Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician,
President of Nicaragua
*
1946 –
Al Holbert
Alvah Robert "Al" Holbert (November 11, 1946 – September 30, 1988) was an American automobile racing driver who was a five-time champion of the IMSA Camel GT series. He once held the record with the most IMSA race wins at 49.
Life and career ...
, American race car driver (d. 1988)
*
1948 –
Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (d. 1986)
* 1948 –
Vincent Schiavelli
Vincent Andrew Schiavelli (; November 11, 1948 – December 26, 2005) was an American character actor noted for his work on stage, screen, and television. Described as an "instantly recognizable sad-faced actor", he was diagnosed with Marfan s ...
, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1948 –
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer and songwriter, mainly known for his work in rock music as well as his previous marriage to Canadian singer Shania Twain, for whom he wrote and produced several ...
, British-South African record producer and songwriter
*
1949 –
Ismail Petra of Kelantan
Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra ( Jawi: ; 11 November 1949 – 28 September 2019) was the 28th Sultan of Kelantan who reigned from 30 March 1979 to 13 September 2010. He succeeded on the death of his father, Sultan Yahy ...
, former Sultan of Kelantan (d. 2019)
* 1949 –
Kathy Postlewait
Kathy Postlewait (born November 11, 1949) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the ...
, American golfer
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
–
Mircea Dinescu
Mircea Dinescu (; born November 11, 1950) is a Romanian poet, journalist, and editor.
Biography
Early life and poetry
He was born in Slobozia, the son of Ştefan Dinescu, a metalworker, and Aurelia (born Badea). Dinescu studied at the Faculty ...
, Romanian journalist and poet
* 1950 –
Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
–
Kim Peek, American
megasavant (d. 2009)
* 1951 –
Marc Summers
Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting '' Double Dare'' for Nickelodeon, and ''Unwrapped'' for Food Networ ...
, American television host and producer
* 1951 –
Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
–
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as " Someday, Someway," a US top 40 hit in 1982, " Cynical Girl," and " Whenever You're on My Mind." He ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 –
Andy Partridge
Andrew John Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the rock band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, with Partridge writing and sing ...
, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
*
1954 –
Steve Brain, English rugby player
* 1954 –
Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill (born November 11, 1954) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Esquire'', ''The Best American Short Stories'' (1993, 2006, 2012, 2020), and ...
, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
* 1954 –
Roger Slifer
Roger Allen Slifer (; November 11, 1954 – March 30, 2015) was an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer who co-created the character Lobo for DC Comics. Among the many comic-book series for which he wrote was DC's '' O ...
, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
*
1955 –
Dave Alvin
David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1955 –
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
Jigme Singye Wangchuck ( dz, འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, ; born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan ( Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdicat ...
, King of Bhutan
* 1955 –
Teri York, Canadian diver
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
–
Ian Craig Marsh
Ian Craig Marsh (born 11 November 1956) is an English musician and composer. He was a founding member of the electronic band the Human League, writing and playing on their first two albums and several singles, until leaving in 1980 to form the ...
, English guitarist
* 1956 –
Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz ( ur, طلعت عزیز; born 11 November 1956) is a popular ghazal singer from Hyderabad, India.
Early life
Aziz was born in Hyderabad, India to Abdul Azeem Khan and Sajida Abid, a famous Urdu writer and poet. He attended Hydera ...
, Ghazal singer
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Luz Casal
María Luz Casal Paz (; born 11 November 1958) is a Spanish pop singer. She grew up in the municipality of Boimorto, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.
She became famous in the early ...
, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
* 1958 –
Kazimieras Černis, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist
* 1958 –
Carlos Lacámara
Carlos Lacámara (born November 11, 1958) is a Cuban-born American actor and playwright who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the sitcom ''Family Ties'' and mostly played in roles as Paco Ortíz ...
, Cuban-American actor and playwright
* 1958 –
Kathy Lette
Kathryn Marie Lette (born 11 November 1958) is an Australian-British author whose works have been best-sellers.
Early life
Lette was born on 11 November 1958 in Sydney's southern suburbs.
She appeared in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' of 20 Au ...
