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This Day in History for 12th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840)                Physicist and Nobel Laureate                     Actress Grace Kelly (1929)
                                                               John W Rayleigh (1841)


1493 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and
           Catherine de' Medici.
1606 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)
1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1651 - Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
1676 - Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer
1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1748 - Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
1755 - Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757 - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1790 - Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler
1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, women's rights activist
1817 - Carlo Pedrotti, composer
1817 - Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer
1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
1827 - Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer
1831 - Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist
1833 - Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)
1840 - Auguste Rodin, Meudon, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker), (d. 1917)
1841 - John W Rayleigh, Malden, England, physicist (discovery of argon - Nobel 1904), (d. 1919)
1844 - Octave Fouque, composer
1848 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
1850 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
1853 - Oskar Panizza, writer
1858 - Alexis Contant, composer
1865 - Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas)
1866 - Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
1881 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
1881 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 - Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP)
1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
1889 - DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)
1890 - Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
1896 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
1897 - Karl Marx, Germany, composer/conductor
1898 - Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master's Voice)
1898 - Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
1903 - Jack Oakie, Sedalia Mo, actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award)
1905 - Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky, composer
1905 - Solon Michaelides, composer
1908 - Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema)
1908 - Harry A Blackmun, Ill, 100th Supreme Court justice (1970-94)
1908 - Shamus Culhane, animator
1908 - Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
1910 - A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer (son of Dave, brilliant South African bat)
1911 - Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)
1911 - William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian
1911 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
1912 - Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1914 - Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
1914 - Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 - Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1952)
1915 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer)
1916 - Jean Papineau-Couture, composer
1916 - Liam Dunn, NJ, actor (Koska & his Family)
1916 - Paul Emery, British racing driver (d. 1993)
1916 - Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
1917 - Joseph Coors, CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery)
1917 - Jo Stafford, Coalinga California, singer (You Belong to me, Never Smile Again)
1920 - Richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon)
1921 - Robert Fleming, composer
1922 - Kim Hunter, [Janet Cole], Det MI, actress (Planet of the Apes, Lilith)
1923 - Vicco von Bülow, German film director
1924 - Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981)
1927 - Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview TX, actor (Cat of Rockies)
1927 - Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1927 - Jack Butler, Pittsburgh, PA, NFL hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates), (d. 2013)
1928 - Johan B W Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
1928 - Robert Holness, Natal, South Africa, English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012)
1929 - Grace Kelly, Philadelphia Pa, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco), (d. 1982)
1929 - Michael Ende, writer
1930 - Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February)
1931 - Bob Crewe, rocker
1931 - Norman Y Mineta, (Rep-R-CA, 1975- )
1933 - Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive)
1934 - Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, American actress (Edge of Night)
1934 - Bukka White, rocker
1934 - Charles Manson, [No Name Maddox], Cin Oh, criminal (Tate-Labianco)
1935 - Jerry Douglas, Chelsea Mass, actor (John Abbott-Young & Restless)
1935 - Terry Johnson, US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1936 - Mort Shuman, rocker
1936 - Robert White, guitarist
1936 - Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer
1936 - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee
1937 - Ina Balin, Brooklyn NY, actress (Danger in Paradise)
1937 - Peter Lloyd, British MP
1937 - Richard H Truly, Fayette Miss, Rear Adm USN/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8 )
1939 - Ruby Nash Curtis, US singer (Romantics-Our Day Will Come)
1939 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
1940 - Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers
1940 - Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
1940 - Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
1941 - Frank Rosenthal, rocker
1941 - Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer
1943 - Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini)
1943 - Jimmy "Bro" Hayes, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1943 - John Maus, NYC, rock vocalist (Walker Brothers)
1943 - Wallace Shawn, NYC, actor (My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride)
1943 - Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver
1944 - Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
1944 - Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
1945 - Al Michaels, Bkln, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football)
1945 - Michael Bishop, US, sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces)
1945 - Neil Young, Toronto, singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
1945 - Valerie Leon, London England, actress (Blood from Mummy's Tomb)
1945 - Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
1947 - Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1947 - J C Crowley, rocker
1947 - Patrice Leconte, director (Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser's Husband)
1947 - Ron Bryant, American baseball player
1948 - Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate)
1949 - Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker
1949 - Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)
1952 - Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
1953 - Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
1954 - Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979)
1954 - Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star
1955 - Leslie McKeown, rock vocalist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
1956 - Rhonda Shear, New Orleans LA, comedian (Up All Night)
1957 - Gail Castro, Glendale California, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-1991, Oly-96)
1957 - Marta Figueras-Dotti, Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Open)
1957 - Tim Samaras, Lakewood, Col., tornado chaser (Storm Chasers), (d. 2013)
1958 - Nick Stellino, Italian-American television chef
1960 - Bertice Berry, talk show host (Bertice)
1960 - Maurane, Belgian singer
1961 - Chela Quintana, Venezuela, LPGA golfer (8 time Venezuelan Amat Champ)
1961 - Greg Gagne, Fall River MA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1961 - Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania, gymnist (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976)
1961 - Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
1961 - Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
1961 - Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
1962 - Jeff Reed, Joliet IL, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
1962 - Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star (Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV)
1962 - Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
1962 - Neal Shusterman, American author
1962 - Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian born journalist and television presenter
1963 - Laurie Brower, Long Beach CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone-9th)
1963 - Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
1964 - Erik Howard, NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets)
1964 - Gerald Perry, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1964 - Jakob Hlasek, Czech, tennis star
1964 - Dave Ellefson, Jackson, Minnesota, American heavy metal bassist (Megadeth)
1965 - Mike Keim, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1965 - Lex Lang, American voice actor
1966 - David Schwimmer, Queens NY, actor (Ross-Friends)
1967 - Charlie Pennaelino, Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way)
1967 - Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994)
1968 - Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1968 - Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m)
1968 - Randy Knorr, San Gabriel CA, catcher (Houston Astros)
1968 - Sammy Sosa, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 - Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler
1968 - Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer
1968 - Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)
1969 - Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Trevor Shaw, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
1969 - Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
1969 - Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
1969 - Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
1969 - Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter
1970 - Tonya Harding, Portland Or, figure skater (Oly-8th-1994/US Champ 1994)
1970 - Donna Adamo, American female professional wrestler
1970 - Harvey Stephens, British child actor
1971 - Heidi Burge, WNBA forward (LA Sparks)
1971 - Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (v West Indies 1993)
1972 - Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
1973 - Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1973 - Keith Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 95 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1973 - Melanie Gaffin, Santa Monica California, actress (Cheryl-Whiz Kids)
1973 - Zahir Shah, cricketer (attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner)
1973 - Mayte Garcia, American dancer
1973 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
1973 - Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
1974 - Tamala Jones, American actress
1975 - Angela Watson, actress (Karen Foster-Step by Step)
1975 - Chris Wells, Calgary, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
1975 - Gretchen Durgin, Miss USA-New Hampshire (1997)
1975 - Nina Brosh, Afula Israel, model (Drakkar)
1975 - Tevin Jermod Campbell, Dallas Tx, rapper
1975 - Jason Lezak, American swimmer
1976 - Scott Mark Cameron, Dunedin NZ, 4x200m relay swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 - Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
1976 - Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
1977 - Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Dalene Kurtis, American Playboy model
1977 - Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
1978 - Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician
1978 - Alexandra Maria Lara, German Romanian actress
1978 - Ashley Williams, American actress
1978 - Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer ,and WWE Diva
1979 - Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
1979 - Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player
1979 - Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
1980 - Trent Acid, American professional wrestler
1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
1981 - DJ Campbell, English football player
1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actress
1982 - Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
1983 - Carlton Cole, English football player
1984 - Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
1984 - Omarion, American R&B musician
1984 - Sandara Park, South Korean actor
1984 - Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
1986 - Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
1987 - Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 - Paul Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 12th November


