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+ | *[[43 BC]] - The [[Second Triumvirate]] alliance of [[Augustus|Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus]] ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]], and [[Mark Antony]] is formed. | ||
+ | *[[783]] - The [[King of Asturias|Asturian queen]] [[Adosinda]] is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from [[Mauregatus of Asturias|Mauregatus]]. | ||
+ | *[[1778]] - In the [[Hawaiian Islands]], Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to visit [[Maui (island)|Maui]]. | ||
+ | *[[1789]] - A national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is observed in the [[United States]] as recommended by [[U.S. President|President]] [[George Washington]] and approved by [[U.S. Congress|Congress]]. | ||
+ | *[[1805]] - Official opening of [[Thomas Telford]]'s [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]]. | ||
+ | *[[1825]] - At [[Union College]] in [[Schenectady, New York]] a group of college students form [[Kappa Alpha Society]], the first [[college]] social [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]]. | ||
+ | *[[1842]] - The [[University of Notre Dame]] is founded. | ||
+ | *[[1862]] - Charles Dodgson (AKA [[Lewis Carroll]]) sends the handwritten manuscript of [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures Underground]] to 10-year-old [[Alice Liddell]]. | ||
+ | *[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Mine Run|Mine Run]] - [[United States|Union]] forces under General [[George Meade]] position against troops led by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Robert E. Lee]]. | ||
+ | *[[1865]] - [[Battle of Papudo]]: The [[Spain|Spanish]] navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile. | ||
+ | *[[1909]] - [[Sigma Alpha Mu]] is founded in the [[City College of New York]] by 8 Jewish young men. | ||
+ | *[[1917]] - The [[National Hockey League]] is formed, with the [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Montreal Wanderers]], [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Quebec Bulldogs]], and [[Toronto Arenas]] as its first teams. | ||
+ | *[[1918]] - The [[Podgorica]] Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of [[Serbia]] | ||
+ | *[[1922]] - [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the tomb of [[Egypt]]ian King [[Tutankhamun]] in over 3000 years. | ||
+ | * 1922 - ''[[Toll of the Sea]]'' debuts as the first general release [[film]] to use two-tone [[Technicolor]] (''[[The Gulf Between]]'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). | ||
+ | *[[1939]] - [[Shelling of Mainila]]: The [[Soviet Army]] orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the [[Winter War]] with [[Finland]] four days later. | ||
+ | *[[1941]] - US President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs a bill establishing the fourth [[Thursday]] in [[November]] as [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in the [[United States]]. | ||
+ | *[[1942]] - [[Holocaust]]: [[Shoah]]: 572 [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Jews]] were deported to [[Auschwitz]] on the cargo vessel Donau. This was the first step on the journey to the death camp [[Auschwitz]]. Altogether the total number of Jews deported from [[Norway]] was 767. 25 of the deported survived. | ||
+ | * 1942 - The film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' premieres at the Hollywood Theater in [[New York City]], as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II. | ||
+ | * 1942 - World War II: [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|Yugoslav Partisans]] convene the first meeting of the [[AVNOJ|Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] at [[Bihać]] in northwestern [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]]. | ||
+ | *[[1944]] - World War II: Germans begin [[V-1]] and [[V-2]] attacks on [[Antwerp, Belgium]]. | ||
+ | *[[1949]] - The [[Constituent Assembly of India|Indian Constituent Assembly]] adopts [[India]]'s [[Constitution of India|constitution]]. | ||
