November 22

Events

Pre-1600

• 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1210 ‐ The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a 4 month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1220 – Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1855 – In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1873 – The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – During The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922), 22 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.<ref>Moore, Cormac, (2019), Birth of the Border, Merrion Press, Newbridge, p. 49, Template:ISBN</ref>
• 1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1952 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.<ref name="LATimes20120628">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1955 – The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.<ref name="AAR7002r">Template:Cite report</ref>
• 1971 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.<ref name="Knittel">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.<ref name="cassutt200908">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1994 – A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.<ref name="Final Report AAR-95-05">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2010 – During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.<ref name="cnn25">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.<ref name="Fitzsimmons">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1428 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (died 1471)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1515 – Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots (died 1560)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1519 – Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (died 1585)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1533 – Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (died 1597)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kent (died 1619)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1602 – Elisabeth of France (died 1644)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1635 – Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (died 1672)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (died 1687)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1690 – François Colin de Blamont, French composer (died 1760)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-American politician, Governor of Louisiana (died 1778)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (died 1784)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1728 – Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (died 1811)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (died 1818)<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1780 – Conradin Kreutzer, German composer (died 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1780 – José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran journalist, lawyer, and politician, Foreign Minister of Mexico (died 1834)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1787 – Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist, philologist, and scholar (died 1832)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1808 – Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (died 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1819 – George Eliot, English novelist and poet (died 1880)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1820 – Katherine Plunket, Irish supercentenarian (died 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1849 – Christian Rohlfs, German painter and printmaker (died 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1857 – George Gissing, English novelist (died 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1859 – Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (died 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1861 – Ranavalona III of Madagascar (died 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1861 – Cyrus Edwin Dallin, American sculptor (died 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1868 – John Nance Garner, American politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (died 1967)<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1869 – André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1870 – Howard Brockway, American composer (died 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1870 – Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (died 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1873 – Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1873 – Johnny Tyldesley, English cricketer (died 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian journalist and poet (died 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (died 1930)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1881 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (died 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – C. J. "Jack" De Garis, Australian entrepreneur (died 1926)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (died 1970)<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1890 – Harry Pollitt, British politician and trade unionist, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (died 1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1891 – Edward Bernays, American publicist (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Harley Earl, American industrial designer (died 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (died 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (died 1935)<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1981)<ref name=Chase2019 />

