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Events
Pre-1600
  • 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names his heir designate.
    (2014). 9789004271852, BRILL. .
  • 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months .
  • 759 – poet departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet .
  • 971 – Battle of Ayn Shams: The Fatimids under Jawhar defeat the at the gates of , putting an end to the First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt.
    (2025). 9789004117419, Brill.
  • 1144 – The capital of the County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the of and .
    (1969). 9780299048341, University of Wisconsin Press. .
  • 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
  • 1500 – A joint Venetian– fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of .
    (1976). 9780871691279, American Philosophical Society. .

1601–1900
  • 1737 – The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the , , Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • 1777 – , also called Christmas Island, is discovered by .
  • 1800 – The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill .
    (1998). 9780712662475, Pimlico. .
  • 1814 – Representatives of the and the sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
  • 1818 – The first performance of "" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, .
  • 1826 – The at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
  • 1846 – British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.
  • 1865 – Former Confederate officers Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe form the Ku Klux Klan.
  • 1868 – The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
  • 1871 – The opera premieres in , .

1901–present
  • 1906 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a solo, and a speech.
  • 1913 – The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 striking workers families at a party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
  • 1914 – World War I: The "" begins.
  • 1918 – Region of Međimurje is captured by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from Hungary.
  • 1920 – Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of to Italian Armed Forces., The World at War.
  • 1924 – becomes a republic.
  • 1929 – Assassination attempt on President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
  • 1929 – A four alarm fire breaks out in the of the in Washington, D.C.
  • 1939 – World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a appeal for peace.
  • 1941 – World War II: is conquered by Japanese forces.
    (2025). 9781576077702, ABC-CLIO. .
  • 1941 – World War II: is conquered by the British Eighth Army.
  • 1942 – World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates French Admiral François Darlan in , .
    (2025). 9780805074482, Henry Holt. .
  • 1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord.
  • 1944 – World War II: The Belgian Troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 763 soldiers and 56 crew.
  • 1945 – Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
  • 1951 – becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
    (2012). 9781107019393, Cambridge University Press. .
  • 1952 – First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor .
  • 1953 – Tangiwai disaster: In 's , at , a railway bridge is damaged by a and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
  • 1955 – A flood devastates California, killing 74 people across portions of the state.
  • 1964 – : operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
    (2025). 9780743212441, Simon & Schuster. .
  • 1964 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.
  • 1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in , killing 111.
  • 1968 – : The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the , becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten , took the photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
    (1998). 9780140272017, Penguin Books.
  • 1969 – Nigerian troops capture , the capital.
  • 1971 – LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in , killing 91.
  • 1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own .
  • 1974 – devastates Darwin, Australia.
  • 1983 – Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board.
  • 1994 – Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, , Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
  • 1996 – A Learjet 35 crashes into near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board.
  • 1997 – The Sid El-Antri massacre in kills between 50 and 100 people.
  • 1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between , , and , India. The aircraft landed at in . The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
  • 2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of at 3:55 p.m. inside 's busy Chamartín Station.
  • 2005 – Chad–Sudan relations: declares a state of belligerence against following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
  • 2008 – The Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
  • 2018 – A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor.
  • 2021 – commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians.

Births
Pre-1600
  • 3 BC – , Roman emperor (died 69)
  • 1166 – John, King of England (died 1216)
  • 1389 – John V, Duke of Brittany (died 1442)
    (1988). 9780826434500, A&C Black. .
  • 1474 – Bartolomeo degli Organi, Italian musician (died 1539)
  • 1475 – , German poet and translator (died 1537)
  • 1508 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian scholar (died 1567)
  • 1520 – Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noble (died 1584)
  • 1537 – Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (died 1586)
  • 1549 – , German theologian (died 1617)
  • 1588 – Constance of Austria (died 1631)
  • 1596 – , Dutch painter (died 1674)
  • 1597 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (died 1662)

