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Acontecimientos
- 534The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
- 999Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
- 1066Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1419Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
- 1460Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
- 1641Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.
- 1702Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
- 1813War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
- 1816The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1825The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1853Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1890Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
- 1896Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
- 1896Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
- 1897The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
- 1902The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
- 1903A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1905Former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
- 1916Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later.
- 1916The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1922The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
- 1927The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1935The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
- 1936The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
- 1943Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1952An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
- 1954The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
- 1958The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
- 1967Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.
- 1970Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky
- 1972Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
- 1987Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.
- 1993Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
- 1996Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 1997In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2000Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
- 2004A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
- 2005Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
- 2006Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
- 2006The Indonesian passenger ferry sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 2006Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
- 2009A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
- 2009A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
- 2013More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2020A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.
Nacimientos
- 159Empress Dowager Bian, second wife of Cao Cao, mother of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi (died 230)
- 1204Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (died 1282)
- 1371Vasily I of Moscow (died 1425)
- 1490Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman lawyer and jurist (died 1574)
- 1548David Pareus, German theologian (died 1622)
- 1578Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (died 1624)
- 1642Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (died 1707)
- 1673Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (died 1736)
- 1678William Croft, English organist and composer (died 1727)
- 1722Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1770)
- 1724Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (died 1805) las demás fuentes: 21 ene 1725
- 1757Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (died 1826)
- 1760Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (died 1829)
- 1792Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (died 1861)
- 1819Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (died 1898)
- 1819John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1873)
- 1825Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (died 1891)
- 1842Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter (died 1910)
- 1849John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (died 1913) las demás fuentes: 30 dic 1850
- 1851Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (died 1929)
- 1853André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1929)
- 1857Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer (died 1944)
- 1865Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
- 1869Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (died 1944)
- 1869Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (died 1918)
- 1873Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (died 1944)
- 1878William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, seventh Premier of Alberta (died 1943)
- 1879Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (died 1950)
- 1883Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician (died 1966)
- 1883Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) fecha discutida
- 1884Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
- 1886Austin Osman Spare, English artist and occultist (died 1956)
- 1887William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach (died 1967)
- 1887K. M. Munshi, Indian politician, writer and educationist, founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (died 1971)
- 1890Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (died 1973) fecha discutida
- 1897Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (died 1976)
- 1899Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (died 2001)
- 1904Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (died 1987)
- 1905Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1942)
- 1906Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (died 1997)
- 1906Carol Reed, English director and producer (died 1976)
- 1910Paul Bowles, American composer and author (died 1999)
- 1911Jeanette Nolan, American actress (died 1998)
- 1913Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (died 1996)
- 1913Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (died 2002)
- 1914Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host (died 1992)
- 1917Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (died 2004)
- 1919Dick Spooner, English cricketer (died 1997)
- 1919David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 2015)
- 1921Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 1987)
- 1922Jane Langton, American author and illustrator (died 2018)
- 1923Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (died 1977)
- 1924Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (died 2013)
- 1925Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (died 2002)
- 1926Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (died 2013)
- 1927Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor (died 2013)
- 1928Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
- 1929Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (died 2004)
- 1930Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic (died 2024)
- 1930Elmira Minita Gordon, Belizean educator, 1st Governor-General of Belize (died 2021)
- 1930Red Rhodes, American pedal steel guitarist (died 1995)
- 1930Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
- 1931John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author (died 2020)
- 1931Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
- 1933Timité Bassori, Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer
- 1934John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (died 2005)
- 1934Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, playwright and screenwriter (died 2017)
- 1934Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster
- 1934Joseph P. Hoar, American general (died 2022)
- 1934Tony Serra, American criminal defense and civil rights attorney, political activist and tax resister
- 1934Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1990)
- 1934Russ Tamblyn, American actor
