November 29

Events

• 561 - King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
• 618 - The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
• 903 - The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib deals a crushing defeat to the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
• 1394 - The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
• 1549 - The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
• 1612 - The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
• 1729 - Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
• 1732 - The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• 1777 - San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 1781 - The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
• 1783 - A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• 1807 - Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
• 1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
• 1847 - The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
• 1847 - Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
• 1850 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
• 1864 - American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• 1872 - American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1890 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
• 1899 - FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
• 1902 - The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
• 1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• 1943 - World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia, held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce.
• 1944 - World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
• 1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1947 - Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• 1947 - First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
• 1952 - Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
• 1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
• 1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1963 - Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• 1963 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
• 1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• 1972 - Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 1980 - An explosion at the Livezeni mine in Petroșani, SR Romania kills 53 and injures 27; the communist authorities downplay the incident and report only 49 deaths to avoid declaring a national day of mourning.
• 1986 - The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
• 1987 - North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
• 2007 - The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
• 2009 - Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.

  Births

• 826 - William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman
• 968 - Kazan, emperor of Japan
• 1310 - John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron
• 1329 - John I, duke of Bavaria
• 1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• 1422 - Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron
• 1427 - Zhengtong, emperor of the Ming Dynasty
• 1463 - Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal
• 1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss physician, scholar, and politician
• 1528 - Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician
• 1627 - John Ray, English biologist and botanist
• 1690 - Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
• 1705 - Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer
• 1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist
• 1781 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher
• 1797 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer
• 1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory
• 1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic
• 1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author
• 1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist
• 1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House
• 1816 - Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States
• 1818 - George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada
• 1818 - William Ellery Channing, American poet and author
• 1823 - La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon
• 1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist
• 1831 - Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier
• 1832 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet
• 1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi of China
• 1843 - Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer
• 1849 - John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer
• 1856 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany
• 1857 - Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic
• 1861 - Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer
• 1873 - Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic
• 1874 - Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic
• 1874 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming
• 1878 - John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player
• 1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer
• 1881 - Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general
• 1881 - Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence
• 1882 - Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer
• 1888 - Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain
• 1891 - Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria
• 1895 - Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer
• 1895 - William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia
• 1898 - C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic
• 1899 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior
• 1899 - Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever, last verified person born in the 1800s
• 1900 - Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII
• 1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress
• 1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect, designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
• 1904 - Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama
• 1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian
• 1908 - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician
• 1908 - Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist
• 1910 - Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician
• 1910 - Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director
• 1915 - Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author
• 1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer
• 1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian
• 1917 - Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter
• 1917 - Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet
• 1919 - Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness
• 1920 - Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician
• 1920 - Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex
• 1922 - Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic
• 1922 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1923 - Chuck Daigh, American race car driver
• 1924 - Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet
• 1924 - Charles E. Mower, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1926 - Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia
• 1927 - Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host
• 1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator
• 1928 - Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
• 1928 - Ernie Vossler, American golfer
• 1929 - Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host
• 1929 - Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier
• 1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
• 1930 - Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer
• 1930 - Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
• 1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1931 - André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist
• 1932 - Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist
• 1932 - Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France
• 1932 - John Gary, American singer and television host
• 1932 - Fernando Guillén, Spanish actor
• 1932 - Marc Vaux, English painter
• 1933 - John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1933 - James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator
• 1934 - Willie Morris, American writer
• 1935 - Diane Ladd, American actress
• 1935 - Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop
• 1937 - Jan Mangerud, Norwegian geologist and academic
• 1938 - Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna
• 1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1939 - Meco, American record producer and musician
• 1940 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1940 - Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist
• 1940 - Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
• 1940 - Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
• 1940 - Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
• 1941 - Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1941 - Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1942 - Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1942 - Michael Craze, British actor
• 1942 - Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic
• 1942 - Maggie Thompson, American author and critic
• 1942 - John Grillo, English actor and playwright
• 1943 - Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1943 - Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 - Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 - Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
• 1946 - Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and producer
• 1946 - Suzy Chaffee, American skier
• 1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 - Petra Kelly, German activist and politician
• 1947 - Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 - Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician
• 1949 - Yvon Labre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1949 - Dutch Mantel, American wrestler and manager
• 1949 - Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1949 - Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 - Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author
• 1951 - Carl Finch, American polka musician, songwriter, and record producer
• 1951 - Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 - Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 - Don Walker, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1952 - Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
• 1952 - Dusty Hare, English rugby player and cricketer
• 1953 - Jackie French, Australian author
• 1953 - Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter
• 1953 - Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1954 - Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
• 1956 - Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1956 - Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician
• 1956 - Eric Laakso, American football player
• 1956 - Katrin Saks, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1957 - Jennifer Batten, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 - Janet Napolitano, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1957 - Matthew Rubel, American businessman
• 1957 - Mario Salieri, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 - Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
• 1958 - John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
• 1959 - Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
• 1959 - Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
• 1959 - Rich Camarillo, American football player and coach
• 1959 - Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago
• 1960 - Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower
• 1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 - Cathy Moriarty, American actress
• 1962 - Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 - Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
• 1962 - Michael Veitch, Australian comedian and actor
• 1963 - Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 - Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
• 1964 - Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
• 1964 - Ken Monkou, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1965 - Lauren Child, English author
• 1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
• 1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese poet and pianist
• 1968 - Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler
• 1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
• 1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
• 1969 - Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer
• 1970 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
• 1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
• 1970 - Ryu Seung-ryong, South Korean actor
• 1971 - Brad May, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 - Willie Bain, Scottish academic and politician
• 1972 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
• 1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 - Roger Shah, German electronic music producer
• 1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese wrestler and boxer
• 1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1973 - Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
• 1974 - Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1975 - Andreas Ioannides, Cypriot footballer
• 1976 - Chris Akins, American football player
• 1976 - Lindsay Benko, American swimmer
• 1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
• 1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
• 1977 - Eddie Howe, English footballer and manager
• 1977 - Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• 1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
• 1978 - Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
• 1978 - Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1979 - Adam Barrett, English footballer
• 1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 - The Game, American rapper
• 1979 - Neal Horgan, American-Irish footballer
• 1980 - P. J. Fleck, American football player and coach
• 1980 - Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
• 1980 - Jason Griffith, American voice actor and actor
• 1980 - Chun Jung-myung, South Korean actor
• 1980 - Ilias Kasidiaris, Greek soldier and politician
• 1981 - Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer
• 1983 - Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Jennifer Oeser, German heptathlete
• 1983 - Aylin Tezel, German actress
• 1984 - Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and guitarist
• 1984 - Katlego Mphela, South African footballer
• 1985 - Evangelia Aravani, Greek model
• 1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
• 1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
• 1987 - Sandro Wagner, German footballer
• 1988 - Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder
• 1988 - Lee Hyun-ho, South Korean footballer
• 1988 - Russell Wilson, American football player
• 1990 - Sheldon Richardson, American football player
• 1991 - Terunofuji Haruo, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1993 - Stefon Diggs, American football player
• 1994 - Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 - Karl Lawton, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 - Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer
• 1997 - Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player

