Births
1607 - Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento
1628 - John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)
1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer (Bell‚rophen)
1650 - John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]
1704 - Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
1757 - William Blake, English poet/painter (Songs of Innocence & Experience)
1763 - Matthaus Fischer, composer
1770 - F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia
1777 - Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat
1784 - Ferdinand Reis, composer
1785 - Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)
1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education
1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (T”rnrosens Buck)
1795 - Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer
1805 - John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America
1810 - William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect
1811 - Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)
1812 - Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer
1820 - Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 186
1820 - Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator
1821 - Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist (Who Can be Happy in Russia?)
1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Doskoy) [NS]
1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)
1841 - E M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G)
1843 - Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer
1849 - Albert J-BJ Th˜s, Belgian colonial pioneer (Congo)
1854 - Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarians/German botanist
1856 - Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer
1857 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85)
1864 - Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver
1866 - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, Dutch actor/husband of Truus Soete
1866 - Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper (England)
1866 - Henry Bacon, architect (Lincoln Memorial)
1868 - Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer
1876 - Bert Vogler, cricketer (early South African googly bowler)
1878 - Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)
1880 - Marinus van Meel, 1st Dutch aviator
1880 - Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]
1881 - Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity
1883 - Paul Hastings Allen, composer
1887 - Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian
1887 - Ernst R”hm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA
1887 - Jacobo Palm, Cura‡aos pianist/organist
1892 - Thomas Wood, composer
1894 - Brooks Atkinson
1894 - Brooks Atkinson, drama critic (Broadway theater namesake)
1895 - Jos‚ Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist (Peque¤a danza Espa¤ola)
1896 - Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)
1897 - Uno Choyo, writer
1898 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [OS]
1900 - Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage)
1902 - Victor Jory, Dawson City Canada, actor (Kings Row, Manhunt)
1904 - Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a cold climate)
1904 - James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss)
1907 - Alberto Moravia, [Pincherle], Italian author (Indifferent Ones)
1908 - Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina (1958-62)
1908 - Claude L‚vi-Strauss, Belgium, social anthropologist (Structure Anthro
1908 - Roberto Lupi, composer
1909 - Aleksandar Rankovic, Yugoslavic partisan/vice-premier
1912 - Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany)
1912 - Morris Louis, US painter (post abstract)
1913 - Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
1915 - Pamela Harrison, composer
1916 - Guy Lap‚bie, France, 100K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1936)
1916 - Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III
1917 - Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host
1919 - Keith Miller, cricketer (one of Australia's best ever all-rounders)
1920 - Cecilia Colledge, England, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1936)
1922 - Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher
1923 - Phyllis Jenkins, literary & theatrical agent community activist
1923 - Ted Stevens, (Sen-R-AK, 1968- )
1923 - Helen Delich Bentley, (Rep-R-MD, 1985- )
1924 - Kees [Gerrit C] Otten, Dutch flutist
1925 - Virginia Hewitt, Shreveport La, actress (Carol-Space Patrol)
1925 - Gloria Grahame, LA Calif, actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man)
1925 - Aurelio de la Vega, composer
1928 - Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
1929 - Berry Gordy, Jr.
1929 - Berry Gordy Jr, Detroit, record company owner (Motown)
1931 - Dervla Murphy, travel author (Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule)
1931 - Hope Lange, Redding Ridge Ct, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1931 - Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire (Heritage Projects
1931 - Rinus Ferdinandusse, editor/author (Nude on Fence)
1931 - Thomas Enders, diplomat
1932 - Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter (There's a Girl in My Soup)
1932 - Ethel L Ennis, US orchestra leader/jazz singer (Once Again)
1932 - Ben[jamin William] Bova, US, sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth)
1933 - Joe Knollenberg, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1934 - Carlos Farinas, composer
1934 - Dick Rhyan, Columbus OH, PGA golfer (1994 GTE-5th)
1935 - Randolph Stow, author/poet (Suburbs of Hell)
1936 - Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
1939 - Gary Troxel, rocker
1940 - Clem Curtis, rocker
1940 - Bruce Channel, rocker
1941 - Laura Antonelli, Pola Yugoslavia, actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph
1942 - Paul Warfield, NFL/WFL wide receiver (Cleveland, Miami, Memphis)
1943 - Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist (Short People, Love LA, Raindrops
1943 - Randy Newman
1944 - Rita Mae Brown, actress (Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre)
1946 - Joe Dante, director (Matinee, Twilight Zone, Police Squad, Gremlins)
1946 - Susan Spencer, NY, correspondent (48 Hours) [1946 approx]
1946 - Joe Dante
1948 - Beeb Birtles, [Gerard Birtlekamp], rock guitarist (Little River Band)
1948 - Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director (Europa Europa)
1949 - Paul Shaffer
1949 - Alexander Godunov
1949 - Hugh McKenna, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
1949 - Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orch leader (SNL, David Letterman)
1949 - Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent (By Way of Deception)
1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer (Bolshoi) defected 1979
1950 - Ed Harris
1950 - Ed Harris, Tenafly NJ, actor (Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma)
1952 - Jeff Fahey, actor (Darkman III, Crossover, Serpent's Lair)
1952 - S Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw MI, actress (Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2
1953 - Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR, 800m/1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980)
1953 - Sixto Lezcano, baseball player
1956 - Lucy Gutteridge, actress (Top Secret, Trouble With Spies)
1956 - Kristine Arnold, Torrance, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl
1958 - Tim Mullens, Dutch singer/guitarist (Ivy green)
1958 - Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 - David Van Day, rocker (Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me)
1958 - Dave Righetti, baseball pitcher (Yankees, Giants)
1959 - Judd Nelson
1959 - R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
1959 - Stephen Roche, bicylist
1959 - Judd Nelson, Portland ME, actor (Breakfast Club, Jack-Suddenly Susan)
1960 - Ken Howell, baseball player
1960 - Deneice Lewis, Lynchburg Va, model
1961 - Patty Zomer, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1961 - Jane Sibbett, actress (Teddy Z, Heddy Newman-Herman's Head)
1962 - Karen Marsden, Perth Australia, field hockey goalie (Olympics-96)
1962 - Matt Cameron, musician (Soundgarden)
