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Nov 01 1500

Benvenuto Cellini sculptorgoldsmithauthor (Perseus)

Nov 01 1526

Catherine Jagellonica of Poland queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)

Nov 01 1530

tienne de La Botie French judge and writer (d. 1563)

Nov 01 1539

Pierre Pithou French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)

Nov 01 1549

Anna of Austria fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)

Nov 01 1567

Diego Sarmiento de Acua conde de Gondomar Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)

Nov 01 1911

Donald William Kerst American Physicist who developed the betatron (device to accelerate electron beams) born in Madison Wisconsin

Nov 01 1911

Sidney Wood Jr American tennis player (Wimbledon 1931) born in Black Rock Connecticut (d. 2009)

Nov 01 1915

Michael Denison English actor (Importance of Being Ernest) born in York England (d. 1988)

Nov 01 1917

Margaret Taylor Burroughs US authorhouse painter (Black Queen)

Nov 01 1917

Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson American sci-fi author (Anything Box)

Nov 01 1919

John Secondari newscaster (Open Hearing) born in Rome Italy

Nov 01 1920

James J. Kilpatrick American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma (d. 2010)

Nov 01 1920

Ted Lowe English snooker commentator (Pot Black) born in Lambourn England (d. 2011)

Nov 01 1922

George S Irving [Shelasky] American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings) born in Springfield Massachusetts (d. 2016)

Nov 01 1923

Bruce Dooland cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 3 Tests mid-forties)

Nov 01 1923

Edward A de Jongh Antillian author (The Arch)

Nov 01 1923

Gordon R[upert] Dickson Canadian sci-fi author (Genetic General)

Nov 01 1923

Victoria de los Angeles Spanish soprano (d. 2005)

Nov 01 1924

Jeff Richards [Richard Mansfield Taylor] American actor (Dont Go Near the Water) born in Portland Oregon (d. 1989)

Nov 01 1924

Suleyman Demirel President of Turkey (1993-2000) and Prime Minister born in Isparta Atabey (d. 2015)

Nov 01 1926

Betsy Palmer [Patricia Betsy Hrunek] American actress (Mr Roberts Friday the 13th) born in East Chicago Indiana (d. 2015)

Nov 01 1928

James Bradford American heavyweight weightlifter (Olympic silver 1952 56) born in Washington D.C. (d. 2013)

Nov 01 1929

Rudy [Herman R] Kousbroek literary (Leopold the Buch)

Nov 01 1932

Al Arbour Canadian ice hockey player and coach born in Sudbury Ontario (d. 2015)

Nov 01 1933

Davey Moore American featherweight world champion boxer who died after injuries sustained in a match against Sugar Ramos born in Lexington Kentucky (d. 1963)

Nov 01 1934

Umberto Agnelli Italian CEO (Fiat) and politician

Nov 01 1934

William Mathias Welsh composer born in Whitland (d. 1992)

Nov 01 1935

Edward Said Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)

Nov 01 1937

Bill Anderson country singer (Still From This Pen)

Nov 01 1939

Barbara Bosson actress (Fay-Hill St Blues Hooperman) born in Belle Vernon Pennsylvania

Nov 01 1941

Joe Louis Caldwell basketball player (Olympic gold 1964) born in Texas City Texas

Nov 01 1941

Johnny Kendall [Johan Donkerkaat] Dutch blues singer

Nov 01 1248 Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor

Nov 01 1348 The Black Death reaches London on or about this date

Nov 01 1349 Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels accusing them of poisoning the wells

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