Famous Deaths

                 
Astronomer Percival Lowell (1916)          Actor Jonathan Brandis (2003)


607 - Pope Boniface III, dies after less than a year in office
1035 - Cnut (Canute) "The Great", King of Denmark. England, Norway and parts of Sweden. Reigned
           1016-1035.
1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1202 - Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39
1434 - King Louis III of Naples
1555 - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65
1558 - Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies
1567 - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, Marshal of France, dies at 74
1595 - John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
1600 - Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42
1606 - Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79
1606 - St. Nicholas Owen (martyr), one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
1667 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
1671 - Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
1722 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63
1739 - Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71
1742 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1754 - Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58
1757 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
1802 - Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62
1823 - Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75
1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
1852 - Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22
1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
1869 - Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
1893 - Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80
1896 - Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84
1912 - Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
1916 - Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,
           Arizona (b. 1855)
1921 - Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63
1925 - Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1937 - Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
1939 - (Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire, actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59
1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1940 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34
1941 - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed
1944 - Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
1944 - George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
1944 - Roy Agnew, composer, dies at 51
1947 - Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
1948 - Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81
1949 - Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological, dies at 64
1955 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
1956 - Gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49
1957 - Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
1960 - John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
1962 - Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68
1962 - Sid Tomack, actor (Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma), dies at 55
1965 - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
1966 - Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69
1967 - Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
1969 - Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
1972 - Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92
1974 - Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50
1975 - Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69
1976 - Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82
1976 - Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1978 - Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71
1979 - Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85
1980 - Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
1980 - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42
1980 - Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch MP, dies at 54
1984 - Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
1987 - Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1990 - Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
1990 - Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82
1990 - Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies
1990 - Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered
1990 - Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet, dies at 81
1991 - Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack
1991 - Diane Brewster, actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60
1991 - Howard Brunner, dies of AIDS at 51
1991 - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, cardinal/archbishop of Montreal, dies at 87
1992 - Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81
1992 - David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
1993 - Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1993 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
1993 - Harry Haldeman, Nixon's cabinet member (1968-73), dies
1994 - Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81
1994 - Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75
1994 - Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer, dies at 88
1994 - Wilma Glodean Rudolph, US sprinter (Olympics-3 gold-60), dies at 54
1995 - Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85
1995 - Jack Mann, pilot/hostage, dies at 81
1995 - Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56
1996 - Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72
1996 - Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90
1996 - John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51
1997 - William Matthews, poet, dies at 55
1997 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
2000 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, (b. 1928)
2000 - Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
2001 - Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2003 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
2003 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
2003 - Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 - Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
2003 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2004 - John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (b. 1939)
2005 - William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (b. 1923)
2006 - General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
2007 - Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 - Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
2008 - Catherine Baker Knoll, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, (b. 1930)
2008 - Mitch Mitchell, English musician (b. 1947)
2010 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
2010 - Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (b. 1904)
2012 - Sergio Oliva, American body builder, dies at 71

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 13th November


Historical Events

                                   
King of England King Charles I          Silent Film Star Rudolph Valentino                    Animator Walt Disney

                                   
US President & Actor                           Musician & member of the Beatles      Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield
Ronald Reagan                                                   Paul McCartney


866 - Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
1002 - English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
1511 - England signs on to the Saint League
1553 - English Lady Jane Grey/Bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
1565 - King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reaches Brussels
1565 - Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
1642 - Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1673 - Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
1715 - Significicant battle at Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government
           forces able halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar
1775 - American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1781 - English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon
1789 - Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
1839 - 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the
           subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
1843 - Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
1849 - Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California
1851 - 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"
1851 - Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle,
           Washington.
1854 - "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
1862 - Battle of Holly Spring, MS
1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
1865 - PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport
1865 - US issues 1st gold certificates
1868 - American Philological Association organized in NY
1875 - Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1875 - National Bowling Association organized in NYC
1885 - Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1895 - 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1900 - Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1906 - C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland
1907 - French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
1909 - 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill
1909 - Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1909 - Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable
           dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
1913 - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
1916 - British offensive at Ancre Belgium
1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for
           conscription.
1918 - Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck & Pyrmont abdicates throne
1918 - Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918 - Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg
1920 - Hudson River frozen at Albany
1921 - "Sheik," silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1921 - US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1922 - Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY
1922 - George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in NYC
1922 - Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in NYC
1926 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1927 - NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1928 - Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC
1930 - WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in NYC
1931 - Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
1933 - 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn
1935 - Anti-British riots in Egypt
1937 - NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1938 - America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified
1940 - Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released
1941 - German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
1942 - Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal
1942 - Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18
1945 - Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1946 - 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA
1946 - Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
1948 - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs
1950 - US win 1st world championship bridge contest
1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1951 - Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star
           team (Japan)
1952 - False fingernails 1st sold
1952 - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres
1955 - 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1955 - Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1956 - Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses in Alabama
1958 - NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental
           League
1960 - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
1961 - WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the
           KGB.
1964 - Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
1964 - Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
1965 - "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
1965 - "Yarmouth Castle" burns & sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1965 - Director Kenneth Tynan says the word "Sorry" on BBC
1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
1967 - Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland Oh)
1967 - NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City
1968 - Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1969 - VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias & distortion
1970 - Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
1970 - Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
1970 - Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1970 - VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
1971 - Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
1973 - "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
1973 - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1974 - Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1975 - "Musical Jubilee" opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances
1977 - 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
1977 - Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1978 - NASA launches HEAO
1979 - British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
1979 - Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for US President
1979 - Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1980 - US spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1980 - Gabriella Brum, 18, of West Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day,
           because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
1981 - Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
1982 - Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim.
           Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 - David Levy finds his 1st comet
1984 - Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1985 - Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
1985 - Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1986 - Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 - NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1986 - US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1987 - 1st condom commercial on BBC TV
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil"
1990 - Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award
1990 - The World Wide Web first began.
1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shot dead 13 people, in what became known
           as the Aramoana Massacre.
1991 - Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state
1991 - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
1992 - Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
1993 - Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 - Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
1994 - Sweden agrees to join European Union
1996 - "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1996 - Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
1996 - Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
1997 - "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
1997 - Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP
1997 - UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against
           Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha,
           Qatar.
2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush
           signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of
           connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2002 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2002 - Eminem releases single 'Lose Yourself' from soundtrack of 8 Mile, 1st rap song to win
           Academy Award Best Original Song
2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon
          City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
2010 - Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage
2012 - 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights

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This Day in History for 13th November


Famous Weddings

1160 - Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne.
1934 - Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds "All Quiet on the Western Front" actor Lew
           Ayres (25)
1960 - Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
1993 - "Ladyhawke" actress Michelle Pfeiffer (35) weds television writer and producer David E. Kelley
           (37) in Santa Barbara, California
1996 - "A Room With A View" actor Daniel Day-Lewis (39) weds "Personal Velocity: Three Portraits"
           screenwriter Rebecca Miller (34) in Vermont
2004 - "The View" co-host Star Jones (42) weds banker Al Reynolds at St. Bartholomew's Church in
           New York City
2010 - Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Kendrick (26) married three-time "Survivor" contestant
           Stephanie LaGrossa (30) at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California
2012 - Soccer goalkeeper and a double Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo (31) weds former NFL tight
           end Jerramy Stevens (33) in Washington

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 13th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
King of England                              Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)        Actress Whoopi Goldberg (1955)
Edward III (1312)


354 - [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa
1312 - Edward III, Windsor Castle, England, king of England (1327-77, raped countess of Salisbury),
           (d. 1377)
1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
1504 - Philip I (the Generous), Landgrave of Hesse and important early protestant ruler. (d. 1567)
1559 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
1572 - Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
1663 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 - Thomas-Philippe d'alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal
1699 - Jan Zach, composer
1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d.1762)
1718 - Anton Laube, composer
1732 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
1759 - Timothy Olmstead, composer
1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
1782 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
1789 - Martin de Ron, composer
1792 - Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)
1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
1804 - Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1809 - John AB Dahlgren, US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
1811 - Yuri Arnold, composer
1813 - John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1813 - Peter II Petrovic Njegos, poet/ruler of Montenegro (1830-51)
1814 - Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
1833 - Edwin Thomas Booth, US, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet)
1834 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco)
1837 - James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
1838 - Joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church
1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
1848 - Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922)
1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh, Scotland, author (Treasure Island), (d. 1894)
1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
1854 - George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)
1855 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker
1856 - Louis D Brandeis, Mass, 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
1856 - Sigwart Aspestrand, composer
1858 - Percy McDonnell, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)
1859 - Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)
1866 - Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959)
1868 - Pierre Maurice, composer
1869 - Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
1870 - Henry Kolker, Quincy IL, actor (Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry)
1875 - Rogelio del Villar, composer
1878 - John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)
1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
1879 - Maurice Delage, composer
1882 - John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1885 - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
1893 - Edward A Doisy Sr, US bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943)
1894 - Artur Nebe, German SS officer {d. 1945)
1896 - Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)
1897 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
1898 - Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer)
1900 - Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985)
1902 - Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist (found Pithecanthropus erectus)
1904 - Gertrude Olmsted, Chicago IL, actress (The Monster)
1906 - Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)
1906 - Hermione Baddeley, England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life)
1906 - Eva Zeisel, Budapest, Hungary, American industrial designer
1907 - Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan)
1907 - Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer
1907 - Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
1909 - Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Shame, Dreams)
1909 - Paul de Vree, Flemish author (Between Doubt & Tears)
1910 - William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
1911 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1913 - Alexander Scourby, Brooklyn, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant)
1913 - Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
1915 - Howard Cooke, Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award)
1915 - Robert Sutton, electronics engineer
1917 - Robert Sterling, Newcastle PA, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper)
1918 - Janine Andrade, French violinist
1920 - Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)
1921 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, composer
1921 - Yoshiro Irino, composer
1922 - Jack Narz, Louisville Ky, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village)
1922 - Madeleine Sherwood, Montreal, actress (Mother Superior-Flying Nun)
1922 - Oskar Werner, film actor/director (Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel)
1923 - Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
1925 - Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author
1926 - Max Vernon Mathews, composer
1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
1927 - Billy Klüver, American scientist (d. 2004)
1928 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1929 - Steef C Weijers, Dutch MP (CDA)
1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor
1930 - Fred Harris, (Sen-D-Okla)
1930 - Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet
1931 - Anthony Jacobs, English industrialist (BSM)
1931 - Joan Lestor, British MP
1931 - John A Manke, US test pilot (HL-10)
1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
1932 - Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czech, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 - Richard Mulligan, Bronx NY, actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus)
1933 - Adrienne Corri, Glasgow Scotland, actress (River, Dr Zhivago)
1933 - Clyde McPhatter, rocker
1934 - Garry Marshall, NYC, producer (Laverne & Shirley)
1934 - Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
1935 - Thomas Augustine Martin, academic
1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor
1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
1937 - Kamahl, [Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song)
1938 - Jean Seberg, Marshaltown Iowa, actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon)
1938 - Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
1939 - Karel Brückner, Czech football manager
1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
1940 - Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer (England off-spinner 1973-74)
1940 - Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter
1940 - Justine "Baby" Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
1940 - Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
1941 - Dack Rambo, Delano California, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
1941 - Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
1942 - Beth Brickell, Camden Arkansas, actress (Gentle Ben)
1943 - John Paul Hammond, NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads)
1943 - Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth PA, PGA golfer (1994 GTE West Classic)
1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
1944 - Ken Shuttleworth, cricketpaceman (England on 1970-71 Ashes tour)
1944 - Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can't We Live Together)
1944 - Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
1945 - John B. Craig, American diplomat
1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
1946 - Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1946 - Martin Bresnick, composer
1947 - Joe Mantegna, Chicago Ill, actor (House of Games, Weeds)
1947 - Gene Garber, American baseball player
1948 - Sheila Frazier, NYC, actress (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome)
1949 - Roger Steen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes)
1949 - Terry Reid, rock guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid)
1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
1950 - Gilbert Perreault, NHL center (over 500 goals)
1951 - Beth Anders, Norristown Penn, field hockey sweeper (Oly-bronze-1984)
1951 - Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News)
1951 - Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
1953 - Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues)
1953 - Larry Miller, comedian (Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover)
1953 - Tracy Scoggins, Galveston Tx, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid)
1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress
1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
1953 - Waswo_X._Waswo, American Photographer
1954 - Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
1954 - Chris Noth, American actor
1955 - Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson], New York, actress, comedian, and singer (Color Purple,
           Burglar)
1956 - Aldo Nova, rocker (Blood on the Bricks)
1956 - Christopher Noth, actor (Jakarta)
1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress
1957 - Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author (Project Mankind)
1958 - Linda Jackson, Montreal Quebec, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1959 - Anne Manning, Australian walker (Olympics-96)
1959 - Rosie Jones, Santa Ana CA, LPGA golfer (1988 USX Golf Classic)
1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor
1961 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary
1962 - Blair Rasmussen, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks)
1962 - Gaetano Orlando, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1963 - Thilo Timothy Newman, Hamburg Germany, writer (Freejack, Alien)
1963 - Vinny Testaverde, NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1964 - Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player (1989 French quarters)
1965 - Kevin Gamble, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1965 - Rob Natal, Long Beach CA, catcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 - Sheryl Boyle, Renfrew Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1965 - Zeljko Petrovic, soccer player (FC The Bosch/RKC)
1966 - Rumeal Robinson, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons)
1967 - Randi Ingerman, Phila Pa, actress (Trade Winds)
1967 - Steve Christie, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills)
1967 - Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
1967 - Steve Zahn, American actor
1968 - Mark Fitzpatrick, Toronto, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers)
1968 - Pat Hentgen, Detroit MI, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 - Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisc, tennis star (1995 Futures-Sedona)
1969 - Lori Berenson, American criminal
1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
1971 - Anthony Whiteman, England, 800m/1500m runner
1971 - Craig Powell, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)
1971 - John Francis Zingg, Boston Mass, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
1971 - Matthew Minagall, cricketer (S Australian lefty wrist-spinner 1991-95)
1971 - Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story)
1971 - Ron Rivers, NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche SD, Miss America-SD (1996)
1972 - Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation)
1972 - T-Haxx, rocker (DYC)
1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
1973 - George Harris, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1973 - Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker (Oly-2 bronze-92, 96)
1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
1975 - Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Koksijde)
1975 - Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer
1975 - Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
1977 - Tammy Leigh Ashton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer
1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player
1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress
1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian short track speed skater
1981 - Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
1981 - Rivkah, American comic book writer and artist
1982 - Samkon Gado, American football player
1982 - Koda Kumi, Japanese singer
1982 - Michael Copon, American actor and singer
1985 - Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1990 - Jibbs, American rapper
1995 - Stella Hudgens, American actress
1997 - Brent Kinsman, American actor
1997 - Shane Kinsman, American actor

