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Acontecimientos (43)

  1. 944Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is arrested by two of his sons, forced to abdicate and to live as a monk for the rest of his life.
  2. 1046Emperor Henry III convenes the synod of Sutri to mediate between different claimants to the papacy.
  3. 1192Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.
  4. 1334Cardinal Jacques Fournier, a Cistercian monk, is elected Pope Benedict XII.
  5. 1803The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
  6. 1808Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
  7. 1832HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands.
  8. 1848French presidential election: Having won the popular vote in a landslide, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is inaugurated in the chamber of the National Assembly as the first (and only) president of the French Second Republic.
  9. 1860South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States with the South Carolina Declaration of Secession.
  10. 1915World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
  11. 1917Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
  12. 1924Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
  13. 1940Captain America Comics #1, containing the first appearance of the superhero Captain America, is published.
  14. 1941World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers", in Kunming, China.
  15. 1942World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.
  16. 1946It's a Wonderful Life premieres at the Globe Theatre in New York to mixed reviews. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119035038/http://www.eeweems.com/capra/_wonderful_life.html [1]]
  17. 1946An earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan causes a tsunami which kills at least one thousand people and destroys 36,000 homes.
  18. 1948Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.
  19. 1951The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
  20. 1952A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington, killing 87 of the 115 people on board.
  21. 1955Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
  22. 1957The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
  23. 1960Vietnam War: The National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, popularly known as the Viet Cong, is formally established in Tân Lập village, present day Tây Ninh province.
  24. 1968The Zodiac Killer murders his first two officially confirmed victims, David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, on Lake Herman Road in Benicia, California, United States.
  25. 1970Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.
  26. 1973Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco.
  27. 1977With the approval of the State Council, China's two largest newspapers, the People's Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.
  28. 1984The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
  29. 1984Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
  30. 1985Pope John Paul II announces the creation of World Youth Day.
  31. 1987In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
  32. 1988War on drugs: The United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, one of three major drug control treaties currently in force.
  33. 1989The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
  34. 1991A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
  35. 1995American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
  36. 1999Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
  37. 2004A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
  38. 2007Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
  39. 2007The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
  40. 2016Aerosucre Flight 157 crashes during takeoff from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño, Colombia, killing five people.
  41. 2019The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
  42. 2024Six people are killed and over 200 are injured when an anti-Islam activist drives a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
  43. 2024A mass stabbing occurs in a primary school in Zagreb, Croatia, in which a 7-year-old pupil is killed and six more are injured by a knife-wielding 19-year-old male.

Nacimientos (174)

