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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
December 27 is the 361st day of the
year (362nd in leap years) in
the Gregorian calendar.
Four days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
537 – The construction
of the Hagia Sophia in
Constantinople is completed. ·
1512 – The Spanish
Crown issues the Laws of Burgos,
governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native
Indians in the New World. ·
1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and
preaching the Apocalypse. ·
1655 – Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in
fending off a month-long siege. ·
1657 – The Flushing
Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American
history that freedom of religion is
a fundamental right. ·
1703 – Portugal and
England sign the Methuen Treaty which
gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into
England. ·
1814 – War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is
destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel
Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying
actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New
Orleans. ·
1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will
begin to formulate his theory of evolution. ·
1836 – The worst
ever avalanche in
England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people. ·
1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for
the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia. ·
1845 – Journalist John L. O'Sullivan,
writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that
the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of
our manifest destiny". ·
1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung
in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National
Congress. ·
1918 – The Great
Poland Uprising against the Germans begins. ·
1922 – Japanese
aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the
first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in
the world. ·
1927 – Kern and
Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first
true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway. ·
1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class". ·
1932 – Radio City Music
Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City. ·
1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first
female rabbi in the history of Judaism. ·
1939 – The 7.8 Mw Erzincan
earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of
XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed. ·
1939 – Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja. ·
1945 – The International
Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by
29 nations. ·
1949 – Indonesian
National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of
the Dutch East Indies. ·
1966 – The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave
shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí,
Mexico. ·
1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the
Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon. ·
1978 – Spain becomes a
democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship. ·
1979 – The Soviet
Union invades the Democratic
Republic of Afghanistan. ·
1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives
him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square. ·
1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill
eighteen people inside the airports of Rome,
Italy, and Vienna, Austria. ·
1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes,
as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in
the country's capital, Bucharest. ·
1996 – Taliban forces retake the
strategic Bagram Airfield which
solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. ·
1997 – Protestant
paramilitary leader Billy Wright is
assassinated in Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom. ·
2002 – Two truck bombs kill
72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government
in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. ·
2004 – Radiation from an explosion on
the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the
brightest extrasolar event
known to have been witnessed on the planet. ·
2007 – Former
Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is
assassinated in a shooting incident. ·
2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of
the presidential
election, triggering a political,
economic, and humanitarian crisis. ·
2008 – Operation Cast Lead:
Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza. ·
2009 – Iranian
election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran,
government security forces fire upon demonstrators. Births[edit]
·
1350 – John I of Aragon (d. 1395) ·
1390 – Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English
throne (d. 1411) ·
1459 – John I Albert (d. 1501) ·
1481 – Casimir,
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margrave of Bayreuth (d. 1527) ·
1493 – Johann Pfeffinger,
German theologian (d. 1573) ·
1566 – Jan Jesenius, Bohemian physician, politician
and philosopher (d. 1621) ·
1571 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician,
astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1630) ·
1572 – Johannes
Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622) ·
1584 – Philipp
Julius, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1625) ·
1595 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky,
hetman of Ukraine (d. 1657) ·
1683 – Conyers Middleton,
English priest and theologian (d. 1750) ·
1714 – George Whitefield,
English preacher and saint (d. 1770) ·
1715 – Philippe de Noailles,
French general (d. 1794) ·
1721 – François Hemsterhuis,
Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790) ·
1761 – Michael
Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and
politician, Governor-General
of Finland (d. 1818) ·
1773 – George Cayley, English engineer and
politician (d. 1857) ·
1776 – Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811) ·
1797 – Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869) ·
1797 – Charles Hodge, American theologian (d. 1878) ·
1803 – François-Marie-Thomas
Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839) ·
1809 – Alexandros
Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Foreign
Minister of Greece (d. 1892) ·
1822 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and
microbiologist (d. 1895) ·
1823 – Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian
journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister
of Canada (d. 1917) ·
1827 – Stanisław
Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member
of the Imperial Council of Austria (d. 1900)[1] ·
1832 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and
philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d.
