December 29
Day of the year
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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 |
| 2025 (Monday) |
| 2024 (Sunday) |
| 2023 (Friday) |
| 2022 (Thursday) |
| 2021 (Wednesday) |
| 2020 (Tuesday) |
| 2019 (Sunday) |
| 2018 (Saturday) |
| 2017 (Friday) |
| 2016 (Thursday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 1170 â 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 â 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]
1601â1900
- 1607 â According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.[3]
- 1778 â 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 â USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.[5]
- 1835 â 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 â The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.[7]
- 1860 â The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.[8]
- 1862 â 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 â 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 â The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.[11]
- 1890 â Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.[12]
1901âpresent
- 1911 â Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.[13]
- 1913 â Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.[14]
- 1930 â Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.[15]
- 1934 â Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.[16][17]
- 1937 â The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.[18]
- 1940 â World War II: in the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.[19]
- 1972 â 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 â A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.[21]
- 1989 â Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.[22]
- 1989 â 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 â Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.[24]
- 1994 â 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 â Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.[26]
- 1998 â Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.[27]
- 2003 â The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.[28]
- 2006 â The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.[29]
- 2012 â 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 â 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 â Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.[32]
- 2020 â A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.[33]
- 2023 â South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.[34]
- 2024 â 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.[35]
Births
Pre-1600
1601â1900
- 1633 â Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692)[38]
- 1709 â Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762)[39]
- 1721 â Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764)[40]
- 1746 â Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805)[41]
- 1766 â Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843)[42]
- 1788 â Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865)[43]
- 1796 â Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877)[44]
- 1800 â Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860)[45]
- 1804 â John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885)[46]
- 1808 â Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)[47]
- 1809 â George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882)[48]
- 1809 â William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)[49]
- 1809 â Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)[50]
- 1811 â Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872)[51]
- 1816 â Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895)[52]
- 1843 â Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916)[53]
- 1844 â Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)[54]
- 1855 â August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927)[55]
- 1856 â Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)[56]
- 1857 â Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937)[57]
- 1859 â Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)[58]
- 1870 â Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965)[59]
- 1874 â François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949)[60]
- 1876 â Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973)[61]
- 1876 â Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975)[62]
- 1879 â Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936)[63]
- 1881 â Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958)[64]
- 1881 â Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968)[65]
- 1885 â Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921)[66]
- 1886 â Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968)[67]
- 1886 â Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933)[68]
- 1892 â Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960)[69]
- 1894 â J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984)[70]
- 1895 â Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939)[71]
- 1896 â David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974)[72]
- 1899 â Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992)[73]
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)[74]
- 1903 â Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)[75]
- 1904 â Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994)[76]
- 1908 â Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993)[77]
- 1908 â Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992)[78]
- 1910 â Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)[79]
- 1911 â Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988)[80]
- 1914 â Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)[81]
- 1914 â Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989)[82]
- 1914 â Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999)[83]
- 1915 â Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996)[84]
- 1915 â Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965)[85]
- 1915 â Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)[86]
- 1917 â Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)[87]
- 1917 â Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005)[88]
- 1919 â Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014)[89]
- 1919 â Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013)[90]
- 1920 â Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995)[91]
- 1921 â Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006)[92]
- 1921 â Dobrica ÄosiÄ, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)[93]
- 1921 â Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000)[94]
- 1922 â Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)[95]
- 1922 â William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998)[96]
- 1923 â Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025)[97]
- 1923 â Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)[98]
- 1923 â Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024)[99]
- 1923 â Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017)[100]
- 1923 â Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017)[101]
- 1923 â Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012)[102]
- 1924 â Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012)[103]
- 1924 â Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014)[104]
- 1925 â Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)[105]
- 1927 â Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985)[106]
- 1928 â Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022)[107]
- 1929 â Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018)[108]
- 1931 â Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005)[109]
- 1931 â Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012)[110]
- 1932 â Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023)[111]
- 1933 â Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020)[112]
- 1934 â Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995)[113]
- 1936 â Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017)[114]
- 1936 â Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998)[115]
- 1937 â Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018)[116]
- 1937 â Barbara Steele, English actress[117]
- 1938 â Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster[118]
- 1938 â Jon Voight, American actor and producer[119]
- 1939 â Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021)[120]
- 1940 â Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter[121]
- 1941 â Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018)[122]
