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Events
Pre-1600
- 534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
- 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
- 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
- 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
1601–1900
- 1641 – Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.[2]
- 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
- 1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
- 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1890 – Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.[3]
- 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
- 1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
- 1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1901–present
- 1902 – The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.[4]
- 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
- 1916 – Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later.
- 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
- 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1935 – The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
- 1936 – The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
- 1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947 – Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1952 – An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.[5]
- 1954 – The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.[6]
- 1958 – The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
- 1967 – Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.[7]
- 1970 – Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky[8]
- 1972 – Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
- 1987 – Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.[9]
- 1993 – Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
- 1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2000 – Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
- 2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
- 2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
- 2006 – Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
- 2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry Template:MV sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
- 2009 – A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 L (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
- 2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
- 2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2020 – A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.[10]
Births
Pre–1600
- AD 39 – Titus, Roman emperor (probable)[11] (died 81)
- 159 – Empress Dowager Bian, second wife of Cao Cao, mother of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi (died 230)
- 1204 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (died 1282)
- 1371 – Vasily I of Moscow (died 1425)
- 1490 – Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman lawyer and jurist (died 1574)
- 1548 – David Pareus, German theologian (died 1622)
- 1578 – Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (died 1624)
1601–1900
- 1642 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (died 1707)
- 1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (died 1736)
- 1678 – William Croft, English organist and composer (died 1727)
- 1722 – Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1770)
- 1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (died 1805)
- 1757 – Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (died 1826)[12]
- 1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (died 1829)
- 1792 – Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (died 1861)
- 1819 – Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (died 1898)
- 1819 – John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1873)
- 1825 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (died 1891)
- 1842 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter (died 1910)
- 1849 – John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (died 1913)
- 1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (died 1929)[13]
- 1853 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1929)[14]
- 1857 – Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer (died 1944)[15]
- 1865 – Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)[16]
- 1869 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (died 1944)
- 1869 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (died 1918)
- 1873 – Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (died 1944)
- 1878 – William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, seventh Premier of Alberta (died 1943)
- 1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (died 1950)
- 1883 – Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician (died 1966)
- 1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960)
- 1884 – Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
- 1886 – Austin Osman Spare, English artist and occultist (died 1956)[17]
- 1887 – William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach (died 1967)
- 1887 – K. M. Munshi, Indian politician, writer and educationist, founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (died 1971)[18]
- 1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (died 1973)[19]
- 1897 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (died 1976)
- 1899 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (died 2001)
1901–present
- 1904 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (died 1987)
- 1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1942)
- 1906 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (died 1997)
- 1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (died 1976)
- 1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (died 1999)
- 1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (died 1998)
- 1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (died 1996)
- 1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (died 2002)
- 1914 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host (died 1992)
- 1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (died 2004)
- 1919 – Dick Spooner, English cricketer (died 1997)
- 1919 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 2015)
- 1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 1987)
- 1922 – Jane Langton, American author and illustrator (died 2018)
- 1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (died 1977)
- 1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (died 2013)
- 1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (died 2002)[20]
- 1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (died 2013)
- 1927 – Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor (died 2013)
- 1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)[21]
- 1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (died 2004)
- 1930 – Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic (died 2024)
- 1930 – Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator, 1st Governor-General of Belize[22] (died 2021)
- 1930 – Red Rhodes, American pedal steel guitarist (died 1995)
- 1930 – Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
- 1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author (died 2020)
- 1931 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
- 1933 – Timité Bassori, Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer[23]
- 1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (died 2005)[24]
- 1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, playwright and screenwriter (died 2017)[25]
- 1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster[26]
- 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general (died 2022)[27]
- 1934 – Tony Serra, American criminal defense and civil rights attorney, political activist and tax resister[28]
- 1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1990)[29]
- 1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor[30]
