Diciembre

En cada día, el acontecimiento, el nacimiento y la muerte que más pesan (los que tocan más cosas con página en el sitio). Los nombres en azul tienen página. Pulsa el número para ver el día entero.

1430 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1939 World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes.

nace · 1925 Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

muere · 2005 Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1922)

2413 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

nace · 1930 Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

muere · 1987 Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)

3387 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1989 In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.

nace · 1886 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)

muere · 1937 William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (born 1861)

4381 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

nace · 1798 Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (died 1881)

muere · 1642 Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585)

5422 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1977 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen in retaliation to preventing President Anwar el-Sadat from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer.

nace · 1901 Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1966)

muere · 2013 Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)

6402 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1973 The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

nace · 1942 Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

muere · 1889 Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)

7376 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

nace · 1545 Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1567)

muere · 1891 Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (born 1823)

8467 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1991 The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

nace · 1908 John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1994)

muere · 1983 Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1904)

9445 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1941 World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.

nace · 1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1955)

muere · 1971 Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (born 1886)

10403 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

nace · 1904 Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975)

muere · 2006 Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915)

11389 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg begins as the Army of the Potomac under Union General Ambrose Burnside crosses the Rappahannock River to clash with the Army of Northern Virginia led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

nace · 1943 John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

muere · 1971 Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1902)

12251 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 627 Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.

nace · 1994 Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)

muere · 1980 Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (born 1912)

13277 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

nace · 1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States (died 1882)

muere · 1671 Antonio Grassi, Italian Roman Catholic priest(born 1592)

14428 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

nace · 1947 Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil

muere · 1860 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1784)

15322 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1778 American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

nace · 1861 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (died 1944)

muere · 1982 Máire Comerford, Irish Republican (born 1893)

16404 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1942 The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.

nace · 1812 Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (died 1867)

muere · 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)

17425 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

nace · 1874 William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (died 1950)

muere · 1830 Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, second President of Venezuela (born 1783)

18383 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1972 Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.

nace · 1878 Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1953)

muere · 2008 Mark Felt, American FBI agent, "Deep Throat" informant in the Watergate scandal (born 1913)

19388 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1972 Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.

nace · 1941 Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea

muere · 2012 Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (born 1927)

20328 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1973 Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco.

nace · 1946 Sonny Perdue, American politician, 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture, 81st Governor of Georgia

muere · 1961 Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1880)

21290 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1361 The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.

nace · 1977 Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France

muere · 1929 I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (born 1859)

22393 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1989 Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.

nace · 1850 Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico (died 1916)

muere · 731 Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty

23400 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1916 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

nace · 1805 Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1844)

muere · 2004 P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1921)

24411 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1814 Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

nace · 1882 Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1961)

muere · 1867 José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire (born 1797)

25442 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.

nace · 1865 Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (died 1950)

muere · 1683 Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1634)

26394 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 2004 The 9.1–9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis, it affected coastal and partially mainland areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.

nace · 1785 Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1871)

muere · 1973 Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)

27412 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

nace · 1863 Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois (died 1941)

muere · 2007 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953)

28356 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 2006 War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

nace · 1933 John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (died 2022)

muere · 1872 James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (born 1808)

29506 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 2023 South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.

nace · 1963 Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden

muere · 2024 Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)

30394 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 1641 Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.

nace · 1722 Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1770)

muere · 2006 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)

31427 hechos · ver el día

acontecimiento · 535 Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.

nace · 1491 Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (died 1557)

muere · 1889 George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (born 1831)