- 1942 â Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer[123]
- 1942 â Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)[124]
- 1942 â Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian[125]
- 1942 â Ãscar RodrÃguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal[126]
- 1943 â Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010)[127]
- 1943 â Molly Bang, American author and illustrator[128]
- 1943 â Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999)[129]
- 1944 â Andrew Foster, British public servant[130]
- 1944 â Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer[131]
- 1944 â Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic[132]
- 1945 â Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001)[133]
- 1945 â Keith Milow, British artist[134]
- 1946 â Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)[135][136]
- 1946 â Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey[137]
- 1946 â Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator[138]
- 1946 â Jackie Bezos, American philanthropist (died 2025)[139]
- 1947 â Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012)[140]
- 1947 â Ted Danson, American actor and producer[141]
- 1947 â Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet[142] (died 2022)
- 1947 â Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998)[143]
- 1947 â David Tanner, English rower and coach[144]
- 1947 â Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998)[145]
- 1948 â Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer[146]
- 1948 â Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland[147]
- 1949 â Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor[148]
- 1949 â Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur[149]
- 1949 â David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008)[150]
- 1950 â Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016)[151]
- 1951 â Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist[152]
- 1951 â Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress[153]
- 1951 â Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)[154]
- 1951 â Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007)[155]
- 1952 â Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer[156]
- 1953 â Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress[157]
- 1953 â Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee[158]
- 1953 â Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic[159]
- 1953 â Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach[160]
- 1953 â Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005)[161]
- 1953 â Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright[162]
- 1954 â Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician[163]
- 1954 â Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002)[164]
- 1954 â Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist[165]
- 1954 â Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)[166]
- 1955 â Chris Goodall, English businessman and author[167]
- 1955 â Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author[168]
- 1956 â Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist[169]
- 1956 â Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host[170]
- 1956 â Katy Munger, American writer[171]
- 1957 â Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)[172]
- 1957 â Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer[173]
- 1957 â Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter[174]
- 1958 â Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician[175]
- 1958 â Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut[176]
- 1959 â Patricia Clarkson, American actress[177]
- 1959 â Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player[178]
- 1959 â Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer[179]
- 1959 â Martin Moran, American actor and author[180]
- 1959 â Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach[181]
- 1959 â Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author[182]
- 1960 â Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress[183]
- 1960 â Brian A. Hopkins, American author[184]
- 1960 â David Boon, Australian cricketer[185]
- 1960 â Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots[186]
- 1960 â David Gilbert, Australian cricketer[187]
- 1960 â Michael James Pappas, American politician[188]
- 1961 â Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007)[189]
- 1961 â Richard Horton, English physician and journalist[190]
- 1961 â Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[191]
- 1961 â Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024)[192]
- 1962 â Leza Lowitz, American author[193]
- 1962 â Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president[194]
- 1962 â Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer[195]
- 1962 â Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player[196]
- 1963 â Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player[197]
- 1963 â Des Foy, English rugby player[198]
- 1963 â Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden[199]
- 1963 â Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist[200]
- 1963 â Sean Payton, American football player and coach[201]
- 1963 â Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier[202]
- 1964 â Michael Cudlitz, American actor[203]
- 1964 â Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner[204]
- 1964 â Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor[205]
- 1965 â Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist[153]
- 1965 â John Newton, American actor[206]
- 1965 â Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster[207]
- 1966 â Laurent Boudouani, French boxer[208]
- 1966 â Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach[209]
- 1966 â Jason Gould, American actor and singer[153]
- 1966 â Christian Kracht, Swiss author[210]
- 1966 â Jeff Luhnow, American businessman[211]
- 1966 â Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer[212]
- 1967 â Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist[213]
- 1967 â Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[214]
- 1967 â Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer[215]
- 1968 â Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player[216]
- 1968 â James Mouton, American baseball player[217]
- 1969 â Jason Cook, English footballer[218]
- 1969 â Jennifer Ehle, American actress[219]
- 1969 â Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist[220]
- 1969 â José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer[221]
- 1969 â Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author[222]
- 1970 â Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager[223]
- 1970 â Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host[224]
- 1970 â Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver[225]
- 1970 â Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[226]
- 1970 â Kevin Weisman, American actor[227]
- 1971 â Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player[228]
- 1971 â Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster[229]
- 1971 â Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor[230]
- 1971 â Margot Thien, American swimmer[231]
- 1972 â Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player[232]
- 1972 â Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager[233]
- 1972 â Jude Law, English actor[234]
- 1972 â Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress[235]
- 1973 â Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007)[236]
- 1973 â Theo Epstein, American businessman[237]
- 1973 â Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author[238]
- 1974 â Asheru, American rapper and producer[239]
- 1974 â O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015)[240]
- 1974 â Maria Dizzia, American actress[153]
- 1974 â Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer[241]
- 1974 â Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021)[242]
- 1974 â Mekhi Phifer, American actor[243]
- 1974 â Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach[244]
- 1974 â Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer[245]
- 1975 â Shawn Hatosy, American actor[246]
- 1975 â Jaret Wright, American baseball player[247]
- 1976 â Kate Ford, English actress[248]
- 1976 â Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player[249]
- 1976 â Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter[250]
- 1977 â Jimmy Journell, American baseball player[251]
- 1977 â Katherine Moennig, American actress[252]
