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Acontecimientos
- 1317The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
- 1508The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
- 1520Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
- 1541Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
- 1652Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
- 1665The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter.
- 1684Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
- 1768The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1799France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
- 1817Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
- 1861American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.
- 1861Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
- 1864American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
- 1877Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
- 1896Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
- 1898Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines.
- 1901The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
- 1902The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
- 1906U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.
- 1907The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.
- 1909Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1932Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1936Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
- 1941World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships and are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
- 1941World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
- 1942World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
- 1948The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
- 1949Chinese 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.
- 1953British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1963Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 1963An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
- 1968Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
- 1978Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- 1983Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
- 1984United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
- 1989Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
- 1991The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.
- 1991Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.
- 1991The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1992Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.
- 1993The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
- 1994Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
- 1995The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
- 1996The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
- 1999Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
- 2005Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
- 2014Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
- 2015Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
- 2016Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
- 2017ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
- 2019The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
- 2021A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.
Nacimientos
- 553Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (died 604)
- 1376Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (died 1409)
- 1452Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1531)
- 1472Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481)
- 1489Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (died 1512)
- 1588Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (died 1637)
- 1610Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1685)
- 1654Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (died 1719)
- 1658Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (died 1743)
- 1713Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (died 1747)
- 1751George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (died 1813)
- 1776Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (died 1848)
- 1783María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (died 1873)
- 1787Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (died 1851)
- 1804Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (died 1851)
- 1805William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (died 1879)
- 1805Joseph Škoda, Czech medical doctor, dermatologist and academic (died 1881)
- 1811Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (died 1894) las demás fuentes: 10 dic 1812
- 1815Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1852)
- 1821Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (died 1877) juliano y gregoriano
- 1822César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (died 1890)
- 1824George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (died 1905)
- 1827Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1913)
- 1830Emily Dickinson, American poet (died 1886)
- 1851Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931)
- 1866Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (died 1930)
- 1870Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (died 1958)
- 1870Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (died 1933)
- 1870Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (died 1925)
- 1878C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (died 1972)
- 1878Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (died 1931)
- 1882Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (died 1945)
- 1882Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1950)
- 1883Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (died 1968)
- 1885Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (died 1973)
- 1885Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1967)
- 1886Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (died 1959)
- 1889Ray Collins, American actor (died 1965)
- 1890László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1946)
- 1891Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969)
- 1891Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1967)
- 1891Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
- 1896Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (died 1948)
- 1903Una Merkel, American actress (died 1986)
- 1904Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975)
- 1906Harold Adamson, American lyricist (died 1980)
- 1906Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (died 1973)
- 1907Rumer Godden, English author and poet (died 1998)
- 1907Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (died 2005)
- 1907Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (died 1979)
- 1908Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (died 1992)
- 1909Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (died 1990)
- 1910Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (died 1996) las demás fuentes: 7 dic 1910
- 1911Chet Huntley, American journalist (died 1974)
- 1912Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (died 1976)
- 1912Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (died 1988)
- 1912René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (died 1990)
- 1913Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (died 1988)
- 1913Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
- 1913Harry Locke, English actor (died 1987) fecha discutida
- 1913Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (died 1976)
- 1914Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (died 1996)
- 1915Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006)
- 1916Walt Arfons, American race car driver (died 2013)
- 1918Anne Gwynne, American actress (died 2003)
- 1918Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
- 1919Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (died 2008)
- 1920Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (died 1977)
- 1920Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (died 2002)
- 1921Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2012)
- 1922Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (died 2016)
- 1923Harold Gould, American actor (died 2010)
- 1923Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (died 2013)
- 1924Ken Albers, American singer and musician (died 2007)
- 1924Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 1997)
- 1925Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (died 2014)
- 1926Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
- 1927Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (died 2015)
- 1927Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (died 2013)
- 1928Barbara Nichols, American actress (died 1976)
- 1930Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1930Ray Felix, American basketball player (died 1991)
- 1930Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1931Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (died 2016)
- 1933Philip R. Craig, American author (died 2007)
- 1933Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (died 2006)
- 1934Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1935Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer (died 2024)
- 1935Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2001)
- 1936Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (died 2014)
- 1938Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
- 1938Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (died 2023)
- 1939Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
- 1939Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
- 1941Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1941Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
- 1941Tommy Kirk, American actor (died 2021)
- 1941Tommy Rettig, American child actor (died 1996)
- 1941Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
- 1942Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
- 1944Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
- 1944John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
- 1944Steve Renko, American baseball player
- 1945Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
- 1946Douglas Kenney, American satirist (died 1980)
- 1947Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
- 1948Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager
- 1948Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1948Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (died 2013)
- 1949Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
- 1949David Perdue, American politician
- 1950John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
- 1950Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
- 1951Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
- 1952Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
- 1952Susan Dey, American actress
- 1952Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
- 1952Greg Laurie, American author and pastor
- 1952Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
- 1953Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
- 1954Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
- 1954Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
- 1954Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1956Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
- 1956Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
- 1956Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1957Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (died 2012)
- 1957Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
- 1957Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
- 1958Cornelia Funke, German-American author
- 1958Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
- 1959Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
- 1959Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
- 1959Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (died 2013)
- 1959Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
- 1960Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
- 1961Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
- 1961Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
- 1962Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (died 2015)
