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December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
| December 29 in recent years |
| 2024 (Sunday) |
| 2023 (Friday) |
| 2022 (Thursday) |
| 2021 (Wednesday) |
| 2020 (Tuesday) |
| 2019 (Sunday) |
| 2018 (Saturday) |
| 2017 (Friday) |
| 2016 (Thursday) |
| 2015 (Tuesday) |
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Events
Pre-1600
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.[1]
- 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.[2]
1601–1900
- 1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.[3]
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.[4]
- 1812 – USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.[5]
- 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.[6]
- 1845 – The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.[7]
- 1860 – The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.[8]
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.[9]
- 1874 – The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.[10]
- 1876 – The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.[11]
- 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.[12]
1901–present
- 1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.[13]
- 1913 – Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.[14]
- 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.[15]
- 1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.[16][17]
- 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.[18]
- 1940 – In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.[19]
- 1972 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.[20]
- 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.[21]
- 1989 – Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.[22]
- 1989 – The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.[23]
- 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.[24]
- 1994 – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.[25]
- 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.[26]
- 1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.[27]
- 2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.[28]
- 2006 – The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.[29]
- 2012 – A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.[30]
- 2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.[31]
- 2013 – Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.[32]
- 2020 – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.[33]
- 2024 – Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.[34]
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Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1633 – Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)[37]
- 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (d. 1764)[38]
- 1746 – Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)[39]
- 1766 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)[40]
- 1788 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (d. 1865)[41]
- 1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)[42]
- 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)[43]
- 1804 – John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (d. 1885)[44]
- 1808 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)[45]
- 1809 – George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (d. 1882)[46]
- 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)[47]
- 1809 – Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (d. 1891)[48]
- 1811 – Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (d. 1872)[49]
- 1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)[50]
- 1843 – Elisabeth of Wied (d. 1916)[51]
- 1844 – Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (d. 1906)[52]
- 1855 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)[53]
- 1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)[54]
- 1857 – Sydney Young, English chemist (d. 1937)[55]
- 1859 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)[56]
- 1870 – Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (d. 1965)[57]
- 1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)[58]
- 1876 – Lionel Tertis, English violist (d. 1975)[59]
- 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)[60]
- 1881 – Scott Leary, American swimmer (d. 1958)[61]
- 1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)[62]
- 1886 – Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (d. 1933)[63]
- 1892 – Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (d. 1960)[64]
- 1894 – J. Lister Hill, American politician (d. 1984)[65]
- 1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)[66]
1901–present
- 1903 – Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)[67]
- 1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)[68]
- 1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)[69]
- 1908 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)[70]
- 1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)[71]
- 1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)[72]
- 1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)[73]
- 1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)[74]
- 1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)[75]
- 1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)[76]
- 1915 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)[77]
- 1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)[78]
- 1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)[79]
- 1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)[80]
- 1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)[81]
- 1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)[82]
- 1921 – Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (d. 2006)[83]
- 1921 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)[84]
- 1921 – Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (d. 2000)[85]
- 1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)[86]
- 1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)[87]
- 1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)[88]
- 1923 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (d. 2024)[89]
- 1923 – Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (d. 2017)[90]
- 1923 – Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)[91]
- 1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)[92]
- 1924 – Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)[93]
- 1924 – Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d. 2014)[94]
- 1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (d. 2020)[95]
- 1928 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor (d. 2022)[96]
- 1931 – Yi Ku, Korean prince (d. 2005)[97]
- 1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (d. 2023)[98]
- 1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (d. 2020)[99]
- 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)[100]
- 1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)[101]
- 1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)[102]
- 1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (d. 2018)[103]
- 1937 – Barbara Steele, English actress[104]
- 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer[105]
- 1939 – Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2021)[106]
- 1940 – Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter[107]
- 1941 – Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)[108]
- 1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012)[109]
