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December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . Six days remain until the end of the year.
0 0 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han , under the command of Wu Han , conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.[1] 0 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian .[2] 0 333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar 0 336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.0 350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia ) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.0 508 – Clovis I , king of the Franks , is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims , by Saint Remigius .0 597 – Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons .0 800 – The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor , in Rome.1000 – The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary : Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary .1013 – Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England .1025 – Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland .1066 – William the Conqueror , Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England , at Westminster Abbey , London .[3] 1076 – Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.1100 – Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem .1130 – Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily .[4] 1261 – Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos .1492 – The carrack Santa María Christopher Columbus , runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch .1553 – Battle of Tucapel : Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile , Pedro de Valdivia .1559 – Pope Pius IV is elected , four months after his predecessor's death.1758 – Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch , confirming Edmund Halley 's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.1766 – Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766 .[5] 1776 – George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey , the next day.1793 – General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio .1809 – Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy , removing a 22-pound tumor .[6] 1814 – Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay .1815 – The Handel and Haydn Society , oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.1831 – The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica 's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.1837 – Second Seminole War : American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee .1868 – Pardons for ex-Confederates : United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.1914 – A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.1932 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.1941 – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet .1941 – World War II : Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong .
1941 – Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon , which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces .
1946 – The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union 's F-1 nuclear reactor .1950 – The Stone of Scone , traditional coronation stone of British monarchs , is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11 , 1951.1951 – A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore , early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement , killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.[7] 1962 – The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test , in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty .1963 – Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation .1968 – Apollo program : Apollo 8 Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit .1968 – Kilvenmani massacre : Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
1976 – EgyptAir Flight 664 , a Boeing 707-366C , crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport , killing 71 people.[8] 1977 – Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat .1986 – Iraqi Airways Flight 163 , a Boeing 737-270C , is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia , killing 63 people.[9] 1989 – Romanian Revolution : Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena , are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial .1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine 's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.1999 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 , a Yakovlev Yak-42 , crashes near Bejuma , Carabobo State , Venezuela , killing 22 people.[10] 2003 – UTA Flight 141 , a Boeing 727-223 , crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin , killing 141 people.2003 – The ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars Express spacecraft on December 19 , stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
