FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks

Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)

Janette Sherman

Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)

Roy Halladay

Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)

Carl Sargeant

Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)

James R. Thompson Jr.

James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)

John Christian Frederick Heyer

Christian feast day: John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)

Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen

Christian feast day: Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)

Prosdocimus

Christian feast day: Prosdocimus

Vicente Liem de la Paz

Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Willibrord

Christian feast day: Willibrord

November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Students' Day (Maharashtra)

Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. (Maharashtra, India)

Tunisia

Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. (Tunisia)

Hungarian Opera Day

Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)

International Inuit Day

National day

National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. (Northern Catalonia, France)

National Revolution and Solidarity Day

National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Bangladesh)

October Revolution Day

October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)

Tokhü Emong

Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)

Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks

Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)