- 1942 – Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian[110]
- 1943 – Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)[111]
- 1943 – Molly Bang, American author and illustrator[112]
- 1943 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)[113]
- 1944 – Andrew Foster, British public servant[114]
- 1944 – Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer[115]
- 1944 – Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic[116]
- 1945 – Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (d. 2001)[117]
- 1945 – Keith Milow, British artist[118]
- 1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2025)[119][120]
- 1946 – Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey[121]
- 1946 – Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator[122]
- 1947 – Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)[123]
- 1947 – Ted Danson, American actor and producer[124]
- 1947 – Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet[125] (d. 2022)
- 1947 – Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)[126]
- 1947 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)[127]
- 1948 – Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer[128]
- 1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland[129]
- 1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor[130]
- 1949 – Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur[131]
- 1949 – David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)[132]
- 1950 – Jon Polito, American actor (d. 2016)[133]
- 1951 – Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist[134]
- 1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress[135]
- 1951 – Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (d. 2012)[136]
- 1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)[137]
- 1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer[138]
- 1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress[139]
- 1953 – Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic[140]
- 1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)[141]
- 1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician[142]
- 1954 – Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)[143]
- 1954 – Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist[144]
- 1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)[145]
- 1955 – Chris Goodall, English businessman and author[146]
- 1955 – Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author[147]
- 1956 – Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist[148]
- 1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host[149]
- 1956 – Katy Munger, American writer[150]
- 1957 – Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)[151]
- 1957 – Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter[152]
- 1958 – Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician[153]
- 1958 – Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut[154]
- 1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress[155]
- 1959 – Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer[156]
- 1959 – Martin Moran, American actor and author[157]
- 1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author[158]
- 1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress[159]
- 1960 – Brian A. Hopkins, American author[160]
- 1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer[161]
- 1960 – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots[162]
- 1960 – David Gilbert, Australian cricketer[163]
- 1960 – Michael James Pappas, American politician[164]
- 1961 – Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)[165]
- 1962 – Leza Lowitz, American author[166]
- 1962 – Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president[167]
- 1962 – Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer[168]
- 1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player[169]
- 1963 – Sean Payton, American football player and coach[170]
- 1963 – Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden[171]
- 1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor[172]
- 1964 – Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner[173]
- 1964 – Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor[174]
- 1965 – Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist[135]
- 1965 – John Newton, American actor[175]
- 1966 – Jason Gould, American actor and singer[135]
- 1966 – Christian Kracht, Swiss author[176]
- 1967 – Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[177]
- 1967 – Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer[178]
- 1968 – Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player[179]
- 1968 – James Mouton, American baseball player[180]
- 1969 – Jason Cook, English footballer[181]
- 1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress[182]
- 1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist[183]
- 1969 – José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer[184]
- 1969 – Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author[185]
- 1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver[186]
- 1970 – Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[187]
- 1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor[188]
- 1971 – Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player[189]
- 1971 – Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster[190]
- 1971 – Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor[191]
- 1971 – Margot Thien, American swimmer[192]
- 1972 – Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player[193]
- 1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager[194]
- 1972 – Jude Law, English actor[195]
- 1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress[196]
- 1973 – Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (d. 2007)[197]
- 1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman[198]
- 1973 – Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author[199]
- 1974 – Asheru, American rapper and producer[200]
- 1974 – O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (d. 2015)[201]
- 1974 – Maria Dizzia, American actress[135]
- 1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer[202]
- 1974 – Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (d. 2021)[203]
- 1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor[204]
- 1974 – Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer[205]
- 1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor[206]
- 1976 – Kate Ford, English actress[207]
- 1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player[208]
- 1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter[209]
- 1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress[210]
- 1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director[211]
- 1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach[212]
- 1978 – Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist[213]
- 1978 – LaToya London, American singer and actress[214]
- 1978 – Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter[215]
- 1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer[216]
- 1979 – Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host[217]
- 1979 – George Parros, American ice hockey player[218]
- 1979 – Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author[219]
- 1979 – Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter[220]
- 1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster[221]
- 1981 – Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author[222]
- 1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player[223]