, Australian-English author
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
–
Lee Haney
Lee Haney (born November 11, 1959) is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder. Haney shares the all-time record for most Mr. Olympia titles at eight with Ronnie Coleman and is regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders to ever grace th ...
, American bodybuilder
* 1959 –
Richard Rowe, English jockey and trainer
* 1959 –
Christian Schwarzenegger
Christian Schwarzenegger (born 11 November 1959 in Zürich) is a Swiss academic lawyer and professor of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology at the University of Zurich.
He received his doctorate in 1992 and was admitted to the bar i ...
, Swiss criminologist and academic
* 1959 –
Carl Williams, American boxer (d. 2013)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Jan ...
–
Colin Harvey, English author and critic (d. 2011)
* 1960 –
Chuck Hernandez, American baseball player and coach
* 1960 –
Paquito Ochoa, Jr.
Paquito "Jojo" Navarro Ochoa Jr. (born November 11, 1960) is a Filipino lawyer. He served as the 37th Executive Secretary of President Benigno Aquino III. He had been the city administrator of Quezon City from 2001 to 2010.
Early life
Ochoa to ...
, Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th
Executive Secretary of the Philippines
* 1960 –
Cristina Odone
Cristina Patricia Odone (born 11 November 1960) is an Italian-British journalist, editor, and writer. She is the Founder and Chair of the Parenting Circle Charity. Odone is formerly the Editor of ''The Catholic Herald'', Deputy Editor of the ' ...
, Kenyan-Italian journalist and author
* 1960 –
Peter Parros, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1960 –
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci Jr. ( ; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. Involved in acting from a young age, he made his film debut in John Huston's '' Prizzi's Honor'' (1985), and continued to play a variety of supporting roles in fil ...
, American actor and director
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Yuri Milner
Yuri Borisovich (Bentsionovich) Milner (russian: Юрий Борисович (Бенционович) Мильнер; born 11 November 1961) is a Soviet-born Israeli entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist. He is a cofounder and former c ...
, Russian-born entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
–
Mario Fenech
Mario Fenech (nicknamed "The Maltese Falcon", “Falcon”, or "Muzza"; born 11 November 1961) is a Maltese Australian rugby league personality. He is a former player of the game who had a lengthy career in the New South Wales/Australian Rugby ...
, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1962 –
Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (d. 1997)
* 1962 –
Demi Moore
Demi Gene Moore ( ; née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress. After making her film debut in 1981, Moore appeared on the soap opera '' General Hospital'' (1982–1984) and subsequently gained recognition as a member of the Br ...
, American actress, director, and producer
* 1962 –
James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
–
Billy Gunn
Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, although he is currently finding renewed popularity under the ring name Daddy Ass, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wres ...
, American wrestler and actor
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
–
Margarete Bagshaw, American painter and potter (d. 2015)
* 1964 –
Calista Flockhart
Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying the title character on the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 199 ...
, American actress
* 1964 –
Philip McKeon, American actor (d. 2019)
*
1965 –
Max Mutchnick
Jason Nidorf "Max" Mutchnick (born November 11, 1965) is an American television producer. He has received an Emmy Award, a People's Choice Award, and several Golden Globe Award nominations.
Early life and education
Mutchnick was born in Chicago ...
, American screenwriter and producer
* 1965 –
Kim Stockwood, Canadian singer-songwriter
*
1966 –
Benedicta Boccoli, Italian model and actress
* 1966 –
Vince Colosimo
Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previousl ...
, Australian actor
* 1966 –
Alison Doody
Alison Doody (born March 9, 1966) is an Irish actress and model. After making her feature film debut as Bond girl Jenny Flex in ''A View to a Kill'' (1985), she went on to play Elsa Schneider in '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). O ...
, Irish model and actress
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
–
Gil de Ferran
Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967 in Paris, France) is a French-born Brazilian professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for Team Penske and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 5 ...
, Brazilian race car driver
* 1967 –
David Doak, Northern Irish video game designer
* 1967 –
Frank John Hughes
Frank John Hughes (born November 11, 1967) is an American film and television actor, and screenwriter. Hughes is best known for his portrayals of "Wild Bill" Guarnere in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', Tom Fox in ''Catch Me If Yo ...
