November 23 — On This Day

Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.

Thespis

Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to his domain.

Saladin · Damascus

Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

Seville · Ferdinand III of Castile

Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.

Perkin Warbeck · Tower of London · 1497 · Edward IV of England

First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.

Ottoman Empire · Kingdom of Imereti · Kutaisi · Gelati Monastery

The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.

Second War of Kappel

John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

John Milton · Areopagitica · Censorship

The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

1733 slave insurrection on St. John · Danish West Indies

French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.

Battle of Tudela

Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.

Sarah Booth · Royal Opera House

American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

American Civil War · Third Battle of Chattanooga · United States · Ulysses S. Grant · Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.

Manchester Martyrs · Manchester

Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Tammany Hall · William M. Tweed

The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Jukebox · San Francisco

King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

William III of the Netherlands · Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Johan Alfred Ander · Capital punishment in Sweden

Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Mexican Revolution · United States occupation of Veracruz · Tampico Affair

Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Heber J. Grant · Joseph F. Smith · President of the Church (LDS Church) · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Edwin Hubble · Andromeda Galaxy · Galaxy · Milky Way · The New York Times

An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

Ogaden · Walwal · Ethiopia · Abyssinia Crisis

Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

Life (magazine)

World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

World War II · HMS Rawalpindi · Battleship · German battleship Scharnhorst · German battleship Gneisenau

World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Kingdom of Romania · Tripartite Pact · Axis powers

World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Deutsche Opernhaus · Charlottenburg · 1961 · Deutsche Oper Berlin

World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

Tarawa · Makin Atoll · Atolls

French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

Hai Phong · Vietnam

Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

Felix Moncla · Lake Superior

The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

Cocos Islands

French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

President of France · Charles de Gaulle · Strasbourg · European integration

The BBC broadcasts the first episode of An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

An Unearthly Child · William Hartnell · Doctor Who

Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

China and the United Nations · United Nations · United Nations Security Council

The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.

N1 (rocket)

Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.

Massacre of the Sixty

Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.

Apneist · Jacques Mayol

Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

1978 Sri Lanka cyclone

The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 · Longwave · Mediumwave

The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483-4,900, and injuring 7,700-8,934.

1980 Irpinia earthquake · Mercalli intensity scale

Iran-Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

Iran-Contra affair · Ronald Reagan · Central Intelligence Agency · Contras · Nicaragua

Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

Aircraft hijacking · EgyptAir Flight 648 · Athens · Cairo · Malta

The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

IBM Simon · COMDEX · Las Vegas, Nevada

Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

Rachel Whiteread · Turner Prize · K Foundation art award

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 · Comoros

The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

Convention on Cybercrime · Budapest

Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

Rose Revolution · Georgia (country) · Eduard Shevardnadze

The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi · Georgia (country)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf · Liberian general election, 2005 · President of Liberia

A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.

23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings · Sadr City

MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.

MS Explorer (1969) · Argentina · Iceberg · South Shetland Islands

The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.

Maguindanao massacre · Ampatuan, Maguindanao

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong

Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

Arab Spring · 2011 Yemeni uprising · Ali Abdullah Saleh

Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.

Blue Origin · New Shepard

Alexander, Byzantine emperor (d. 913)

Alexander (Byzantine emperor)

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Pope Clement IV (d. 1268)

Pope Clement IV

Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)

Alfonso X of Castile

Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)

Jean de Dunois

William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)

William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel

Clément Marot, French poet (d. 1544)

Clément Marot

Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (d. 1549)

Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)

Prospero Alpini

John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)

John Wallis

Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (d. 1707)

Jean Mabillon

Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1720)

Anthonie Heinsius

Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French violinist and composer (d. 1730)

Jean Baptiste Senaillé

Thomas Birch, English historian and author (d. 1766)

Thomas Birch

Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author (d. 1799)

Pierre Charles Le Monnier

Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)

