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Acontecimientos
- 484The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
- 558Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
- 583Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
- 962The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
- 1299The Ilkhanate ruler Ghazan defeats a Mamluk army that opposes his invasion into Syria in the Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar near Homs.
- 1598Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru.
- 1688As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
- 1773Moscow State Academy of Choreography is founded under the reign of Catherine II. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
- 1783George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
- 1793The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
- 1815The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
- 1823The poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas," also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," is published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel.
- 1876First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
- 1893The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
- 1905The Tampere conference, where Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin meet for the first time, is held in Tampere, Finland.
- 1913The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
- 1914World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1914World War I: During the Battle of Sarikamish, Ottoman forces mistook one another for Russian troops. The following friendly fire incident leaves 2,000 Ottomans dead and many more wounded.
- 1916World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1919Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom, allowing women to serve as lawyers, civil servants, and in other professions, as well as to serve on juries.
- 1936Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1936Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
- 1941World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
- 1947The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
- 1948Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1950Korean War: General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army.
- 1954First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
- 1955The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.
- 1960Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.
- 1968The 82 sailors from the are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
- 1970The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at , making it the tallest building in the world.
- 1970The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
- 1972The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
- 1972A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
- 1972The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
- 1978Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108.
- 1979Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
- 1984After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
- 1986Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
- 1990History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
- 2002A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
- 2003An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234.
- 2005An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people.
- 2007An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
- 2008A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté.
- 2015A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.
- 2023A series of massacres targeting Berom civilians unfold in the Plateau State in Nigeria, killing over 200 people and further injuring over 500. No group claims responsibility.
- 2025The crash of Harmony Jets Flight 185 killed all eight people on board, including the Libyan Army chief Mohammed al-Haddad in Ankara, Turkey.
Nacimientos
- 968Emperor Zhenzong of Song, emperor of the Song dynasty (died 1022)
- 1173Louis I, duke of Bavaria (died 1231)
- 1513Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (died 1577)
- 1525John Albert I, duke of Mecklenburg (died 1576)
- 1544Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)
- 1573Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)
- 1582Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (died 1663)
- 1597Martin Opitz, German poet and composer (died 1639)
- 1605Tianqi Emperor, Chinese emperor (died 1627)
- 1613Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1676) fecha discutida
- 1621Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1682) fecha discutida
- 1621Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (died 1678)
- 1689Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (died 1755)
- 1690Pamheiba, Indian emperor (died 1751)
- 1713Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (died 1749)
- 1732Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (died 1792) juliano y gregoriano
- 1750Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (died 1827)
- 1758Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician (died 1834)
- 1766Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist (died 1852)
- 1777Alexander I of Russia (died 1825)
- 1782William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (died 1865)
- 1790Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)
- 1793Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan (died 1863)
- 1804Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic (died 1869)
- 1805Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1844)
- 1807Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary (died 1870)
- 1810Edward Blyth, English zoologist (died 1873)
- 1810Karl Richard Lepsius, German Egyptologist (died 1884)
- 1812Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (died 1904)
- 1812Henri-Alexandre Wallon, French historian and statesman (died 1904)
- 1819Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (died 1889)
- 1822Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (died 1875)
- 1828Mathilde Wesendonck, German poet and author (died 1902)
- 1839János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (died 1917)
- 1843Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1924)
- 1854Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author (died 1926)
- 1861Edgar P. Rucker, American lawyer, politician, and businessman (died 1908)
- 1865James M. Canty, American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (died 1964)
- 1867Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1919)
- 1870John Marin, American painter (died 1953)
- 1878Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (died 1972) fecha discutida
- 1885Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (died 1964)
- 1894Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (died 1976)
- 1895Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (died 1994)
- 1896Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (died 1957)
- 1900Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (died 2014)
- 1900Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (died 1985)
- 1900Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (died 1975)
- 1901Viktor Gutić, Croatian fascist official (died 1947)
- 1902Norman Maclean, American author and academic (died 1990)
- 1902Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (died 1987)
- 1907Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (died 2005)
- 1907James Roosevelt, American general and politician (died 1991)
- 1907Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader (died 1942)
- 1908Gertrude Bancroft, American economist (died 1985)
- 1908Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (died 2002)
- 1910Kurt Meyer, German SS general and convicted war criminal (died 1961)
- 1911James Gregory, American actor (died 2002)
- 1911Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1912Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (died 1998)
- 1916Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1918José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (died 2000)
- 1918Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 2015)
- 1919Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot (died 2006)
- 1921Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (died 2001)
- 1922Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (died 2001)
- 1923Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (died 1954) las demás fuentes: 19 dic 1923
- 1923Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host (died 2008)