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
–
David L. Cook, American singer-songwriter and comedian
* 1968 –
Diego Fuser
Diego Fuser (; born 11 November 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, mainly on the right wing, although he was also capable of playing in the centre. Fuser was a quick, hard-working, and energetic playe ...
, Italian footballer and manager
*
1971 –
David DeLuise
David Dominick DeLuise (born November 11, 1971) is an American actor and television director. He has appeared on numerous television shows as well as films. He is known for Coop in the animated show ''Megas XLR'' and Jerry Russo in ''Wizards of W ...
, American actor and director
* 1971 –
Tomas Pačėsas
Tomas Pačėsas (born November 11, 1971) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player, basketball coach, businessman, and politician.
Playing career Club career
Pačėsas was the Polish League MVP, in 2004.
Lithuanian senior national ...
, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
–
Adam Beach, Canadian actor
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
–
Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1974 –
Jon B., American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1974 –
Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer
* 1974 –
Static Major
Stephen Ellis Garrett (November 11, 1974 – February 25, 2008), known professionally as Static Major (and previously as Static), was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Louisville, Kentucky. He was a member of the R&B tri ...
, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
* 1974 –
Wajahatullah Wasti
Wajahatullah Wasti (Urdu: وجاہت اللہ واسطی; born 11 November 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is member of The National Selection Committee Pakistan Cricket Board . He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Was ...
, Pakistani cricketer
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Daisuke Ohata
is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played on the wing, and sometimes at centre, for the Japanese national team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the World Rugby Sevens Series (then known as the IRB World Sevens ...
, Japanese rugby player
*
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
–
Jason Grilli
Jason Michael Grilli (born November 11, 1976) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los A ...
, American baseball player
* 1976 –
Jesse F. Keeler, Canadian bass player
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
–
Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002)
* 1977 –
Jill Vedder
Jill Kristin Vedder (née McCormick; born November 11, 1977) is an American philanthropist, activist, and former fashion model. She is the co-founder and Vice-Chairman of the EB Research Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding ...
, American philanthropist, activist and fashion model
* 1977 –
Maniche
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Ge ...
, Portuguese footballer and manager
* 1977 –
Marsha Mehran
Marsha Mehran (; born Mahsa Mehran; 11 November 1977 – April 2014) was an Iranian novelist. Her works include the international bestsellers ''Pomegranate Soup'' (2005) and ''Rosewater and Soda Bread'' (2008).
Early life
Mehran was born in Tehra ...
, Iranian-American author (d. 2014)
*
1978 –
Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent (born 11 November 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer and opening batsman. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand do ...
, New Zealand cricketer
*
1980 –
Willie Parker
William Everett Parker Jr. (born November 11, 1980) is an American former football running back who played for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for North Carolina, he ...
, American football player and coach
* 1980 –
Edmoore Takaendesa, Zimbabwean-German rugby player
*
1982 –
Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
* 1982 –
Jeremy Williams, English model, actor, and poet
*
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
–
Arouna Koné
Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club VK Weerde.
After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV, he signed with Sevilla in 2007, where he r ...
, Ivorian footballer
* 1983 –
Philipp Lahm
Philipp Lahm (; born 11 November 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Considered by many to be one of the greatest full-backs of all time, Lahm was the captain of Bayern Munich, having led them to numerous ...
, German footballer
* 1983 –
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Ichikawa, Chiba. He is affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Lantis. He is the former lead vocalist of Oldcodex, in which he performed under his stage name Ta_2.
Biography
'' Shūkan Bunshun'' reported t ...
, Japanese voice actor and singer
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
–
Stephen Hunt, English footballer
* 1984 –
Birkir Már Sævarsson
Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 11 November 1984) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a defender for Úrvalsdeild side Valur.
Club career Valur
Birkir started his professional career with local team Valur in the Úrvalsdeild ...
, Icelandic footballer
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
–
Osvaldo Alonso
Osvaldo Alonso Moreno (born November 11, 1985) is a Cuban professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Atlanta United FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). He defect ...