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This Day in History for 13th November


Famous Deaths

Painter Camille Pissarro (1903)


867 - Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67
1004 - Abbo van Fleury, [Floriacensis], French abbott/saint, dies
1093 - Malcolm III (Canmore, "Big Head") King of Scots , dies in battle at Alnwick,
           Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare's character based on.
1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem
1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg
1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1319 - Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies
1345 - Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
1359 - Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
1460 - Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
1619 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
1620 - Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1650 - Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
1687 - Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 37
1689 - Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1706 - Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
1770 - George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
1771 - Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61
1779 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
1829 - Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls
1849 - William Etty, English painter best known for paintings of nudes, dies at 62
1862 - Ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75
1863 - Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50
1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
1868 - Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1877 - Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83
1893 - Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78
1896 - Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1903 - Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
1903 - Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist painter (b. 1830)
1909 - Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
1916 - Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35
1917 - Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies
1918 - Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Fries author, dies at 28
1928 - Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist, dies at 60
1939 - George Nicholls Jr, actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
1942 - Daniel J Callaghan, US spy (at Guadalcanal), dies
1942 - Douglas H Fox, US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
1942 - Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies
1944 - Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72
1944 - Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies
1951 - Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77
1951 - Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
1954 - Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
1958 - Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81
1961 - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
1961 - Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
1961 - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
1963 - Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
1967 - Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60
1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
1973 - Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53
1973 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer, dies at 77
1973 - Lila Lee, actress (Blood & Sand), dies of stroke at 68
1974 - Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
1974 - Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor/director (Boccacio 70), dies
1975 - Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
1977 - Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
1978 - George Hearne, South African cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies
1979 - Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93
1979 - Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1982 - Babette Deutsch, US poet (Honey out of the Rock), dies at 87
1982 - Chesney Allen, actress (Okay for Sound, Frozen Limits), dies at 88
1982 - Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
1982 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec (b. 1911)
1983 - "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1984 - Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
1984 - ML de Braauw, esquire/DS'70-minister of Wetenschapsbeleid, dies at 59
1985 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
1986 - Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered
1986 - Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71
1986 - Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952)
1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
1989 - Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
1990 - Charlie Carpenter, dies at 77
1991 - Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
1991 - Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
1991 - Hanson Baldwin, US military historian, dies at 88
1992 - Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
1992 - Bobby Mcclure, US singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50)
1992 - Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies
1992 - Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
1992 - Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies
1993 - Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48
1993 - Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones), American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
1994 - Frank Singleton, librarian, dies at 67
1994 - Joseph H Hazen, US producer/VP (Warner Bros), dies at 96
1994 - Lewis Bingham Keeble, town Planner, dies at 79
1994 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
1995 - Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81
1995 - Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64
1996 - Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist, dies at 86
1996 - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80
1996 - Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
1997 - William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80
1997 - André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
1998 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
1998 - Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
1999 - Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
2001 - Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
2002 - Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
2003 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
2004 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
2004 - Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)
2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
2005 - Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
2007 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (b. 1960)
2007 - John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007 - Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
2007 - Monty Westmore, American make-up artist. (b. 1923)
2010 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
2010 - Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
2010 - Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)

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This Day in History for 14th November


Historical Events

                                   
Confederate General/                         Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein            32nd US President
KKK Grand Wizard                                                                                                 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nathan Bedford Forrest

                                   
Musician Ray Charles                              King of Pop Michael Jackson        King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk


1380 - King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
1524 - Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1550 - Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
1666 - Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1675 - Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1680 - Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)
1698 - Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1732 - 1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila
1755 - Henry Fox appointed British 'Secretary of State for the Southern Department'
1775 - -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
1792 - Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
1832 - 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue
           between Prince and 14th Sts
1833 - Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
1834 - William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
1851 - "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
1863 - Nathan Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863 - Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1881 - Charles J Guiteau went on trial for assassination of President Garfield
1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government
1888 - St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1888 - USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass
           fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days
           She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours
1893 - Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" premieres in Berlin
1894 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
1896 - Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1905 - David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama
1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1908 - Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat" premieres in Vienna
1910 - 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
1914 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1915 - Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
1918 - Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1919 - Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
1920 - American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 - BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 - German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends
1923 - Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
1927 - Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain
1935 - FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935 - Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1936 - Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
1938 - Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
1939 - Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela
1940 - During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1941 - British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German
           submarine the day before
1941 - Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refuge
1942 - -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)
1942 - Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1943 - Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
1943 - J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
1945 - H Lindsay & R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in NYC
1945 - Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
1946 - Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
1952 - Greek general Papagos wins elections
1952 - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
1953 - WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Egyptian pres Naguib fire, state of emergency declared
1956 - Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
1957 - Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 - Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1957 - The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many
           high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1959 - "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1959 - Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960 - 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
1960 - OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
1960 - Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
1960 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
1964 - "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs
1964 - "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs
1964 - "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1964 - Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1965 - "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
1965 - George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
1965 - KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
1965 - US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1966 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1967 - The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa
           Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1968 - "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
1968 - 1st European lung transplant
1968 - Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1969 - 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969 - Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970 - DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 - Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
1972 - Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1973 - "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
1973 - Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 - Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1973 - Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously
1975 - Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
1976 - "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs
1976 - Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1976 - War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
1977 - Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1979 - California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1980 - Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1980 - Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981 - Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
1981 - Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981 - Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1982 - Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
1983 - 1st cruise missile placed at Greenham Common England
1984 - Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984 - NASA launches NATO-3D
1984 - Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine
           President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
1985 - Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1985 - Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985 - Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1986 - Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
1986 - FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila
1986 - SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1987 - "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 perfs
1987 - Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1989 - Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 - Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 - Michael Heseltine contests Margaret Thatcher's leadership of party
1990 - Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1991 - Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
1991 - Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by
           NFL for 4 weeks
1991 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials
           in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1991 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
1992 - Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls & breaks 3 fingers
1993 - "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
1993 - "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1993 - 23rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
1993 - 24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
1993 - Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history
1993 - Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
1994 - 1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
1994 - Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
1996 - "Chicago" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
1996 - Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
1997 - Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
1997 - Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
2001 - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
2002 - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
2002 - The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission
           to investigate the September 11 attacks.
2007 - the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2012 - A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain,
           Portugal, and Greece
2012 - CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is discovered, the closest rogue planet to earth (100 light-years away)

