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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
23 days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit]
·
395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former
vassal Northern Wei at
the Battle of Canhe
Slope. ·
757 – Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's
court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. ·
877 – Louis the Stammerer (son
of Charles the Bald)
is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne. ·
1432 – The first
battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund
Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most
active phase of the Lithuanian
Civil War. ·
1504 – Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah penned
his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation
of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly
converted Muslims in Spain. ·
1660 – A woman
(either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public
stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of
Shakespeare's play Othello. ·
1813 – Premiere
of Beethoven's
Seventh Symphony. ·
1851 – Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat
rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla,
signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.[1] ·
1854 – In his Apostolic
constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate
Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was
conceived free of Original Sin. ·
1863 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln issues
the Proclamation of Amnesty
and Reconstruction, formally establishing the process of Reconstruction. ·
1864 – Pope Pius IX promulgates the
encyclical Quanta cura and
its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors,
outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas. ·
1907 – King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes
to the Swedish throne. ·
1912 – Leaders of
the German Empire hold
an Imperial War Council to discuss the
possibility that war might break out. ·
1914 – World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East
Asia Squadron in the Battle of
the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ·
1922 – Northern Ireland
ceases to be part of the Irish Free State. ·
1927 – The Brookings
Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger
of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings. ·
1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy",
after which the
U.S. declares war on Japan. ·
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces
simultaneously invade Shanghai
International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the
Philippines, and the Dutch East
Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl
Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.) ·
1943 – World War II:
The German 117th
Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22
monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days
later with the Massacre of
Kalavryta. ·
1953 – U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers
his "Atoms for Peace"
speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and
information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions
around the world. ·
1955 – The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe. ·
1962 – Workers at four
New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go
on strike for 114 days. ·
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214,
a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on
board. ·
1966 – The Greek
ship SS Heraklion sinks
in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing
over 200. ·
1969 – Olympic
Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea,
Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history. ·
1971 – Indo-Pakistani
War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi. ·
1972 – United
Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its
landing attempt at Chicago
Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever
loss of a Boeing 737. ·
1974 – A plebiscite results
in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. ·
1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in
front of The Dakota in
New York City.[2] ·
1985 – The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,
the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South
Asia is established. ·
1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in
the White House. ·
1987 – An Israeli army tank transporter
kills four Palestinian refugees and
injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip
border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked
the First Intifada. ·
1988 – A United States Air
Force A-10
Thunderbolt II crashes into
an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany,
killing 5 people and injuring 50 others. ·
1990 – Galileo (spacecraft) flies
past Earth. ·
1991 – The leaders of
Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving
the Soviet Union and
establishing the Commonwealth
of Independent States. ·
1992 – Galileo (spacecraft) flies
past Earth. ·
1998 – Eighty-one people are killed by armed
groups in Algeria. ·
2004 – The Cusco Declaration is
signed in Cusco, Peru,
establishing the South
American Community of Nations. ·
2009 – Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure
448 others. ·
2010 – With the second launch of
the Falcon 9 and the first launch of
the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private
company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.[3] ·
2010 – The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about
80,800 km. ·
2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident
in Little India. ·
2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to
perform on all 7 continents. Births[edit]
·
65 BC – Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)[4] ·
1021 – Wang Anshi, Chinese economist and chancellor
(d. 1086) ·
1412 – Astorre II Manfredi,
Italian lord (d. 1468) ·
1418 – Queen Jeonghui, Queen consort of Korea (d.
1483) ·
1424 – Anselm Adornes, Belgian merchant, politician
and diplomat (d. 1483)[5] ·
1538 – Miklós Istvánffy,
Hungarian politician (d. 1615) ·
1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots,
daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, at Linlithgow Palace (d.