1897) ·
1858 – Juan Luis Sanfuentes,
Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile (d.
1930) ·
1863 – Louis Lincoln
Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (d.
1941) ·
1864 – Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator
(d. 1940) ·
1879 – Sydney Greenstreet,
English-American actor (d. 1954) ·
1883 – Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American
businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979) ·
1888 – Thea von Harbou, German actress, director,
and screenwriter (d. 1954) ·
1892 – Alfred Edwin McKay,
Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1917) ·
1896 – Louis Bromfield, American author and
theorist (d. 1956) ·
1896 – Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952) ·
1896 – Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright
(d. 1977) ·
1898 – Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (d.
1960) ·
1900 – Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) ·
1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress
and singer (d. 1992) ·
1901 – Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987) ·
1904 – René Bonnet, French race car driver and
engineer (d. 1983) ·
1905 – Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian
(d. 1974) ·
1906 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer,
and actor (d. 1972) ·
1907 – Asaf Halet Çelebi,
Turkish poet (d. 1958) ·
1907 – Sebastian Haffner,
German journalist and author (d. 1999) ·
1907 – Mary
Howard, English author (d. 1991) ·
1907 – Conrad L. Raiford,
American baseball player and activist (d. 2002) ·
1907 – Willem van Otterloo,
Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978) ·
1909 – James Riddell,
English skier and author (d. 2000) ·
1910 – Charles Olson, American poet and educator (d.
1970) ·
1911 – Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and
actress (d. 2006) ·
1915 – William Masters, American gynecologist,
author, and academic (d. 2001) ·
1915 – Gyula Zsengellér,
Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999) ·
1916 – Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) ·
1916 – Cathy Lewis, American actress (d. 1968) ·
1917 – Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and
clarinet player (d. 2015) ·
1917 – T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
(d. 2004) ·
1917 – Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d.
2009) ·
1918 – John Celardo, American captain and
illustrator (d. 2012) ·
1919 – Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot
(d. 2004) ·
1920 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d.
2005) ·
1921 – John Whitworth,
English countertenor (d. 2013) ·
1923 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and
educator (d. 2012) ·
1923 – Lucas Mangope, South African politician (d.
2018) ·
1924 – Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and
engineer (d. 2011) ·
1924 – James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer,
and politician (d. 2011) ·
1925 – Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer,
director, and producer (d. 2020) ·
1926 – Jerome Courtland, American actor, director,
and producer (d. 2012) ·
1927 – Antony Gardner, English engineer and
politician (d. 2011) ·
1927 – Nityanand
Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief
Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012) ·
1927 – Audrey Wagner, American baseball player,
obstetrician, and gynecologist (d. 1984) ·
1930 – Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist
and academic ·
1930 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American
novelist and essayist (d. 2011) ·
1931 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist and songwriter
(d. 2016) ·
1933 – Dave Marr, American golfer (d. 1997) ·
1934 – Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach ·
1934 – Jeffrey
Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman ·
1935 – Michael Turnbull, English bishop ·
1936 – Phil Sharpe,
English cricketer (d. 2014) ·
1936 – Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach ·
1939 – John Amos, American actor ·
1940 – David Shepherd,
English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009) ·
1941 – Miles Aiken, American basketball player and
coach ·
1941 – Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and
keyboard player ·
1941 – Nolan Richardson, American basketball player
and coach ·
1942 – Byron Browne, American baseball player ·
1942 – Thomas Menino, American politician,
53rd Mayor of Boston (d.
