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Acontecimientos (64)

  1. 497 a. C.The first Saturnalia festival is celebrated in ancient Rome.
  2. 546Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison.
  3. 920Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.
  4. 942Assassination of William Longsword, Count of Normandy.
  5. 1297King Kyawswa of Pagan is overthrown by the three Myinsaing brothers, marking the de facto end of the Pagan Kingdom.
  6. 1354Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut and Holy Roman Empress and her son William I, Duke of Bavaria, sign a peace treaty ending the Hook and Cod wars.
  7. 1398Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
  8. 1538Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
  9. 1583Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
  10. 1586Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
  11. 1665The first account of a blood transfusion is published, in the form of a letter from physician Richard Lower to chemist Robert Boyle, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
  12. 1718War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
  13. 1777American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
  14. 1790The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
  15. 1807Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
  16. 1812War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
  17. 1819Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
  18. 1835The second Great Fire of New York destroys of New York City's Financial District.
  19. 1837A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
  20. 1862American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
  21. 1865First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
  22. 1892First issue of Vogue is published.
  23. 1896Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
  24. 1903The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
  25. 1907Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  26. 1918Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  27. 1926Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
  28. 1927Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
  29. 1928Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
  30. 1933The first NFL Championship Game is played at Wrigley Field in Chicago between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears win 23–21.
  31. 1935Douglas DC-3: The twin-engine airliner makes its maiden flight from Santa Monica.
  32. 1938Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
  33. 1939World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
  34. 1943All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
  35. 1944World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
  36. 1945Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan is raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan.
  37. 1947First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
  38. 1948The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
  39. 1950The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
  40. 1951The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
  41. 1957The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  42. 1960Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
  43. 1960Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
  44. 1961Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
  45. 1967Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
  46. 1969Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
  47. 1970Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
  48. 1973Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.
  49. 1981American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
  50. 1983Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
  51. 1989Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
  52. 1989Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
  53. 1989The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
  54. 1997Peruvian internal conflict: Fourteen members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement provoke a hostage crisis by taking over the Japanese embassy in Lima.
  55. 1997Aerosvit Flight 241: A Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into the Pierian Mountains near Thessaloniki Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece, killing all 70 people on board.
  56. 2002Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
  57. 2003The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
  58. 2003SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
  59. 2003Sex work rights activists establish December 17 (or "D17") as International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers to memorialize victims of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, and highlight State violence against sex workers by police and others.
  60. 2005Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
  61. 2005Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
  62. 2009Sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
  63. 2010Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
  64. 2014The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

Nacimientos (248)

