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Acontecimientos (52)

  1. 795Election of Pope Leo III.
  2. 887Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
  3. 1481Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.
  4. 1704Second Battle of Anandpur: In the Second Battle of Anandpur, Aurangzeb's two generals, Wazir Khan and Zaberdast Khan executed two children of Guru Gobind Singh, Zorawar Singh aged eight and Fateh Singh aged five, by burying them alive into a wall.
  5. 1709The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.
  6. 1723Bach led the first performance of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, his first Christmas Cantata composed for Leipzig.
  7. 1776American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army under General George Washington executes a successful surprise attack and defeats a garrison of Hessian forces serving Great Britain.
  8. 1790Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
  9. 1793Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
  10. 1799Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
  11. 1805Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
  12. 1806Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
  13. 1811A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills 72 people, including the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
  14. 1825Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I in the Decembrist revolt, but are later suppressed.
  15. 1843The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
  16. 1860First Rules derby is held between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world.
  17. 1861American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus easing tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
  18. 1862American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins as Union General William T. Sherman starts landing his troops in an attempt to advance on Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  19. 1862Dakota War of 1862: The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history takes place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native American prisoners are hanged.
  20. 1871Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts.
  21. 1898Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
  22. 1919Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
  23. 1926World premiere of Sibelius's tone poem Tapiola.
  24. 1941U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
  25. 1941British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
  26. 1943World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
  27. 1944World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
  28. 1948Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
  29. 1948The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
  30. 1963The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
  31. 1966The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
  32. 1968The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.
  33. 1968Pan Am Flight 799 crashes during takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base, killing three.
  34. 1972Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
  35. 1975Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, goes into service.
  36. 1978The inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally begins.
  37. 1980Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
  38. 1989United Express Flight 2415 crashes on approach to the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington, killing all six people on board.
  39. 1991The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
  40. 1993Kuban Airlines Flight 5719 crashes during a go-around at Gyumri Shirak International Airport, killing 35 of the 36 people on board.
  41. 1994Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
  42. 1998Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
  43. 1999The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
  44. 2003The 6.6 Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
  45. 2004The 9.1–9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis, it affected coastal and partially mainland areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.
  46. 2004Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
  47. 2006Two earthquakes in Hengchun, Taiwan measuring 7.0 and 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale kill two and disrupt telecommunications across Asia.
  48. 2012China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
  49. 2013An Irkut-Avia Antonov An-12 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Northwest Airport, killing all nine people on board.
  50. 2015A violent EF-4 tornado hits Garland, Texas, killing nine and injuring almost 500 others.
  51. 2021Three people are killed when a 14-year-old opens fire on civilians at a Texaco convenience store in Garland, Texas.
  52. 2025Israel recognises Somaliland as an independent state, becoming the first country to do so.

Nacimientos (202)

