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Acontecimientos
- 800A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
- 1420Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
- 1577English Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I.
- 1640End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.
- 1662Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine.
- 1768The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
- 1821José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti.
- 1822Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
- 1824United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1828Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
- 1834Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
- 1862American Civil War: In his second State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 1865Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1878President Rutherford B. Hayes gets the first telephone installed in the White House.
- 1900Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects the amended treaty.
- 1913The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
- 1913Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
- 1916An armed confrontation in Athens between the Kingdom of Greece and the Allied Powers, arising from a dispute over Greece's neutrality in World War I, followed by reprisals and riots against Greek supporters of the Allies marking the height of the National Schism.
- 1918Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28) and thus concluding the Great Union.
- 1918Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
- 1918The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
- 1919Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
- 1924The National Hockey League's first United States–based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
- 1924A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.
- 1934Sergei Kirov is assassinated, paving way for the repressive Great Purge, and Vinnytsia massacre by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin.
- 1939World 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.
- 1939The Soviet Union establishes the Finnish Democratic Republic puppet state in Terijoki.
- 1941World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
- 1941World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
- 1952The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
- 1955American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
- 1958The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
- 1958The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
- 1959Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
- 1960Patrice Lumumba is arrested by Mobutu Sese Seko's men on the banks of the Sankuru River, for inciting the army to rebellion.
- 1963Nagaland, became the 16th state of India.
- 1964Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
- 1969Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
- 1971Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
- 1971Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate.
- 1973Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia.
- 1974TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
- 1974Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- 1981Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
- 1984NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
- 1988World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
- 1988Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.
- 1989Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
- 1989Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
- 1990Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.
- 1991Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1997In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower-caste people.
- 1997Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opens fire at a group of students in Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.
- 2000Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
- 2001The United Russia political party was founded.
- 2005As a result of the merger of the Perm Oblast and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, a new subject of the Russian Federation, the Perm Krai, was created.
- 2006The law on same-sex marriage comes into force in South Africa, legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on the African continent.
- 2009The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union.
- 2011The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.
- 2018The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
- 2019Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
- 2019The outbreak of coronavirus infection begins in Wuhan.
- 2020The Arecibo Telescope collapses.
Nacimientos
- 624Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam (died 670) fecha discutida
- 1081Louis VI, French king (died 1137)
- 1083Anna Komnene, Byzantine medical doctor and scholar (died 1153)
- 1415Jan Długosz, Polish historian (died 1480)
- 1438Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (died 1503)
- 1443Magdalena of France, French princess (died 1495)
- 1521Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (died 1573)
- 1525Tadeáš Hájek, Czech medical doctor and astronomer (died 1600)
- 1530Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (died 1616)
- 1561Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (died 1631)
- 1580Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (died 1637)
- 1690Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1764)
- 1709Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (died 1789)
- 1716Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (died 1791)
- 1743Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (died 1817)
- 1761Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)
- 1792Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (died 1856)
- 1800Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (died 1855)
- 18059th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (died 1815)
- 1844Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (died 1925)
- 1846Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (died 1923)
- 1847Julia A. Moore, American poet (died 1920)
- 1855John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (died 1943)
- 1869Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (died 1923)
- 1871Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (died 1944)
- 1883Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (died 1974)
- 1884Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (died 1976)
- 1886Rex Stout, American detective novelist (died 1975)
- 1886Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (died 1976)
- 1894Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (died 1982)
- 1895Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (died 1977)
- 1896Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (died 1974)
- 1898Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (died 1977)
- 1898Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (died 1977)
- 1900Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (died 1987) fecha discutida
- 1901Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (died 1988)
- 1903Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1950)
- 1905Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1994) las demás fuentes: 1 dic 1907
- 1910Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004)
- 1911Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (died 1984)
- 1911Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (died 1999)
- 1912Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (died 2010)
- 1912Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (died 1986)
- 1913Mary Martin, American actress and singer (died 1990)
- 1916Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2015)
- 1917Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
- 1920Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (died 2014)
- 1922Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (died 1979)
- 1923Dick Shawn, American actor (died 1987)
- 1923Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (died 2018)
- 1924Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (died 2015)
- 1925Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
- 1926Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (died 2013)
- 1926Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
- 1926Keith Michell, Australian actor (died 2015)
- 1927Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model
- 1928Malachi Throne, American actor (died 2013)
- 1929David Doyle, American actor (died 1997)
- 1930Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales (died 2026)
- 1930Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (died 2002)
- 1931George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2018)
- 1933Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)
- 1933Violette Verdy, French ballerina (died 2016)
- 1934Billy Paul, American soul singer (died 2016)
