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This Day in History for 22nd November


Famous Birthdays 

                                   
Writer André Gide (1869)                               French President                             Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (1958)
                                                                  Charles de Gaulle (1890)


Actress Scarlett Johansson (1984)


1458 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician (calculated planetary table)
1515 - Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland
1535 - John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family
1564 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
1579 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
1602 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
1606 - Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher
1635 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
1643 - René R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer
1690 - Francois Collin de Blamont, composer
1698 - Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
1709 - Frantisek Benda, composer
1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64)
1721 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
1722 - Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
1767 - Andreas Hofer, Tirol nationalist
1771 - Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies
1780 - Conradin Kreutzer, composer
1780 - Jose Cecilio del Valle, Honduran Politician (d. 1834)
1805 - Benjamin Hugur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1808 - Thomas Cook, founder (Cook travel bureau)
1814 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
1818 - Samuel Gibbs French, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1819 - George Eliot, [Mary A Evans], England, author (Silas Marner)
1823 - Nathan Kimball, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
1832 - George Henry Chapman, Bvt Maj Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1835 - Frank Crawford Armstrong, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1838 - Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer
1842 - Anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom)
1849 - Friedrich von Bernhardi, German historian (Germany & the Next War)
1849 - Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
1852 - Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist
1856 - Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church
1857 - George Gissing, English author (Thyrza, Crown of Life)
1868 - John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
1869 - Andre Gide, Paris, France, writer (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)
1870 - Howard Brockway, composer
1873 - Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England)
1873 - Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India)
1875 - Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)
1875 - Georges Rency, Belgian poet
1877 - Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953)
1888 - Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel
1890 - Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, President of France (1958-69), (d. 1970)
1891 - Bengt Axel von Torne, composer
1891 - Edward Bernays, PR expert
1891 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital)
1893 - M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin
1893 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
1896 - Mario La Broca, composer
1896 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
1898 - Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)
1900 - Hugo Godron, composer
1900 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Sagunto Spain, composer
1902 - Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch)
1902 - Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
1902 - Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
1903 - Herbert Sally Frankel, economist
1904 - Roland Winters, Boston Mass, actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers)
1905 - James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism)
1906 - Howard Petrie, Beverly MA, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter)
1906 - Lee Patrick, NYC, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon)
1907 - Bernard Naylor, composer
1907 - Dick Bartell, baseball player
1907 - Dora Maar, Tours France, French painter and photographer and lover of Picasso
1908 - Michael Balfour, historian
1909 - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83)
1909 - Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
1912 - Doris Duke, NYC, multi-millionaire (American Tobacco heiress)
1912 - Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist
1913 - Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera)
1913 - Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (d. 2006)
1914 - Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
1917 - Jean-Etienne Marie, composer
1917 - Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate), Paris France, Mexican surrealist
           painter
1918 - Claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- )
1919 - Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist
1920 - Anne Crawford, British film actor (d. 1956)
1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack)
1921 - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
1922 - Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur)
1923 - Arthur Hiller, director (Love Story)
1923 - Dika Newlin, composer
1924 - Axel Borup-Jorgensen, composer
1924 - Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful)
1925 - Gunther Schuller, NYC, hornist/composer (Visitation)
1926 - Lew Burdette, baseball player
1926 - Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56)
1927 - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player
1928 - Juno Stover-Irwin, US, diver (Olympic-silver-1956)
1928 - Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1928 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
1929 - Aleksandar Popović, Serbian dramatist (d. 1996)
1930 - John Paul Schiffer
1930 - Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut (Skylab 3, STS 9)
1930 - Peter Hall, British stage/film/opera director (Pedestrian)
1932 - Robert Vaughn, NYC, actor (Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy)
1932 - Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
1935 - Ludmila Belousova Protopopov, USSR, pairs skater (Oly-gold-1964, 68)
1935 - Michael Callan, [Calinieff], Phila, actor (Peter-Occasional Wife)
1936 - Hans Zender, composer
1936 - Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
1937 - Zenon Jankowski, Poland cosmonaut (Soyuz 30 backup)
1938 - Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
1939 - Allen Garfield, Newark NJ, actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II)
1939 - Tom West, American astrophysicist
1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940 - Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator (Monty Python)
1941 - Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer
1941 - Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1941 - Tom Conti, Paisley Scotland, actor (Reuben Reuben, American Dreamer)
1941 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1942 - Guion Steward Bluford Jr, Phila, Col USAF/astr (STS 8, 61A, 39, 53)
1942 - Steve Caldwell, rocker (Orleans)
1943 - Billie Jean King, Long Beach California, American tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75)
1943 - Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer (Three Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1943 - George W [Buddy] Darden, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1943 - Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder 1959-79)
1943 - Peter Adair, American filmmaker
1943 - Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
1946 - Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
1946 - Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance (PvdA)
1947 - Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
1947 - Rod Price, rocker (Foghat)
1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
1948 - Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager
1949 - Richard Carmona, Surgeon General of the United States
1949 - David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
1950 - Greg Luzinski, baseball player (Phillies, White Sox)
1950 - Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
1950 - Lyman Bostock, baseball player
1950 - [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado CA, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
1950 - Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
1951 - Kent Nagano, American conductor
1953 - Wayne Larkins, cricketer (England opening batsman of 80's)
1953 - Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
1953 - Billy M. Sprague, American rocket scientist
1955 - James Edwards, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
1955 - Sue Novara-Reber, Flint Mich, cyclist (1975 World sprint champ)
1955 - Wayne Tolleson, baseball player
1956 - Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
1956 - Richard Kind, American actor
1957 - Sharon Bailey, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, Los Angeles California, actress (Anything But Love, Halloween)
1958 - Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
1959 - Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1959 - Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1960 - Eg White, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1960 - Tommy Masters, Framingham MA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Carolina-50th)
1960 - Léos Carax, French film director
1961 - Joel Ashley Edwards, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1992 BC Open-2nd)
1961 - Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress (Personal Best, Civil Wars)
1961 - Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
1961 - Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
1962 - Cleo Fields, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
1962 - Steve DeOssie, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1962 - Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
1963 - Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne (Benny Hill Show)
1963 - Helen Reale, NYC, WPVA volleyballer (Manhattan Beach-7th-1994)
1963 - Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos)
1964 - Akram Raza, cricketer (Pakistani off-spin all-rounder)
1964 - Benoit Benjamin, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
1964 - David Tate, NFL defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
1964 - Gene Atkins, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1964 - Maggie Will, Whiteville NC, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee Classic)
1964 - Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
1964 - Stephen Geoffreys, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Faternity Vacation)
1964 - Robbie Slater, Australian former footballer
1965 - Eric Allen, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
1965 - Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 - R Duncan Douglas, NYC, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1965 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
1965 - Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
1966 - Brian Robbins, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Eric-Head of the Class)
1966 - Nicholas Rowe, London England, actor (Young Sherlock Holmes)
1967 - Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89)
1967 - Donald Hollas, quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor
1968 - Daedra Charles, WNBA forward/center (LA Sparks)
1968 - Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 - Irina Privalova, Russia, 100m/200m/400m runner
1968 - Jonathan Moss, Tenafly NJ, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
1969 - Byron Houston, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1969 - John Parrella, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1969 - Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg German DR, 100m/200m (World Champ 1991)
1969 - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
1970 - Alison Korn, Ottawa Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1970 - Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
1970 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist
1971 - Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player (Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles)
1971 - Tyoka Jackson, defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 - Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart)
1972 - Mavan Atapattu, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman)
1972 - Tricia Tan, Miss Singapore Universe (1997)
1972 - Jay Payton, American baseball player
1973 - Alexandra Fusai, St Cloud France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Szczecin)
1973 - Brandon Paulsen, Coon Rapids Minn, greco-roman wrestler (Oly-silv-96)
1973 - Cassie Campbell, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1973 - Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1974 - Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER)
1974 - Joe Nathan, American baseball player
1975 - Aiko, Japanese singer
1976 - Taryn Mansell, Aruba, Miss Universe-2nd place (1996)
1976 - Torsten Frings, German footballer
1976 - Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976 - Regina Halmich, German female boxer
1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
1977 - Devyn Puett, actress (Kids Incorporated)
1977 - Michael Preston, English footballer
1978 - Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia)
1978 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1979 - Chris Doran, Irish singer
1980 - Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
1980 - Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
1981 - Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
1981 - Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1981 - Ben Adams, English singer
1982 - Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
1982 - Alasdair Duncan, Australian novelist
1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1983 - Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
1983 - Peter Ramage, English footballer
1984 - Scarlett Johansson, New York City, New York, American actress (The Prestige)
1985 - Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1986 - Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
1987 - Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
1988 - Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, British-Indian novelists

