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Acontecimientos (54)

  1. 502Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
  2. 640Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
  3. 759Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
  4. 971Battle of Ayn Shams: The Fatimids under Jawhar defeat the Qarmatians at the gates of Cairo, putting an end to the First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt.
  5. 1144The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
  6. 1294Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
  7. 1500A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
  8. 1737The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
  9. 1777Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
  10. 1800The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
  11. 1814Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
  12. 1818The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
  13. 1846British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.
  14. 1865Former Confederate officers Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe form the Ku Klux Klan.
  15. 1868The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
  16. 1906Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  17. 1913The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 striking workers families at a Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
  18. 1914World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
  19. 1918Region of Međimurje is captured by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from Hungary.
  20. 1920Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian Armed Forces.
  21. 1924Albania becomes a republic.
  22. 1929Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
  23. 1929A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
  24. 1939World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
  25. 1941World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
  26. 1941World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.
  27. 1942World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
  28. 1943World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord.
  29. 1944World War II: The Belgian Troopship Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 763 soldiers and 56 crew.
  30. 1945Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
  31. 1951Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
  32. 1952First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
  33. 1953Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
  34. 1955A flood devastates California, killing 74 people across portions of the state.
  35. 1964Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
  36. 1964Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.
  37. 1966A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 111.
  38. 1968Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
  39. 1968Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashes on approach to Bradford Regional Airport, killing 20.
  40. 1969Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
  41. 1971LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91.
  42. 1973District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
  43. 1974Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
  44. 1979The first Ariane 1 rocket is launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre.
  45. 1983Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board.
  46. 1994Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
  47. 1996A Learjet 35 crashes into Smarts Mountain near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board.
  48. 1997The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.
  49. 1999Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
  50. 2003The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
  51. 2005Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of belligerence against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
  52. 2008The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
  53. 2018A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor.
  54. 2021Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians.

Nacimientos (207)

