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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
December 24 is the 358th day of the
year (359th in leap years) in
the Gregorian calendar.
Seven days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate. ·
640 – Pope John IV is elected. ·
759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by
fellow poet Pei Di. ·
820 – Emperor Leo V is
assassinated in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople and is succeeded
by Michael II. ·
1144 – The capital of
the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi,
the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. ·
1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is
elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. ·
1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the
Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia. ·
1737 – The Marathas defeat the combined forces of
the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of
Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal. ·
1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is
discovered by James Cook. ·
1800 – The Plot of the
rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte. ·
1814 – Representatives
of the United Kingdom and
the United States sign
the Treaty of Ghent,
ending the War of 1812. ·
1818 – The first performance
of "Silent Night"
takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. ·
1826 – The Eggnog Riot 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. ·
1851 – The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns. ·
1865 – Jonathan Shank
and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan. ·
1868 – The Greek Presidential
Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I. ·
1871 – The opera Aida premieres
in Cairo, Egypt. ·
1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits
the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. ·
1911 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway
line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ·
1913 – The Italian Hall
disaster in Calumet, Michigan results
in the deaths of 73 Christmas party
participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells
"fire". ·
1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins. ·
1920 – Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered
the Italian
Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces. ·
1924 – Albania becomes a republic. ·
1929 – Assassination
attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen. ·
1929 – A four alarm fire breaks out in the
West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.[1] ·
1939 – World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve
appeal for peace. ·
1941 – World War
II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese
forces. ·
1941 – World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British
Eighth Army. ·
1942 – World War
II: French monarchist, Fernand
Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. ·
1943 – World War II:
U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is
named Supreme Allied
Commander for the Invasion of Normandy. ·
1945 – Five of nine
children become
missing after their home in Fayetteville,
West Virginia, is burned down. ·
1951 – Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya. ·
1952 – First flight of
Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber. ·
1953 – Tangiwai disaster:
In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by
a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger
train, killing 151 people. ·
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks
Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can
strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital. ·
1964 – Flying Tiger
Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San
Francisco International Airport, killing three.[2] ·
1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States
military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129. ·
1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around
the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so.
They performed ten lunar orbits and
broadcast live TV pictures. ·
1969 – Nigerian troops
capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital. ·
1973 – District
of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of
Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. ·
1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin,
Australia. ·
1980 – Witnesses
report the first of several sightings of unexplained
lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an
incident called "Britain's Roswell". ·
1994 – Air France Flight
8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari
Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three
days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists. ·
1997 – The Sid El-Antri
massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100
people. ·
1999 – Indian
Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace
between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. 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 explosives at
3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín
Station. ·
2005 – Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares
a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré,
which left about 100 people dead. ·
2008 – The Lord's Resistance
Army, a Ugandan 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.[3] Births[edit]
·
3 BC – Galba, Roman emperor (d. 69)[4] ·
1166 – John, King of
England (d. 1216)[5] ·
1389 – John V, Duke of
Brittany (d. 1442)[6] ·
1474 – Bartolomeo degli
Organi, Italian musician (d. 1539)[7] ·
1475 – Thomas Murner, German poet and translator
(d. 1537)[8] ·
1508 – Pietro Carnesecchi,
Italian scholar (d. 1567)[9] ·
1520 – Martha Leijonhufvud,
Swedish noble (d. 1584) ·
1537 – Willem IV van den
Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d. 1586) ·
1549 – Kaspar Ulenberg, German theologian (d. 1617) ·
1588 – Constance of Austria (d.
1631) ·
1596 – Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (d. 1674) ·
1597 – Honoré II,
Prince of Monaco (d. 1662) ·
1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle,
German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673) ·
1635 – Mariana of Austria (d.