  1. 1494Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (died 1555)
  2. 1496Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician (died 1575)
  3. 1537John III, king of Sweden (died 1592)
  4. 1576John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint (died 1620)
  5. 1626Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (died 1692)
  6. 1629Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (died 1684)
  7. 1641Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (died 1724)
  8. 1740Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (died 1792)
  9. 1786Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (died 1853)
  10. 1792Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (died 1845)
  11. 1806Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1871)
  12. 1812Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator (died 1842)
  13. 1838Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (died 1926)
  14. 1841Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
  15. 1851Knut Wicksell, Swedish economist (died 1926)
  16. 1861Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (died 1933)
  17. 1861Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (died 1926)
  18. 1865Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (died 1950)
  19. 1868Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (died 1938)
  20. 1869Charley Grapewin, American actor (died 1956)
  21. 1871Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor (died 1937)
  22. 1873Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (died 1948)
  23. 1873Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (died 1936)
  24. 1874Mary Ann Bevan, English nurse who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world" (died 1933)
  25. 1881Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
  26. 1884Ruhana Kuddus, Indonesian activist and journalist (died 1972)
  27. 1886Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (died 1974)
  28. 1888Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (died 1980)
  29. 1888Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (died 1956)
  30. 1890Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer (died 1958)
  31. 1890Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
  32. 1891Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (died 1971)
  33. 1894Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1978)
  34. 1898Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1973)
  35. 1898Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (died 1990)
  36. 1899Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician (died 1981)
  37. 1900Lissy Arna, German actress (died 1964)
  38. 1900Gabby Hartnett, American baseball player and manager (died 1972)
  39. 1901Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (died 1967)
  40. 1902Prince George, Duke of Kent (died 1942)
  41. 1902Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (died 1989)
  42. 1904Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1984)
  43. 1904Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (died 1977)
  44. 1905Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1992)
  45. 1907Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (died 1984)
  46. 1908Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (died 1994)
  47. 1909Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (died 2000)
  48. 1911Hortense Calisher, American author (died 2009)
  49. 1914Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (died 2013)
  50. 1915Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (died 1995)
  51. 1916Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (died 2010)
  52. 1917David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (died 1992)
  53. 1917Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (died 1997)
  54. 1917Audrey Totter, American actress (died 2013)
  55. 1918Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (died 1988)
  56. 1920Väinö Linna, Finnish author (died 1992)
  57. 1921George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
  58. 1922Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter (died 2020)
  59. 1922William Soeryadjaya, Chinese-Indonesian businessman and co-founder of Astra International (died 2010)
  60. 1924Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (died 2011) las demás fuentes: 20 dic 1927
  61. 1924Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (died 1980)
  62. 1925Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (died 2007)
  63. 1926Marcel Douzima, Central African lawyer and politician (died 2012)
  64. 1926Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2015)
  65. 1926Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (died 2009)
  66. 1927Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (died 2016)
  67. 1927Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (died 2016)
  68. 1927Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (died 2015)
  69. 1927James Lawrence King, American jurist (died 2026)
  70. 1928John Menkes, Austrian-American pediatric and writer (died 2008)
  71. 1929Milan Panić, Serbian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia (died 2026)
  72. 1929Don Sunderlage, American basketball player (died 1961)
  73. 1931Mala Powers, American actress (died 2007)
  74. 1931Hristina Obradović, Serbian hegumenia and abbess (died 2026)
  75. 1932Antoine Mbary-Daba, Central African politician, bureaucrat, and diplomat (died ).
  76. 1932John Hillerman, American actor (died 2017)
  77. 1933Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner (died 2025)
  78. 1933Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist (died 2024)
  79. 1935Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster (died 2024)
  80. 1939Kathryn Joosten, American actress (died 2012)
  81. 1939Kim Weston, American soul singer
  82. 1942Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (died 2015)
  83. 1942Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (died 2002)
  84. 1942Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
  85. 1942Roger Woodward, Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist.
  86. 1944Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
  87. 1945Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
  88. 1945Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (died 2010)
  89. 1946Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
  90. 1946Bill Hosket Jr., American basketball player
  91. 1946Sonny Perdue, American politician, 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture, 81st Governor of Georgia
  92. 1946Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  93. 1947Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
  94. 1948Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer
  95. 1948Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese pianist
  96. 1949Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician (died 2020)
  97. 1949Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager
  98. 1950Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer
  99. 1951Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
  100. 1951Marta Russell, American author and activist (died 2013)
  101. 1952Jenny Agutter, English actress
  102. 1954Michael Badalucco, American actor
  103. 1954Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
  104. 1955Martin Schulz, German politician
  105. 1955Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
  106. 1956Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
  107. 1956Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2009)
  108. 1956Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
  109. 1956Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
  110. 1956Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
  111. 1956Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
  112. 1957Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  113. 1957Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
  114. 1957Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  115. 1958Doug Nordquist, American high jumper
  116. 1958James Thomson, American biologist and academic
  117. 1959George Coupland, Scottish scientist
  118. 1959Hildegard Körner, German runner
  119. 1959Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
  120. 1960Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
  121. 1960Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
  122. 1961Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
  123. 1963Joel Gretsch, American actor
  124. 1966Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach
  125. 1966Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  126. 1968Karl Wendlinger, Austrian racing driver
  127. 1969Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
  128. 1969Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
  129. 1970Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
  130. 1970Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
  131. 1970Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
  132. 1972Jan Čaloun, Czech ice hockey player
  133. 1972Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  134. 1974Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer fecha discutida
  135. 1975Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
  136. 1976Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
  137. 1978Yoon Kye-sang, South Korean singer
  138. 1978Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
  139. 1978Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
  140. 1978Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner
  141. 1979Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
  142. 1980Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
  143. 1980Ashley Cole, English footballer
  144. 1980Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
  145. 1980Martín Demichelis, Argentine footballer
  146. 1981Royal Ivey, American basketball player and coach
  147. 1981James Shields, American baseball player
  148. 1982Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
  149. 1982David Cook, American singer-songwriter
  150. 1982Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
  151. 1982David Wright, American baseball player
  152. 1983Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  153. 1984Bob Morley, Australian actor
  154. 1984David Tavaré, Spanish singer and DJ
  155. 1986Chay Genoway, Canadian ice hockey player
  156. 1987Malcolm Jenkins, American football player
  157. 1990JoJo, American singer and actress
  158. 1990Marta Xargay, Spanish basketball player
  159. 1991Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
  160. 1991Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
  161. 1991Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
  162. 1991Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
  163. 1992Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
  164. 1993Andrea Belotti, Italian footballer
  165. 1993Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
  166. 1994Calvin Ridley, American football player
  167. 1995Anžejs Pasečņiks, Latvian basketball player
  168. 1996Jarrod Bowen, English football player
  169. 1997De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
  170. 1997Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
  171. 1998Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
  172. 2000Gaboro, Assyrian Swedish rapper and songwriter (died 2024)
  173. 2001Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
  174. 2007Gavin McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player

Fallecimientos (98)