- 1978 â Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director[253]
- 1978 â Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician[254]
- 1978 â Matthew Carr, Australian footballer[255]
- 1978 â Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach[256]
- 1978 â Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist[257]
- 1978 â Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist[258]
- 1978 â LaToya London, American singer and actress[259]
- 1978 â Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter[260]
- 1979 â Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer[261]
- 1979 â Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host[262]
- 1979 â Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress[263]
- 1979 â George Parros, American ice hockey player[264]
- 1979 â Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author[265]
- 1979 â Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter[266]
- 1981 â Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster[267]
- 1981 â Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author[268]
- 1981 â Shaun Suisham, American football player[269]
- 1981 â Anna Woltz, Dutch author[270]
- 1981 â VjatÅ¡eslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer[271]
- 1982 â Alison Brie, American actress[272]
- 1982 â Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer[273]
- 1982 â Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer[274]
- 1982 â Dale Morris, Australian footballer[275]
- 1982 â Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver[276]
- 1982 â Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer[277]
- 1983 â Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter[153]
- 1983 â James Kelly, Australian footballer[278]
- 1983 â Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009)[279]
- 1983 â Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality[280]
- 1984 â Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright[281]
- 1984 â Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player[282]
- 1984 â Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player[283]
- 1985 â Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress[284]
- 1985 â Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter[285]
- 1986 â Joe Anyon, former English footballer[286]
- 1986 â Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player[287]
- 1987 â Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor[153]
- 1987 â Juliana Huxtable, American artist[288]
- 1987 â Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver[289]
- 1988 â Eric Berry, American football player[290]
- 1988 â Christen Press, American footballer[291]
- 1988 â Ãgnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player[292]
- 1989 â Jane Levy, American actress[293]
- 1989 â Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player[294]
- 1989 â Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player[295]
- 1990 â Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)[296]
- 1991 â Steven Caulker, English footballer[297]
- 1991 â Patrick Feeney, American sprinter[298]
- 1992 â Mislav OrÅ¡iÄ, Croatian footballer[299]
- 1992 â Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model[300]
- 1993 â Travis Head, Australian cricketer[301]
- 1993 â Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast[302]
- 1994 â Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress[303]
- 1994 â Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess[304]
- 1995 â Myles Garrett, American football player[305]
- 1995 â Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)[306]
- 1995 â Ross Lynch, American singer and actor[307]
- 1996 â Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer[308]
- 1996 â Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer[309]
- 1997 â Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer[310]
- 1998 â Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor[311]
- 1998 â Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer[312]
- 1998 â Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer[313]
- 1999 â Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer[314]
- 1999 â Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer[315]
- 2000 â Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer[316]
- 2000 â Julio RodrÃguez, Dominican baseball player[317]
- 2000 â Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer[318]
- 2005 â Davide Bartesaghi, Italian footballer[319]
- 2006 â Ethan Mbappé, French footballer[320]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 721 â Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)[321]
- 1170 â Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118)[322]
- 1208 â Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168)[323]
- 1380 â Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305)[324]
- 1550 â Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468)[325]
- 1563 â Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515)[326]
1601â1900
- 1606 â Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557)[327]
- 1634 â John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)[328]
- 1661 â Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)[329]
- 1689 â Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624)[330]
- 1720 â Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670)[331]
- 1731 â Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685)[332]
- 1737 â Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)[333]
- 1772 â Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)[334]
- 1785 â Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716)[335]
- 1785 â Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742)[336]
- 1807 â Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750)[337]
- 1815 â Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)[338]
- 1825 â Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)[339]
- 1834 â Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766)[340]
- 1838 â Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794)[341]
- 1887 â Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)[342]
- 1890 â Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826)[343]
- 1890 â Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821)[344]
- 1891 â Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823)[345]
- 1894 â Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830)[346]
- 1896 â Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824)[347]
- 1897 â William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812)[348]
- 1898 â Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866)[349]
- 1900 â John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862)[350]
1901âpresent
- 1905 â Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837)[351]
- 1910 â Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850)[352]
- 1910 â Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872)[353]
- 1911 â Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860)[354]
- 1915 â Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883)[355]
- 1918 â Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855)[356]
- 1919 â William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849)[357]
- 1921 â Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846)[358]
- 1924 â Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)[359]
- 1925 â Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)[360]
- 1926 â Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (born 1875)[361]
- 1929 â Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846)[362]
- 1929 â Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871)[363]
- 1936 â Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863)[364]
- 1937 â Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878)[365]
- 1937 â Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898)[366]
- 1939 â Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863)[367]
- 1939 â Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874)[368]
- 1940 â Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873)[369]
- 1941 â Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864)[370]
- 1941 â Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873)[371]
- 1943 â Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866)[372]
- 1944 â Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)[373]
- 1945 â Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887)[374]
- 1946 â Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863)[375]
- 1946 â Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872)[376]
- 1948 â Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878)[377]