2014) ·
1942 – Ron Rothstein, American basketball player
and coach ·
1943 – Cokie Roberts, American journalist and
author (d. 2019) ·
1943 – Joan Manuel Serrat,
Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1943 – Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and
producer ·
1943 – Roy White, American baseball player and
coach ·
1944 – Mick
Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Foreigner) ·
1946 – Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter,
and producer ·
1946 – Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager ·
1946 – Janet Street-Porter,
English journalist and producer ·
1946 – Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author[2] ·
1947 – Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach ·
1947 – Doug Livermore, English footballer and
manager ·
1947 – Osman Pamukoğlu,
Turkish general and politician ·
1947 – Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner ·
1948 – Gérard Depardieu,
French-Russian actor[3] ·
1949 – Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and
critic ·
1950 – Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter ·
1950 – Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer and
manager ·
1950 – Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter ·
1951 – Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and
politician, 54th President of Mexico[4] ·
1952 – Tovah Feldshuh, American actress, singer,
and playwright ·
1952 – Jay Hill, Canadian farmer and politician ·
1952 – David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1954 – Edmund Zagorski, American convicted murderer
(d. 2018) ·
1954 – Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer,
and production manager ·
1954 – Teo Chee Hean, Singaporean politician and
5th Senior Minister of
Singapore[5] ·
1955 – Brad Murphey, American race car driver ·
1955 – Barbara Olson, American journalist and
author (d. 2001) ·
1956 – Doina Melinte, Romanian runner ·
1958 – Steve Jones,
American golfer ·
1959 – Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer,
historian, and author ·
1959 – Andre Tippett, American football player and
coach ·
1960 – Maryam d'Abo, English actress ·
1960 – Donald Nally, American conductor and academic ·
1960 – Terry Price,
Australian golfer ·
1961 – Guido Westerwelle,
German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor
of Germany (d. 2016) ·
1962 – Mark Few, American basketball player and
coach ·
1962 – John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and
author ·
1962 – Bill Self, American basketball player and
coach ·
1962 – Sherri Steinhauer,
American golfer ·
1963 – Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and
screenwriter ·
1965 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and
journalist (d. 2007) ·
1965 – Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer ·
1966 – Marianne
Elliott, English director and producer ·
1966 – Bill Goldberg, American football player,
wrestler and actor ·
1966 – Eva LaRue, American model and actress ·
1966 – Fabian Núńez,
American politician ·
1969 – Jean-Christophe
Boullion, French race car driver ·
1969 – Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist ·
1969 – Chyna, American professional wrestler and
actress (d. 2016) ·
1970 – Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver and
rugby player ·
1970 – Lorenzo Neal, American football player and
radio host ·
1971 – Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer and
coach ·
1971 – Guthrie Govan, English guitarist and
educator ·
1971 – Savannah Guthrie, American television
journalist ·
1971 – Jason Hawes, American paranormal
investigator and author, founded The
Atlantic Paranormal Society ·
1971 – Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player
and coach ·
1972 – Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player and
coach ·
1972 – Kevin Ollie, American basketball player and
coach ·
1972 – Matt Slocum, American guitarist and
songwriter ·
1973 – Kristoffer Zegers,
Dutch pianist and composer ·
1974 – Tomáš Janků,
Czech high jumper ·
1974 – Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor and visual
effects designer ·
1974 – Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and
singer ·
1974 – Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player and
coach ·
1975 – Aigars Fadejevs, Latvian race walker and
therapist ·
1975 – Kjell Eriksson,
Swedish television personality ·
1975 – Heather O'Rourke,
American actress (d. 1988) ·
1976 – Nikolaos Georgeas,
Greek footballer ·
1976 – Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (d. 2009) ·
1976 – Daimí Pernía,
Cuban basketball player and hurdler ·
1976 – Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey
player ·
1977 – Jacqueline Pillon,
Canadian actress ·
1977 – Chris Tate,
English footballer ·
1978 – Deuce McAllister, American football player ·
1979 – Pascale Dorcelus, Canadian weightlifter[6] ·
1979 – David Dunn, English footballer and manager ·
1979 – Carson Palmer, American football player ·
1980 – Bernard Berrian, American football player ·
1980 – Cesaro,
Swiss professional wrestler ·
1980 – Dahntay Jones, American basketball player ·
1980 – Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist ·