1587)[6] ·
1558 – François
de La Rochefoucauld, Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)[7] ·
1678 – Antonio de Benavides,
colonial governor of Florida (d. 1762)[8] ·
1678 – Horatio
Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British
Ambassador to France (d. 1757) ·
1699 – Maria Josepha of
Austria (d. 1757) ·
1708 – Francis I,
Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765) ·
1724 – Claude Balbastre, French organist and
composer (d. 1799) ·
1730 – Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician,
physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799) ·
1731 – František Xaver
Dušek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799) ·
1756 – Archduke
Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801) ·
1765 – Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented
the cotton gin (d. 1825) ·
1795 – Peter Andreas Hansen,
Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874) ·
1807 – Friedrich
Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (d. 1893) ·
1813 – August Belmont, Prussian-American financier
and diplomat, 16th United
States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890) ·
1815 – Adolph Menzel, German painter and
illustrator (d. 1905) ·
1817 – Christian
Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician,
10th Prime Minister
of Denmark (d. 1896) ·
1818 – Charles
III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889) ·
1822 – Jakov
Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889) ·
1832 – Bjørnstjerne
Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1910) ·
1860 – Amanda McKittrick
Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939) ·
1861 – William C. Durant,
American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947) ·
1861 – Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and
painter (d. 1944) ·
1861 – Georges Méliès,
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938) ·
1862 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921) ·
1863 – Charles Lincoln
Edwards, American zoologist (d. 1937) ·
1864 – Camille Claudel, French illustrator and
sculptor (d. 1943) ·
1865 – Rüdiger von der
Goltz, German general (d. 1946) ·
1865 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and
academic (d. 1963) ·
1865 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and
composer (d. 1957)[9] ·
1874 – Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and
pediatrician (d. 1951) ·
1875 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter
(d. 1925) ·
1877 – Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist,
and composer (d. 1944) ·
1880 – Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and
philologist (d. 1973) ·
1881 – Albert Gleizes, French painter (d. 1953) ·
1884 – Francis
Balfour, English colonel and politician (d. 1965) ·
1886 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator
(d. 1957) ·
1890 – Bohuslav
Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959) ·
1892 – Marcus Lee Hansen,
American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938) ·
1894 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist,
created Popeye (d. 1938) ·
1894 – James Thurber, American humorist and
cartoonist (d. 1961) ·
1899 – Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and
playwright (d. 1970) ·
1899 – John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (d.
1987) ·
1900 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician
(d. 1990) ·
1900 – Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and
academic (d. 1982) ·
1902 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982) ·
1903 – Zelma Watson George,
Black American opera singer (d. 1994)[10] ·
1908 – Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress
(d. 1990) ·
1908 – John A. Volpe, American soldier and
politician, 61st Governor of
Massachusetts (d. 1994)[11] ·
1911 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976) ·
1911 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d.
1992) ·
1913 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short
story writer (d. 1966) ·
1914 – Floyd Tillman, American country music
singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) ·
1914 – Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer (d.
2003) ·
1915 – Ernest Lehman, American director, producer,
and screenwriter (d. 2005) ·
1916 – Richard Fleischer,
American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006) ·
1917 – Ian Johnson,
Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998) ·
1919 – Peter Tali Coleman,
Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of
American Samoa (d. 1997) ·
1919 – Julia Bowman, American mathematician and
theorist (d. 1985)[12] ·
1919 – Kateryna
Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001) ·
1920 – McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English
sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)[13] ·
1922 – Lucian Freud, German-English painter and
illustrator (d. 2011)[14] ·
1922 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d.
2015) ·
1923 – Dewey Martin,
American actor (d. 2018) ·
1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier
and chemist ·
1924 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian,
author, and academic (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer,
and dancer (d. 1990)[15] ·
1925 – Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1972) ·
1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite,
Spanish author and poet (d. 2000) ·
1925 – Jimmy Smith,
American organist (d. 2005) ·
1927 – Vladimir Shatalov,
Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut ·
1927 – Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social
theorist (d. 1998) ·
1928 – Bill Hewitt,
Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996) ·
1928 – Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist,
neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012) ·
1930 – Julian Critchley, English journalist and
politician (d. 2000) ·
1930 – Maximilian Schell,
Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) ·
1931 – Bob Arum, American boxing promoter,
founded Top Rank ·
1933 – Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (d.