- 1949 â Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883)[378]
- 1952 â Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897)[379]
- 1952 â Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898)[380]
- 1954 â William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865)[381]
- 1956 â Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871)[382]
- 1958 â Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)[383]
- 1959 â Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903)[384]
- 1960 â Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862)[385]
- 1965 â Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908)[386]
- 1965 â KÅsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886)[387]
- 1967 â Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890)[388]
- 1968 â Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904)[389]
- 1970 â William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876)[390]
- 1970 â Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909)[391]
- 1971 â John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899)[392]
- 1972 â Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903)[393]
- 1972 â Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903)[394]
- 1975 â Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)[395]
- 1976 â Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954)[396]
- 1979 â F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901)[397]
- 1979 â Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909)[398]
- 1980 â Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)[399]
- 1980 â Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)[400]
- 1980 â Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879)[401]
- 1981 â Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917)[402]
- 1981 â Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)[403]
- 1984 â Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941)[404]
- 1984 â P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898)[405]
- 1984 â Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900)[406]
- 1986 â Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)[407]
- 1986 â Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932)[408]
- 1987 â Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899)[409]
- 1987 â Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914)[410]
- 1988 â Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940)[411]
- 1988 â Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917)[412]
- 1989 â Süreyya AÄaoÄlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903)[413]
- 1992 â Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897)[414]
- 1993 â Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930)[415]
- 1994 â Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926)[416]
- 1995 â Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908)[417]
- 1995 â Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913)[418]
- 1996 â Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911)[419]
- 1996 â Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906)[420]
- 1996 â Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907)[421]
- 1998 â Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917)[422]
- 1998 â Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920)[423]
- 1999 â Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906)[424]
- 2001 â Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908)[425]
- 2001 â Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)[426]
- 2001 â György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906)[427]
- 2002 â Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)[428]
- 2002 â Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914)[429]
- 2003 â Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942)[430]
- 2003 â Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932)[431]
- 2003 â Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928)[432]
- 2004 â Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)[433]
- 2004 â Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916)[434]
- 2004 â Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928)[435]
- 2004 â Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947)[436]
- 2005 â Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922)[437]
- 2005 â Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912)[438]
- 2005 â Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912)[439]
- 2007 â Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972)[440]
- 2007 â Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936)[441]
- 2007 â Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962)[442]
- 2008 â Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)[443]
- 2008 â Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913)[444]
- 2009 â Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926)[445]
- 2009 â David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926)[446]
- 2009 â Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960)[447]
- 2010 â Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956)[448]
- 2010 â Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914)[449]
- 2011 â Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928)[450]
- 2012 â Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)[451]
- 2012 â Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)[452]
- 2012 â Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)[453]
- 2012 â Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)[454]
- 2012 â Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)[455]
- 2012 â William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)[456]
- 2012 â Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)[457]
- 2012 â Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)[458]
- 2012 â Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)[459]
- 2012 â Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)[460]
- 2013 â C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)[461]
- 2013 â Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961)[462]
- 2013 â Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)[463]
- 2013 â Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)[464]
- 2013 â Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932)[465]
- 2013 â Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)[466]
- 2013 â Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951)[467]
- 2013 â Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946)[468]
- 2014 â Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)[469]
- 2014 â Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)[470]
- 2014 â Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)[471]
- 2014 â Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)[472]
- 2015 â Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)[473]
- 2015 â Pavel SrnÃÄek, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)[474]
- 2015 â Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)[475]
- 2016 â Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)[476]
- 2016 â LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)[477]
- 2017 â Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)[478]
- 2017 â John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)[479]
- 2018 â Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)[480]
- 2018 â Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)[481]
- 2019 â Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)[482]
- 2019 â Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)[483]
- 2020 â Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)[484]
- 2020 â Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)[485]
- 2020 â Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)[486]
- 2021 â Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)[487]
- 2022 â Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)[488]
- 2022 â Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)[489]
- 2022 â Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)[490]
- 2023 â Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)[491]
- 2024 â Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)[492]
- 2024 â Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)[493]
- 2024 â Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)[494]
- 2024 â Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)[495]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Constitution Day (Ireland)[498]
- Independence Day (Mongolia)[499]
- The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)[500]
- The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)[501]