- 1923James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
- 1924Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (died 2013)
- 1925Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (died 2002)
- 1925Rayner Unwin, English publisher (died 2000)
- 1926Robert Bly, American poet and essayist (died 2021)
- 1926Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
- 1929Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (died 1988)
- 1929Dick Weber, American professional bowler (died 2005)
- 1931Ronnie Schell, American comedian and actor (died 2026)
- 1932Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 2015)
- 1933Akihito, Emperor of Japan
- 1933Noella Leduc, American baseball player (died 2014)
- 1935Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster (died 2020)
- 1935Johnny Kidd, English singer-songwriter (died 1966)
- 1935Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1935Esther Phillips, American R&B singer (died 1984)
- 1936Frederic Forrest, American actor (died 2023)
- 1936Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
- 1936Willie Wood, American football player (died 2020)
- 1937Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
- 1937Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator (died 2015)
- 1938Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
- 1939Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (died 1995)
- 1940Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan (died 2021)
- 1940Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1940Robert Labine, Canadian politician (died 2021)
- 1940Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer (died 2020)
- 1940Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (died 1986)
- 1940Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2005)
- 1941Peter Davis, English businessman
- 1941Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 1980)
- 1942Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
- 1943Ron Allen, American baseball player
- 1943Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
- 1943Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (died 2010)
- 1943Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
- 1943Queen Silvia of Sweden
- 1944Wesley Clark, American general
- 1945Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
- 1945Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
- 1946Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
- 1946Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress (died 2021)
- 1946Susan Lucci, American actress
- 1946John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (died 2011)
- 1947Bill Rodgers, American runner
- 1948David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1948Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
- 1948Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
- 1948Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
- 1949Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer (died 2012)
- 1950Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician
- 1950Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general
- 1950Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1950Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator
- 1951Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1952William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, activist, and pundit
- 1953Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
- 1953Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
- 1954Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician (died 2012)
- 1954Brian Teacher, American tennis player
- 1955Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
- 1955Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1956Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (died 2001)
- 1956Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1957Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1957Peter Wynn, Australian rugby league player and businessman
- 1958Joan Severance, American actress
- 1958Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter
- 1961Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian journalist and author
- 1961Ketan J. Patel, Kenyan-English biologist and academic
- 1961Carol Smillie, Scottish model and actress
- 1961Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress and producer
- 1962Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
- 1962Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1962Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler and actor
- 1963Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
- 1963Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter and voice actor
- 1963Donna Tartt, American author
- 1963Ante Zelck, German businessman
- 1964Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966Badi Assad, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
- 1967Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager
- 1968Karyn Bryant, American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968Barry Kooser, American painter and animator
- 1968Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American photographer
- 1968René Tretschok, German footballer and manager
- 1970Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater and sportscaster
- 1970Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971Corey Haim, Canadian actor (died 2010)
- 1971Jo Johnson, English banker, journalist, and politician
- 1971Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model, actress, and author (died 2017)
- 1972Morgan, Italian singer-songwriter and composer
- 1972Christian Potenza, Canadian actor, voice actor and singer
- 1974Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
- 1974Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2004)
- 1975Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter
- 1976Joanna Hayes, American hurdler and coach
- 1976Brad Lidge, American baseball player
- 1976Jamie Noble, American wrestler and producer
- 1976Mikael Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1977Matt Baker, English television presenter
- 1977Alge Crumpler, American football player
- 1977Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer
- 1977Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1978Esthero, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1978Aleš Kotalík, Czech ice hockey player
- 1978Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979Johan Franzén, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1979Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
- 1979Holly Madison, American model, television personality, and actress
- 1979Megan Mayhew Bergman, American author and educator
- 1979Kenny Miller, Scottish footballer
- 1979Yukifumi Murakami, Japanese javelin thrower
- 1980Cody Ross, American baseball player
- 1981Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican-American swimmer
- 1981Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
- 1981Hiro Fujiwara, Japanese manga artist
- 1981Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (died 2011)
- 1981Mario Santana, Argentine footballer
- 1982Zbyněk Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1982Shaone Morrisonn, Canadian-Croatian ice hockey player
- 1982Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist
- 1983Michael Chopra, English footballer
- 1983Lisa Dobriskey, English runner
- 1983Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
- 1984Dudu Aharon, Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1984Bernard Pollard, American football player
- 1984Josh Satin, American baseball player
- 1984Sebastian Werle, German rugby player
- 1985Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion), English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer
- 1985Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter
- 1985Alison Sudol, American actress and singer-songwriter las demás fuentes: 23 dic 1984
- 1986Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (died 2013)
- 1986Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
- 1986Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer
- 1986T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
- 1987Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
- 1987Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987Jori Lehterä, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1988Mallory Hagan, American beauty queen, Miss America 2013
- 1989David Szymanski, American video game developer
- 1990Brice Dja Djédjé, Ivorian footballer
- 1990Mitch Haniger, American baseball player
- 1990Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
