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Acontecimientos
- 220Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.
- 361Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor.
- 861Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
- 969Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
- 1041Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1239Treaty of Benavente: the heiresses of the Kingdom of León renounce their throne to King Ferdinand III of Castile
- 1282Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.
- 1317The Nyköping Banquet () takes place as King Birger of Sweden celebrates Christmas at Nyköping Castle. Among the guests are his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, who later that night are imprisoned and eventually starved to death in the castle dungeon.
- 1602A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)
- 1640The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament.
- 1675Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
- 1688Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- 1792French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
- 1815The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1816Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1862American 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.
- 1868Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat the Paraguayan Army at the Battle of Avay.
- 1899Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
- 1901Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to St. John's, Newfoundland.
- 1905A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1907The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1913More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.
- 1917World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1920Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
- 1925Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
- 1927Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
- 1931Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
- 1934Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
- 1936Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
- 1937Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1941World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
- 1941World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
- 1941World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
- 1946The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- 1948Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
- 1958French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
- 1960French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
- 1962Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
- 1964Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
- 1972Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 1978The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
- 1980The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (also known as Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1981El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1988A Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people.
- 1990Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
- 1990Several fatal collisions in the 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster result in a total of 12 deaths and 42 being injured
- 1993A block of the Highland Towers condominium complex collapses following a landslide caused by heavy rain and water flowing from a construction site at Ampang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 48 of its residents die, including one who died in hospital after being rescued alive, leaving only two survivors.
- 1994First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
- 1994A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to land the plane safely.
- 1997The Kyoto Protocol, an agreement committing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, opens for signature.
- 1998Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
- 1999SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
- 2001China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 2005The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
- 2005Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2006The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
- 2006Felipe Calderón, the president of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican drug war.
- 2007Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
- 2008Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
- 2009Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
- 2012At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
- 2017New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.
- 2019The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
- 2020The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.
Nacimientos
- 1445Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (died 1496)
- 1465Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (died 1489)
- 1475Pope Leo X (died 1521)
- 1566Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (died 1650)
- 1595Hŏ Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (died 1682)
- 1613Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman (died 1644) fecha discutida
- 1712Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1764)
- 1725George Mason, American lawyer and politician (died 1792) juliano y gregoriano
- 1758Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (died 1832)
- 1761Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (died 1835)
- 1781David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1868)
- 1801Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright (died 1836)
- 1803Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (died 1869)
- 1810Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (died 1857)
- 1830Kamehameha V of Hawaii (died 1872)
- 1837Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (died 1887)
- 1838John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (died 1915)
- 1843Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)
- 1854Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, American baseball pitcher (died 1897)
- 1856Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (died 1918)
- 1858Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (died 1943) fecha discutida
- 1861Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (died 1923)
- 1863Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (died 1941)
- 1872René Bull, British illustrator and photographer (died 1942)
- 1873Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic (died 1967)
- 1875Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (died 1962) fecha discutida
- 1880Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1951)
- 1882Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet (died 1921)
- 1882Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
- 1882Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (died 1947)
- 1884Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (died 1961)
- 1889Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm (died 1981)
- 1890Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1935)
- 1890Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (died 1976)
- 1892Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (died 1942)
- 1893Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 2002) las demás fuentes: 2 dic 1893
- 1897Ronald Skirth, English soldier (died 1977)
- 1899Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1980)
- 1900Hermína Týrlová, Czech animator, screenwriter and film director (died 1993)
- 1900Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (died 1988)
- 1904Marge, American cartoonist (died 1993)
- 1905Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (died 1967)
- 1905Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (died 1994)
- 1908Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (died 2012)
- 1908Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
- 1908Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1987)
- 1908Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (died 1946)
- 1909Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (died 1991)
- 1910Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator (died 1997)
- 1911Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 2006)
- 1911Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
- 1911Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (died 2009)