- 1981 – Anna Woltz, Dutch author[224]
- 1981 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer[225]
- 1982 – Alison Brie, American actress[226]
- 1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer[227]
- 1982 – Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver[228]
- 1982 – Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer[229]
- 1983 – Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter[135]
- 1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (d. 2009)[230]
- 1983 – Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality[231]
- 1984 – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright[232]
- 1984 – Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player[233]
- 1985 – Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress[234]
- 1985 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter[235]
- 1986 – Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player[236]
- 1987 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor[135]
- 1988 – Eric Berry, American football player[237]
- 1988 – Christen Press, American footballer[238]
- 1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player[239]
- 1989 – Jane Levy, American actress[240]
- 1989 – Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player[241]
- 1989 – Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player[242]
- 1990 – Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)[243]
- 1991 – Steven Caulker, English footballer[244]
- 1991 – Patrick Feeney, American sprinter[245]
- 1992 – Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer[246]
- 1992 – Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model[247]
- 1993 – Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast[248]
- 1994 – Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress[249]
- 1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess[250]
- 1995 – Myles Garrett, American football player[251]
- 1995 – Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)[252]
- 1995 – Ross Lynch, American singer and actor[253]
- 1996 – Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer[254]
- 1996 – Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer[255]
- 1997 – Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer[256]
- 1998 – Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor[257]
- 1998 – Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer[258]
- 1998 – Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer[259]
- 1999 – Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer[260]
- 1999 – Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer[261]
- 2000 – Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer[262]
- 2000 – Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player[263]
- 2006 – Ethan Mbappé, French footballer[264]
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Deaths
Pre-1600
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)[265]
- 1208 – Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)[266]
- 1380 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)[267]
- 1550 – Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)[268]
- 1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)[269]
1601–1900
- 1606 – Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)[270]
- 1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)[271]
- 1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)[272]
- 1720 – Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)[273]
- 1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)[274]
- 1772 – Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (b. 1690)[citation needed]
- 1785 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (b. 1716)[275]
- 1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)[276]
- 1807 – Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)[277]
- 1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)[278]
- 1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (b. 1766)[279]
- 1838 – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (b. 1794)[280]
- 1890 – Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)[281]
- 1890 – Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (b. 1821)[282]
- 1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)[283]
- 1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)[284]
- 1896 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (b. 1824)[285]
- 1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)[286]
- 1898 – Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (b. 1866)[287]
- 1900 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)[288]
1901–present
- 1905 – Charles Yerkes, American financier (b. 1837)[289]
- 1910 – Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (b. 1850)[290]
- 1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)[291]
- 1911 – Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (b. 1860)[292]
- 1918 – Abby Leach, American educator (b. 1855)[293]
- 1919 – William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (b. 1849)[294]
- 1921 – Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (b. 1846)[295]
- 1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)[296]
- 1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (b. 1865)[297]
- 1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)[298]
- 1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)[299]
- 1929 – Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (b. 1871)[300]
- 1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)[301]
- 1937 – Alma Tell, American actress (b. 1898)[302]
- 1939 – Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (b. 1863)[303]
- 1939 – Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (b. 1874)[304]
- 1940 – Stephen Birch, American businessman (b. 1873)[305]
- 1941 – Louis Eilshemius, American painter (b. 1864)[306]
- 1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)[307]
- 1943 – Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (b. 1866)[308]
- 1944 – Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)[309]
- 1945 – Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (b. 1887)[310]
- 1946 – Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (b. 1863)[311]
- 1946 – Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (b. 1872)[312]
- 1948 – Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (b. 1878)[313]
- 1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)[314]
- 1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)[315]
- 1952 – Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (b. 1898)[316]
- 1954 – William Merriam Burton, American chemist (b. 1865)[317]
- 1956 – Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (b. 1871)[318]
- 1958 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1895)[319]
- 1959 – Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)[320]
- 1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)[321]
- 1965 – Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (b. 1908)[322]
- 1965 – Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1886)[323]
- 1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)[324]
- 1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)[325]
- 1970 – William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (b. 1876)[326]
- 1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)[327]
- 1971 – John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1899)[328]
- 1972 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)[329]
- 1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)[330]