- 1991Kyren Wilson, English snooker player
- 1992Spencer Daniels, American actor
- 1992Mbwana Samatta, Tanzanian footballer
- 1992Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
- 1994Reed Alexander, American actor
- 1996Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
- 1999Samuel Lino, Brazilian footballer
- 2000Victor Boniface, Nigerian footballer
- 2002Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Fallecimientos
- 423Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (born 392) las demás fuentes: 24 dic 423
- 484Huneric, Vandal king
- 668Gabriel of Beth Qustan, bishop and saint (born 594)
- 679Dagobert II, Frankish king (probable; b. 650)
- 761Gaubald, Frankish bishop (born 700)
- 889Solomon II, bishop of Constance
- 910Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar
- 918Conrad I, king of East Francia (born 890)
- 940Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (born 909) juliano y gregoriano
- 1172Ugo Ventimiglia, Italian cardinal
- 1193Thorlak, patron saint of Iceland (born 1133)
- 1230Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England (born 1165)
- 1304Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria (born 1253)
- 1383Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (born 1320)
- 1384Thomas Preljubović, ruler of Epirus
- 1392Isabella of Castile, duchess of York (born 1355)
- 1556Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (born 1504)
- 1572Johann Sylvan, German theologian (executed; date of birth unknown)
- 1575Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (born 1531)
- 1588Henry I, duke of Guise (born 1550)
- 1631Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (born 1563)
- 1638Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (born 1552)
- 1646François Maynard, French poet and academic (born 1582)
- 1652John Cotton, English minister and theologian (born 1585)
- 1675Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (born 1602)
- 1722Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (born 1654)
- 1761Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (born 1725)
- 1771Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (born 1701)
- 1779Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1724)
- 1789Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (born 1712)
- 1795Henry Clinton, English general and politician (born 1730)
- 1805Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (born 1723)
- 1834Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (born 1766) las demás fuentes: 29 dic 1834
- 1884John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (born 1824) fecha discutida
- 1889Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (born 1858)
- 1892Frederick Tracy Dent, Brigadier General in the Regular United States Army, brother in law to President Ulysses S. Grant. juliano y gregoriano
- 1902Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (born 1821)
- 1906Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (born c.1850)
- 1912Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (born 1850)
- 1926Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (born 1856)
- 1930Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (born 1906)
- 1931Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (born 1865)
- 1939Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (born 1890)
- 1946John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (born 1873)
- 1948Executions resulting from convictions at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
- 1948Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (born 1883)
- 1948Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1878)
- 1948Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (born 1885)
- 1948Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (born 1888)
- 1948Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (born 1878)
- 1948Akira Mutō, Japanese general (born 1883)
- 1948Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1884)
- 1950Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (born 1878)
- 1953Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet general and politician, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (born 1899)
- 1954René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (born 1897)
- 1961Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (born 1875)
- 1961Kurt Meyer, German SS general and convicted war criminal (born 1910)
- 1970Charles Ruggles, American actor (born 1886)
- 1970Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1890)
- 1972Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (born 1888)
- 1973Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (born 1901)
- 1979Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (born 1898)
- 1982Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)
- 1983Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1910)
- 1984Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (born 1896)
- 1992Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (born 1934)
- 1994Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (born 1905)
- 1995Patric Knowles, English actor (born 1911)
- 1998Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1927)
- 2000Billy Barty, American actor (born 1924)
- 2000Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (born 1909)
- 2001Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (born 1930)
- 2004P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1921)
- 2005Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1914)
- 2005Yao Wenyuan, Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1931)
- 2006Charlie Drake, English actor (born 1925)
- 2006Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (born 1952)
- 2006Johnny Vincent, English footballer (born 1947)
- 2007William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (born 1924)
- 2007Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (born 1915)
- 2007Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1925)
- 2009Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1939)
- 2009Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (born 1910)
- 2009Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1914)
- 2010Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (born 1916)
- 2010K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1918)
- 2011Aydın Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (born 1946)
- 2012Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (born 1923)
- 2012Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1979)
- 2013Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (born 1933)
- 2013Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (born 1919)
- 2013Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (born 1920)
- 2013Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (born 1954)
- 2013G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (born 1926)
- 2013Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (born 1928)
- 2014Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944) las demás fuentes: 24 dic 2014
- 2014Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (born 1924)
- 2015Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
- 2015Don Howe, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
- 2015Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)
- 2015Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923)
- 2017Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (born 1927)
- 2020Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (born 1945)
- 2021Joan Didion, American writer (born 1934)
- 2022Brandon Montrell, American TikTok personality and stand-up comedian (born 1979)
- 2023William Pope.L, American performance artist (born 1955)
- 2024Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2024Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1945)
- 2024Sophie Hediger, Swiss snowboarder (born 1998)
Celebraciones
- Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day (Sweden)
- Children's Day (South Sudan and Sudan)
- Day of all level operational control structures servicemen (Ukraine)
- Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
- HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
- Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
- Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
- Victory Day (Egypt)
Santoral
- Abassad (Coptic Church)
- Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Coptic Church)
- Dagobert II
- John Cantius
- O Emmanuel
- Psote (Coptic Church)
- Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
- Victoria
- December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)