1963 - Johnny Newman, NBA guard/foward (Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks)
1963 - Walt Weiss, Tuxedo NY, shortstop (Oakland A's, Colorado Rockies)
1964 - John Burkett, New Brighton PA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1964 - Cornelia Guest, debutante (Debutante's Guide to Life)
1965 - Matt Williams, infielder (SF Giants)
1965 - David Ecob, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
1965 - Jon Stewart
1967 - Anna Nicole Smith
1967 - Anna Nicole "Vickie" Smith, Houston Tex, playmate (May 1992)
1968 - Jonathan Brown, NYC, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
1969 - Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland, 5k runner (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1969 - Robb Nen, San Pedro CA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Pio Sagapolutele, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints, Cleve Browns)
1969 - Dale Carter, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Doug Petersen, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 - Marc Spindler, NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets, Detroit Lions)
1969 - Nick Knight, cricketer (England opening batsman 1995- )
1969 - Pedro Astacio, Hato Mayor Dom Rep, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1970 - Arshad Laiq, cricket all-rounder (United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996
1970 - Evan Droop, Yarrawonga VIC, Australasia golfer
1970 - Todd Perry, NFL guard (Chic Bears)
1970 - Jason Day, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Karin Taylor, Kingston Jamacia, playmate (June, 1996)
1971 - William Simas Jr, Hanford CA, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
1974 - Joerg Heckenbach, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1974 - Jason Ferguson, defensive tackle (NY Jets)
Events
587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir
741 - St Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1340 - Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back
1443 - George Kastriotis [Skanderberg] proclaims Albania principality
1520 - Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
1569 - Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
1582 - Playwright & poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway
1660 - London Royal Society forms
1670 - Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Bérénice," premieres in Paris
1710 - Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
1745 - -29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY
1757 - England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
1775 - 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
1776 - Washington & his troops cross Delaware River
1795 - US pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis
1813 - Kosacks occupy Utrecht
1821 - Panama declares independence from Spain
1833 - Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo
1847 - Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantu
1853 - Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
1854 - Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
1861 - Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
1862 - Battle of Hooly Spring, MS
1862 - Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
1864 - 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
1864 - Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
1871 - Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC
1875 - Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
1879 - Battle at Lydenburg S Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1895 - America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH
1899 - Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)
1901 - Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony in G, premieres
1904 - Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
1905 - Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
1906 - Tommy Burns & Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title
1908 - 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa
1911 - Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
1912 - Albania declares it's Indepenence from Turkey
1913 - Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs André Spaul in Paris
1916 - 1st (German) air attack on London
1917 - Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in NYC
1918 - Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia & Germany, abdicates
1919 - US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 - Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í festival-Qawl 6, 78)
1922 - Capt Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (NYC) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. C
1922 - 6 old minsters in Greece, executed
1924 - Pieter Jelle Troelstra leaves 2nd Chamber
1925 - 7th French govt of Briand sworn-in
1925 - Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1925 - NHL goalie Georges Vézina collapses & dies of TB 4 months later
1927 - J McHugh & D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in NYC
1929 - Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
1929 - Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight
1930 - Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic," premieres
1931 - Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v S Afr
1932 - Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time
1932 - France & USSR signs not-attack treaty
1934 - Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
1938 - 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian (QB)
1939 - Nazi Gov-Gen of Poland, Hans Frank organizes Judenrat
1939 - Soviet govt revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty
1940 - Cleveringa arrested by nazis
1941 - German troops vacate Rostov
1942 - Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass)
1942 - 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston
1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
1944 - In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
1944 - US 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hürtgen
1944 - 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
1944 - Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
1944 - 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
1945 - Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
1946 - French govt of Bidault, resigns
1946 - Landverrader Anton Mussert to death sentenced
1948 - "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
1948 - 1st Polaroid camera sold
1949 - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs
1950 - Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
1951 - Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1951 - John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC
1953 - "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs
1953 - 41st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 12-6
1954 - 1st pro football game in Netherlands
1954 - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt
1954 - KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 - KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting
1955 - KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Photography begins on "... & God Created Women"
1957 - "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC
1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
1958 - AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1958 - US reports 1st full-range firing of an ICBM
1958 - Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, v India at Bombay
1958 - KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
1958 - Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
1958 - Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community
1959 - 47th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-7
1959 - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Princeps Pastorum
1959 - KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins
1960 - CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
1960 - Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day)
1961 - General Meeting of UN debates about New-Guinea
1961 - Martin Walser's "Der Abstecher," premieres in Munich
1961 - Ernest Davis is 1st black to win Heisman Trophy
1962 - Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored
1963 - Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St Paul, to become NWA champ