  1. 1194Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1250)
  2. 1446Charles de Valois, Duke de Berry, French noble (died 1472)
  3. 1526Rose Lok, businesswoman and Protestant exile (died 1613)
  4. 1532Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (died 1576)
  5. 1536Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (died 1584)
  6. 1537Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1593)
  7. 1581Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (died 1643)
  8. 1618Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (died 1680)
  9. 1628John Page, English Colonial politician (died 1692)
  10. 1646Robert Bolling, English/English Colonial merchant and planter (died 1709)
  11. 1687Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (died 1755)
  12. 1716Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (died 1771)
  13. 1716Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (died 1803)
  14. 1723Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (died 1807) las demás fuentes: 26 sep 1723
  15. 1737Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1815)
  16. 1751Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician (died 1793)
  17. 1751Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (died 1820)
  18. 1769Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet (died 1860)
  19. 1780Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (died 1872)
  20. 1782Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint (died 1867) juliano y gregoriano
  21. 1785Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1871)
  22. 1791Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (died 1871)
  23. 1803Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (died 1882)
  24. 1819E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (died 1899)
  25. 1820Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (died 1890)
  26. 1837Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th governor of Connecticut (died 1922)
  27. 1837George Dewey, American admiral (died 1917)
  28. 1852Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (died 1938)
  29. 1853René Bazin, French author and academic (died 1932)
  30. 1854José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance (died 1935)
  31. 1859William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (died 1944)
  32. 1863Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (died 1957)
  33. 1864Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (died 1945) fecha discutida
  34. 1867Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist (died 1940)
  35. 1869Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (died 1942) las demás fuentes: 6 dic 1869
  36. 1870Virginia Bolten, Argentine feminist and trade unionist (died 1960) las demás fuentes: 26 dic 1876
  37. 1872Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
  38. 1873Thomas Wass, English cricketer (died 1953)
  39. 1874Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and academic (died 1965) fecha discutida
  40. 1883Maurice Utrillo, French painter (died 1955)
  41. 1885Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator (died 1992)
  42. 1887Arthur Percival, English general (died 1966)
  43. 1888Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (died 1982)
  44. 1889Ragnhild Kaarbø, Norwegian painter (died 1949)
  45. 1890Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1973)
  46. 1890Percy Hodge, English runner (died 1967)
  47. 1891Henry Miller, American author and painter (died 1980)
  48. 1892Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator (died 1975)
  49. 1893Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (died 1976)
  50. 1894Jean Toomer, American author and poet (died 1967)
  51. 1900Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG (died 1993)
  52. 1901Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (died 1941)
  53. 1902Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (died 1980)
  54. 1903Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (died 1995)
  55. 1904Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (died 1980)
  56. 1905William Loeb III, American publisher (died 1981)
  57. 1907Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (died 1998)
  58. 1908Ralph Hill, American runner (died 1994)
  59. 1909Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (died 1989)
  60. 1910Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (died 2003)
  61. 1910Marguerite Churchill, American actress (died 2000)
  62. 1912Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (died 1962)
  63. 1913Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (died 1958)
  64. 1914Richard Widmark, American actor (died 2008)
  65. 1915Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (died 1998)
  66. 1918Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (died 2011)
  67. 1918Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 2006)
  68. 1921Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter (died 2000)
  69. 1921John Severin, American illustrator (died 2012)
  70. 1922Richard Mayes, English actor (died 2006)
  71. 1923Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (died 2013)
  72. 1924Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2017)
  73. 1926Earle Brown, American composer (died 2002)
  74. 1927Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (died 2000)
  75. 1927Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
  76. 1927Stu Miller, American baseball player (died 2015)
  77. 1927Denis Quilley, English actor (died 2003)
  78. 1928Martin Cooper, American engineer, invented the mobile phone
  79. 1929Kathleen Crowley, American actress (died 2017)
  80. 1929Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress (died 2022)
  81. 1930Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter and poet (died 2010)
  82. 1930Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
  83. 1930Donald Moffat, English-American actor (died 2018)
  84. 1933Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2019)
  85. 1935Rohan Kanhai, Guyanese cricketer
  86. 1935Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
  87. 1936Kitty Dukakis, American author, First Lady of Massachusetts (died 2025)
  88. 1936Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
  89. 1936Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (died 2010)
  90. 1937John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life (died 2020)
  91. 1938Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2025)
  92. 1938Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (died 2013)
  93. 1938Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)
  94. 1938Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2013)