- 1935Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (died 2009)
- 1935Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1935Jack Riley, American actor (died 2016)
- 1937Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
- 1937John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2001)
- 1937Jim Marshall, American football player (died 2025)
- 1937Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1938Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
- 1939Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (died 2007)
- 1939Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1983)
- 1940James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2026)
- 1941Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
- 1942Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist (died 2019)
- 1942Guy Edwards, English race car driver
- 1942Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2021)
- 1942Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
- 1942Robert Quine, American guitarist (died 2004)
- 1942Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
- 1942Fred Ward, American actor (died 2022)
- 1944William J. Fallon, American admiral
- 1944Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher (died 2017)
- 1945Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor (died 2012)
- 1945Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
- 1945Paola Pigni, Italian runner (died 2021)
- 1945Concetta Tomei, American actress
- 1946Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter fecha discutida
- 1946Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
- 1946Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
- 1947James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
- 1947Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1947Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
- 1948Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (died 1996)
- 1949David Bedford, English runner
- 1949Jerry Coyne, American biologist and author
- 1949Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2014)
- 1950Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
- 1950Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
- 1950Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
- 1950Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
- 1951Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
- 1951Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
- 1951Nick Rose, English runner
- 1952June Anderson, American soprano and actress
- 1953Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
- 1953Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (died 2010)
- 1953Graham Vick, English director and producer (died 2021)
- 1953Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
- 1954Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
- 1956Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1956Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956Patricia Kalember, American actress
- 1956Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
- 1957Matt Lauer, American journalist and television host
- 1957Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor
- 1958Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer las demás fuentes: 3 mar 1959
- 1958Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
- 1959Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
- 1959Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
- 1959Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
- 1959Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- 1960Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
- 1961Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
- 1961Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1961Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
- 1961Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
- 1961Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
- 1963Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
- 1963Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
- 1963Johnny Rogers, American-Spanish basketball player
- 1963Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
- 1964Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (died 2013)
- 1964Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
- 1964George Newbern, American actor
- 1965Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
- 1966Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
- 1966Bennett Miller, American director and producer
- 1967Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
- 1968Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
- 1968Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
- 1968Sandra Glover, American hurdler
- 1968Albano Mucci, Australian activist
- 1969Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
- 1969Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
- 1969Jay Kay, English singer and songwriter
- 1969Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
- 1969Michelle McGann, American golfer
- 1969Meredith Monroe, American actress
- 1971Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer las demás fuentes: 30 dic 1970
- 1971C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
- 1971Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1971Daniel Sunjata, American actor
- 1972Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
- 1972Maureen Flannigan, American actress and producer las demás fuentes: 30 dic 1973
- 1972Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
- 1972Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
- 1973Jason Behr, American actor
- 1973Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
- 1974Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (died 2012)
- 1974Dr. Jitheshji, Indian Speed Cartoonist and Pictorial Orator
- 1975Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
- 1975Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 1976Kastro, American rapper
- 1976Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1976A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1977Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
- 1977Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
- 1977Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
- 1977Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1977Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1977Lucy Punch, English actress
- 1977Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
- 1978Devin Brown, American basketball player
- 1978Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1978Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
- 1978Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
- 1978Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
- 1979Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980Eliza Dushku, American former actress and producer
- 1980D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
- 1980Alison McGovern, British politician
- 1981Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
- 1981Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
- 1981Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1981Matt Ulrich, American football player
- 1982Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
- 1982Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
- 1982Dawan Landry, American football player
- 1983Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
- 1983Nick Symmonds, American runner
- 1983Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
- 1984Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
- 1984Andra Day, American singer and songwriter
- 1984LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman
- 1985Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
- 1985Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
- 1985Anna Wood, American actress
- 1986Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
- 1986Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1986Caity Lotz, American actress
- 1986Jeff Ward, American actor
- 1986Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
- 1987Jakub Nakládal, Czech ice hockey player
