- 498 - After the death of Anastasius II , Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace , while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore .
- 1718 - Off the coast of North Carolina , British pirate Edward Teach (best known as " Blackbeard ") was killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard .
- 1830 - Charles Grey , 2nd Earl Grey became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
- 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes '' On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection ''.
- General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia .
- 1880 - Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell made her debut at Tony Pastor 's Theatre in New York City .
- 1917 - In Montreal , Canada , the National Hockey Association broke up (on November 26 it was replaced with the National Hockey League ).
- , assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opened the tomb of Tutankhamun .
- 1935 - The '' China Clipper '' took off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first Airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean (the airplane later reached its destination, Manila , and delivered over 110,000 pieces of Mail ).
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- 1940 - Philip Murray succeeds founder John L. Lewis as president of the Congress Of Industrial Organizations .
- - General Friedrich Paulus sent Adolf Hitler a Telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded.
- - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek met in Cairo , Egypt , to discuss ways to defeat Japan (see Cairo Conference )
- 1943 - Lebanese Independence Day . Lebanon gained independence from France .
- , US President John F. Kennedy was killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally was seriously wounded by an assassin, identified as Lee Harvey Oswald , who was later captured and charged with the murder of Police Officer J. D. Tippit . That same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President Of The United States .
- 1967 - UN Security Council Resolution 242 was adopted by the UN Security Council , establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab - Israel i peace settlement.
- 1969 - In one of the greatest upsets in NCAA football history, the Michigan Wolverines beat top-ranked Ohio State by a score of 24-12.
- loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
- 1974 - The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- 1975 - Juan Carlos is declared King Of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco .
- 1977 - British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- knocks out Trevor Berbick in the second round, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion at the age of 20 years and 4 months.
- 1988 - In Palmdale, California , the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1989 - In West Beirut , a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad , killing him.
- 1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom .
- 2002 - In Nigeria , more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2003 - In Tbilisi , Georgia , opponents of President Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building and demand the president's resignation.
- 2003 - The Heritage Classic , the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the NHL , is played in Edmonton, Alberta
- 2004 - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine , resulting from the presidential elections.
- 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany .
- 1428 - Richard Neville, Earl Of Warwick , English politician (d. 1471 )
- 1458 - Jacob Obrecht , Dutch composer (d. 1505 )
- 1515 - Marie Of Guise , Queen of James V Of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560 )
- 1564 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham , English conspirator (d. 1610 )
- 1602 - Elisabeth Of Bourbon , Queen of Philip IV Of Spain (d. 1644 )
- 1635 - Francis Willughby , English biologist (d. 1672 )
- 1643 - Robert Cavelier De La Salle , French explorer (d. 1687 )
- 1698 - Pierre De Rigaud , Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778 )
- 1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , German composer (d. 1784 )
- 1721 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres , Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824 )
- 1722 - Hryhori Skovoroda , Ukrainian poet (d. 1794 )
- 1767 - Andreas Hofer , Tyrolian patriot (d. 1810 )
- 1787 - Rasmus Christian Rask , Danish linguist (d. 1823 )
