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November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 55 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 355 – Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
- 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.
- 1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
- 1844 – The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
- 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.
- 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
- 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- 1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed.
- 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, the head of the Jewish mob in New York, was shot and mortally wounded on November 4, and died on November 6. He was assassinated by George "Hump" McManus, for failing to pay a large gambling debt.
- 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
- 1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane, with its K5083 first prototype.
- 1935 – Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie.
- 1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
- 1941 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his 19-year rule (the first had been on July 2). He falsely states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near. He states that the United States has granted the Soviet Union a $ 1 billion loan in addition to supplying tanks and aircraft, and that the Soviet Union does not aim to impose its communist regime in European countries, but only to liberate them.
- 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
- 1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
- 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
- 1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
- 1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
- 1948 – Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launches a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the General Suppression Headquarters of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign. The largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins.
- 1962 – The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1963 – Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
- 1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program.
- 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1975 – Green March begins: Three hundred thousand unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
- 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
- 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
- 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 !21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
- 1991 – The last Kuwaiti oil field fire is extinguished.
- 1995 – The Rova of Antananarivo, home of the sovereigns of Madagascar from the 16th to 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire.
- 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens, the first time the city had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.
- 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
- 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
- 2013 – Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Chinese Communist Party in the northern city of Taiyuan, killing at least one person and wounding eight others.
Births
- 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
- 1479 – Joanna of Castile (d. 1555)
- 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (d. 1566)
- 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish wife of Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1612)
- 1607 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (d. 1655)
- 1661 – Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
- 1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- 1753 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (d. 1823)
- 1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
- 1755 – Stanisław Staszic, Polish philosopher, poet, and geologist (d. 1824)
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
- 1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908)
- 1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology (d. 1909)
- 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
- 1841 – Armand Fallières, French lawyer and politician, 9th President of France (d. 1931)
- 1851 – Asada Nobuoki, Japanese general (d. 1927)
- 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
- 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer, and conductor (d. 1932)
- 1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942)
- 1861 – Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (d. 1890)
- 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)
- 1876 – Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (d. 1953)
- 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)
- 1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1942)
- 1880 – George Poage, American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1962)
- 1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author and educator (d. 1959)
- 1881 – Otozō Yamada, Japanese general (d. 1965)
- 1882 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1924)
- 1884 – Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Iranian poet, journalist, and historian (d. 1951)
- 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)
- 1886 – Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (d. 1982)
- 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
- 1892 – Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Yorker (d. 1951)
- 1893 – Edsel Ford, American lieutenant and businessman (d. 1943)
- 1894 – Opal Kunz, American pilot and activist (d. 1967)
- 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)
- 1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1906 – James D. Norris, American lieutenant and businessman (d. 1966)
- 1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
- 1921 – James Jones, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1977)
- 1922 – Frank J. Lynch, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1987)
- 1923 – Ray B. Sitton, American pilot and general (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Don Lusher, English trombonist and bandleader (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Czech-Austrian whistler (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)
- 1925 – Michel Bouquet, French actor
- 1926 – Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Bangladeshi-Indian actor (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
- 1929 – June Squibb, American actress
- 1930 – Tom Hornbein, American anesthesiologist and mountaineer
- 1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
- 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American singer-songwriter
- 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 – Gordon Wharmby, English actor (d. 2002)
- 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
- 1937 – Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)
- 1937 – Marco Vassi, American author (d. 1989)
- 1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor, director, and educator
- 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian journalist and scholar
- 1938 – P. J. Proby, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African activist and author
- 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
- 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
- 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
- 1940 – Ruth Messinger, American businesswoman and politician
- 1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German-American pilot and religious leader
- 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1945 – Lani Hall, Grammy-winning American singer, lyricist, and author
- 1946 – Sally Field, American actress, singer, and producer
- 1946 – Viivi Luik, Estonian poet and author
- 1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian singer, guitarist, and actor
- 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter and producer (The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan)
- 1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sportscaster and actor
- 1947 – Carolyn Seymour, English actress
- 1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1947 – Mesut Yılmaz, Turkish politician, 21st Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1948 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist and activist
- 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Eagles) (d. 2016)
- 1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor
- 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpet player, pianist, and composer (Irakere)
- 1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Gabon
- 1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish bass player (Café Jacques, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and Michael Schenker Group)
- 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)
- 1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish lawyer and politician
- 1951 – John Falsey, American screenwriter and producer
- 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American author and screenwriter
- 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
- 1954 – Mango, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1954 – Catherine Crier, American journalist and judge
- 1954 – Minoru Yanagida, Japanese politician
- 1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1955 – William H. McRaven, American admiral
- 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
- 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
- 1957 – Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
- 1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German-American businessman
- 1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish actress and singer
- 1957 – Tōru Nakane, Japanese actor
- 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and singer
- 1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 – Mare Tommingas, Estonian dancer and choreographer
