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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
December 28 is the 362nd day of the
year (363rd in leap years) in
the Gregorian calendar.
Three days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit]
·
418 – A papal conclave
begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.[1] ·
457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of
the Western Roman Empire and
recognized by Emperor Leo I the Thracian. ·
484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital
at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul). ·
893 – An
earthquake destroys the
city of Dvin, Armenia. ·
1065 – Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic
church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.[2] ·
1308 – The reign
of Emperor Hanazono of
Japan begins. ·
1659 – The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces
in the Battle of Kolhapur. ·
1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through
conquest as a king of Thailand and
established Thonburi as a
capital. ·
1795 – Construction
of Yonge Street,
formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto). ·
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice
President of the United States to resign. ·
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against
the United States Army. ·
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded. ·
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of
Mexico with the signing of the Santa
María–Calatrava Treaty. ·
1846 – Iowa is
admitted as the 29th U.S. state. ·
1879 – Tay Bridge disaster:
The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses
as a train passes over it, killing 75. ·
1885 – Indian National
Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency,
British India. ·
1895 – The Lumière
brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand
Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. ·
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes
a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known
as x-rays. ·
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New
York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor
professional football game, which was held at Madison
Square Garden. ·
1908 – The 7.1 Mw Messina
earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and
200,000. ·
1912 – The first municipally
owned streetcars take to the
streets in San Francisco. ·
1918 – Constance Markievicz,
while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to
the British
House of Commons. ·
1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid,
the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich,
commences. ·
1943 – Soviet
authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation
of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia. ·
1943 – World War II: After eight days of
brutal house-to-house fighting,
the Battle of Ortona concludes
with the victory of the 1st
Canadian Infantry Division over the German
1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town
of Ortona. ·
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first
player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey. ·
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south
of Miami. ·
1956 – Chin Peng, David
Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet
in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation. ·
1958 – "Greatest
Game Ever Played": Baltimore
Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National
Football League sudden death overtime game
at New York's Yankee Stadium. ·
1973 – The United States Endangered Species
Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon. ·
1989 – A magnitude 5.6
earthquake hits Newcastle, New
South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. ·
2006 – War in Somalia:
The militaries of Somalia's Transitional
Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed. ·
2009 – Forty-three people
die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. ·
2014 – Indonesia
AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore,
killing all 162 people aboard. ·
2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are
reported missing, when the MS Norman
Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto,
in the Adriatic Sea, in
Italian waters. Births[edit]
·
1164 – Emperor Rokujō of
Japan (d. 1176) ·
1461 – Louise of Savoy,
French nun (d. 1503) ·
1510 – Nicholas
Bacon, English politician (d. 1579) ·
1522 – Margaret of Parma (d.
1583) ·
1535 – Martin Eisengrein,
German theologian (d. 1578) ·
1619 – Antoine Furetière,
French author and scholar (d. 1688) ·
1635 – Elizabeth
Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650) ·
1651 – Johann Krieger, German organist and composer
(d. 1735) ·
1655 – Charles
Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698) ·
1665 – George
FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and
politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716) ·
1722 – Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American
agriculturalist (d. 1793) ·
1763 – John Molson, English-Canadian brewer,
founded the Molson Brewery (d.
1836) ·
1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard,
Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863) ·
1789 – Catharine Maria
Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d.
1867)[3] ·
1798 – Thomas
Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844) ·
1818 – Carl Remigius
Fresenius, German chemist and academic (d. 1897) ·
1842 – Calixa Lavallée,
Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891) ·
1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American historian and
politician, 28th President
of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1924) ·
1865 – Félix Vallotton,
Swiss/French painter (d. 1925) ·
1870 – Charles Bennett,
English runner (d. 1949) ·
1882 – Arthur Eddington, English astronomer,
physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944) ·
1882 – Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (d.