1998) ·
1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and
politician ·
1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya,
Russian-Israeli chess player (d. 2017) ·
1936 – David Carradine, American actor, director,
and producer (d. 2009) ·
1936 – Michael Hobson, American publisher ·
1936 – Peter Parfitt, English cricketer ·
1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010) ·
1937 – Arne Næss, Jr.,
German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004) ·
1939 – Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1939 – Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and
producer ·
1939 – James Galway, Irish flute player ·
1939 – Felipe Gozon, Filipino lawyer and
businessman ·
1939 – Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, producer,
and screenwriter ·
1939 – Soko Richardson, American drummer (d. 2004) ·
1940 – Brant Alyea, American baseball player ·
1941 – Ed Brinkman, American baseball player and
coach (d. 2008) ·
1941 – Bob Brown,
American football player ·
1941 – Duke Cunningham, American commander and
politician ·
1941 – Bobby Elliott, English drummer ·
1941 – Geoff Hurst, English footballer and manager ·
1943 – Larry Martin, American paleontologist and
ornithologist (d. 2013) ·
1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and
poet (d. 1971) ·
1943 – James Tate,
American poet (d. 2015) ·
1943 – Bodo Tümmler, German runner ·
1943 – Mary Woronov, American actress, director,
and screenwriter ·
1944 – George Baker,
Dutch singer-songwriter ·
1944 – Bertie Higgins, American singer-songwriter ·
1944 – Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1944 – Vince MacLean, Canadian educator and
politician ·
1945 – John Banville, Irish novelist and
screenwriter ·
1945 – Julie Heldman, American tennis player[16] ·
1946 – John Rubinstein, American actor, director,
and composer ·
1946 – Chava Alberstein, Polish-Israeli
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1947 – Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2017) ·
1947 – Gérard Blanc, French singer, guitarist, and
actor (d. 2009) ·
1947 – Thomas Cech, American chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1947 – Kati-Claudia
Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet (d. 2011) ·
1947 – Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist,
astronomer, and academic ·
1948 – Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American
mathematician and academic ·
1948 – John Waters,
English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist ·
1949 – Mary Gordon,
American author, critic, and academic ·
1949 – Nancy Meyers, American director, producer,
and screenwriter ·
1949 – Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and
academic ·
1950 – Rick Baker,
American actor and makeup artist ·
1950 – Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach,
and manager ·
1950 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and
producer (d. 1994) ·
1951 – Bill Bryson, American essayist, travel and
science writer ·
1951 – Richard Desmond, English publisher and
businessman, founded Northern & Shell ·
1951 – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1952 – Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean
politician, Singaporean
Minister of Health ·
1952 – Steve Atkinson,
English-Hong Kong cricketer ·
1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress ·
1953 – Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and
journalist ·
1953 – Norman Finkelstein,
American author, academic, and activist ·
1953 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992) ·
1953 – Władysław
Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach ·
1953 – Steve
Yates, English footballer ·
1954 – Harold Hongju Koh,
American lawyer, academic, and politician ·
1954 – Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist ·
1955 – Milenko
Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d.
2008) ·
1956 – Warren Cuccurullo,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1956 – Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and
politician, 9th Prime
Minister of Lithuania ·
1956 – Slick,
American wrestler and manager ·
1957 – Mike Buchanan,
British men's rights advocate ·
1957 – James Cama, American martial artist and
educator (d. 2014) ·
1957 – Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1958 – Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger ·
1958 – Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist ·
1958 – Michel Ferté, French race car driver ·
1958 – Bob Greene,
American physiologist and author ·
1958 – Mirosław
Okoński, Polish footballer ·
1959 – Stephen Jefferies,
South African cricketer and coach ·
1959 – Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and
critic ·
1960 – Aaron Allston, American game designer and
author (d. 2014) ·
1960 – Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian accountant and
politician, 4th Chief
Minister of the State of Penang and incumbent Minister of Finance. ·
1960 – Bill McKibben, American author and
environmentalist ·
1961 – Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist,
and author ·
1961 – Conceição Lima,
São Toméan poet[17] ·
1961 – Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and
television host ·
1962 – Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer ·
1962 – Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist,
songwriter, and television host ·
1962 – Nikos Karageorgiou,
Greek footballer and manager ·
1962 – Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer ·
1963 – Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter,
and producer ·
1963 – Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler ·
1963 – Ricky Walford, Australian rugby league
player ·
1964 – James Blundell,
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1964 – Teri Hatcher, American actress ·
1964 – Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler ·
1964 – Óscar
Ramírez, Costa Rican footballer and coach ·
1965 – David Harewood, English actor ·
1965 – Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and
screenwriter ·
1966 – Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American
rapper Geto Boys (d.