- 1808 - Thomas Cook , British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892 )
- 1814 - Serranus Clinton Hastings , American politician (d. 1893 )
- 1819 - George Eliot , British novelist (d. 1880 )
- 1849 - Christian Rohlfs , German artist (d. 1938 )
- 1852 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin D'Estournelles De Constant , French diplomat, Nobel Laureate (d. 1924 )
- 1856 - Heber J. Grant , American religious leader (d. 1945 )
- 1868 - John Nance Garner , U.S. Vice President (d. 1967 )
- 1869 - André Gide , French writer and Nobel Laureate (d. 1951 )
- 1877 - Endre Ady , Hungarian poet (d. 1919 )
- 1877 - Joan Gamper , Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930 )
- 1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi , Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953 )
- 1890 - Charles De Gaulle , President Of France (d. 1970 )
- 1893 - Harley J. Earl , American automobile designer (d. 1969 )
- 1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert , German astronomer (d. 1989 )
- 1898 - Wiley Post , American pilot (d. 1935 )
- 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael , American composer (d. 1981 )
- 1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo , Spanish composer (d. 1999 )
- 1902 - Philippe Leclerc De Hauteclocque , French general (d. 1947 )
- 1902 - Sir Humphrey Gibbs , Rhodesian politician (d. 1990 )
- 1902 - Albert Leduc , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990 )
- 1904 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel , French physicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 2000 )
- 1913 - Benjamin Britten , British composer (d. 1976 )
- 1914 - Peter Townsend , British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995 )
- 1917 - Andrew Fielding Huxley , British scientist, Nobel Laureate
- 1918 - Claiborne Pell , American politician
- 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield , American comedian (d. 2004 )
- 1921 - Brian Cleeve , Irish broadcaster (d. 2003 )
- 1923 - Dika Newlin , American composer and singer (d. 2006 )
- 1923 - Arthur Hiller , Canadian film director
- 1924 - Geraldine Page , American actress (d. 1987 )
- 1925 - Gunther Schuller , American composer and conductor
- 1926 - Lew Burdette , American baseball player (d. 2007 )
- 1929 - Aleksandar Popović , Serbian theatre writer (d. 1996 )
- 1932 - Robert Vaughn , American actor
- 1936 - Joachim Bißmeier , German actor
- 1938 - Henry C. Lee , Chinese American criminologist
- 1939 - Tom West , American astrophysicist
- 1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav , Indian politician
- 1940 - Terry Gilliam , American-born British comedian
- 1941 - Tom Conti , British actor
- 1941 - Jacques Laperrière , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1941 - Jesse Colin Young , American musician
- 1943 - Billie Jean King , American tennis player
- 1943 - Yvan Cournoyer , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945 - Tom Freston , American television executive
- 1946 - Aston Barrett , Jamaican musician ( The Wailers Band )
- 1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley , American author
- 1947 - Sandy Alderson , American baseball executive
- 1949 - Richard Carmona , Surgeon General Of The United States
- 1950 - Lyman Bostock , American baseball player (d. 1978 )
- 1950 - Paloma San Basilio , Spanish singer
- 1950 - Steven Van Zandt , American musician
- 1950 - Tina Weymouth , American musician ( Talking Heads , Tom Tom Club )
- 1951 - Kent Nagano , American conductor
- 1956 - Lawrence Gowan , Canadian singer ( Styx )
- 1956 - Richard Kind , American actor
- 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis , American actress
- 1958 - Lee Guetterman , American baseball player
- 1958 - Horse McDonald , Scottish singer/songwriter
- 1960 - Bruce Payne , English actor
- 1960 - Léos Carax , French film director
- 1961 - Mariel Hemingway , American actress
- 1961 - Randal L. Schwartz , American computer programmer
- 1961 - Stephen Hough , British concert pianist
- 1962 - Victor Pelevin , Russian writer
- 1963 - Scoop Jackson , American sports journalist
- 1965 - Mads Mikkelsen , Danish actor
- 1966 - Richard Stanley , South African film director
- 1967 - Mark Ruffalo , American actor
- 1967 - Boris Becker , German tennis player
- 1967 - Bart Veldkamp , Dutch speed skater
- 1968 - Rasmus Lerdorf , Greenlandic computer programmer
- 1970 - Marvan Atapattu , Sri Lankan cricket player
- 1970 - Stel Pavlou , British novelist
- 1972 - Jay Payton , American baseball player
- 1974 - David Pelletier , Canadian figure skater
