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Acontecimientos (41)

  1. 418A papal election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
  2. 457Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
  3. 484Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
  4. 893An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
  5. 1065Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
  6. 1308The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
  7. 1659The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
  8. 1688William III of Orange enters London with a Dutch army during the 1688 invasion of England.
  9. 1768King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
  10. 1795Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
  11. 1832John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
  12. 1835Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
  13. 1836South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
  14. 1836Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
  15. 1846Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
  16. 1879Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
  17. 1885The Indian National Congress is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
  18. 1895The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
  19. 1895Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
  20. 1902The Syracuse Athletic Club defeat the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
  21. 1908The 7.1 Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between about 80,000.
  22. 1912The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
  23. 1918Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.
  24. 1941World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
  25. 1943Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
  26. 1943World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
  27. 1944Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
  28. 1948The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears south of Miami.
  29. 1956Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
  30. 1958"Greatest Game Ever Played": The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.
  31. 1967American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
  32. 1972The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed. Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
  33. 1973The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
  34. 1978United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport, killing 10 people.
  35. 1989A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
  36. 2006War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
  37. 2009Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
  38. 2014Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
  39. 2014Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
  40. 2019A truck bomb is detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 85 people and injuring over 140 more. The militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
  41. 2025Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.

Nacimientos (204)

  1. 1461Louise of Savoy, French nun (died 1503) las demás fuentes: 28 dic 1462
  2. 1510Nicholas Bacon, English politician (died 1579)
  3. 1535Martin Eisengrein, German theologian (died 1578)
  4. 1619Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (died 1688)
  5. 1635Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (died 1650)
  6. 1651Johann Krieger, German organist and composer (died 1735) juliano y gregoriano
  7. 1655Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (died 1698)
  8. 1665George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1716)
  9. 1722Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist (died 1793)
  10. 1724Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (died 1805)
  11. 1763John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (died 1836)
  12. 1775Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (died 1863)
  13. 1789Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" (died 1867)
  14. 1798Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (died 1844)
  15. 1818Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic (died 1897)
  16. 1842Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (died 1891)
  17. 1856Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
  18. 1865Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (died 1925)
  19. 1869Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (died 1939)
  20. 1870Charles Bennett, English runner (died 1949) las demás fuentes: 9 dic 1871
  21. 1882Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1944)
  22. 1882Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (died 1931)
  23. 1887Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic (died 1946)
  24. 1888F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1931)
  25. 1890Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic (died 1970)
  26. 1894Burnita Shelton Matthews, American judge (died 1988)
  27. 1895Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright (died 1981)
  28. 1898Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (died 1957)
  29. 1898Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (died 1947)
  30. 1900Ted Lyons, American baseball player (died 1986)
  31. 1902Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (died 2001)
  32. 1902Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (died 1988)
  33. 1903Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (died 1983)
  34. 1903John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
  35. 1907Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (died 2013)
  36. 1908Lew Ayres, American actor (died 1996)
  37. 1910Billy Williams, American singer (died 1972)
  38. 1911Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (died 2003)
  39. 1913Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
  40. 1914Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (died 1974)
  41. 1914Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
  42. 1917Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2010)
  43. 1919Emily Cheney Neville, American author (died 1997)
  44. 1920Tufty Mann, South African cricketer (died 1952)
  45. 1920Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (died 2013)
  46. 1920Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (died 2012)
  47. 1920Al Wistert, American football player and coach (died 2016)
  48. 1921Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)
  49. 1922Lionel Bowen, Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2012)
  50. 1922Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (died 2018)
  51. 1924Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (died 2018)
  52. 1925Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (died 2002)
  53. 1925Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (died 2005)
  54. 1926Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee (died 2016)
  55. 1928Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2001)
  56. 1928John William Thomson, Canadian politician (died 2025)
  57. 1929Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (died 1994)
  58. 1929Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1970)
  59. 1929Maarten Schmidt, Dutch astronomer (died 2022)
  60. 1930Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian illustrator and academic (died 2010)
  61. 1931Guy Debord, French theorist and author (died 1994)
  62. 1931Martin Milner, American actor (died 2015)
  63. 1932Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (died 2002)
  64. 1932Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
  65. 1932Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary (died 2026)
  66. 1932Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
  67. 1932Nichelle Nichols, American actress (died 2022)
  68. 1932Manuel Puig, Argentine author and playwright (died 1990)
  69. 1933John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (died 2022)
  70. 1934Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager (died 2000)
  71. 1934Maggie Smith, English actress (died 2024)