  1. 1239Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shōgun (died 1256)
  2. 1267Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (died 1324)
  3. 1554Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1612)
  4. 1556Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, poet in Mughal Empire (died 1627)
  5. 1574Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, Spanish nobleman and politician (died 1624)
  6. 1616Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author (died 1704)
  7. 1619Prince Rupert of the Rhine (died 1682) juliano y gregoriano
  8. 1632Anthony Wood, English historian and author (died 1695)
  9. 1685Thomas Tickell, English poet (died 1740)
  10. 1699Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator (died 1775)
  11. 1706Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (died 1749)
  12. 1734Maria I of Portugal (died 1816)
  13. 1749Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (died 1801)
  14. 1778Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (died 1829)
  15. 1796Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (died 1865)
  16. 1797Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer (died 1878)
  17. 1798Wilhelmine von Wrochem, German flutist, singer and actress (died 1839)
  18. 1807John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (died 1892)
  19. 1812Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter (died 1880)
  20. 1827Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (died 1893)
  21. 1830Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (died 1870)
  22. 1835Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (died 1910)
  23. 1840Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (died 1908)
  24. 1842Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician and academic (died 1899)
  25. 1847Émile Faguet, French author and critic (died 1916)
  26. 1853Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician and immunologist, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (died 1933)
  27. 1858Eva Nansen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer and pioneer on women skiing (died 1907)
  28. 1859Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (died 1927)
  29. 1866Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, third President of Lithuania (died 1950)
  30. 1873Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1939)
  31. 1874William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (died 1950)
  32. 1881Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach (died 1930)
  33. 1884Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (died 1976)
  34. 1887Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (died 1957)
  35. 1890Prince Joachim of Prussia (died 1920)
  36. 1892Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (died 1950)
  37. 1893Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot (died 1971)
  38. 1893Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (died 1966)
  39. 1894Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (died 1979)
  40. 1894Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier (died 1969)
  41. 1894Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1977)
  42. 1895Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player (died 1967)
  43. 1898Loren Murchison, American sprinter (died 1979)
  44. 1900Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (died 1998)
  45. 1903Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (died 1987)
  46. 1903Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (died 1978)
  47. 1904Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (died 1999)
  48. 1905Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (died 2002)
  49. 1905Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, sixth Vice President of India (died 1992)
  50. 1905Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (died 1975)
  51. 1906Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (died 1994)
  52. 1906Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer (died 1998)
  53. 1908Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)
  54. 1910Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (died 1999)
  55. 1910Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (died 1988)
  56. 1912Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (died 2012)
  57. 1913Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 1967)
  58. 1914Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (died 2005)
  59. 1914Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (died 2013) juliano y gregoriano
  60. 1916Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (died 2000)
  61. 1917Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (died 1983)
  62. 1920Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (died 2004)
  63. 1921Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (died 1943)
  64. 1922Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic (died 2005)
  65. 1923Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (died 2006)
  66. 1925Calvin Tomkins, American author and art critic (died 2026)
  67. 1926Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (died 1985)
  68. 1926John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
  69. 1926Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2015)
  70. 1927Richard Long, American actor and director (died 1974)
  71. 1927Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (died 2012)
  72. 1928Marilyn Beck, American journalist (died 2014)
  73. 1928Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (died 2013)
  74. 1928Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, seventh Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (died 2012)
  75. 1929William Safire, American journalist and author (died 2009)
  76. 1930Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse (died 2010)
  77. 1930Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter
  78. 1930Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author (died 2019)
  79. 1931Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (died 2011)
  80. 1931Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (died 2014)
  81. 1931James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist
  82. 1932John Bond, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
  83. 1934Irving Petlin, American painter and academic (died 2018)
  84. 1934Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
  85. 1935Brian Langford, English cricketer (died 2013)
  86. 1935Cal Ripken Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1999)
  87. 1936Pope Francis, Argentinian Pope of the Catholic Church (died 2025)
  88. 1936Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor
  89. 1937Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host (died 2025)
  90. 1937Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player (died 2019)
  91. 1937Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket (died 2005)
  92. 1937John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (died 1969)
  93. 1937Calvin Waller, American general (died 1996)
  94. 1938Peter Snell, New Zealand runner (died 2019)
  95. 1939James Booker, American pianist (died 1983)
  96. 1939Eddie Kendricks, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1992)
  97. 1940Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (died 2013)
  98. 1940María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)
  99. 1941Dave Dee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
  100. 1941Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2012)
  101. 1942Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (died 2025)
  102. 1942Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (died 1987)
  103. 1943Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer
  104. 1944Jack L. Chalker, American author and educator (died 2005)
  105. 1944Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic
  106. 1944Bernard Hill, English actor (died 2024)
  107. 1945Ernie Hudson, American actor
  108. 1945David Mallet, English director
  109. 1945Chris Matthews, American journalist and author
  110. 1945Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic
  111. 1945Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic
  112. 1946Simon Bates, English radio host
  113. 1946Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
  114. 1947Wes Studi, American actor and producer
  115. 1948Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
  116. 1948Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer
  117. 1948Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician
  118. 1949Joel Brooks, American actor
  119. 1949Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
  120. 1949Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer
  121. 1950Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author
  122. 1950Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach
  123. 1951Pat Hill, American football player and coach
  124. 1951Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  125. 1951Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner
  126. 1953Bill Pullman, American actor
  127. 1954Sergejus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player
  128. 1955Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
  129. 1956Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  130. 1956Dominic Lawson, English journalist and author
  131. 1956Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner
  132. 1957Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter
  133. 1957Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach
  134. 1958Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
  135. 1958Donald Payne Jr., American politician (died 2024)
  136. 1959Bob Stinson, American songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
  137. 1961Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author
  138. 1961Sara Dallin, English singer
  139. 1962Paul Dobson, English footballer
  140. 1962Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter
  141. 1962Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist
  142. 1964Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
  143. 1964Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
  144. 1965Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  145. 1965Jeff Grayer, American basketball player and coach
  146. 1966Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  147. 1966Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  148. 1967Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  149. 1967Gigi D'Agostino, Italian musician, singer and DJ.
  150. 1967Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager
  151. 1968Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer
  152. 1968Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver and sportscaster
  153. 1969Laurie Holden, American actress and model
  154. 1969Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper
  155. 1969Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
  156. 1969Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
  157. 1970Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
  158. 1971Claire Forlani, English actress
  159. 1971Alan Khan, South African radio and TV presenter
  160. 1971Nikki McCray-Penson, American basketball player and coach (died 2023)
  161. 1971Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
  162. 1972John Abraham, Indian actor and producer
  163. 1972Iván Pedroso, Cuban long jumper and coach
  164. 1973Eddie Fisher, American drummer
  165. 1973Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower
  166. 1973Rian Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  167. 1973Paula Radcliffe, English runner
  168. 1973Hasan Vural, German-Turkish footballer
  169. 1974Charl Langeveldt, South African cricketer
  170. 1974Sarah Paulson, American actress
  171. 1974Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
  172. 1974Marissa Ribisi, American actress
  173. 1975Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer
  174. 1975Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter
  175. 1975Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
  176. 1976Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach
  177. 1976Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager
  178. 1976Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer
  179. 1976Andrew Simpson, English sailor (died 2013)
  180. 1976Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster
  181. 1977Arnaud Clément, French tennis player
  182. 1977Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  183. 1977Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
  184. 1978Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican baseball player and sportscaster
  185. 1978Riteish Deshmukh, Indian film actor, producer and architect
  186. 1978Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician
  187. 1978Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter
  188. 1978Chase Utley, American baseball player
  189. 1979Matt Murley, American ice hockey player
  190. 1979Paul Smith, English footballer
  191. 1980Suzy Batkovic, Australian basketball player
  192. 1980Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
  193. 1980Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
  194. 1980Eli Pariser, American activist and author
  195. 1981Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer
  196. 1981Tim Wiese, German footballer
  197. 1982Josh Barfield, American baseball player
  198. 1982Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player
  199. 1982Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist and author
  200. 1982Stéphane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player
  201. 1983Gregory Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
  202. 1983Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player
  203. 1983Mikky Ekko, American singer and songwriter
  204. 1983Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner
  205. 1983Sébastien Ogier, French race car driver
  206. 1984Luis Alfageme, Argentinian footballer
  207. 1984Julian Bennett, English footballer
  208. 1984Andrew Davies, English footballer
  209. 1984Shannon Woodward, American actress
  210. 1985Fernando Abad, Dominican baseball player
  211. 1985Łukasz Broź, Polish footballer
  212. 1985Craig Reid, English footballer
  213. 1986Emma Bell, American actress
  214. 1986Frei Gilson, Brazilian Catholic priest and singer
  215. 1986Frank Winterstein, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
  216. 1986Vanessa Zima, American actress
  217. 1987Maryna Arzamasova, Belarusian middle-distance runner
  218. 1987Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
  219. 1987Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst
  220. 1987Donovan Solano, Colombian baseball player
  221. 1988Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist
  222. 1988Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer
  223. 1988Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
  224. 1988David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
  225. 1988Yann Sommer, Swiss footballer
  226. 1988Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer
  227. 1989André Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
  228. 1989Taylor York, American musician
  229. 1990Graham Rogers, American actor
  230. 1991Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player
  231. 1991Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
  232. 1992Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
  233. 1992Buddy Hield, Bahamian basketball player
  234. 1992Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
  235. 1993Kiersey Clemons, American actress
  236. 1993Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
  237. 1994Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
  238. 1994Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
  239. 1995Guerschon Yabusele, French basketball player
  240. 1996Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
  241. 1997Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
  242. 1997Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
  243. 1998Jasmine Armfield, English actress
  244. 1998Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
  245. 1999Holly Humberstone, English singer-songwriter
  246. 1999Mirei Sasaki, Japanese singer, model, and actress
  247. 2000Wesley Fofana, French footballer
  248. 2002Castello Lukeba, French footballer