, Cuban footballer
* 1985 –
Austin Collie, American football player
* 1985 –
Tiidrek Nurme
Tiidrek Nurme (born 18 November 1985) is an Estonian long and middle-distance runner, the current national record holder of the 1500 metres and 3000 metres.
Nurme is one of only five men in the history of the Olympic Games to have qualified for ...
, Estonian runner
* 1985 –
Jessica Sierra, American singer
* 1985 –
Robin Uthappa
Robin Venu Uthappa (; born 11 November 1985) is a former Indian cricketer, who last played for Kerala in domestic cricket & Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Robin has represented team India in ODIs and T20Is.
Uthappa made his One Day International ...
, Indian cricketer
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
–
François Trinh-Duc
François Trinh-Duc (; born 11 November 1986) is a French rugby union player for Union Bordeaux Bègles in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. Trinh-Duc's regular position is at fly-half or inside centre.
Biography
Trinh-Duc was b ...
, French rugby player
* 1986 –
Jon Batiste
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists in various genres of music (Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, L ...
, American singer and pianist
* 1986 –
Mark Sanchez
Mark Travis John Sanchez (born November 11, 1986) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC) and was draft ...
, American football player
* 1986 –
Victor Cruz, American football player
*
1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
–
Vinny Guadagnino
Vincent J. Guadagnino ( , ; born November 11, 1987) is an American reality television personality, best known for being a cast member on MTV's ''Jersey Shore''.
Early life
Guadagnino was raised in the Staten Island borough of New York City, and ...
, American actor
* 1987 –
Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
–
David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer
* 1988 –
Mikako Komatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer.
Career
Komatsu passed an audition held at the first corner of Nippon Broadcasting System "Takashi Fujii's All Night Nippon R". A member of "Younger Sister", she left the group in September 2007. She worke ...
, Japanese voice actress and singer
* 1988 –
Kyle Naughton
Kyle Naughton (born 17 November 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for club Swansea City.
Naughton was a product of Sheffield United's academy before breaking into their first team in 2008, transferring to T ...
, English footballer
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...
–
Nick Blackman
Nicholas Alexander Blackman (born 11 November 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Barbados national football team. He can also play as a winger. He last played for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Early life
Blackman was bo ...
, English-Israeli footballer
* 1989 –
Adam Rippon
Adam Richard Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is an American figure skater. He won the 2010 Four Continents Championships and the 2016 U.S. National Championships. Earlier in his career, he won the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, the ...
, American figure skater
* 1989 –
Reina Tanaka
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Project name.
...
, Japanese singer
* 1989 –
Lewis Williamson
Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver.
Career
Karting
Born in Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Ki ...
, Scottish race car driver
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...
–
James Segeyaro
James Segeyaro (born 11 November 1990), also known by the nickname of "Chicko" is a Papua New Guinean-Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship.
He previously playe ...
, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
* 1990 –
Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin (; born 11 November 1990) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has won nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic s ...
, Dutch road bicycle racer
* 1990 –
Georginio Wijnaldum
Georginio Gregion Emile Wijnaldum (formerly Boateng; born 11 November 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the Netherlands national team.
A ...
, Dutch footballer
*
1992 –
Sofía Luini
Sofía Luini (; born 11 November 1992) is an inactive Argentine tennis player.
Luini has won one singles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 22 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 492. On 24 Novemb ...
, Argentine tennis player
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
–
Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...
–
Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer
* 1994 –
Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer
*
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
–
Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1995 –
Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis player
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
–
Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018.
Samsonova has a c ...
, Russian tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
405
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–
Arsacius of Tarsus
Arsacius ( el, Ἀρσάκιος, before 324 – November 11, 405) was the intruding archbishop of Constantinople from 404 to 405, after the violent expulsion of John Chrysostom. His memory is kept on 11 October.
Biography
He was the brother of N ...
, Tarsian archbishop (b. 324)
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683
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Yazid I
Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan ( ar, يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya ibn ʾAbī Sufyān; 64611 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled from ...
, Muslim
caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
(b. 647)
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865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. C ...
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Petronas, Byzantine general
* 865 –
Antony the Younger
Saint Antony the Younger ( el, Ἀντώνιος ὁ νέος, 78511 November 865) was a Byzantine military officer who became a monk and saint. He is commemorated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on 1 December (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), 1 Decemb ...
, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 785)
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875
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Year 875 ( DCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his c ...
–
Teutberga
Teutberga (died 11 November 875) was a queen of Lotharingia by marriage to Lothair II. She was a daughter of Bosonid Boso the Elder and sister of Hucbert, the lay-abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey.
Life
For political reasons, to forge ties of kinshi ...
, queen of
Lotharingia
Lotharingia ( la, regnum Lotharii regnum Lothariense Lotharingia; french: Lotharingie; german: Reich des Lothar Lotharingien Mittelreich; nl, Lotharingen) was a short-lived medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire. As a more durable ...
*
1028 –
Constantine VIII
Constantine VIII Porphyrogenitus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, ''Kōnstantinos Porphyrogénnetos''; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was ''de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the youn ...
, Byzantine emperor (b. 960)
*
1078
Year 1078 ( MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Nikephoros Botaneiates, a Byzantine general ('' strategos'') ...
–
Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
)
*
1089
Year 1089 (Roman numerals, MLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* King Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia dies after a 12-year reign, and is suc ...
– Saint
Peter Igneus
Pietro Igneo (died 11 November 1089) was an Italian Roman Catholic Benedictine monk from the Vallombrosians branch. He also served as a cardinal and was named as the Cardinal-Bishop of Albano. He is often referred to as a member of the Aldobrandi ...
, Italian Benedictine monk
*
1130
Year 1130 ( MCXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* January 22 – Jin–Song Wars: Jin forces take Hangzhou.
* February 4 – Jin–Song Wars: Jin force ...
–
Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal
Theresa ( Portuguese: ''Teresa''; Galician-Portuguese: ''Tareja'' or ''Tareixa''; Latin: ''Tarasia'') (1080 – 11 November 1130) was Countess of Portugal, and for a time claimant to be its independent Queen. She rebelled against her half-si ...
, Portuguese regent (b. 1080)
*
1189
Year 1189 (Roman numerals, MCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In English law, 1189 - specifically the beginning of the reign of Richard I of England, Richard I - is cons ...
– King
William II of Sicily
William II (December 115311 November 1189), called the Good, was king of Sicily from 1166 to 1189. From surviving sources William's character is indistinct. Lacking in military enterprise, secluded and pleasure-loving, he seldom emerged from hi ...
("the Good") (b. 1153)
*
1285
Year 1285 ( MCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Aragonese Crusade: French forces led by King Philip III (the Bold) entrench before Gi ...
– King
Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
*
1331
Year 1331 ( MCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
September–December
* September 8
Events Pre-1600
* 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats ...
–
Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c. 1285)
*
1561
Year 1561 ( MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 31 – The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots in ...
–
Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (b. 1494)
*
1583 –
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond ( – 1583), also counted as 15th or 16th, owned large part of the Irish province of Munster. In 1565 he fought the private Battle of Affane against his neighbours, the Butlers. After this, he was for so ...
, Irish rebel
1601–1900
*
1623
Events
January–March
* January 21 –
**Viscount Falkland, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, issues a proclamation ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave Ireland. The order frustrates negotiations between Protestant En ...
–
Philippe de Mornay
Philippe de Mornay (5 November 1549 – 11 November 1623), seigneur du Plessis Marly, usually known as Du-Plessis-Mornay or Mornay Du Plessis, was a French Protestant writer and member of the anti-monarchist '' Monarchomaques''.
Biography
H ...
, French theorist and author (b. 1549)
*
1638
Events January–March
* January 4 –
**A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Goa at South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet.
**A fleet of 80 ...
–
Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1562)
*
1724
Events
January–March
* January 15 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son Louis I.
* January 18 – The Dutch East India Company cargo ship ''Fortuyn'', on its maiden voyage, dep ...
–
Joseph Blake, English criminal (b. 1700)
*
1812 –
Platon Levshin
Plato II or Platon II (29 June 1737 – 11 November 1812) was the Metropolitan of Moscow from 1775 to 1812. He personifies the Age of Enlightenment in the Russian Orthodox Church.
He was born at Chashnikovo near Moscow as Platon Levshin (russian ...