+ | *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]]: Troops from the [[People's Republic of China]] move into [[North Korea]] and launch a massive counterattack against [[South Korea]]n and [[United States|American]] forces ([[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]]), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict. | ||
+ | *[[1965]] - In the [[Hammaguir]] launch facility in the [[Sahara Desert]], [[France]] launches a [[Diamant|Diamant-A]] rocket with its first [[satellite]], ''[[Asterix-1]]'' on board, becoming the third country to enter [[outer space|space]]. | ||
+ | *[[1968]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Air Force]] helicopter pilot [[James P. Fleming]] rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by [[Viet Cong]] fire and is later awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]. | ||
+ | *[[1970]] - In [[Basse-Terre]], [[Guadeloupe]], 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of [[rain]] fall in a minute, the heaviest [[rainfall]] ever on record. | ||
+ | *[[1977]] - '[[Vrillon]]', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[Southern Television]] for five minutes at 5:12 PM. | ||
+ | *[[1983]] - [[Brinks Mat robbery]]: In [[London]], 6,800 [[gold]] bars worth nearly £26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at [[Heathrow Airport]] | ||
+ | *[[1986]] - [[Iran-Contra scandal]]: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the [[Tower Commission]]. | ||
+ | *[[1990]] - The [[Delta II]] rocket makes its maiden flight. | ||
+ | *[[1998]] - [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to address the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s parliament. | ||
+ | *[[2003]] - [[Concorde]] makes its last ever flight over [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. | ||
+ | |||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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+ | *[[1288]] - [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] of Japan (d. [[1339]]) | ||
+ | *[[1436]] - Princess [[Catherine of Portugal]], writer (d. [[1463]]) | ||
+ | *[[1607]] - [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]], English-born clergyman (d. [[1638]]) | ||
+ | *[[1609]] - [[Henry Dunster]], English president of Harvard College (d. [[1659]]) | ||
+ | *[[1657]] - [[William Derham]], English minister and writer (d. [[1735]]) | ||
+ | *[[1678]] - [[Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist (d. [[1771]]) | ||
+ | *[[1703]] - [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and writer (d. [[1758]]) | ||
+ | *[[1731]] - [[William Cowper]], English poet (d. [[1800]]) | ||
+ | *[[1792]] - [[Sarah Grimke]], American abolitionist and feminist (d. [[1873]]) | ||
+ | *[[1827]] - [[Ellen G. White]], American religious leader (d. [[1915]]) | ||
+ | *[[1828]] - [[René Goblet]], French politician (d. [[1905]]) | ||
+ | *[[1832]] - [[Mary Edwards Walker]], American feminist physician (d. [[1919]]) | ||
+ | *[[1832]] - [[Karl Rudolf König]], German physicist (d. [[1901]]) | ||
+ | *[[1847]] - [[Maria Fyodorovna]], Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. [[1928]]) | ||
+ | *[[1857]] - [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist (d. [[1913]]) | ||
+ | *[[1858]] - [[Katharine Drexel]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[Saint]] (d. [[1955]]) | ||
+ | *[[1864]] - [[Edward Higgins]], 3rd General of [[The Salvation Army]] (d. [[1947]]) | ||
+ | *[[1869]] - [[Maud, Queen of Norway]] (d. [[1938]]) | ||
+ | *[[1876]] - [[Willis Carrier]], American engineer and inventor (d. [[1950]]) | ||
+ | *[[1878]] - [[Marshall Taylor]], American cyclist (d. [[1932]]) | ||
+ | *[[1885]] - [[Heinrich Bruning|Heinrich Brüning]], German politician (d. [[1970]]) | ||
+ | *[[1889]] - [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor and novelist (d. [[1976]]) | ||
+ | *[[1894]] - [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician (d. [[1964]]) | ||
+ | * 1894 - [[James Charles McGuigan]], Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. [[1974]]) | ||
+ | *[[1895]] - [[Bill W.|Bill Wilson]], American co-founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. [[1971]]) | ||