  1. 3 a. C.Galba, Roman emperor (died 69)
  2. 1166John, King of England (died 1216)
  3. 1389John V, Duke of Brittany (died 1442)
  4. 1474Bartolomeo degli Organi, Italian musician (died 1539)
  5. 1475Thomas Murner, German poet and translator (died 1537)
  6. 1508Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian scholar (died 1567)
  7. 1520Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noble (died 1584)
  8. 1537Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (died 1586)
  9. 1549Kaspar Ulenberg, German theologian (died 1617)
  10. 1588Constance of Austria (died 1631)
  11. 1596Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (died 1674)
  12. 1597Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (died 1662)
  13. 1625Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1673)
  14. 1634Mariana of Austria (died 1696) fecha discutida
  15. 1679Domenico Sarro, Italian composer and educator (died 1744)
  16. 1698William Warburton, English bishop (died 1779)
  17. 1726Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (died 1793)
  18. 1731Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters (died 1778) las demás fuentes: 1 ene 1732
  19. 1754George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet (died 1832)
  20. 1761Selim III, Ottoman sultan (died 1808)
  21. 1761Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (died 1831)
  22. 1797Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (died 1880)
  23. 1798Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 1855)
  24. 1809Kit Carson, American general (died 1868)
  25. 1810Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (died 1873)
  26. 1812Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (died 1894)
  27. 1818James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (died 1889)
  28. 1822Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (died 1888)
  29. 1822Charles Hermite, French mathematician (died 1901)
  30. 1827Alexander von Oettingen, German theologian and statistician (died 1905)
  31. 1837Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died 1898)
  32. 1843Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (died 1886)
  33. 1845George I of Greece (died 1913)
  34. 1865Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (died 1935) las demás fuentes: 28 dic 1866
  35. 1867Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (died 1915)
  36. 1868Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist (died 1889)
  37. 1868Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1941)
  38. 1869Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (died 1952)
  39. 1872Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (died 1927)
  40. 1875Émile Wegelin, French rower (died 1962)
  41. 1877Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic (died 1979)
  42. 1879Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (died 1941)
  43. 1879Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (died 1952)
  44. 1880Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (died 1939)
  45. 1881Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (died 1946)
  46. 1882Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1961)
  47. 1882Georges Legagneux, French aviator (died 1914)
  48. 1883Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and producer (died 1945)
  49. 1885Paul Manship, American sculptor (died 1966)
  50. 1886Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1962)
  51. 1887Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (died 1951)
  52. 1887Axel Revold, Norwegian painter (died 1962)
  53. 1891Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator and painter (died 1970)
  54. 1892Ruth Chatterton, American actress (died 1961)
  55. 1893Harry Warren, American pianist and composer (died 1981)
  56. 1894Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (died 1917)
  57. 1894Jack Thayer, American businessman and Titanic survivor (died 1945)
  58. 1895E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (died 1978)
  59. 1895Noel Streatfeild, English author (died 1986)
  60. 1895Marguerite Williams, American geologist (died 1991)
  61. 1897Ville Pörhölä, Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (died 1964)
  62. 1897Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner (died 1987)
  63. 1898Baby Dodds, American drummer (died 1959)
  64. 1900Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (died 1991)
  65. 1900Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (died 1980)
  66. 1901Nina Negri, Argentine-French painter and engraver (died 1981)
  67. 1903Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (died 1972)
  68. 1903Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (died 1971)
  69. 1903Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist (died 1981)
  70. 1904Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (died 2008)
  71. 1905Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot (died 1976)
  72. 1906Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor (died 1967)
  73. 1907I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (died 1989)
  74. 1910Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete (died 1991)
  75. 1910Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (died 1992)
  76. 1910Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica (died 1980)
  77. 1913Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic (died 1967)
  78. 1914Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1978)
  79. 1914Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (died 2007)
  80. 1918Dave Bartholomew, American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019)
  81. 1919Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 2001)
  82. 1919Pierre Soulages, French artist (died 2022)
  83. 1920Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter (died 2002)
  84. 1920Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (died 1944) las demás fuentes: 24 may 1921
  85. 1922Ava Gardner, American actress (died 1990)
  86. 1923George Patton IV, American general (died 2004)
  87. 1923William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer (died 1999)
  88. 1924Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (died 1986)
  89. 1924Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (died 2014)
  90. 1927Mary Higgins Clark, American author (died 2020)
  91. 1928Adam Exner, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)
  92. 1928Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (died 1996)
  93. 1929Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer (died 1975)
  94. 1929Red Sullivan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
  95. 1930Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1988)
  96. 1930John J. Kelley, American runner (died 2011)
  97. 1931Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (died 2011)
  98. 1931Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (died 2008)
  99. 1932Colin Cowdrey, Indian-English cricketer (died 2000)
  100. 1932On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (died 2014) las demás fuentes: 2 ene 1933
