Events

1002 - English king Athelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1093 - Battle of Alnwick English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are slain.
1160 - Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.
1553 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer and four others, including Lady Jane Grey, are accused of high treason and sentenced to death under Catholic Queen "Bloody" Mary I.
1642 - First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1914 - Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1918 - Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1940 - Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1947 - The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
1956 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
1966 - In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
1970 - Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster.
1974 - Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
1982 - Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
1985 - Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
1986 - The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
1988 - Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
1989 - Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
1992 - The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
1994 - In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001 - War on Terror: 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 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2007 - Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia.
2012 - A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific
2015 - A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, France including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris and the 11th arrondissement of Paris kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.

Births

354 - Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (died 430)
1312 - Edward III of England (died 1377)
1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian and academic (died 1543)
1493 - William IV, Duke of Bavaria (died 1550)
1504 - Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1567)
1572 - Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (died 1638)
1559 - Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (died 1621)
1699 - Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer (died 1773)
1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French director and playwright (died 1792)
1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (died 1762)
1732 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1808)
1760 - Jiaqing Emperor of China (died 1820)
1761 - John Moore, Scottish general and politician (died 1809)
1780 - Ranjit Singh, Sikh emperor (died 1839)
1782 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (died 1846)
1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (died 1877)
1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (died 1873)
1804 - Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (died 1880)
1809 - John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (died 1870)
1814 - Joseph Hooker, American general (died 1879)
1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor and manager (died 1893)
1837 - James T. Rapier, American lawyer and politician (died 1883)
1838 - Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1918)
1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (died 1913)
1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (died 1922)
1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet (died 1894)
1853 - John Drew, Jr., American actor (died 1927)
1854 - George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (died 1931)
1856 - Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1941)
1866 - Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (died 1959)
1869 - Helene Stöcker, German author and activist (died 1943)
1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian-American activist, journalist, and politician (died 1962)
1872 - John M. Lyle, Irish-Canadian architect and educator, designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (died 1945)
1878 - Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1952)
1879 - John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1939)
1881 - Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (died 1942)
1883 - Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (died 1957)
1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (died 1973)
1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1894 - Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader (died 1935)
1894 - Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (died 1945)
1897 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (died 1975)
1899 - Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (died 1969)
1900 - Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1985)
1904 - H. C. Potter, American director and producer (died 1977)
1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
1906 - A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 1987)
1906 - Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American potter and designer (died 2011)
1907 - Giovanna of Italy (died 2000)
1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian, author, and academic (died 1999)
1909 - Gunnar Björnstrand, Swedish actor and singer (died 1986)
1910 - William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (died 1986)
1910 - Pat Reid, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1990)
1911 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (died 2006)
1913 - V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 2001)
1913 - Helen Mack, American actress and singer (died 1986)
1913 - Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985)
1914 - Amelia Bence, Argentinian actress (died 2016)
1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
1917 - Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (died 1989)
1917 - Robert Sterling, American actor and singer (died 2006)
1918 - George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (died 1988)
1920 - Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2013)
1920 - Jack Elam, American actor (died 2003)
1920 - Edward Hughes, American bishop (died 2012)
1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1996)
1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (died 2008)
1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (died 1984)
1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (died 2011)
1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)
1926 - Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland
1926 - Don Gordon, American actor
1928 - Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (died 2013)
1928 - Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (died 1977)
1929 - Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (died 2013)
1929 - Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (died 2014)
1930 - Benny Andrews, American painter and academic (died 2006)
1931 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress
1932 - Willie Edwards, American murder victim (died 1957)
1932 - Richard Mulligan, American actor and singer (died 2000)
1934 - Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic
1934 - Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)
1934 - Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2016)
1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor
1935 - George Carey, English archbishop and theologian
1936 - Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (died 2013)
1938 - Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1994)
1938 - Jean Seberg, American-French actress and singer (died 1979)
1939 - Karel Brückner, Czech footballer and manager
1939 - Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (died 2014)
1940 - Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic
1940 - William Taubman, American political scientist and author
1941 - Eberhard Diepgen, German lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Berlin
1941 - David Green, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby
1941 - Dack Rambo, American actor (died 1994)
1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
1942 - John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer and manager
1943 - Howard Wilkinson, English footballer and manager
1944 - Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver
1945 - Bobby Manuel, American guitarist and producer (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)
1945 - Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1947 - Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (The Marshall Tucker Band) (died 1993)
1947 - Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist
1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor, director, and producer
1948 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, and director (died 2012)
1948 - Adelle Lutz, American model, actress, and costume designer
1948 - Saori Yuki, Japanese singer and actress
1949 - Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer
1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 - Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach
1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor and producer
1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress and singer
1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican lawyer and politician
1953 - Tracy Scoggins, American model and actress
1954 - Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1954 - Chris Noth, American actor and producer
1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, singer, and talk show host
1956 - Ginger Alden, American model and actress
1956 - Rex Linn, American actor
1957 - Nick Baines, English bishop
1957 - Stephen Baxter, English author
1957 - Roger Ingram, American trumpet player, educator, and author
1958 - John McConnell, American actor
1959 - Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter
1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor
1960 - Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and coach
1963 - Jaime Covilhã, Angolan basketball player and coach
1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player
1964 - Timo Rautiainen, Finnish race car driver
1966 - Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (died 2009)
1967 - Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer, and producer, Miss India 1984
1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1967 - Steve Zahn, American actor and singer
1968 - Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach
1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalian-American activist and author
1969 - Lori Berenson, American activist
1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor, singer, and producer
1969 - Nico Motchebon, German runner
1969 - Josh Mancell, American drummer and composer (The Moon Upstairs)
1971 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
1971 - Buddy Zabala, Filipino bass player (Eraserheads, The Dawn, and Cambio)
1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP)
1973 - Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer
1974 - Indrek Zelinski, Estonian footballer and manager
1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer
1975 - Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (died 2008)
1975 - Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
1975 - Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player and coach
1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper
1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler
1977 - Chanel Cole, New Zealand-Australian singer
1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player (The Strokes and Nickel Eye)
1979 - Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter
1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1979 - Metta World Peace, American basketball player and rapper
1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer
1980 - Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer
1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
1981 - Rivkah, American author and illustrator
1981 - Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach
1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
1981 - Kirsten Price, American porn actress and model
1981 - Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
1982 - Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer
1982 - Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player
1982 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1983 - Claudia Balderrama, Bolivian race walker
1983 - Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist
1983 - Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (died 2012)
1984 - Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
1984 - Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
1985 - Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1986 - Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor
1987 - Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress
1987 - Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
1990 - Kathleen Herles, American voice actress
1991 - Matt Bennett, American actor and singer
1991 - Devon Bostick, Canadian actor and producer
1992 - Maksim Podholjuzin, Estonian footballer
1995 - Lucy Fallon, English actress
1996 - Austin Williams, American actor