2019) ·
1966 – Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach ·
1966 – Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor ·
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor,
Irish singer-songwriter ·
1967 – Jeff George, American football player ·
1967 – Andy Kapp, German curler ·
1967 – Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and
singer ·
1967 – Darren Sheridan, English footballer and
manager ·
1967 – Junkie XL, Dutch songwriter, movie score
composer and electronic artist ·
1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball player and
coach ·
1968 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer
(d. 2013) ·
1969 – Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and
cryptographer ·
1971 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and
manager ·
1972 – Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect ·
1972 – Janae Marie Kroczaleski, American powerlifter[18] ·
1972 – Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter[19] ·
1973 – Corey Taylor, American singer-songwriter,
musician, and actor ·
1974 – Cristian Castro, Mexican singer ·
1974 – Tony
Simmons, American football player and coach ·
1974 – Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter,
and producer ·
1975 – Kevin Harvick, American race car driver ·
1976 – Brettina, Bahamian-American
singer-songwriter and actress ·
1976 – Reed Johnson, American baseball player ·
1976 – Dominic Monaghan, German-born English actor ·
1976 – Zoe Konstantopoulou,
Greek lawyer and politician ·
1977 – Ryan Newman,
American race car driver ·
1977 – Aleksandra Olsza, Polish tennis player ·
1977 – Anita Weyermann, Swiss runner and journalist ·
1978 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer ·
1978 – Frédéric Piquionne,
French footballer ·
1978 – Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer ·
1978 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor ·
1978 – Vernon Wells, American baseball player ·
1979 – Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player ·
1979 – Johan
Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician ·
1979 – Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer ·
1979 – Ingrid Michaelson,
American singer-songwriter and pianist ·
1979 – Christian
Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer ·
1980 – Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner ·
1981 – Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player ·
1981 – Simon Finnigan, English rugby league player ·
1981 – Philip Rivers, American football player ·
1982 – Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player ·
1982 – Serena Ryder, American singer-songwriter ·
1982 – Chrisette Michele,
American singer-songwriter ·
1982 – Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and
actress ·
1983 – Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver ·
1983 – Valéry Mézague,
Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014) ·
1984 – Emma Green Tregaro,
Swedish high jumper ·
1984 – Greg Halford, English footballer ·
1984 – Sam Hunt,
American singer-songwriter ·
1985 – Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater ·
1985 – Dwight Howard, American basketball player[20] ·
1985 – Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball
player ·
1986 – Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper ·
1986 – Amir Khan,
English boxer ·
1986 – Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby
league player ·
1986 – Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actress ·
1989 – Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1989 – Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league
player ·
1992 – Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model,
and actress ·
1993 – Janari Jõesaar,
Estonian basketball player ·
1993 – Jordan Obita, English footballer ·
1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress ·
1993 – Cara Mund, Miss America 2018 ·
1994 – Conseslus Kipruto,
Kenyan runner[21] ·
1994 – Raheem Sterling, English footballer Deaths[edit]
·
855 – Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801) ·
899 – Arnulf of Carinthia (b.
850) ·
964 – Zhou the Elder,
Chinese queen consort ·
1186 – Berthold
IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125) ·
1292 – John Peckham, Archbishop of
Canterbury ·
1365 – Nicholas II,
Duke of Opava (b. 1288) ·
1431 – Hedwig
Jagiellon, Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408) ·
1550 – Gian Giorgio
Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478) ·
1626 – John Davies,
English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569) ·
1632 – Philippe van
Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561) ·
1638 – Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589) ·
1643 – John Pym, English politician (b. 1583) ·
1649 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint
(b. 1613) ·
1680 – Henry
Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and
politician (b. 1606) ·
1691 – Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and
hymn-writer (b. 1615) ·
1695 – Barthélemy
d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625) ·
1709 – Thomas Corneille, French playwright and
philologist (b. 1625) ·
1722 – Elizabeth
Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652) ·
1744 – Marie Anne de Mailly,
French mistress of Louis XV of France (b.
1717) ·
1745 – Étienne Fourmont,
French orientalist and academic (b. 1683) ·
1746 – Charles Radclyffe,
English courtier and soldier (b. 1693) ·
1756 – William
Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and
diplomat, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690) ·
1768 – Jean Denis Attiret,
French painter and missionary (b. 1702) ·
1779 – Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) ·
1815 – Mary Bosanquet
Fletcher, Methodist preacher
and philanthropist (b. 1739) ·
1830 – Benjamin Constant,
Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767) ·
1856 – Theobald
Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b.
1790) ·
1859 – Thomas De Quincey,
English journalist and author (b. 1785) ·
1864 – George Boole, English mathematician and
philosopher (b. 1815) ·
1869 – Narcisa de Jesús,
Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832) ·
1885 – William Henry
Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821) ·
1886 – Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist,
and publisher (b. 1792) ·
1894 – Pafnuty Chebyshev,
Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821) ·
1903 – Herbert Spencer, English biologist,
anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820) ·
1907 – Oscar II of Sweden (b.
1829) ·
1913 – Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b.
