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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
December 30 is the 364th day of the
year (365th in leap years) in
the Gregorian calendar.
One day remains until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
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. ·
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.[1] ·
1896 Filipino
patriot and reform advocate Josι 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 65. ·
1897 The
British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. ·
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 was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed
body was discovered in a Moscow 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 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 United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike. ·
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 crashed in Luqa,
Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on
the ground.[2] ·
1958 The Guatemalan Air Force sinks
several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders,
killing three and sparking international
tension. ·
1965 Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of
the Philippines. ·
1972 Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy
bombing of North Vietnam. ·
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 Repϊblica
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 MadridBarajas
Airport is bombed. ·
2006 The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati
Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400
deaths. ·
2006 Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed. ·
2009 A segment of
the LanzhouZhengzhouChangsha
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. Births[edit]
·
AD 39 Titus, Roman emperor (probable;[3] d. 81) ·
159 Empress Dowager Bian,
second wife of Cao Cao, mother
of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi (d. 230) ·
1204 Abϋ
'Uthmβn Sa'ξd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) ·
1371 Vasily I of Moscow (d.
1425) ·
1490 Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman lawyer and jurist
(d. 1574) ·
1548 David Pareus, German theologian (d. 1622) ·
1578 Ulrik of
Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1624) ·
1642 Vincenzo da Filicaja,
Italian poet (d. 1707) ·
1673 Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736) ·
1678 William Croft, English organist and composer
(d. 1727) ·
1722 Charles Yorke, English lawyer and
politician, Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain (d. 1770) ·
1724 Louis-Jean-Franηois
Lagrenιe, French painter and educator (d. 1805) ·
1757 Sebastiαn
Kindelαn y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo
Domingo and Cuba (d. 1826)[4] ·
1760 Charles
Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829) ·
1792 Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and
politician (d. 1861) ·
1819 Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d.
1898) ·
1819 John W. Geary, American lawyer and
politician, 16th Governor of
Pennsylvania (d. 1873) ·
1825 Samuel Newitt Wood,
American lawyer and politician (d. 1891) ·
1842 Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator,
intellectual, art expert and painter (d. 1910) ·
1849 John Milne, English seismologist and
geologist (d. 1913) ·
1851 Asa Griggs Candler,
American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)[5] ·
1853 Andrι Messager,
French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)[6] ·
1857 Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer (d.
1944)[7] ·
1865 Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and
poet, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1936)[8] ·
1869 Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political
scientist and author (d. 1944) ·
1869 Ōzutsu Man'emon,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918) ·
1873 Al Smith, American lawyer and politician,
42nd Governor of New York (d.
1944) ·
1878 William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and
politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d.
1943) ·
1879 Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher
(d. 1950) ·
1883 Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and
politician (d. 1966) ·
1883 Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player
and coach (d. 1960) ·
1884 Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and
politician, 40th Prime Minister of
Japan (d. 1948) ·
1887 William Kolehmainen,
Finnish-American runner and coach (d. 1967) ·
1890 Adolfo Ruiz Cortines,
Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (1952-1958)
who granted women the right to vote. (d. 1973)[9] ·
1897 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and
screenwriter (d. 1976) ·
1899 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer,
and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (d.