2004 – The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn 's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.2012 – An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent , killing 27 people.2016 – A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.2019 – Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines .[11] 2020 – An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.[12] 1250 – John IV Laskaris , Byzantine emperor (d. 1305)1281 – Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (d. 1348)1400 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1487)1424 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (d. 1445)1461 – Christina of Saxony , Queen consort of Denmark (d. 1521)1490 – Francesco Marinoni , Italian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1562)1493 – Antoinette de Bourbon , French noblewoman (d. 1583)1505 – Christine of Saxony , German noblewoman (d. 1549)1564 – Johannes Buxtorf , German Calvinist theologian (d. 1629)1583 – Orlando Gibbons , English organist and composer (d. 1625)1584 – Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1611)1601 – Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1675)1628 – Noël Coypel , French painter and educator (d. 1707)1642 (OS ) – Isaac Newton , English physicist and mathematician (d. 1726/1727)1652 – Archibald Pitcairne , Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (d. 1713)1665 – Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746)1674 – Thomas Halyburton , Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)1686 – Giovanni Battista Somis , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)1700 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1758)1711 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville , French violinist and composer (d. 1772)1716 – Johann Jakob Reiske , German physician and scholar (d. 1774)1717 – Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)[13] 1728 – Johann Adam Hiller , German composer and conductor (d. 1804)1730 – Philip Mazzei , Italian-American physician and philosopher (d. 1816)1745 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges , Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1799)1757 – Benjamin Pierce , American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1839)1766 – Christmas Evans , Welsh Nonconformist preacher (d. 1838)1771 – Dorothy Wordsworth , English diarist and poet (d. 1855)1776 – Sydney, Lady Morgan , Irish author and poet (d. 1859)1810 – L. L. Langstroth , American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (d. 1895)1821 – Clara Barton , American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)1825 – Stephen F. Chadwick , American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (d. 1895)1829 – Patrick Gilmore , Irish-American composer and bandleader (d. 1892)1856 – Pud Galvin , American baseball player and manager (d. 1902)1861 – Madan Mohan Malaviya , Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1946)1865 – Evangeline Booth , English 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)1869 – Charles Finger , English-American journalist and author (d. 1941)1870 – Helena Rubinstein , Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1965)1873 – Otto Frederick Hunziker , Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (d. 1959)1874 – Lina Cavalieri , Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)1875 – Francis Aveling , Canadian psychologist and priest (d. 1941)1875 – Theodor Innitzer , Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)
1876 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah , Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (d. 1948)1876 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1878 – Louis Chevrolet , Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet (d. 1941)1878 – Noël, Countess of Rothes , philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (d. 1956)
1878 – Joseph M. Schenck , Russian-American film producer (d. 1961)
1883 – Hugo Bergmann , Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1975)1883 – Hana Meisel , Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (d. 1972)
1884 – Samuel Berger , American boxer (d. 1925)1884 – Evelyn Nesbit , American model and actress (d. 1967)
1886 – Malak Hifni Nasif , Egyptian poet and activist (d. 1918)1886 – Kid Ory , American trombonist and bandleader (d. 1973)
1887 – Conrad Hilton , American entrepreneur (d. 1979)1889 – Lila Bell Wallace , American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest 1890 – Noel Odell , English geologist and mountaineer (d. 1987)1891 – Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson , Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1959)1891 – Clarrie Grimmett , New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. 1980)
1899 – Humphrey Bogart , American actor (d. 1957)1901 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)[14] 1902 – Barton MacLane , American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1969)1902 – William Bell , American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)
1903 – Antiochos Evangelatos , Greek composer and conductor (d. 1981)1904 – Gerhard Herzberg , German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)1906 – Lew Grade, Baron Grade , Ukrainian-English film producer (d. 1998)1906 – Ernst Ruska , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1907 – Cab Calloway , American singer-songwriter and bandleader (d. 1994)1907 – Mike Mazurki , Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1990)
1907 – Glenn McCarthy , American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (d. 1988)
1908 – Quentin Crisp , English author and illustrator (d. 1999)1908 – Ernest L. Massad , American general (d. 1993)
1908 – Jo-Jo Moore , American baseball player (d. 2001)
1909 – Zora Arkus-Duntov , Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996)1911 – Louise Bourgeois , French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010)1913 – Candy Candido , American singer, bass player, and voice actor (d. 1999)1913 – Tony Martin , American singer (d. 2012)
1914 – James Fletcher Jnr , New Zealand businessman (d. 2007)1914 – Oscar Lewis , American anthropologist of Latin America (d. 1970)
1915 – Pete Rugolo , Italian-American composer and producer (d. 2011)1916 – Ahmed Ben Bella , Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (d. 2012)1917 – Arseny Mironov , Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (d. 2019)1917 – Lincoln Verduga Loor , Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)
