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Acontecimientos (45)

1. 533The Digest, the great collection of all Roman jurists' law, is issued together with a new official law textbook for legal schools, The Institutes.
2. 714Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
3. 755An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
4. 1431Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
5. 1497Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
6. 1575An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 strikes Valdivia, Chile.
7. 1598Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.
8. 1653English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
9. 1689Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
10. 1707The most recent eruption of Mount Fuji.
11. 1761Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.
12. 1773American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
13. 1777Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
14. 1782British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.
15. 1811The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
16. 1826Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
17. 1838Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
18. 1850The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
19. 1863American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints General Joseph E. Johnston to replace General Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.
20. 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville ends as the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
21. 1880Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
22. 1882Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
23. 1883Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
24. 1905In rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
25. 1912First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
26. 1914World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
27. 1920The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5 rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
28. 1942The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
29. 1944World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
30. 1951A Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing all 58 aboard including dancer Doris Ruby.
31. 1960A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
32. 1968Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
33. 1971Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.
34. 1971The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
35. 1972The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is enacted.
36. 1973Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.
37. 1986The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.
38. 1989Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
39. 1992Deportation of Hamas members: Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border.
40. 1997Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
41. 2011The Zhanaozen massacre occurs when violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, resulting in security forces killing at least 14 and injuring 100 more.
42. 2013A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
43. 2014Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
44. 2022A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
45. 2024The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.

Nacimientos (229)