- 1975 – Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (b. 1911)[331]
- 1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)[332]
- 1979 – F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (b. 1901)[333]
- 1979 – Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (b. 1909)[334]
- 1980 – Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)[335]
- 1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)[336]
- 1980 – Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (b. 1879)[337]
- 1981 – Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (b. 1917)[338]
- 1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)[339]
- 1984 – Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1941)[340]
- 1984 – P. H. Polk, American photographer (b. 1898)[341]
- 1984 – Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (b. 1900)[342]
- 1986 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)[343]
- 1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)[344]
- 1987 – Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1899)[345]
- 1987 – Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (b. 1914)[346]
- 1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)[347]
- 1988 – Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (b. 1917)[348]
- 1989 – Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)[349]
- 1992 – Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (b. 1897)[350]
- 1993 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (b. 1930)[351]
- 1994 – Frank Thring, Australian actor (b. 1926)[352]
- 1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)[353]
- 1995 – Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (b. 1913)[354]
- 1996 – Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (b. 1911)[355]
- 1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)[356]
- 1996 – Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (b. 1907)[357]
- 1998 – Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (b. 1917)[358]
- 1998 – Don Taylor, American actor and film director (b. 1920)[359]
- 1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)[360]
- 2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)[361]
- 2001 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)[362]
- 2001 – György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (b. 1906)[363]
- 2002 – Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)[364]
- 2002 – Ralph Clanton, American actor (b. 1914)[365]
- 2003 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)[366]
- 2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)[367]
- 2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)[368]
- 2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)[369]
- 2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1916)[370]
- 2004 – Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (b. 1928)[371]
- 2004 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (b. 1947)[372]
- 2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (b. 1922)[373]
- 2005 – Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (b. 1912)[374]
- 2005 – Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (b. 1912)[375]
- 2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)[376]
- 2007 – Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (b. 1936)[377]
- 2007 – Kevin Greening, English radio host (b. 1962)[378]
- 2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)[379]
- 2008 – Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (b. 1913)[380]
- 2009 – Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1926)[381]
- 2009 – David Levine, American artist and illustrator (b. 1926)[382]
- 2009 – Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (b. 1960)[383]
- 2010 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)[384]
- 2010 – Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (b. 1914)[385]
- 2011 – Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (b. 1928)[386]
- 2012 – Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (b. 1938)[387]
- 2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)[388]
- 2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)[389]
- 2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)[390]
- 2012 – Ben Overton, American jurist (b. 1926)[391]
- 2012 – William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (b. 1928)[392]
- 2012 – Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1936)[393]
- 2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)[394]
- 2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)[395]
- 2012 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (b. 1918)[396]
- 2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)[397]
- 2013 – Paul Comstive, English footballer (b. 1961)[398]
- 2013 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)[399]
- 2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)[400]
- 2013 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (b. 1932)[401]
- 2013 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (b. 1986)[402]
- 2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)[403]
- 2013 – Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (b. 1946)[404]
- 2014 – Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (b. 1920)[405]
- 2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)[406]
- 2014 – Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1945)[407]
- 2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)[408]
- 2015 – Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)[409]
- 2015 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)[410]
- 2015 – Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (b. 1942)[411]
- 2016 – Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)[412]
- 2016 – LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)[413]
- 2017 – Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (b. 1925)[414]
- 2017 – John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (b. 1924)[415]
- 2018 – Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (b. 1939)[416]
- 2018 – Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (b. 1935)[417]
- 2019 – Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (b. 1934)[418]
- 2019 – Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (b. 1944)[419]
- 2020 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (b. 1922)[420]
- 2020 – Joe Louis Clark, American educator (b. 1937)[421]
- 2020 – Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)[422]
- 2021 – Peter Klatzow, South African composer (b. 1945)[423]
- 2022 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer (b. 1940)[424]
- 2022 – Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (b. 1950)[425]
- 2022 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (b. 1941)[426]
- 2023 – Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (b. 1967)[427]
- 2024 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (b. 1948)[428]
- 2024 – Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (b. 1924)[429]
- 2024 – Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (b. 1937)[430]
- 2024 – Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1908)[431]
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Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Ireland)[434]
- Independence Day (Mongolia)[435]
- The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)[436]
- The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)[437]
References
External links
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