  72. 1936Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
  73. 1936Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer
  74. 1937Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2024)
  75. 1938Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (died 2008)
  76. 1939Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group
  77. 1939Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and manager
  78. 1939Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator (died 2006)
  79. 1940A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
  80. 1940Don Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
  81. 1941Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
  82. 1942Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
  83. 1943Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
  84. 1943David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
  85. 1943Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician
  86. 1944Sandra Faber, American astronomer and academic
  87. 1944Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and politician (died 2021)
  88. 1944Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
  89. 1944Gordon Taylor, English footballer
  90. 1945Birendra, King of Nepal (died 2001)
  91. 1945Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author
  92. 1946Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
  93. 1946Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (died 2009)
  94. 1946Hubert Green, American golfer (died 2018)
  95. 1946Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
  96. 1946Barbara, Lady Judge, American-English lawyer and businesswoman (died 2020)
  97. 1946Bill Lee, American baseball player and author
  98. 1946Laffit Pincay Jr., Panamanian jockey las demás fuentes: 29 dic 1946
  99. 1946Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
  100. 1947Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player (died 2024)
  101. 1947Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2000)
  102. 1948Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer
  103. 1950Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
  104. 1950Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer
  105. 1950Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic
  106. 1952Arun Jaitley, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 2019)
  107. 1952Bridget Prentice, Scottish educator and politician
  108. 1953Richard Clayderman, French pianist
  109. 1953Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
  110. 1953Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author
  111. 1953Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter
  112. 1954Tony Ables, American serial killer
  113. 1954Gayle King, American television journalist
  114. 1954Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer
  115. 1955Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  116. 1955Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
  117. 1956Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
  118. 1958Terry Butcher, English footballer and manager
  119. 1958Curt Byrum, American golfer
  120. 1958Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer
  121. 1959Hansjörg Kunze, German runner and sportscaster
  122. 1959Daniel Léo Simpson, American composer
  123. 1959Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter
  124. 1960Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
  125. 1960John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
  126. 1960Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (died 2024)
  127. 1960Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (died 2010)
  128. 1961Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
  129. 1962Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (died 1999)
  130. 1964Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter
  131. 1964Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
  132. 1965Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
  133. 1967Chris Ware, American illustrator
  134. 1968Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
  135. 1969Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
  136. 1970Elaine Hendrix, American actress
  137. 1970James Jett, American sprinter and football player
  138. 1970Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
  139. 1971Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
  140. 1971Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and manager
  141. 1971Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter
  142. 1971William Gates, American basketball player
  143. 1972Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
  144. 1972Patrick Rafter, Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model
  145. 1972Adam Vinatieri, American football player
  146. 1973Holger Blume, German sprinter
  147. 1973Marc Blume, German sprinter
  148. 1973Seth Meyers, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
  149. 1973Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater
  150. 1974Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer
  151. 1974Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
  152. 1974Markus Weinzierl, German footballer and manager
  153. 1975B. J. Ryan, American baseball player
  154. 1976Brendan Hines, American actor and singer
  155. 1976Joe Manganiello, American actor
  156. 1976Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker
  157. 1976Ben Tune, Australian rugby player
  158. 1976Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
  159. 1976Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian presenter and magician
  160. 1977Derrick Brew, American sprinter
  161. 1977Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
  162. 1977Vanessa Ferlito, American actress las demás fuentes: 28 dic 1980
  163. 1977Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
  164. 1978Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and manager las demás fuentes: 20 dic 1978
  165. 1978John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
  166. 1979James Blake, American tennis player
  167. 1979Senna Gammour, German singer-songwriter
  168. 1979Bill Hall, American baseball player
  169. 1979Zach Hill, American musician and artist
  170. 1979André Holland, American actor
  171. 1979Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
  172. 1980Lomana LuaLua, Congolese footballer
  173. 1980Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker
  174. 1981Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
  175. 1981Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist
  176. 1981Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer
  177. 1981David Moss, American ice hockey player
  178. 1981Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer
  179. 1981Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  180. 1981Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
  181. 1982Cedric Benson, American football player (died 2019)
  182. 1982Beau Garrett, American actress and model
  183. 1982François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
  184. 1982Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player
  185. 1984Martin Kaymer, German golfer
  186. 1984Duane Solomon, American runner
  187. 1986Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
  188. 1987Thomas Dekker, American actor and musician
  189. 1989Austin Barnes, American baseball player
  190. 1989Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
  191. 1990Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
  192. 1990Marcos Alonso, Spanish footballer
  193. 1990David Archuleta, American singer
  194. 1990John Henson, American basketball player
  195. 1990Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
  196. 1992Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player
  197. 1994Adam Peaty, English swimmer
  198. 1995Dylan Cease, American baseball player
  199. 1995Mauricio Lemos, Uruguayan footballer
  200. 1995Nahitan Nández, Uruguayan footballer
  201. 1996Tanguy Ndombele, French footballer
  202. 1999Iqbaal Ramadhan, Indonesian actor and singer
  203. 2001Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress
  204. 2002Tom Cannon, British-Irish footballer