- 1935Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist (died 1999)
- 1936Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (died 2014)
- 1937Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (died 2005)
- 1937Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic (died 2021)
- 1937Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia
- 1938Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer (died 2022)
- 1939Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1940Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (died 2013)
- 1940Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (died 2011)
- 1940Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)
- 1942Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1942John Crowley, American author and academic
- 1942Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
- 1943Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist (died 2022)
- 1944Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1944John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
- 1944Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet
- 1945Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic politician
- 1945Lyle Bien, American vice admiral in the United States Navy
- 1945Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
- 1946Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor
- 1946Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author (died 2021)
- 1946Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1947Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
- 1947Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1948Geraint Davies, Welsh politician
- 1948George Foster, American baseball player and radio host
- 1948Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
- 1948John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author
- 1948Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
- 1948N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
- 1948Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (died 2012)
- 1949Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (died 1993)
- 1949Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile (died 2024)
- 1950Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
- 1950Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
- 1950Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice (died 2020)
- 1951Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgarian cosmonaut
- 1951Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
- 1951Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1987)
- 1951Nozipho Schroeder, South African lawn bowler
- 1951Treat Williams, American actor (died 2023)
- 1952Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
- 1952Rick Scott, American politician and businessman
- 1954Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
- 1954François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (died 2017)
- 1955Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1955Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress (died 2021)
- 1955Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
- 1955Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
- 1956Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2022)
- 1957Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1957Deep Roy, Kenyan-British actor las demás fuentes: 26 ene 1949
- 1957Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)
- 1958Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
- 1958Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
- 1958Alberto Cova, Italian runner
- 1958Gary Peters, American politician
- 1958Charlene Tilton, American actress and singer
- 1959Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1960Carol Alt, American model and actress
- 1960Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer
- 1961Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman and boss of Oracle
- 1961Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
- 1961Jeremy Northam, English actor
- 1962Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
- 1962Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
- 1963Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
- 1963Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
- 1963Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
- 1964Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (died 2024)
- 1964Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
- 1965Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
- 1965Magnifico, Slovenian singer
- 1966Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
- 1966Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
- 1967Nestor Carbonell, American actor
- 1967Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
- 1968Justin Chadwick, English actor and director las demás fuentes: 6 dic 1968
- 1968Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player
- 1968Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
- 1969Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
- 1970Golden Brooks, American actress
- 1970Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
- 1970Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
- 1970Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator
- 1971Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
- 1971Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
- 1971John Schlimm, American author and educator
- 1972Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman
- 1972Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
- 1973Steve Gibb, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1975Matt Fraction, American author
- 1975Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (died 2014) fecha discutida
- 1975Thomas Schie, Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster
- 1975Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
- 1975Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
- 1976Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
- 1976Laura Ling, American journalist and author
- 1976Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer
- 1976Matthew Shepard, American hate crime victim (died 1998)
- 1976Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player las demás fuentes: 1 dic 1977
- 1977Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer
- 1977Sophie Guillemin, French actress
- 1977Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
- 1977Nate Torrence, American actor and comedian
- 1978Mat Kearney, American musician
- 1979Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower
- 1979Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
- 1979Richard James, Jamaican sprinter
- 1980Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician
- 1980Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner
- 1980Gianna Terzi, Greek singer
- 1981Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor fecha discutida
- 1981I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
- 1982Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
- 1982Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
- 1982Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
- 1984Charles Michael Davis, American actor
- 1984Yolandi Visser, South African rapper and actress fecha discutida
- 1985Philip DeFranco, American media host and YouTube personality
- 1985Ilfenesh Hadera, American actress
- 1985Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1985Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
- 1986DeSean Jackson, American football player
- 1987Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
- 1987Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1988Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
- 1988Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
- 1988Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
- 1988Michael Raffl, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1989Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
- 1990Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1991Rakeem Christmas, American basketball player
- 1991Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
- 1991Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
- 1992Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1992Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1992Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1992Gary Payton II, American basketball player
- 1992Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
- 1993Beau Webster, Australian cricketer
- 1994Seedy Njie, English footballer
- 1995Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1995Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
- 1995James Wilson, English footballer
- 1997Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter
- 1997Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean actress and singer
- 1999Lloyd Pope, Australian cricketer
- 1999Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer
- 2001Carole Monnet, French tennis player
- 2003Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality
- 2008Ella Gross, American singer, model and actress
Fallecimientos