1901–present

• 1901 – Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1971)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1902 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (died 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (died 1942)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1904 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (died 1957)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (died 1983)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Mary Jackson, American actress (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1911 – Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (died 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1976)<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1913 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Peter Townsend, British captain and pilot (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – Mick Shann, Australian diplomat (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1918 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish politician (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – Anne Crawford, British actress (died 1956)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 165</ref>
• 1920 – Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (died 2019)<ref>Centenary in honour of Professor Baidyanath Misra (22.Nov.2020) | Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies</ref>
• 1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish writer and broadcaster (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (died 2004)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (died 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian-American director (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1924 – Les Johnson, Australian politician (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (died 1987)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1925 – Jerrie Mock, American pilot (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Steven Muller, American academic administrator (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1928 – Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Mel Hutchins, American basketball player (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Peter Hall, English director (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1933 – Merv Lincoln, Australian Olympic athlete (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (died 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Ludmila Belousova, Soviet ice skater (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – John Bird, English actor, writer and satirist (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Zenon Jankowski, Polish pilot and military officer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Nikolai Kapustin, Soviet pianist and composer (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1938 – John Eleuthère du Pont, American convicted murderer (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Tom West, American technologist (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (died 1996)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1943 – Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer, founded Buzzco Associates (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (died 2010)<ref>Kotiranta, Pirkko: Ujosta pojasta kasvoi iskelmän pitkätyöläinen, Helsingin Sanomat 9 December 2010. Accessed on 16 September 2019.</ref>
• 1946 – Gary Hilton, American serial killer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (died 2012)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 787</ref>
• 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1948 – Mick Rock, English photographer (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, Surgeon General of the United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
• 1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1953 – Wayne Larkins, English cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – George Alagiah, British journalist (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player<ref name="AP" />
• 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1957 – Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor and the 17th and current Yang Di Pertuan Agong or the King of Malaysia<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Kennedy Polamalu, Samoan-American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1964 – Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Benoit Benjamin, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1964 – Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1966 – Nicholas Rowe, British actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1966 – Michael K. Williams, American actor (died 2021)<ref name="AP" />
• 1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1967 – Tom Elliott, Australian investment banker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor<ref name=Chase2019 />
• 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Daedra Charles, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1969 – Byron Houston, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Chris Fryar, American drummer<ref name="AP" />
• 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Cath Bishop, English rower<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Kyran Bracken, Irish-English rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Sharin Foo, Danish musician and singer<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref>
• 1973 – Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – Kerem Gönlüm, Turkish basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Colin Best, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – David Artell, English footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Derrick Johnson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Yakubu, Nigerian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American actor and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Adam Ottavino, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – James Roby, English rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter and convicted murderer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Elias, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor, singer, and model<ref name="AP" />
• 1988 – Drew Pomeranz, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Alden Ehrenreich, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1989 – Candice Glover, American singer<ref name="AP" />
• 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Brock Osweiler, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Tarik Black, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Natalie Achonwa, Canadian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Carles Gil, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Vladislav Namestnikov, Russian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Katherine McNamara, American actress<ref name="UPI" />
• 1996 – Hailey Bieber, American model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Mackenzie Lintz, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1996 – JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Trey McBride, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Dwight McNeil, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Chenle, Chinese singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Brandon Miller, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 365 – Antipope Felix II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 950 – Lothair II of Italy (born 926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1249 – As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1286 – Eric V of Denmark (born 1249)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1318 – Mikhail of Tver (born 1271)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1538 – John Lambert, English Protestant martyr<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1617 – Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam (born 1590)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1694 – John Tillotson, English archbishop (born 1630)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1697 – Libéral Bruant, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (born c. 1635)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1718 – Blackbeard, English pirate (born 1680)<ref name=Chase2019>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (born 1680)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1774 – Robert Clive, English general, politician and first British governor of Bengal (born 1725)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1813 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (born 1759)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1819 – John Stackhouse, English botanist (born 1742)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1871 – Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (born 1826)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – Henry Wilson, American politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (born 1812)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1886 – Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (born 1823)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (born 1859)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (born 1842)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (born 1851)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1913 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (born 1837)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1916 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (born 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (born 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – Edward J. Adams, American serial/spree killer and bank robber (born 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Andy O'Sullivan, Irish republican<ref>Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers – Republican Sinn Féin Poblachtach</ref>
• 1941 – Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – Lorenz Hart, American composer (born 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1944 – Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (born 1882)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1946 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (born 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1955 – Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (born 1895)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1956 – Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (born 1882)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1963 – John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1963 – C. S. Lewis, British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (born 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1966 – Herbert Wilkinson Ayre, English footballer (born 1882)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Émile Drain, French actor (born 1890)
• 1980 – Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Mae West, American stage and film actress (born 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (born 1910)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1988 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer (born 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1991 – Tadashi Imai, Japanese director (born 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (born 1905)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 347</ref>
• 1993 – Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1993 – Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva, Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1998 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (born 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (born 1918)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 29</ref>
• 2001 – Theo Barker, English historian and academic (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Norman Granz, American record producer, founded Verve Records (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Parley Baer, American actor (born 1914)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 36</ref>
• 2002 – Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary and journalist (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (born 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Verity Lambert, English television producer (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Jean Cione, American baseball player (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (born 1914)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2011 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (born 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (born 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (born 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, President of South Korea (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – George Avakian, American music producer (born 1919)<ref name="PKeepnews">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (born 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (born 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Cecilia<ref name=Chase2019 />
  • Pedro Esqueda Ramírez<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Philemon and Apphia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Pragmatius of Autun<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Blessed Salvatore Lilli<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" />
  • November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.<ref name=Chase2019 />

Notes

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External links

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