1963 - WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 - 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 - Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart
1964 - 52nd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24
1964 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1964 - Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
1965 - Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (109)
1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1966 - Dominican Republic adopts constitution
1966 - Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1967 - The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
1967 - 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)
1968 - John Lennon is fined £150 for unauthorized drug possession
1969 - Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
1970 - 58th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 23-10
1971 - "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 perfs
1971 - 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11
1972 - LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to Calif Angels
1972 - "Via Galactica" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 7 performances
1973 - Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine
1973 - Balt Oriole Al Bumbry wins AL Rookie of Year
1974 - John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG NYC)
1974 - Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
1975 - Democratic Republic East-Timor proclaimed
1975 - Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley
1975 - Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
1976 - 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
1978 - 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
1978 - Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
1979 - Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1979 - "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 perfs
1979 - LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
1981 - Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg & become college football's winni
1981 - "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1982 - 70th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 32-16
1982 - "Pirates of Penzance" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 772 perfs
1982 - 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1)
1983 - 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
1985 - 6th Belgium govt of Martens forms
1986 - Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
1986 - Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
1986 - NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of De
1987 - South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
1988 - Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
1989 - Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors
1993 - Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
1993 - 81st CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 33-23
1993 - "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1993 - "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 13 performances
1994 - Norway votes against joining European Union
1995 - James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
1997 - Final episode of "Beavis & Butt-head," on MTV
Deaths
741 - Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies
1058 - Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
1262 - Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
1499 - Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
1514 - Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies
1545 - Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded
1559 - Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58
1590 - Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60
1641 - Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
1680 - Giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1695 - Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58
1785 - William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
1788 - Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 5
1794 - Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingt
1815 - Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1827 - Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies
1859 - Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies
1860 - Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies
1861 - Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54
1876 - Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 8
1878 - Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78
1898 - C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73
1899 - Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
1907 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer, dies at 43
1912 - Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1915 - Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76
1916 - Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
1918 - Alexis Contant, composer, dies at 60
1927 - Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies
1939 - James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78
1940 - Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist
1944 - Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
1944 - Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies
1944 - Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
1944 - Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43
1945 - Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
1947 - Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53
1959 - Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday
1960 - Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France
1962 - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82
1963 - Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55
1963 - Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23
1964 - Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1964 - Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1966 - Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63
1967 - Le¢n Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies
1968 - Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70
1969 - Roy Barcroft, actor (Eyes of Texas, Son of Zorro), dies at 67
1970 - Fritz v Unruh, writer, dies at 85
1970 - Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55
1971 - Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1972 - Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer, dies at 91
1972 - Havergal Brian, composer, dies at 96
1976 - Robert Fleming, composer, dies at 55
1976 - Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68
1977 - Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 75
1978 - Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69
1983 - Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54
1984 - Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
1985 - Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83
1986 - Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest-Ed Wynn Show), dies at 76
1986 - Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76
1987 - Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
1987 - Paul Arma, composer, dies at 83
1989 - Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91
1990 - Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET), dies at 31
1992 - Ronald Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies
1992 - June Joyce Lewis Fraser, entertainer, dies at 75
1992 - Bill Kearns, US actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69
1993 - Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75
1993 - Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78
1993 - Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1993 - Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23
1994 - Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56
1994 - Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, [Butcher of Milwaukee], killer, killed in prison at 3
1994 - Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62
1994 - Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87
1994 - Franfo Fortini, poet, dies at 77
1996 - Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano, dies at 84
1997 - Georges Marchal, actor (Dirty Game, Blondine), dies at 77
402 Events for 28th November