1601–1900
  • 1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1673)
  • 1635 – Mariana of Austria (died 1696)
  • 1679 – , Italian composer and educator (died 1744)
  • 1698 – William Warburton, English bishop (died 1779)
  • 1726 – , Danish composer (died 1793)
  • 1731 – , Swiss salonist and lady of letters (died 1778)
  • 1754 – , English priest, surgeon, and poet (died 1832)
  • 1761 – , Ottoman sultan (died 1808)
  • 1761 – , French astronomer (died 1831)
  • 1797 – Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (died 1880)
  • 1798 – , Polish poet and playwright (died 1855)
  • 1809 – , American general (died 1868)
  • 1810 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (died 1873)
  • 1812 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (died 1894)
  • 1818 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (died 1889)
  • 1822 – , English poet and critic (died 1888)
  • 1827 – Alexander von Oettingen, German theologian and statistician (died 1905)
  • 1837 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died 1898)
  • 1843 – , Estonian poet and playwright (died 1886)
  • 1845 – George I of Greece (died 1913)
  • 1865 – , Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the (died 1935)
  • 1867 – , Turkish poet and educator (died 1915)
  • 1868 – Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist (died 1889)
  • 1868 – , German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1941)
  • 1869 – Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (died 1952)
  • 1872 – , American golfer and tennis player (died 1927)
  • 1875 – Émile Wegelin, French rower (died 1962)
  • 1877 – , Finnish painter and critic (died 1979)
  • 1879 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (died 1941)
  • 1879 – Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (died 1952)
  • 1880 – , American author and illustrator (died 1939)
  • 1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (died 1946)
  • 1882 – , Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1961)
  • 1882 – Georges Legagneux, French aviator (died 1914) "Mort de Legagneux" La Revue Aérienne (July 25, 1914, p.400) via BnF; retrieved April 7, 2021
  • 1883 – , Polish actor and producer (died 1945)
  • 1885 – , American sculptor (died 1966)
  • 1886 – , Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1962)
  • 1887 – , French actor and producer (died 1951)
  • 1887 – , Norwegian painter (died 1962)
  • 1891 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator and painter (died 1970)
  • 1892 – , American actress (died 1961)
  • 1893 – , American pianist and composer (died 1981)
  • 1894 – , French captain and pilot (died 1917)
  • 1894 – , American businessman (died 1945)
  • 1895 – E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (died 1978)
  • 1895 – , English author (died 1986)
  • 1895 – Marguerite Williams, American geologist (died 1991)
  • 1897 – Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (died 1964)
  • 1897 – Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner (died 1987)
  • 1898 – , American drummer (died 1959)
  • 1900 – , Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (died 1991)
  • 1900 – , Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of (died 1980)