Spranger Barry

Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1800)

Edward Rutledge · Governor of South Carolina

François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist (d. 1797)

François-Noël Babeuf

Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg (d. 1847)

Theodor Valentin Volkmar · List of mayors of Marburg

Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1853)

Jan Roothaan · Superior-General of the Society of Jesus

Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist (d. 1895)

Theodore Dwight Weld

Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)

Franklin Pierce · President of the United States

Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author (d. 1884)

Isaac Todhunter

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)

Johannes Diderik van der Waals · Nobel Prize in Physics

Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1928)

Stephanos Skouloudis · Prime Minister of Greece

Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (d. 1938)

Albert Ranft

Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)

Hjalmar Branting · Prime Minister of Sweden · Nobel Peace Prize

Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (d. 1936)

Henry Bourne Joy

Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (d. 1953)

Mary Brewster Hazelton

Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)

Valdemar Poulsen

William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (d. 1946)

William Watt (Australian politician) · Premier of Victoria

Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1933)

Anatoly Lunacharsky

Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1946)

Manuel de Falla

Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (d. 1941)

Frank Pick

José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)

José Clemente Orozco

Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (d. 1966)

Eduards Smiļģis

Boris Karloff, English actor (d. 1969)

Boris Karloff

Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist (d. 1915)

Henry Moseley

Harpo Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1964)

Harpo Marx

Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman (d. 1964)

Harry Sunderland

El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (d. 1941)

El Lissitzky

Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer (d. 1990)

Erté

Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (d. 1953)

Klement Gottwald · List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (d. 1960)

Tsunenohana Kan'ichi · Yokozuna (sumo)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English historian, author, and critic (d. 1999)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Karl Gebhardt, German physician and war criminal (d. 1948)

Karl Gebhardt

Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator (d. 1974)

Manuel dos Reis Machado

Aaron Bank, American colonel (d. 2004)

Aaron Bank

Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (d. 1982)

Victor Jory

K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1979)

K. Alvapillai

Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (d. 1989)

Betti Alver

Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986)

Lars Leksell

Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (d. 2014)

Run Run Shaw · Shaw Brothers Studio · TVB

Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright (d. 2006)

Nelson S. Bond

Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (d. 2000)

Nigel Tranter

George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)

George O'Hanlon

Donald Nixon, American businessman (d. 1987)

Donald Nixon

Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author (d. 2006)

Wilson Tucker

John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)

John Dehner

Marc Simont, French-American illustrator (d. 2013)

Marc Simont

Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (d. 2001)

Anne Burns

Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2011)

Michael Gough

P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 2010)

P. K. Page

Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator (d. 1970)

Paul Celan

Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)

Fred Buscaglione

Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (d. 2012)

Manuel Fraga Iribarne · President of the Xunta of Galicia

Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2008)

Võ Văn Kiệt · Prime Minister of Vietnam

Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)

Daniel Brewster

Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (d. 1986)

Billy Haughton

Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (d. 2012)

Julien J. LeBourgeois

Gloria Whelan, American author and poet

Gloria Whelan

Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2014)

Irvin J. Borowsky

Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player and educator (d. 2013)

Josephine D'Angelo

Paula Raymond, American model and actress (d. 2003)

Paula Raymond

Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author (d. 1994)

Colin Turnbull

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 1990)

José Napoleón Duarte · President of El Salvador

Johnny Mandel, American composer and conductor

Johnny Mandel

Elaine Horseman, English author and educator (d. 1999)

Elaine Horseman

Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011)

Sathya Sai Baba

R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

R. L. Burnside

John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (d. 2013)

John Cole (journalist)

Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (d. 2005)

Guy Davenport

Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal

Angelo Sodano

Jerry Bock, American composer (d. 2010)

Jerry Bock

John Coleman, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 1973)

John Coleman (Australian footballer)