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This Day in History for 22nd November


Famous Deaths

                                   
Author Aldous Huxley (1963)            US President John F. Kennedy (1963)             Actress Mae West (1980)

                 
Actor Bill Bixby (1993)                       INXS rocker Michael Hutchence (1997)


365 - Felix II, Italian anti-pope, dies after failing to regain position as Pope from Liberius
950 - Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies
1247 - Robin Hood, dies (from "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood")
1286 - Eric V of Denmark, Danish King (b. 1249)
1318 - Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1594 - Martin Frobisher, English vice-admiral/explorer, dies
1617 - Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies
1694 - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630)
1697 - Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)
1751 - Anton Englert, composer, dies at 77
1758 - Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1773 - Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48
1776 - Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75
1781 - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57
1782 - John Barueth, vicar/pamphleter, dies
1782 - John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies
1783 - John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715)
1794 - John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1799 - Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
1803 - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar/patriot, dies at 57
1813 - Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer, dies at 63
1825 - Ann Bailey, pioneer, dies
1826 - Pavel Lambert Masek, composer, dies at 65
1852 - August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69
1859 - Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75
1871 - Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned
1875 - Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
1886 - William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1890 - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
1893 - James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
1896 - George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies
1896 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65
1900 - Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58
1902 - Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide
1902 - Septimus Winner, composer, dies at 75
1904 - Theophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies
1906 - Earnest Josephson, Swedish painter, dies
1916 - Jack London, author, dies at 40
1917 - Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
1919 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
1920 - Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1924 - Herman Heijermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies
1926 - Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
1932 - William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
1936 - Louis F H Apol, painter/etcher/literary, dies at 86
1940 - Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67
1941 - Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
1943 - Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY
1943 - Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer, dies at 57
1944 - Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies
1946 - Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa's Test), dies
1946 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist (b. 1889)
1953 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884)
1954 - Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70
1954 - Moroni Olsen, actor (Possessed), dies at 65
1954 - Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
1955 - Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91
1955 - Shemp Howard, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 60
1956 - Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies
1956 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born choreographer (b. 1882)
1963 - Aldous Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69
1963 - Bikram Singh, Indies Lt-General (Kashmir), dies
1963 - C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Irish author (Silver Chair), dies at 64
1963 - Claude Floquet, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies
1963 - Daulet Singh, Indies Lt-General, dies
1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961-63), assassinated by Lee Harvey
           Oswald in Dallas, Texas at 46
1963 - NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies
1963 - William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
1963 - Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1963 - J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer (b. 1924)
1966 - Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies
1967 - Edvin Kallstenius, composer, dies at 86
1967 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
1969 - Acario Cotapos, composer, dies at 80
1971 - Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65
1976 - Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59
1977 - Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
1979 - Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
1980 - Herbert Wade, cricketer (South African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies
1980 - Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77
1980 - Mae West, actress (She Done Him Wrong), dies in Hollywood at 87
1980 - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
1981 - Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74
1981 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 1189 runs), dies
1982 - Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80
1982 - Enny, [Engelina] de Leeuwe, actress (Anatevka), dies at 84
1982 - Max Deutsch, composer, dies at 90
1983 - Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1986 - Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73
1986 - Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82
1986 - Scatman Crothers, actor (Shining, Zapped), dies at 76
1986 - William Bradford Huie, American writer (b. 1910)
1987 - Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies
1988 - Erich Fried, writer, dies at 67
1988 - Janet Ertel, crooner, dies
1988 - Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
1988 - Paul Vario, U.S. Italian Mafia of the Lucchese Family (b. 1914)
1989 - Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicketkeeper (1 Test), dies
1989 - Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
1989 - C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1991 - Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies
1992 - Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
1992 - Sterling Holloway, US actor (Golddiggers of 1933, Batman), dies at 87
1993 - Bill Bixby, US actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59
1994 - Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
1994 - John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70
1994 - L V Johnson Singer, dies
1994 - Norma Donaldson, US singer/actress (Staying Alive), dies at 68
1995 - Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76
1995 - Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90
1995 - Francis Joan Frances Will, actress, dies at 75
1995 - John Putz, journalist, dies at 89
1995 - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72
1996 - Maria Casares, actress (Orpheus, Rebel Nun), dies at 73
1996 - Mark Lenard, American actor (Sarek-Star Trek), dies of cancer at 72
1996 - Terence Daniel Donovan, photographer, dies at 60
1997 - Joanna Moore, actress (Bronx, Hindenburg), dies at 63
1997 - Michael Hutchence, Australian rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37
1997 - Tom Blackburn, writer, dies at 71
1998 - Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
2000 - Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2000 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922)
2001 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
2001 - Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and producer (b. 1918)
2005 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
2006 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2007 - Maurice Béjart, Father of the Ballet Renewal(b. 1929)
2007 - Verity Lambert, first producer of British SF series Doctor Who (b. 1935)
2008 - MC Breed, American hip hop artist (b. 1971)
2010 - Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist (b. 1914)
2010 - Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928)
2011 - Lynn Margulis, American biologist (b. 1938)
2011 - Lana Peters [Svetlana Stalina], Stalin's daughter, dies at 85
2011 - Paul Motian, American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer, dies at 80
2012 - Bryce Courtenay, South African-born Australian novelist, dies from stomach cancer at 79

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This Day in History for 23rd November


Historical Events

                                   
Poet John Milton                                     Author John Steinbeck                          Dictator of Nazi Germany
                                                                                                                             Adolf Hitler

                                   
US President John F. Kennedy                 36th US President                              Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield
                                                                Lyndon B. Johnson


