1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1799 – Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
1902 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG – supplied the German Navy), dies of suspected suicide after being outed as a homosexual in Italian newspapers and in the German Social Democratic magazine Vorwärts
1941 – Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, dies of illness at 55
1986 – (Benjamin) “Scatman” Crothers, American singer, musician (“I’d Rather Be a Hummingbird”), and actor (Chico and the Man – “Louie”; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
1994 – Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech distance runner (4 x Olympic gold 1948, 52), dies of a stroke at 78
2003 – Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
2018 – Willie Naulls, American basketball small forward (NBA C’ship 1964, 65, 66 Boston Celtics; 4 × NBA All-Star; NY Knicks), dies from respiratory failure at 84
2024 – Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Italian fencer (Olympic gold Sabre, team 1984; bronze 1988), dies from cardiac arrest at 67
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Historical Events for 22nd November 2025
1862 – Opera “La Forza del Destino” by Giuseppe Verdi debuts at Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia [Nov 10 O.S.]
1914 – Indian troops take Basra in Mesopotamia
1945 – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “The Day Before Spring” opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 167 performances
1956 – Boston shooting guard Bill Sharman hits 10 free throws in Celtics 101-78 over Philadelphia Warriors at Philadelphia Civic Center
1972 – US ends 22 year travel ban to China
2015 – 43rd American Music Awards: Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, One Direction and Luke Bryan win
2017 – Ratko Mladic the “Butcher of Bosnia” is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague
2018 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa’s tilt is reduced by 4 cm in a 20 year project to stabilize it
Today in History for 22nd November 2025
Historical Events
1908 – 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0
1967 – USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1971 – A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Lurgan, County Armagh
1974 – Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore
1975 – Juan Carlos I is proclaimed King of Spain as the monarchy is restored after 36 years of dictatorship
Famous Birthdays
1428 – Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as ‘Warwick the Kingmaker’, born in Norwich, England (d. 1471)
1838 – José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, Portuguese composer, born in Portuguese Macau (d. 1903)
1924 – Axel Borup-Jørgensen, composer (Nordisk Sommerpastorale; Thalatta! Thalatta!), born in Hjørring, Denmark (d. 2012)
1950 – Art Sullivan [Marc Liénart van Lidth de Jeude], Belgian pop singer-songwriter (“Un océan de caresses”), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2019)
1955 – James Edwards, American basketball center (NBA C’ship 1989, 90 Detroit Pistons, 1996 Chicago Bulls), born in Seattle, Washington
Famous Deaths
1946 – Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa’s Test), dies
1988 – Erich Fried, Austrian-British writer, dies at 67
1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (Mr Spock’s dad Sarek – Star Trek), dies of cancer at 72
2011 – Paul Motian, American jazz drummer (Bill Evans Trio; Keith Jarrett), composer, and bandleader (Electric Bebop Band), dies of bone marrow cancer at 80
2017 – George Avakian, Armenian-American jazz historian, record producer, and label executive who pioneered jazz album and retrospective collection formats, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 21st November 2025
1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
1775 – John Hill, British writer
1916 – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1848-1916), dies of pneumonia after catching a cold taking a walk at 86
1940 – Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1967 – Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1969 – Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1987 – Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1995 – Dorothy Jeakins, American film and theatre costume designer (Samson and Delilah), dies at 81
1995 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), dies of a heart attack at 60
2023 – Georges Perroud, Swiss soccer forward (18 caps; FC Sion, Servette FC), dies at 82
Historical Events for 21st November 2025
1902 – 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1924 – British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin cancels Labour contract with USSR
1925 – Red Grange plays his final University of Illinois game and signs with the Chicago Bears
1938 – Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
1979 – Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
1993 – “Cyrano – The Musical” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
1995 – Israel grants jailed US spy Jonathan Pollard citizenship
1995 – Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 for 1st time
Today in History for 21st November 2025
Historical Events
1818 – Russia’s Tsar Alexander I has his delegation submit a petition to the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle calling for greater civil rights for Jews in Europe, an effort driven by English activist Lewis Way
1953 – WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2013 – “Happy” single is released by Pharrell Williams (Billboard Song of the Year 2014, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance 2015)
