21 November
Notable Births
Liz (South Korean singer)
b. 2004
South Korean singer (born 2004)
Rico Lewis
b. 2004
English footballer (born 2004)
Rizky Ridho
b. 2001
Indonesian footballer (born 2001)
Isabel May
b. 2000
American actress (born 2000)
Matt O'Riley
b. 2000
English-Danish footballer (born 2000)
Jaelin Howell
b. 1999
American soccer player (born 1999)
Ognjen Ilić
b. 1998
Serbian cyclist (born 1998)
Vangelis Pavlidis
b. 1998
Greek footballer (born 1998)
Reo Hatate
b. 1997
Japanese footballer (born 1997)
Chris Chiozza
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Vladislav Gavrikov
b. 1995
Russian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Andreas Johnsson
b. 1994
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Saúl (footballer, born 1994)
b. 1994
Spanish footballer (born 1994)
Wyatt Teller
b. 1994
American football player (born 1994)
Almaz Ayana
b. 1991
Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1991)
Lewis Dunk
b. 1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Peni Terepo
b. 1991
Tonga international rugby league footballer
Dani Rowe
b. 1990
British cyclist (born 1990)
Georgie Twigg
b. 1990
British field hockey player
Coleman Hawkins
b. 1904
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
Notable Deaths
Alice Brock
d. 2024
American artist, author and restaurateur (1941–2024)
Lou Cutell
d. 2021
American actor (1930–2021)
David Cassidy
d. 2017
American actor and musician (1950–2017)
Hassan Sadpara
d. 2016
Pakistani mountaineer, adventurer
Ameen Faheem
d. 2015
Pakistani politician
Bob Foster (boxer)
d. 2015
American boxer
Joseph Silverstein
d. 2015
American violinist and conductor
John H. Land
d. 2014
Vern Mikkelsen
d. 2013
American basketball player (1928–2013)
Bernard Parmegiani
d. 2013
French composer
Tôn Thất Đính
d. 2013
South Vietnamese military officer and politician (1926–2013)
Maurice Vachon
d. 2013
Canadian professional and amateur wrestler
Emily Squires
d. 2012
American television producer and director (1941–2012)
Anne McCaffrey
d. 2011
Irish science fiction writer (1926–2011)
Norris Church Mailer
d. 2010
American writer; widow of Norman Mailer (1949–2010)
David Nolan (politician)
d. 2010
Founder of the Libertarian Party of the US (1943–2010)
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
d. 2010
American writer, artist and educator (1915–2010)
Konstantin Feoktistov
d. 2009
Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (1926–2009)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
d. 2007
Spanish actor and film director (1921–2007)
Tom Johnson (ice hockey)
d. 2007
Canadian ice hockey player (1928–2007)
On This Day in History
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2022
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java kills between 335 and 602 people.
2022 West Java earthquake
2021
An SUV plows through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring 62.
Waukesha Christmas parade attack
2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
Benjamin Netanyahu
2019
Tesla launches the SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during demonstration.
Tesla, Inc.
2017
Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
Robert Mugabe
2015
The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
Federal Government of Belgium
2014
A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
Kwekwe stadium stampede
2013
Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse
2013
Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
Euromaidan
2012
At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing
2009
A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion
2006
Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
Pierre Amine Gemayel
2004
The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
2004 Ukrainian presidential election
2004
Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
Dominica
2004
The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
Paris Club
2004
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 crashes after takeoff from Baotou Donghe Airport, killing 55.
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210
2002
NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
NATO
2002
Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, is killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police.
Arturo Guzmán Decena
1998
Finnish satanist Jarno Elg kills a 23-year-old man and performs a ritual-like cutting and eating of body parts in Hyvinkää, Finland.
Satanism
1996
Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
Humberto Vidal explosion