Gabriele Tinti (actor)

H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)

H. R. Haldeman · White House Chief of Staff

Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)

Wilma Rudolph

Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)

Carlos Surinach

Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)

Roy Hollis

Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)

Sally Shlaer

Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)

Franck Pourcel

Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)

Albert Hague

Tony Miles, English chess player and theoretician (b. 1955)

Tony Miles

Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)

Jonathan Brandis

Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1986)

Cameron Duncan

Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)

Penny Singleton

Tony Thompson, American drummer (b. 1954)

Tony Thompson (drummer)

K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)

K. C. Ibrahim

Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1929)

Ira Levin

Catherine Baker Knoll, American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930)

Catherine Baker Knoll · Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1947)

Mitch Mitchell

Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)

Henryk Górecki

Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925)

Hans Hammarskiöld

Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)

Sergio Oliva

Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)

Daniel Stern (psychologist)

Steve Rexe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)

Steve Rexe

Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (b. 1926)

Konrad Rudnicki

Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1944)

Aleksandr Serebrov

John Tavener, English composer and educator (b. 1944)

John Tavener

Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1943)

Kurt Trampedach

John Briscoe, South African-American epidemiologist, engineer, and academic (b. 1948)

John Briscoe (water engineer)

Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (b. 1946)

Ravi Chopra

Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

Warren Clarke

Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (b. 1929)

Marge Roukema

Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1945)

Valery Senderov

Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)

Márton Fülöp

Jihadi John, Kuwaiti terrorist (b. 1988)

Jihadi John

Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)

Lupita Tovar