On this day | November 7th

On this day: November 7th

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335 Athanasius of Alexandria, 20th List of Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a Cereal fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

680 The Third Council of Constantinople commences in Constantinople.

921 Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' () to recognize their borders along the Rhine.

1426 Lam Sơn uprising: rebels emerge victorious against the Ming dynasty army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in , in now Hanoi.

1492 The Ensisheim (meteorite), the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

1504 Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.

1619 Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia is coronation Queen of Bohemia.

1665 ''The London Gazette'', the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

1723 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.

1775 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (also known as Lord Dunmore), the Royal Governor of Virginia of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Dunmore's Proclamation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

1786 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

1811 Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

1837 In Alton, Illinois, Abolitionism in the United States printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.

1861 American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, United States forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate States of America camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

1861 The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.

1874 A cartoon by Thomas Nast in ''Harper's Weekly'', is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party (United States).

1881 Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.

1885 The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway) ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

1893 Women's suffrage in the United States: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

1893 An anarchist Liceu bombing, killing 20

1900 Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

1907 saves the entire town of by driving a burning train full of dynamite away before it can explode.

1910 The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.

1912 The (now ) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Ludwig van Beethoven's ''Fidelio''.

1913 The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

1914 The German Empire colony of Jiaozhou Bay and its centre at Qingdao are captured by Japanese forces.

1916 Jeannette Rankin is the first woman 1916 United States House of Representatives elections to the United States Congress.

1916 Woodrow Wilson is 1916 United States presidential election as President of the United States.

1916 Boston Elevated Railway streetcar No. 393 Summer Street Bridge disaster through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

1917 The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

1917 World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza City from the Ottoman Empire.

1918 The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.

1918 Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

1919 The first Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

1920 Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

1929 In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

1931 The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

1933 Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

1936 Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Siege of Madrid against Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War).

1940 In Tacoma, Washington, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

1941 World War II: Soviet hospital ship ''Armenia (Soviet hospital ship)'' is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

1944 Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.

1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt is 1944 United States presidential election for a record fourth term as President of the United States.

1949 The first oil was taken in Neft Daşları, the world's oldest offshore oil platform.

1956 Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.

1957 Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

1967 Carl Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.

1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1972 1972 United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.

1973 The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

1975 In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house arrest Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army and future President of Bangladesh Major General Ziaur Rahman.

1982 Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.

1983 1983 United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

1983 Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Polish People's Republic on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war

1987 In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

1987 The Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.

1989 Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

1989 David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

1989 East Germany Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

1990 Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of Ireland.

1991 Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the National Basketball Association.

1994 WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first webcast.

1996 NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

1996 ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.

2000 The controversial 2000 United States presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the Presidency of George W. Bush President of the United States.

2000 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest Lysergic acid diethylamide William Leonard Pickard inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

2004 Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

2007 The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.

2012 An 2012 Guatemala earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

2017 Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.

2020 Joe Biden is 2020 United States presidential election the Presidency of Joe Biden president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.

2023 António Costa resigns as Prime Minister of Portugal following news of 2023 Portuguese government corruption investigation implicating members of his cabinet.

630 Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)

994 Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)

1186 Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan (d. 1241)

1316 Simeon of Russia (d. 1353)

1456 Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (d. 1501)

1525 Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (d. 1575)

1598 Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)

1619 Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)

1650 John Robinson (bishop of London), English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)

1683 Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)

1687 William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)

1706 Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)

1728 James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)

1750 Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)

1787 Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (d. 1854)

1789 Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (d. 1859)

1800 Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (d. 1864)

1805 Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (d. 1870)

1818 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)

1821 Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (d. 1871)

1830 Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (d. 1907)

1832 Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)

1838 Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)

1843 William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (d. 1905)

1846 Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

1851 Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (d. 1913)

1858 Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)

1860 Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (d. 1936)

1860 Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)

1861 Jeff Milton, American police officer (d. 1947)

1861 Lesser Ury, German painter (d. 1931)

1867 Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1934)

1872 Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1945)

1872 Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (d. 1956)

1876 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)

1878 Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1968)

1879 King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940)

1886 Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (d. 1935)

1888 C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1970)

1888 Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (d. 1934)

1890 Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (d. 1972)

1891 Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (d. 1938)

1893 Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)

1893 Margaret Leech, American historian and author (d. 1974)

1896 Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)

1897 Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)

1897 Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)

1898 Margaret Morris (actress), American actress (d. 1968)

1898 Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)

1899 Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)

1900 Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (d. 1986)

1901 Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)

1903 Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)

1903 Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)

1903 Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1989)

1905 William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)

1906 Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (d. 1985)

1908 Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)

1909 Ruby Hurley, American civil rights activist (d. 1980)

1909 Norman Krasna, American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1984)

1912 Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977)

1913 Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1960)

1913 Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1913 Mikhail Solomentsev, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 2008)

1914 Archie Campbell (comedian), American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)

1914 R. A. Lafferty, American author (d. 2002)

1915 Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)