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This Day in History for 14th November


Famous Weddings

1677 - Prince Willem III Henry (14) marries English princess Mary Stuart (9)
1973 - Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey
1996 - King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia
1998 - Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds "Baywatch" actress Carmen Electra (26)
           at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada
1998 - "Can't Hardly Wait" actor Ethan Embry (20) weds Amelinda Smith
2009 - "Kings of Leon" drummer Nate Followill (33) weds singer Jessie Baylin (25) at the Wolf Den
           Farm in Brentwood, Tennessee

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This Day in History for 14th November


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Anatomist and Physiologist                        Impressionist Painter                     Physician Frederick Banting (1891)                         
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1771)              Claude Monet (1840)


US Senator Joseph McCarthy (1909)

1511 - Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
1650 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
1663 - Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 - Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1719 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer
1740 - Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)
1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal
1765 - Robert Fulton, Little Britain, Pen., inventor and engineer (1st commercial steamboat), (d.
          1815)
1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, Paris, anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), (d. 1802)
1774 - Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
1776 - Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis
1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
1796 - Carlo Conti, composer
1797 - Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
1800 - Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
1802 - August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
1803 - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
1805 - Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
1814 - Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
1816 - John Curwen, composer
1822 - William Harrow, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1823 - Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
1825 - August Reissmann, composer
1827 - Isaac Wistar, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1828 - James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1829 - Giulio Roberti, composer
1833 - Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
1838 - August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
1840 - Claude Monet, Paris, impressionist (Water Lilies), (d. 1926)
1842 - Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
1845 - Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
1845 - Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
1861 - Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
1863 - Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
1877 - René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
1878 - Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
1879 - Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
1880 - Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
1885 - Sonia Delaunay, Russian born French artist
1887 - Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1887 - Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
           (d. 1941)
1892 - James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1893 - Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
1893 - Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
1893 - Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
1894 - Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
1894 - Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
1895 - Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
1895 - Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
1896 - Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
1897 - John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
1900 - Clara Fasano, sculptor
1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990)
1901 - Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)
1904 - Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
1904 - Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
1904 - Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
1904 - Marya Mannes, NYC, author (The Reporter)
1905 - L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1905 - Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
1905 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
1906 - Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)
1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking)
1907 - Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1907 - Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit
1908 - Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author (50th Anniv of Soviet Union)
1909 - Joseph McCarthy, US Senator and anti-communist lunatic, (Wisconsin)
1910 - Eric Lawson Malpass, writer
1910 - Norman MacCaig, poet
1910 - Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
1912 - Barbara Hutton, heiress (Woolworth)
1914 - Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
1914 - Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
1914 - Ken Carson, Coalgate Oklahoma, singer (Garry Moore Show)
1915 - Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)
1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano
1920 - Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1921 - Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
1922 - Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch) (d. 1973)
1922 - Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian secretary-general of UN (1992- )
1922 - Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
1923 - Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)
1924 - Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist
1924 - Billy Jim Layton, composer
1924 - Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
1924 - Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
1924 - Phyllis Avery, NYC, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak)
1927 - Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
1927 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
1928 - Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood California, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
1928 - Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
1929 - Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
1929 - McLean Stevenson, Normal Ill, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)
1930 - Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50's)
1930 - Edward H White II, San Antonio Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4)
1930 - Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
1930 - Shirley Crabtree, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1930 - Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
1930 - Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
1930 - Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
1930 - Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
1931 - Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
1932 - Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1932 - Ramon Zupko, composer
1933 - Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
1934 - Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
1934 - Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1934 - Kurt Hamrin, Swedish soccer player
1935 - Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
1935 - Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
1935 - Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov, cosmonaut
1935 - Hussein ibn Talal I, king of Jordan (1953- )
1935 - Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
1936 - Cornell Gunther, Los Angeles California, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
1939 - Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach)
1940 - Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
1941 - Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
1942 - John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
1943 - Peter Norton, American software engineer
1944 - Aditya Biria, industrialist
1944 - Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
1945 - Paul Hirsch, American film editor
1945 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
1947 - P J O'Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
1947 - Syanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
1948 - Charles Philip Arthur George (Prince Charles), Prince of Wales/Duke of Cornwall
1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
1948 - James Young, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (Styx)
1948 - Robert Ginty, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Paper Chase, White Fire)
1949 - Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1951 - Barry Brandt, Wash DC, rock drummer (Angel)
1951 - Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
1951 - Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
1952 - Alec John Such, rocker
1952 - Ray Sharkey, Brooklyn NY, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear)
1953 - Phil Baron, American voice actor
1953 - Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
1954 - Bernard Hinault, French bicylist (Tour de France)
1954 - Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
1954 - Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State
1955 - Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1955 - Willie Hernandez, pitcher (Cy Young Award)
1956 - Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
1956 - Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
1957 - Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does)
1957 - Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
1958 - Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1959 - Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN)
1960 - Tom Judson, American actor and composer
1961 - D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
1961 - Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
1962 - Laura San Giacoma, Danville NJ, actress (Pretty Woman, Vital Signs)
1962 - Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale Fla, 470 yachter (Olymp-8th-1992, 96)
1962 - Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
1963 - Mike Prior, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1964 - Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1964 - Joseph "Run" Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC)
1964 - Silken Laumann, Mississauga Ontario, rower (Oly-bronze, silver-92, 96)
1964 - Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor
1964 - Rev Run, American rapper
1966 - Carl Coulter, CFL corner (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 - Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1966 - Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 - Rod Harris, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 - Petra Roßner, German cyclist
1967 - Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
1967 - Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer
1968 - Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
1968 - Kent Bottenfield, Portland Oregon, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1968 - Lionel Simmons, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1968 - Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
1969 - Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1969 - David Webb, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1969 - Mark Henderson, US, 4X100m butterfly (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 - Sue Stewart, Toronto Ontario, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1970 - Dana Stubblefield, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
1970 - Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970 - David Wesley, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics)
1970 - Derrick Hoskins, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1970 - Dexter Nottage, NFL defensive end (Wash Redskins, KC Chiefs)
1971 - Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996)
1971 - Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
1972 - Aaron Taylor, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1972 - Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1972 - Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
1972 - Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
1973 - Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer (Curtis Cup 1992)
1973 - DeRon Jenkins, cornerback (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 - Lawyer Milloy, strong safety (New England Patriots)
1973 - Dana Snyder, American voice actor
1973 - Moka Only, Canadian musician
1974 - David Moscow, actor (Big)
1974 - Adam Walsh, American murder victim (d. 1981)
1975 - Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
1975 - Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
1976 - Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
1977 - Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Obie Trice, American rapper
1978 - Xavier Nady, American baseball player
1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
1979 - Tobin Esperance, American musician (Papa Roach)
1979 - Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
1980 - Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
1980 - Brock Pierce, American actor
1981 - Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
1982 - Kyle Orton, American football player (Chicago Bears)
1983 - C E Gadda, writer
1983 - Lil Boosie, American rapper
1984 - Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
1984 - Lisa De Vanna, Australian female footballer
1985 - Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer
1990 - Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)