1981 – David Aardsma, American baseball player ·
1981 – Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress ·
1981 – Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner ·
1981 – Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1982 – Erin E. Stead, American illustrator ·
1983 – Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby union
player ·
1983 – Cole Hamels, American baseball player ·
1983 – Jesse
Williams, American high jumper ·
1984 – Andrejs
Perepļotkins, Ukrainian-Latvian footballer ·
1984 – Gilles Simon, French tennis player ·
1985 – Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer ·
1985 – Jérôme d'Ambrosio,
Belgian race car driver ·
1985 – Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey
player ·
1985 – Halley Gross, American screenwriter ·
1986 – Torah Bright, Australian snowboarder ·
1986 – Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce, Jamaican sprinter ·
1987 – Tim Browne, Australian rugby league player ·
1987 – Lily Cole, English model ·
1988 – Hera Hilmar, Icelandic actress ·
1988 – Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer ·
1988 – Ok Taec-yeon, South Korean singer and actor ·
1988 – Rick Porcello, American baseball player ·
1988 – Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter ·
1989 – Ingrid Várgas Calvo,
Peruvian tennis player ·
1990 – Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater ·
1990 – Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player ·
1990 – Jon Marchessault, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1991 – Michael
Morgan, Australian rugby league player ·
1991 – Danny
Wilson, Scottish footballer ·
1992 – Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer ·
1992 – Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete ·
1993 – Olivia Cooke, English actress ·
1995 – Timothée Chalamet,
American actor ·
1995 – Nick Chubb, American football player ·
1995 – Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player ·
1997 – Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player Deaths[edit]
·
683 – Gaozong of Tang,
founding emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. 628) ·
870 – Aeneas of Paris, Frankish bishop ·
975 – Balderic,
bishop of Utrecht (b. 897) ·
1003 – Emma of Blois, French duchess and regent ·
1005 – Nilus the Younger,
Byzantine abbot (b. 910) ·
1076 – Sviatoslav II,
Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1027) ·
1087 – Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress (b.
1051) ·
1381 – Edmund
Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352) ·
1518 – Mahmood Shah
Bahmani II, sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate (b.
c. 1470) ·
1543 – George,
margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484) ·
1548 – Francesco Spiera, Italian lawyer and jurist
(b. 1502) ·
1603 – Thomas
Cartwright, English minister and theologian (b. 1535) ·
1656 – Andrew White,
English Jesuit missionary (b. 1579) ·
1704 – Hans Albrecht
von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635) ·
1707 – Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b.
1632) ·
1737 – William Bowyer,
English printer (b. 1663) ·
1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) ·
1771 – Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented
the Pitot tube (b. 1695) ·
1776 – Johann Rall, Hessian colonel (b. c. 1726) ·
1782 – Henry Home, Lord
Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697) ·
1800 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b.
1718) ·
1812 – Joanna Southcott, English religious leader
(b. 1750) ·
1834 – Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b.
1775) ·
1836 – Stephen F. Austin,
American soldier and politician (b. 1793) ·
1858 – Alexandre
Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785) ·
1896 – John Brown,
English businessman and politician (b. 1816) ·
1900 – William
Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman,
founded Armstrong Whitworth (b.
1810) ·
1914 – Charles Martin Hall,
American chemist and engineer (b. 1863) ·
1919 – Achilles Alferaki,
Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b.
1846) ·
1923 – Gustave Eiffel, French architect and
engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832) ·
1924 – Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare
activist (b. 1866) ·
1936 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy,
Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873) ·
1938 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and
academic (b. 1889) ·
1938 – Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and
critic (b. 1891) ·
1938 – Zona Gale, American novelist, short story
writer, and playwright (b. 1874) ·
1939 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877) ·
1943 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and
politician, 10th Estonian
Minister of War (b. 1887) ·
1950 – Max Beckmann, German-American painter and
sculptor (b. 1884) ·
1952 – Patrick Joseph
Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878) ·
1953 – Şükrü
Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister
of Turkey (b. 1887) ·
1953 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b.