1915 M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (d. 2006)

1917 Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003)

1918 Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013)

1918 Billy Graham, American minister and author (d. 2018)

1918 Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993)

1919 Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (d. 2011)

1920 Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)

1920 Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer, aquatic ape hypothesis (d. 2013)

1921 Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2015)

1921 Jack Fleck, American golfer (d. 2014)

1921 Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (d. 2012)

1922 Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)

1922 Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)

1923 Gene Callahan (production designer), American art director and production designer (d. 1990)

1926 Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (d. 2010)

1927 Herbert Flam, American tennis player (d. 1980)

1927 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)

1928 Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)

1929 Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)

1929 Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

1929 Lila Kaye, English actress (d. 2012)

1930 Rudy Boschwitz, German-American politician

1931 G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author

1935 Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator, producer and author (d. 1995)

1935 W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)

1936 Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (d. 2024)

1936 Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Welsh soprano

1937 Mary Daheim, American journalist and author (d. 2022)

1938 Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)

1938 Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach

1938 Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1938 Barry Newman, American actor (d. 2023)

1939 Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic

1940 Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright

1940 Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic

1941 Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)

1941 Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher

1942 Tom Peters, American businessman and author

1942 Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1942 Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress

1943 Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand

1943 Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic

1943 Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast

1943 Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate

1944 Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2024)

1944 Peter Wilby, English journalist

1945 Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1946 Chrystos, American writer and activist

1947 Bob Anderson (darts player), English darts player

1947 Rebecca Eaton, American television producer

1947 Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach

1947 Ron Leavitt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2008)

1947 Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician

1948 Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician

1948 Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager

1948 Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver

1949 Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)

1949 Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (d. 2016)

1949 David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)

1950 Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress

1950 John Lang (Australian rugby league), Australian rugby league player and coach

1951 Gerard F. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic

1951 Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (d. 2002)

1951 Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist and talk show host

1951 John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach

1952 David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

1952 Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

1952 Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2016)

1953 Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author

1953 Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

1953 Christopher Foster (bishop), English bishop

1953 Lucinda Green, English equestrian and journalist

1954 James Gray (British politician), Scottish politician

1954 Kamal Haasan, Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1954 Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author

1954 Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 2018)

1956 Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver and businessman

1956 Judy Tenuta, American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (d. 2022)

1957 John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer

1957 King Kong Bundy, American wrestler (d. 2019)

1957 Christopher Knight (actor), American actor

1958 Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

1959 Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach

1959 Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager

1960 Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter

1960 Shyamaprasad, Indian filmmaker

1961 Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach

1962 Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist

1962 Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)

1963 John Barnes (footballer), Jamaican-English footballer and manager

1963 Sam Graves, American farmer and politician

1964 Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter

1964 Philip Hollobone, English politician

1964 Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

1964 Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)

1964 Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar

1965 Steve Parkin, English footballer and manager

1965 Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist

1966 Calvin Borel, American jockey

1967 Steve Di Giorgio, American bass player

1967 David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

1967 Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host

1967 Rafael Herbert Reyes, Dominican wrestler

1967 Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

1968 Russ Springer, American baseball player

1969 Michelle Clunie, American actress

1969 Hélène Grimaud, French pianist

1969 Michel Picard (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and scout

1970 Andy Houston, American race car driver

1970 Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player

1970 Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2024)

1970 Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)

1971 Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic

1971 Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter

1971 Matthew Ryan (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971 Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter

1972 Danny Grewcock, English rugby player

1972 Jason London, American actor and producer

1972 Jeremy London, American actor and producer

1972 Hasim Rahman, American boxer

1972 Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach

1973 Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1973 Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress

1973 Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager

1974 Kris Benson, American baseball player

1974 Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler

1974 Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer

1974 Chris Summers (drummer), Norwegian drummer

1975 Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

1976 Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer

1976 Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model

1977 Lindsay Czarniak, American journalist and sportscaster

1977 Andres Oper, Estonian footballer

1977 María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player

1977 Anthony Thomas (American football), American football player and coach

1978 Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer

1978 Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player and coach

1978 Rio Ferdinand, English footballer

1978 Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter

1978 Barry Robson, Scottish footballer

1978 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer

1979 Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 Will Demps, American football player

1979 Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer

1979 Barney Harwood, English television host and actor

1979 Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor

1979 Amy Purdy, American actress, model and snowboarder

1979 Joey Ryan (wrestler), American wrestler

1979 Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress

1980 Sergio Almirón (footballer, born 1980), Argentinian footballer

1980 Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast

1980 James Franklin (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer

1980 Karthik (singer), Indian singer-songwriter

1980 Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer

1981 Muhammad Hassan (wrestler), American wrestler and educator

1981 Nana Katase, Japanese model, actress, and singer

1981 Anushka Shetty, Indian actress

1981 Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model

1982 Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player

1983 Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer

1983 Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 Patrick Thoresen, Norwegian ice hockey player

