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Acontecimientos (38)

  1. 1124Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope-Elect Celestine II.
  2. 1140After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany.
  3. 1237The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
  4. 1361The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
  5. 1598Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
  6. 1620Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
  7. 1812The second earthquake to hit southern California in 13 days causes severe damage in Santa Barbara and Ventura.
  8. 1826American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
  9. 1832Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
  10. 1844The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
  11. 1861Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
  12. 1872Challenger expedition: , commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
  13. 1879The fictional character of Nora Helmer is first portrayed by Betty Hennings at a showing of A Doll's House at the Royal Danish Theatre.
  14. 1883The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
  15. 1907The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
  16. 1910An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
  17. 1919American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
  18. 1923United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
  19. 1934Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.
  20. 1941World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
  21. 1946An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
  22. 1963"Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
  23. 1965International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
  24. 1967Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
  25. 1968Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
  26. 1973The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
  27. 1979Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
  28. 1988A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.
  29. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union.
  30. 1992A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, Portugal, killing 56.
  31. 1995The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
  32. 1999The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
  33. 1999Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
  34. 2004Iraq War: A suicide bomber kills 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers in Iraq.
  35. 20122012 phenomenon: Festivities are held in parts of Mesoamerica to commemorate the conclusion of b'ak'tun 13, a roughly 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar whose passing many New Age spiritualists had earlier held to portend a variety of cataclysmic or transformative events.
  36. 2020A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
  37. 2022A Vega C rocket carrying two Pléiades Neo satellites fails after liftoff.
  38. 2023Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Nacimientos (178)