President of Liberia
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf


800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1165 - Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome
1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
1334 - St Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast
1499 - Flemish pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck hanged for reportedly attempting to
           escape from Tower of London. Invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King
           Edward IV
1556 - King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts
1577 - Water Geuzen under capt Slope enter Amsterdam
1584 - English parliament expels Jesuits
1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, written by John Milton is published.
1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an
           intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.
1700 - Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI
1705 - Nicholas Rowe's "Ulysses" premieres in London
1744 - English premier John Carteret resigns
1765 - People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax
1783 - Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)
1832 - French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium
1834 - Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" premieres
1835 - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY)
1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
1848 - Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston
1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
1863 - Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob, TN begins
1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1864 - -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from
           jail.
1868 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to
           be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
1871 - Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens
1876 - Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
1885 - Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
1887 - Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
1889 - Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco)
1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law passed
           to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
1890 - General elections in Italy.
1892 - Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
1892 - P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games
1897 - Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars
1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
1899 - Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
1903 - Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to
           break up a miners' strike.
1904 - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti
1906 - Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy
1909 - 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)
1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
1911 - Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital
1912 - Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested
           game
1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico.
1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or
           liquor for medicinal purposes
1923 - German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD
1923 - Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD
1926 - Noel Coward's "This Was a Man" premieres in NYC
1930 - NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
1931 - Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at
           Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1936 - Life magazine hit newsstands
1936 - The first edition of Life is published.
1937 - Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in NYC
1937 - Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier
1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men" premieres in NYC
1939 - Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star
1940 - 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
1940 - Romania signs Driemogendheden pact
1940 - SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire
1941 - German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
1942 - 3rd & 5th Romanian army corp surrenders
1942 - Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
1942 - Col-gen Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender
1942 - German 4th & 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad
1942 - Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia
1942 - Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed
1942 - Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don
1942 - Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days
1943 - 1st printing of illegal "Warheid"
1943 - British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation
1943 - US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese
1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own
           team
1944 - US 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg
1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends
1946 - "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances
1946 - 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6
1946 - French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000
1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.
1947 - French government of Schumann forms
1947 - Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1948 - Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
1950 - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony" premieres
1953 - KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 - WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just
           before the 1929 crash.
1955 - British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
1959 - "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances
1960 - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
1962 - Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP
1963 - "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
1963 - "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 perfs
1963 - Horatio Alger Society founded
1963 - JFK's body lay in repose in East Room of White House
1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
1964 - "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1965 - 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern Cal (RB)
1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 - Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth NYC after 36 perfs
1968 - Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for
           Flynn Robinson
1970 - KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
1971 - Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
1974 - 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1975 - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft Myers Golf Classic
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing
           equipment.
1977 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 perfs
1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
1980 - 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10
1980 - National Black Independent Party forms
1982 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB & mated for STS-6
1982 - FCC drops limits on duration & frequency of TV ads
1982 - NY Islanders & Minn North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
1983 - Soyuz T-9 lands
1983 - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
1984 - Limited-over intl cricket debut for Wasim Akram, v NZ
1984 - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 & Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 - Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail
           Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45
1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1985 - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1988 - France performs nuclear test
1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
1988 - Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
1989 - Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
1989 - Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece
1990 - Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0
1991 - Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies
1991 - Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1991 - Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
1991 - Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games
1991 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols
1991 - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season
           & 15,031 for career
1992 - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth NYC for 232 perfs
1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
1993 - "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 perfs
1996 - Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1997 - Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ
1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom
           Ranariddh.
2001 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over
           flawed elections.
2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African
           country.
2007 - MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of
           Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
2010 - The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North
           Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.
2011 - Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh
           Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
2012 - JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour

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This Day in History for 23rd November


Famous Weddings

1963 - "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (39) weds Lena Horne's daughter Gail Jones
1983 - "Ordinary People" actress Mary Tyler Moore (46) weds Dr. Robert Levine at the Pierre Hotel in
           New York City
1990 - Model Cheryl Tiegs marries actor Tony Peck
1996 - Actor and comedian Chris Rock (31) weds founder and executive director of StyleWorks
           Malaak Compton
2004 - "Penn and Teller" magician Penn Jillette (49) weds TV producer Emily Zolten at Viva Las Vegas
          Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
2007 - Actress and model Jaime King (28) weds director Kyle Newman (31) at Greystone Park and
           Manor in Los Angeles

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 23rd November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Physicist/Nobel Laureate                    Frontier Outlaw Billy the Kid (1859)         Actress/Singer Miley Cyrus (1992)
Johannes van der Waals (1837)