- 1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor, singer, and guitarist
- 1961 – Craig Goldy, American guitarist (Dio, Giuffria, and Rough Cutt)
- 1961 – Florent Pagny, French singer-songwriter and actor
- 1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian actor and singer
- 1962 – Annette Zilinskas, American singer and bass player (The Bangles and Blood on the Saddle)
- 1963 – Tsuyoshi Ihara, Japanese actor
- 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation) (d. 1998)
- 1964 – Kerry Conran, American director and screenwriter
- 1964 – Arne Duncan, American educator and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Education
- 1964 – Corey Glover, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Living Colour and Galactic)
- 1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer-songwriter and producer (Bad Religion)
- 1964 – Arkie Whiteley, English-Australian actress (d. 2001)
- 1965 – Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Siim Valmar Kiisler, Estonian businessman and politician
- 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
- 1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer (Mr. Big, Racer X, and Yellow Matter Custard)
- 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1967 – Fujiko Takimoto, Japanese voice actress
- 1968 – Caesar Meadows, American cartoonist
- 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
- 1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player and radio host
- 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
- 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Clonie Gowen, American poker player and sportscaster
- 1972 – Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player
- 1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Adonis Georgiadis, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Health
- 1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress and singer
- 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model, actress, and producer
- 1972 – Igors Samušonoks, Latvian wrestler
- 1973 – Nell McAndrew, English model and runner
- 1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress
- 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
- 1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist
- 1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MxPx and Mike Herrera's Tumbledown)
- 1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)
- 1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- 1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
- 1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
- 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
- 1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipino actress and singer
- 1978 – Taryn Manning, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (Boomkat)
- 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
- 1979 – Marc Abaya, Filipino singer, guitarist, and actor (Sandwich and Kjwan)
- 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
- 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
- 1979 – Gerli Padar, Estonian singer
- 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
- 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Steve Millar, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 – Daisuke Watanabe, Japanese actor
- 1983 – Sawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Jon Hume, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer (Evermore)
- 1983 – Janette McBride, Australian-Filipino actress
- 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
- 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
- 1985 – Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress and producer
- 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1987 – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer
- 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
- 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
- 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer (Jetzt Anders!)
- 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
- 1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
- 1990 – Dorothea Barth Jörgensen, Swedish model
- 1990 – Valentina Nappi, Italian porn actress and model
- 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
- 1990 – Kris Wu, Canadian-Chinese singer-songwriter and actor (Exo)
- 1992 – Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
- 1992 – Kim Yura, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girl's Day)
- 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer
- 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor
Deaths
- 1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
- 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)
- 1479 – James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish scholar and politician (b. 1415)
- 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)
- 1550 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
- 1632 – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
- 1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
- 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
- 1656 – John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
- 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
- 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
- 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
- 1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
- 1790 – James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1726)
- 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)
- 1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (b. 1748)
- 1836 – Charles X of France (b. 1757)
- 1846 – Alexander Chavchavadze, Russian-Georgian general and poet (b. 1786)
- 1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
- 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and critic (b. 1840)
- 1895 – Joel Müller, German rabbi (b. 1827)
- 1910 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier and author (b. 1838)
- 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
- 1925 – Khải Định, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1885)
- 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American mob boss (b. 1882)
- 1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden (b. 1867)
- 1933 – Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian lawyer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1866)
- 1936 – Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (b. 1864)
- 1937 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
- 1941 – Maurice Leblanc, French author (b. 1864)
- 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
- 1949 – Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (b. 1891)
- 1951 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (b. 1869)
- 1955 – Jack McGrath, American racing driver (b. 1919)
- 1960 – Erich Raeder, German admiral (b. 1876)
- 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
- 1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
- 1965 – Edgard Varèse, French-American composer and educator (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
- 1968 – Charles B. McVay III, American admiral (b. 1898)
- 1968 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1897)
- 1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (b. 1915)
- 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
- 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
- 1985 – Joel Crothers, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938)
- 1986 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
- 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
- 1987 – Ross Barnett, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (b. 1898)
- 1989 – Dickie Goodman, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
- 1989 – Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891)
- 1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress and singer (b. 1920)
- 1995 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
- 1996 – Toni Schmücker, German businessman (b. 1921)
- 1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
- 1999 – Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter and author (b. 1915)
- 2000 – David Brower, American environmentalist, founded the Sierra Club Foundation (b. 1912)
- 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (b. 1926)
- 2002 – Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
- 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Fred Dibnah, English engineer and television host (b. 1938)
- 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
- 2005 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967)
- 2005 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Nelson S. Bond, American author (b. 1908)
- 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)
- 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
- 2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)
- 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)
- 2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1962)
- 2007 – George Osmond, American talent manager (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Michael Hinz, German actor (b. 1939)
- 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Jo Myong-rok, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (b. 1909)
- 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (b. 1914)
- 2012 – Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Yosef Harish, Israeli lawyer and jurist, 8th Attorney General of Israel (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Christian López, Guatemalan weightlifter (b. 1984)
- 2013 – Dan Lurie, American bodybuilder (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Burl Noggle, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)
- 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
- 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (Mark & the Escorts) (b. 1949)
- 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)
- 2015 – Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
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