  1. 968Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (died 1048)
  2. 1401Masaccio, Italian painter (died 1428)
  3. 1468William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (died 1524)
  4. 1505Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (died 1550)
  5. 1538Luigi d'Este, Catholic cardinal (died 1586) las demás fuentes: 25 dic 1538
  6. 1542Thomas Allen, English mathematician and astrologer (died 1632)
  7. 1550Man Singh I, Mughal noble (died 1614)
  8. 1596Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint (died 1646)
  9. 1603Roger Williams, English minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island (died 1684)
  10. 1615Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colonial governor (died 1678)
  11. 1672Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer (died 1737)
  12. 1714John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (died 1774)
  13. 1728Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer (died 1778)
  14. 1778Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1860)
  15. 1795Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder (died 1883)
  16. 1795Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (died 1886)
  17. 1803Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (died 1894)
  18. 1804Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1881)
  19. 1805Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic (died 1869)
  20. 1811Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (died 1882)
  21. 1815Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (died 1879)
  22. 1820William H. Osborn, American businessman (died 1894)
  23. 1830Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (died 1907)
  24. 1832John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (died 1906)
  25. 1840Ernest de Munck, Belgian cellist and composer (died 1915) las demás fuentes: 19 dic 1840
  26. 1840Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (died 1888)
  27. 1843Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealander journalist, poet, and politician (died 1898)
  28. 1850Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (died 1900)
  29. 1851Thomas Chipman McRae, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Arkansas (died 1929)
  30. 1857Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (died 1932)
  31. 1859Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (died 1936)
  32. 1866Maud Gonne, Irish nationalist and political activist (died 1953)
  33. 1868George W. Fuller, American chemist and engineer (died 1934)
  34. 1872Trevor Kincaid, Canadian-American zoologist and academic (died 1970)
  35. 1872Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (died 1956)
  36. 1872Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (died 1942)
  37. 1876Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (died 1975)
  38. 1877Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (died 1954)
  39. 1878Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (died 1956)
  40. 1884María Cadilla, Puerto Rican writer, educator, women's rights activist (died 1951)
  41. 1885Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960)
  42. 1888Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (died 1914)
  43. 1889Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist (died 1988)
  44. 1890Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
  45. 1891John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1980)
  46. 1892Walter Hagen, American golfer (died 1969)
  47. 1892Rebecca West, English journalist and author (died 1983)
  48. 1896Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (died 1968)
  49. 1900Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (died 1965)
  50. 1905Käte Fenchel, German mathematician (died 1983)
  51. 1905Anthony Powell, English author (died 2000)
  52. 1909Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author (died 1992)
  53. 1911Josh Gibson, American baseball player (died 1947)
  54. 1913Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter (died 2010)
  55. 1914Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (died 2010)
  56. 1917Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
  57. 1918Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (died 2003)
  58. 1918Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (died 2007)
  59. 1919Doug Young, American voice actor (died 2018)
  60. 1920Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet (died 2019)
  61. 1920Adele Goldstine, American computer programmer (died 1964)
  62. 1920Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (died 2025)
  63. 1922Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (died 1989)
  64. 1922Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist (died 2017)
  65. 1922Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (died 2005)
  66. 1923Wat Misaka, American basketball player (died 2019)
  67. 1926Champ Butler, American singer (died 1992)
  68. 1926Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (died 2011)
  69. 1926Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (died 2012)
  70. 1927Charles Bailleul, French linguist and missionary (died 2026)
  71. 1930Phil Roman, American animator
  72. 1932U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic (died 2014)
  73. 1932Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
  74. 1933Jackie Hendriks, Jamaican cricketer
  75. 1933Robert Worcester, American businessman and academic, founded MORI (died 2025)
  76. 1934Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
  77. 1934Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (died 2016)
  78. 1935John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer (died 2017)
  79. 1935Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver (died 1967)
  80. 1935Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (died 2024)
  81. 1935Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (died 2017)
  82. 1935Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, Governor General of Canada
  83. 1935Janet Metcalf, American politician (died 2025)
  84. 1937Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
  85. 1938Larry Bryggman, American actor
  86. 1939Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian academic and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  87. 1939Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist
  88. 1940Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)
  89. 1942Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China
  90. 1942Carla Thomas, American singer
  91. 1943Albert Lee, English guitarist and songwriter
  92. 1943Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
  93. 1944Michael Tilson Thomas, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2026)
  94. 1944Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (died 2007) fecha discutida
  95. 1945Doug Walters, Australian cricketer
  96. 1946Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  97. 1946Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
  98. 1947Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2014)
  99. 1948Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
  100. 1948Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
  101. 1948Dave Kingman, American baseball player
  102. 1949Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (died 1987)
  103. 1949Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
  104. 1950Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
  105. 1950Max Maven, American magician and mentalist (died 2022)
  106. 1950Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
  107. 1951Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
  108. 1952Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (died 2015)
  109. 1952Dennis Boutsikaris, American actor
  110. 1952Steve Furniss, American swimmer
  111. 1953András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
  112. 1953Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter (died 2020)
  113. 1954Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
  114. 1955Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
  115. 1955Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
  116. 1956Dave Laut, American shot putter (died 2009)
  117. 1957Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  118. 1957Tony Lewis, English singer and songwriter (died 2020)
  119. 1958Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
  120. 1959Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress (died 1998)
  121. 1959Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
  122. 1960Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
  123. 1961Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
  124. 1963Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
  125. 1964Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator
  126. 1964Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  127. 1965Glenn Coleman, Australian rugby league player
  128. 1965Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
  129. 1965Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
  130. 1966Michelle Hurd, American actress
  131. 1966William Ruto, 5th President of Kenya
  132. 1966Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer
  133. 1967Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
  134. 1967Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
  135. 1969Julie Delpy, French model, actress, director, and screenwriter
  136. 1969Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
  137. 1971Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
  138. 1971Natalie Grant, American singer-songwriter and author
  139. 1972Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
  140. 1973Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
  141. 1973Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
  142. 1974Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
  143. 1975Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballerina
  144. 1977Buddy Carlyle, American baseball player
  145. 1977Corey Collymore, Barbadian cricketer
  146. 1977Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
  147. 1977Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France
  148. 1977Freddy Sanchez, American baseball player
  149. 1978Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
  150. 1978Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
  151. 1978Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
  152. 1978Rutina Wesley, American actress
  153. 1979Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2015)
  154. 1981Marta Fernández, Spanish basketball player
  155. 1981Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
  156. 1982Primo Colón, Puerto Rican wrestler
  157. 1982Philip Humber, American baseball player
  158. 1982Tom Payne, English actor
  159. 1983Taylor Teagarden, American baseball player
  160. 1983Steven Yeun, American actor
  161. 1985Tom Sturridge, English actor fecha discutida
  162. 1987Khris Davis, American baseball player
  163. 1988Danny Duffy, American baseball player
  164. 1988Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
  165. 1989Mark Ingram II, American football player
  166. 1989Tamannaah, Indian actress
  167. 1991Nic Maddinson, Australian cricketer
  168. 1991Otis, American wrestler
  169. 1991Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
  170. 1992Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, American football player
  171. 1992Jamie Oleksiak, Canadian ice hockey player
  172. 1994Luke Brooks, Australian rugby league player
  173. 1996Ben Chilwell, English footballer
  174. 1996Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
  175. 1997Madelyn Cline, American actress and model
  176. 1997Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player
  177. 2002Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player
  178. 2006Cooper Flagg, American basketball player

