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Acontecimientos (53)

  1. 533Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
  2. 687Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore.
  3. 1025Constantine VIII becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor.
  4. 1161Jin–Song wars: Military officers conspire against the emperor Wanyan Liang of the Jin dynasty after a military defeat at the Battle of Caishi, and assassinate the emperor at his camp.
  5. 1167Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
  6. 1256Mongol forces under Hulagu enter and dismantle the Nizari Ismaili (Assassin) stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of their offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
  7. 1270The Nizari Ismaili garrison of Gerdkuh, Persia surrender after 17 years to the Mongols.
  8. 1467Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
  9. 1546The town of Ekenäs () is founded by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden.
  10. 1651Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.
  11. 1778American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
  12. 1791The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
  13. 1836The U.S. Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., nearly burns to the ground, destroying all 9,957 patents issued by the federal government to that date, as well as 7,000 related patent models.
  14. 1862American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg ends in a Union defeat as General Ambrose Burnside withdraws the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River.
  15. 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville begins at Nashville, Tennessee, and ends the following day with the destruction of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood as a fighting force by the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas.
  16. 1869The short-lived Republic of Ezo is proclaimed in the Ezo area of Japan. It is the first attempt to establish a democracy in Japan.
  17. 1871Sixteen-year-old telegraphist Ella Stewart keys and sends the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory at the Deseret Telegraph Company office in Pipe Spring.
  18. 1890Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
  19. 1893Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World" the "New World Symphony") by Antonín Dvořák premieres in a public afternoon rehearsal at Carnegie Hall in New York City, followed by a concert premiere on the evening of December 16.
  20. 1899British Army forces are defeated at the Battle of Colenso in Natal, South Africa, the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War.
  21. 1903Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony receives a U.S. patent for inventing a machine that makes ice cream cones.
  22. 1905The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
  23. 1906The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  24. 1914World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
  25. 1914A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
  26. 1917World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
  27. 1933Anarchist insurrection suppressed in Zaragoza, Spain.
  28. 1939Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
  29. 1941The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.
  30. 1942World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal campaign.
  31. 1943World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
  32. 1944World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.
  33. 1945Occupation of Japan/Shinto Directive: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
  34. 1960Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
  35. 1960King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
  36. 1961Eichmann trial: Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
  37. 1965Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
  38. 1967The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
  39. 1970Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
  40. 1973John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.
  41. 1973The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
  42. 1978U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  43. 1981A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
  44. 1989Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
  45. 1993The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
  46. 1997Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
  47. 2000The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
  48. 2001The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
  49. 2005Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
  50. 2010A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
  51. 2013The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.
  52. 2014Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.
  53. 2017A 6.5earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.

Nacimientos (170)