  101. 1934Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
  102. 1937Félix, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2012)
  103. 1938Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
  104. 1940Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (died 2012)
  105. 1940Anthony Fauci, American physician, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  106. 1941Nel Beltrán Santamaría, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate (died 2025)
  107. 1942Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and playwright (died 2015)
  108. 1942Jonathan Borofsky, American sculptor and painter
  109. 1942Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist fecha discutida
  110. 1943Tarja Halonen, Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland
  111. 1944Jan Erik Berntsen, Norwegian actor and singer (died 2025)
  112. 1944Mike Curb, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
  113. 1944Daniel Johnson, Jr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
  114. 1944Erhard Keller, German speed skater
  115. 1944Woody Shaw, American trumpeter (died 1989)
  116. 1945Lemmy, English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
  117. 1945Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, film director, and author
  118. 1946Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist and songwriter
  119. 1946Jeff Sessions, American lawyer and politician, 44th Attorney General of Alabama and 84th Attorney General of the United States
  120. 1947Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach
  121. 1948Stan Bowles, English footballer and sportscaster (died 2024)
  122. 1948Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2014)
  123. 1948Antoni Pietkiewicz, Polish engineer, businessperson and politician
  124. 1949Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
  125. 1950Dana Gioia, American poet and critic
  126. 1950Libby Larsen, American composer
  127. 1950Tommy Turtle, British soldier (died 2020)
  128. 1953Timothy Carhart, American actor
  129. 1954Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist (died 2013)
  130. 1954José María Figueres, Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of Costa Rica (1994–1998)
  131. 1955Grand L. Bush, American actor
  132. 1955Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and guide (died 1996)
  133. 1955Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator (died 2022)
  134. 1956Shim Hwa-jin, South Korean academic and educator
  135. 1956Anil Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
  136. 1957Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan
  137. 1958Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (died 2008)
  138. 1958Diane Tell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist las demás fuentes: 24 dic 1959
  139. 1959Lee Daniels, American director and producer
  140. 1960Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (died 2002)
  141. 1960Carol Vorderman, Welsh television host
  142. 1961Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani businessman and politician, 4th President of Azerbaijan
  143. 1961Mary Barra, American businesswoman, current CEO and chairwoman of General Motors
  144. 1961Eriko Kitagawa, Japanese director and screenwriter
  145. 1961Wade Williams, American actor
  146. 1962Kate Spade, American fashion designer (died 2018)
  147. 1963Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
  148. 1963Jay Bilas, American basketball player and sportscaster
  149. 1963Timo Jutila, Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
  150. 1963Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and violinist
  151. 1964Mark Valley, American actor
  152. 1966Diedrich Bader, American actor
  153. 1967Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
  154. 1967Pernilla Wahlgren, Swedish singer and actress
  155. 1968Marleen Renders, Belgian runner
  156. 1969Milan Blagojevic, Australian footballer and manager
  157. 1969Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish director and screenwriter
  158. 1969Ed Miliband, British politician, Foreign Secretary
  159. 1969Luis Musrri, Chilean footballer and manager
  160. 1969Oleg Skripochka, Russian astronaut and engineer
  161. 1969Gintaras Staučė, Lithuanian footballer and manager
  162. 1970Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican actor
  163. 1971Geoff Allott, New Zealand cricketer
  164. 1971Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor
  165. 1972Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican footballer
  166. 1973Liu Dong, Chinese-Spanish runner
  167. 1973Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer
  168. 1973Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist
  169. 1974Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
  170. 1974Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
  171. 1974Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
  172. 1974Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer
  173. 1976Linda Ferga, French hurdler
  174. 1977Michael Raymond-James, American actor
  175. 1978Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
  176. 1978Heinrich Himmer, Austrian politician
  177. 1980Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian footballer
  178. 1980Maarja-Liis Ilus, Estonian pop musician
  179. 1981Dima Bilan, Russian singer-songwriter and actor
  180. 1983Gregor Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player
  181. 1983Tim Jennings, American football player
  182. 1984Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league player
  183. 1984Austin Stowell, American actor
  184. 1985Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player
  185. 1986Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
  186. 1987Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
  187. 1988Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
  188. 1988Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
  189. 1988Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer
  190. 1989Matt Calvert, Canadian ice hockey player
  191. 1990Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
  192. 1991Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
  193. 1991Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
  194. 1991Eric Moreland, American basketball player
  195. 1991Louis Tomlinson, English singer
  196. 1991Taylor Zakhar Perez, American actor
  197. 1992Davante Adams, American football player
  198. 1992Serge Aurier, Ivorian footballer
  199. 1992P. J. Hairston, American basketball player
  200. 1994Han Seung-woo, South Korean singer
  201. 1995Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
  202. 1997Neeraj Chopra, Indian javelin thrower
  203. 1997William Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
  204. 1998Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
  205. 2001Choi Sung-beom, South Korean football player
  206. 2002Joshua Primo, Canadian basketball player
  207. 2002Jeremiah Trotter Jr., American football player