1901–present
  • 1903 – , American sculptor and director (died 1972)
  • 1903 – , Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (died 1971)
  • 1903 – Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist (died 1981)
  • 1904 – Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (died 2008)
  • 1905 – , American businessman, engineer, and pilot (died 1976)
  • 1906 – , German-American composer and conductor (died 1967)
  • 1907 – I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (died 1989)
  • 1910 – Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete (died 1991)
  • 1910 – , American author and poet (died 1992)
  • 1910 – , Swiss typeface designer, created (died 1980)
  • 1913 – , American painter and academic (died 1967)
  • 1914 – , Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1978)
  • 1914 – Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (died 2007)
  • 1918 – , American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019)
  • 1919 – , Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 2001)
  • 1919 – , French artist (died 2022)
  • 1920 – , Italian author and screenwriter (died 2002)
  • 1920 – Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (died 1944)
  • 1922 – , American actress (died 1990)
  • 1923 – George Patton IV, American general (died 2004)
  • 1923 – William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer (died 1999)
  • 1924 – , American singer-songwriter (died 1986)
  • 1924 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (died 2014)
  • 1927 – Mary Higgins Clark, American author (died 2020)
  • 1928 – , Canadian Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)
  • 1928 – , Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (died 1996)
  • 1929 – , Swedish footballer (died 1975)
  • 1929 – , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
  • 1930 – , American dancer and choreographer (died 1988)
  • 1930 – John J. Kelley, American runner (died 2011)
  • 1931 – , American pianist and composer (died 2011)
  • 1931 – , Argentinian-German composer and scholar (died 2008)
  • 1932 – , Indian-English cricketer (died 2000)
  • 1932 – , Japanese-American painter (died 2014)
  • 1934 – Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
  • 1936 – , English lawyer and politician
  • 1937 – Félix, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2012)
  • 1938 – Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
  • 1940 – , American actress and singer (died 2012)
  • 1940 – , American physician, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • 1941 – , English singer-songwriter (died 2001)
  • 1942 – , Indian actor, director, and playwright (died 2015)
  • 1942 – Jonathan Borofsky, American sculptor and painter
  • 1942 – Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist
  • 1943 – , Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland
  • 1944 – , American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
  • 1944 – Daniel Johnson, Jr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
  • 1944 – , German speed skater
  • 1944 – Bob Shaw, Australian golfer
  • 1944 – , American trumpeter (died 1989)
  • 1945 – , English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
  • 1945 – , American screenwriter, film director, and author
  • 1946 – , Dutch rock guitarist and songwriter
  • 1946 – , American lawyer and politician, 44th Attorney General of Alabama and 84th Attorney General of the United States
  • 1947 – Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1948 – , English footballer and sportscaster (died 2024)
  • 1948 – Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2014)
  • 1949 – , Australian racing driver
  • 1950 – , American poet and critic
  • 1950 – , Japanese businessman and academic
  • 1950 – , American composer
    (2013). 9781136790249, Routledge. .
  • 1950 – , British soldier (died 2020) "Major Tommy Turtle, SAS soldier who took part in crucial operations during the Falklands War – obituary", The Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2021, accessed 6 March 2021
  • 1951 – John D'Acquisto, American baseball player
  • 1953 – , American actor
  • 1954 – , Congolese-French commander and journalist (died 2013)
  • 1954 – José María Figueres, Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of Costa Rica (1994–1998)
  • 1955 – Grand L. Bush, American actor
  • 1955 – , American mountaineer and guide (died 1996)
  • 1955 – , American actor and educator (died 2022)
  • 1956 – , South Korean academic and educator
  • 1956 – , Indian actor and producer
  • 1957 – , Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan
  • 1958 – , Japanese drummer and producer (died 2008)
  • 1958 – , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1959 – , English journalist
  • 1959 – , American director and producer
  • 1960 – , Canadian-American animator (died 2002)
  • 1960 – , Welsh television host
  • 1961 – , Azerbaijani businessman and politician, 4th President of Azerbaijan
  • 1961 – , American businesswoman, current CEO and chairwoman of
  • 1961 – , Japanese director and screenwriter
  • 1961 – , American actor
  • 1961 – Jay Wright, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962 – , American fashion designer (died 2018)
  • 1963 – , English actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
  • 1963 – , American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1963 – , Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1963 – Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 1964 – , American actor
  • 1966 – , American actor
  • 1967 – Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
  • 1967 – Pernilla Wahlgren, Swedish singer and actress
  • 1968 – , Belgian runner
  • 1969 – Milan Blagojevic, Australian footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish director and screenwriter
  • 1969 – , English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
  • 1969 – , Chilean footballer and manager
  • 1969 – , Russian astronaut and engineer
  • 1969 – Gintaras Staučė, Lithuanian footballer and manager
  • 1970 – ,, Puerto Rican actor
  • 1971 – , New Zealand cricketer
  • 1971 – , German rugby player
  • 1971 – , Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1972 – Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1973 – , Chinese-Spanish runner
  • 1973 – , American author and film producer
  • 1973 – Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist
  • 1974 – , Danish actor
  • 1974 – Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
  • 1974 – , Chilean footballer
  • 1974 – , American radio host and television personality, and producer
  • 1974 – J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1976 – , French hurdler
  • 1977 – Michael Raymond-James, American actor
  • 1978 – Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
  • 1978 – , Austrian politician
  • 1980 – , Ghanaian footballer
  • 1980 – , Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1980 – , Estonian pop musician
  • 1981 – , Russian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1983 – , Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1983 – , American football player
  • 1984 – Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league player
  • 1984 – , American actor
  • 1985 – , German ice hockey player
  • 1986 – , American mixed martial artist
  • 1986 – , Ukrainian basketball player
  • 1987 – , American ice dancer
  • 1988 – Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
  • 1988 – Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
  • 1988 – , Nigerian footballer
  • 1989 – , Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1990 – , American high jumper
  • 1990 – , Japanese fencer
  • 1991 – Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
  • 1991 – , Swiss tennis player
  • 1991 – , American basketball player
  • 1991 – , English singer
  • 1991 – Taylor Zakhar Perez, American actor
  • 1992 – , American football player
  • 1992 – , Ivorian footballer
  • 1992 – P. J. Hairston, American basketball player
  • 1994 – Fa'amanu Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1994 – , Dominican baseball player
  • 1994 – , Australian rugby league player
  • 1994 – , South Korean singer
  • 1995 – , Estonian tennis player
  • 1997 – William Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1998 – Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
  • 2002 – , Canadian basketball player
  • 2002 – Jeremiah Trotter Jr., American football player