1696) ·
1679 – Domenico Sarro, Italian composer and
educator (d. 1744) ·
1698 – William Warburton,
English bishop (d. 1779) ·
1726 – Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (d. 1793) ·
1731 – Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of
letters (d. 1778) ·
1754 – George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and
poet (d. 1832) ·
1761 – Selim III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808) ·
1761 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831) ·
1798 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright
(d. 1855) ·
1809 – Kit Carson, American general (d. 1868) ·
1810 – Wilhelm Marstrand,
Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873) ·
1812 – Karl
Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (d.
1894) ·
1818 – James Prescott Joule,
English physicist and brewer (d. 1889) ·
1822 – Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (d.
1888) ·
1827 – Alexander von
Oettingen, German theologian and statistician (d. 1905) ·
1837 – Empress
Elisabeth of Austria (d. 1898) ·
1843 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright
(d. 1886) ·
1845 – George I of Greece (d.
1913) ·
1865 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator,
and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (d. 1935) ·
1867 – Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (d.
1915) ·
1868 – Charles Harvey
Bollman, American naturalist (d. 1889) ·
1868 – Emanuel Lasker, German chess player,
mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1941) ·
1869 – Henriette Roland
Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1952) ·
1872 – Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis
player (d. 1927) ·
1875 – Émile Wegelin, French rower (d. 1962) ·
1877 – Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic
(d. 1979) ·
1879 – Émile Nelligan,
Canadian poet (d. 1941) ·
1879 – Alexandrine
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1952) ·
1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American author and
illustrator (d. 1939) ·
1881 – Charles
Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (d. 1946) ·
1882 – Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and
politician, 8th Estonian
Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1961) ·
1883 – Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer (d.
1945) ·
1885 – Paul Manship, American sculptor (d. 1966) ·
1886 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor,
director, and producer (d. 1962) ·
1887 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d.
1951) ·
1891 – Feodor
Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator and painter (d. 1970) ·
1892 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress (d. 1961) ·
1893 – Harry Warren, American pianist and composer
(d. 1981) ·
1894 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot
(d. 1917) ·
1894 – Jack Thayer, American businessman (d. 1945) ·
1895 – E. Roland Harriman,
American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978) ·
1895 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (d. 1986) ·
1895 – Marguerite Williams,
American geologist (d. 1991) ·
1897 – Ville Pörhölä,
Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1964) ·
1897 – Väinö Sipilä,
Finnish runner (d. 1987) ·
1898 – Baby Dodds, American drummer (d. 1959) ·
1900 – Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and
politician, 1st Premier of
Newfoundland (d. 1991) ·
1900 – Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and
master practitioner of Reiki (d. 1980) ·
1903 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and
director (d. 1972) ·
1903 – Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and
explorer (d. 1971) ·
1903 – Ava Helen Pauling,
American humanitarian and activist (d. 1981) ·
1904 – Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer
and businessman (d. 2008) ·
1905 – Howard Hughes, American businessman,
engineer, and pilot (d. 1976) ·
1906 – Franz Waxman, German-American composer and
conductor (d. 1967) ·
1907 – I. F. Stone, American journalist and author
(d. 1989) ·
1910 – Ellen Braumüller,
German javelin thrower and triathlete (d. 1991) ·
1910 – Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (d.
1992) ·
1910 – Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer,
created Helvetica (d.
1980) ·
1913 – Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic
(d. 1967) ·
1914 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet
player and bandleader (d. 1978) ·
1914 – Herbert Reinecker,
German author and screenwriter (d. 2007) ·
1918 – Dave Bartholomew, American bandleader,
composer and arranger (d. 2019) ·
1919 – Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter
(d. 2001) ·
1919 – Pierre Soulages, French artist ·
1920 – Franco Lucentini, Italian author and
screenwriter (d. 2002) ·
1920 – Yevgeniya Rudneva,
Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (d. 1944) ·
1921 – Bill Dudley, American football player (d.
2010) ·
1922 – Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990) ·
1923 – George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004) ·
1923 – William C. Schneider,
American aerospace engineer (d. 1999) ·
1924 – Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d.