+ | *[[1898]] - [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laurete (d. [[1973]]) | ||
+ | *[[1899]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]], German kidnapper of [[Charles Augustus Lindbergh III]] (d. [[1936]]) | ||
+ | *[[1904]] - [[Armand Frappier]], French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. [[1991]]) | ||
+ | *[[1905]] - [[Bob Johnson (MLB outfielder)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) | ||
+ | *[[1907]] - [[Ruth Patrick]], American botanist | ||
+ | *[[1908]] - [[Charles Forte]], Scottish hotelier | ||
+ | * 1908 - [[Lefty Gomez]], American baseball player (d. [[1989]]) | ||
+ | *[[1909]] - [[Frances Dee]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | ||
+ | * 1909 - [[Eugène Ionesco]], French playwright (d. [[1994]]) | ||
+ | *[[1910]] - [[Cyril Cusack]], Irish actor (d. [[1993]]) | ||
+ | *[[1912]] - [[Eric Sevareid]], American journalist (d. [[1992]]) | ||
+ | *[[1915]] - [[Earl Wild]], American pianist | ||
+ | *[[1919]] - [[Frederik Pohl]], American science fiction writer | ||
+ | *[[1920]] - [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-born television and movie director (d. [[2004]]) | ||
+ | *[[1922]] - [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) | ||
+ | *[[1924]] - [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]], American Pop Sculptor (d. [[2000]]) | ||
+ | *[[1925]] - [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. [[2003]]) | ||
+ | *[[1927]] - [[Ernie Coombs]], American children's entertainer (d. [[2001]]) | ||
+ | *[[1931]] - [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]], Argentine activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] | ||
+ | * 1931 - [[Adrianus Johannes Simonis]], Cardinal [[Archbishop of Utrecht]] | ||
+ | *[[1933]] - [[Robert Goulet]], American singer and actor (d. [[2007]]) | ||
+ | *[[1937]] - [[Boris Yegorov]], Soviet cosmonaut | ||
+ | *[[1938]] - [[Porter J. Goss]], American [[Central Intelligence Agency]] director | ||
+ | * 1938 - [[Rodney Jory]], Australian physicist | ||
+ | * 1938 - [[Rich Little]], Canadian comedian and actor | ||
+ | *[[1939]] - [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]], Malaysian politician | ||
+ | * 1939 - [[Tina Turner]], American singer and actress | ||
+ | * [[1941]] - [[Susanne Marsee]], American mezzo-soprano | ||
+ | * [[1942]] - [[Michael Devlin]], American bass-baritone | ||
+ | *[[1943]] - [[Bruce Paltrow]], American producer and director (d. [[2002]]) | ||
+ | * 1943 - [[Marilynne Robinson]], American writer | ||
+ | *[[1944]] - [[Jean Terrell]], American singer ([[The Supremes]]) | ||
+ | *[[1945]] - [[Daniel Davis]], American actor | ||
+ | * 1945 - [[John McVie]], British musician ([[Fleetwood Mac]]) | ||
+ | * 1945 - [[Björn von Sydow]], Swedish poltician | ||
+ | *[[1946]] - [[Art Shell]], American football player and coach | ||
+ | *[[1947]] - [[Susanne Zenor]], American actress | ||
+ | * 1947 - [[Roger Wehrli]], American football player | ||
+ | *[[1948]] - [[Shlomo Artzi]], Israeli singer | ||
+ | * 1948 - [[Krešimir Ćosić]], Croatian basketball player (d. [[1995]]) | ||
+ | * 1948 - [[Claes Elfsberg]], Swedish television presenter | ||
+ | *[[1949]] - [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) | ||
+ | * 1949 - [[Vincent A. Mahler]], American educator | ||
+ | *[[1951]] - [[Ilona Staller|Cicciolina]], Italian porno actress and politician | ||
+ | *[[1953]] - [[Harry Carson]], American football player | ||
+ | *[[1954]] - [[Roz Chast]], American cartoonist | ||
+ | * 1954 - [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], Sri Lankan militant leader | ||
+ | *[[1956]] - [[Dale Jarrett]], American race car driver | ||
+ | *[[1960]] - [[Chuck Eddy]], American music journalist | ||
+ | * 1960 - [[Harold Reynolds]], American baseball player | ||
+ | *[[1962]] - [[Chuck Finley]], American baseball [[pitcher]] | ||
+ | *[[1964]] - [[Vreni Schneider]], Swiss skier | ||
+ | *[[1967]] - [[Ridley Jacobs]], West Indian cricketer | ||
+ | *[[1968]] - [[Edna Campbell]], Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006 | ||