2001) ·
1904 Dmitry Kabalevsky,
Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) ·
1905 Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and
playwright (d. 1942) ·
1906 Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and
painter (d. 1997) ·
1906 Carol Reed, English director and producer
(d. 1976) ·
1910 Paul Bowles, American composer and author
(d. 1999) ·
1911 Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998) ·
1913 Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor
and composer (d. 1996) ·
1913 Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002) ·
1914 Bert Parks, American actor, singer,
television personality, and beauty pageant host (d. 1992) ·
1917 Seymour Melman, American engineer and author
(d. 2004) ·
1919 Dick Spooner, English cricketer (d. 1997) ·
1919 David Willcocks, English organist, composer,
and conductor (d. 2015) ·
1921 Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and
politician, 32nd Prime Minister
of Lebanon (d. 1987) ·
1922 Jane Langton, American author and
illustrator (d. 2018) ·
1923 Prakash Vir Shastri,
Indian academic and politician (d. 1977) ·
1924 Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion
engineer (d. 2013) ·
1925 Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer,
and director (d. 2002) ·
1926 Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer
(d. 2013) ·
1927 Jan Kubνček, Czech painter and sculptor
(d. 2013) ·
1928 Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2008) ·
1929 Rosalinde Hurley, English physician,
microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004) ·
1930 Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic ·
1930 Red Rhodes, American guitarist (d. 1995) ·
1930 Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (d.
2005)[10] ·
1930 Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and
pharmacist, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1931 Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter
(d. 2004) ·
1931 John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author ·
1931 Frank Torre, American baseball player and
manager (d. 2014) ·
1933 Timitι Bassori,
Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer[11] ·
1934 John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and
astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space
Telescope (d. 2005) ·
1934 Joseph Bologna, American actor, director,
and screenwriter (d. 2017) ·
1934 Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer
and sportscaster ·
1934 Joseph P. Hoar, American general ·
1934 Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 1990) ·
1934 Russ Tamblyn, American actor ·
1935 Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and
politician, President
of Gabon (d. 2009) ·
1935 Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and
sportscaster ·
1935 Jack Riley,
American actor (d. 2016) ·
1937 Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
(d. 2019) ·
1937 John Hartford, American singer-songwriter
and fiddler (d. 2001) ·
1937 Jim
Marshall, American football player ·
1937 Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1938 Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame
General Manager ·
1939 Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic
(d. 2007) ·
1939 Felix Pappalardi, American
singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1983) ·
1940 James Burrows, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1941 Mel Renfro, American football player and
coach ·
1942 Vladimir Bukovsky,
Russian author and activist (d. 2019) ·
1942 Guy Edwards, English race car driver ·
1942 Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor ·
1942 Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic,
and politician ·
1942 Robert Quine, American guitarist (d. 2004) ·
1942 Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and
politician ·
1942 Fred Ward, American actor ·
1944 William J. Fallon,
American admiral ·
1944 Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and
philosopher (d. 2017) ·
1945 Davy Jones,
English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012) ·
1945 Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer,
and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment ·
1945 Paola Pigni, Italian runner ·
1945 Concetta Tomei, American actress ·
1946 Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter ·
1946 Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and
poet ·
1946 Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach ·
1947 James Kahn, American author, screenwriter,
and producer ·
1947 Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1947 Steve Mix, American basketball player and
coach ·
1948 Jed Johnson,
American interior designer and director (d. 1996) ·
1949 David Bedford,
English runner ·
1949 Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 37th Canadian
Minister of Finance (d. 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 ·
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 (d. 2010) ·
1953 Graham Vick, English director and producer ·
1953 Meredith Vieira, American journalist and
game show host ·
1954 Barry Greenstein, American poker player and
philanthropist ·
1956 Ingus
Bauķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer ·
1956 Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1956 Patricia Kalember,
American actress ·
1956 Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and
singer ·
1957 Matt Lauer, American television journalist
and anchor ·
1957 Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor ·
1958 Pedro Costa, Portuguese director,
screenwriter, and cinematographer ·
1958 Steven Smith,
American engineer and astronaut ·
1959 Antonio Pappano, English pianist and
conductor ·
1959 Kεre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and
graphic designer ·
1959 Tracey Ullman, English-American actress,
singer, director, and screenwriter ·
1959 Josιe 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 ·
