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2333 BC - Legendary establishment of the Kingdom of Korea (in the name of Joseon).

42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.

1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quartering.

1574 - The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.

1712 - The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor

1739 - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.

1778 - British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.

1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day.

1795 - General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.

1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the fourth Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.

1873 - Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War

1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne

1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".

1932 - Iraq gains independence from Britain.

1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio).

1942 - First successful launch of A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany: the first man-made object to reach space.

1951 - New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4, winning the National League pennant, with Bobby Thomson's "The Shot Heard 'Round the World".

1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon.

1953 - Petrobras is founded by the Brazilian government.

1955 - Captain Kangaroo debuts on CBS.

1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.

1960 - Niger gains independence from France.

1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Mercury 8 blasts off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight.

1981 - The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.

1981 - The Communist Party of Namibia is founded at a conference in Angola.

1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis flys its maiden voyage. (STS-51-J)

1990 - Re-unification of Germany. The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist, and East German citizens become part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.

1991 - Arkansas governor Bill Clinton declares candidacy for President of the United States.

1993 - Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Army Rangers and about 1000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.

1995 - O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murder.

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1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer

1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)

1720 - Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)

1790 - John Ross (Cherokee chief), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)

1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)

1804 - Townsend Harris, first U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878)

1804 - Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)

1806 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)

1828 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)

1858 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)

1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)

1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)

1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette expert (d. 1960)

1880 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)

1882 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)

1885 - Langley Collyer, of the Collyer brothers, hoarder (d. 1947)

1885 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)

1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)

1894 - Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)

1894 - Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (d. 1976)

1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. 1969)

1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)

1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)

1898 - Leo McCarey, American film director (d. 1969)

1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)

1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author (d. 1938)

1901 - Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)

1904 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1915 - Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)

1916 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (d. 1969)

1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)

1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1922 - Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)

1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)

1924 - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter

1925 - Gore Vidal, American author

1928 - Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)

1931 - Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender

1933 - Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player

1935 - Charles Duke, American astronaut

1936 - Steve Reich, American composer

1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)

1938 - Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer

1940 - Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player

1940 - Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter

1941 - Chubby Checker, American musician

1944 - Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician

1945 - Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (d. 1988)

1946 - Biff Henderson, American television personality

1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician

1948 - Michael Medved, American film critic

1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, American musician

1950 - Pamela Hensley, American actress

1951 - Keb' Mo', American singer

1951 - Dave Winfield, American baseball player

1951 - Bernard Cooper, American writer

1954 - Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player

1954 - Al Sharpton, American minister and activist

1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)

1957 - Tim Westwood, Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ

1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer

1959 - Jack Wagner, American actor

1959 - Greg Proops, American actor and comedian

1962 - Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe)

1963 - Marion Peck, American artist and painter

1964 - Clive Owen, British actor

1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player

1966 - Darrin Fletcher, Major League Baseball player

1967 - Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist

1968 - Paul Crichton, English footballer

1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer (No Doubt)

1969 - Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel)

1971 - Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)

1971 - Wil Cordero, Baseball player

1972 - Garrett Dutton, American Musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)

1972 - Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, American Rapper (The Roots)

1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress

1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress

1973 - Lena Headey, Bermudian actress

1974 - Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater

1975 - India Arie, American singer

1975 - Talib Kweli, American Rapper

1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor

1977 - Jake Shears, singer (Scissor Sisters)

1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer

1978 - Gerald Asamoah, German footballer

1979 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress and musician (Law & Order: SVU)

1979 - Johnny Nitro, American professional wrestler

1979 - Danny Basham, American professional wrestler

1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Swedish footballer

1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer

1981 - Matt Murton, American baseball player

1982 - Erik von Detten, American actor

1983 - Fred, Brazilian footballer

1984 - Ashlee Simpson, American singer

1987 - Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican Miss Universe

1988 - Tadhg Kelly, American actor

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42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus

1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)

1283 - David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)

1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)

1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)

1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)

1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)

1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)

1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (b. 1576)

1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)

1656 - Myles Standish, English-born soldier

1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)

1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)

1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)

1867 - Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819)

1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader

1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)

1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)

1891 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)

1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1929)

1929 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)

1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)

1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)

1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)

1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)

1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)

1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)

1969 - Skip James, American blues singer/songwriter & guitarist (b. 1902)

1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)

1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)

1988 - Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)

1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)

1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)

1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)

1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)

2000 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)

2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)

2002 - Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)

2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)

2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)

2004 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)

2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)

2005 - Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)

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Germany - Day of German Unity

South Korea - National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol 개천절)

French Republican Calendar - Immortelle (Strawflower) Day, twelfth day in the Month of Vendémiaire