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What happend on 12. December in History
In our data base we found 343 events happened on 12. December:
• 627: Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. [category: Events]
• 884: Carloman II, Frankish king (b. 866) [category: Deaths]
• 1098: First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism. [category: Events]
• 1212: Geoffrey, English archbishop (b. 1152) [category: Deaths]
• 1298: Albert II, Duke of Austria (d. 1358) [category: Births]
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• 1408: The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1526: Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1569: Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1507) [category: Deaths]
• 1574: Anne of Denmark (d. 1619) [category: Births]
• 1574: Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1586: Stephen Báthory, Polish king (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1610: Basil of Ostrog, Serbian saint (d. 1671) [category: Births]
• 1612: Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1685: Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer and pianist (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1685: John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1712: Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1715: Gennaro Manna, Italian composer (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1724: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1731: Erasmus Darwin, English physician and poet (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1745: John Jay, American jusrist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829) [category: Births]
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• 1751: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English politician and philosopher (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1766: Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint, founded the Society of the Sacred Heart (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1781: American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A British fleet led by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet. [category: Events]
• 1783: Ner Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1786: William L. Marcy, American politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1787: Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first. [category: Events]
• 1789: John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher (b. 1733) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1792: Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek prince (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1799: Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1805: Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1805: William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1806: Stand Watie, American general (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1812: John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1817: Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Gustave Flaubert, French author (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1842: Adolf Bötticher, German historian (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1843: William I of the Netherlands, (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1849: William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1858: Jacques Viger, Canadian politician and archeologist, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: André Fauquet-Lemaître, French polo player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1862: J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine. [category: Events]
• 1863: Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1864: Paul Elmer More, American journalist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1866: Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1870: Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels. [category: Events]
• 1875: Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1876: Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1881: Harry Warner, Polish-American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1887: Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1889: Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Milko Kos, Slovenian historian (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1893: Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1894: John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian politician and judge, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1900: Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1902: Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1903: Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1903: Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1904: Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker, magazine editor, and actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1905: Manès Sperber, Austrian-French author and psychologist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1907: Roy Douglas, English composer [category: Births]
• 1908: Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: Hans Keilson, German-Dutch author, poet, and psychologist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1909: Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1910: Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1911: Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. [category: Events]
• 1911: King George V and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India. [category: Events]
• 1913: Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1915: Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China. [category: Events]
• 1917: James Wall, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1917: In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. [category: Events]
• 1918: Joe Williams, American singer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1919: B. B. Nimbalkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Dan DeCarlo, American illustrator (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1919: Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1920: Fred Kida, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1921: Toni Blankenheim, German opera singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1923: Bob Barker, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1923: Bob Dorough, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1923: Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1923: Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City [category: Births]
• 1924: Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio host [category: Births]
• 1924: Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Vladimir Shainsky, Russian composer [category: Births]
• 1925: The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia. [category: Events]
• 1926: Jean Richepin, French poet (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, invented the microchip and co-founded the Intel Corporation (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1928: Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-Kyrgyzstani author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1928: Helen Frankenthaler, American painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1929: John Osborne, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1929: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) [category: Births]
• 1929: Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host, founded Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão [category: Births]
• 1931: Lionel Blair, English actor, dancer, and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1932: Bob Pettit, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1934: Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler. [category: Events]
• 1936: Jefferson Kaye, American radio announcer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang. [category: Events]
• 1937: Buford Pusser, American police officer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1937: Philip Ledger, English organist and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze River in China. [category: Events]
• 1938: Connie Francis, American singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men. [category: Events]
• 1939: Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi – Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict. [category: Events]
• 1940: Dionne Warwick, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Frances Willard, American magician [category: Births]
• 1940: Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Maharashtra [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid. [category: Events]
• 1941: César Basa, Filipino pilot (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island. [category: Events]
• 1942: Morris Sadek, Egyptian-American lawyer and activist [category: Births]
• 1942: A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland, kills 100 people. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad. [category: Events]
• 1943: Dickey Betts, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) [category: Births]
• 1943: Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1943: Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French author [category: Births]
• 1944: Jean Doré, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal [category: Births]
• 1944: Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Rob Tyner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MC5) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1944: Zoe Laskari, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Tony Williams, American drummer (The Tony Williams Lifetime) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1946: Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1946: Paula Wagner, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1946: A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people. [category: Events]
• 1947: Wings Hauser, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre – 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village. [category: Events]
• 1949: Bill Nighy, English actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy politician, President of Madagascar [category: Births]
• 1950: Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1950: Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist [category: Births]
• 1950: Rajinikanth, Indian actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1950: Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. [category: Events]