1961 Ben
Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter ·
1961 Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and
sportscaster ·
1963 Chandler Burr, American journalist and
author ·
1963 Milan rejber, Czech tennis player ·
1963 Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and
politician; 70th United
States Secretary of State ·
1964 Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and
referee (d. 2013) ·
1964 Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and
screenwriter ·
1964 George Newbern, American actor ·
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 Clιrico,
French race car driver ·
1969 Dave England, American snowboarder and
stuntman ·
1969 Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia ·
1969 Michelle McGann, American golfer ·
1969 Meredith Monroe, American actress ·
1971 Sister Bliss, English keyboard player,
songwriter, and producer ·
1971 C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor ·
1971 Ricardo,
Spanish footballer and manager ·
1971 Manuela Schmermund,
German Paralympic sport shooter[12] ·
1972 Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and
manager ·
1972 Paul
Keegan, Irish footballer ·
1972 Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union
leader and activist ·
1972 Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer ·
1973 Jason Behr, American actor ·
1973 Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner,
sportscaster, and politician ·
1974 Alexandro
Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012) ·
1975 Scott Chipperfield,
Australian footballer ·
1975 Tiger Woods, American golfer ·
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 Saa
Ilić, Serbian footballer ·
1977 Scott Lucas,
Australian footballer and coach ·
1977 Kenyon Martin, American basketball player ·
1977 Lucy Punch, English actress ·
1977 Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer ·
1978 Devin Brown, American basketball player ·
1978 Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter,
producer, and actor ·
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 ·
1979 Yelawolf, American rapper, singer,
songwriter and producer ·
1980 Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer ·
1980 D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball
player ·
1980 Alison McGovern, English politician ·
1981 Cιdric Carrasso,
French footballer ·
1981 Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer ·
1981 Michael
Rodrνguez, Costa Rican footballer ·
1981 Matt Ulrich, American football player ·
1982 Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress ·
1982 Tobias Kurbjuweit,
German footballer ·
1982 Dawan Landry, American football player ·
1982 Dathan Ritzenhein,
American runner ·
1983 Davide Mandorlini,
Italian footballer ·
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[13] ·
1984 LeBron James, American basketball player,
producer and businessman ·
1985 Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist ·
1985 Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league
player ·
1986 Domenico Criscito,
Italian footballer ·
1986 Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and
producer ·
1986 Gianni Zuiverloon,
Dutch footballer ·
1986 Caity Lotz, American actress ·
1989 Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and
entrepreneur ·
1989 Kateřina
Vaňkovα, Czech tennis player ·
1990 Joe Root, English cricketer ·
1990 Bruno Henrique Pinto,
Brazilian footballer ·
1991 Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player ·
1992 Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer ·
1992 Carson Wentz, American football player ·
1995 V, South Korean singer and actor[14] ·
1996 Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player Deaths[edit]
·
274 Pope Felix I ·
717 Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester ·
903 Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (b. 858) ·
925 Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (b.
862) ·
1115 Theodoric
II, Duke of Lorraine ·
1331 Bernard Gui, inquisitor (b. 1261 or 1262) ·
1435 Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (b. 1362) ·
1436 Louis III,
Elector Palatine (b. 1378) ·
1460 Edmund, Earl of
Rutland, Irish politician, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443) ·
1460 Richard
of York, 3rd Duke of York (b. 1411) ·
1525 Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman
(b. 1459) ·
1572 Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed
the Basilica
of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512) ·
1573 Giovanni
Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504) ·
1591 Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519) ·
1621 Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b.
1550) ·
1640 John Francis Regis,
French priest and saint (b. 1597) ·
1643 Giovanni Baglione,
Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566) ·
1644 Jan Baptist van
Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577) ·
1662 Ferdinand
Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628) ·
1769 Nicholas
Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier
(b. 1685) ·
1777 Maximilian
III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727) ·
1788 Francesco Zuccarelli,
Italian painter and academic (b. 1702) ·
1803 Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and
politician (b. 1713) ·
1879 Manuel de Araϊjo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Βngelo,
Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806) ·
1896 Josι Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist,
journalist, and author (b. 1861) ·
1906 Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828) ·
1908 Thomas-Alfred
Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844) ·
1916 Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869) ·
1928 Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874) ·
1937 Hans Niels Andersen,
Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b.