1. 1364Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (died 1417)
2. 1485Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, Queen Consort of England (died 1536)
3. 1534Hans Bol, Flemish artist (died 1593)
4. 1582Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (died 1642)
5. 1584John Selden, English jurist and scholar (died 1654)
6. 1585Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1641)
7. 1605Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (died 1663)
8. 1614Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (died 1674)
9. 1630Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (died 1715)
10. 1714George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (died 1770) juliano y gregoriano
11. 1716Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (died 1798)
12. 1717Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (died 1806)
13. 1730Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader (died 1763)
14. 1742Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (died 1819)
15. 1770Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (died 1827)
16. 1775Jane Austen, English novelist (died 1817)
17. 1775François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (died 1834)
18. 1776Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
19. 1778John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (died 1841)
20. 1787Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (died 1855)
21. 1790Leopold I of Belgium (died 1865)
22. 1804Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1889)
23. 1812Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (died 1867)
24. 1834Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (died 1910)
25. 1836Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (died 1907)
26. 1849Mary Hartwell Catherwood, American author and poet (died 1902) las demás fuentes: 16 dic 1847
27. 1861Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (died 1917)
28. 1863George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1952)
29. 1865Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (died 1918)
30. 1866Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (died 1944)
31. 1867Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (died 1951)
32. 1869Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (died 1952)
33. 1869Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (died 1943)
34. 1872Anton Denikin, Russian general (died 1947)
35. 1882Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (died 1963)
36. 1882Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (died 1967)
37. 1882Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (died 1974)
38. 1883Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (died 1977)
39. 1883Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1925)
40. 1884John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia (died 1959)
41. 1884Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (died 1987)
42. 1888Alexander I of Yugoslavia (died 1934)
43. 1888Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (died 1967)
44. 1889Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (died 1930)
45. 1895Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (died 1984)
46. 1896Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (died 1984)
47. 1899Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (died 1973)
48. 1900Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (died 1999)
49. 1900V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (died 1997)
50. 1901Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (died 1978)
51. 1902Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1999)
52. 1903Hardie Albright, American actor (died 1975)
53. 1903Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (died 1985)
54. 1905Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (died 1996)
55. 1905Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (died 1986)
56. 1907Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (died 2011)
57. 1908Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (died 1963)
58. 1910Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1991)
59. 1913George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1989)
60. 1914O. Winston Link, American photographer (died 2001)
61. 1916Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (died 2024)
62. 1917Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (died 2011)
63. 1917Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (died 2013)
64. 1917Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (died 2008)
65. 1920Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2005)
66. 1921Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
67. 1922Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (died 2008)
68. 1923Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (died 2023)
69. 1923Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (died 2014)
70. 1924Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (died 1993)
71. 1926James McCracken, American tenor and actor (died 1988)
72. 1926A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2014)
73. 1926Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
74. 1927Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (died 2015)
75. 1927Randall Garrett, American author and poet (died 1987)
76. 1928Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer (died 2024)
77. 1928Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (died 1982)
78. 1929Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (died 2011)
79. 1930Bill Brittain, American author (died 2011)
80. 1930Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (died 2013)
81. 1930Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (died 2013)
82. 1932Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic (died 2022)
83. 1932Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
84. 1932Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (died 1968) las demás fuentes: 23 ene 1932
85. 1933Gloria Romero, Filipino actress (died 2025)
86. 1936Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
87. 1937Joyce Bulifant, American actress
88. 1937Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
89. 1938Frank Deford, American journalist and author (died 2017)
90. 1938Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
91. 1939Philip Langridge, English tenor (died 2010)
92. 1939Gordon Miller, English high jumper
93. 1941Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
94. 1941Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
95. 1942Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
96. 1943Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (died 2018)
97. 1943Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (died 2017)
98. 1944Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
99. 1944Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
100. 1945Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
101. 1946Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
102. 1946Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
103. 1946Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
104. 1946Tom Stern, American cinematographer
105. 1947Ben Cross, English actor (died 2020)
106. 1947Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
107. 1947Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
108. 1947Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
109. 1949Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
110. 1949Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
111. 1950Claudia Cohen, American journalist (died 2007)
112. 1950Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (died 2006)
113. 1951Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (died 2002)
114. 1951Sally Emerson, English author and poet
115. 1951Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2011)
116. 1951Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
117. 1951Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1992)
118. 1952Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
119. 1952Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
120. 1953Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
121. 1955Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
122. 1955Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
123. 1955Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
124. 1955Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
125. 1956Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (died 2004)
126. 1957Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
127. 1958Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
128. 1958Jeff Ruland, American basketball player
129. 1959H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
130. 1959Alison La Placa, American actress
131. 1959Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
132. 1959Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
133. 1960Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
134. 1960Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
135. 1961André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
136. 1961Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
137. 1961Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (died 1994)
138. 1961LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
139. 1961Sam Robards, American actor
140. 1961Jon Tenney, American actor and director
141. 1962Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
142. 1962William Perry, American football player and wrestler
143. 1963Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
144. 1963Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
145. 1963James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
146. 1963Nadia Moscufo, Belgian politician
147. 1964Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
148. 1964Todd Glass, American comedian
149. 1964John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
150. 1964Georgie Parker, Australian actress
151. 1964Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
152. 1965Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
153. 1965J. B. Smoove, American comedian, writer, and actor
154. 1966Fatima Lamarti, Belgian politician
155. 1966Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
156. 1966Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (died 2020)
157. 1966Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
158. 1967Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
159. 1967Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
160. 1967Miranda Otto, Australian actress
161. 1968Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
162. 1968Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
163. 1968Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (died 2013)
164. 1969Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
165. 1969Kent Hehr, Canadian politician
166. 1969Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
167. 1969Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
168. 1969Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
169. 1969Craig White, English cricketer and coach
170. 1970Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
171. 1970Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
172. 1971Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
173. 1971Paul van Dyk, German musician, producer and DJ
174. 1971Michael McCary, American R&B singer
175. 1972Charles Gipson, American baseball player
176. 1972Zeljko Kalac, Australian soccer player and manager
177. 1972Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
178. 1972Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
179. 1973Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
180. 1973Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
181. 1975Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
182. 1975Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
183. 1975Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
184. 1975Paul Maynard, English politician
185. 1976Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
186. 1977Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
187. 1977Sylvain Distin, French footballer
188. 1978John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
189. 1978Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
190. 1979Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
191. 1979Brodie Lee, American wrestler (died 2020)
192. 1979Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
193. 1979Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter las demás fuentes: 16 dic 1976
194. 1979Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
195. 1980Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
196. 1981Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
197. 1981Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (died 2022)
198. 1981Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
199. 1982Antrel Rolle, American football player
200. 1982Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
201. 1982Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
202. 1983Kelenna Azubuike, Nigerian-American basketball player
203. 1983Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist las demás fuentes: 16 dic 1982
204. 1983Joey Dorsey, American basketball player
205. 1984Theo James, English actor
206. 1985Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
207. 1985James Nash, English race car driver
208. 1985Amanda Setton, American actress
209. 1986Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
210. 1986Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
211. 1988Mats Hummels, German footballer
212. 1988Anna Popplewell, English actress
213. 1988Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player
214. 1991Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer
215. 1991David Johnson, American football player
216. 1992Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
217. 1992Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
218. 1993Jyoti Amge, Indian actress
219. 1993Stephan James, Canadian actor
220. 1994Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
221. 1994Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
222. 1994José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
223. 1996Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
224. 1996Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
225. 1996Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer
226. 1997Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
227. 1998Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
228. 1998Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress
229. 2001Kai Cenat, American streamer

Fallecimientos (115)