  1. 69Titus Flavius Sabinus, a Roman politician and soldier
  2. 217Zephyrinus, pope of the Catholic Church
  3. 910Alfonso III, king of Asturias
  4. 977Fujiwara no Kanemichi, Japanese statesman (born 925)
  5. 1295Margaret of Provence, French queen (born 1221)
  6. 1326Peter of Moscow, Russian metropolitan bishop fecha discutida
  7. 1340John I, duke of Bavaria (born 1329) las demás fuentes: 21 dic 1340
  8. 1355Stefan Dušan, emperor of Serbia (born 1308)
  9. 1539Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (born 1506)
  10. 1552Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (born 1499)
  11. 1590Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (born 1510)
  12. 1658Jean Jannon, French designer and typefounder (born 1580)
  13. 1722Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1654)
  14. 1723Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (born 1652) juliano y gregoriano
  15. 1740Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (born 1675)
  16. 1765Louis-Ferdinand, Dauphin of France (born 1729)
  17. 1768Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (born 1692)
  18. 1783Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (born 1729)
  19. 1812Sacagawea, American explorer (born 1788)
  20. 1820John Bell, American farmer (born 1750)
  21. 1849Kyai Maja, Javanese ulama and commander of Java War (born 1792)
  22. 1856Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (born 1820)
  23. 1862Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (born 1791)
  24. 1880Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (born 1797)
  25. 1889George F. Durand, Canadian architect (born 1850)
  26. 1893George C. Magoun, American businessman (born 1840)
  27. 1915Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (born 1863)
  28. 1916Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (born 1856)
  29. 1917Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (born 1882)
  30. 1919Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (born 1835)
  31. 1920Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (born 1863)
  32. 1921Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (born 1852)
  33. 1925João Ferreira Sardo, the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré, also known as Prior Sardo (born 1873).
  34. 1927Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (born 1872) las demás fuentes: 21 dic 1927
  35. 1929Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (born 1838)
  36. 1935Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1882)
  37. 1937Erich Ludendorff, German general (born 1865)
  38. 1938Annie Armstrong, American missionary (born 1850)
  39. 1938Lida Howell, American archer (born 1859)
  40. 1939Hans Langsdorff, German captain (born 1894)
  41. 1940Sarita Colonia, Peruvian folk saint (born 1914)
  42. 1941Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (born 1887)
  43. 1950Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1885)
  44. 1954James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (born 1900)
  45. 1956Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (born 1906)
  46. 1959Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1885)
  47. 1961Moss Hart, American director and playwright (born 1904)
  48. 1961Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1880)
  49. 1968John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
  50. 1971Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1893)
  51. 1972Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (born 1888)
  52. 1973Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (born 1904; assassinated)
  53. 1973Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)
  54. 1974Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (born 1896)
  55. 1974André Jolivet, French composer and conductor (born 1905)
  56. 1976Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (born 1902)
  57. 1976Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo, Indonesian politician, 1st Governor of West Java (born 1890)
  58. 1981Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (born 1899)
  59. 1982Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1887)
  60. 1984Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
  61. 1984Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976–84) (born 1908)
  62. 1986Joe DeSa, American baseball player (born 1959)
  63. 1991Simone Beck, French chef and author (born 1904)
  64. 1991Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (born 1903)
  65. 1991Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (born 1942)
  66. 1993W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (born 1900)
  67. 1993Nazife Güran, Turkish composer and educator (born 1921)
  68. 1994Dean Rusk, American lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (born 1909)
  69. 1995Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (born 1938)
  70. 1996Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (born 1934)
  71. 1997Denise Levertov, English-American poet and translator (born 1923)
  72. 1997Dick Spooner, English cricketer (born 1919)
  73. 1997Dawn Steel, American film producer (born 1946)
  74. 1998Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
  75. 1999Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (born 1909)
  76. 1999Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
  77. 2001Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (born 1906)
  78. 2005Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)
  79. 2006Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (born 1929)
  80. 2008Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
  81. 2008Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (born 1925)
  82. 2008Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (born 1912)
  83. 2009Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (born 1977)
  84. 2009Arnold Stang, American actor (born 1918)
  85. 2010K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (born 1914)
  86. 2011Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (born 1926)
  87. 2012Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1929)
  88. 2012Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)
  89. 2012Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)
  90. 2013Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (born 1930)
  91. 2014Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)
  92. 2014John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (born 1915)
  93. 2020Fanny Waterman, British pianist (born 1920)
  94. 2020Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (born 1930)
  95. 2022Franco Harris, American football player (born 1950)
  96. 2024Casey Chaos, American singer (born 1965)
  97. 2024George Eastham, English footballer (born 1936)
  98. 2024Rickey Henderson, American baseball player (born 1958)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres (Réunion, French Guiana)
  2. Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar)
  3. Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances:
  4. Yaldā (Iran)
  5. International Human Solidarity Day (International)
  6. Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau)

Santoral (7)

  1. Dominic of Silos
  2. Blessed Michał Piaszczyński
  3. O Clavis
  4. Philogonius
  5. Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
  6. Katharina von Bora (Lutheran)
  7. December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)