- 1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (died 2009)
- 1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster[31]
- 1935 – Jack Riley, American actor (died 2016)
- 1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
- 1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2001)
- 1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player (died 2025)[32]
- 1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1938 – Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
- 1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (died 2007)
- 1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1983)
- 1940 – James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[33]
- 1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
- 1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist (died 2019)
- 1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
- 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2021)[21]
- 1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
- 1942 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (died 2004)
- 1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
- 1942 – Fred Ward, American actor (died 2022)
- 1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
- 1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher (died 2017)
- 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor (died 2012)[21]
- 1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
- 1945 – Paola Pigni, Italian runner (died 2021)
- 1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress[33]
- 1946 – Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter
- 1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet[33]
- 1946 – Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
- 1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
- 1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[33]
- 1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
- 1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (died 1996)
- 1949 – David Bedford, English runner
- 1949 – Jerry Coyne, American biologist and author[34][35]
- 1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2014)
- 1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
- 1950 – Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
- 1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
- 1950 – Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
- 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
- 1951 – Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (died 2025)[36]
- 1951 – Nick Rose, English runner
- 1952 – June Anderson, American soprano and actress
- 1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
- 1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (died 2010)
- 1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer (died 2021)
- 1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host[33]
- 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
- 1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist[33]
- 1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress[33]
- 1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
- 1957 – Matt Lauer, American journalist and television host[33]
- 1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor[37]
- 1958 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
- 1958 – Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
- 1959 – Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
- 1959 – Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
- 1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter[33]
- 1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- 1960 – Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
- 1961 – Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
- 1961 – Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host[33]
- 1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
- 1961 – Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
- 1963 – Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
- 1963 – Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
- 1963 – Johnny Rogers, American-Spanish basketball player[38]
- 1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player[39]
- 1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (died 2013)
- 1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
- 1964 – George Newbern, American actor[33]
- 1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
- 1966 – Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
- 1966 – Bennett Miller, American director and producer
- 1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
- 1968 – Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
- 1968 – Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
- 1968 – Sandra Glover, American hurdler
- 1968 – Albano Mucci, Australian activist
- 1969 – Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
- 1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
- 1969 – Jay Kay, English singer and songwriter[40]
- 1969 – Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
- 1969 – Michelle McGann, American golfer
- 1969 – Meredith Monroe, American actress[33]
- 1971 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1971 – C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
- 1971 – Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor[33]
- 1972 – Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
- 1972 – Maureen Flannigan, American actress and producer[33]
- 1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
- 1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
- 1973 – Jason Behr, American actor[33]
- 1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
- 1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (died 2012)
- 1974 – Dr. Jitheshji, Indian Speed Cartoonist and Pictorial Orator[41]
- 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
- 1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer[42]
- 1976 – Kastro, American rapper
- 1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
- 1977 – Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
- 1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
- 1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress[33]
- 1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
- 1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
- 1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor[33]
- 1978 – Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
- 1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
- 1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
- 1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Eliza Dushku, American former actress and producer[33]
- 1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
- 1980 – Alison McGovern, British politician
- 1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
- 1981 – Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
- 1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
- 1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress[33]
- 1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
- 1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
- 1983 – Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
- 1983 – Nick Symmonds, American runner
- 1983 – Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
- 1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
- 1984 – Andra Day, American singer and songwriter[43]
- 1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman[44]
- 1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
- 1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 – Anna Wood, American actress[33]
- 1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer[33]
- 1986 – Caity Lotz, American actress[33]
- 1986 – Jeff Ward, American actor[33]
- 1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Jakub Nakládal, Czech ice hockey player[45]
- 1989 – Tyler Anderson, American baseball player[46]
- 1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
