November 14: On This Day

Events, births, deaths, holidays and observances for November 14.

Events 50

332 BC – Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.
1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
1914 – The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.
1918 – The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
1920 – Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
1940 – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
1941 – World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
1952 – The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
1957 – The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
1975 – With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
1977 – During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
1978 – France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
1979 – US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
1982 – Reverend Caesar "Butch" Conde leads first worship service of the Bread of Life Ministries International in the Philippines.
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
1990 – After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1990 – While on approach to Zurich Airport, Alitalia Flight 404 crashes into Stadlerberg Mountain near Weiach, killing 46.
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 in exile.
1992 – In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.
1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
2001 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
2003 – Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
2008 – Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
2012 – Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.
2016 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
2017 – A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.
2019 – A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.

Births 229

1449 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (died 1510)
1487 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (died 1548)
1501 – Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (died 1575)
1531 – Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604)
1601 – John Eudes, French priest and missionary (died 1680)
1650 – William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1702)
1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (died 1712)
1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1787)
1765 – Robert Fulton, American engineer, early steamboat pioneer (died 1815)
1771 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (died 1802)
1776 – Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (died 1847)
1777 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (died 1859)
1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1837)
1779 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (died 1850)
1797 – Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (died 1875)
1803 – Jacob Abbott, American author (died 1879)
1805 – Fanny Hensel, German pianist and composer (died 1847)
1812 – Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (died 1878)
1812 – Maria Cristina of Savoy (died 1836)
1816 – John Curwen, English minister and educator (died 1880)
1828 – James B. McPherson, American general (died 1864)
1832 – Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (died 1920)
1838 – August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (died 1881)
1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (died 1926)
1856 – Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (died 1945)
1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (died 1932)
1863 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (died 1944)
1869 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (died 1944)
1871 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (died 1936)
1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (died 1899)
1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (died 1944)
1877 – Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (died 1968)
1878 – Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (died 1966)
1878 – Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (died 1957)
1883 – Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (died 1964)
1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
1893 – Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner (died 1975)
1895 – Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (died 1972)
1897 – John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (died 1946)
1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944)
1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1990)
1904 – Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (died 1970)
1904 – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (died 1995)
1904 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1963)
1905 – John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (died 1964)
1906 – Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (died 1985)
1907 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1995)
1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (died 2002)
1907 – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (died 2003)
1908 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1957)
1910 – Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (died 2001)
1910 – Eric Malpass, English author (died 1996)
1912 – Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (died 1979)
1912 – Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (died 2003)
1914 – Ken Carson, American Western singer (died 1994)
1915 – Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (died 2001)
1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (died 2006)
1916 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1994)
1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2011)
1917 – Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (died 1979)
1918 – John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (died 1999)
1919 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (died 1985)
1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (died 2013)
1920 – Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (died 2011)
1921 – Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (died 2005)
1921 – Brian Keith, American actor and director (died 1997)
1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (died 2016)
1922 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (died 1973)
1924 – Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1982)
1925 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
1925 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (died 2012)
1927 – Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (died 2012)
1927 – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (died 2015)
1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (died 1996)
1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1997)
1928 – Kathleen Hughes, American actress (died 2025)
1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (died 1997)
1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2017)
1930 – Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (died 2015)
1930 – Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (died 2020)
1930 – Michael Robbins, English actor (died 1992)
1930 – Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (died 1967)
1932 – Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (died 2011)
1933 – Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1934 – Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 2015)
1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (died 2020)
1934 – Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
1935 – Hussein of Jordan (died 1999)
1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
1936 – Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (died 2007)
1936 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (died 2006)
1936 – Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (died 1990)
1937 – Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (died 2023)
1937 – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
1939 – Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
1942 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (died 2011)
1942 – Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
1943 – Peter Norton, American programmer and author
1944 – Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
1944 – Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
1945 – Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
1945 – Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (died 2022)
1945 – Brett Lunger, American race car driver
1946 – Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (died 1998)
1946 – Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (died 2022)
1947 – Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (died 2016)
1948 – Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms
1948 – Paul Dacre, English journalist
1948 – Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (died 2009)
1949 – Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
1949 – Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor
1949 – Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
1949 – James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor
1951 – Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
1952 – Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
1952 – Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
1952 – Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
1953 – Tim Bowler, English children's author
1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
1954 – Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2023)
1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
1954 – Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
1954 – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
1955 – Philip Egan, English bishop
1955 – Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
1956 – Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
1956 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2010)
1956 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (died 2021)
1956 – Valerie Jarrett, American government official
1959 – Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
1959 – Paul McGann, English actor
1961 – D. B. Sweeney, American actor
1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1963 – Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter
1964 – Bill Hemmer, American journalist
1964 – Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
1966 – Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
1966 – Petra Rossner, German cyclist
1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
1968 – Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
1969 – Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970 – Dana Stubblefield, American football player
1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1971 – Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
1971 – Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
1972 – Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
1972 – Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
1972 – Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
1972 – Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player
1972 – Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
1972 – Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
1973 – Lawyer Milloy, American football player
1973 – Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1973 – Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor
1974 – Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
1974 – Sofie Merckx, Belgian politician
1974 – David Moscow, American actor
1974 – Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
1975 – Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1975 – Stephen Guarino, American actor
1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
1977 – Brian Dietzen, American actor
1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
1978 – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
1978 – Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
1979 – Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
1979 – Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
1979 – Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
1979 – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
1980 – Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
1981 – Vanessa Bayer, American actress
1981 – Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
1981 – Russell Tovey, English actor
1982 – Boosie Badazz, American rapper
1982 – Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player
1982 – Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
1983 – Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
1983 – Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Miriam Barnes, American sprinter and hurdler
1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
1984 – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
1986 – Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler
1986 – Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach
1986 – Cory Michael Smith, American actor
1987 – Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
1988 – Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
1988 – Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
1989 – Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
1989 – T. Y. Hilton, American football player
1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
1989 – Stella Maeve, American actress
1990 – Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
1990 – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008)
1991 – Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
1991 – Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
1991 – Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist
1993 – Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
1993 – Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
1993 – Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
1996 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
1996 – Dawson Knox, American football player
1997 – Noussair Mazraoui, Moroccan footballer
1997 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
1997 – Axel Tuanzebe, English-Congolese footballer
1998 – Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
1998 – DeVonta Smith, American football player
2000 – Xiyeon, South Korean singer and actress