1986) ·
1924 – Abdirizak Haji
Hussein, Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister
of Somalia (d. 2014) ·
1924 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (d. 1980) ·
1924 – Norman Rossington,
English actor (d. 1999) ·
1927 – Mary Higgins Clark,
American author (d. 2020) ·
1928 – Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist
and educator (d. 1996) ·
1929 – Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer (d.
1975) ·
1929 – Philip Ziegler, English historian and author ·
1930 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer and
choreographer (d. 1988) ·
1930 – John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011) ·
1931 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer
(d. 2011) ·
1931 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer
and scholar (d. 2008) ·
1932 – Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer (d.
2000) ·
1932 – On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (d.
2014) ·
1934 – John Critchinson, English pianist and
composer (d. 2017) ·
1934 – Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and
politician, 2nd President of Croatia ·
1934 – Alex Hutchinson, Australian jazz musician ·
1936 – Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician ·
1937 – Félix Miélli
Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2012) ·
1937 – John
Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish
Minister of Home Affairs ·
1938 – Bobby Henrich, American baseball player ·
1938 – Valentim Loureiro,
Portuguese soldier and politician ·
1940 – Janet Carroll, American actress and singer
(d. 2012) ·
1940 – Anthony Fauci, American physician, Director
of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since
1984 ·
1941 – Mike Hazlewood, English singer-songwriter
(d. 2001) ·
1942 – Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and
playwright (d. 2015) ·
1942 – Jonathan Borofsky,
American sculptor and painter ·
1942 – Đoàn
Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and
activist ·
1943 – Tarja Halonen, Finnish lawyer and
politician, 11th President of Finland ·
1943 – Suzy Menkes, English journalist and critic ·
1944 – Barry Elliott,
English actor and screenwriter (d. 2018) ·
1944 – Mike Curb, American businessman and
politician, 42nd Lieutenant
Governor of California ·
1944 – Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal ·
1944 – Daniel Johnson, Jr.,
Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec ·
1944 – Erhard Keller, German speed skater ·
1944 – Bob Shaw,
Australian golfer ·
1944 – Woody Shaw, American trumpeter (d. 1989) ·
1945 – Lemmy, English hard rock singer-songwriter
and bass player (d. 2015) ·
1945 – Steve Smith,
Canadian-American actor and comedian ·
1946 – Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist and
songwriter ·
1946 – Jeff Sessions, American captain, lawyer, and
politician, 44th Attorney
General of Alabama and 84th Attorney
General of the United States ·
1947 – Kevin
Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach ·
1948 – Stan Bowles, English footballer and
sportscaster ·
1948 – Frank Oliver,
New Zealand rugby player and coach ·
1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian race car driver ·
1949 – Randy Neugebauer, American accountant and
politician ·
1950 – Dana Gioia, American poet and critic ·
1950 – Hiroshi Ikushima, Japanese businessman and
academic ·
1950 – Libby Larsen, American composer ·
1951 – John D'Acquisto, American baseball player ·
1951 – Nick Kent, English-French journalist and
author ·
1952 – Michael Ray,
American jazz musician ·
1953 – Timothy Carhart, American actor ·
1954 – Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and
journalist (d. 2013) ·
1954 – José María Figueres,
Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of
Costa Rica ·
1954 – Helen Jones, English lawyer and politician ·
1955 – Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and
guide (d. 1996) ·
1955 – Clarence Gilyard, American actor and
educator ·
1956 – Anil Kapoor, Indian actor and producer. ·
1956 – Shim Hwa-jin, South Korean academic and
educator ·
1957 – Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of
Afghanistan ·
1958 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and
producer (d. 2008) ·
1958 – Paul Pressey, American basketball player and
coach ·
1958 – Gene Sperling, American economist ·
1958 – Diane Tell, Canadian singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1959 – Chris Blackhurst, English journalist ·
1959 – Lee Daniels, American director and producer ·
1960 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator
(d. 2002) ·
1960 – Carol Vorderman, English television host ·
1961 – Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani businessman and
politician, 4th President of
Azerbaijan ·
1961 – Mary Barra, American businesswoman, current
CEO and chairwoman of General Motors ·
1961 – Eriko Kitagawa, Japanese director and
screenwriter ·
1961 – Darren Wharton, English singer-songwriter
and keyboard player ·
1961 – Wade Williams, American actor ·
1961 – Jay Wright,
American basketball player and coach ·
1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (d.