1918 – Anwar Sadat , Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)1919 – Naushad Ali , Indian composer and director (d. 2006)1919 – Paul David , Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah , Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (d. 2000)1921 – Steve Otto , Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1922 – William Demby , American author (d. 2013)1923 – René Girard , French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (d. 2015)1923 – Louis Lane , American conductor and educator (d. 2016)
1924 – Rod Serling , American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee , Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018)
1925 – Carlos Castaneda , Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (d. 1998)1925 – Ned Garver , American baseball player (d. 2017)
1925 – Sam Pollock , Canadian businessman (d. 2007)
1926 – Enrique Jorrín , Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987)1927 – Nellie Fox , American baseball player and coach (d. 1975)1927 – Leo Kubiak , American basketball and baseball player
1927 – Ram Narayan , Indian sarangi player
1928 – Irish McCalla , American actress and model (d. 2002)1928 – Dick Miller , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1929 – Christine M. Jones , American educator and politician (d. 2013)1929 – China Machado , Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (d. 2016)
1930 – Emmanuel Agassi , Iranian-American boxer and coach1930 – Armenak Alachachian , Armenian basketball player and coach (d. 2017)
1932 – Mabel King , American actress and singer (d. 1999)1933 – Basil Heatley , English runner (d. 2019)1935 – Sadiq al-Mahdi , Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (d. 2020)1935 – Stephen Barnett , American scholar and academic (d. 2009)
1935 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas , American educator and politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy 1936 – Ismail Merchant , Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005)
1937 – O'Kelly Isley Jr. , American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 1986)1938 – Duane Armstrong , American painter1938 – Noel Picard , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
1939 – Ghulam Ahmad Bilour , Pakistani businessman and politician1939 – Bob James , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Akong Rinpoche , Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (d. 2013)
1940 – Hilary Spurling , English journalist and author1941 – Kenneth Calman , Scottish physician and academic1942 – Françoise Dürr , French tennis player and coach1942 – Barbara Follett , English politician
1942 – Barry Goldberg , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1942 – Enrique Morente , Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior , Brazilian race car driver and businessman1943 – Hanna Schygulla , German actress[15]
1944 – Kenny Everett , British comedian and broadcaster (d. 1995)1944 – Jairzinho , Brazilian footballer
1944 – Sam Strahan , New Zealand rugby player (d. 2019)
1945 – Rick Berman , American screenwriter and producer1945 – Eve Pollard , English journalist and author
1945 – Mike Pringle , Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician
1945 – Noel Redding , English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2003)
1945 – Ken Stabler , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1946 – Jimmy Buffett , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor[15] 1946 – Larry Csonka , American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Christopher Frayling , English author and academic
1946 – Gene Lamont , American baseball player and manager
1948 – Merry Clayton , American singer and actress1948 – Kay Hymowitz , American sociologist and writer
1948 – Barbara Mandrell , American singer-songwriter and actress[15]
1948 – Joel Santana , Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira , Brazilian singer1949 – Nawaz Sharif , Pakistani lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 – Sissy Spacek , American actress
1950 – Peter Boardman , English mountaineer and author (d. 1982)1950 – Karl Rove , American political strategist and activist[15]
1950 – Manny Trillo , Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1952 – Tolossa Kotu , Ethiopian runner and coach1952 – CCH Pounder , Guyanese-American actress
1953 – Kaarlo Maaninka , Finnish runner1954 – Annie Lennox , Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist[15] 1957 – Mansoor Akhtar , Pakistani cricketer1957 – Chris Kamara , English footballer and sportscaster
1957 – Shane MacGowan , English-Irish singer-songwriter
1958 – Cheryl Chase , American voice actress and singer1958 – Hanford Dixon , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1958 – Rickey Henderson , American baseball player and coach[15]
1958 – Konstantin Kinchev , Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Alannah Myles , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1959 – Michael P. Anderson , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)1959 – Ramdas Athawale , Indian poet and politician
1961 – Íngrid Betancourt , Colombian political scientist and politician1962 – Francis Dunnery , English musician1964 – Ian Bostridge , English tenor1964 – Gary McAllister , Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Kevin Simms , English rugby player
1964 – Bob Stanley , English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist
1965 – Ed Davey , English politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 1965 – David Rath , Czech physician and politician
1966 – Toshi Arai , Japanese race car driver1967 – Jason Thirsk , American bass player (d. 1996)1968 – Helena Christensen , Danish model and actress1968 – Jim Dowd , American ice hockey player