Fallecimientos (67)

  1. 882Hincmar, French archbishop and historian (born 806)
  2. 956Sun Sheng, Chinese chancellor
  3. 975Al-Mu'izz, Fatimid caliph (born 932) las demás fuentes: 19 dic 975
  4. 1001Hugh of Tuscany, Italian margrave (born 950)
  5. 1215Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism (born c. 1128)
  6. 1308Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1244)
  7. 1338Thomas Hemenhale, bishop of Worcester
  8. 1362Constantine III, king of Armenia (born 1313) juliano y gregoriano
  9. 1375Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (born 1313)
  10. 1504Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (born 1442)
  11. 1536John Seymour, English courtier (born 1474)
  12. 1549Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (born 1492)
  13. 1581Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1502) las demás fuentes: 12 dic 1581
  14. 1597Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (born 1521)
  15. 1608William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (born c. 1541)
  16. 1610Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (born 1539)
  17. 1646Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, Danish noblewoman (born 1578)
  18. 1701Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (born 1659)
  19. 1807John Newton, English soldier and minister (born 1725)
  20. 1824James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (born 1755)
  21. 1869Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (born 1791)
  22. 1873Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (born 1839)
  23. 1889Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (born 1809)
  24. 1920Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, leader of the Dervish movement (born 1856)
  25. 1929I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (born 1859)
  26. 1933Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (born 1879)
  27. 1935Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (born 1878)
  28. 1935Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (born 1890)
  29. 1937Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (born 1882) las demás fuentes: 24 dic 1937
  30. 1937Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (born 1896)
  31. 1937Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
  32. 1940F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (born 1896)
  33. 1945George S. Patton, American general (born 1885)
  34. 1948Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (born 1878)
  35. 1952Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (born 1886)
  36. 1953Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (born 1888)
  37. 1957Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (born 1886)
  38. 1958H.B. Warner, English actor (born 1875)
  39. 1958Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (born 1884)
  40. 1959Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (born 1883)
  41. 1963Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (born 1882)
  42. 1964Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (born 1880)
  43. 1965Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (born 1891)
  44. 1968Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1886)
  45. 1971Ásta Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic writer and visual artist (born 1930)
  46. 1974Richard Long, American actor and director (born 1927)
  47. 1982Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (born 1900)
  48. 1983Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (born 1919)
  49. 1988Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
  50. 1992Stella Adler, American actress and educator (born 1901)
  51. 1992Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924)
  52. 1992Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (born 1903)
  53. 1998Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (born 1904)
  54. 2004Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (born 1925)
  55. 2006Saparmyrat Nyýazow, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (born 1940) (date death announced)
  56. 2009Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
  57. 2009Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (born 1934)
  58. 2010Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (born 1927)
  59. 2013Edgar Bronfman Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
  60. 2013John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (born 1922)
  61. 2014Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)
  62. 2014Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (born 1923)
  63. 2014Billie Whitelaw, English actress (born 1932)
  64. 2017Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (born 1937)
  65. 2019Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (born 1938)
  66. 2024Michelle Botes, South African actress (born 1962)
  67. 2024Art Evans, American actor (born 1942)

Celebraciones (3)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
  2. Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
  3. São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Santoral (4)

  1. O Oriens
  2. Peter Canisius
  3. Thomas the Apostle
  4. December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)