2018) ·
1963 – Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 2016) ·
1963 – Jay Bilas, American basketball player and
sportscaster ·
1963 – Timo Jutila, Finnish ice hockey player and
sportscaster ·
1963 – Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and
violinist ·
1963 – Neil Turbin, American singer-songwriter ·
1964 – Mark Valley, American actor ·
1965 – Millard Powers, American bass player,
songwriter, and producer ·
1965 – William Branham, American minister ·
1966 – Diedrich Bader, American actor ·
1967 – Mikhail Shchennikov,
Russian race walker ·
1967 – Pernilla Wahlgren,
Swedish singer and actress ·
1968 – Doyle Bramhall II,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1968 – Marleen Renders, Belgian runner ·
1969 – Brad Anderson,
American wrestler ·
1969 – Milan
Blagojevic, Australian footballer and manager ·
1969 – Pernille
Fischer Christensen, Danish director and screenwriter ·
1969 – Taro Goto, Japanese soccer player ·
1969 – Leavander Johnson,
American boxer (d. 2005) ·
1969 – Ryuji Kato, Japanese soccer player ·
1969 – Nick Love, English director and screenwriter ·
1969 – Clinton
McKinnon, American saxophonist and keyboard player ·
1969 – Ed Miliband, English academic and
politician, Minister
for the Cabinet Office ·
1969 – Mark Millar, Scottish author ·
1969 – Luis Musrri, Chilean footballer and manager ·
1969 – Oleg Skripochka, Russian astronaut and
engineer ·
1969 – Gintaras
Staučė, Lithuanian footballer and manager ·
1969 – Michael Zucchet, American economist and
politician ·
1970 – Adam Haslett, American author and academic ·
1970 – Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican-American actor ·
1971 – Geoff Allott, New Zealand cricketer ·
1971 – Sascha Fischer, German rugby player ·
1971 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican-American
singer-songwriter and actor ·
1972 – Álvaro Mesén,
Costa Rican footballer ·
1972 – Klaus Schnellenkamp,
Chilean businessman and author ·
1973 – Liu Dong, Chinese-Spanish runner ·
1973 – Paul Foot,
English comedian ·
1973 – Stephenie Meyer, American author and film
producer ·
1973 – Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist ·
1974 – Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor ·
1974 – Paal Nilssen-Love,
Norwegian drummer and composer ·
1974 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer ·
1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and
television personality, and producer ·
1974 – J.D. Walsh,
American actor, director, and producer ·
1976 – Linda Ferga, French hurdler ·
1977 – Michael
Raymond-James, American actor ·
1978 – Yıldıray
Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer ·
1978 – Warren Tredrea, Australian footballer and
sportscaster ·
1979 – Chris Hero, American wrestler and trainer ·
1980 – Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian footballer ·
1980 – Tomas Kalnoky, Czech-American
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1980 – Maarja Liis-Ilus, Estonian pop musician ·
1981 – Dima Bilan, Russian singer-songwriter and
actor ·
1984 – Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league
player ·
1985 – Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player ·
1985 – David Ragan, American race car driver ·
1986 – Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist ·
1986 – Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player ·
1987 – Jane Summersett, American ice dancer ·
1988 – Stefanos
Athanasiadis, Greek footballer ·
1988 – Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer ·
1988 – Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer ·
1990 – Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper ·
1990 – Marcus Jordan, American basketball player ·
1990 – Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer ·
1991 – Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player ·
1991 – Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer ·
1991 – Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter ·
1994 – Fa'amanu Brown, New Zealand rugby league
player ·
1994 – Miguel Castro, Dominican baseball player ·
1994 – Matt Frawley, Australian rugby league player Deaths[edit]
·
36 – Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia ·
427 – Archbishop
Sisinnius I of Constantinople ·
820 – Leo V the Armenian,
Byzantine emperor (b. 775) ·
903 – Hedwiga, duchess of Saxony ·
950 – Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general ·
950 – Wang Zhang, Chinese official ·
950 – Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor ·
1193 – Roger III of Sicily (b.