912 - Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73)
1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)
1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)
1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)
1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)
1669 - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)
1690 - Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI
1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
1748 - Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer
1749 - Edward Rutledge, (Gov-SC)/attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)
1760 - Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple)
1765 - Thomas Attwood, composer
1785 - Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53)
1794 - Joan F Van Oordt, vicar (Groninger direction)
1797 - Gabor Matray, composer
1800 - Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author (Povesti)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, (D) 14th Pres (1853-1857)
1809 - Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1815 - William Dennison, postmaster/general (Union), died in 1882
1819 - Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1820 - John Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861
1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
1821 - Charles Meryon, British/French etcher
1826 - Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curacao
1830 - Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor
1837 - Johannes van der Waals, Leiden, Netherlands, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States),
           (d. 1923)
1842 - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)
1843 - Josef Sucher, composer
1858 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr)
1859 - Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, frontier outlaw, (d. 1881)
1860 - Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1862 - Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo)
1862 - Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism)
1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
1878 - Andre Caplet, composer
1878 - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II)
1878 - Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)
1879 - Andre Caplet, French composer/conductor (Conte Fantastic)
1882 - Johan C T Kikkert, Dutch painter/etcher/critic
1883 - Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Along the water front)
1883 - Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World)
1887 - Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich England, actor (Frankenstein)
1887 - Paul Malengreau, composer
1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
1888 - Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers)
1888 - Nana Bryant, Cincinnati OH, actress (Ladies of the Chorus)
1889 - Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league identity (d. 1964)
1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
1893 - Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for South Africa)
1894 - Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)
1896 - Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher
1896 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1946-53)
1896 - Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer/actress (Roman scandals)
1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948)
1899 - Norman Hunter, writer
1902 - Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (d. 2004)
1906 - Mervyn Roberts, composer
1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1908 - Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter
1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006)
1909 - Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)
1910 - Hal Schumacher, baseball player
1911 - Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)
1912 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist
1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
1914 - [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, US, sci-fi author (Time Masters)
1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
1915 - Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], Kansas City Mo, actress (Isle of Dead)
1915 - John Dehner, [Forkum], Staten Is NY, actor (Big Hawaii, Bare Essence)
1915 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician
1916 - Michael Gough, Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, English actor (Search for the Nile)
1917 - George O'Hanlon, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson)
1917 - Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer
1919 - Claudio Santoro, composer
1919 - Peter Strawson, English philosopher
1920 - Chalmers P Wylie, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )
1920 - Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer (Te Deum Laudamus)
1920 - Paul Celan, [Antschell], German/Romanian poet (Collected Prose)
1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
1921 - Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
1923 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
1923 - Guy Molinari, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
1923 - Nadia Gray, actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide)
1923 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
1924 - Colin Turnbull, anthropologist
1924 - Paul Richards, CA, actor (Kiss Daddy Goodnight)
1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
1926 - Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer (Trials)
1926 - Don Gordon, Los Angeles California, actor (Prentiss-Lucan)
1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (d. 2005)
1928 - Jakob Jez, composer
1928 - Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof)
1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
1930 - Jack McKeon, baseball player
1930 - Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor (Someone Up There Likes Me)
1930 - William E Brock, (Sen-D)/US Secretary of Labor (1985-87)
1931 - Yevgeni Grischin, USSR, 500m/1500m speed skater (Oly-gold-1956, 60)
1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer
1932 - Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader (NATO)
1932 - Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1933 - Hayes Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Debica Poland, composer (Hiroshima Threnody)
1933 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
1934 - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56)
1934 - Michael Wayne, producer (McQ, Chisum, Green Berets, McLintock)
1934 - Rita Rossi Colwell, oceanographer
1934 - Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter (Chinatown)
1935 - Dean A Gallo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1985- )
1935 - Ken Eastwood, cricketer (opened for Aust v Eng SCG 1971)
1935 - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11)
1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
1938 - Herbert Achternbusch, Munich Germany, actor (Hedes, Mix Wix, Wohin)
1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
1939 - Betty Everett, US singer (Getting Mighty Crowded)
1939 - Susan Anspach, NYC, actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love)
1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
1941 - Alan Mullery, English soccer player
1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
1943 - Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964
1943 - Sue Nicholls, British actress
1944 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter (Basic Instinct, Showgirls)
1944 - Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist (Parool, NRC)
1945 - Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor (Operation Thunderbolt)
1945 - Steve Landesberg, Bronx NY, comedian/actor (Barney Miller)
1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
1945 - Jerry Harris, American sculptor
1946 - Bobby L Rush, (Rep-D-Illinois)
1946 - Diana Quick, London England, actress (Brideshead, Big Sleep, Odd Job)
1946 - Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor
1946 - Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
1947 - Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner
1948 - Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
1949 - Gayl Jones, US author/poet (Corregidora, Song for Anninho)
1950 - Cecil Hooker, rocker (Snuff)
1950 - Charles E Schumer, (Rep-D-NY, 1981-1999, Sen-D-NY, 1999 -)
1951 - Bernd Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
1951 - David Rappaport, London England, 3'11" actor (Wizard, Time Bandits)
1951 - Jorg Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
1952 - Francie Larrieu Smith, US, 1.5/3/10K track runner (AAU 1 mile-1979)
1952 - Bill Troiano, musician
1953 - Martin Kent, cricketer (Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981)
1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer
1954 - Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg Va, rock vocalist
1954 - Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief (Elsevier Magazine)
1954 - Ken Schrom, baseball player
1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
1955 - Steven Brust, [Karl Zoltan], US, sci-fi author (Yendi, Jhereg)
1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
1955 - Mary Landrieu, American politician, senior senator of Louisiana
1956 - Bruce Edgar, cricketer (NZ opener through the 80')
1956 - Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972)
1957 - John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer
1958 - David Wallace, Miami, actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus)
1958 - Martin Snedden, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer of 80's)
1959 - Brook Jacoby, baseball player
1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, Derbyshire England, actor (Miles-The Colbys)
1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
1960 - Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler)
1960 - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
1961 - Merv Hughes, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert)
1961 - Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
1962 - Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1962 - Gary Rusnak, Orangeburg SC, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Permian Basin-2nd)
1962 - Mike Nocito, rocker
1963 - Dale Sveum, baseball player
1963 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
1963 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
1964 - Boyd Kestner, actor (Outsiders)
1964 - John Williams, NFL linebacker/FB (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1964 - Jose Gonzales, baseball player
1964 - Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer (Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler)
1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
1965 - Michael Brainard, Hollywood, California, American actor (All My Children, Santa Barbara)
1965 - Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan, pole vaulter (Olympics-silver-88)
1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
1966 - Charlie Grover, musician (Sponge)
1966 - Jerry Kelly, Madison WI, PGA golfer (1993 Nike Cleveland Open-2nd)
1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
1967 - Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1967 - Diane O'Grady, North Bay Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Gary Kirsten, cricketer (South African lefty opening batsman 1993-)
1967 - Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Pestilence)
1967 - Salli Richardson, actress (Posse)
1968 - John O'Neill, Detroit, US field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer
1968 - Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
1970 - Glenn Murray, Manning SC, outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
1970 - Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
1971 - Ashraf Amaya, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1971 - Jim Pyne, NFL guard/corner (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1971 - Vin Baker, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1971 - Lisa Arch, American actress
1972 - Kurupt, rapper (Tha Dogg Pound)
1972 - Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer (Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94)
1973 - Reggie Green, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Jamie Sharper, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 - Malik Rose, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1974 - Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA (1996)
1974 - Saku Koivu, Turku Fin, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Oly-B-98)
1974 - Tora Suber, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1974 - Tyrus McCloud, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1976 - Adriana Cano Garcia, Miss Uruguay Universe (1997)
1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor
1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
1978 - Aliane Baquerot, NYC, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1978 - Kayvan Novak, English actor
1979 - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
1980 - David Britz, American nano-technologist
1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
1985 - Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater
1987 - Nicklas Backstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 - Anurag Kashyap, 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
1992 - Miley Cyrus, Nashville, Tennessee, actress and singer (Hannah Montana, The Climb)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 23rd November


Famous Deaths

                 
Novelist André Malraux (1976)                   Author Roald Dahl (1990)


615 - Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies
947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
955 - Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
1249 - Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
1407 - Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered
1457 - Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17
1503 - Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)
1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
1558 - Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52
1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
1585 - Thomas Tallis, composer, dies
1613 - Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, dies at 64
1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)
1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)
1709 - Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60
1752 - Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79
1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714)
1787 - Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52
1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)
1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747)
1814 - Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70
1848 - Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45
1853 - Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67
1853 - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67
1865 - Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
1865 - René E de Russy, West Indian/US brig-general, dies at about 75
1872 - Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies
1890 - Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73
1902 - Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies
1910 - Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
1911 - Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 South Africa v England), dies
1914 - Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
1916 - Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77
1916 - Leonard Moon, cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies
1920 - Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
1926 - Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50
1927 - S Przybyszewski, writer, dies
1931 - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1932 - Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63
1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
1937 - Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68
1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)
1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1938 - August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84
1940 - Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82
1943 - Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies
1946 - Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
1948 - Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1948 - Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 63
1948 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1949 - Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
1952 - Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
1952 - Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
1956 - Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
1962 - Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81
1962 - Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1965 - Franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81
1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. 1882)
1967 - Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1970 - Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
1971 - Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies
1972 - Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
1973 - Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
1973 - Constance Talmadge, US comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
1973 - Paul Newlan, actor (Capt Grey-M Squad), dies
1973 - Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40
1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
1974 - Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
1974 - Pall Isolfsson, composer, dies at 81
1976 - Andre Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies at 75
1979 - Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
1980 - Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
1980 - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1982 - "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
1990 - Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
1990 - Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
1990 - Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies
1990 - Roald Dahl, British short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74
1991 - Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
1991 - Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
1992 - Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1992 - Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
1992 - Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
1993 - Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, sculptor, dies at 89
1993 - Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1994 - Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
1994 - Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85
1994 - Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55
1994 - William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89
1994 - Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
1995 - Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
1995 - Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64
1995 - Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
1995 - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
1996 - Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
1996 - George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
1996 - Mohamed Amin, cameraman, dies at 53
1996 - Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
1996 - Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72
2001 - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
2001 - Mary Whitehouse,'Clean up TV' campaigner
2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
2005 - Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910)
2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
2006 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
2007 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
2007 - Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
2007 - Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936)
2010 - Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (b. 1937)
2010 - Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)
2010 - James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
2011 - Oscar Griffin Jr, American journalist and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78
2011 - Jim Rathmann, 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 83
2012 - Larry Hagman, American actor, dies from complications from throat cancer at 81