Fallecimientos (101)

  1. 925Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu
  2. 1218Robert II, Count of Dreux (born 1154)
  3. 1297Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (born 1230)
  4. 1326Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland
  5. 1367Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (born 1330)
  6. 1394Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (born 1350)
  7. 1446Antipope Clement VIII (born 1369)
  8. 1491Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (born c. 1435)
  9. 1503Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (born 1471)
  10. 1538Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (born 1455)
  11. 1547Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (born 1465)
  12. 1558Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (born 1527)
  13. 1622Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (born 1567)
  14. 1663Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1618)
  15. 1671Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (born 1611)
  16. 1694Mary II of England (born 1662)
  17. 1706Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (born 1647)
  18. 1708Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (born 1656)
  19. 1715William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (born 1649)
  20. 1734Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (born 1671)
  21. 1736Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (born 1670)
  22. 1785Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (born 1732)
  23. 1795Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (born 1747) las demás fuentes: 27 dic 1795
  24. 1859Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (born 1800)
  25. 1872James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (born 1808)
  26. 1890Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (born 1861)
  27. 1897William Corby, American priest and academic (born 1833)
  28. 1900Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (born 1846)
  29. 1907Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (born 1812)
  30. 1913Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (born 1844) las demás fuentes: 28 dic 1912
  31. 1916Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1835)
  32. 1917Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (born 1892)
  33. 1918Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (born 1865)
  34. 1919Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1854)
  35. 1924Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (born 1866)
  36. 1932Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (born 1854)
  37. 1935Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (born 1874)
  38. 1937Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (born 1875)
  39. 1938Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (born 1886)
  40. 1942Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (born 1869)
  41. 1943Steve Evans, American baseball player (born 1885)
  42. 1945Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (born 1871)
  43. 1946Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (born 1882)
  44. 1947Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (born 1869)
  45. 1949Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (born 1910)
  46. 1959Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889)
  47. 1960Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (born 1895)
  48. 1963Paul Hindemith, German violist, composer, and conductor (born 1895)
  49. 1967Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (born 1875)
  50. 1968David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (born 1893)
  51. 1971Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1888)
  52. 1976Katharine Byron, American politician (born 1903)
  53. 1981Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1885)
  54. 1983Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1944)
  55. 1984Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1925)
  56. 1984Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (born 1903)
  57. 1984Peter Kihss, American journalist
  58. 1986John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (born 1916)
  59. 1986Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (born 1922)
  60. 1989Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (born 1894)
  61. 1990Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
  62. 1992Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (born 1917)
  63. 1993William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (born 1904)
  64. 1994Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1911)
  65. 1999Clayton Moore, American actor (born 1914)
  66. 2001Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (born 1919)
  67. 2001William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (born 1928) fecha discutida
  68. 2003Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (born 1935)
  69. 2004Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (born 1935)
  70. 2004Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (born 1933)
  71. 2006Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (born 1956)
  72. 2008Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (born 1923)
  73. 2009Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (born 1981)
  74. 2010Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (born 1921)
  75. 2010Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (born 1943)
  76. 2012Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (born 1929)
  77. 2012Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (born 1956)
  78. 2012Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (born 1980)
  79. 2012Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (born 1936)
  80. 2013Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (born 1927)
  81. 2013Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (born 1913)
  82. 2013Andrew Jacobs, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)
  83. 2013Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (born 1919)
  84. 2013Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (born 1924)
  85. 2013Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1969)
  86. 2014Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (born 1997)
  87. 2014Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (born 1956)
  88. 2014Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
  89. 2015John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (born 1953)
  90. 2015Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (born 1949)
  91. 2015Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)
  92. 2016Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)
  93. 2016Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (born 1947)
  94. 2017Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (born 1923)
  95. 2021Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (born 1949) fecha discutida
  96. 2021John Madden, American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (born 1936)
  97. 2021Harry Reid, American lawyer, politician, and former Senate majority leader (born 1939)
  98. 2022Philomena Franz, German Romani author (born 1922)
  99. 2023Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician (born 1952)
  100. 2024Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (born 1926)
  101. 2025Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer and activist (born 1934)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
  2. Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
  3. Republic Day (South Sudan)
  4. The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Santoral (6)

  1. Abel (Coptic Church)
  2. Caterina Volpicelli
  3. Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church), and its related observances:
  4. Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Spain)
  5. Simon the Athonite
  6. December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)