Deaths
Pre-1600
  • 36 – , emperor of
  • 427 – Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
  • 903 – , duchess of Saxony
  • 950 – , Chinese general
  • 950 – , Chinese official
  • 950 – , Chinese chancellor
  • 1193 – Roger III of Sicily (born 1175)
  • 1257 – John I, Count of Hainaut (born 1218)
  • 1263 – Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (born 1227)
  • 1281 – Henry V of Luxembourg (born 1216)
  • 1449 – , Scottish chronicler (born 1385)
  • 1453 – , English composer (born 1390)
  • 1456 – Đurađ Branković, Despot of Serbia (born 1377)
  • 1473 – , Polish scholar and theologian (born 1390)
  • 1524 – Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1469)
  • 1541 – Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)

1601–1900
  • 1635 – , German nurse (born 1570)
  • 1660 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born 1631)
  • 1707 – Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (born 1628)
  • 1813 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (born 1740)
  • 1844 – Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (born 1803)
  • 1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (born 1811)
  • 1865 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (born 1793)
  • 1867 – José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and of the Second Mexican Empire (born 1797)
  • 1868 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (born 1802)
  • 1872 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (born 1820)
  • 1873 – , American businessman and philanthropist (born 1795)
  • 1879 – , German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (born 1815)
  • 1889 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (born 1819)
  • 1893 – B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (born 1807)
  • 1898 – , Lebanese priest and saint (born 1828)