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 24th November


Historical Events

                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                      Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini              Author John Steinbeck

                                   
Night club operator Jack Ruby          President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko          38th US President Gerald Ford


Prime Minister of Canada
Stephen Harper


380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
496 - Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
642 - Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1105 - Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
1434 - River Thames freezes
1542 - Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V
1587 - Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
1601 - Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
1628 - John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London
1639 - 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1642 - Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1643 - Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
1655 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans
1688 - General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III
1703 - 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila
1715 - River Thames freezes
1759 - Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
1800 - Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen" premieres in Freiburg
1832 - South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1835 - Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1861 - Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
1862 - M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"
1863 - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1869 - American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1871 - National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
1874 - Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
1880 - Southern University forms
1887 - Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca" premieres in Paris
1896 - 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1897 - Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
1898 - The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
1903 - Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
1903 - George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in NYC
1905 - Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1914 - Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
1914 - Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
1915 - Serbian leader flees to Albania
1917 - Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee,
           Wisconsin police headquarters building.
1918 - Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
1922 - Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year"
1923 - Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1924 - 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
1925 - 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 - Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
1926 - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1930 - 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, NY to California), in
           a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
1932 - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI
           Crime Lab) officially opens.
1934 - CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
1934 - SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven" premieres in NYC
1935 - King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
1936 - Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30" premieres in NYC
1936 - Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace
           Prize
1938 - Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon" premieres in NYC
1938 - National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1941 - "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
1941 - Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
1941 - US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1942 - Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
1942 - French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx"
1944 - US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
1947 - John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published
1947 - Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal
           to reveal whether they were communists
1948 - Ireland votes for independence from UK
1948 - WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Britain nationalizes its steel & iron industry
1949 - Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
1950 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
1950 - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
1950 - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
1951 - "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
1951 - "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1951 - 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
1951 - British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge
1953 - Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
1954 - Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
1954 - France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1955 - 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship
1956 - "Pajama Game" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
1956 - 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
1957 - Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
1958 - Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
1962 - Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
1963 - 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
1964 - 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1964 - Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
1964 - For 1st time since 1800, residents of Wash DC permitted to vote
1964 - Rebellion ends in Zaire
1965 - Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire
1966 - 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
1966 - 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
1966 - The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
1966 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
1966 - New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth
1969 - West German pres Heinemann visits Netherlands
1969 - Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March
           1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1970 - 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1971 - Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1971 - Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
1971 - Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 - 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
1974 - 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
1974 - Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1975 - "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
1976 - NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 - Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 - Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
1979 - Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1981 - 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
1982 - Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
1982 - Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
1983 - PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
1983 - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
1985 - 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
1985 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1986 - "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
1986 - Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
1986 - Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
1987 - Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1989 - Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
1989 - Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
1989 - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1991 - 1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
1991 - 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
1991 - After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
1991 - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
1991 - Rachmon Nabijev elected pres of Tadzjikistan
1991 - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
1992 - Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1993 - Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
1993 - End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
1993 - In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of
           2-year-old James Bulger.
1995 - Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
1996 - "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton
1996 - Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1996 - Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
1996 - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
1996 - Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
1997 - "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs
2005 - Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of
           no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th
           Canadian Parliament.
2006 - Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court
           hearing.
2007 - Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election,
           ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition
           government.
2012 - Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views
2012 - Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
2012 - The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 24th November


Famous Weddings

1190 - Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King.
1979 - Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)
1980 - Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
2000 - Actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau (34) weds physician Joya Tillem (30) in Sonoma,
           California
2001 - "Angel" actor David Boreanaz (32) weds actress Jaime Bergman (26) at Ingleside Inn in Palm
           Springs, California
2007 - "Superman Returns" actor Brandon Routh (28) weds actress Courtney Ford (29) at the
           beautiful El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 24th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Ragtime Composer                            NYC Gangster Charles Luciano (1896)      NBA Player Oscar Robertson (1938)
 Scott Joplin (1868)


Actress Katherine Heigl (1978)