1969 – Nicolas Godin , French musician1969 – Noel Goldthorpe , Australian rugby league player
1969 – Frederick Onyancha , Kenyan runner
1970 – Emmanuel Amunike , Nigerian footballer and manager1970 – Rodney Dent , American basketball player
1971 – Dido , English singer-songwriter1971 – Justin Trudeau , Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada [15]
1972 – Mac Powell , American singer-songwriter and producer1972 – Qu Yunxia , Chinese runner
1973 – Robbie Elliott , English footballer and coach1973 – Chris Harris , American wrestler
1973 – Daisuke Miura , Japanese baseball player and coach
1973 – Alexandre Trudeau , Canadian journalist and director
1975 – Daniel Mustard , American singer-songwriter1975 – Hideki Okajima , Japanese baseball player
1975 – Choi Sung-yong , South Korean footballer and manager
1975 – Marcus Trescothick , English cricketer
1976 – Tuomas Holopainen , Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer1976 – Tim James , American basketball player and coach
1976 – Atko Väikmeri , Estonian footballer
1976 – Armin van Buuren , Dutch DJ and record producer
1977 – Israel Vázquez , Mexican boxer1977 – Ali Tandoğan , Turkish footballer
1978 – Simon Jones , Welsh cricketer1978 – Joel Porter , Australian footballer and manager
1978 – Jeremy Strong , American actor
1979 – Ferman Akgül , Turkish singer-songwriter1979 – Laurent Bonnart , French footballer
1979 – Robert Huff , English race car driver
1979 – Hyun Young-min , South Korean footballer
1980 – Marcus Trufant , American football player1980 – Laura Sadler , English actress (d. 2003)
1981 – Trenesha Biggers , American wrestler and model1981 – Christian Holst , Danish-Faroese footballer
1981 – Willy Taveras , Dominican baseball player
1982 – Shawn Andrews , American football player1982 – Rob Edwards , Welsh footballer
1982 – Ethan Kath , Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
1982 – Chris Rene , American singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Chris Cahill , Samoan footballer1984 – Alastair Cook , English cricketer
1984 – Jessica Origliasso , Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
1984 – Lisa Origliasso , Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
1984 – Chris Richard , American basketball player
1985 – Martin Mathathi , Kenyan runner1985 – Rusev , Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
1987 – Ceyhun Gülselam , Turkish footballer1987 – Demaryius Thomas , American football player[16]
1988 – Joãozinho , Brazilian footballer[17] 1988 – Eric Gordon , American basketball player[18]
1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson , German rugby player[19]
1992 – Mitakeumi Hisashi , Japanese sumo wrestler[20] 1993 – Emi Takei , Japanese actress, fashion model and singer[21] 0 304 – Saint Anastasia 0 795 – Pope Adrian I 0 936 – Zhang Jingda , general of Later Tang 0 940 – Makan ibn Kaki , Iranian general1147 – Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)1156 – Peter the Venerable , French abbot and saint (b. 1092)1156 – Sverker the Elder , king of Sweden
1294 – Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania 1395 – Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel , Swiss ruler1406 – Henry III of Castile (b. 1379)1505 – George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent , English politician (b. 1454)1553 – Pedro de Valdivia , Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500)1634 – Lettice Knollys , English noblewoman (b. 1540)1635 – Samuel de Champlain , French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)1676 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)1676 – Matthew Hale , English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)
1683 – Kara Mustafa Pasha , Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634)1730 – Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine , Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)1758 – James Hervey , English priest and author (b. 1714)1784 – Yosa Buson , Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)1796 – Velu Nachiyar , Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)1824 – Barbara von Krüdener , German mystic and author (b. 1764)1868 – Linus Yale, Jr. , American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)1875 – Young Tom Morris , Scottish golfer (b. 1851)1880 – Fridolin Anderwert , Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)1824 – William Lawless , Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)1916 – Albert Chmielowski , Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)1921 – Vladimir Korolenko , Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)1925 – Karl Abraham , German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)1928 – Miles Burke , American boxer (b. 1885)1930 – Jakob Mändmets , Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)1933 – Francesc Macià , Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)1935 – Paul Bourget , French author and critic (b. 1852)1938 – Karel Čapek , Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)1940 – Agnes Ayres , American actress (b. 1898)1941 – Richard S. Aldrich , American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)1944 – George Steer , South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)1946 – W. C. Fields , American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (b. 1880)1947 – Gaspar G. Bacon , American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)1949 – Leon Schlesinger , American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins , English politician (b. 1903)1952 – Margrethe Mather , American photographer (b. 1886)1953 – Patsy Donovan , Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)1953 – William Haselden , British cartoonist (b. 1872)