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This Day in History for 14th November


Famous Deaths

                   
Key Figure of Medieval                              Education Pioneer Booker                 
Rus Alexander Nevsky (1263)                      T. Washington (1915)

563 - Justinian I (The Great), Byzantinian Emperor (527-563), dies at 82. Corpus Juris Civilis, civil law
         code, written during reign.
784 - Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
976 - T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
1226 - Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
1263 - Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43
1359 - Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
1391 - Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
1522 - Anne of France, daughter of French king Louis XI, Princess and French Regent (for her
           brother King Charles VIII during his minority). Born 1461
1556 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
1589 - Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
1625 - Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1633 - William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
1673 - Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
1687 - Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
1691 - Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
1692 - Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
1716 - Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
1734 - Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
1746 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
1780 - Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1794 - Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/"Dutch Newton", dies at 30
1804 - Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
1817 - Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
1825 - Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1829 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
1831 - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
1832 - Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
1832 - Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1841 - Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
1842 - Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
1844 - Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
1844 - John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
1860 - Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
1866 - King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
1902 - Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
1906 - Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
1908 - Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914 - Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1914 - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
1915 - Booker T. Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala
1915 - Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1916 - Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
1916 - Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
1917 - William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
1922 - Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79
1925 - Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78
1929 - Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
1935 - J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1937 - Jack O'Connor, American baseball player (b. 1869)
1944 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
1946 - Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1946 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
1947 - Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
1955 - Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
1959 - Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84
1960 - Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
1962 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
1964 - Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1965 - George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
1965 - Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1967 - Colonel C K Nayudu, cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies
1971 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
1972 - Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1974 - Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies at 70
1975 - Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
1977 - Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896)
1979 - Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1981 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
1982 - Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91
1984 - George Matthews, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
1984 - Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
1987 - Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
1990 - K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
1990 - Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1990 - Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
1991 - Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
1992 - Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1992 - Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992 - George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies
1992 - Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies
1992 - Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
1993 - Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
1994 - Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994 - Jake Dengel, US actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
1994 - John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
1994 - John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1994 - Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
1994 - Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
1995 - Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
1995 - Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
1995 - John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
1995 - John Lee Admiral-Barber, , dies at 90
1996 - Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77
1996 - Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
1996 - Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
1996 - Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1996 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1997 - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1997 - Stefan Lorant, writer/actor, dies at 96
2000 - Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
2001 - Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
2001 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
2002 - Eddie Bracken, American film actor (b. 1915)
2003 - Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
2004 - Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
2010 - Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)
2012 - Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82
2012 - Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53

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Historical Events

                                   
Spanish Conquistador                               Naturalist Charles Darwin             Soldier, author, journalist, politician
Francisco Pizarro                                                                                                         Winston Churchill

                                   
32nd US President                                   Baseball Player Ted Williams             Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley
Franklin D. Roosevelt

                                   
American Baseball Player                           264th Pope John Paul II                    US President George H. W. Bush
Roger Maris


655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
1315 - Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
1348 - Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
1491 - Anne of Brittany becomes devoted to end "la guerre folle"
1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1492 - In La Guardia, Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of ritual murder
1515 - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
1527 - Treaty of Beautiful garden (emperor-ecclesiastical goods)
1532 - Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn
1533 - Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco
1577 - Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington
1583 - Gelders Earl Willem of the Bergh flees
1660 - 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)
1679 - English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
1688 - Prince Willem III's army lands at Torbay, England; the 'Glorious Revolution' commences
1715 - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands
1727 - NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from
           abjuration oath
1763 - Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania &
           Maryland
1777 - Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
1791 - 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
1806 - 1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado)
1813 - Allied troops occupies Groningen
1813 - Tax revolt in Amsterdam
1824 - Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
1826 - Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
1827 - Creek-indians lose all their property in US
1832 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation," premieres
1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti on board HMS Beagle
1837 - Isaac Pitman introduces his shorthand system
1845 - Opera "Maritana" is produced (London)
1849 - 1st US poultry show opens in Boston
1854 - In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the
           necessary royal concession.
1864 - 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
1864 - Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on the "March to the Sea"
1869 - Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
1870 - Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
1881 - American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)
1882 - British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger
1884 - Colonization of Africa orgainized at Intl conference in Berlin
1887 - British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
1889 - Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
1899 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal
1901 - James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco
1902 - Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
1903 - Eugen d'Alberts opera "Tiefland" premieres in Prague
1904 - King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
1911 - Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins
1914 - Ital socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia
1919 - Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)
1920 - Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen" premieres in Neurenberg
1920 - Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection
1920 - League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
1921 - KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1922 - British Conservative Party wins election; /Labour Party comes second
1924 - Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
1926 - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
1926 - AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
1932 - Walt Disney Art School created
1934 - Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey (deuterium)
1935 - Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated
1936 - Nazi-Germany & Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
1937 - 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers
1938 - 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, NY
1938 - Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona
1939 - Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
1939 - FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
1939 - Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1939 - Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check
1940 - 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
1940 - 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington & AC Seagulls
1940 - NY Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
1941 - Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
1941 - Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
1942 - World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
1944 - Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
1945 - The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame
1946 - House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
1946 - Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
1947 - Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
1947 - Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
1948 - William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada
1949 - KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1950 - Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern
           Amateur Hockey League)
1951 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore
1951 - NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1953 - WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
1955 - Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
1956 - "Li'l Abner" opens at St James Theater NYC for 693 performances
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender" premieres in NYC
1957 - US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000
1959 - Robert White & Perry Smith murder four members of the Herbert Clutter Family at their farm
           outside Holcomb, Kansas.
1959 - Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage
           (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17
1960 - Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
1960 - USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
1961 - Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
1961 - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1961 - UN bans nuclear arms
1962 - Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award
1964 - Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
1964 - KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1964 - Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
1964 - Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
1965 - Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
1966 - Gemini XII (Lovell & Aldrin) returns to Earth
1967 - Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
1967 - Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
1967 - WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 - The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot
           Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave
           Desert.
1968 - 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
1969 - 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
1969 - 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)
1969 - 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War
1969 - Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar & indicent language in Tampa, Fla
1969 - Wendy's Hamburgers opens
1971 - Intel advertises 4004-processor
1972 - Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
1972 - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
1972 - White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
1973 - Egypt & Israel exchange prisoners of war
1974 - Ringo Starr releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK
1975 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1976 - Syrian army conquerors Beirut
1977 - Pres Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1978 - 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1978 - Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," premieres in London
1978 - Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1979 - ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1979 - British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt, art advisor to the Queen, as 4th man in
           Soviet spy ring
1979 - A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight
           from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1980 - Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany
1981 - "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 48 performances
1982 - Funeral service held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
1983 - 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1983 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1985 - A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a
           University of Michigan professor explodes.
1986 - 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
1987 - 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
1987 - Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
1987 - Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
1987 - NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
1988 - Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
1988 - PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1988 - Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
1988 - The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
1989 - "Batman" is released on video tape
1989 - "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 497 performances
1989 - Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
1989 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 - Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
1989 - Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1990 - US President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
1990 - Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album
1990 - US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit
1991 - Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1991 - Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
1992 - Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
1992 - Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
1993 - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM
1993 - Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher
1993 - 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba.
1994 - "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 57 performances
1994 - 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
1994 - Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)
1994 - Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
1995 - "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
1995 - Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
1996 - "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs
1997 - 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
1999 - Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
2000 - A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40
           people
2000 - New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
2002 - Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
2003 - The first day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings takes place, to be followed by additional
           bombings on November 20.
2005 - Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and
           Nippon Cargo Airlines.
2007 - A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and
           destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
2012 - At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
2012 - Deep Horizon Oil Spill: BP settles for $4.5 Billion

