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Acontecimientos
- 63 a. C.Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
- 633Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
- 1033The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many.
- 1082Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated, most likely by his brother, Berenguer Ramon II.
- 1408Seeking to resubjugate Muscovy, Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself.
- 1456The first of two earthquakes measuring 7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people.
- 1484Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
- 1496King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jews from the country.
- 1560Ten-year-old Charles IX becomes king of France, with Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici as regent.
- 1578Sir Francis Drake, after sailing through Strait of Magellan, raids Valparaíso.
- 1649The town of Raahe () is founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger.
- 1757Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
- 1766In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
- 177029th Regiment of Foot privates Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy are found guilty for the manslaughter of Crispus Attucks and Samuel Gray respectively in the Boston Massacre.
- 1775At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1776Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
- 1831Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
- 1847Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
- 1848California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
- 1865Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
- 1895New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert.
- 1914The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
- 1919Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is suppressed and its participants are executed by the Kontrrazvedka.
- 1921The Football Association bans women's football in England from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.
- 1933The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States.
- 1934Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
- 1935Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
- 1936The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
- 1941World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
- 1941World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
- 1943World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
- 1945Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
- 1952Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
- 1955The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
- 1955The Civil Rights Movement: the Montgomery bus boycott begins, led by E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks.
- 1958Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
- 1958The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
- 1964Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
- 1964Lloyd J. Old discovers the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
- 1971Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces are defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
- 1977Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen in retaliation to preventing President Anwar el-Sadat from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer.
- 1983Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
- 1991Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
- 1994The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.
- 1995Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
- 1995Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people.
- 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-108, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station.
- 2005The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
- 2005The 6.8 Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
- 2006Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
- 2007Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 2013Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
- 2014Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
- 2017The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Nacimientos
- 852Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (died 912)
- 1377Jianwen Emperor of China (died 1402)
- 1389Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (died 1455)
- 1443Pope Julius II (died 1513)
- 1470Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (died 1530)
- 1495Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (died 1542)
- 1537Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shōgun (died 1597)
- 1539Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (died 1604)
- 1547Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (died 1625)
- 1556Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (died 1588)
- 1596Henry Lawes, English composer (died 1662) fecha discutida
- 1661Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (died 1724)
- 1666Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1741)
- 1687Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (died 1762)
- 1697Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (died 1771)
- 1782Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (died 1862)
- 1784George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (died 1862)
- 1803Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (died 1873)
- 1820Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (died 1892) juliano y gregoriano
- 1822Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (died 1907)
- 1829Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (died 1908)
- 1830Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (died 1894)
- 1839George Armstrong Custer, American general (died 1876)
- 1841Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (died 1900)
- 1849Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (died 1922)
- 1855Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (died 1942)
- 1859John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935)
- 1861Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (died 1939) juliano y gregoriano
- 1862John Henry Leech, English entomologist (died 1900)
- 1863Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (died 1933)
- 1866John Beresford, Irish polo player (died 1944)
- 1866Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author (died 1896)
- 1867Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (died 1925)
- 1867Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1935)
- 1868Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (died 1951)
- 1869Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (died 1937)
- 1870Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (died 1949)
- 1872Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (died 1906)
- 1875Arthur Currie, Canadian general (died 1933)
- 1879Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (died 1954)
- 1881René Cresté, French actor and director (died 1922)
- 1886Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (died 1968)
- 1886Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (died 1968)
- 1886Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician (died 1937)
- 1888Sabás Reyes Salazar, Mexican Catholic priest (died 1927) fecha discutida
- 1890David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic (died 1957)
- 1890Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1976)
- 1891Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (died 1951)
- 1894Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (died 1982)
- 1895Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (died 1969)
- 1896Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (died 1995)
- 1896Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
- 1897Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
- 1897Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982)
- 1898Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (died 1982)
- 1898Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (died 1947)
- 1900Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (died 1972)
- 1901Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1966)
- 1901Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (died 1980)
- 1901Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
- 1902Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
- 1902Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (died 2003)
- 1903Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (died 2011)
- 1903C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
- 1905Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (died 1949)
- 1905Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1986)
- 1907Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1971)
- 1907Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (died 1993)
