- 1918 Reggie Schwartz, South African cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies at 43
- 1946 John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
- 1946 Johnny Lush, American MLB pitcher (2 no-hitters), dies at 61
- 1958 Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies
- 1979 Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (b. 1901)
- 1980 Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. 1895)
- 1987 Jacques Anquetil, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1957, 61-64; first 5-time winner), dies of stomach cancer at 53
- 1997 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies' champion 1920–24), dies at 96
- 2003 Ken Brett, American baseball player, dies at 55
- 2009 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- 2011 Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 69
- 2012 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55
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2015 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union winger (youngest ever All Black, 63 internationals), dies of a heart attack linked to kidney disease at 40
Jonah Lomu
- 2015 Mal Whitfield, American track athlete (Olympic 3 gold, silver & bronze 1948, 52), dies at 91
- 2017 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), dies from endometrial cancer at 61
November in History
![All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll]()
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957![Words That Echoed Down The Decades]()
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863![Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice]()
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945![Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax]()
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
On this day the Piltdown Man skull, which had been hailed as the missing link proving an evolutionary relationship between man and apes, was revealed as a hoax.
November 21, 1953