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Famous Weddings

1997 - "Rescue 911" TV host and actor William Shatner (66) weds former Ford model Norine Kidd
           (37) in Pasadena, California
2005 - Emperor Akihito's daughter Princess Sayako (36) weds Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial
           Hotel in Tokyo, Japan

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Famous Divorces

2010 - "Single White Female" actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (48) divorces writer Noah Baumbach (41) due
           to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
British Prime Minister                             Author and Nobel Laureate                    German WWII Field Marshal
(The Great Commoner)                            Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)                    Erwin Rommel (1891)
 William Pitt the Elder (1708)


Zoophysiologist and Nobel Laureate
August Krogh (1874)


1316 - Jean I, King of France (Nov 15-19, 1316) (he lived only 5 days)
1397 - Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope (1447-55)
1498 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
1556 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1559 - Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo
1604 - Davis Mell, composer
1607 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
1619 - Philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher
1640 - Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer
1660 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)
1661 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
1688 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
1692 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
1696 - Gerhardus Havingha, composer
1705 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer
1708 - William Pitt the Elder, London, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68), `Great
           Commoner', (d. 1778)
1731 - William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (John Gilpin) [OS]
1738 - F William Herschel, German/English astronomer (discovered Uranus)
1741 - Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher
1746 - Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809)
1755 - Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1757 - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
1774 - William Horsley, composer
1775 - Georges-Julien Sieber, composer
1784 - Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. 1860)
1793 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry)
1800 - George Rodwell, composer
1814 - Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1815 - John Banvard, NYC, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas)
1816 - Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1829 - Petrus A S van Limburg Brouwer, MP/critic (Akbar)
1836 - Pierce Manning Butler Young, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1840 - Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]
1859 - Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
1862 - Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, Obersalzbrunn, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912), (d. 1946)
1872 - Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)
1874 - August Krogh [Schack], Denmark, zoophysiologist (arterioles and capillaries, Nobel-1920), (d.
          1949)
1874 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
1878 - Bela Reinitz, composer
1879 - Lewis Stone, Worcester Mass, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1881 - Franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)
1882 - Felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice (1939-62)
1886 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951)
1887 - Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)
1887 - Hitoshi Asida, Japanese politician
1887 - Marianne Moore, St Louis, poet (Pulitzer 1951, Collected Poems)
1887 - René Maran, Martinique, author (Batouala, Prix Goncourt)
1888 - James Morrison, Mattoon IL, actor (Little Detectives)
1890 - Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
1891 - Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-African campaign)
1891 - W Averell Harriman, US, (Gov-D-NY)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46)
1895 - Ina Claire, actress (Claudia, Ninotchka, Rebound)
1895 - Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)
1897 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/author (People's Palace)
1897 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. 1960)
1898 - Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer/poet (Fish-Trap)
1899 - Avdy Andresson, Estonian statesman (d. 1990)
1899 - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
1902 - Frederico Freitas, composer
1903 - Stewie Dempster, cricketer (1st great NZ Test batsman)
1904 - Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress (Garden of Allah)
1906 - Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate
1907 - Count Claus Schenck von Stauffenberg, German anti fascist colonel
1909 - Don Large, Canada, choral director (Wayne King)
1913 - Rick Schagen, Dutch actress (Saartje-Swiebertje)
1913 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. 2005)
1914 - Gheorghe Dumitrescu, composer
1914 - Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka)
1916 - Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados
1917 - Gerardus H de Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67)
1919 - Carol Bruce, [Shirley Levy], Great Neck NY, actress (Lillian-WKRP)
1919 - Joseph Albert Wapner, La, judge (People's Court)
1922 - Francesco Rosi, Naples Italy, director (Lucky Luciano)
1922 - Giorgio Manganelli, writer
1922 - Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz)
1923 - Peter Hammond, London England, actor (Buccaneers)
1925 - Howard Baker, (Sen-R-Tenn), presidential chief of staff
1925 - Jurriaan Andriessen, [Leslie Cool], Dutch pianist/composer
1925 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
1927 - Gregor Mackenzie, British politician (d. 1992)
1928 - C. W. McCall, American singer
1928 - John Orchard, British actor (d. 1995)
1928 - William Heirens, Evanston, Illinois, serial killer (Lipstick Killer), (d. 2012)
1929 - Edward Asner, KC Kansas, actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
1930 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author (Drowned World)
1930 - Whitman Mayo, NYC, actor (Grady-Sanford & Son)
1931 - Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP (D-66)/author (Winters in Wartime)
1931 - John Kerr, NYC, actor (South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit & Pendulum)
1931 - Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
1932 - Clyde L McPhatter, Durham NC, singer (Drifters-Treasure My Love)
1932 - Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love)
1933 - Barbara Carson, Memphis Tn, actress (Comedy Tonight, Carter Country)
1933 - Jack Burns, Boston Mass, comedian (Burns & Schreiber)
1934 - Joanna Barnes, Boston, actr (Parent Trap, Spartacus, Goodbye Charlie)
1934 - Peter Dickinson, composer
1935 - Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman
1935 - Peter John Welding, record producer
1936 - Wolf Biermann, writer
1937 - William E "Little Willie" John, [Woods], US R&B singer (Fever)
1937 - Jimmy Ellis, RockHill, South Carolina, soul singer (The Trammps - Disco Inferno), (d. 2012)
1939 - Yaphet Kotto, New York City, New York, African-American actor (Alien, Homicide: Life on the
           Street)
1939 - Erik Hansen, Denmark, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 - Thalmus Rasulala, [Jack Crowder], Miami Fla, actor (Blacula, Roots)
1940 - Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, American actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate)
1940 - Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
1941 - Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
1942 - Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor
1943 - Roger Donaldson, director (Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands)
1945 - Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad, [Fryeda Anderson], Sweden, rocker (ABBA)
1945 - Bob Gunton, American actor
1946 - Janet Lennon, Culver City California, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1947 - William B Richardson, (Rep-D-New Mexico, 1983- )
1948 - Roy P Dyson, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
1950 - Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower (1st to break 70m)
1951 - Dave Zelmon, rocker
1951 - Beverly D'Angelo, Columbus, Ohio, American actress (National Lampoon's Vacation)
1952 - "Macho Man" Randy Savage, [Poffo], Sarasota FL, wrestler (WWF/SMW/ICW)
1952 - Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor
1953 - Alexander O'Neal, Minneapolis, rocker (James Hearsky Harris III)
1953 - Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russian cosmonaut
1954 - Ab Bryant, rock bassist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1954 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President of Poland
1955 - Oliver Conant, NYC, actor (Summer of '42)
1955 - Georgie Born, English academic, anthropologist and musician (Henry Cow)
1955 - Henry Corra, American documentarian
1956 - Ashley Cox, Dallas Texas, playmate (December, 1977)
1956 - Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. 2003)
1957 - Joe Leeway, rocker (Thompson Twins)
1957 - Kevin Eubanks, bandleader (Tonight Show)
1957 - Ray McKinnon, American film actor/director
1958 - Marty Davis, San Jose Cat, tennis star
1961 - Ian Reid, Australian educator
1963 - Gideon Joe Ng, Toronto Ontario, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Michele McAnany, Los Angeles California, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1965 - Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
1966 - Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star
1966 - Rachel True, American actress
1967 - Greg Anthony, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics)
1967 - Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Laura Garrone, Italy, tennis star
1967 - Michiyoshi Ohara, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1967 - Pedro Borbon, Mao Dom Rep, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1967 - Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Golden State)
1967 - Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
1967 - E-40, American rapper
1967 - François Ozon, French film director
1968 - Brenda Alyce Bassett, Kokomo Indiana, Miss Indiana-America (1991)
1968 - James Brady, Brooklyn NY, columnist (NY Post)
1968 - Jennifer Charles, American singer/songwriter
1968 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. 2004)
1969 - Helen Kelesi, Canada, tennis star
1969 - Peter Martin, cricketer (Lancashire & England pace bowler 1995)
1969 - Shane Mack, American politician
1970 - Cecil Doggette, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1970 - Lesley Reddon, ice hockey goalie (Canada, Oly-98)
1970 - Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1970 - Jack Ingram, American singer and songwriter
1970 - Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
1971 - Natalia Medvedeva, Kiev Ukraine, tennis star (1993 Prague Essen)
1971 - Rohan Robinson, Australian hurdler (Olympics-96)
1971 - Sandra Kim, [Caldarone], French singer (J'aime la Vie)
1971 - Jay Harrington, American actor
1972 - Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Vitesse)
1972 - Greg Bloedorn, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
1973 - Jason Dunn, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Jorge Diaz, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1973 - Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston Ga, Miss America-Georgia (1996)
1973 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
1974 - Fred Brock, wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
1975 - Scott Henshall, British fashion designer
1975 - Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Jessica Amey, Montreal Quebec, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 (Olympics-96)
1976 - Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian
1976 - Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
1977 - Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, 9th in succession to British throne
1977 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (d. 2006)
1979 - Josemi, Spanish footballer
1979 - Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
1980 - Ace Young, American singer
1981 - Natalie Lacuesta, Chicago Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
1981 - Drew Hodgdon, American football player
1982 - D. J. Fitzpatrick, National Football League kicker
1982 - Lofa Tatupu, National Football League
1982 - Joe Kowalewski, American football player
1983 - DJ Skee, American DJ/Personality
1983 - Laura Smet, French actress
1983 - Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
1986 - Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
1986 - Jeffree Star, American model, fashion designer, make-up artist and singer-songwriter
1987 - Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer
1987 - Ian Hecox, Member of Smosh
1988 - Zena Grey, American actress
1990 - Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
1991 - Shailene Woodley, American Actress
1993 - Saaya Irie, Japanese Actress, singer