+ | *[[1969]] - [[Shawn Kemp]], American basketball player | ||
+ | * 1969 - [[Kara Walker]], American artist | ||
+ | *[[1970]] - [[Delilah Cotto]], Puerto Rican actress, dancer and model | ||
+ | *[[1970]] - [[Dave Hughes]], Australian comedian | ||
+ | * 1970 - [[Alex Taylor]], Latin porn star | ||
+ | *[[1971]] - [[Ronald "Winky" Wright]], American boxer | ||
+ | *[[1972]] - [[Arjun Rampal]], Indian actor | ||
+ | *[[1973]] - [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor | ||
+ | *[[1974]] - [[Tammy Lynn Michaels]], American actress | ||
+ | *[[1975]] - [[Patrice Lauzon]], French Canadian figure skater | ||
+ | *[[1976]] - [[Maven Huffman]], American professional wrestler | ||
+ | * 1976 - [[Brian Schneider]], American baseball player | ||
+ | *[[1977]] - [[Ivan Basso]], Italian bicyclist | ||
+ | * 1977 - [[Forrest Griffin]], American MMA-fighter | ||
+ | * 1977 - [[John Parrish]], American baseball player | ||
+ | *[[1978]] - [[Matthew Taylor (bassist)|Matthew Taylor]], bassist for [[Motion City Soundtrack]] | ||
+ | *[[1980]] - [[Satoshi Ohno]], Japanese singer and actor | ||
+ | *[[1981]] - [[Stephan Andersen]], [[Danish national football team|Danish]] international footballer | ||
+ | * 1981 - [[Natasha Bedingfield]], British singer | ||
+ | * 1981 - [[Gina Kingsbury]], Canadian hockey player | ||
+ | * 1981 - [[Aurora Snow]], American pornographic actress | ||
+ | *[[1984]] - [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
+ | *[[1985]] - [[Lil' Fizz]], American singer | ||
+ | *[[1986]] - [[Trevor Morgan (actor)|Trevor Morgan]], American actor | ||
+ | * 1986 - [[Konstadinos Filippidis]], Greek pole vaulter | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
+ | *[[399]] - Pope [[Siricius]] | ||
+ | *[[666]] - [[Yeon Gaesomun]] dictator of [[Goguryeo]] (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) | ||
+ | *[[1252]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], Queen of [[Louis VIII of France]] (b. [[1188]]) | ||
+ | *[[1326]] - [[Hugh the younger Despenser]], English knight (b. [[1286]]) | ||
+ | *[[1504]] - Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]] (b. [[1451]]) | ||
+ | *[[1621]] - [[Radulph Agas]], English surveyor | ||
+ | *[[1639]] - [[John Spottiswoode]], Scottish historian (b. [[1565]]) | ||
+ | *[[1651]] - [[Henry Ireton]], English Civil War general (b. [[1611]]) | ||
+ | *[[1688]] - [[Philippe Quinault]], French writer (b. [[1635]]) | ||
+ | *[[1689]] - [[Marquard Gude]], German archaeologist (b. [[1635]]) | ||
+ | *[[1717]] - [[Daniel Purcell]], British composer (b. [[1664]]) | ||
+ | *[[1719]] - [[John Hudson (scholar)|John Hudson]], British classical scholar (b. [[1662]]) | ||
+ | *[[1780]] - [[James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet]], British economist (b. [[1712]]) | ||
+ | *[[1836]] - [[John MacAdam]], British road builder (b. [[1756]]) | ||
+ | *[[1851]] - [[Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult]], French marshal (b. [[1769]]) | ||
+ | *[[1855]] - [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet (b. [[1798]]) | ||
+ | *[[1857]] - [[Joseph von Eichendorff]], German poet (b. [[1788]]) | ||
+ | *[[1876]] - [[Karl Ernst von Baer]], German biologist (b. [[1792]]) | ||
+ | *[[1883]] - [[Sojourner Truth]], American abolitionist (b. [[1797]]) | ||
+ | *[[1885]] - [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish chemist (b.[[1813]]) | ||
+ | *[[1892]] - [[Charles Lavigerie]], French Catholic cardinal (b. [[1825]]) | ||
+ | *[[1896]] - [[Emil du Bois-Reymond]], German physician (b. [[1818]]) | ||
+ | * 1896 - [[Coventry Patmore]], British poet (b. [[1823]]) | ||
+ | *[[1934]] - [[Mykhailo Hrushevsky]], Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.[[1866]]) | ||
+ | *[[1941]] - [[Niels Hansen Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. [[1861]]) | ||
+ | * 1941 - [[Ernest Lapointe]], French-Canadian politician (b. [[1876]]) | ||
+ | *[[1943]] - [[Edward O'Hare]], American ace pilot (b. [[1914]]) | ||
+ | *[[1952]] - [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer (b. [[1865]]) | ||