  95. 1939Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
  96. 1939Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2021)
  97. 1940Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
  98. 1940Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (died 2014)
  99. 1941Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
  100. 1942Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala
  101. 1942Catherine Coulter, American author
  102. 1942Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California
  103. 1944William Ayers, American academic and activist
  104. 1945John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted
  105. 1946Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician
  106. 1946Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic
  107. 1947James T. Conway, American general
  108. 1947Jean Echenoz, French author
  109. 1947Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
  110. 1947Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player fecha discutida
  111. 1947Liz Lochhead, Scottish poet and playwright
  112. 1947Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic
  113. 1948Candy Crowley, American journalist
  114. 1949José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
  115. 1950Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
  116. 1950Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager
  117. 1953Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
  118. 1953Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
  119. 1953Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
  120. 1953Henning Schmitz, German drummer
  121. 1954Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
  122. 1954Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
  123. 1955Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
  124. 1956David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
  125. 1957Dermot Murnaghan, English-Northern Irish journalist and game show host (died 2026)
  126. 1958Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer
  127. 1959Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician
  128. 1959Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director
  129. 1959Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
  130. 1960Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic
  131. 1960Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager
  132. 1960Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician
  133. 1961Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
  134. 1962James Kottak, American drummer (died 2024)
  135. 1962Mark Starr, English wrestler (died 2013)
  136. 1963Craig Teitzel, Australian rugby league player
  137. 1963Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer
  138. 1964Elizabeth Kostova, American author
  139. 1966Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  140. 1966Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster
  141. 1968Matt Zoller Seitz, American film critic and author
  142. 1969Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner
  143. 1970James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  144. 1971Jared Leto, American actor and musician
  145. 1971Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
  146. 1971Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist
  147. 1972Gaby Colebunders, Belgian politician
  148. 1972Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
  149. 1972Robert Muchamore, English author fecha discutida
  150. 1973Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer
  151. 1973Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
  152. 1973Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
  153. 1973Steve Prescott, English rugby player (died 2013)
  154. 1974Joshua John Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  155. 1975Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player
  156. 1975Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
  157. 1975María Vasco, Spanish race walker
  158. 1976Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach
  159. 1977Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer and manager
  160. 1977Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
  161. 1978Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician las demás fuentes: 25 dic 1978
  162. 1978Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
  163. 1979Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
  164. 1979Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  165. 1979Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
  166. 1979Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
  167. 1980Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
  168. 1980Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer
  169. 1981Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-Italian rugby player
  170. 1981Omar Infante, Venezuelan baseball player
  171. 1982Kenneth Darby, American football player
  172. 1982Noel Hunt, Irish footballer
  173. 1982Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
  174. 1983Jeroen Soete, Belgian politician
  175. 1983Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter
  176. 1983Alexander Wang, American fashion designer
  177. 1984Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer
  178. 1984Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player
  179. 1984Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
  180. 1985Damir Markota, Croatian basketball player
  181. 1986Joe Alexander, American-Israeli basketball player
  182. 1986Kit Harington, English actor
  183. 1986Hugo Lloris, French footballer
  184. 1986Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen
  185. 1987Oskar Osala, Finnish ice hockey player
  186. 1989Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
  187. 1989Sofiane Feghouli, Algerian footballer
  188. 1989Tomáš Kundrátek, Czech ice hockey player
  189. 1990Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
  190. 1990Cory Jefferson, American basketball player
  191. 1990Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
  192. 1991Brandon Scherff, American football player
  193. 1991Eden Sher, American actress
  194. 1991Trevor Siemian, American football player
  195. 1992Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
  196. 1992Jade Thirlwall, English singer
  197. 1994Colby Cave, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
  198. 1994Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
  199. 1997Tamara Zidanšek, Slovenian tennis player
  200. 2001Aleksej Pokuševski, Serbian basketball player
  201. 2002Josh Wilson-Esbrand, English footballer
  202. 2004Leo Carlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Fallecimientos (119)