1894) ·
1955 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881) ·
1956 – Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and
lexicographer (b. 1870) ·
1958 – Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer,
co-founded Warner Bros. (b.
1881) ·
1965 – Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901) ·
1972 – Lester B. Pearson,
Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister
of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1897) ·
1974 – Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and
mathematician (b. 1898) ·
1974 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (b. 1908) ·
1978 – Chris Bell,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) ·
1978 – Houari Boumediene,
Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b.
1932) ·
1978 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1937) ·
1979 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and
politician, 2nd President of
Afghanistan (b. 1929) ·
1981 – Hoagy Carmichael, American
singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899) ·
1982 – Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and
politician (b. 1931) ·
1985 – Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b.
1946) ·
1986 – George Dangerfield,
English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904) ·
1986 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author
(b. 1892) ·
1987 – Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political
activist (b. 1897)[7] ·
1988 – Hal Ashby, American director and producer
(b. 1929) ·
1992 – Kay Boyle, American novelist, poet, and
educator (b. 1902) ·
1993 – Feliks Kibbermann,
Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902) ·
1993 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911) ·
1993 – André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b.
1918) ·
1994 – Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b.
1909) ·
1994 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist
(b. 1902) ·
1995 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist
(b. 1909) ·
1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan,
Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910) ·
1997 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and
essayist (b. 1914) ·
1997 – Billy Wright,
Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960) ·
1999 – Michael
McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950) ·
2002 – George Roy Hill, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) ·
2003 – Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934) ·
2003 – Iván Calderón,
Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962) ·
2004 – Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930) ·
2007 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and
politician, 11th Prime Minister
of Pakistan (b. 1953) ·
2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz,
Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922) ·
2007 – Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (b.
1920) ·
2008 – Delaney Bramlett, American
singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1939) ·
2008 – Robert Graham,
Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938) ·
2009 – Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian-Russian composer
and educator (b. 1923) ·
2011 – Catę, Brazilian footballer and manager (b.
1973) ·
2011 – Michael Dummett, English soldier, philosopher,
and academic (b. 1925) ·
2011 – Helen Frankenthaler,
American painter and educator (b. 1928)[8] ·
2011 – Johnny Wilson,
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929) ·
2012 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer,
and screenwriter (b. 1921) ·
2012 – Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard
player, and producer (b. 1938) ·
2012 – Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist and
engineer (b. 1931) ·
2012 – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic
(b. 1924) ·
2012 – Norman
Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (b. 1934) ·
2012 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (b.
1947) ·
2013 – Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist
and academic (b. 1933) ·
2013 – Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and
politician, Lebanese
Minister of Finance (b. 1951) ·
2013 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and
educator (b. 1929) ·
2013 – John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and
politician (b. 1917) ·
2013 – Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, philanthropist
and a popular television presenter (b. 1948) ·
2014 – Ben Ammi Ben-Israel,
American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African
Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (b. 1939) ·
2014 – Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and
academic (b. 1939) ·
2014 – Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and
businessman (b. 1929) ·
2014 – Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and
politician (b. 1920) ·
2015 – Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (b.
1927) ·
2015 – Dave Henderson, American baseball player and
sportscaster (b. 1958) ·
2015 – Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and
sculptor (b. 1923) ·
2015 – Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player
and minister (b. 1932) ·
2015 – Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (b.
1982) ·
2015 – Stevie
Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1947) ·
2016 – Carrie Fisher, American actress,
screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (b. 1956) ·
2016 – Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933) ·
2018 – Frank Blaichman, Polish resistance fighter
(b. 1922)[9] ·
2019 – Maria Creveling, American League of
Legends player (b. 1995)[10] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Fabiola o Nicarete o December
27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Constitution
Day (North Korea) ·
Emergency Rescuer's
Day (Russia) ·
St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox
Church; a public holiday in Romania) ·
The third of the Twelve Days of
Christmas (Western Christianity) |
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