1931) ·
1887 – Werner Kolhörster,
German physicist and academic (d. 1946) ·
1888 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931) ·
1890 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist,
historian, and academic (d. 1970) ·
1895 – Carol Ryrie Brink,
American author and playwright (d. 1981) ·
1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby,
Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957) ·
1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara,
Japanese admiral (d. 1947) ·
1902 – Mortimer J. Adler,
American philosopher and author (d. 2001) ·
1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator
(d. 1988) ·
1903 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader
(d. 1983) ·
1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American
mathematician and physicist (d. 1957) ·
1907 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist
and academic (d. 2013) ·
1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) ·
1910 – Billy Williams,
American singer (d. 1972) ·
1911 – Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and
journalist (d. 2003) ·
1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (d.
2009) ·
1914 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator
(d. 1974) ·
1914 – Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2000) ·
1917 – Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician,
1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010) ·
1919 – Emily Cheney Neville,
American author (d. 1997) ·
1920 – Tufty Mann, South African cricketer (d.
1952) ·
1920 – Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed
the Knoxville
City-County Building (d. 2013) ·
1920 – Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football
player (d. 2012) ·
1920 – Al Wistert, American football player and
coach (d. 2016) ·
1921 – Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and
producer (d. 2012) ·
1922 – Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and
actor (d. 2018) ·
1924 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis,
Ethiopian politician; President
of Ethiopia (d. 2018) ·
1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer
(d. 2002) ·
1925 – Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and
politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d.
2005) ·
1926 – Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and
referee (d. 2016) ·
1928 – Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player,
saxophonist, and composer (d. 2001) ·
1929 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and author
(d. 1994) ·
1929 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey
player (d. 1970) ·
1930 – Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian illustrator and
academic (d. 2010) ·
1931 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (d.
1994) ·
1931 – Martin Milner, American actor (d. 2015) ·
1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman,
founded Reliance Industries (d.
2002) ·
1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter
(d. 1979) ·
1932 – Roy Hattersley, English journalist and
politician, Shadow Home
Secretary ·
1932 – Harry Howell,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019) ·
1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress ·
1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian author and
playwright (d. 1990) ·
1933 – John Y. Brown Jr.,
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky ·
1934 – Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager
(d. 2000) ·
1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress ·
1934 – Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice
actress (d. 2013) ·
1936 – Alan Coleman, English-Australian director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) ·
1936 – Lawrence Schiller,
American journalist, director, and producer ·
1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and
philanthropist ·
1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player,
scholar, and critic (d. 2008) ·
1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman,
founded Anschutz
Entertainment Group ·
1939 – Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and
manager ·
1939 – Michelle Urry, American journalist and
illustrator (d. 2006) ·
1940 – A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and
politician, Indian
Minister of Defence ·
1940 – Don
Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host ·
1941 – Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
and coach ·
1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist ·
1943 – Juan Luis
Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal ·
1943 – David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 20th Premier of Ontario ·
1943 – Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician ·
1944 – Sandra Faber, American astronomer and
academic ·
1944 – Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and
politician ·
1944 – Kary Mullis, American biochemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2019) ·
1944 – Gordon Taylor,
English footballer ·
1945 – Birendra,
King of Nepal (d. 2001) ·
1945 – Max Hastings, English journalist, historian,
and author ·
1946 – Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician,
45th Governor of Arkansas ·
1946 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director,
screenwriter, and activist (d. 2009) ·
1946 – Hubert Green, American golfer (d. 2018) ·
1946 – Tim
Johnson, American lawyer and politician ·
1946 – Barbara, Lady Judge,
American-English lawyer and businesswoman ·
1946 – Bill Lee,
American baseball player and author ·
1946 – Laffit Pincay Jr.,
Panamanian jockey ·
1946 – Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter,
keyboard player, and producer ·
1947 – Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass
player ·
1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez,
Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000) ·
1948 – Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer ·
1950 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2010) ·
1950 – Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and
cryptographer ·