  Deaths

• 521 - Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian
• 524 - Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, ruler of Palenque
• 561 - Chlothar I, Frankish king
• 835 - Muhammad al-Jawad, The ninth of the Twelve Imams
• 997 - Seongjong, Korean king
• 999 - Li Chun'an, Chinese merchant
• 1039 - Adalbero, duke of Carinthia
• 1253 - Otto II, duke of Bavaria
• 1268 - Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church
• 1314 - Philip IV, king of France
• 1330 - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• 1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian
• 1378 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1396 - Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme, English nobleman
• 1463 - Marie of Anjou, queen and wife of Charles VII of France
• 1530 - Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
• 1544 - Jungjong of Joseon, Korean king
• 1577 - Cuthbert Mayne, English priest
• 1590 - Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet
• 1595 - Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet
• 1626 - Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander
• 1628 - John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham
• 1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine
• 1643 - William Cartwright, English priest and playwright
• 1643 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer
• 1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian
• 1661 - Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar
• 1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist
• 1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session
• 1699 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general
• 1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist
• 1780 - Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1797 - Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic
• 1830 - John Maurice Hauke, Polish general
• 1846 - Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator
• 1847 - Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary
• 1872 - Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author
• 1883 - Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor
• 1894 - Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877
• 1918 - Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
• 1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator
• 1927 - George Giffen, Australian cricketer
• 1932 - Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic
• 1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany
• 1941 - Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler
• 1942 - Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot
• 1946 - Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1953 - Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor
• 1954 - Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer
• 1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer
• 1967 - Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1970 - Robert T. Frederick, American general
• 1972 - Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer
• 1974 - James J. Braddock, American boxer
• 1975 - Tony Brise, English race car driver
• 1975 - Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman
• 1980 - Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement
• 1980 - George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman
• 1981 - Natalie Wood, American actress
• 1982 - Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist
• 1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter
• 1984 - Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author
• 1986 - Cary Grant, English-American actor
• 1987 - Irene Handl, English actress
• 1991 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor
• 1992 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic
• 1993 - J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages
• 1996 - Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator
• 1996 - Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author
• 1997 - Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit
• 1998 - Maus Gatsonides, Dutch race car driver and businessman
• 1999 - John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host
• 1999 - Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier
• 2000 - Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist
• 2001 - Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2001 - George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer
• 2001 - John Knowles, American novelist
• 2002 - Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor
• 2004 - Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach
• 2005 - David Di Tommaso, French footballer
• 2006 - Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author
• 2007 - James Barber, Canadian chef and author
• 2007 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player
• 2007 - Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician
• 2008 - Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House
• 2009 - Robert Holdstock, English author
• 2010 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author
• 2010 - Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
• 2010 - S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author
• 2010 - Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician
• 2010 - Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist
• 2011 - Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian
• 2011 - Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist
• 2012 - Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist
• 2012 - Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter
• 2012 - Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman
• 2012 - Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager
• 2013 - Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter
• 2013 - Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician
• 2013 - Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist
• 2013 - Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter
• 2014 - Dwayne Alons, American general and politician
• 2014 - Dick Bresciani, American businessman
• 2014 - Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator
• 2015 - Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager
• 2015 - Otto Newman, Austrian-American sociologist and academic
• 2015 - Oʻtkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
• 2016 - Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian football player
• 2017 - Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general
• 2019 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• *Abibos of Nekresi
• *Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos
• *Brendan of Birr
• *Cuthbert Mayne
• *Francis Fasani
• *Illuminata
• *Our Lady of Beauraing
• *Radboud of Utrecht
• *Sadwrn
• *Saturnin
• *November 29
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
• Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit
• Republic Day
• Unity Day
• William Tubman's Birthday