  1. 130Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (died 169)
  2. 1242Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (died 1274)
  3. 1447Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (died 1508)
  4. 1567Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist (died 1643)
  5. 1610David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1690)
  6. 1657Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (died 1726)
  7. 1686Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (died 1746)
  8. 1710Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter (died 1773)
  9. 1789Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela (died 1870)
  10. 1832Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (died 1923)
  11. 1846Amunda Kolderup, Norwegian opera singer (died 1882)
  12. 1852Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908)
  13. 1859L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (died 1917)
  14. 1860Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1904)
  15. 1861Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (died 1938)
  16. 1861Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (died 1944)
  17. 1863Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer (died 1935)
  18. 1869Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic (died 1946)
  19. 1875Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (died 1899)
  20. 1878Hans Carossa, German author and poet (died 1956)
  21. 1885Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic (died 1971)
  22. 1886Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter (died 1968)
  23. 1886Florence Jepperson Madsen, American contralto singer and professor of music (died 1977)
  24. 1888Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright (died 1959) juliano y gregoriano
  25. 1890Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (died 1965)
  26. 1891A.P. Carter, American country singer-songwriter and musician (died 1960)
  27. 1892J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil (died 1976)
  28. 1894Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1988)
  29. 1894Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter (died 1964)
  30. 1896Betty Smith, American author and playwright (died 1972)
  31. 1899Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (died 1978)
  32. 1902Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1983)
  33. 1903Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (died 1938)
  34. 1907Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1993)
  35. 1907Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (died 2012)
  36. 1908Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author (died 2005)
  37. 1909Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter (died 1974)
  38. 1909Eliza Atkins Gleason, American librarian (died 2009)
  39. 1910John Hammond, American record producer and critic (died 1987)
  40. 1911Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator (died 1991)
  41. 1911Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (died 1979)
  42. 1913Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (died 2001)
  43. 1913Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist (died 1980)
  44. 1915Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer (died 1994)
  45. 1916Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco (died 2005)
  46. 1916Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (died 1964)
  47. 1916Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
  48. 1917Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (died 2005)
  49. 1918Jeff Chandler, American actor (died 1961)
  50. 1918Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator (died 1974)
  51. 1919Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair (died 1973)
  52. 1920Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (died 2013)
  53. 1920Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator (died 2002)
  54. 1921Alan Freed, American radio host (died 1965)
  55. 1923Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager (died 2009)
  56. 1923Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
  57. 1923Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun (died 2002)
  58. 1923Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (died 2009)
  59. 1924Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (died 2013)
  60. 1924Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper and educator (died 2001)
  61. 1925Kasey Rogers, American actress and author (died 2006)
  62. 1926Bill Pitt, Australian race car driver (died 2017)
  63. 1928Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator (died 2020)
  64. 1928Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect (died 2000)
  65. 1930Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (died 2024)
  66. 1931Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (died 2015)
  67. 1932Jesse Belvin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1960)
  68. 1932John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic (died 2020)
  69. 1933Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2014)
  70. 1933Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
  71. 1933Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (died 2001)
  72. 1936Joe D'Amato, Italian director and producer (died 1999)
  73. 1938Michael Bogdanov, Welsh director and screenwriter (died 2017)
  74. 1938Billy Shaw, American football player (died 2024)
  75. 1939Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter
  76. 1939Dave Clark, English musician and songwriter las demás fuentes: 15 dic 1942
  77. 1942Kathleen Blanco, American educator and politician, 54th Governor of Louisiana (died 2019)
  78. 1943Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor
  79. 1944Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (died 1988)
  80. 1945Heather Booth, American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist
  81. 1946Carmine Appice, American drummer and songwriter
  82. 1946Genny Lim, American writer
  83. 1946Comunardo Niccolai, Italian footballer (Torres, Cagliari, national team) (died 2024)
  84. 1948Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (died 1991)
  85. 1948Charlie Scott, American basketball player
  86. 1949Don Johnson, American actor
  87. 1949Brian Roper, English economist and academic
  88. 1950Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian las demás fuentes: 15 dic 1948
  89. 1950Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor
  90. 1951Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager
  91. 1952Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer
  92. 1952Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager
  93. 1952Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  94. 1953John R. Allen, American general and diplomat
  95. 1953Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
  96. 1954Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster
  97. 1954Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
  98. 1954Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia
  99. 1955Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player
  100. 1956John Lee Hancock, American screenwriter, film director, and producer
  101. 1956Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician
  102. 1957Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  103. 1959Greg Matthews, Australian cricketer
  104. 1959Alan Whetton, New Zealand rugby player
  105. 1959Gary Whetton, New Zealand rugby player
  106. 1960Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer and producer
  107. 1961Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician
  108. 1962Tim Gaines, American bass player
  109. 1963Ellie Cornell, American actress and producer
  110. 1963Norman J. Grossfeld, American screenwriter and producer
  111. 1963Helen Slater, American actress
  112. 1964Paul Kaye, English actor
  113. 1966Carl Hooper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
  114. 1966Molly Price, American actress
  115. 1968Garrett Wang, American actor
  116. 1969Ralph Ineson, English actor
  117. 1969Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator
  118. 1969Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer
  119. 1970Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
  120. 1970Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director
  121. 1971Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  122. 1972Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor
  123. 1972Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
  124. 1973Surya Bonaly, French figure skater
  125. 1973Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter
  126. 1974Garath Archer, English rugby player
  127. 1974P. J. Byrne, American actor
  128. 1975Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper
  129. 1976Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager
  130. 1976Kim Eagles, Canadian sport shooter
  131. 1977Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer and manager
  132. 1977Geoff Stults, American actor and producer
  133. 1978Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
  134. 1979Adam Brody, American actor
  135. 1979Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler
  136. 1980Élodie Gossuin, French beauty pageant titleholder and model
  137. 1980Sergio Pizzorno, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  138. 1981Michelle Dockery, English actress
  139. 1981Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor and screenwriter
  140. 1981Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer
  141. 1982Charlie Cox, English actor
  142. 1982Borja García, Spanish racing driver
  143. 1982George O. Gore II, American actor and comedian
  144. 1982Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
  145. 1983Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player
  146. 1983René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler
  147. 1983Camilla Luddington, English actress
  148. 1983Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  149. 1983Sophia Young, Vincentian-American basketball player
  150. 1984Martin Škrtel, Slovak footballer
  151. 1985Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
  152. 1986Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
  153. 1986Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer
  154. 1986Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model
  155. 1988Erik Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  156. 1988Steven Nzonzi, French footballer
  157. 1991Conor Daly, American race car driver
  158. 1991Yanni Gourde, Canadian ice hockey player
  159. 1991Alana Haim, American musician and actress
  160. 1992Jesse Lingard, English footballer
  161. 1992Maximiliano Meza, Argentine footballer
  162. 1992Alex Telles, Brazilian footballer
  163. 1993Daniel Ochefu, American basketball player
  164. 1995Jahlil Okafor, American basketball player
  165. 1996Jenifer Brening, German singer
  166. 1996Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
  167. 1997Maude Apatow, American actress
  168. 1997Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
  169. 1997Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress
  170. 2000Kayvon Thibodeaux, American football player

