November 28

Events

• 587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
• 936 - Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
• 1443 - Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
• 1470 - Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
• 1520 - An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
• 1582 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
• 1627 - The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
• 1660 - At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
• 1666 - At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
• 1785 - The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
• 1798 - Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.
• 1811 - Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
• 1814 - The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
• 1821 - Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
• 1843 - Ka Lā Hui : The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
• 1861 - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
• 1862 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• 1885 - Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• 1893 - Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
• 1895 - The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
• 1899 - The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
• 1905 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
• 1908 - A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
• 1912 - Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1914 - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
• 1917 - The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• 1919 - Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons.
• 1920 - FIDAC, the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
• 1920 - Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• 1925 - The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
• 1942 - In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
• 1943 - World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
• 1958 - Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
• 1958 - First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
• 1960 - Mauritania becomes independent of France.
• 1964 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
• 1964 - Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
• 1966 - Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
• 1967 - The first pulsar is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
• 1971 - Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
• 1971 - Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• 1972 - Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
• 1975 - East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
• 1979 - Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
• 1980 - Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf.
• 1987 - South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
• 1989 - Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
• 1990 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
• 1991 - South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
• 2002 - Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
• 2014 - Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
• 2016 - A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 77 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia.

  Births

• 1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
• 1293 - Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor
• 1470 - Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty
• 1475 - Anne Shelton, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn
• 1489 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England
• 1570 - James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester
• 1592 - Hong Taiji, Emperor of China
• 1598 - Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician
• 1628 - John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author
• 1631 - Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter
• 1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager
• 1640 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer
• 1661 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York
• 1681 - Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader
• 1682 - Betty Parris, Witch from Salem
• 1694 - Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
• 1700 - Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician
• 1700 - Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
• 1757 - William Blake, English poet and painter
• 1760 - Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman
• 1772 - Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist
• 1774 - Maria Antonia of Parma
• 1785 - Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France
• 1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic
• 1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic
• 1804 - William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania
• 1805 - John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer
• 1810 - William Froude, English engineer and architect
• 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist
• 1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer
• 1853 - Helen Magill White, American academic
• 1857 - Alfonso XII of Spain
• 1861 - Adina Emilia De Zavala, American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history
• 1864 - James Allen, English author and poet
• 1864 - Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War
• 1866 - Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial
• 1876 - Bert Vogler, South African cricketer
• 1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright
• 1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist
• 1887 - Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician
• 1891 - Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician
• 1891 - Mabel Alvarez, American painter
• 1894 - Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic
• 1894 - Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher
• 1895 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor
• 1896 - Dawn Powell, American author and playwright
• 1896 - Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress
• 1898 - İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist
• 1900 - Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter
• 1903 - Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress
• 1904 - James Eastland, American planter and politician
• 1904 - Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author
• 1906 - Henry Picard, American golfer
• 1907 - Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator
• 1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author
• 1908 - Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State
• 1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist
• 1910 - Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic
• 1911 - Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright
• 1912 - Morris Louis, American painter
• 1913 - Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic
• 1915 - Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic
• 1915 - Yves Thériault, Canadian author
• 1916 - Lilian, Princess of Réthy
• 1916 - Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela
• 1919 - Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot
• 1923 - Helen Delich Bentley, American politician
• 1923 - Gloria Grahame, American actress
• 1924 - Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic
• 1924 - Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic
• 1925 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager
• 1925 - Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer
• 1927 - Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• 1928 - Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic
• 1928 - Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1929 - Berry Gordy, Jr., American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records
• 1930 - A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer
• 1932 - Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer
• 1932 - Terence Frisby, English author and playwright
• 1933 - Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician
• 1933 - Hope Lange, American actress
• 1935 - Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
• 1935 - Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet
• 1936 - Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
• 1938 - Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player
• 1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
• 1942 - Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 - R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter
• 1943 - Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
• 1944 - Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
• 1945 - Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines
• 1946 - Joe Dante, American director and producer
• 1947 - Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter
• 1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1947 - Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana politician and Speaker of The National Assembly
• 1948 - Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 - Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer
• 1948 - Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter
• 1948 - Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician
• 1948 - Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author
• 1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer
• 1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader
• 1950 - Ed Harris, American actor and producer
• 1950 - Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 - Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut
• 1952 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
• 1953 - Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1953 - Helen De Michiel, American director and producer
• 1953 - Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1953 - Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician
• 1954 - Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic
• 1955 - Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 - Adem Jashari, Kosovo commander
• 1956 - Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
• 1956 - David Van Day, English singer
• 1957 - Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
• 1958 - Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1958 - Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 - Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter
• 1959 - Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster
• 1960 - Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat
• 1960 - John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
• 1960 - Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager
• 1960 - Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach
• 1961 - Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director
• 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 - Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter
• 1962 - Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist
• 1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 1963 - Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 - Andrew Jones, English politician
• 1963 - Johnny Newman, American basketball player
• 1963 - Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager
• 1964 - Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician
• 1964 - John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler
• 1964 - Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
• 1964 - Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist
• 1965 - Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet
• 1965 - Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager
• 1967 - Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician
• 1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality
• 1967 - José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager
• 1967 - Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian
• 1968 - Darren Bett, English journalist
• 1969 - Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1969 - Petr Kouba, Czech footballer
• 1969 - Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager
• 1969 - Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler
• 1969 - Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete
• 1970 - Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
• 1970 - Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
• 1972 - Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
• 1972 - Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower
• 1972 - Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 - Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer
• 1974 - apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper
• 1974 - András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager
• 1975 - Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer
• 1975 - Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author
• 1975 - Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer
• 1975 - Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
• 1975 - Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 - Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
• 1977 - Marlon Broomes, English footballer
• 1977 - Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager
• 1977 - Acer Nethercott, English rower
• 1977 - Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
• 1977 - Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 - DeMya Walker, American basketball player
• 1978 - Brent Albright, American wrestler
• 1978 - Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
• 1978 - Freddie Mitchell, American football player
• 1978 - Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
• 1978 - Michael Simpkins, English footballer
• 1978 - Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
• 1979 - Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor
• 1979 - Shy FX, English DJ and producer
• 1979 - Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player
• 1980 - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter
• 1980 - Stuart Taylor, English footballer
• 1981 - Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
• 1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 - Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer
• 1982 - Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player
• 1983 - Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter
• 1983 - Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1983 - Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress
• 1983 - Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
• 1983 - Nelson Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1984 - Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
• 1984 - Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
• 1984 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer
• 1984 - Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director
• 1985 - Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 - Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 - Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
• 1987 - Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
• 1987 - Craig Kieswetter, South African-English cricketer and golfer
• 1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1989 - Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
• 1989 - Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 - Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
• 1990 - Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer
• 1992 - Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 - Adam Hicks, American actor
• 1993 - David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
• 1995 - Chase Elliott, American race car driver
• 2000 - Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor

  Deaths

• 741 - Pope Gregory III
• 939 - Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman
• 1122 - Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
• 1170 - Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king
• 1290 - Eleanor of Castile
• 1317 - Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan
• 1476 - James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
• 1499 - Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
• 1574 - Georg Major, German theologian and educator
• 1585 - Hernando Franco, Spanish composer
• 1667 - Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist
• 1675 - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician
• 1675 - Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic
• 1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter
• 1680 - Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect
• 1680 - Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar
• 1694 - Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar
• 1695 - Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator
• 1695 - Anthony Wood, English historian and author
• 1698 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France
• 1763 - Naungdawgyi, Burmese king
• 1785 - William Whipple, American general and politician
• 1794 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general
• 1794 - Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician
• 1801 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic
• 1815 - Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1852 - Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician
• 1852 - Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria
• 1859 - Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian
• 1870 - Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter
• 1873 - Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist
• 1878 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
• 1880 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop
• 1890 - Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist
• 1891 - Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician
• 1901 - Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty
• 1904 - Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor
• 1907 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter
• 1912 - Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman
• 1917 - Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar
• 1921 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith
• 1930 - Constantine VI of Constantinople
• 1935 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar
• 1939 - James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball
• 1943 - Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1945 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War
• 1947 - Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general
• 1953 - Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist
• 1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 - Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1960 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna
• 1960 - Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
• 1962 - K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1962 - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• 1968 - Enid Blyton, English author and poet
• 1971 - Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan
• 1972 - Havergal Brian, English composer
• 1973 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet
• 1975 - Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader
• 1976 - Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer
• 1977 - Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor
• 1978 - Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman
• 1982 - Helen of Greece and Denmark
• 1983 - Christopher George, American actor
• 1987 - Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist
• 1987 - Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler
• 1992 - Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic
• 1993 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer
• 1993 - Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host
• 1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer
• 1994 - Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal
• 1994 - Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist
• 1995 - Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver
• 1997 - Georges Marchal, French actor
• 1998 - Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author
• 2001 - Kal Mann, American songwriter
• 2001 - William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient
• 2002 - Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author
• 2003 - Ted Bates, English footballer and manager
• 2003 - Antonia Forest, English author
• 2003 - Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician
• 2005 - Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2005 - Jack Concannon, American football player and actor
• 2007 - Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer
• 2008 - Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant
• 2008 - Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier
• 2009 - Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2010 - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer
• 2011 - Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic
• 2012 - Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic
• 2012 - Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator
• 2012 - Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer
• 2012 - Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author
• 2013 - Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic
• 2013 - Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• 2013 - Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 2013 - Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter
• 2014 - Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2014 - Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist
• 2014 - Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver
• 2015 - Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer
• 2015 - Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer
• 2015 - Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer
• 2015 - Marjorie Lord, American actress
• 2015 - Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah
• 2018 - Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator.

  Holidays and observances

• Albanian Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
• Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan
• Christian feast day:
• *Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste
• *Catherine Labouré
• *Feast of the Holy Sovereigns
• *Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox
• *James of the Marches
• *Kamehameha and Emma
• *Our Lady of Kibeho
• *Pope Gregory III
• *Rufus
• *Stephen the Younger
• *November 28
• Heroes' Day
• Hōonkō
• Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.
• Navy Day
• Republic Day
• Republic Day