1901–present
  • 1914 – , Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded (born 1838)
  • 1920 – Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (born 1832)
  • 1923 – , Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes (born 1895)Durney, James (2003) The Civil War in Kildare, Mercier Press, Cork, pg 165
  • 1926 – , American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (born 1879)
  • 1931 – , micropalaeontologist (born 1854)
  • 1931 – , American warrior, educator and historian (born 1854)
  • 1935 – , Austrian composer and educator (born 1885)
  • 1938 – , German architect and urban planner (born 1880)
  • 1941 – , German composer (born 1858)
  • 1942 – François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (born 1881)
  • 1945 – , American singer and comedian (born 1866)
  • 1947 – , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1875)
  • 1957 – , American actress and producer (born 1894)
  • 1961 – , American poet and academic (born 1895)
  • 1962 – Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (born 1896)
  • 1962 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (born 1890)
  • 1964 – , Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915)
  • 1965 – John Black, English businessman (born 1895)
  • 1965 – William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (born 1906)
  • 1967 – , American businessman, co-founded (born 1913)
  • 1969 – Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1927)
  • 1969 – , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907)
  • 1969 – , English soldier and author (born 1921)
  • 1969 – Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (born 1896)
  • 1971 – , German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (born 1924)
  • 1972 – , English-American archaeologist and historian (born 1882)
  • 1973 – , German historian and author (born 1893)
  • 1975 – , American composer and conductor (born 1911)
  • 1977 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (born 1917)
  • 1980 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (born 1891)
  • 1982 – , French author and poet (born 1897)
  • 1984 – , English-American actor (born 1923)
  • 1985 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (born 1904)
  • 1985 – Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1927)
  • 1986 – , American author (born 1911)
  • 1987 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1919)
  • 1987 – M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917)
  • 1988 – , Indian author (born 1905)
  • 1990 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1922)
  • 1991 – Virginia Sorensen, American author (born 1912)
  • 1992 – , American singer-songwriter and conga player (born 1945)
  • 1992 – James Mathews, Australian rugby league player (born 1968)
  • 1992 – , Belgian cartoonist, created (born 1928)
  • 1993 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (born 1898)
  • 1994 – , American historian, author, and academic (born 1947)
  • 1994 – , Italian actor (born 1916)
  • 1997 – , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
  • 1997 – , Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (born 1920)
  • 1997 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded (born 1925)
  • 1998 – , Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (born 1915)
  • 1999 – , American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (born 1911)
  • 1999 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
  • 1999 – João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
  • 1999 – William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer (born 1923)
  • 2000 – John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (born 1923)
  • 2002 – , Norwegian author and poet (born 1920)
  • 2002 – , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
  • 2004 – , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)
  • 2006 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1907)
  • 2006 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1961)
  • 2006 – Frank Stanton, American businessman (born 1908)
  • 2007 – , English lawyer and judge (born 1951)
  • 2007 – George Warrington, American businessman (born 1952)
  • 2008 – Ralph Harris, British journalist (born 1921)
  • 2008 – , English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
  • 2009 – , Dutch journalist and politician (born 1923)
  • 2009 – , Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (born 1916)
  • 2009 – George Michael, American sportscaster (born 1939)
  • 2009 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (born 1933)
  • 2010 – Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (born 1926)
  • 2010 – Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1922)
  • 2010 – Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (born 1938)
  • 2010 – , Estonian composer and educator (born 1930)
  • 2011 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German entertainer (born 1903)
  • 2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (born 1936)
  • 2012 – , American soldier and actor (born 1923)
  • 2012 – , American actor (born 1922)
  • 2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (born 1954)
  • 2013 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (born 1924)
  • 2013 – , Chinese-American author and scholar (born 1923)
  • 2013 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (born 1938)
  • 2013 – , English-American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
  • 2014 – , American clarinet player (born 1923)
  • 2014 – , Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)
  • 2014 – , American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
  • 2014 – , Polish director and screenwriter (born 1953)
  • 2015 – , Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (born 1962)
  • 2015 – Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (born 1941)
  • 2015 – Adriana Olguín, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of Justice (born 1911)
  • 2016 – , British musician (born 1948)
  • 2016 – Liz Smith, English actress (born 1921)
  • 2016 – , English author (born 1920)
  • 2016 – , Chinese singer (born1994)
  • 2017 – , American baseball player and coach (born 1935)
  • 2017 – , Canadian-American model and actress (born 1949)
  • 2018 – Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla (born 1973)
  • 2018 – Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor of Puebla (born 1968)
  • 2023 – , American politician and mayor of Meridian, Mississippi (born 1955)
  • 2023 – , American science fiction author (born 1944)
  • 2023 – , Cook Islands rugby league footballer (born 1997)
  • 2024 – , American record producer (born 1942)

Holidays and observances
  • Christian feast day:
    • Adela and Irmina
    • Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
    • and
    • December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • (Christianity) and its related observances:
  • Kūčios (Lithuania)
  • Independence Day (Libya)
  • Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail ()

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