• 1951: Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Herb Dhaliwal, Indian-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Sarah Douglas, English actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Bruce Kulick, American guitarist (Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad, Blackjack, Union, and Eric Singer Project) [category: Births]
• 1953: Dave Meniketti, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Y&T) [category: Births]
• 1953: Rafael Septien, Mexican-American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1955: Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1955: Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1956: Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1956: Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign". [category: Events]
• 1957: Robert Lepage, Canadian actor, scriptwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1957: Sheila E., American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kids and TNT) [category: Births]
• 1958: Lucie Guay, Canadian canoe racer [category: Births]
• 1958: Monica Attard, Australian journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Sheree J. Wilson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Albert Walsh, Canadian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Guinea joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1962: Mike Golic, American football player [category: Births]
• 1962: Peter Bergen, American-English journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1962: Tracy Austin, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1963: Liz Claman, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1963: Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1964: Haywood Jeffries, American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Sabu, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1964: Maithili Sharan Gupt Indian poet (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya. [category: Events]
• 1965: Will Carling, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1966: Kōichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Royce Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Último Dragón, Japanese wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Karl Ruberl, Austrian swimmer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Deke Sharon, American singer-songwriter and producer (The House Jacks and Beelzebubs) [category: Births]
• 1967: John Randle, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Kate Humble, English television host [category: Births]
• 1968: Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rory Kennedy, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Carrie Westcott, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Strategy of tension: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed. [category: Events]
• 1970: Jennifer Connelly, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Mädchen Amick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Regina Hall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: David Sarnoff, Russian-American businessman, founded NBC (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Brandon Teena, American murder victim (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1972: Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter [category: Births]
• 1972: Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual, and Arson Anthem) [category: Births]
• 1972: Kevin Parent, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Nicky Eaden, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Wilson Kipketer, Danish runner [category: Births]
• 1973: Gary Breen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Tony Hsieh, American businessman, founded LinkExchange [category: Births]
• 1973: Walter Otta, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Craig Moore, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Houko Kuwashima, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Mayim Bialik, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Wesley Charles, Vincentian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Dan Hawkins, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Darkness and Stone Gods) [category: Births]
• 1976: Lloyd Owusu, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Vinko Žganec, Croatian musicologist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Bridget Hall, American model [category: Births]
• 1977: Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Erica Dahm, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Jaclyn Dahm, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Nicole Dahm, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Orlando Hudson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Jennifer Rovero, American model [category: Births]
• 1978: Monica Bîrlădeanu, Romanian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Fay Compton, English actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Garrett Atkins, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: John Salmons, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Nate Clements, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia. [category: Events]
• 1979: Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee. [category: Events]
• 1979: President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. [category: Events]
• 1979: The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia. [category: Events]
• 1980: Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Gus G, Greek guitarist and songwriter (Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, and Dream Evil) [category: Births]
• 1980: Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Jeret Peterson, American skier [category: Births]
• 1981: Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ronnie Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Shane Costa, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Stephen Warnock, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ai Kato, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jeremiah Riggs, American mixed martial artist and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Lim Jae-Duk, South Korean gamer [category: Births]
• 1983: Katrina Elam, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Amza Pellea, Romanian actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: the Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar. [category: Events]
• 1984: Daniel Agger, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Daniel Merrett, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sohail Tanvir,Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit. [category: Events]
• 1985: Chris Jennings, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: David Veikune, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Erika Van Pelt, American singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. [category: Events]
• 1986: Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper [category: Births]
• 1986: Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Qri, South Korean singer and actress (T-ara) [category: Births]
• 1986: T. J. Ward, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Thomas Wansey, English actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ham Eun-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara) [category: Births]
• 1988: Anthony Provenzano, American mobster (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains – one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1990: Seungri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Big Bang) [category: Births]
• 1990: Victor Moses, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Daniel Magder, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1991: The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR. [category: Events]
• 1992: Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: József Antall, Hungarian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Donna J. Stone, American poet (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Vance Packard, American author (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lawton Chiles, American politician, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Marco Denevi, Argentine author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Mo Udall, American politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Paul Cadmus, American painter (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant leader, founded Zimbabwe African National Union (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. [category: Events]
• 2001: Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Brad Dexter, American actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dee Brown, American author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan monk (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American bishop (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Annette Vadim, Danish actress (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ramanand Sagar, Indian director (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Newmyer, American film producer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alan Shugart, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Kenny Davern, American clarinet player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Raymond P. Shafer, American politician, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Kings of Rhythm and Ike & Tina Turner) (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Avery Dulles, American cardinal and theologian (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Peter Pagel, German footballer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish racing driver, 1984 European Touring Car Champion (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Augustin Sagna, Senegalese bishop (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eddie "Guitar" Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Else Marie Jakobsen, Norwegian designer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: N.M. Mohan, Indian writer and illustrator (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nityanand Swami, Indian politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ray Briem, American radio host (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Eyre, English priest (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Walt Kirk, American basketball player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using a Unha-3 carrier rocket. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Russia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Masá'il ("Questions"), the first day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jamhuri Day, celebrates the independence of Kenya from Britain in 1963. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Neutrality Day (Türkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vicelinus [category: Holidays and observances]