- 1975 - Aiko , Japanese singer
- 1976 - Ville Valo , Finnish singer ( HIM )
- 1976 - Torsten Frings , German footballer
- 1976 - Regina Halmich , German female boxer
- 1977 - Michael Preston , English footballer
- 1978 - Karen O , American singer ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs )
- 1979 - Chris Doran , Irish singer
- 1980 - Shawn Fanning , American creator of Napster
- 1980 - Yaroslav Rybakov , Russian athlete
- 1981 - Seweryn Gancarczyk , Polish footballer
- 1981 - Pape Sow , Senegalese basketball player
- 1982 - Yakubu Aiyegbeni , Nigerian footballer
- 1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin , Hong Kong singer ( Twins )
- 1982 - Alasdair Duncan , Australian novelist
- 1983 - Corey Beaulieu , American guitarist ( Trivium )
- 1983 - Tyler Hilton , American singer and actor
- 1983 - Peter Ramage , English footballer
- 1984 - Scarlett Johansson , American actress
- 1984 - Kate Ground , Canadian adult internet model
- 1986 - David Pasqualini , French pianist
- 1986 - Oscar Pistorius , South African paralympic athlete
- 1988 - Thomas Chandler , American inventor
- 1996 - Madison Davenport , American actress and singer
- 950 - King Lothair II Of Italy
- 1286 - Eric V Of Denmark , Danish King (b. 1249 )
- 1318 - Mikhail Yaroslavich , Russian prince (b. 1271 )
- 1594 - Martin Frobisher , English explorer
- 1617 - Ahmed I , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590 )
- 1694 - John Tillotson , Archbishop Of Canterbury (b. 1630 )
- 1697 - Libéral Bruant , French architect
- 1710 - Bernardo Pasquini , Italian composer (b. 1637 )
- 1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate
- 1758 - Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe , British politician (b. 1680 )
- 1774 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive , British general (b. 1725 )
- 1783 - John Hanson , American Continental Congressman (b. 1715 )
- 1794 - John Alsop , American Continental Congressman (b. 1724 )
- 1875 - Henry Wilson , Vice President Of The United States (b. 1812 )
- 1886 - William Bliss Baker , American painter (b. 1859 )
- 1893 - James Calder , 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826 )
- 1900 - Arthur S. Sullivan , British composer (b. 1842 )
- 1916 - Jack London , American writer (b. 1876 )
- 1917 - Teoberto Maler , German-born explorer (b. 1842 )
- 1919 - Francisco Moreno , Argentine explorer (b. 1852 )
- 1932 - William Walker Atkinson , American author (b. 1862 )
- 1943 - Lorenz Hart , American lyricist (b. 1895 )
- 1944 - Arthur Stanley Eddington , English astrophysicist (b. 1882 )
- 1946 - Otto Georg Thierack , German jurist (b. 1889 )
- 1953 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi , Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884 )
- 1954 - Roderick McMahon , Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882 )
- 1955 - Shemp Howard , American actor (b. 1895 )
- 1956 - Theodore Kosloff , Russian-born choreographer (b. 1882 )
- 1963 - Aldous Huxley , English author (b. 1894 )
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy , 35th President Of The United States (b. 1917 )
- 1963 - C. S. Lewis , Irish author (b. 1898 )
- 1963 - Wilhelm Beiglböck , Nazi physician (b. 1905 )
- 1967 - Pavel Korin , Russian painter (b. 1892 )
- 1980 - Norah McGuinness , Northern Irish painter (b. 1901 )
- 1980 - Mae West , American actress and writer (b. 1893 )
- 1980 - Jules Léger , Governor General Of Canada (b. 1913 )
- 1981 - Hans Adolf Krebs , German physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1900 )
- 1986 - Scatman Crothers , American actor (b. 1910 )
- 1986 - William Bradford Huie , American writer (b. 1910 )
- 1988 - Luis Barragán , Mexican architect (b. 1908 )
- 1988 - Paul Vario , U.S. Italian Mafia of the Lucchese Family (b. 1914 )
- 1989 - Rene Moawad , President Of Lebanon (b. 1925 )
- 1989 - C. C. Beck , American cartoonist (b. 1910 )
- 1992 - Sterling Holloway , American voice actor (b. 1905 )
- 1993 - Anthony Burgess , British author (b. 1917 )
- 1996 - Mark Lenard , American actor (b. 1924 )
- 1996 - María Casares , Spanish-born French actress (b. 1922 )
- 1997 - Michael Hutchence , Australian singer (b. 1960 )
- 1998 - Stu Unger , American poker player (b. 1953 )
- 2000 - Christian Marquand , French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927 )
- 2000 - Emil Zátopek , Czech athlete (b. 1922 )
- 2001 - Mary Kay Ash , American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915 )
- 2005 - Bruce Hobbs , American jockey (b. 1920 )
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