- 1989Tyler Anderson, American baseball player
- 1989Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
- 1989Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
- 1990Bruno Henrique, Brazilian footballer
- 1990Joe Root, English cricketer
- 1990C. J. Wilcox, American basketball player
- 1991Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
- 1992Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
- 1992Carson Wentz, American football player
- 1995Igor Shesterkin, Russian hockey goaltender
- 1995Joshua, American singer
- 1995Ollie Watkins, English footballer
- 1995V, South Korean singer
Fallecimientos
- 274Pope Felix I
- 717Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester
- 903Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (born 858)
- 925Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (born 862)
- 1115Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
- 1331Bernard Gui, inquisitor (born 1261 or 1262)
- 1435Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (born 1362)
- 1436Louis III, Elector Palatine (born 1378)
- 1460Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (born 1443)
- 1460Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (born 1411)
- 1525Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (born 1459)
- 1572Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (born 1512)
- 1573Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (born 1504)
- 1591Pope Innocent IX (born 1519)
- 1606Heinrich Bünting, German priest and cartographer (born 1545)
- 1621Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (born 1550)
- 1640John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (born 1597) las demás fuentes: 31 dic 1640
- 1643Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (born 1566)
- 1644Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (born 1577)
- 1662Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (born 1628)
- 1769Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (born 1685)
- 1777Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (born 1727)
- 1788Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (born 1702)
- 1803Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (born 1713)
- 1879Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (born 1806) las demás fuentes: 29 dic 1879
- 1885Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (born 1824)
- 1896José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)
- 1906Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (born 1828)
- 1908Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1844)
- 1916Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (born 1869)
- 1928Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1874)
- 1937Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (born 1852)
- 1940Childe Wills, American engineer (born 1878)
- 1941El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (born 1890)
- 1944Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
- 1945Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (born 1889)
- 1947Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (born 1889)
- 1947Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1861)
- 1954Archduke Eugen of Austria (born 1863)
- 1955Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (born 1913)
- 1967Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (born 1887)
- 1968Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)
- 1970Sonny Liston, American boxer (born 1932)
- 1971Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1914)
- 1971Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (born 1919)
- 1979Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (born 1902)
- 1982Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (born 1896)
- 1983Violette Cordery, English race car driver (born 1900)
- 1986Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (born 1905)
- 1988Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (born 1925)
- 1988Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and landscaper (born 1904)
- 1990Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (born 1929)
- 1992Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (born 1928)
- 1993İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1908)
- 1993Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (born 1907)
- 1993Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (born 1907)
- 1994Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (born 1904)
- 1995Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1914)
- 1995Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor (born 1924)
- 1996Lew Ayres, American actor (born 1908)
- 1997Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1926)
- 1998Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (born 1905)
- 1999Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (born 1915) fecha discutida
- 1999Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (born 1909)
- 1999Des Renford, Australian swimmer (born 1927)
- 1999Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (born 1880)
- 2000Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)
- 2002Mary Brian, American actress (born 1906)
- 2002Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (born 1910)
- 2002Mary Wesley, English author (born 1912)
- 2003John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (born 1932)
- 2004Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1910)
- 2005Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (born 1940)
- 2005Rona Jaffe, American novelist (born 1932)
- 2006Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)
- 2006Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (born 1938)
- 2006Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1948)
- 2009Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1959)
- 2009Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)
- 2010Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba (born 1949)
- 2011Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (born 1920)
- 2012Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (born 1971)
- 2012Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923)
- 2012Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)
- 2012Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (born 1928)
- 2012Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (born 1948)
- 2013Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (born 1929)
- 2013José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1934)
- 2013Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
- 2013Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (born 1927) las demás fuentes: 31 dic 2013
- 2013Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (born 1933)
- 2014Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
- 2014Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1936)
- 2014Luise Rainer, German-born American-British actress (born 1910)
- 2015Doug Atkins, American football player (born 1930)
- 2015Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)
- 2015Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929)
- 2015Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (born 1934)
- 2017Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (born 1990)
- 2020Dawn Wells, American actress, (born 1938)
- 2022Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929)
- 2023Bryan Ansell, British role-playing and wargame designer (born 1955)
- 2023Tom Wilkinson, English actor (born 1948)
- 2023Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (born 1950)
- 2025Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Former prime minister of Bangladesh
Celebraciones
- Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
- Rizal Day (Philippines)
- The fifth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
Santoral
- Abraham the Writer
- Anysia of Salonika
- Egwin of Evesham
- Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church)
- Liberius of Ravenna
- Pope Felix I
- Ralph of Vaucelles
- Roger of Cannae
- December 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)