, Russian metropolitan (b. 1737)
*
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti- slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Ky ...
–
Nat Turner
Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.Schwarz, Frederic D.1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion" ''American Heri ...
, American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)
*
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River open ...
–
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
*
1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
** The first stea ...
–
Pedro V of Portugal
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(b. 1837)
*
1862 –
James Madison Porter
James Madison Porter (January 6, 1793 – November 11, 1862) served as the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College.
Porter began his career studying law in 1809 and later became a clerk in the prothonotary's of ...
, American lawyer and politician, 18th
United States Secretary of War
The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War", had been appointed to serve the Congress of the ...
(b. 1793)
*
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February ...
–
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...
, Australian criminal (b. 1855)
* 1880 –
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott (''née'' Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongs ...
, American activist (b. 1793)
*
1884
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London.
* January 18 – Dr. William Price at ...
–
Alfred Brehm
Alfred Edmund Brehm (; 2 February 1829 – 11 November 1884) was a German zoologist, writer, director of zoological gardens and the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm, a famous pastor and ornithologist.
Through the book title ''Brehms Tierleb ...
, German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)
*
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...
–
Haymarket affair
The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square i ...
defendants:
* 1887 –
George Engel
George Engel (April 15, 1836November 11, 1887) was a labor union activist executed after the Haymarket riot, along with Albert Parsons, August Spies, and Adolph Fischer.
Early life
George Engel was born to an impoverished family with three ot ...
, German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)
* 1887 –
Adolph Fischer, German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)
* 1887 –
Albert Parsons
Albert Richard Parsons (June 20, 1848 – November 11, 1887) was a pioneering American socialist and later anarchist newspaper editor, orator, and labor activist. As a teenager, he served in the military force of the Confederate States of Americ ...
, American journalist and activist (b. 1848)
* 1887 –
August Spies, American journalist and activist (b. 1855)
*
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
–
Pedro Ñancúpel Pedro María Ñancúpel Alarcón (Terao, 1837 – Castro, 11 November 1888) was a pirate and outlaw active in the archipelagoes of Chiloé, Guaitecas and other places in the fjords and channels of Patagonia in the 1880s. Ñancupel was captured ...
, Chilean pirate active in the
fjords and channels of Patagonia. He was executed.
1901–present
*
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...
–
Liliuokalani of Hawaii (b. 1838)
*
1918 –
George Lawrence Price
Private George Lawrence Price (December 15, 1892 – November 11, 1918) was a Canadian soldier. He is traditionally recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed during the First World War.
Early life
Price was b ...
, Canadian soldier (b. 1892)
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
–
Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1832)
*
1921 –
Léon Moreaux
Léon Ernest Moreaux (10 March 1852 in Féron – 11 November 1921 in Rennes) was a French sports shooter and Olympian who competed in pistol and rifle shooting in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Having taken up the sport of ...
, French target shooter (b. 1852)
*
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
–
Shibusawa Eiichi
was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double- ...
, Japanese businessman (b. 1840)
*
1939 –
Bob Marshall, American author and activist (b. 1901)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* Januar ...
–
Muhittin Akyüz
Muhittin Akyüz (1870 – 11 November 1940), known as Muhiddin Pasha until 1934, was a Turkish military officer and diplomat. He served for both the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or ...
, Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
–
Munir Ertegun
Munir Ertegun ( Turkish spelling: Münir Ertegün; 1883 – 11 November 1944) was a Turkish legal counsel in international law to the "Sublime Porte" (imperial government) of the late Ottoman Empire and a diplomat of the Republic of Turkey durin ...
, Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat.
Events
Below, ...
–
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...
, American composer (b. 1885)
*
1949 –
Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos
Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos (, 23 August 1878https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&biw=412&bih=382&tbm=bks&ei=H36mWvCSF4b1kwXm2K-oDA&q=Loukas+Kanakaris-Roufos+23.+VIII.+1878&oq=Loukas+Kanakaris-Roufos+23.+VIII.+1878&gs_l=mobile-gws-s ...
, Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (b. 1878)
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
–
Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
–
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene Luise Marie Anne of Hesse and by Rhine (11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953) was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents wer ...