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 15th November


Famous Deaths

Astronomer Johannes Kepler (1630)


655 - Penda, King of Mercia
1028 - Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
1136 - Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073)
1194 - Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies
1280 - Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87
1463 - Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples
1544 - King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506)
1579 - Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)
1628 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
1629 - Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1630 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58
1634 - Johann Staden, composer, dies at 53
1658 - Jacobus Revius, [Reefsen], theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72
1670 - Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius], Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer, dies
           at 78
1691 - Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
1706 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
1712 - Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
1712 - James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658)
1787 - Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73
1788 - Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77
1795 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
1812 - Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
1815 - Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
1819 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
1831 - Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76
1832 - Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63
1842 - Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43
1848 - P Rossi, Italian, murdered
1853 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
1863 - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies
1892 - Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish serial killer, is executed at 42
1897 - John Mercer Langston, US black jurist, dies at 67
1907 - Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73
1908 - Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies
1908 - Tz'u-hsi (Cixi), empress of China, dies at 73
1910 - Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author, dies at 79
1916 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel laureate (b. 1846)
1918 - Georges Antoine, composer, dies at 26
1919 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies
1919 - Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
1931 - Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, publisher, dies
1933 - Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
1934 - Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth's manufacturer (Devout & D), dies
1938 - George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1944 - Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
1954 - Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76
1955 - Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
1958 - Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
1959 - Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
1961 - Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
1961 - Elsie Ferguson, American actress (Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 78
1963 - Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74
1966 - Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
1967 - Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72
1967 - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
1969 - Roy D'Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75
1971 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943)
1974 - James Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday
1975 - Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77
1976 - Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72
1978 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76
1980 - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75
1981 - Enid Markey, actress (Foolish Mothers, Civilization), dies at 85
1982 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
1983 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies at 71
1984 - Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
1985 - Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90
1986 - Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
1988 - Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
1990 - Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
1990 - Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
1993 - Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
1993 - Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered
1993 - Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1994 - Anthony Ward, writer, dies at 57
1994 - James Winston Watts, developer of the Frontal Lobotomy, dies at 90
1994 - Janet Ahlberg, illustrator, dies at 50
1994 - Volodymyr Ivashko, Pres of Ukraine (1990-91), dies
1994 - Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
1995 - Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78
1995 - Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist, dies at 81
1995 - Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
1996 - Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92
1997 - Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
1997 - William Perrie, prison governor, dies at 79
1998 - Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. 1937)
1998 - Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
2002 - Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
2003 - Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
2003 - Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (b. 1910)
2003 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (Annie), dies of cancer at 78
2003 - Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923)
2004 - Elmer L. Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909)
2004 - John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930)
2005 - Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
2005 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959)
2006 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
2006 - David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. 1937)
2007 - Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2009 - Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
2010 - Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2010 - Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist (b. 1932)