Elmarie Wendel, American actress and singer

Elmarie Wendel

Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and author

Hal Lindsey

Gloria Lynne, American singer (d. 2013)

Gloria Lynne

Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (d. 1972)

Geeta Dutt

Robert Easton, American actor (d. 2011)

Robert Easton (actor)

Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager

Jack McKeon

Michel David-Weill, French-American banker

Michel David-Weill

Kunie Tanaka, Japanese actor

Kunie Tanaka

Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor

Krzysztof Penderecki

Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist (d. 1977)

Ali Shariati

Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)

Lew Hoad

Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Robert Towne

Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer

Ken Eastwood

Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)

Vladislav Volkov

Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator (d. 2013)

Robert Barnard

Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)

Steve Landesberg

Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author

Mats Traat

Graham Hearne, English lawyer and businessman

Graham Hearne

Patrick Kelly, English archbishop

Patrick Kelly (Archbishop of Liverpool)

Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001)

Betty Everett

Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach

Luis Tiant

Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager

Alan Mullery

Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer

Franco Nero

Susan Anspach, American actress

Susan Anspach

Andrew Goodman, American activist (d. 1964)

Andrew Goodman

Sue Nicholls, English actress

Sue Nicholls

David Nolan, American activist and politician (d. 2010)

David Nolan (libertarian)

Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player and coach

Petar Skansi

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer

Joe Eszterhas

Peter Lindbergh, German-French photographer and director

Peter Lindbergh

James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter

James Toback

Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Assi Dayan

Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin

Jim Doyle · Governor of Wisconsin

Keith Hampshire, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host

Keith Hampshire

Jerry Harris, American sculptor

Jerry Harris

Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer

Dennis Nilsen

Tony Pond, English race car driver (d. 2002)

Tony Pond

Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer and manager

Giorgos Koudas

Diana Quick, English actress

Diana Quick

Bobby Rush, American activist and politician

Bobby Rush

Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host

Jean-Pierre Foucault

Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter

Bruce Vilanch

Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager

Frank Worthington

Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor

Alan Paul

Sandra Stevens, English singer (Brotherhood of Man)

Sandra Stevens · Brotherhood of Man

Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic

Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri

Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic

Carlos Eire

Charles Schumer, American lawyer and politician

Charles Schumer

Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager

Maik Galakos

Bill Troiano, American tuba player and educator

Bill Troiano

Rick Bayless, American chef and author

Rick Bayless

Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Francis Cabrel

Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor

Johan de Meij

Martin Kent, Australian cricketer

Martin Kent

Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (d. 2014)

Volodymyr Sabodan

Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist

Pete Allen (musician)

Glenn Brummer, American baseball player

Glenn Brummer

Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Bruce Hornsby

Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist

Aavo Pikkuus

Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author (Cats Laughing)

Steven Brust · Cats Laughing

Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer

Ludovico Einaudi

Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer and coach

Dinos Kouis

Mary Landrieu, American politician

Mary Landrieu

Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer

Bruce Edgar

Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach

Shane Gould

Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer and lawyer

Martin Snedden

Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor

Maxwell Caulfield

Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist

Robin Roberts (newscaster)

Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author

Keith Ablow

Nicolas Bacri, French composer

Nicolas Bacri

Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer

Merv Hughes

John Schnatter, American businessman, founded Papa John's Pizza

John Schnatter · Papa John's Pizza

Peter Stanford, English journalist and author

Peter Stanford

Lance King, American singer-songwriter and producer

Lance King

Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro · List of Presidents of Venezuela

Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX

Gwynne Shotwell · SpaceX

Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper

Frank Rutherford

Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet

Jennifer Michael Hecht

Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer

Vincent Cassel

Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Kevin Gallacher

Jerry Kelly, American golfer

Jerry Kelly

Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach

Gary Kirsten

Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer

Salli Richardson

Robert Denmark, English runner and coach

Robert Denmark

Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer, linguist, and academic

Hamid Hassani

Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player

Anthony Sullivan

Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist

Kirsty Young

Olivier Beretta, Monégasque racing driver

Olivier Beretta

Mike Lünsmann, German footballer

Mike Lünsmann

Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter

Robin Padilla

Jonathan Seet, Singaporean-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

Jonathan Seet

Zoë Ball, English radio and television host

Zoë Ball

Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor

Oded Fehr

Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter

Danny Hoch

Karsten Müller, German chess player and author

Karsten Müller

Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer

Khaled Al-Muwallid

Lisa Arch, American actress

Lisa Arch

Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach

Vin Baker

Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host

Chris Hardwick

Juventud Guerrera, Mexican wrestler and sportscaster

Juventud Guerrera

Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player

Saku Koivu

Malik Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster

Malik Rose

Jamie Sharper, American football player

Jamie Sharper

Cüneyt Çakır, Turkish footballer and referee

Cüneyt Çakır

Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper

Page Kennedy

Tony Renna, American race car driver (d. 2003)

Tony Renna

Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer and manager

Murat Salar

Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler

Kohei Suwama

Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver

Myriam Boileau

Adam Eaton, American baseball player

Adam Eaton (pitcher)

David Lucas, English footballer

David Lucas (footballer)

Ali Güneş, German-Turkish footballer

Ali Güneş

Tommy Marth, American saxophonist (d. 2012)

Tommy Marth

Alison Mosshart, American singer-songwriter

Alison Mosshart

Kayvan Novak, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Kayvan Novak

Kelly Brook, English model and actress

Kelly Brook

Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer and manager

Nihat Kahveci

Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author

Ishmael Beah

David Britz, American nanotechnologist and engineer

David Britz

Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player

Jonathan Papelbon

Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player

Colby Armstrong

Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player

Dallas Johnson

Igor Kuzmin, Estonian rower

Igor Kuzmin

Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter

Asafa Powell

Nasser Al-Shamrani, Saudi Arabian footballer

Nasser Al-Shamrani

Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer

Fatih Yiğituşağı

Kevin Clancy, Scottish football referee

Kevin Clancy

Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer

Amruta Khanvilkar

Viktor Ahn, South Korean speed skater

Viktor Ahn

Mike Tolbert, American football player

Mike Tolbert

Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player

Nicklas Bäckström

Ossi Kanervo, Finnish figure skater

Ossi Kanervo

Sebastian Nachreiner, German footballer

Sebastian Nachreiner

Shaun Hutchinson, English footballer

Shaun Hutchinson

Eddy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist

Eddy Kim

Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater

Alena Leonova

Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer

Ahmed Shehzad

Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress

Miley Cyrus

Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player

Gabriel Landeskog

Wes Burns, Welsh footballer

Wes Burns

Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer

Kelly Rosen

Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer

Anna Yanovskaya

Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 342)

Emperor Fei of Jin

Berthold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 900)

Berthold, Duke of Bavaria

Eadred, English king (b. 923)

Eadred

Adam, Abbot of Ebrach

Adam of Ebrach · Ebrach Abbey

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116)

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester

Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1372)

Louis I, Duke of Orléans

Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440)

Ladislaus the Posthumous

Blessed Margaret of Savoy (b. 1390)

Blessed Margaret of Savoy

Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne (b. c. 1474)

Perkin Warbeck

Bona of Savoy (b. 1449)

Bona of Savoy

Margaret of York (b. 1446)

Margaret of York

Bronzino, Italian painter and poet (b. 1503)

Bronzino

Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. c.1505)

Thomas Tallis

Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author (b. 1552)

Richard Hakluyt

Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604)

Claude Lorrain

Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)

Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff

Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711)

Constantine Mavrocordatos

Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)

Roger Newdigate

Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)

Richard Graves

Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)

Ivan Mane Jarnović

Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)

Jean-François Rewbell

Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)