1175) ·
1257 – John I, Count of
Hainaut (b. 1218) ·
1263 – Hōjō
Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227) ·
1281 – Henry V of
Luxembourg (b. 1216) ·
1449 – Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385) ·
1453 – John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390) ·
1456 – Đurađ
Branković, Despot of Serbia (b. 1377) ·
1473 – John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian
(b. 1390) ·
1524 – Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and
politician, Governor
of Portuguese India (b. 1469) ·
1541 – Andreas Karlstadt,
Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486) ·
1635 – Hester Jonas, German nurse (b. 1570) ·
1660 – Mary,
Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631) ·
1707 – Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b.
1628) ·
1813 – Empress
Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) ·
1844 – Friedrich
Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803) ·
1863 – William
Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811) ·
1865 – Charles Lock
Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793) ·
1867 – José Mariano Salas,
Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican
Empire(b. 1797)[10] ·
1868 – Adolphe d'Archiac,
French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) ·
1872 – William
John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820) ·
1873 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and
philanthropist (b. 1795) ·
1879 – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano,
voice teacher and composer (b. 1815) ·
1889 – Jan Jakob
Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819) ·
1893 – B. T. Finniss, Australian politician,
1st Premier of
South Australia (b. 1807) ·
1898 – Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint
(b. 1828) ·
1914 – John Muir, Scottish-American geologist,
botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838) ·
1920 – Stephen Mosher Wood,
American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832) ·
1926 – Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer
thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879) ·
1931 – Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b.
1854) ·
1931 – Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and
historian (b. 1854) ·
1935 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator
(b. 1885) ·
1938 – Bruno Taut, German architect and urban
planner (b. 1880) ·
1941 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) ·
1942 – François Darlan,
French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister
of France (b. 1881) ·
1945 – Josephine Sabel, American singer and
comedian (b. 1866) ·
1947 – Charles Gondouin, French rugby player
and tug of war competitor (b. 1875) ·
1957 – Norma Talmadge, American actress and
producer (b. 1894) ·
1961 – Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic
(b. 1895) ·
1962 – Wilhelm Ackermann,
German mathematician (b. 1896) ·
1962 – Eveline
Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890) ·
1964 – Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist
and activist (b. 1915) ·
1965 – John Black,
English businessman (b. 1895) ·
1965 – William M. Branham,
American minister and theologian (b. 1906) ·
1967 – Burt Baskin, American businessman,
co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b.
1913) ·
1969 – Stanisław
Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist
(b. 1927) ·
1969 – Cortelia Clark, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (b. 1907) ·
1969 – Olivia FitzRoy, English soldier and author
(b. 1921) ·
1969 – Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and
politician (b. 1896) ·
1971 – Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist
and zoologist (b. 1924) ·
1972 – Gisela Richter, English-American
archaeologist and historian (b. 1882) ·
1973 – Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b.
1893) ·
1975 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and
conductor (b. 1911) ·
1977 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and
educator (b. 1917) ·
1980 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and
politician, President of
Germany (b. 1891) ·
1982 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b.
1897) ·
1984 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b.