- 1989 – Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player[47]
- 1990 – Bruno Henrique, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
- 1990 – C. J. Wilcox, American basketball player[48]
- 1991 – Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player[49]
- 1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
- 1992 – Carson Wentz, American football player
- 1995 – Igor Shesterkin, Russian hockey goaltender[50]
- 1995 – Joshua, American singer[51]
- 1995 – Ollie Watkins, English footballer[52]
- 1995 – V, South Korean singer[53]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 274 – Pope Felix I[54]
- 717 – Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester
- 903 – Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (born 858)
- 925 – Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (born 862)
- 1115 – Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
- 1331 – Bernard Gui, inquisitor (born 1261 or 1262)
- 1435 – Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (born 1362)
- 1436 – Louis III, Elector Palatine (born 1378)
- 1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (born 1443)
- 1460 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (born 1411)
- 1525 – Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (born 1459)
- 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (born 1512)
- 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (born 1504)
- 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (born 1519)[55]
1601–1900
- 1606 – Heinrich Bünting, German priest and cartographer (born 1545)[56]
- 1621 – Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (born 1550)
- 1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (born 1597)
- 1643 – Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (born 1566)
- 1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (born 1577)
- 1662 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (born 1628)
- 1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (born 1685)
- 1777 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (born 1727)
- 1788 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (born 1702)
- 1803 – Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (born 1713)
- 1879 – Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (born 1806)
- 1885 – Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (born 1824)[57]
- 1896 – José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)
1901–present
- 1906 – Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (born 1828)
- 1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1844)
- 1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (born 1869)
- 1928 – Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1874)
- 1937 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (born 1852)
- 1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (born 1878)
- 1941 – El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (born 1890)
- 1944 – Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
- 1945 – Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (born 1889)
- 1947 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (born 1889)
- 1947 – Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1861)
- 1954 – Archduke Eugen of Austria (born 1863)
- 1955 – Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (born 1913)
- 1967 – Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (born 1887)
- 1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)
- 1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (born 1932)
- 1971 – Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1914)
- 1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (born 1919)
- 1979 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (born 1902)[58]
- 1982 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (born 1896)
- 1983 – Violette Cordery, English race car driver (born 1900)
- 1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (born 1905)
- 1988 – Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (born 1925)
- 1988 – Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and landscaper (born 1904)
- 1990 – Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (born 1929)
- 1992 – Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (born 1928)[59]
- 1993 – İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1908)
- 1993 – Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (born 1907)
- 1993 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (born 1907)
- 1994 – Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (born 1904)
- 1995 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1914)
- 1995 – Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor (born 1924)
- 1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor (born 1908)
- 1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1926)
- 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (born 1905)
- 1999 – Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (born 1915)
- 1999 – Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (born 1909)
- 1999 – Des Renford, Australian swimmer (born 1927)
- 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (born 1880)
- 2000 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)
- 2002 – Mary Brian, American actress (born 1906)
- 2002 – Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (born 1910)
- 2002 – Mary Wesley, English author (born 1912)
- 2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (born 1932)
- 2004 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1910)
- 2005 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (born 1940)
- 2005 – Rona Jaffe, American novelist (born 1932)
- 2006 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)
- 2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (born 1938)
- 2006 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1948)
- 2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1959)
- 2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)
- 2010 – Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba (born 1949)
- 2011 – Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (born 1920)
- 2012 – Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (born 1971)
- 2012 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923)
- 2012 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)
- 2012 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (born 1928)
- 2012 – Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (born 1948)
- 2013 – Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (born 1929)
- 2013 – José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1934)
- 2013 – Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
- 2013 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
- 2013 – Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (born 1933)
- 2014 – Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
- 2014 – Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1936)
- 2014 – Luise Rainer, German-born American-British actress (born 1910)
- 2015 – Doug Atkins, American football player (born 1930)
- 2015 – Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)
- 2015 – Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929)
- 2015 – Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (born 1934)
- 2017 – Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (born 1990)[60]
- 2020 – Dawn Wells, American actress, (born 1938)[61]
- 2022 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929)[62]
- 2023 – Bryan Ansell, British role-playing and wargame designer (born 1955)[63]
- 2023 – Tom Wilkinson, English actor (born 1948)[64]
- 2023 – Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (born 1950)[65]
- 2025 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi Politician, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh[66]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
- Rizal Day (Philippines)
- The fifth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
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