Elbridge Gerry · Vice President of the United States of America

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)

William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)

William III of the Netherlands

Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)

Thomas Henry Ismay · White Star Line

John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)

John Burdon-Sanderson

Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)

Hawley Harvey Crippen

Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)

Miguel Pro

Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)

Giovanni Brunero

Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)

Jagadish Chandra Bose

George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)

George Albert Boulenger

Miklós Kovács Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)

Miklós Kovács (poet)

Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)

Hack Wilson

Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

Nikolaos Georgantas

Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)

Johnston McCulley

Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)

Seán T. O'Kelly · President of Ireland

Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)

Yusof bin Ishak · President of Singapore

Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)

Marie Wilson (American actress)

Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)

Sessue Hayakawa

notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician (b. 1918) Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912) Asrate Kassa, Ethiopian commander (b. 1922) Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927)

Massacre of the Sixty · Abiye Abebe · Aman Andom · List of Presidents of Ethiopia · Aklilu Habte-Wold

Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)

Cornelius Ryan

André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)

André Malraux

Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)

Merle Oberon

Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

Judee Sill

Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)

Grady Nutt

Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899)

Juhan Muks

Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Waheed Murad

Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931)

Leonard Baker

Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

Roald Dahl

Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)

Bo Díaz

Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director (b. 1926)

Klaus Kinski

Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1903)

Roy Acuff

Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)

Jean-François Thiriart

Art Barr, American wrestler (b. 1966)

Art Barr

Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (b. 1911)

Irwin Kostal

Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)

Louis Malle

Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1931)

Junior Walker

Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943)

Mohamed Amin

Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961)

Art Porter, Jr.

Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (b. 1939)

Jorge Mas Canosa

Brian Rawlinson, English actor and playwright (b. 1931)

Brian Rawlinson

Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)

Bo Belinsky

Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (b. 1910)

Mary Whitehouse

Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1911)

Roberto Matta

Pete Franklin, American radio host (b. 1928)

Pete Franklin

Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910)

Constance Cummings

Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (b. 1919)

Frank Gatski

Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine (b. 1936)

Jesús Blancornelas · Zeta (magazine)

Nick Clarke, English journalist (b. 1948)

Nick Clarke

Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Betty Comden

Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and defector (b. 1962)

Alexander Litvinenko

Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)

Philippe Noiret

Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)

Anita O'Day

Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (b. 1922)

Willie Pep

Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)

Joe Kennedy (baseball)

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager (b. 1971)

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez

Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier (b. 1935)

Robert Vesco

Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1936)

Pat Walsh (rugby union)

José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (b. 1921)

José Arraño Acevedo

Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

Nassos Daphnis

Joyce Howard, English-American actress (b. 1922)

Joyce Howard

Jim Rathmann, American race car driver (b. 1928)

Jim Rathmann

José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

José Luis Borau

Chuck Diering, American baseball player (b. 1923)

Chuck Diering

Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)

Larry Hagman

Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1921)

Diana Isaac

Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1932)

Connie Broden

Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)

Jay Leggett

Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)

Peter B. Lewis

Wayne Mills, American singer-songwriter (b. 1969)

Wayne Mills (singer)

Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist (b. 1943)

Costanzo Preve

Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (b. 1936)

Marion Barry · Mayor of the District of Columbia

Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (b. 1916)

Dorothy Cheney

Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (b. 1921)

Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut

Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)

Murray Oliver

Clive Palmer, English banjo player (b. 1943)

Clive Palmer (musician)

Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1943)

Pat Quinn (ice hockey)

Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)

Jamiluddin Aali

Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1980)

Manmeet Bhullar

Dan Fante, American author and playwright (b. 1944)

Dan Fante

Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)

Douglass North · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Jim Sochor, American football player and coach (b. 1938)

Jim Sochor

Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician (b. 1948)

Rita Barberá Nolla

Ralph Branca, American baseball player (b. 1926)

Ralph Branca

Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)

Andrew Sachs