1. 604Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (born 553)
2. 705Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (born 624)
3. 714Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (born 635)
4. 867Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (born 815) las demás fuentes: 16 dic 866
5. 874Ado, archbishop of Vienne las demás fuentes: 16 dic 875
6. 882John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
7. 902Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
8. 999Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (born 931)
9. 1153Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman
10. 1263Haakon IV, king of Norway (born 1204)
11. 1316Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (born 1280)
12. 1325Charles, French nobleman (born 1270) juliano y gregoriano
13. 1378Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (born 1360)
14. 1379John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (born 1348) las demás fuentes: 15 dic 1379
15. 1470John II, duke of Lorraine (born 1424) juliano y gregoriano
16. 1474Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (born 1403)
17. 1515Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (born 1453)
18. 1558Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
19. 1583Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
20. 1594Allison Balfour, Scottish woman accused of witchcraft
21. 1598Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (born 1545)
22. 1669Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (born 1608)
23. 1687William Petty, English economist and philosopher (born 1623)
24. 1751Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1700)
25. 1774François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (born 1694)
26. 1783Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (born 1699)
27. 1783Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (born 1720)
28. 1805Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (born 1746)
29. 1809Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (born 1755)
30. 1859Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (born 1786)
31. 1892Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (born 1810)
32. 1897Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1840)
33. 1898Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (born 1832)
34. 1908American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (born 1840)
35. 1917Frank Gotch, American wrestler (born 1878)
36. 1921Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1835)
37. 1922Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (born 1865)
38. 1928Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (born 1885)
39. 1935Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (born 1905)
40. 1936Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (born 1865)
41. 1940Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (born 1858)
42. 1940Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (born 1866) las demás fuentes: 15 dic 1940
43. 1943George Bambridge, English diplomat (born 1892)
44. 1944Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (born 1885)
45. 1945Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (born 1866)
46. 1945Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1891)
47. 1949Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1873)
48. 1952Robert Henry Best, American journalist (born 1896)
49. 1956Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (born 1890)
50. 1961Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1882)
51. 1965W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (born 1874)
52. 1968Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (born 1912)
53. 1968Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (born 1916)
54. 1969Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (born 1899)
55. 1969Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (born 1942)
56. 1970Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (born 1914)
57. 1974Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (born 1884)
58. 1976Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1917)
59. 1977Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
60. 1980Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (born 1890)
61. 1980Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (born 1900)
62. 1982Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (born 1928)
63. 1983Debs Garms, American baseball player (born 1907) las demás fuentes: 16 dic 1984
64. 1983Mitchell WerBell III, American mercenary (born 1918)
65. 1984Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (born 1903)
66. 1985Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (born 1940)
67. 1985Paul Castellano, American mobster (born 1915)
68. 1989Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (born 1913)
69. 1989Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (born 1930)
70. 1989Aileen Pringle, American actress (born 1895)
71. 1989Lee Van Cleef, American actor (born 1925)
72. 1991Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (born 1938)
73. 1993Moses Gunn, American actor (born 1929)
74. 1993Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)
75. 1996Quentin Bell, English historian and author (born 1910)
76. 1997Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (born 1899)
77. 1998William Gaddis, American author and academic (born 1922)
78. 2001Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)
79. 2001Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (born 1913)
80. 2003Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1914)
81. 2003Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
82. 2004Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (born 1933)
83. 2004Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (born 1946)
84. 2004Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (born 1912)
85. 2005Kenneth Bulmer, English author (born 1921)
86. 2005Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (born 1937)
87. 2005John Spencer, American actor (born 1946)
88. 2006Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (born 1940)
89. 2006Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (born 1950)
90. 2006Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (born 1922)
91. 2006Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (born 1930)
92. 2007Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
93. 2009Roy E. Disney, American businessman (born 1930)
94. 2009Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (born 1956)
95. 2009Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (born 1940)
96. 2010Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1923)
97. 2010Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (born 1948)
98. 2011Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
99. 2011Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (born 1938)
100. 2012Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (born 1920)
101. 2012Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (born 1972)
102. 2013James Flint, English commander (born 1913)
103. 2013Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1926)
104. 2013Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (born 1951)
105. 2014Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (born 1947)
106. 2014Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (born 1955)
107. 2014Tahira Qazi, Pakistani educationist and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in the Peshawar school attack.
108. 2015Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (born 1927)
109. 2015Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (born 1950)
110. 2015George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (born 1926)
111. 2017Keely Smith, American singer and actress (born 1928)
112. 2023Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born 1937)
113. 2024Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (born 1943)
114. 2024Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalist (born 1937/1938)
115. 2025Lusanda Dumke, South African professional rugby union player who played as a flanker (born 1996)

Celebraciones (9)

1. Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
2. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
3. National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
4. International Day of the Belt and Road Initiative
5. National Sports Day (Thailand)
6. The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad):
7. The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America)
8. The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines)
9. Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India)

Santoral (6)

1. Adelaide of Italy
2. Haggai
3. Blessed Marianna Fontanella
4. Blessed Philip Siphong Onphitak
5. Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))
6. December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)