Deaths

867 - Pope Nicholas I (born 800)
1004 - Abbo of Fleury, French monk and saint (born 945)
1093 - Malcolm III of Scotland (born 1041)
1143 - Fulk, King of Jerusalem (born 1089)
1345 - Constanza Manuel, Spanish daughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (born 1315)
1359 - Ivan II of Moscow (born 1326)
1460 - Henry the Navigator, Portuguese son of John I of Portugal (born 1394)
1502 - Annio da Viterbo, Italian friar, historian,and scholar (born 1432)
1606 - Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and philologist (born 1530)
1619 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1555)
1650 - Thomas May, English poet and historian (born 1595)
1726 - Sophia Dorothea of Celle (born 1666)
1770 - George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1712)
1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (born 1712)
1777 - William Bowyer, English printer and author (born 1699)
1862 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (born 1787)
1867 - Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (born 1806)
1868 - Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (born 1792)
1883 - J. Marion Sims, American physician and gynecologist (born 1813)
1903 - Camille Pissarro, Virgin Islander-French painter (born 1830)
1929 - Princess Viktoria of Prussia (born 1866)
1937 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (born 1857)
1942 - Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (born 1890)
1952 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 1910)
1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (born 1881)
1955 - Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (born 1897)
1955 - Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (born 1869)
1961 - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (born 1897)
1963 - Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (born 1863)
1969 - Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (born 1899)
1973 - Lila Lee, American actress and singer (born 1901)
1973 - Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (born 1920)
1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1901)
1974 - Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (born 1946)
1975 - Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and playwright (born 1910)
1979 - Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (born 1907)
1982 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1911)
1983 - Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1886)
1983 - Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (born 1926)
1986 - Franco Cortese, Italian race car driver (born 1903)
1986 - Thierry Le Luron, French comedian and singer (born 1952)
1988 - Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1906)
1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (born 1902)
1989 - Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (born 1964)
1989 - Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)
1989 - Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)
1991 - Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (born 1904)
1993 - Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (born 1933)
1994 - Jack Baker, American actor and screenwriter (born 1947)
1994 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (born 1924)
1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (born 1916)
1996 - Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and academic (born 1959)
1997 - André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French pianist and composer (born 1925)
1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (born 1953)
1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French actress (born 1907)
1998 - Valerie Hobson, Irish-English actress (born 1917)
1998 - Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (born 1920)
2001 - Peggy Mount, English actress (born 1915)
2001 - Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (born 1915)
2002 - Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)
2002 - Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)
2003 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (born 1967)
2004 - John Balance, English singer-songwriter (Coil) (born 1962)
2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan) (born 1968)
2004 - Thomas M. Foglietta, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)
2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)
2005 - Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1967)
2007 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)
2007 - John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
2007 - Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)
2008 - Jules Archer, American historian and author (born 1915)
2010 - Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)
2010 - Ken Iman, American football player and coach (born 1939)
2010 - Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)
2012 - Will Barnet, American painter and illustrator (born 1911)
2012 - Yao Defen, Chinese giant (born 1972)
2012 - Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)
2012 - John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)
2012 - Ray Zone, American historian, author, and illustrator (born 1947)
2013 - Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (born 1956)
2013 - Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)
2013 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress and singer (born 1930)
2013 - Daniel J. Shanefield, American chemist and engineer (born 1930)
2014 - María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)
2014 - Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)
2014 - Mike Burney, English saxophonist (Wizzard) (born 1944)
2014 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
2014 - Dennis Elwell, English astrologer, journalist, and author (born 1930)
2014 - Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)
2015 - Bruce Dayton, American businessman, and philanthropist (born 1918)
2015 - Betty Ann Grove, American actress and singer (born 1929)
2015 - Henk Visser, Dutch long jumper (born 1932)
2015 - Jennifer Willems, Dutch actress (born 1947)