1983 Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player

1984 Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

1984 Jonathan Bornstein, American-Israeli soccer player

1984 Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer

1984 Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe

1985 Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer

1985 Darnell Jackson, American basketball player

1985 Lucas Neff, American actor

1986 Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1986 David Nelson (wide receiver), American football player

1986 Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host

1987 Mitch Brown (rugby league), Australian rugby league player

1987 Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player

1988 Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

1988 Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

1988 Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball player

1988 Thomas Schneider (runner), German sprinter

1988 Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer

1989 Sonny Gray, American baseball player

1989 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist

1990 Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer

1990 Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1990 David de Gea, Spanish footballer

1990 Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter

1991 Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver

1992 Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

1994 Gervonta Davis, American boxer

1994 Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress

1994 Algee Smith, American actor and singer

1996 Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

1997 Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player

1997 Nana Okada, Japanese singer

1998 Trevor Rainbolt, American social media personality

2000 Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer

2001 Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress

691 Cen Changqian, official of the Tang dynasty

691 Ge Fuyuan, official of the Tang dynasty

927 Zhu Shouyin, general of Later Tang

1173 Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (b. 1127)

1225 Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)

1497 Philip II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1443)

1550 Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)

1561 Jeanne de Jussie, Swiss nun and writer (b. 1503)

1562 Maldeo Rathore, Rao of Marwar (b. 1511)

1574 Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)

1581 Richard Davies (bishop), Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)

1599 Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)

1627 Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)

1633 Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor (b. 1572)

1639 Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (b. 1560)

1642 Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)

1652 Henry of Nassau-Siegen (1611–1652), German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (b. 1611)

1713 Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)

1809 Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)

1837 Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)

1862 Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)

1872 Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)

1881 John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)

1906 Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)

1907 Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)

1913 Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)

1916 Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)

1919 Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)

1922 Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)

1923 Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)

1930 Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (sumo) (b. 1878)

1933 Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)

1941 Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)

1944 Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)

1944 Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)

1947 K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)

1959 Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)

1962 Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)

1964 Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1863)

1966 Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)

1967 John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)

1968 Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)

1968 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)

1974 Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)

1975 Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (b. 1899)

1978 Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)

1978 Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (b. 1897)

1979 – Frank O'Connor (actor, born 1897), American actor, rancher, and painter

1980 İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (b. 1944)

1980 Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)

1981 Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)

1983 Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (b. 1892)

1986 Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (b. 1957)

1988 Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (b. 1926)

1990 Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (b. 1912)

1990 Tom Clancy (singer), Irish singer and actor, (b. 1924)

1991 Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)

1991 Nuri Ja'far, Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education, (b. 1914)

1992 Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)

1992 Jack Kelly (actor), American actor and politician (b. 1927)

1993 Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)

1993 Charles Aidman, American stage, film, and television actor (b. 1925)

1994 Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)

1995 Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1942)

1996 Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)

1996 Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria) (b. 1918)

2000 Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)

2000 Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1950)

2000 Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Minister of Defence (India) (b. 1910)

2001 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)

2001 Anthony Shaffer (writer), English author and playwright (b. 1926)

2002 Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded ''Der Spiegel'' (b. 1923)

2003 Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen and nightclub owner (b. 1937)

2004 Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)

2005 Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)

2006 Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)

2006 Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)

2006 Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)

2006 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded ''L'Express'' (b. 1924)

2006 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)

2007 Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)

2007 George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)

2011 Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)

2011 Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1952)

2012 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)

2012 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (b. 1950)

2012 Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1940)

2012 Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)

2012 Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)

2012 Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2013 John Cole (journalist), Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)

2013 Ian Davies (basketball), Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)

2013 Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)

2013 Joey Manley, American publisher, founded ''Modern Tales'' (b. 1965)

2013 Jack Mitchell (photographer), American photographer and author (b. 1925)

2013 Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)

2014 Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)

2014 Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)

2014 Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)

2015 Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (b. 1970)

2015 Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1921)

2016 Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1934)

2016 Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; United States Attorney General (b. 1938)

2016 Jimmy Young (broadcaster), British singer and radio personality (b. 1921)

2017 Roy Halladay, American baseball player (b. 1977)

2017 Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (b. 1968)

2017 James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (b. 1936)

2019 Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (b. 1930)

2020 Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth of Nations and member of the House of Lords (b. 1948)

2021 Dean Stockwell, American actor (b. 1936)

2023 Frank Borman, American astronaut (b. 1928)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- All Dominican Order Saints and Blesseds

- Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)

- Engelbert II of Berg

- Herculanus of Perugia

- John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)

- Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)

- Prosdocimus

- Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

- Willibrord

- November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Students' Day (Maharashtra), the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. (Maharashtra, India)

Tunisia # Government and politics, the anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)

Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)

International Inuit Day

National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. (Northern Catalonia, France)

National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Bangladesh)

October Revolution Day (Public holidays in the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Public holidays in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)

Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga of India)