- 1912Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (died 2007)
- 1913Jean Marais, French actor and director (died 1998)
- 1916Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (died 1998)
- 1916Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (died 1989)
- 1918Clinton Adams, American painter and historian (died 2002)
- 1918Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
- 1919Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (died 2016)
- 1919Marie Windsor, American actress (died 2000)
- 1920Mary Ivy Burks, American environmental activist (died 2007)
- 1920Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (died 1996)
- 1921Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (died 2000)
- 1921Liz Smith, English actress (died 2016)
- 1922Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)
- 1922Dilip Kumar, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)
- 1922Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008) juliano y gregoriano
- 1922Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (died 2007)
- 1923Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (died 2009)
- 1923Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (died 2013)
- 1923Morrie Turner, American comics creator (died 2014)
- 1924Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (died 2009)
- 1925Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)
- 1925Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
- 1925James Sullivan, American politician (died 2012)
- 1926Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
- 1927John Buscema, American illustrator (died 2002)
- 1929Axel Anderson, German actor and production manager (died 2012)
- 1929Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (died 2002)
- 1930Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (died 2016)
- 1930Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)
- 1931Ernie Beck, American basketball player (died 2024)
- 1931Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (died 2013)
- 1931Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer
- 1931Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
- 1931Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (died 1990)
- 1932Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (died 1991)
- 1932Keith Waldrop, American author and poet (died 2023)
- 1933Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019)
- 1934Salim Durani, Afghan-Indian cricketer (died 2023)
- 1935Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India (died 2020)
- 1935Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)
- 1936Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1936Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
- 1937Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2016)
- 1938Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1938McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (died 2020)
- 1939Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (died 2016)
- 1939Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
- 1940David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1940Donna Mills, American actress and producer
- 1941Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China
- 1941J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2015)
- 1941Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (died 1988)
- 1941J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
- 1942Anna Carteret, English actress
- 1943John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
- 1944Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (died 2024)
- 1944Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator
- 1944Lynda Day George, American actress
- 1944Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (died 2022)
- 1944Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter
- 1946Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1946Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer
- 1946Diana Palmer, American journalist and author
- 1948Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer
- 1948Shinji Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (died 2023)
- 1949Christina Onassis, Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (died 1988) las demás fuentes: 11 dic 1950
- 1951Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer
- 1951Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
- 1953Bess Armstrong, American actress
- 1954Brad Bryant, American golfer
- 1954Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (died 1999)
- 1954Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior
- 1954Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1954Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer
- 1955Gene Grossman, American economist and academic
- 1955Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
- 1955Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer
- 1955Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager
- 1956Lani Brockman, American actress and director
- 1956Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
- 1957Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator
- 1958Chris Hughton, English-born Irish footballer and manager
- 1958Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1958Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1960Anders Eldebrink, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1961Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961Steve Nicol, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1961Macky Sall, Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senegal
- 1961Marco Pierre White, English chef and mentor
- 1962Ben Browder, American actor
- 1963Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963Mark Greatbatch, New Zealand cricketer
- 1963Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
- 1963John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach
- 1964Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1964Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1964Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
- 1965Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach
- 1965Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player
- 1965Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player and politician
- 1965Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
- 1966Gary Dourdan, American actor
- 1966Erik Honoré, Norwegian guitarist and producer
- 1966Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (died 2002)
- 1966Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor
- 1967Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor
- 1967Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
- 1967Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967Katy Steding, American basketball player and coach
- 1968Emmanuelle Charpentier, French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureate
- 1968Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager
- 1969Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
- 1969Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1969Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1969Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager
- 1970Victoria Fuller, American model and actress
- 1971Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster
- 1972Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1972Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager
- 1972Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1972Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 1973Mos Def, American rapper
- 1974Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
- 1974Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
- 1974Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress
- 1974Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host
- 1974Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner
- 1975Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
- 1976Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager
- 1976Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor
- 1977Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1978Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host
- 1979Colleen Hoover, American author
- 1979Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater
- 1979Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1980Adi Keissar, Israeli poet
- 1980Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player las demás fuentes: 11 dic 1990
- 1981Rebekkah Brunson, American basketball player and coach