1956 – Robert Walser , Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)1957 – Charles Pathé , French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)1961 – Owen Brewster , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)1961 – Otto Loewi , German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1963 – Tristan Tzara , Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)1970 – Michael Peto , Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)1973 – İsmet İnönü , Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884)1973 – Gabriel Voisin , French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
1975 – Gaston Gallimard , French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)1975 – Gunnar Kangro , Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
1977 – Charlie Chaplin , English actor and director (b. 1889)1979 – Joan Blondell , American actress and singer (b. 1906)1979 – Jordi Bonet , Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
1980 – Fred Emney , English actor and comedian (b. 1900)1983 – Joan Miró , Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)1988 – Shōhei Ōoka , Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)1988 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle , English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)
1989 – Benny Binion , American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)1989 – Elena Ceaușescu , Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)
1989 – Nicolae Ceaușescu , Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)
1989 – Betty Garde , American actress (b. 1905)
1989 – Frederick F. Houser , American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1905)
1989 – Billy Martin , American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
1989 – Robert Pirosh , American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1991 – Wilbur Snyder , American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)1992 – Monica Dickens , British-American nurse and author (b. 1915)1993 – Pierre Victor Auger , French physicist and academic (b. 1899)1994 – Zail Singh , Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916)1995 – Emmanuel Levinas , Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1906)1995 – Dean Martin , American singer and actor (b. 1917)
1995 – Chang Kee-ryo , Korean surgeon (b. 1914)
1996 – Bill Hewitt , Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)1997 – Anatoli Boukreev , Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)1997 – Denver Pyle , American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Neil Hawke , Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine , American philosopher and academic (b. 1908)
2001 – Alfred A. Tomatis , French otolaryngologist and academic (b. 1920)2003 – Nicholas Mavroules , American politician (b. 1929)2004 – Gennadi Strekalov , Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)2005 – Derek Bailey , English guitarist (b. 1930)2005 – Robert Barbers , Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Filipino Secretary of the Interior (b. 1944)
2005 – Birgit Nilsson , Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1918)
2005 – Joseph Pararajasingham , Sri Lankan journalist, businessman, and politician (b. 1934)
2006 – James Brown , American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)2007 – Des Barrick , English cricketer (b. 1927)2007 – Jim Beauchamp , American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2008 – Eartha Kitt , American singer and actress (b. 1927)[22] 2009 – Vic Chesnutt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)2010 – Carlos Andrés Pérez , Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)2011 – Giorgio Bocca , Italian journalist (b. 1920)2011 – Jim Sherwood , American saxophonist (b. 1942)
2011 – Simms Taback , American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Erico Aumentado , Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940)2012 – Halfdan Hegtun , Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918)
2012 – Joe Krivak , American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2012 – Turki bin Sultan , Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Şerafettin Elçi , Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (b. 1938)
2013 – Anthony J. Bryant , American historian and author (b. 1961)2013 – David R. Harris , English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (b. 1930)
2013 – Wayne Harrison , English footballer (b. 1967)
2013 – Mike Hegan , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1942)
2013 – Lola Lange , Canadian rural feminist and appointee to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (b. 1922)[23]
2013 – Mel Mathay , Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (b. 1932)
2014 – Ricardo Porro , Cuban-French architect (b. 1925)2014 – Geoff Pullar , English cricketer (b. 1935)
2014 – David Ryall , English actor (b. 1935)
2015 – George Clayton Johnson , American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)2015 – Dorothy M. Murdock , American author and historian (b. 1961)
2016 – Valery Khalilov , Russian military musician and composer (b. 1952)2016 – George Michael , British singer and songwriter (b. 1963)
2016 – Vera Rubin , American astronomer (b. 1928)
2017 – D. Herbert Lipson , American magazine publisher (Philadelphia , Boston )[24] 2018 – Sulagitti Narasamma , Indian midwife (b. 1920)[25] 2019 – Ari Behn , Norwegian writer (b. 1972)[26] 2020 – K. C. Jones , American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)[27] Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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