1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632 - Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
1642 - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1655 - Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)
1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer
1712 - Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
1713 - Junipero Serra, priest had a mission in California
1713 - Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1740 - John Bacon, English sculptor
1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
1747 - Felice Alessandri, composer
1766 - J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist
1768 - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
1774 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784 - Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
1795 - Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer
1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1806 - Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq
1806 - William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
1811 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )
1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815 - James Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1815 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1817 - Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
1824 - Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist
1826 - Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
1829 - William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1833 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1848 - Lilli Lehmann, opera singer
1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book (My Secret Garden)
1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
1868 - Scott Joplin, Texas, US ragtime entertainer and composer (The Entertainer)
1869 - António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d.
           1951)
1873 - L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary
1874 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876 - Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
1877 - Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53)
1877 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1878 - Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian
1881 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1886 - Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L'art et Son Avenir)
1886 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888 - Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter)
1888 - Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
1888 - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies)
1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1889 - Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
1889 - Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author
1892 - Isidor Achron, composer
1893 - Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World)
1893 - Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl)
1896 - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster, (d. 1962)
1899 - Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
1899 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1900 - Cornelius Kee, composer
1900 - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher
1901 - Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker
1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian
1905 - Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady)
1906 - Andreina Pagnani, Rome Italy, actress (Il Commandante)
1906 - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin)
1908 - Harry Kemelman, US detective author (rabbi-omnibus)
1908 - Libertad Lamaraque, Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada)
1908 - Ray Carter, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909 - Hans Melchior Brugk, composer
1909 - Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon)
1910 - Lennox Brown, cricketer (S Afr leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour)
1911 - Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King)
1911 - Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter
1911 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1912 - Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!)
1912 - Garson Kanin, Rochester NY, playwright/producer (Double Life)
1912 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money)
1912 - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger
1913 - Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
1913 - Howard Duff, Bremerton Washington, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
1914 - Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress (Jane Eyre)
1916 - Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi"
1917 - Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer
1917 - Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer
1918 - Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52)
1918 - Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round)
1918 - William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician
1919 - John Silverlight, journalist
1919 - David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
1920 - Anthony Griffin, sailor
1920 - Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
1921 - Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player
1921 - John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
1924 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 - Alun Owen, North Wales, writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant)
1925 - William F. Buckley Jr, New York, American conservative author and commentator (National
           Review, Firing Line)
1925 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 - Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
1926 - Alfred "Fred" Benavente, director/actor (Farce Majeur)
1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
1927 - Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1929 - Eileen Barton, Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
1930 - C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
1930 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (tough England batsman)
1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player
1932 - Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner)
1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer (St Florian)
1934 - Claudio Prieto, composer
1934 - Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story)
1935 - Ronald V Dellums, Oakland California, (Rep-D-California, 1971- )
1938 - Oscar Robertson [The Big O], NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 - Wynne Bradburn, cricketer (father of Grant NZ batsman v South Africa 1964)
1938 - Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician
1939 - Jim Northrup, baseball player
1939 - Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
1939 - Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL)
1940 - Wendell Morris Logan, composer
1940 - Don Metz, American architect
1940 - Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin' the Dog), (d, 2012)
1941 - Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
1941 - John de Andrea, US sculptor
1941 - Pete Best, British drummer (Beatles)
1942 - Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
1942 - Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money)
1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary (George Bush)
1943 - Barry Milburn, cricketer (NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969)
1943 - Lee Michaels, rocker
1943 - Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin')
1943 - Robin Williamson, rocker (Incredible String Band)
1944 - Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
1944 - Dan Glickman, (Rep-D-KS, 1977- )
1944 - Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
1944 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1945 - Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO)
1946 - Ted Bundy, Burlington VT, serial murderer
1946 - Penelope Jones Halsall (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves)
1947 - Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team)
1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1948 - Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969)
1948 - Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret)
1948 - Steve Yeager, catcher (LA Dodger)
1949 - Anita Louis, US singer (Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman)
1949 - Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
1949 - Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
1950 - Damon Evans, Balt Md, actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons)
1950 - Stanley Livingston, actor (Chip-My 3 Sons)
1951 - Chet Edwards, (Rep-D-Texas)
1951 - Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear)
1951 - Graham Price, British rugby player
1952 - Brijesh Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77)
1952 - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
1952 - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
1953 - Tod Machover, composer
1953 - Glenn Withrow, American actor
1954 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955 - Clement Burke, rock drummer (Blondie)
1955 - Ian Botham, cricketer (all time great all-rounder Extrovert)
1955 - Scott Mabon Hoch, Raleigh NC, PGA golfer (1982 USF&G Classic)
1955 - Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1955 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1955 - Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
1956 - Doug Davidson, actor (Young & Restless)
1957 - Chris Hayes, California, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1957 - Denise Crosby, Hollywood California, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen)
1958 - Alain Chabat, actor (French Twist, Six Days Six Night)
1958 - Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm, More More More)
1958 - Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1961 - Carl Sundquist, Indianapolis Ind, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1961 - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
1961 - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
1962 - John Squire, English pop guitarist (Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums)
1962 - Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984)
1962 - Randy Velarde, Midland TX, infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1963 - Lisa Howard, actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance)
1964 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor
1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1965 - Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth NZ, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1965 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1966 - Ledell Eackles, NBA guard (Wash Wizards/Bullets)
1966 - Paul Robinett, American internet personality
1966 - Russell Watson, British singer
1967 - Al Martin, Covina CA, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1967 - Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1967 - Cal Eldred, baseball player
1968 - Dave Hansen, Long Beach CA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1968 - Dave Jukes, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Kawartha Lakes)
1968 - Ken Johnson, Quincy Mass, 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1969 - Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket (big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut)
1969 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970 - Brett Wallerstedt, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Chad Taylor, musician (Live)
1970 - Chris Hall, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Doug Brien, kicker (New Orleans Saints)
1970 - Jason Jacome, Tulsa OK, pitcher (KC Royals)
1970 - Kelly Blair, Prosser Wash, heptathlete
1970 - Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 - Nancy Mason, Belleville Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
1970 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1971 - Keith Primeau, Toronto, NHL forward (Carolina, Detroit)
1971 - Tony Cline, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1972 - Barry Potomski, Windsor, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
1972 - Fred Brathwaite, Ottawa, NHL goalie (Edmonton Oilers)
1973 - Donny Brady, defensive back (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 - Kendel Shello, DL (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 - Stephen Merchant, British comedian
1974 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1975 - Carly Jarmon, Mesquite Texas, Miss America-Texas (1996)
1975 - Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
1976 - Chen Lu, China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94)
1976 - Dave Aizer, American television host
1977 - Kimi Fairchild, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Colin Hanks, American actor
1978 - Katherine Heigl, Washington, D.C., actress (Grey's Anatomy)
1980 - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1982 - Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
1983 - Dean Ashton, English footballer
1983 - Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
1983 - Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
1985 - Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
1985 - Tony Hunt, National Football League player
1987 - Megan Mullins, American singer
1989 - Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
1998 - Bridger Palmer, American child actor
1998 - Brecken Palmer, American child actor

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This Day in History for 24th November


Famous Deaths

                 
Painter Diego Rivera (1957)          Ex-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)


654 - Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
1115 - Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
1192 - Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1555 - French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1571 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
1572 - John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1583 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615 - Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
1650 - Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
1674 - Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1722 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1741 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1775 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
1781 - James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793 - Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
1801 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807 - Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (b. 1742)
1822 - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
1827 - Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
1838 - Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
1840 - Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1842 - Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
1848 - William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
1863 - Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at
           camp in Ringgold, Georgia
1870 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
1880 - Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
1890 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1899 - Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
1903 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1914 - Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1916 - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
1916 - Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1923 - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
1929 - Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88
1943 - Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
1943 - Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
1943 - Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
1944 - EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
1944 - Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
1946 - Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
1948 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
1953 - George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
1953 - Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1956 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70
1958 - Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
1959 - Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
1959 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1959 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
1960 - Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
1960 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1961 - Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 - James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
1964 - John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55
1965 - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
1967 - Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
1967 - Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
1970 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
1972 - Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1973 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
1977 - Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1980 - George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
1980 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985 - Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1987 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1989 - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
1990 - Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
1990 - Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1990 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1990 - Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer of the depression, dies aged 80
1991 - Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
1991 - Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
1991 - Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1992 - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1992 - Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
1992 - Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
1993 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1993 - Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1993 - Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
1993 - Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 - Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 - Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1994 - Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
1994 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart), dies at 55
1995 - Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies from natural causes
           at 86
1995 - Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1995 - Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
1996 - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
1996 - Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
1996 - Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85
2001 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2002 - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
2003 - Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2004 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2004 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
2005 - Pat Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid) dies aged 73
2006 - Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
2006 - George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
2006 - Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
2008 - Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2008 - Kenny MacLean, Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
2009 - Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
2009 - Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, Prime Minister 2008 (b. 1935)
2009 - Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
2010 - Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
2012 - Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican professional boxer, dies from gunshot injuries at 50

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This Day in History for 25th November


Historical Events

                                   
Explorer of the New World                       Inventor/Nobel Prize founder               Archaeologist and 
Christopher Columbus                              Alfred Bernhard Nobel                          Discoverer of Tutankhamun
                                                                                                                              Howard Carter

                                   
Baseball Player Ted Williams                  US President John F. Kennedy            Musician and Beatle John Lennon

                  
NFL Running Back                            US President & Actor Ronald Reagan
and Convicted Criminal
OJ Simpson   