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Joe Darling, Australian cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 21 as captain; 3 x 100s, TS 178; South Australia CA), born in Glen Osmond, Australia (d. 1946)
1934 – Fairuz [Nouhad Haddad], Lebanese singer (“Habbaytak Bissayf”; “Bektob Ismak Ya Habibi”), born in Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, State of Greater Lebanon
1941 – David Porter, American producer, arranger and songwriter (“Soul Man”; “Hold On, I’m Coming”), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1942 – Tweety [Pie], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in “A Tale of Two Kitties”
2000 – Isabel May, American actress (Katie Cooper-Alexa and Katie; Veronica Duncan-Young Sheldon), born in Santa Monica, California
Famous Deaths
1963 – Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner; Wooden Crosses; Pastoral Symphony), dies from a brain tumor at 71
1969 – Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), dies at 90
2000 – Manfred Langer, Austrian-Dutch owner of the Amsterdam discotheque iT, dies of cancer at 42
2010 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American visual artist and co-founder of DuSable Museum of African American History, dies at 95
2017 – Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 20th November 2025
869 – King Edmund of East Anglia
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist, conductor (Swedish Royal Orchestra), and composer (“Drottningholm Music”), known as the “Swedish Handel”, dies at 64
1851 – Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, dies at 75
1984 – Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, dies at 78
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (Ping), dies in a car accident at 42
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
2015 – Jim Perry, American and Canadian tv host ($ale of the Century), dies at 82
2019 – Wataru Misaka, American basketball point guard (first non-white player, first player of Asian descent in BAA [later known NBA]; NY Knicks), dies at 95
2020 – Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C’ship gold 20k 1983), dies from pancreatic and liver cancer at 61
2022 – Hebe de Bonafini, Argentine human rights activist (co-founded Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), dies at 93
Historical Events for 20th November 2025
1616 – Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs and War
1941 – German “auxiliary cruiser” (armed merchant raider) Kormoran sinks near Australia
1981 – Charles Fuller’s stage drama “A Soldier’s Play”, featuring Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, opens at Theater Four, NYC; runs for 468 performances, wins Pulitzer Prize
1990 – Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages
1995 – Diana, Princess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
2004 – 69th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-13 in Tuscaloosa
2005 – 57th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
2013 – Retired Washington Post journalist and editor Ben Bradlee is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony
Today in History for 20th November 2025
Historical Events
1941 – Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1961 – WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Michael Heseltine’s bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
1993 – 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College’s first win in the series)
1995 – Diana, Princess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
Famous Birthdays
1916 – John Elwyn, British painter, born in Adpar, Wales (d. 1997)
1934 – Valentine J. Peter, American priest (Boy’s Town), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2020)
1948 – Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese rally driver who won the Dakar Rally 1997, born in Tokyo (d. 2024)
1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American model and actress (My Name is Earl, Flight), born in Chicago, Illinois
1983 – Future [Nayvadius Wilburn], American rapper and singer-songwriter (High Off Life), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1927 – (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, dies of a stroke at 56
1992 – John Foreman, producer (Prizzi’s Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1996 – Bert Geoffrey Achong, Trinidadian pathologist and inventor (electron microscopist), dies at 67
2003 – Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2006 – Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
Famous Deaths for 19th November 2025
1478 – Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
1915 – Joe Hill [Joel Hägglund], Swedish-American labor activist and protest songwriter (“The Preacher and the Slave”; “There Is Power in a Union”), executed at Sugar House Prison in Salt Lake City, Utah for murder at 36
1942 – Bruno Schulz, Polish writer (The Street of Crocodiles), shot and killed by German Nazi at 50
1985 – Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, dies of pneumonia 83
1991 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
1992 – Dorothy Walker Bush, American mother of President George H. W. Bush, dies at 91
1996 – Denis Jenkinson, British motor racing journalist, dies at 74
1997 – Durlyn Eddmonds, American murderer, executed at 45
2023 – Hannes Strydom, South African rugby union lock (21 Tests; Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Super Rugby Cats), dies in a car accident at 58
2024 – Roy Christian, New Zealand rugby league centre (32 Tests; Auckland RL, Otahuhu RLFC), dies at 81