Fallecimientos (134)

  1. 36Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia
  2. 427Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
  3. 903Hedwiga, duchess of Saxony
  4. 950Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general
  5. 950Wang Zhang, Chinese official
  6. 950Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor
  7. 1193Roger III of Sicily (born 1175)
  8. 1257John I, Count of Hainaut (born 1218)
  9. 1263Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (born 1227)
  10. 1281Henry V of Luxembourg (born 1216)
  11. 1449Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (born 1385)
  12. 1453John Dunstaple, English composer (born 1390)
  13. 1456Đurađ Branković, Despot of Serbia (born 1377)
  14. 1473John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (born 1390)
  15. 1524Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1469)
  16. 1541Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)
  17. 1635Hester Jonas, German nurse (born 1570)
  18. 1660Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born 1631)
  19. 1707Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (born 1628)
  20. 1813Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (born 1740)
  21. 1844Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (born 1803)
  22. 1863William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (born 1811)
  23. 1865Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (born 1793)
  24. 1867José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire (born 1797)
  25. 1868Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (born 1802)
  26. 1872William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (born 1820)
  27. 1873Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1795)
  28. 1879Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (born 1815)
  29. 1889Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (born 1819)
  30. 1893B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (born 1807)
  31. 1898Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (born 1828)
  32. 1908James C. Corrigan, Canadian-American businessman (born 1846)
  33. 1914John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (born 1838)
  34. 1920Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (born 1832)
  35. 1923Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes (born 1895) las demás fuentes: 18 feb 1923
  36. 1926Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (born 1879)
  37. 1931Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (born 1854)
  38. 1931Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (born 1854)
  39. 1935Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (born 1885)
  40. 1938Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (born 1880)
  41. 1941Siegfried Alkan, German composer (born 1858)
  42. 1942François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (born 1881)
  43. 1945Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (born 1866)
  44. 1947Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1875)
  45. 1957Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (born 1894)
  46. 1961Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (born 1895)
  47. 1962Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (born 1896)
  48. 1962Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (born 1890)
  49. 1964Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915)
  50. 1965John Black, English businessman (born 1895)
  51. 1965William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (born 1906)
  52. 1967Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (born 1913)
  53. 1969Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1927)
  54. 1969Cortelia Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907)
  55. 1969Olivia FitzRoy, English soldier and author (born 1921)
  56. 1969Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (born 1896)
  57. 1971Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (born 1924)
  58. 1972Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (born 1882)
  59. 1973Fritz Gause, German historian and author (born 1893)
  60. 1975Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (born 1911)
  61. 1977Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (born 1917)
  62. 1980Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (born 1891)
  63. 1982Louis Aragon, French author and poet (born 1897)
  64. 1984Peter Lawford, English-American actor (born 1923)
  65. 1985Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (born 1904)
  66. 1985Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1927)
  67. 1986Gardner Fox, American author (born 1911)
  68. 1987Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1919)
  69. 1987M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917)
  70. 1988Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (born 1905)
  71. 1990Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1922)
  72. 1991Virginia Sorensen, American author (born 1912)
  73. 1992Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (born 1945)
  74. 1992James Mathews, Australian rugby league player (born 1968)
  75. 1992Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (born 1928)
  76. 1993Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (born 1898)
  77. 1994John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (born 1947)
  78. 1994Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (born 1916)
  79. 1997James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
  80. 1997Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (born 1920)
  81. 1997Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (born 1925)
  82. 1998Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (born 1915)
  83. 1999Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (born 1911)
  84. 1999Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (born 1907)
  85. 1999João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
  86. 1999William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer (born 1923)
  87. 2000John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (born 1923)
  88. 2002Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (born 1920)
  89. 2002Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
  90. 2004Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)
  91. 2006Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1907)
  92. 2006Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1961)
  93. 2006Frank Stanton, American businessman (born 1908)
  94. 2007Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (born 1951)
  95. 2007George Warrington, American businessman (born 1952)
  96. 2008Ralph Harris, British journalist (born 1921)
  97. 2008Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
  98. 2009Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1923)
  99. 2009Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (born 1916)
  100. 2009George Michael, American sportscaster (born 1939)
  101. 2009Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (born 1933)
  102. 2010Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (born 1926)
  103. 2010Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1922)
  104. 2010Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (born 1938)
  105. 2010Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (born 1930)
  106. 2011Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German entertainer (born 1903)
  107. 2012Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (born 1936)
  108. 2012Charles Durning, American soldier and actor (born 1923)
  109. 2012Jack Klugman, American actor (born 1922)
  110. 2012Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (born 1954)
  111. 2013Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (born 1924)
  112. 2013Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (born 1923)
  113. 2013John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (born 1938)
  114. 2013Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
  115. 2014Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (born 1923)
  116. 2014Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)
  117. 2014Herbert Harris, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
  118. 2014Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1953)
  119. 2015Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (born 1962)
  120. 2015Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (born 1941)
  121. 2015Adriana Olguín, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of Justice (born 1911)
  122. 2016Rick Parfitt, British musician (born 1948)
  123. 2016Liz Smith, English actress (born 1921)
  124. 2016Richard Adams, English author (born 1920)
  125. 2016Ben Xi, Chinese singer (born 1994)
  126. 2017Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (born 1935)
  127. 2017Heather Menzies, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1949)
  128. 2018Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla (born 1973)
  129. 2018Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor of Puebla (born 1968)
  130. 2023Cheri Barry, American politician and mayor of Meridian, Mississippi (born 1955)
  131. 2023Richard Bowes, American science fiction author (born 1944)
  132. 2023Troy Dargan, Cook Islands rugby league footballer (born 1997)
  133. 2024Hudson Meek, American actor (born 2008) las demás fuentes: 21 dic 2024
  134. 2024Richard Perry, American record producer (born 1942)

Celebraciones (12)

  1. Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:
  2. Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
  3. Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)
  4. Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
  5. Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
  6. Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
  7. The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
  8. Wigilia (Poland)
  9. Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)
  10. Kūčios (Lithuania)
  11. Independence Day (Libya)
  12. Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia)

Santoral (4)

  1. Adela and Irmina
  2. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
  3. Adam and Eve
  4. December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)