1868) ·
1914 – Melchior Anderegg,
Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828) ·
1914 – Maximilian von Spee,
Danish-German admiral (b. 1861) ·
1917 – Mendele Mocher
Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836) ·
1918 – Josip Stadler, Bosnian Catholic archbishop
(b. 1843) ·
1919 – J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852) ·
1929 – José Vicente Concha,
Colombian politician and 8th President of
Colombia (b. 1867)[22] ·
1932 – Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and
writer (b. 1843)[23] ·
1937 – Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and
academic (b. 1856) ·
1938 – Friedrich Glauser,
Swiss author (b. 1896) ·
1940 – George
Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861) ·
1941 – Izidor Kürschner,
Hungarian football player and coach (b. 1885)[24] ·
1942 – Albert Kahn,
American architect, Fisher Building, Packard
Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge
Complex (b. 1869) ·
1952 – Charles Lightoller,
English sailor (b. 1874) ·
1954 – Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer,
and writer (b. 1894)[25] ·
1954 – Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904) ·
1954 – Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1888) ·
1958 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and
manager (b. 1888) ·
1963 – Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and
politician, 11th Prime Minister
of Thailand (b. 1908) ·
1966 – Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author,
and critic (b. 1899) ·
1971 – Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and
explorer (b. 1903) ·
1971 – Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b.
1896) ·
1975 – Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b.
1948) ·
1978 – Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and
politician, 4th Prime Minister
of Israel (b. 1898) ·
1980 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1940)[2] ·
1982 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and
politician (b. 1951) ·
1982 – André Kamperveen,
Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924) ·
1982 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter
and race car driver (b. 1925) ·
1982 – Haim Laskov, Israel Defense Forces fifth
Chief of Staff (b. 1919) ·
1983 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and
politician, 26th Prime
Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904) ·
1983 – Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919) ·
1984 – Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903) ·
1984 – Robert Jay Mathews,
American militant leader, founded The
Order (b. 1953) ·
1984 – Razzle,
English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b.
1960) ·
1984 – Semih Sancar, Turkish general (b. 1911) ·
1991 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and
composer (b. 1911) ·
1992 – William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917) ·
1993 – Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b.
1933) ·
1994 – Antônio Carlos Jobim,
Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927) ·
1996 – Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950) ·
1996 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938) ·
1997 – Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922) ·
1999 – Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b.
1923) ·
2001 – Mirza Delibašić,
Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954) ·
2001 – Betty Holberton, American computer scientist
and programmer (b. 1917) ·
2003 – Rubén González,
Cuban pianist (b. 1919) ·
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (b. 1966) ·
2005 – Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge
(b. 1914)[26] ·
2006 – Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915) ·
2006 – José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b.
1959) ·
2007 – Gerardo García
Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983) ·
2008 – Oliver Postgate, English voice actor,
director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) ·
2008 – Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930) ·
2009 – Luis Días,
Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) ·
2012 – Jerry
Brown, American football player (b. 1987) ·
2012 – John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of
The Salvation Army (b. 1934) ·
2012 – Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951) ·
2013 – John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist
and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1917) ·
2013 – Sándor Szokolay,
Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931) ·
2013 – Richard S.
Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949) ·
2014 – Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician
(b. 1951) ·
2014 – Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and
coach (b. 1930) ·
2014 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and
composer (b. 1915) ·
2015 – Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and
actress (b. 1925) ·
2015 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and
coach (b. 1936) ·
2015 – Douglas Tompkins, American businessman,
co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943) ·
2015 – John Trudell, American author, poet, and
actor (b. 1946) ·
2015 – Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and
politician (b. 1913) ·
2016 – John Glenn, American astronaut and senator,
first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)[27] ·
2018 – David Weatherall, English physician,
geneticist, and academic (b. 1933)[28] ·
2019 – René Auberjonois,
American actor (b. 1940)[29] ·
2019 – Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and
songwriter (b. 1998)[30] ·
2019 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and actor
(b. 1933) [31] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Battle Day (Falkland Islands) ·
CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
and Cuba) ·
Christian feast day: o Clement of Ohrid (Julian Calendar), and
its related observances: o Feast
of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several
countries, a holy day of
obligation in others), and its related observances: § Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican
Communion), lesser commemoration § Festa da
Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean in Umbanda (Salvador, Bahia) § Mother's Day (Panama) o Richard Baxter (US Episcopal Church) o Romaric o December
8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Constitution
Day (Uzbekistan) ·
Day of Finnish Music (Finland) ·
Earliest day on which National
Tree Planting Day can fall, while December 14 is the latest;
celebrated on the second Monday in December. (Malawi) ·
Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan) ·
National
Youth Day (Albania) |
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