+ | *[[1954]] - [[Bill Doak]], American baseball player (b. [[1891]]) | ||
+ | *[[1956]] - [[Tommy Dorsey]], American bandleader (b. [[1905]]) | ||
+ | *[[1959]] - [[Albert Ketèlbey]], British composer (b. [[1875]]) | ||
+ | *[[1962]] - [[Albert Sarraut]], French politician (b. [[1872]]) | ||
+ | *[[1963]] - [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian soprano (b. [[1882]]) | ||
+ | *[[1968]] - [[Edna Campbell]], Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006 | ||
+ | *[[1981]] - [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess player (b. [[1901]]) | ||
+ | *[[1987]] - [[Thomas G. Lanphier]], American aviator (b. [[1915]]) | ||
+ | *[[1991]] - [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey)|Bob Johnson]], American hockey coach (b. [[1931]]) | ||
+ | *[[1994]] - [[David Bache]], British car designer (b. [[1925]]) | ||
+ | * 1994 - [[Joey Stefano]], American actor (b. [[1968]]) | ||
+ | *[[1996]] - [[Michael Bentine]], British comedian (b. [[1922]]) | ||
+ | * 1996 - [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer (b. [[1914]]) | ||
+ | *[[1998]] - [[Jonathan Kwitny]], American reporter (b. [[1941]]) | ||
+ | *[[2001]] - [[Nils-Aslak Valkeapää]], Finnish writer (b. [[1943]]) | ||
+ | *[[2002]] - [[Polo Montañez]], Cuban singer and songwriter (b. [[1955]]) | ||
+ | *[[2002]] - [[Verne Winchell]], American doughnut entrepreneur (b. [[1915]]) | ||
+ | *[[2003]] - [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. [[1978]]) | ||
+ | * 2003 - [[Stefan Wul]], French writer (b. [[1922]]) | ||
+ | *[[2004]] - [[Philippe de Broca]], French film director (b. [[1933]]) | ||
+ | *[[2005]] - [[Stan Berenstain]], children's author (b. [[1923]]) | ||
+ | *[[2006]] - [[Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos|Mário Cesariny]], Portuguese painter and writer (b. [[1923]]) | ||
+ | * 2006 - [[Dave Cockrum]], American comic book artist (b. [[1943]]) | ||
+ | * 2006 - [[Casey Coleman]], American television personality (b. [[1951]]) | ||
+ | * 2006 - [[Isaac Gálvez]], Spanish procyclist (b. [[1975]]) | ||
+ | * 2006 - [[Stephen Heywood]], American builder (b. [[1969]]) | ||
+ | * 2006 - [[Raúl Velasco]], Mexican television host (b. [[1933]]) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
# Siegfried Kracauer | # Siegfried Kracauer |
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- 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
- 783 - The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
- 1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- 1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
- 1805 - Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
- 1825 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
- 1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1862 - Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Mine Run - Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
- 1865 - Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
- 1909 - Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
- 1917 - The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1918 - The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia
- 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Egyptian King Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1922 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
- 1939 - Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
- 1941 - US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
- 1942 - Holocaust: Shoah: 572 Norwegian Jews were deported to Auschwitz on the cargo vessel Donau. This was the first step on the journey to the death camp Auschwitz. Altogether the total number of Jews deported from Norway was 767. 25 of the deported survived.
- 1942 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City, as Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF) secured their hold on North Africa during World War II.
- 1942 - World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1944 - World War II: Germans begin V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1949 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution.