- 1981Jason Kennedy, American journalist
- 1981Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator
- 1981Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer
- 1981Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
- 1982Roman Harper, American football player
- 1982Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine race car driver
- 1984Leighton Baines, English footballer
- 1984Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
- 1984James Ellsworth, American wrestler
- 1984Xosha Roquemore, American actress
- 1985Karla Souza, Mexican actress
- 1986Roy Hibbert, American basketball player
- 1987Violetta Bock, German politician
- 1987Clifton Geathers, American football player
- 1987Alex Russell, Australian actor
- 1987Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
- 1988Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1989Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer
- 1990Alexa Demie, American actress and singer
- 1992Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
- 1992Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player
- 1993Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
- 1995Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
- 1996Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
- 1997Matthew Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
- 2000Onyeka Okongwu, American basketball player
Fallecimientos
- 384Pope Damasus I (born c.304)
- 861Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil
- 969Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (born 912)
- 1121Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Egyptian political adviser (born 1066)
- 1198Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (born 1126) las demás fuentes: 10 dic 1198
- 1241Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1186)
- 1282Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Welsh prince (born 1223)
- 1282Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1225)
- 1474Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (born 1425)
- 1532Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (born 1455)
- 1582Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (born 1508)
- 1610Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome (born 1578)
- 1686Louis, Grand Condé, French general (born 1621)
- 1694Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1630)
- 1737John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (born 1643)
- 1747Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (born 1675)
- 1797Richard Brocklesby, English physician (born 1722)
- 1826Maria Leopoldina of Austria (born 1797)
- 1840Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (born 1771)
- 1872Kamehameha V of Hawaii (born 1830)
- 1880Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (born 1810)
- 1892William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (born 1821) las demás fuentes: 11 dic 1893
- 1906Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (born 1872)
- 1909Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (born 1839)
- 1913Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (born 1852)
- 1918Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (born 1876)
- 1920Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (born 1855)
- 1928Juho Kekkonen, Finnish forestry manager and tenant farmer (born 1873)
- 1936Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (born 1875)
- 1937Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (born 1884)
- 1937Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (born 1853)
- 1938Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
- 1941John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (born 1922)
- 1941Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (born 1856)
- 1945Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (born 1867)
- 1950Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (born 1893)
- 1951Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (born 1882)
- 1951Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (born 1881) las demás fuentes: 11 dic 1952
- 1953Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (born 1896)
- 1957Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
- 1959Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (born 1900)
- 1964Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (born 1931)
- 1964Percy Kilbride, American actor (born 1888)
- 1966Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (born 1881)
- 1968Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (born 1910)
- 1968Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1891)
- 1971Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1902) el enlace puede llevar a otra persona
- 1975Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908)
- 1975Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1905)
- 1978Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
- 1978Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
- 1979James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (born 1904)
- 1983Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (born 1897)
- 1984Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (born 1911)
- 1984George Waggner, American director, producer and actor (born 1894)
- 1987G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (born 1923)
- 1989Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (born 1895)
- 1991Robert Q. Lewis, American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality (born 1921)
- 1991Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (born 1906)
- 1994Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
- 1995Greg Bahnsen, American minister and philosopher (born 1948)
- 1996Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye (born 1937)
- 1997Eddie Chapman, English spy (born 1914)
- 1997Simon Jeffes, English guitarist and composer (born 1949)
- 1998André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (born 1915)
- 1998Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (born 1968)
- 2000Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (born 1915)
- 2000David Lewis, American actor (born 1916)
- 2001Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930)
- 2003Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (born 1927)
- 2004José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (born 1962)
- 2004Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (born 1917)
- 2008Bettie Page, American model (born 1923)
- 2010Dick Hoerner, American football player (born 1922)
- 2011John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (born 1935)
- 2012Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (born 1926)
- 2012Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (born 1933)
- 2012Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (born 1920)
- 2013Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (born 1920)
- 2013Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author and academic (born 1929)
- 2013Javier Jáuregui (boxer), Mexican boxer (born 1973)
- 2013Sheikh Mussa Shariefi, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1942)
- 2014Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (born 1929)
- 2015Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (born 1939)
- 2015H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (born 1933)
- 2015Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (born 1972)
- 2015John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (born 1962)
- 2015Ken Woolley, Australian architect (born 1933) fecha discutida
- 2017Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (born 1957)
- 2020James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher. (born 1934)
- 2021Anne Rice, American author (born 1941)
- 2023Andre Braugher, American actor (born 1962)
- 2024David Bonderman, American billionaire businessman (born 1942)
- 2024Khalil Haqqani, Afghan politician and warlord (born 1966)
- 2024Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (born 1934)
Celebraciones
- Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Indiana Day (United States)
- International Mountain Day
- National Tango Day (Argentina)
- Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
- Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso)
Santoral
- Cian
- Daniel the Stylite
- María de las Maravillas de Jesús
- Pope Damasus I
- Sabinus of Piacenza
- Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian
- December 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)