1034 - King Malcolm II of Scotland (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda), King of Scots dies (b. 980).
           Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the
           throne.
1165 - RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
1177 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
1185 - Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85, dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli
           (Pope Urban III)
1277 - Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1491 - The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
1500 - Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
1659 - Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
1703 - The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of
           Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust
           up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale.
1715 - 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1744 - Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague
1755 - King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the
           Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
1758 - Britain capture Ft Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French
1766 - Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
1783 - Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US
1792 - Farmer's Almanac 1st published
1805 - Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance
1817 - 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
1826 - The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
1834 - Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a
           pie for 12 cents
1839 - A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of
           Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it
           20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the
           disaster.
1841 - 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1847 - Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1864 - Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
1864 - Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
1867 - US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
1874 - The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of
           farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1876 - Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United
           States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the
           Powder River.
1884 - John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
1894 - Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
1899 - Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: General Methuen beats Farmers
1902 - Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen" premieres in Vienna
1908 - Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in Madison Square Garden marathon by 60 yds
1911 - 3rd CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
1912 - American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill
1912 - Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
1920 - 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
1920 - WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1922 - Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb
1922 - Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
1925 - KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
1929 - Belgium government Jaspar falls
1930 - 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)
1930 - Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1933 - 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1935 - Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
1936 - Germany & Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
1937 - World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
1940 - Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
1940 - U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
1940 - Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1940 - First flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
1941 - German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1941 - Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
1941 - Finland joined the Anti-Comintern Pact.
1942 - National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
1943 - U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1944 - 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom,
           killing 160 shoppers.
1947 - New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
1948 - Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
1948 - KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
1949 - Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
1950 - "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
1950 - 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
1950 - UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
1951 - 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Alabama, America
1951 - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
1951 - Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1952 - George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
1952 - Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
1953 - "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
1953 - Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
1953 - Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
1955 - Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
1955 - Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres
1957 - Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1958 - Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1959 - "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
1960 - "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 - 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
1960 - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd
           Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
1960 - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
1961 - NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
1962 - WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1963 - JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1965 - Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, Pres Kasavubu overthrown
1966 - Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
1966 - Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
1966 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
1967 - "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
1967 - Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
1969 - John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
1969 - KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1970 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1970 - In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an
           unsuccessful coup attempt.
1971 - "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
1971 - 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
1972 - "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1973 - 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
1973 - 61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18
1973 - Bloodless military coup ousts Greek Pres George Papadopoulos
1973 - Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
1974 - Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
1974 - Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
1975 - Netherlands grants Suriname independence (Natl Day)
1975 - Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
1976 - OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
1976 - The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
1976 - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity
1977 - David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1977 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1977 - Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1979 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1979 - 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9
1979 - Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1979 - Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
1980 - Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 - Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore
1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
1980 - Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
1981 - Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1981 - Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
1982 - The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the
           Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store.
1983 - Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 - Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
1983 - Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1983 - World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England
1984 - Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
1984 - William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1985 - White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
1986 - A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year
1986 - Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1986 - Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office
1987 - Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
1987 - India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987 - Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge
           that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
1988 - Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
1988 - Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
1988 - US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 - Widespread earthquake hits North East US, Canada, no damage reported
1988 - German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
1989 - David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
1990 - 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11
1990 - Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election
1990 - NFL's NY Giants & SF 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both
1990 - Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 &
           L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17
1993 - Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
1993 - Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1994 - Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company.
1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 perfs
1996 - After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1997 - US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
2000 - 2000 Baku earthquake took place.
2005 - Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians.
           Maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, as well as the possible nuclear
           annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by Soviet-controlled forces, are
           released.
2007 - The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system
           (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in
           Romania.
2008 - A car bomb in St. Petersburg, Russia, kills three people and injures one.
2009 - Powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sparking
           terrible floods known as the 2009 Jeddah Floods, which kill over 150 people and sweep
           thousands of cars away right in the middle of Hajj in the second largest city of Saudi Arabia,
           Jeddah.
2011 - Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many
           fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain
           damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.
2012 - 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in
           Nigeria
2012 - 16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in
           India
2012 - Sebastian Vettel wins the 2012 Formula One championship for the third consecutive year

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This Day in History for 25th November


Famous Weddings

1913 - 28th US president Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in The White House

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This Day in History for 25th November


Famous Divorces

2002 - Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (38) divorces "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie
           Presley (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 months of marriage

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This Day in History for 25th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
262nd Pope John XXIII (1881)            Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio (1914)               Publisher and Lawyer
                                                                                                                              John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960)

                 
Actress Christina Applegate (1971)         Twin daughter of US President
                                                              George W. Bush Barbara Pierce