- 1950 - Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korean and American forces (Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
- 1965 - In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1970 - In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever on record.
- 1977 - 'Vrillon', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.
- 1983 - Brinks Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport
- 1986 - Iran-Contra scandal: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1990 - The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
- 2003 - Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol, UK.
Births
- 1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
- 1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
- 1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
- 1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
- 1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
- 1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
- 1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
- 1731 - William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
- 1792 - Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
- 1827 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
- 1828 - René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
- 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
- 1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
- 1847 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
- 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
- 1858 - Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
- 1864 - Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
- 1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
- 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1878 - Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
- 1885 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
- 1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
- 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
- 1894 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Bill Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
- 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
- 1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
- 1904 - Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
- 1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Ruth Patrick, American botanist
- 1908 - Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier
- 1908 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
- 1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, French playwright (d. 1994)
- 1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist
- 1919 - Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
- 1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
- 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
- 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
- 1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1938 - Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1938 - Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
- 1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician
- 1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress
- 1941 - Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
- 1942 - Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone
- 1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
- 1943 - Marilynne Robinson, American writer
- 1944 - Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
- 1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor
- 1945 - John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1945 - Björn von Sydow, Swedish poltician
- 1946 - Art Shell, American football player and coach
- 1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress
- 1947 - Roger Wehrli, American football player
- 1948 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
- 1948 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
- 1948 - Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
- 1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
- 1951 - Cicciolina, Italian porno actress and politician
- 1953 - Harry Carson, American football player
- 1954 - Roz Chast, American cartoonist
- 1954 - Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant leader
- 1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- 1960 - Chuck Eddy, American music journalist
- 1960 - Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
- 1962 - Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
- 1964 - Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
- 1967 - Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
- 1968 - Edna Campbell, Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006
- 1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- 1969 - Kara Walker, American artist
- 1970 - Delilah Cotto, Puerto Rican actress, dancer and model
- 1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
- 1970 - Alex Taylor, Latin porn star
- 1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
- 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
- 1973 - Peter Facinelli, American actor
- 1974 - Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
- 1975 - Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
- 1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
- 1976 - Brian Schneider, American baseball player
- 1977 - Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
- 1977 - Forrest Griffin, American MMA-fighter
- 1977 - John Parrish, American baseball player
- 1978 - Matthew Taylor, bassist for Motion City Soundtrack
- 1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
- 1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
- 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- 1981 - Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
- 1981 - Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
- 1984 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1985 - Lil' Fizz, American singer
- 1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
- 1986 - Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
Deaths
- 399 - Pope Siricius
- 666 - Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
- 1252 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
- 1326 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
- 1504 - Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
- 1621 - Radulph Agas, English surveyor
- 1639 - John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
- 1651 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
- 1688 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
- 1689 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
- 1717 - Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
- 1719 - John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
- 1780 - James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet, British economist (b. 1712)
- 1836 - John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
- 1851 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
- 1855 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
- 1857 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
- 1876 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
- 1883 - Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
- 1885 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (b.1813)
- 1892 - Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1825)
- 1896 - Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (b. 1818)
- 1896 - Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
- 1934 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.1866)
- 1941 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
- 1941 - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
- 1943 - Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot (b. 1914)
- 1952 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
- 1954 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
- 1956 - Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
- 1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
- 1962 - Albert Sarraut, French politician (b. 1872)
- 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
- 1968 - Edna Campbell, Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006
- 1981 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
- 1987 - Thomas G. Lanphier, American aviator (b. 1915)
- 1991 - Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
- 1994 - David Bache, British car designer (b. 1925)
- 1994 - Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
- 1996 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
- 2001 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
- 2002 - Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
- 2002 - Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
- 2003 - Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
- 2003 - Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
- 2004 - Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
- 2005 - Stan Berenstain, children's author (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
- 2006 - Casey Coleman, American television personality (b. 1951)
- 2006 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)
- 2006 - Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
- 2006 - Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
Notes
- Siegfried Kracauer
- Eugène Ionesco
- Paul Lafargue
- Karin Schubert
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Anarchy in the U.K.
- Julius Eduard Hitzig
- Octave Maus
- Stefan Wul
- Cicciolina
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