(b. 1866)
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician,
Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
–
Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
*
1965 –
Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
–
Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
–
Berry Oakley
Raymond Berry Oakley III (April 4, 1948 – November 11, 1972) was an American bassist and one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, known for long melodic bass runs. He is ranked number 46 on the ''Bass Player'' magazine's list ...
, American bass player (b. 1948)
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
–
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finland, Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodde ...
, Finnish chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1895)
* 1973 –
Richard von Frankenberg, German race car driver and journalist (b. 1922)
*
1974 –
Alfonso Leng
Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphoni ...
, Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (b. 1894)
*
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
–
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and hi ...
, American sculptor (b. 1898)
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
–
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.
Abraham "Ditto" P. Sarmiento Jr. (June 5, 1950 – November 11, 1977) was a Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law regime of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. As editor-in-chief of the ''Philip ...
, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
–
Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (, ; May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City ...
, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)
*
1980 –
Vince Gair
Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 190111 November 1980) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Labor Party. He was e ...
, Australian politician, 27th
Premier of Queensland
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...
(b. 1901)
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
–
Martin Luther King, Sr.
Martin Luther King (born Michael King; December 19, 1899November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Lu ...
, American pastor, missionary, and activist (b. 1899)
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
– Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
* 1985 – Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (b. 1915)
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
– Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)
* 1988 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...
– Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
* 1990 – Sadi Irmak, Turkish physician and politician, 17th List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)
* 1990 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor and director (b. 1898)
* 1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
– Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
* 1993 – John Stanley (cartoonist), John Stanley, American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...
– John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st
Governor of Massachusetts
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachuset ...
(b. 1908)
* 1994 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (b. 1922)
*1997 – Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (b. 1950)
* 1997 – William Alland, American film producer and writer (b. 1916)
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player and soldier (b. 1913)
* 1998 – Paddy Clancy, Irish singer and actor (b. 1922)
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
– Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
* 1999 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1923)
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
– Sandra Schmitt, German skier (b. 1981)
*
2001 – Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (b. 1920)
* 2002 – Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (b. 1920)
*2003 – Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (b. 1929)
*
2004 – Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
* 2004 –
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1929)
* 2004 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
*2005 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
* 2005 – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
* 2005 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
*
2006 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
*2007 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (b. 1920)
*2008 – Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
* 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (b. 1903)
*2010 – Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (b. 1911)
*
2011 –
Francisco Blake Mora, Mexican lawyer and politician, Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico), Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1966)
*
2012
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– Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1939)
* 2012 – Joe Egan (rugby league), Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)
* 2012 – Rex Hunt (governor), Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (b. 1926)
* 2012 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
* 2012 – Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (b. 1915)
*2013 – John Barnhill (basketball), John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
* 2013 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (b. 1917)
* 2013 – Bob Beckham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
* 2013 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (b. 1929)
* 2013 – Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1931)
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2014
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– John Doar, American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)
* 2014 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (b. 1956)
* 2014 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (b. 1920)
* 2014 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)
* 2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)
*2015 – Rita Gross, American theologian and author (b. 1943)
* 2015 – Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (b. 1975)
*2016 – Victor Bailey (musician), Victor Bailey, American singer and bass player (b. 1960)
* 2016 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
*2017 – Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (b. 1932)
*2021 – F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1936)
Holidays and observances
*Public holidays in Bhutan, Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (
Bhutan
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)
*Children's Day (Croatia)
*Christians, Christian feast day:
**Bartholomew of Grottaferrata
**Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its St. Martin's Day, related observances.
**Saint Menas, Menas
**Saint Mercurius, Mercurius (Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic)
**
Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)
**Theodore the Studite
**November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*End of World War I-related observances:
**
Armistice Day
Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, Fran ...
(New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
**National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918
**Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
**Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
*Public holidays in Angola, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of
Angola
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from Portugal in 1975.
*Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
*Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
*Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Carnival#"Rhenish Carnival" (Rheinischer Karneval, Fasnacht, Fasnet, Fastabend, Fastelovend, Fasteleer, Fasching), Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
*National Education Day (India)
*Republic Day (Maldives)
*Singles' Day (China)
*St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
* Women's Day (Belgium)
*Pepero Day (South Korea)
References
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