1923) ·
1985 – Robert Todd
Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904) ·
1985 – Camille Tourville,
Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927) ·
1986 – Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911) ·
1987 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist,
and politician, 45th Prime
Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919) ·
1987 – M. G. Ramachandran,
Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917) ·
1988 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905) ·
1990 – Thorbjørn Egner,
Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922) ·
1991 – Virginia Sorensen,
American author (b. 1912) ·
1992 – Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and
conga player (b. 1945) ·
1992 – James
Mathews, Australian rugby league player (b. 1968) ·
1992 – Peyo,
Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928) ·
1993 – Norman Vincent Peale,
American minister and author (b. 1898) ·
1994 – John Boswell, American historian, author,
and academic (b. 1947) ·
1994 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (b. 1916) ·
1997 – James Komack, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) ·
1997 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and
producer (b. 1920) ·
1997 – Pierre Péladeau,
Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925) ·
1998 – Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and
pole vaulter (b. 1915) ·
1999 – Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and
businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911) ·
1999 – Maurice Couve
de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime
Minister of France (b. 1907) ·
1999 – João Figueiredo,
Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b.
1918) ·
1999 – William C. Schneider,
American aerospace engineer (b. 1923) ·
2000 – John Cooper,
English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b.
1923) ·
2002 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b.
1920) ·
2002 – Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1938) ·
2004 – Johnny Oates, American baseball player,
coach, and manager (b. 1946) ·
2006 – Braguinha,
Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907) ·
2006 – Kenneth
Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961) ·
2006 – Frank Stanton,
American businessman (b. 1908) ·
2007 – Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge
(b. 1951) ·
2007 – George Warrington,
American businessman (b. 1952) ·
2008 – Ralph Harris,
British journalist (b. 1921) ·
2008 – Harold Pinter, English playwright,
screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1930) ·
2009 – Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and
politician (b. 1923) ·
2009 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and
politician, 65th President of
Venezuela (b. 1916) ·
2009 – George
Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939) ·
2009 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic
(b. 1933) ·
2010 – Elisabeth Beresford,
French-English journalist and author (b. 1926) ·
2010 – Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager
(b. 1922) ·
2010 – Orestes Quércia,
Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor
of São Paulo State (b. 1938) ·
2010 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator
(b. 1930) ·
2011 – Johannes Heesters,
Dutch-German entertainer (b. 1903) ·
2012 – Richard Rodney
Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936) ·
2012 – Charles Durning, American soldier and actor
(b. 1923) ·
2012 – Jack Klugman, American actor (b. 1922) ·
2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll,
Irish poet and critic (b. 1954) ·
2013 – Frédéric Back,
German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924) ·
2013 – Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and
scholar (b. 1923) ·
2013 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and
oncologist (b. 1938) ·
2013 – Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter
and producer (b. 1946) ·
2014 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b.
1923) ·
2014 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author
(b. 1944) ·
2014 – Herbert Harris, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1926) ·
2014 – Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and
screenwriter (b. 1953) ·
2015 – Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and
politician, Norwegian
Minister of Culture (b. 1962) ·
2015 – Letty Jimenez
Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (b. 1941) ·
2015 – Adriana Olguín,
Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean
Minister of Justice (b. 1911) ·
2016 – Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948) ·
2016 – Liz Smith,
English actress (b. 1921) ·
2016 – Richard Adams, English author (b. 1920) ·
2016 – Ben Xi, Chinese singer (b.1994) ·
2017 – Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and
coach (b. 1935) ·
2017 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American model and
actress (b. 1949) ·
2018 – Martha Érika Alonso,
first female Governor of Puebla,
Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno
Valle Rosas, former governor; helicopter crash (Alonso b. 1973,
Valle b. 1968)[3] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o December
24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its
related observances: o Aðfangadagskvöld,
the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland) o Feast of the
Seven Fishes (Italian Americans) o Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) o Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish
denominations) o Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking
countries) o The Declaration
of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City) o Wigilia (Poland) o Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia) ·
Day of Military
Honour - Siege of Ismail (Russia) |
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