November 30

Events

1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.

1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).

1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.

1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.

1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking.

1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.

1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

1886 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.

1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

1939 – Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

1947 – Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967 – The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.

1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.

1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.

1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.

1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.

1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.

1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls terrorists "yesterday's men".

1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.

1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

Births

147 – Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina, eldest daughter of Marcus Aurelius

539 – Gregory of Tours, French bishop and saint (d. 594)

1310 – Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1349)

1340 – John, Duke of Berry (d. 1416)

1364 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, Scottish soldier (d. 1390)

1426 – Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1506)

1427 – Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (d. 1492)

1459 – Mingyi Nyo, founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (d. 1530)

1466 – Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (d. 1560)

1485 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet and stateswoman (d. 1550)

1498 – Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish captain and explorer (d. 1568)

1508 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect and theoretician, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (d. 1580)

1554 – Philip Sidney, English soldier, courtier, and poet (d. 1586)

1594 – John Cosin, English bishop and academic (d. 1672)

1625 – Jean Domat, French scholar and jurist (d. 1696)

1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author (d. 1698)

1645 – Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706)

1667 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (d. 1745)

1670 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722)

1683 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)

1719 – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772)

1723 – William Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)

1748 – Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)

1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and author (d. 1827)

1764 – Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827)

1768 – Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838)

1781 – Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873)

1791 – Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician (d. 1848)

1796 – Carl Loewe, German singer, composer, and conductor (d. 1869)

1810 – Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880)

1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (d. 1890)

1813 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (d. 1888)

1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)

1821 – Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (d. 1902)

1825 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter and educator (d. 1905)

1835 – Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (d. 1910)

1836 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1882)

1840 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928)

1847 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)

1857 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)

1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)

1863 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (d. 1897)

1866 – Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1933)

1869 – Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

1869 – James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (d. 1953)

1872 – John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (d. 1918)

1873 – Božena Benešová, Czech author and poet (d. 1936)

1874 – Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1874 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 1942)

1875 – Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (d. 1936)

1875 – Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941)

1883 – Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet and politician (d. 1956)

1887 – Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1970)

1887 – Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver (d. 1971)

1888 – Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach (d. 1965)

1889 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)

1889 – Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (d. 1971)

1898 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1904 – Clyfford Still, American painter and educator (d. 1980)

1906 – John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (d. 1977)

1906 – Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (d. 2008)

1907 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (d. 2012)

1909 – Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (d. 1967)

1912 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966)

1912 – Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006)

1915 – Brownie McGhee, American folk-blues singer and guitarist (d. 1996)

1915 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1916 – Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013)

1918 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (d. 2014)

1919 – Jane C. Wright, American oncologist and cancer researcher (d. 2013)

1920 – Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)

1924 – Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006)

1924 – Shirley Chisholm, American activist, educator and politician (d. 2005)

1924 – Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)

1925 – William H. Gates, Sr., American lawyer and philanthropist

1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003)

1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer

1928 – Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan (d. 2014)

1928 – Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach

1928 – Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2013)

1929 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)

1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street

1930 – G. Gordon Liddy, American lawyer, radio host, television actor and criminal

1931 – Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007)

1931 – Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)

1932 – Bob Moore, American bassist and bandleader

1932 – Cho Nam-chul, South Korean Go player (d. 2006)

1933 – Norman Deeley, English footballer and manager (d. 2007)

1933 – Sam Gilliam, American painter and educator

1936 – Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2014)

1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989)

1937 – Jimmy Bowen, American record producer, songwriter, and pop singer

1937 – Praveen Chaudhari, Indian-American physicist and academic (d. 2010)

1937 – Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer and guitarist

1937 – Luther Ingram, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

1937 – Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer

1937 – Tom Simpson, English cyclist (d. 1967)

1937 – Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American physician and author

1938 – Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)

1938 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (d. 2013)

1940 – Kevin Phillips, American journalist and author

1940 – Peter Shreeves, Welsh footballer, coach, and manager

1940 – Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

1941 – Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician

1943 – Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1944 – George Graham, Scottish footballer and manager

1945 – Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1945 – Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer

1945 – John R. Powers, American author and playwright (d. 2013)

1945 – Stan Sulzmann, English saxophonist and educator

1946 – George Duffield, English jockey and trainer

1946 – Roxana Barry Robinson, American novelist and biographer

1947 – Stuart Baird, English director and producer

1947 – Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet and translator

1947 – David Mamet, American playwright, screenwriter, and director

1949 – Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter

1949 – Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

1950 – Paul Westphal, American basketball player and coach

1951 – Daniel Petrie, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter

1952 – Semyon Bychkov, Russian-American conductor

1952 – Keith Giffen, American author and illustrator

1952 – Sagan Lewis, American actress (d. 2016)

1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer

1953 – Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1953 – June Pointer, American singer and actress (d. 2006)

1953 – David Sancious, American rock and jazz keyboard player and guitarist

1954 – Wayne Bartholomew, Australian surfer

1954 – Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic

1955 – Michael Beschloss, American historian and author

1955 – Richard Burr, American businessman, academic, and politician

1955 – Kevin Conroy, American actor

1955 – Andy Gray, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

1955 – Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter

1957 – John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1957 – Richard Barbieri, English keyboard player and songwriter

1957 – Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1957 – Patrick McLoughlin, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

1957 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1957 – Margaret Spellings, American educator and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education