- 1910Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1911Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (died 2000)
- 1912Kate Simon, American travel writer (died 1990)
- 1912Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 1965) fecha discutida
- 1913Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (died 2013)
- 1913Bruce Conde, American army officer, mercenary, stamp collector, and royalty claimant (died 1992)
- 1914Helen Dettweiler, American golfer (died 1990)
- 1914Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (died 1989)
- 1916Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (died 2013)
- 1916Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
- 1917Ken Downing, English racing driver (died 2004)
- 1919Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician (died 2020)
- 1921Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (died 1997)
- 1922Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (died 2011)
- 1922Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist (died 2015)
- 1924Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (died 1978)
- 1925Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (died 1980)
- 1926Adetoun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean
- 1927Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (died 2016)
- 1927W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer (died 2016)
- 1929Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (died 2014)
- 1930Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer (died 2022)
- 1931Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (died 2011)
- 1932Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
- 1932Sheldon Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (died 1989)
- 1932Nadira, Indian actress (died 2006)
- 1932Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2020)
- 1933Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (died 1999)
- 1933Harry Holgate, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania (died 1997)
- 1934Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
- 1935Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
- 1935Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician (died 2021)
- 1936James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
- 1938J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
- 1940Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
- 1940Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager (died 2026)
- 1940Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
- 1940Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)
- 1942Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (died 2017)
- 1943Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
- 1943Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
- 1944Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
- 1945Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
- 1945Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
- 1946José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
- 1946Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
- 1946Sarel van der Merwe, South African racing driver
- 1947Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete (died 2022)
- 1947Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
- 1947Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician (died 2009)
- 1947Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader
- 1947Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1947Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
- 1947Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2022)
- 1947Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
- 1948Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
- 1949John Altman, English composer and conductor
- 1949David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
- 1951Morgan Brittany, American actress
- 1951Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (died 2015)
- 1951Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
- 1953Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
- 1954Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
- 1955Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
- 1955Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (died 2003)
- 1956Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
- 1956Butch Lee, Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1956Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
- 1956Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
- 1957Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
- 1957Art Monk, American football player
- 1958Dynamite Kid, English wrestler (died 2018)
- 1959Lee Chapman, English footballer
- 1959Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
- 1960Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1960Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
- 1960Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2024)
- 1960Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
- 1961Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
- 1961Laura Flanders, British journalist
- 1962José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
- 1962Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach las demás fuentes: 5 dic 1964
- 1962Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1962Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
- 1963Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright (died 2002)
- 1963Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (died 2015)
- 1964Martin Vinnicombe, Australian cyclist
- 1965Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer las demás fuentes: 5 dic 1966
- 1965John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1965Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (died 2014)
- 1965Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker
- 1967Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968Lisa Marie, American model and actress
- 1968Lydia Millet, American novelist
- 1968Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
- 1969Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
- 1969Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969Sajid Javid, British Pakistani banker and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 1969Lewis Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer
- 1969Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
- 1969Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian, and writer fecha discutida
- 1970Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
- 1971Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
- 1971Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper
- 1971Gabriel Hjertstedt, Swedish golfer
- 1971Kali Rocha, American actress
- 1972Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1972Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach
- 1973Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer
- 1973Arik Benado, Israeli footballer
- 1973Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1973Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic
- 1974Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author
- 1974Brian Lewis, American sprinter
- 1975Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
- 1975Paula Patton, American actress
- 1976Amy Acker, American actress
- 1976Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
- 1976Norishige Kanai, Japanese doctor and astronaut
- 1976Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model
- 1976Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer and coach
- 1977Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
- 1978Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author
- 1978Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1978Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
- 1979Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1979Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
- 1979Nick Stahl, American actor
- 1980Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
- 1981Adan Canto, Mexican actor (died 2024)
- 1982Eddy Curry, American basketball player
- 1982Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1982Gabriel Luna, American actor
- 1983Joakim Lindström, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1984Lauren London, American actress
- 1985Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
- 1985André-Pierre Gignac, French footballer
- 1985Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Emirati princess
- 1985Frankie Muniz, American actor, drummer, and race car driver
- 1985Josh Smith, American basketball player
- 1985Danny Wicks, Australian rugby league player
- 1986LeGarrette Blount, American football player
- 1986James Hinchcliffe, Canadian Indycar racing driver
- 1986Justin Smoak, American baseball player
- 1987A. J. Pollock, American baseball player
- 1988Ross Bagley, American actor
- 1988Tina Charles, American basketball player
- 1988Kyle Long, American football player
- 1988Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist
- 1989Jurrell Casey, American football player
- 1989Kwon Yu-ri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
- 1990Montee Ball, American football player
- 1991Cam Fowler, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1991Christian Yelich, American baseball player
- 1992Natalie Sourisseau, Canadian field hockey player
- 1993Ross Barkley, English footballer
- 1993Luciano Vietto, Argentine footballer
- 1994Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
- 1994Semi Ojeleye, American basketball player
- 1995Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995Anthony Martial, French footballer
- 1995Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater
- 1995Levy Rozman, American chess International Master, streamer and YouTuber
- 1995Alexander Sørloth, Norwegian footballer
- 1997Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1997Quinnen Williams, American football player fecha discutida
- 1998Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter
- 1998Randal Kolo Muani, French footballer
- 2000Soobin, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 2008Ediz Gürel, Turkish chess grandmaster
- 2009Owen Cooper, English actor
Fallecimientos
- 63 a. C.Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician (born 114 BC)
- 334Li Ban, emperor of Cheng Han (born 288)
- 902Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
- 1082Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (born 1053)
- 1212Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
- 1244Joan, Countess of Flanders and Hainault (born 1199 or 1200)
- 1355John III, Duke of Brabant (born 1300)
- 1560Francis II of France (born 1544)
- 1570Johan Friis, Danish politician (born 1494)
- 1624Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (born 1560)
- 1654Jean François Sarrazin, French author and poet (born 1611)
- 1663Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (born 1582)
- 1749Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (born 1685)
- 1758Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (born 1688)
- 1770James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (born 1692)
- 1784Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (born 1753)
- 1791Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (born 1756)
- 1819Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (born 1750)
- 1854Henry Ross, Canadian-Australian gold miner (born 1829)
- 1870Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (born 1802)
- 1887Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (born 1804)
- 1891Pedro II of Brazil (born 1825)
- 1918Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (born 1852)
- 1925Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
- 1926Claude Monet, French painter (born 1840)
- 1931Vachel Lindsay, American poet (born 1879)
- 1933Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (born 1869)
- 1940Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (born 1880)
- 1941Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (born 1913)
- 1942Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (born 1883)
- 1946Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1872)
- 1951Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (born 1887)
- 1951Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (born 1871)
- 1953William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (born 1901)
- 1955Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (born 1886)
- 1961Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (born 1878)
- 1963Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (born 1905)
- 1963Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1892)
- 1964V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (born 1892)
- 1965Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
- 1968Fred Clark, American actor (born 1914)
- 1969Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (born 1884)
- 1969Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip of the United Kingdom (born 1885)
- 1973Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (born 1892)
- 1975Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (born 1897)
- 1977Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (born 1894)
- 1977Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (born 1895)
- 1979Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
- 1983Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)
- 1984Cecil M. Harden, American politician (born 1894)
- 1986Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (born 1924)
- 1989John Pritchard, English conductor and director (born 1921)
- 1990Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (born 1916)
- 1991Richard Speck, American mass murderer (born 1941)
- 1994Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (born 1910)
- 1995L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (born 1918)
- 1995Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (born 1918)
- 1995Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (born 1920)
- 1995Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (born 1922)
- 1997Eugen Cicero, Romanian-German jazz pianist (born 1940)
- 1998Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (born 1907)
- 2001Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (born 1901)
- 2002Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (born 1931)
- 2002Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (born 1911)
- 2005Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (born 1932)
- 2006David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (born 1924)
- 2007Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (born 1921)
- 2007George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (born 1916)
- 2007Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (born 1928)
- 2008Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (born 1929)
- 2008George Brecht, American chemist and composer (born 1926)
- 2008Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (born 1924)
- 2008Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (born 1926)
- 2008Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1957)
- 2009William Lederer, American soldier and author (born 1912)
- 2010Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2010Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (born 1938)
- 2011Peter Gethin, English racing driver (born 1940)
- 2011Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (born 1942)
- 2012Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (born 1920)
- 2012Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (born 1909)
- 2012Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (born 1907)
- 2012Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (born 1920)
- 2013Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (born 1917)
- 2013William B. Edmondson, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (born 1927)
- 2013Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
- 2014Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (born 1931)
- 2014Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (born 1928)
- 2014Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (born 1931)
- 2014Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (born 1931)
- 2014Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (born 1909) las demás fuentes: 4 dic 2014
- 2015Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (born 1936)
- 2015Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)
- 2015Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (born 1915)
- 2016Tyruss Himes ("Big Syke"), American rapper (born 1968)
- 2016J. Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and Former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (born 1948)
- 2017Michael I of Romania, fifth and last king of Romania (born 1921)
- 2017August Ames, Canadian American pornographic actress (born 1994)
- 2019Robert Walker, American actor (born 1940)
- 2020Peter Alliss, English professional golfer (born 1931)
- 2021Bob Dole, American politician (born 1923)
- 2022Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (born 1951)
- 2023Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)
- 2024Jacques Roubaud, French poet, writer, and mathematician (born 1932)
- 2025Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer (b. 1929)
- 2025Michael Annett, American Former NASCAR Driver (b. 1986)
Celebraciones
- Children's Day (Suriname)
- Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow (Russia)
- Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
- Saint Nicholas' Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK)
- Krampusnacht (Austria)
- The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday (Thailand)
- World Soil Day
Santoral
- Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church)
- Crispina of Numidia
- Dalmatius of Pavia
- John Almond
- Justinian of Ramsey Island
- Nicetius (Nizier)
- Pelinus of Brindisi
- Sabbas the Sanctified
- December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)