1454 - Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1507 - Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1562 - Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)
1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)
1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1697 - Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1721 - Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies)
1734 - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1737 - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer
1741 - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer
1752 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer
1753 - Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer
1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1787 - Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night)
1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1823 - Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1825 - Edward Augustus Wild, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1828 - Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician
1834 - Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist
1839 - Stanislaw Duniecki, composer
1840 - Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)
1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 - Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor)
1845 - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1852 - Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria
1856 - Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia)
1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 - Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer
1869 - Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1871 - Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel)
1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse
           (d. 1936)
1877 - Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic
1878 - Georg Kaiser, writer
1880 - Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf
1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1881 - Pope John XXIII [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)
1881 - Peder Gram, composer
1883 - Percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache)
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1886 - Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks)
1886 - Rex Maupin, St Joseph Mo, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)
1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1895 - Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet
1895 - Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician
1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unter dem Zimbelstern)
1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1896 - Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)
1899 - Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)
1899 - William R Burnett, US, author (Little Caesar)
1900 - Arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust)
1900 - Helen Gahagan Douglas, Nixon's 1st opponent/(Rep-D-Ca)
1900 - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1947)
1901 - Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)
1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
1902 - Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer
1903 - Martin Soames, traveller
1903 - William Dehart Hubbard, Cin Ohio, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1924)
1904 - Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer
1904 - Jessie Royce Landis, [Medbury], Chicago, actress (North by Northwest)
1904 - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)
1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1909 - Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer
1909 - Manny Martindale, cricketer (fiery WI pace bowler of 30's)
1910 - Leon Poliakov, historian
1911 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 - Jack Davies, screenwriter
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 - "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak), (d. 1999)
1914 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist (Mississippi)
1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 - Augusto Pinochet, general/president (Chile)
1915 - George Mudie, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1935, 5 & 3-40)
1915 - Ron Hamence, cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII)
1919 - Chaim Pearl, rabbi
1920 - Ricardo Montalban, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)
1920 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
1922 - Ilja Hurnik, composer
1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1923 - Jaap van Meekren, Dutch TV host (AVRO/RTL4)
1923 - Mauno Koivisto, president of Finland (1982-94)
1924 - Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist
1924 - Tui St George Tucker, composer
1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
1925 - Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, New Orleans, Louisiana, American actor (Star Trek Cage, The Searchers)
1926 - Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
1926 - Poul [William] Anderson, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Mirkheim)
1928 - James "Jimmy" Johnson, US gospel/blues singer/guitarist
1929 - Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill NC, ator (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra)
1929 - Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Sei Studii)
1931 - Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council
1933 - Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress (Mr Cory, Big Circus)
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Die Teufel von Loudon)
1933 - Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
1933 - Ramiro Cortes, composer
1933 - Rene Enriquez, SF California, actor (Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues)
1936 - Matt Clark, Washington DC, actor/director (Return to Oz, Horror Show)
1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 - John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher
1939 - Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1939 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Genoa Italy, actress (Minotaur, Mazzabubu)
1940 - Percy Sledge, soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman)
1940 - Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
1942 - Rosa Von Praunheim, [Holger Mischwitzky], Riga Latvia, dir (Affengeil)
1942 - Tracey Walter, Jersey City NJ, actor (Best of the West)
1943 - Roy Lynes, rocker (Status Quo)
1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
1945 - George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1945 - Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
1947 - John Larroquette, New Orleans LA, actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court)
1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, Paris France, director (Heart Like a Wheel)
1947 - Linda Laflamme, rocker
1947 - Val Fuentes, rocker (It's A Beautiful Day)
1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
1948 - Storm Field, [Elliot], NY, weatherman (WABC TV, WCBS TV)
1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1949 - Kerry O'Keeffe, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1971-77)
1949 - Rita Jenrette, San Antonio Tx, wife of Rep John Jenrette (D-SC)
1949 - [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin USSR, dancer/actor (Die Hard)
1950 - Alexis Wright, Australian author
1951 - Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1951 - Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1952 - Amelia Rorer, LPGA golfer
1952 - Ernest Harden Jr, Detroit Mich, actor (Marcus-Jeffersons)
1952 - Imran Khan Niazi, cricketer (Pakistan's greatest all-rounder) and politician
1952 - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
1953 - Monique St Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year (Nov, 1978)
1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, American former CEO of Enron
1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
1956 - Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
1956 - Liana Vicens, Puerto Rico, 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968)
1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1957 - Chico Walker, baseball player
1957 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
1958 - Gary Coveyou, rocker
1959 - Steve Rothery, Brampton, guitarist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
1960 - Amy Grant, Augusta, Georgia, American gospel/rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)
1960 - John F Kennedy Jr, NYC, lawyer, magazine publisher (George) and son of JFK
1960 - Kasey Smith, Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1960 - Mary Ostergren, St Paul Minn, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1961 - Amy Gibson, actress (General Hospital)
1961 - Kenny Monday, Tulsa Oklahoma, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler (Oly-88, 92, 96)
1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Bernie Kosar, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns)
1963 - Steve Ave, St Germain Enlay France, US 1500m runner
1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1964 - Dan Saleaumua, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks)
1964 - Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek MI, PGA golfer (1990 BC Open)
1964 - Wendy Wyland, Jackson Mich, platform diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1965 - Anthony Newman, NFL safety (New Orleans Saints)
1965 - Cris Carter, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1965 - Jeff Norton, Acton, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1965 - Mike Gebhardt, Columbus Ohio, mistral yachter (Olympics-6th-1996)
1965 - Yasmin "Yaz" Farooq, Waupun Wisc, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
1966 - Mark Whiten, Pensacola FL, outfielder (Atlanta Braves, NY Yankees)
1966 - Stacy Lattisaw, Wash DC, disco singer (Million Dollar Baby)
1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
1967 - Andrea Stinson, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1967 - Anthony Nesty, swimmer (won Suriname's 1st gold olympic medal)
1967 - Curtis Baldwin, Los Angeles California, actor (Calvin-227)
1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
1968 - John Johnstone, Liverpool NY, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 - Jory Husain, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class)
1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1969 - Anthony Peeler, NBA guard (LA Lakers, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1969 - Donald Reynolds, WLAF defensive tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Edmonton, actress (Dead Ringers)
1969 - Jillian Hennessy, Edmonton, twin actress (Claire-Law & Order, Paper)
1970 - Purvis Hunt, NFL/WLAF guard (Houston Oilers, Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Saskia Sibilo, Miss Suriname (1990)
1970 - Shane Pahukoa, NFL safety (NO Saints)
1971 - Christina Applegate, Hollywood, actress (Kelly-Married With Children)
1972 - Kevin Han, Shanghai China, US badminton player (Olympics-96)
1972 - Petteri Nummelin, Turku FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
1973 - Erick Strickland, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
1973 - Yatil Green, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Cynthia Geyn Brown, San Jose CA, playmate (May, 1995)
1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 - Lauren Hewitt, Australian 100m/200m runner (Olympics-96)
1978 - Laurie Miller, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1997)
1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1979 - Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
1980 - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Sri Lankan, prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner
1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
1981 - Barbara and Jenna Bush, twin daughters of U.S. President George W. Bush
1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
1981 - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1981 - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1983 - Joey Chestnut, American champion competitive eater
1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system
          (d. 1996)
1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
1990 - Yasmin van der Meer, 15 millionth Netherlander

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 25th November


Famous Deaths

                 
Author Upton Beall Sinclair (1968)        Novelist Anthony Burgess (1993)


311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
992 - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies
1120 - William Adelin, son and hier of Henry I of England (b. 1104) dies in White Ship tragedy trying
           to save his illegitimate half-sister Countess of Perche while crossing the English Channel
1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)
1456 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)
1626 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
1640 - Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
1686 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638)
1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
1700 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
1748 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1750 - Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77
1755 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76
1773 - Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66
1785 - Richard Glover, British poet (b. 1712)
1815 - Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70
1830 - Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56
1854 - John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60
1865 - Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies
1881 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)
1883 - Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76
1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27
1885 - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office
1887 - Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71
1895 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68
1899 - Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73
1901 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
1913 - Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies
1914 - Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79
1920 - Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892)
1923 - Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83
1923 - Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies
1935 - Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
1941 - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies
1944 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78
1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876)
1948 - Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61
1948 - Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. 1877)
1949 - Luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71
1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1950 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1951 - Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs), dies at 63
1952 - Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72
1952 - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71
1958 - Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
1961 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
1964 - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90
1965 - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
1967 - Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77
1968 - Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93
1968 - Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
1968 - Upton Beall Sinclair, US author (Jungle), dies at 90
1968 - Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908)
1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45
1971 - Hank Mann, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 84
1972 - Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79
1972 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
1973 - Laurence Harvey, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of cancer at 45
1973 - Albert DeSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed to death in prison
1974 - Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26
1974 - Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives), dies at 61
1974 - [Sithu] U Thant, UN Sec-General (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65
1975 - Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies
1977 - Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65
1978 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1980 - George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85
1981 - Jack Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), dies at 74
1982 - Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in NYC of a heart attack at 73
1985 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1985 - Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909)
1987 - Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92
1987 - Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65
1989 - Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
1989 - Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1990 - Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27
1991 - Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86
1993 - Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76
1993 - Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77
1994 - Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79
1994 - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69
1995 - Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist, dies at 92
1996 - Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79
1996 - Michael Economides, restaurateur, dies at 86
1996 - Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser, dies at 87
1997 - Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54
1997 - Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62
1997 - Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/Pres of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies
1997 - Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
1998 - Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
2000 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2001 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
2002 - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926)
2005 - George Best, former footballer dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures
           (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)
2005 - Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. 1971)
2006 - Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983)
2006 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
2006 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)
2006 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
2006 - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
2006 - Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children's book publisher (b. 1916)
2010 - Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (b. 1930)
2010 - Peter Christopherson English musician and video director/designer (b. 1955)
2010 - Alfred Balk, American magazine editor and journalist (b. 1930)
2010 - C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)
2011 - Tom Wicker, American journalist and author, dies at 85
2012 - Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician, dies at 81
2012 - Dinah Sheridan, English actress, dies at 92