1958 – Stacey Q, American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

1959 – George Faber, British television producer

1959 – Lorraine Kelly, Scottish journalist and actress

1959 – Hugo Swire, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

1960 – Bill Halter, American scholar, activist, and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

1960 – Gary Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster

1960 – Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player and coach

1961 – Innocent Egbunike, Nigerian sprinter and coach

1961 – Ian Morris, Trinidadian footballer and sprinter

1962 – Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (d. 2014)

1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player

1962 – Daniel Keys Moran, American computer programmer and author

1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor and producer

1964 – Jushin Thunder Liger, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

1965 – Lee Klein, American poet and curator

1965 – David Laws, English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury

1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter

1966 – Nigel Adams, English businessman and politician

1966 – David Berkoff, American swimmer

1966 – John Bishop, English comedian and actor

1966 – Kipkemboi Kimeli, Kenyan runner (d. 2010)

1966 – David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter

1966 – Mika Salo, Finnish race car driver

1967 – Joseph Corré, English fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Agent Provocateur

1967 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (d. 2010)

1967 – Richard Harry, Australian rugby player

1968 – Des'ree, English singer-songwriter

1968 – Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist and sportscaster

1969 – Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter

1969 – Marc Goossens, Belgian race car driver

1969 – Mike Stone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969 – Chris Weitz, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1970 – Phil Babb, English footballer and manager

1970 – Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor and dancer

1971 – Ray Durham, American baseball player

1971 – Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

1972 – Dan Jarvis, English soldier and politician

1972 – Stanislav Kitto, Estonian footballer

1972 – Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer and manager

1973 – Christian, Canadian-American wrestler and actor

1973 – John Moyer, American bass player

1975 – Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1975 – Ben Thatcher, English footballer

1976 – Marta Burgay, Italian astronomer

1976 – Marco Castro, Peruvian-American director and cinematographer

1976 – Josh Lewsey, English rugby player

1976 – Paul Nuttall, British politician

1977 – Richard Elias Anderson, Canadian basketball player and coach

1977 – Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records

1977 – Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer and manager

1977 – Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player and coach

1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer and coach

1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer

1978 – Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director

1978 – Benjamin Lense, German footballer

1978 – Emil Steiner, American journalist and author

1979 – Chris Atkinson, Australian race car driver

1979 – Andrés Nocioni, Argentinian basketball player

1980 – Cem Adrian, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and director

1980 – Jamie Ashdown, English footballer

1980 – Shane Victorino, American baseball player

1981 – Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player

1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress

1982 – Tony Giarratano, American baseball player

1982 – Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player

1983 – Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer

1983 – Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer

1984 – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

1984 – Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer

1984 – Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstani triple jumper

1984 – Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer

1984 – Gergana, Bulgarian pop-folk singer

1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress

1985 – Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress and singer

1986 – Jordan Farmar, American basketball player

1987 – Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player

1987 – Naomi Knight, American wrestler, model, and dancer

1987 – Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1988 – Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (d. 2014)

1988 – Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer

1988 – Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer

1989 – Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer

1990 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player

1990 – Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer

1991 – Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player

1993 – Yuri Chinen, Japanese idol

1994 – Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player

1995 – Seb Morris, Welsh race car driver

Deaths

912 – Otto I, Duke of Saxony (b. c. 851)

1016 – Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993)

1204 – Emeric, King of Hungary

1283 – John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (b.c. 1205)

1378 – Andrew Stratford, English verderer and landowner

1525 – Guillaume Crétin, French poet (b. c. 1460)

1526 – Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (b. 1498)

1580 – Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (b. 1530)

1600 – Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535)

1623 – Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)

1647 – Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)

1654 – John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)

1675 – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)

1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)

1718 – Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)

1761 – John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)

1765 – George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)

1864 – Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)

1873 – Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)

1892 – Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)

1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (b. 1854)

1901 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)

1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)

1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)

1923 – John Maclean, Scottish educator and activist (b. 1879)

1930 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)

1931 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1848)

1933 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)

1934 – Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)

1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)

1942 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (b. 1893)

1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)

1944 – Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)

1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)

1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)

1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)

1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)

1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)

1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)

1972 – Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)

1977 – Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)

1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)

1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)

1988 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)

1989 – Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)

1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)

1992 – Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (b. 1906)

1993 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

1994 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)

1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)

1996 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)

1997 – Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)

1998 – Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)

1999 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)

2000 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)

2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (b. 1955)

2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)

2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)

2004 – Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)

2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)

2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)

2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)

2006 – Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)

2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)

2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)

2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (b. 1958)

2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (b. 1967)

2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)

2012 – Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)

2012 – I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)

2012 – Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)

2012 – Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)

2012 – Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)

2013 – Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)

2013 – Jean Kent, English actress (b. 1921)

2013 – Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

2013 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)

2013 – Paul Walker, American actor and producer (b. 1973)

2014 – Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (b. 1932)

2014 – Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1961)

2014 – Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (b. 1917)

2014 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)

2014 – Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (b. 1914)

2014 – Kent Haruf American novelist (b. 1943)

2015 – Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1928)

2015 – Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (b. 1948)

2015 – Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (b. 1918)

2015 – Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (b. 1940)

2015 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1922)

2015 – Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1927)

2015 – Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

Bonifacio Day (Philippines)

Christian feast day:

Andrew and its related observances.

Joseph Marchand (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Cities for Life Day (International)

Commemoration Day (United Arab Emirates)

Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran (Israel)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of South Yemen from the United Kingdom in 1967

National Day (Benin)

Regina Mundi Day (South Africa)