  1. 268Dionysius, pope of the Catholic Church
  2. 418Zosimus, pope of the Catholic Church
  3. 831Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine bishop and saint (born 754)
  4. 865Zheng, empress of the Tang Dynasty
  5. 893Masrur al-Balkhi, Abbasid general
  6. 1006Gao Qiong, Chinese general (born 935)
  7. 1191Reginald Fitz Jocelin, archbishop-elect of Canterbury
  8. 1302Valdemar, king of Sweden (born 1239)
  9. 1331Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (born 1278)
  10. 1350Jean de Marigny, French archbishop
  11. 1352John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1330)
  12. 1360Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, English commander (born 1314)
  13. 1413Michele Steno, doge of Venice (born 1331)
  14. 1441Niccolò III d'Este, marquess of Ferrara
  15. 1458Arthur III, duke of Brittany (born 1393)
  16. 1476Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan (born 1444)
  17. 1530Babur, Mughal emperor (born 1483)
  18. 1574Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (born 1524)
  19. 1646Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (born 1588)
  20. 1731Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (born 1672)
  21. 1771Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (born 1715)
  22. 1780John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (born 1712)
  23. 1784Seth Warner, American colonel (born 1743)
  24. 1786Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (born 1713)
  25. 1863Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (born 1775)
  26. 1869Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (born 1797)
  27. 1890Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist, businessman and author (born 1822)
  28. 1902Mary Hartwell Catherwood, American author and poet (born 1849)
  29. 1909Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (born 1861)
  30. 1923Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (born 1868)
  31. 1925Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (born 1880)
  32. 1929Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (born 1860)
  33. 1931Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (born 1851)
  34. 1933Mary Ann Bevan, English nurse who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world" (born 1874)
  35. 1933Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (born 1875)
  36. 1933Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (born 1858)
  37. 1959Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (born 1890) fecha discutida
  38. 1960Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (born 1889)
  39. 1963Gorgeous George, American wrestler (born 1915)
  40. 1966Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (born 1875)
  41. 1966Herbert Otto Gille, German general (born 1897)
  42. 1966Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1905)
  43. 1968Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (born 1898)
  44. 1970Lillian Board, South African-English runner (born 1948)
  45. 1972Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (born 1884)
  46. 1973Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)
  47. 1974Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (born 1915)
  48. 1974Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (born 1894)
  49. 1974Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (born 1890)
  50. 1977Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)
  51. 1980Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (born 1912)
  52. 1980Richard Chase, American cannibalistic serial killer and necrophile (born 1950)
  53. 1981Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (born 1887)
  54. 1981Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1903)
  55. 1981Savitri, Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (born 1936)
  56. 1983Hans Liska, Austrian-German artist (born 1907)
  57. 1986Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (born 1902)
  58. 1987Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (born 1916)
  59. 1988Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (born 1907)
  60. 1988Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (born 1897)
  61. 1989Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)
  62. 1990Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (born 1923)
  63. 1994Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (born 1933)
  64. 1997Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1910)
  65. 1997Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (born 1922)
  66. 1998Ram Swarup, Indian writer on Hindu philosophy and religion (born 1920)
  67. 1999Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
  68. 1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (born 1918)
  69. 2000Jason Robards, American actor (born 1922)
  70. 2001Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (born 1929)
  71. 2002Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (born 1952)
  72. 2002Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (born 1921)
  73. 2003Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (born 1904)
  74. 2004Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (born 1959)
  75. 2004Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (born 1928)
  76. 2004Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (born 1961)
  77. 2005Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (born 1937)
  78. 2005Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (born 1921)
  79. 2005Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (born 1937)
  80. 2005Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1939)
  81. 2005Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (born 1948)
  82. 2005Erich Topp, German commander (born 1914)
  83. 2006Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (born 1913)
  84. 2006Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (born 1951)
  85. 2006Munir Niazi, Pakistani poet (born 1923)
  86. 2009Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (born 1958)
  87. 2010Salvador Jorge Blanco, 48th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1926)
  88. 2010Edward Bhengu, South African activist (born 1934)
  89. 2010Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1956)
  90. 2011Houston Antwine, American football player (born 1939)
  91. 2011Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1940)
  92. 2011Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (born 1932)
  93. 2011Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (born 1948)
  94. 2011James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (born 1950)
  95. 2012Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
  96. 2012Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (born 1941)
  97. 2012Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (born 1929)
  98. 2013Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (born 1944)
  99. 2013Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1912)
  100. 2014Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (born 1946)
  101. 2014James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)
  102. 2014Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1922)
  103. 2015Sidney Mintz, American anthropologist and academic (born 1922) las demás fuentes: 27 dic 2015
  104. 2015Jim O'Toole, American baseball player (born 1937)
  105. 2016Ricky Harris, American comedian, actor (born 1962)
  106. 2016George S. Irving, American actor, singer and dancer (born 1922)
  107. 2017Irv Weinstein, American broadcaster and television news anchor (born 1930)
  108. 2020Brodie Lee, American Professional Wrestler (born 1979)
  109. 2021Giacomo Capuzzi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi (born 1929)
  110. 2021Paul B. Kidd, Australian author, journalist, and radio show host (born 1945)
  111. 2021Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician, President of Greece from 2005 to 2015 (born 1929)
  112. 2021Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican bishop, theologian and anti-apartheid and human rights activist (born 1931)
  113. 2021Nell Hall Williams, American quilter (born 1933)
  114. 2021Edward O. Wilson, American biologist (born 1929)
  115. 2023Lukas Enembe, Indonesian politician, Governor of Papua from 2013 to 2023 (born1967)
  116. 2023Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist (born 1937)
  117. 2024Richard Parsons, American business executive (born 1948)
  118. 2024Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (born 1932)
  119. 2025Pate Mustajärvi, Finnish rock singer (born 1956)

Celebraciones (14)

  1. Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances:
  2. Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia)
  3. Family Day (Vanuatu)
  4. Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)
  5. Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia)
  6. Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas)
  7. Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall)
  8. Saint Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances:
  9. Father's Day (Bulgaria)
  10. The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 (United States)
  11. The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas)
  12. The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  13. Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
  14. Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man)

Santoral (7)

  1. Abadiu of Antinoe (Coptic Church)
  2. Pope Dionysius
  3. James the Just (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  4. Saint Stephen (Western Church)
  5. Synaxis of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  6. Vicenta María López i Vicuña
  7. December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)