- 1962John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
- 1964Stephen Billington, English actor
- 1964Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
- 1964Bobby Flay, American chef and author
- 1964Edith González, Mexican actress (died 2019)
- 1965Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 1965J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
- 1966Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
- 1966Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
- 1966Penelope Trunk, American writer
- 1968Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
- 1969Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1969Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1970Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
- 1970Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
- 1972Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
- 1972Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1973Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach
- 1973Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress
- 1974Meg White, American drummer
- 1975Steve Bradley, American wrestler (died 2008)
- 1975Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- 1975Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
- 1976Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
- 1978Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
- 1978Summer Phoenix, American actress
- 1979Matt Bentley, American wrestler
- 1979Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
- 1979Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer
- 1980Sarah Chang, American violinist
- 1981Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
- 1981Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
- 1982Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
- 1982Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person
- 1983Patrick Flueger, American actor
- 1983Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- 1984JTG, American wrestler
- 1985Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
- 1985Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1985Matt Forte, American football player
- 1985Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
- 1985Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1985Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986Kahlil Bell, American football player
- 1987Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
- 1988Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
- 1988Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
- 1989Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
- 1989Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
- 1990Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
- 1990Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
- 1990Wil Myers, American baseball player
- 1990Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
- 1990Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2010)
- 1991KiKi Layne, American actress
- 1991Eric Reid, American football player
- 1991Dion Waiters, American basketball player
- 1992Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
- 1992Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
- 1994Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
- 1994Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- 1995Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
- 1996Joe Burrow, American football player
- 1996Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
- 1997Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
- 1998Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player
- 1999Reiss Nelson, English footballer
- 2000Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer
- 2001Coby Mayo, American professional baseball player
- 2005Ivan Demidov, Russian ice hockey player
Fallecimientos
- 925Sancho I, king of Pamplona las demás fuentes: 11 dic 925
- 949Herman I, Duke of Swabia
- 990Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht
- 1041Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (born 1010)
- 1081Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002)
- 1113Radwan, ruler of Aleppo
- 1310Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1271)
- 1454Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
- 1475Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397)
- 1508René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451)
- 1541Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (born 1514)
- 1541Francis Dereham, English courtier (born c. 1513)
- 1561Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
- 1618Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1551)
- 1626Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (born 1581)
- 1665Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594)
- 1736António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663)
- 1791Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (born 1726)
- 1831Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (born 1770)
- 1850Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (born 1794)
- 1850François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787)
- 1865Leopold I of Belgium (born 1790)
- 1867Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836)
- 1896Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833)
- 1909Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (born 1822)
- 1911Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (born 1817)
- 1917Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823)
- 1920Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868)
- 1922Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (born 1852)
- 1926Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845)
- 1928Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (born 1868)
- 1929Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (born 1898)
- 1932Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857)
- 1936Bobby Abel, English cricketer (born 1857)
- 1936Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
- 1939John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879)
- 1941Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (born 1915)
- 1944John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922)
- 1945Theodor Dannecker, German captain (born 1913)
- 1946Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887)
- 1946Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884)
- 1948Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896)
- 1951Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (born 1869)
- 1953Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872)
- 1956David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891)
- 1957Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (born 1891)
- 1958Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864)
- 1963K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894)
- 1967Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941)
- 1968Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (born 1886)
- 1968George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921)
- 1968Thomas Merton, American monk and author (born 1915)
- 1970Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892)
- 1972Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894)
- 1973Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922)
- 1974Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (born 1890)
- 1977Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (born 1901)
- 1978Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
- 1979Ann Dvorak, American actress (born 1911)
- 1982Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899)
- 1987Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901)
- 1988Richard S. Castellano, American actor (born 1933)
- 1988Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (born 1911)
- 1988Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (born 1895)
- 1990Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898)
- 1991Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901) fecha discutida
- 1992Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908)
- 1993Alice Tully, American soprano (born 1902)
- 1994Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918)
- 1994Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905) las demás fuentes: 9 dic 1994
- 1995Darren Robinson, American rapper (born 1967)
- 1996Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)
- 1999Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943)
- 1999Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922)
- 1999Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (born 1912)
- 2000Marie Windsor, American actress (born 1919)
- 2001Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911)
- 2002Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945)
- 2002Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925)
- 2003Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (born 1924)
- 2004Gary Webb, American journalist and author (born 1955)
- 2005Mary Jackson, American actress (born 1910)
- 2005Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916)
- 2005Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
- 2006Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (born 1908)
- 2006Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915)
- 2007Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913)
- 2009Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925)
- 2010John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
- 2010J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)
- 2010MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921)
- 2012Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931)
- 2012Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930)
- 2012Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (born 1942)
- 2013Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2013Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (born 1930)
- 2013Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (born 1923)
- 2013Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(born 1946)
- 2014Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (born 1923)
- 2014Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931)
- 2014Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
- 2014Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (born 1944)
- 2014Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (born 1944)
- 2015Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (born 1948)
- 2015Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (born 1940)
- 2015Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989)
- 2015Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
- 2017Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937)
- 2017Max Clifford, British publicist (born 1943)
- 2017Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (born 1950)
- 2017Curtis W. Harris, American minister (born 1924)
- 2019Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964)
- 2019Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922)
- 2019Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932)
- 2020Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958)
- 2020Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)
- 2020Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944)
- 2020Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937)
- 2021Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)
- 2023Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)
- 2024Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)
- 2024Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940)
- 2024Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935)
- 2024S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)
- 2025Jeffery Garcia, American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)
Celebraciones
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
- Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Human Rights Day (International)
Santoral
- Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Eulalia of Mérida
- Gregory III
- Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Polydore Plasden
- Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
- December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)