Deaths 101

565 – Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (born 482)
669 – Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (born 614)
940 – Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
976 – Taizu, Chinese emperor (born 927)
1060 – Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
1189 – William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (born 1193)
1263 – Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (born 1220)
1346 – Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna
1359 – Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (born 1296)
1391 – Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (born 1340)
1442 – Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (born 1384)
1522 – Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (born 1461)
1539 – Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot
1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (born 1504)
1633 – William Ames, English philosopher and academic (born 1576)
1687 – Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1650)
1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (born 1617)
1716 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1646)
1734 – Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (born 1649)
1739 – Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (born 1683)
1746 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (born 1709)
1749 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (born 1713)
1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (born 1795)
1825 – Jean Paul, German journalist and author (born 1763)
1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (born 1763)
1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1770)
1831 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (born 1757)
1832 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (born 1737)
1844 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (born 1780)
1844 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (born 1803)
1864 – Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (born 1840)
1866 – Miguel I of Portugal (born 1802)
1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1848)
1908 – Guangxu Emperor of China (born 1871)
1910 – John La Farge, American artist (born 1835)
1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (born 1861)
1915 – Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (born 1856)
1916 – Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (born 1862)
1916 – Saki, British short story writer (born 1870)
1918 – Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (born 1874)
1921 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (born 1846)
1930 – Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (born 1883)
1932 – Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (born 1884)
1937 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (born 1866)
1939 – Bluey, Australian Cattle Dog, oldest verified dog (born 1910)
1944 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (born 1873)
1944 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (born 1892)
1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1876)
1947 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (born 1873)
1966 – Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (born 1921)
1972 – Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1900)
1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (born 1904)
1977 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (born 1896)
1981 – Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (born 1941)
1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (born 1916)
1984 – Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1912)
1988 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (born 1903)
1989 – Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (born 1910)
1990 – Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
1991 – Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
1992 – Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (born 1925)
1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (born 1953)
1995 – Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (born 1911)
1996 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (born 1928)
1996 – John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (born 1929)
1997 – Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (born 1916)
1997 – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1905)
2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (born 1908)
2001 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (born 1968)
2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1922)
2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (born 1915)
2002 – Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (born 1909)
2003 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1962)
2004 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (born 1939)
2006 – Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (born 1926)
2008 – Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (born 1931)
2008 – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927)
2010 – Wes Santee, American runner (born 1932)
2011 – Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (born 1936)
2011 – Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (born 1970)
2011 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
2012 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)
2012 – Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930)
2012 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936)
2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960)
2012 – Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933)
2013 – Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (born 1951)
2013 – Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (born 1938)
2013 – Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965)
2014 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924)
2014 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (born 1937)
2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984)
2015 – Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (born 1934)
2015 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
2015 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
2016 – Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (born 1955)
2020 – Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (born 1919)
2020 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (born 1932)
2024 – Vic Flick, English guitarist (born 1937)
2024 – Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer (born 1943)

Holidays and observances 23

Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau)
Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India)
Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht All Saints of the Carmelites All Souls of the Benedictine family Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church) Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux) Hypatius of Gangra Joseph Pignatelli SJ Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church) Laurence O'Toole Nikola Tavelic Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church) Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion) Serapion of Algiers Sidonius (Saëns) Venera (Veneranda) November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Alberic of Utrecht
All Saints of the Carmelites
All Souls of the Benedictine family
Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)
Hypatius of Gangra
Joseph Pignatelli SJ
Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)
Laurence O'Toole
Nikola Tavelic
Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)
Serapion of Algiers
Sidonius (Saëns)
Venera (Veneranda)
November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)
Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)
World Diabetes Day (International)
Dobruja Day (Romania)