1852) ·
1940 Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) ·
1941 El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and
architect (b. 1890) ·
1944 Romain Rolland, French author and
playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1866) ·
1945 Song Jin-woo,
South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889) ·
1947 Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889) ·
1947 Alfred North
Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b.
1861) ·
1954 Archduke Eugen
of Austria (b. 1863) ·
1955 Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author
(b. 1913) ·
1967 Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 18th Governor
General of Canada (b. 1887) ·
1968 Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and
politician, 1st Secretary-General
of the United Nations (b. 1896) ·
1970 Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932) ·
1971 Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime
Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914) ·
1971 Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and
academic (b. 1919) ·
1979 Richard Rodgers, American playwright and
composer (b. 1902) ·
1982 Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter
and illustrator (b. 1896) ·
1983 Violette Cordery, English race car driver
(b. 1900) ·
1986 Era Bell Thompson,
American journalist (b. 1905) ·
1988 Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b.
1925) ·
1988 Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and
landscaper (b. 1904) ·
1990 Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and
critic (b. 1929) ·
1992 Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (b. 1928)[15] ·
1993 İhsan
Sabri Ηağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1908) ·
1993 Irving
"Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907) ·
1993 Giuseppe Occhialini,
Italian-French physicist and academic (b. 1907) ·
1994 Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist
and academic (b. 1904) ·
1995 Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer,
and conductor (b. 1914) ·
1995 Doris Grau, American voice actor and script
supervisor (b. 1924) ·
1996 Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908) ·
1997 Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and
illustrator (b. 1926) ·
1998 Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter,
co-founded the National
Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905) ·
1999 Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor
(b. 1915) ·
1999 Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer,
co-designed the Cologne
Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm
Stuttgart (b. 1909) ·
1999 Des Renford, Australian swimmer (b. 1927) ·
1999 Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (b.
1880) ·
2000 Julius J. Epstein,
American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909) ·
2002 Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906) ·
2002 Eleanor J. Gibson,
American psychologist and academic (b. 1910) ·
2002 Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912) ·
2003 John Gregory Dunne,
American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932) ·
2004 Artie Shaw, American clarinet player,
composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) ·
2005 Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and
coach (b. 1940) ·
2005 Rona Jaffe, American novelist (b. 1932) ·
2006 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and
politician, 5th President of Iraq (b.
1937) ·
2006 Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer
and spy (b. 1938) ·
2006 Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player
(b. 1948) ·
2009 Rowland S. Howard,
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959) ·
2009 Abdurrahman Wahid,
Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (b.
1940) ·
2010 Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer
from Aruba (b. 1949) ·
2011 Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (b.
1920) ·
2012 Philip Coppens,
Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971) ·
2012 Beate Sirota Gordon,
Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923) ·
2012 Rita Levi-Montalcini,
Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1909) ·
2012 Carl Woese, American microbiologist and
biophysicist (b. 1928) ·
2012 Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (b.
1948) ·
2013 Kinnaird R. McKee,
American admiral (b. 1929) ·
2013 Josι Marνa Maguregui,
Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934) ·
2013 Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
and producer (b. 1948) ·
2013 Johnny
Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927) ·
2013 Paul Sally, American mathematician and
academic (b. 1933) ·
2014 Terry Becker, American actor, director, and
producer (b. 1921) ·
2014 Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet
player and saxophonist (b. 1936) ·
2014 Luise Rainer, German-born American-British
actress (b. 1910) ·
2015 Doug Atkins, American football player (b.
1930) ·
2015 Howard Davis, Jr.,
American boxer and trainer (b. 1956) ·
2015 Mangesh Padgaonkar,
Indian poet, playwright, and translator (b. 1929) ·
2015 Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (b.
1934) ·
2017 Erica Garner, American civil rights activist
(b. 1990) Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Frances
Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal
Church) o December
30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
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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