1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke,
German-American painter and academic ·
1952 – Arun Jaitley, Indian lawyer and politician,
9th Indian
Minister of Law and Justice (d. 2019) ·
1952 – Bridget Prentice, Scottish educator and
politician ·
1953 – Richard Clayderman,
French pianist ·
1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and
promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion ·
1953 – Charlie Pierce, American journalist and
author ·
1953 – Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter ·
1954 – Gayle King, American television journalist ·
1954 – Denzel Washington,
American actor, director, and producer ·
1955 – Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and
screenwriter ·
1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and
activist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2017) ·
1956 – Nigel Kennedy, English violinist ·
1958 – Terry Butcher, English footballer and
manager ·
1958 – Curt Byrum, American golfer ·
1958 – Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer ·
1959 – Hansjörg Kunze,
German runner and sportscaster ·
1959 – Daniel Léo Simpson,
American composer ·
1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter ·
1960 – Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1960 – John Fitzgerald,
Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster ·
1960 – Melvin Turpin, American basketball player
(d. 2010) ·
1961 – Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager ·
1962 – Michel Petrucciani,
French jazz pianist (d. 1999) ·
1964 – Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter ·
1964 – Maite Zúñiga,
Spanish runner ·
1965 – Allar Levandi, Estonian skier ·
1967 – Chris Ware, American illustrator ·
1968 – Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and
astronaut ·
1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer
programmer, developed Linux kernel ·
1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress ·
1970 – James Jett, American sprinter and football
player ·
1970 – Brenda
Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player ·
1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player ·
1971 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and
manager ·
1971 – Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter ·
1971 – William Gates,
American basketball player ·
1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer ·
1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian-Bermudian tennis
player and model ·
1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player ·
1973 – Holger Blume, German sprinter ·
1973 – Marc Blume, German sprinter ·
1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor, producer,
screenwriter, and talk show host ·
1973 – Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater ·
1974 – Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer ·
1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1974 – Markus Weinzierl, German footballer and
manager ·
1975 – B. J. Ryan, American baseball player ·
1976 – Ben Tune, Australian rugby player ·
1976 – Igor Žiković,
Croatian footballer ·
1976 – Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker ·
1977 – Derrick Brew, American sprinter ·
1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player ·
1977 – Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter ·
1978 – Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and
manager ·
1978 – John Legend, American singer-songwriter,
pianist, and actor ·
1979 – James Blake,
American tennis player ·
1979 – Zach Hill, American musician and artist ·
1979 – Senna Guemmour, German singer-songwriter ·
1979 – Bill Hall,
American baseball player ·
1979 – Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress ·
1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congolese footballer ·
1980 – Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker ·
1981 – Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer ·
1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz,
Dutch footballer ·
1981 – Elizabeth Jordan
Carr, American journalist ·
1981 – Sienna Miller, American-born British actress
and fashion designer ·
1981 – Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer ·
1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player (d.
2019) ·
1982 – François Gourmet,
Belgian decathlete ·
1982 – Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer ·
1982 – Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player ·
1984 – Martin Kaymer, German golfer ·
1984 – Duane Solomon, American runner ·
1985 – Kamani Hill, American soccer player ·
1986 – Tom Huddlestone, English footballer ·
1987 – Matthias Schwarz, German footballer ·
1989 – Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and
Eurovision winner ·
1990 – Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner ·
1990 – Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer ·
1990 – David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter ·
1994 – Adam Peaty, English swimmer Deaths[edit]
·
925 – Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu ·
1218 – Robert II,
Count of Dreux (b. 1154) ·
1297 – Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (b. 1230) ·
1326 – Sir
David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of
Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland ·
1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira,
Japanese shōgun (b. 1330) ·
1394 – Maria
Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (b. 1350) ·
1446 – Antipope Clement
VIII (b. 1369) ·
1491 – Bertoldo di Giovanni,
Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435) ·
1503 – Piero the
Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471) ·
1538 – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (b. 1455)[4] ·
1547 – Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian
(b. 1465) ·
1558 – Hermann Finck, German organist and composer
(b. 1527) ·
1622 – Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint
(b. 1567) ·
1663 – Francesco Maria
Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) ·
1671 – Johann
Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611) ·
1694 – Mary II of England (b.