- 217Yehudah HaNasi, 'Nasi', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (born 135)
- 660Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (born 588)
- 948Gao Conghui, Chinese governor and prince (born 891)
- 969Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (born 920)
- 1018Thietmar of Merseburg, German bishop (born 975)
- 1135Henry I, king of England (born 1068)
- 1241Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (born 1214)
- 1255Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
- 1335Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (born 1305)
- 1374Magnus Eriksson, king of Sweden (born 1316)
- 1433Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (born 1377)
- 1455Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (born 1378)
- 1521Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1475)
- 1530Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (born 1480)
- 1580Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (born 1509)
- 1581Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (born 1556)
- 1581Edmund Campion, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1540)
- 1581Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1550)
- 1633Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (born 1566)
- 1640Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1590)
- 1660Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (born 1592)
- 1729Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (born 1665)
- 1750Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1671)
- 1755Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (born 1696)
- 1767Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (born 1710)
- 1825Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (born 1777)
- 1865Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (born 1796)
- 1866George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (born 1790)
- 1867Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (born 1797)
- 1884William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (born 1809)
- 1913Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (born 1864)
- 1914Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (born 1840)
- 1916Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (born 1858)
- 1923Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (born 1836)
- 1928José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (born 1888)
- 1933Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (born 1865)
- 1934Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (born 1886)
- 1935Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (born 1879)
- 1942Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (born 1867)
- 1943Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (born 1862)
- 1944Charlie Kerins, Irish Republican executed by hanging (born 1918)
- 1947Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (born 1875)
- 1947G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (born 1877)
- 1950Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (born 1894)
- 1954Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (born 1898)
- 1958Elizabeth Peratrovich, American civil rights activist (born 1911)
- 1964J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (born 1892)
- 1964Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (born 1877)
- 1968Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (born 1887)
- 1968Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1921)
- 1973David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (born 1886)
- 1975Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (born 1927)
- 1975Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (born 1898)
- 1975Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (born 1906)
- 1981Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (born 1929)
- 1984Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (born 1911)
- 1986Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (born 1912)
- 1987James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (born 1924)
- 1987Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1918)
- 1988J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (born 1904)
- 1989Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1931)
- 1990Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (born 1917)
- 1991Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (born 1906)
- 1991George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
- 1993Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
- 1995Hopper Levett, English cricketer (born 1908) las demás fuentes: 30 nov 1995
- 1995Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (born 1907)
- 1995Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (born 1931)
- 1996Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (born 1928)
- 1997Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (born 1929)
- 1997Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908)
- 1997Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (born 1920) las demás fuentes: 2 dic 1997
- 1998Janet Lewis, American poet and novelist (born 1899) fecha discutida
- 2001Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (born 1909)
- 2002Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (born 1918)
- 2002Dave McNally, American baseball player (born 1942)
- 2003Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (born 1911)
- 2003Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (born 1928)
- 2004Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (born 1911)
- 2004Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (born 1931) las demás fuentes: 30 nov 2004
- 2004Norman Newell, English record producer and lyricist (born 1919)
- 2005Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (born 1938)
- 2005Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (born 1911)
- 2005Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1922)
- 2006Claude Jade, French actress (born 1948)
- 2006Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (born 1937)
- 2007Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (born 1929)
- 2007Anton Rodgers, British actor (born 1933)
- 2007Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (born 1915)
- 2008Paul Benedict, American actor (born 1938)
- 2008Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (born 1917)
- 2010Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1914)
- 2010Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (born 1929)
- 2011Christa Wolf, German author and critic (born 1929)
- 2012Jovan Belcher, American football player (born 1987)
- 2012Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)
- 2012Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (born 1948)
- 2012Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1918)
- 2012Israel Keyes, American serial killer (born 1978) las demás fuentes: 2 dic 2012
- 2013Richard Coughlan, English drummer (born 1947)
- 2013Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (born 1925)
- 2013Edward Heffron, American soldier (born 1923)
- 2013Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (born 1942)
- 2014Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (born 1926)
- 2014Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (born 1938)
- 2014Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (born 1959)
- 2015Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)
- 2015Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (born 1925)
- 2015Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930)
- 2015Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)
- 2018Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (born 1931)
- 2018Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1933)
- 2019Paula Tilbrook, English actress (born 1930)
- 2020Arnie Robinson, American athlete (born 1948)
- 2022Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (born 1938)
- 2023Sandra Day O'Connor, first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006) (born 1930)
- 2024Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach (born 1947)
- 2024Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1941)
Celebraciones
- Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
- Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
- First President Day (Kazakhstan)
- Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
- Great Union Day, celebrates the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 (Romania)
- Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
- National Day (Myanmar)
- Republic Day (Central African Republic)
- Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
- Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
- Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn (Iceland)
- Teachers' Day (Panama)
- World AIDS Day, and its related observances:
- Day Without Art
Santoral
- Alexander Briant
- Ansanus
- Blessed Bruna Pellesi
- Castritian
- Charles de Foucauld
- Edmund Campion
- Eligius
- Evasius
- Grwst
- Nahum
- Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church)
- Ralph Sherwin
- Ursicinus of Brescia
- December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)