Fallecimientos (99)

  1. 779Sturm, abbot of Fulda
  2. 908Al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
  3. 908Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for one day juliano y gregoriano
  4. 942William I, duke of Normandy
  5. 1187Pope Gregory VIII (born 1100)
  6. 1195Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (born 1150)
  7. 1273Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (born 1207)
  8. 1316Juan Fernández, bishop-elect of León
  9. 1419William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
  10. 1471Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (born 1397)
  11. 1559Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (born 1538) las demás fuentes: 15 dic 1559
  12. 1562Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (born 1522)
  13. 1663Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (born 1583)
  14. 1721Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1640)
  15. 1830Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, second President of Venezuela (born 1783)
  16. 1833Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (born 1812?)
  17. 1847Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (born 1791)
  18. 1857Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (born 1774)
  19. 1891José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876–1877) (born 1823)
  20. 1904William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (born 1848)
  21. 1907William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (born 1824)
  22. 1909Leopold II of Belgium (born 1835)
  23. 1917Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (born 1836)
  24. 1927Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (born 1892)
  25. 1928Frank Rinehart, American photographer (born 1861)
  26. 1929Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, tenth President of Portugal (born 1863)
  27. 1930Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (born 1894)
  28. 1932Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (born 1867)
  29. 193313th Dalai Lama (born 1876)
  30. 1935Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (born 1856)
  31. 1940Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (born 1860)
  32. 1942Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (born 1895)
  33. 1947Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (born 1877)
  34. 1956Eddie Acuff, American actor (born 1903)
  35. 1957Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
  36. 1962Thomas Mitchell, American actor (born 1892)
  37. 1964Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)
  38. 1967Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908) las demás fuentes: 19 dic 1967
  39. 1970Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (born 1896)
  40. 1978Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1934)
  41. 1981Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (born 1903)
  42. 1982Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1889)
  43. 1986Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (born 1925)
  44. 1987Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (born 1900)
  45. 1987Linda Wong, American porn actress (born 1951)
  46. 1987Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (born 1903)
  47. 1992Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (born 1902)
  48. 1992Dana Andrews, American actor (born 1909)
  49. 1999Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1920)
  50. 1999Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1943)
  51. 1999C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (born 1908)
  52. 2002K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, tenth Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (born 1910)
  53. 2003Otto Graham, American football player and coach (born 1921)
  54. 2004Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (born 1931)
  55. 2005Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (born 1922)
  56. 2005Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (born 1929)
  57. 2005Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (born 1936)
  58. 2006Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (born 1935)
  59. 2008Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (born 1914)
  60. 2008Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (born 1942)
  61. 2008Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (born 1955)
  62. 2008Gregoire, Congolese chimpanzee, oldest recorded (born 1942)
  63. 2009Chris Henry, American football player (born 1983)
  64. 2009Jennifer Jones, American actress (born 1919)
  65. 2009Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (born 1946)
  66. 2010Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
  67. 2010Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (born 1923)
  68. 2010Ralph Coates, English footballer (born 1946)
  69. 2011Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (born 1983)
  70. 2011Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, second Supreme Leader of North Korea (born 1941)
  71. 2012Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (born 1947)
  72. 2012James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (born 1922)
  73. 2012Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (born 1924)
  74. 2012Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (born 1929) las demás fuentes: 16 dic 2012
  75. 2012Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (born 1957)
  76. 2013Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (born 1929)
  77. 2013Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (born 1926)
  78. 2013Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (born 1925)
  79. 2013Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1950)
  80. 2013Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (born 1925)
  81. 2013Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (born 1926)
  82. 2014Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (born 1913)
  83. 2014Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (born 1917)
  84. 2014Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (born 1949)
  85. 2014Lowell Steward, American captain (born 1919)
  86. 2014Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (born 1938)
  87. 2015Hal Brown, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)
  88. 2015Osamu Hayaishi, American-Japanese biochemist and academic (born 1920)
  89. 2015Michael Wyschogrod, German-American philosopher and theologian (born 1928)
  90. 2016Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (born 1922)
  91. 2016Henry Heimlich, American doctor (born 1920)
  92. 2016Gordon Hunt, American voice director (born 1929)
  93. 2020Jeremy Bulloch, English actor (born 1945)
  94. 2020Allen Dines, American politician (born 1921)
  95. 2023Ronaldo Valdez, Filipino actor (born 1947)
  96. 2023James McCaffrey, American actor (born 1958)
  97. 2024Igor Kirillov, Russian general (born 1970)
  98. 2024Marisa Paredes, Spanish film actress (born 1946)
  99. 2025William Rush, English actor (born 1994)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Accession Day (Bahrain)
  2. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
  3. Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)
  4. National Day (Bhutan)
  5. Pan American Aviation Day (United States)
  6. Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation

Santoral (8)

  1. Daniel the Prophet
  2. Josep Manyanet i Vives
  3. Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)
  4. O Sapientia
  5. Olympias the Deaconess
  6. Wivina
  7. Sturm
  8. December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)