1662) ·
1703 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664) ·
1706 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author
(b. 1647) ·
1708 – Joseph Pitton
de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656) ·
1715 – William Carstares,
Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)[5] ·
1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor,
Scottish outlaw (b. 1671) ·
1736 – Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670) ·
1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde,
Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732) ·
1795 – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and
lawyer (b. 1747) ·
1859 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English
historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800) ·
1872 – James Van Ness, American lawyer and
politician, 7th Mayor of San
Francisco (b. 1808) ·
1890 – Dennis Miller Bunker,
American painter (b. 1861) ·
1897 – William Corby, American priest and academic
(b. 1833) ·
1900 – Alexandre de
Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846) ·
1907 – Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)[6] ·
1913 – Ahmet Mithat Efendi,
Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844) ·
1916 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and
composer (b. 1835) ·
1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay,
Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892) ·
1918 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist
(b. 1865) ·
1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and
academic (b. 1854) ·
1924 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume
designer (b. 1866) ·
1932 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b.
1854) ·
1935 – Clarence Day, American author and
illustrator (b. 1874) ·
1937 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer
(b. 1875) ·
1938 – Florence Lawrence,
Canadian actress (b. 1886) ·
1942 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869) ·
1943 – Steve Evans,
American baseball player (b. 1885) ·
1945 – Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and
journalist (b. 1871) ·
1946 – Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b.
1882) ·
1947 – Victor
Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869) ·
1949 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and
soldier (b. 1910) ·
1959 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator
during World War II (b.
1889) ·
1960 – Philippe Panneton,
Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895) ·
1963 – Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer,
and conductor (b. 1895) ·
1967 – Katharine McCormick,
American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) ·
1968 – David
Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier
(b. 1893) ·
1971 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist,
composer, and conductor (b. 1888) ·
1976 – Katharine Byron, American politician (b.
1903) ·
1981 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885) ·
1983 – William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892) ·
1983 – Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter,
and producer (b. 1944) ·
1984 – Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (b. 1925) ·
1984 – Mary
Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and
educator (b. 1903) ·
1986 – John D. MacDonald,
American colonel and author (b. 1916) ·
1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922) ·
1989 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist
and engineer (b. 1894) ·
1990 – Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and
producer (b. 1946) ·
1992 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and
coach (b. 1917) ·
1993 – William L. Shirer,
American journalist and historian (b. 1904) ·
1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque,
Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911) ·
1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) ·
2001 – Samuel Abraham
Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919) ·
2001 – William X. Kienzle,
American priest and author (b. 1928) ·
2003 – Benjamin Thurman
Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935) ·
2004 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b.
1935) ·
2004 – Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist,
critic, and playwright (b. 1933) ·
2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian
Minister of Justice (b. 1956) ·
2008 – Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and
illustrator (b. 1923) ·
2009 – Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer
and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981) ·
2010 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer
(b. 1921) ·
2012 – Nicholas Ambraseys,
Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929) ·
2012 – Mark Crispin, American computer scientist
and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956) ·
2012 – Václav Drobný,
Czech footballer (b. 1980) ·
2012 – Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (b.
1936) ·
2013 – Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and
critic (b. 1927) ·
2013 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (b.
1913) ·
2013 – Harry C. Goode Jr.,
American soldier and politician, 51st Mayor
of Melbourne, Florida (b. 1938) ·
2013 – Andrew Jacobs, Jr.,
American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932) ·
2013 – Alfred
Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919) ·
2013 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer
(b. 1924) ·
2013 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
and manager (b. 1969) ·
2014 – Vahan Hovhannisyan,
Armenian politician (b. 1956) ·
2014 – Frankie Randall,
American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) ·
2014 – Leelah Alcorn,
American transgender teenager (b. 1997) ·
2015 – John Bradbury,
English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953) ·
2015 – Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and
politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b.
1949) ·
2015 – Lemmy, English musician, singer, and
songwriter (b. 1945) ·
2016 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer
and dancer (b. 1932) ·
2016 – Jean-Christophe
Victor, French political scientist (b. 1947) ·
2017 – Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne
(b. 1923)[7] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Abel (Coptic
Church) o Feast of the
Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American
countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas),
similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church), and its related
observances: o December
28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
King Taksin
Memorial Day (Thailand) ·
Proclamation
Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day
following Christmas (South Australia) ·
The fourth of the Twelve Days of
Christmas (Western Christianity) |
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