Fallecimientos (85)

  1. 933Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (born 867)
  2. 1025Basil II, Byzantine emperor (born 958)
  3. 1072Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan (born 1029)
  4. 1161Wanyan Liang, Chinese emperor (born 1122)
  5. 1230Ottokar I, duke of Bohemia (born 1155)
  6. 1283Philip I, Latin emperor (born 1243)
  7. 1343Hasan Kucek, Chopanid prince (born c. 1319)
  8. 1467Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and regent of Sweden (born 1417)
  9. 1574Selim II, Ottoman sultan (born 1524)
  10. 1598Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (born 1540)
  11. 1621Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (born 1578)
  12. 1673Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (born 1623)
  13. 1675Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (born 1632)
  14. 1683Izaak Walton, English author (born 1593) juliano y gregoriano
  15. 1688Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1634)
  16. 1698Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (born 1636) las demás fuentes: 15 sep 1688
  17. 1715George Hickes, English minister and scholar (born 1642)
  18. 1753Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (born 1694) fecha discutida
  19. 1792Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (born 1756)
  20. 1812Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (born 1745) juliano y gregoriano
  21. 1817Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (born 1783)
  22. 1819Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (born 1749) las demás fuentes: 15 nov 1819
  23. 1855Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (born 1803) las demás fuentes: 18 dic 1855
  24. 1878Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (born 1811)
  25. 1890Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (born 1831)
  26. 1943Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1904)
  27. 1944Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (born 1904)
  28. 1947Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (born 1863)
  29. 1947Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (born 1874)
  30. 1950Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1875)
  31. 1958Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
  32. 1962Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (born 1899)
  33. 1965M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1903)
  34. 1966Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (born 1897)
  35. 1966Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901)
  36. 1968Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (born 1899)
  37. 1968Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (born 1881)
  38. 1969Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (born 1898)
  39. 1971Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (born 1886)
  40. 1974Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
  41. 1977Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (born 1893)
  42. 1978Chill Wills, American actor (born 1903)
  43. 1980Peter Gregg, American race car driver (born 1940)
  44. 1982Máire Comerford, Irish Republican (born 1893)
  45. 1984Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (born 1904)
  46. 1985Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (born 1900)
  47. 1986Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1905)
  48. 1991Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (born 1915)
  49. 1993William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (born 1925)
  50. 2000Haris Brkić, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (born 1974)
  51. 2003Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (born 1909) las demás fuentes: 15 feb 2003
  52. 2003George Fisher, American cartoonist (born 1923)
  53. 2003Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1947)
  54. 2004Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan educator and politician, Speaker of the Nauru Parliament (born 1943)
  55. 2005Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (born 1914)
  56. 2005Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (born 1915)
  57. 2005William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (born 1915)
  58. 2006Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (born 1939)
  59. 2006Mary Stolz, American journalist and author (born 1920)
  60. 2007Julia Carson, American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
  61. 2008León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian engineer and politician, 46th President of Ecuador (born 1931)
  62. 2009Eliza Atkins Gleason, American librarian (born 1909)
  63. 2009Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (born 1918)
  64. 2010Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
  65. 2010Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1918)
  66. 2010Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (born 1940)
  67. 2011Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (born 1929)
  68. 2011Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (born 1949)
  69. 2012Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (born 1952)
  70. 2012Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (born 1948)
  71. 2012Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (born 1929)
  72. 2013Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (born 1921)
  73. 2013Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (born 1917)
  74. 2013Dyron Nix, American basketball player (born 1967)
  75. 2014Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (born 1929)
  76. 2014Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (born 1940)
  77. 2015Harry Zvi Tabor, English-Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1917)
  78. 2016Craig Sager, American sports journalist (born 1951)
  79. 2017Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (born 1928)
  80. 2017Calestous Juma, academic (born 1953)
  81. 2018Eryue He, Chinese historical fiction writer (born 1945)
  82. 2018Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia (born 1924)
  83. 2020Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1952)
  84. 2024Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer (born 1951)
  85. 2025William J. Bauer, senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, (born 1926)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Bill of Rights Day (United States)
  2. 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
  3. Homecoming Day (Alderney)
  4. Kingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday
  5. Zamenhof Day (International Esperanto Community)
  6. World Turkic Language Family Day (UNESCO)

Santoral (8)

  1. Drina Martyrs
  2. Drostan (Aberdeen Breviary)
  3. John Horden and Robert McDonald (Episcopal Church (USA))
  4. Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
  5. Mesmin
  6. Valerian of Abbenza
  7. Virginia Centurione Bracelli
  8. December 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)