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What happend on 11. December in History
In our data base we found 316 events happened on 11. December:
• 361: Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 384: Pope Damasus I (b. 305) [category: Deaths]
• 629: Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca. [category: Events]
• 861: Al-Mutawakkil, Pakistani caliph (b. 822) [category: Deaths]
• 969: Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (b. 912) [category: Deaths]
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• 969: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes. [category: Events]
• 1121: Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Israeli political adviser (b. 1066) [category: Deaths]
• 1241: Ögedei Khan Mongolian emperor (b. 1186) [category: Deaths]
• 1282: Llywelyn the Last, Welsh prince (b. 1223) [category: Deaths]
• 1282: Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1225) [category: Deaths]
• 1282: Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. [category: Events]
• 1465: Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) [category: Births]
• 1475: Pope Leo X (d. 1521) [category: Births]
• 1532: Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (b. 1455) [category: Deaths]
• 1566: Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer and organist (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1582: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. [category: Events]
• 1680: Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1686: Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
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• 1709: Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, French wife of Louis I of Spain (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1712: Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1725: George Mason, American politician (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1737: John Strype, English clergyman and historian (b. 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1758: Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1761: Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1781: David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1789: The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly. [category: Events]
• 1792: French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. [category: Events]
• 1797: Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1803: Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1810: Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1815: The U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance. [category: Events]
• 1816: Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1826: Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Kamehameha V of Hawaii (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1838: John Labatt, Canadian businessman (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1840: Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1856: Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and theoretician (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1858: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian playwright, director, and producer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1863: Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1867: Antonio Conte, Italian fencer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1868: Brazilians defeat Paraguayans at the Battle of Avay during the Paraguayan War. [category: Events]
• 1872: René Bull, Irish illustrator (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1872: Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1875: Yehuda Leib Maimon, Bassarabian-Israeli rabbi and politician (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1880: Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Fiorello La Guardia, American politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1882: Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1882: Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1883: Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1884: Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1885: Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1889: Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1890: Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1890: Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1892: William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Ronald Skirth, English army officer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1904: Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1905: Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1905: Robert Henriques, English author, broadcaster, and farmer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1905: A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine and establishes the Shuliavka Republic. [category: Events]
• 1906: Charles Townsend, American fencer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire. [category: Events]
• 1908: Amon Goeth, German SS officer (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1908: Elliott Carter, American composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1908: Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1909: John Wyer, English race car manager and engineer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1909: Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1911: Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1911: Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1911: Val Guest, English director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1912: Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1916: Pérez Prado, Cuban singer, pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1917: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law. [category: Events]
• 1918: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian soldie and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Clinton Adams, American painter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Olive Schreiner, South African author (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Irish War of Independence: In revenge for an IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces. [category: Events]
• 1921: Liz Smith, English actress [category: Births]
• 1922: Dilip Kumar, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Grace Paley, American author and poet (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Pauline Jewett, Canadian politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1923: Betsy Blair, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1924: Doc Blanchard, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1925: James Sullivan, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1925: Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King. [category: Events]
• 1926: Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1927: John Buscema, American illustrator (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1927: Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet. [category: Events]
• 1929: Axel Anderson, German-Puerto Rican actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian mystic, guru, and educator (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1931: Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1931: Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1931: Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar [category: Births]
• 1931: The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster 1931, establishing legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of AU, the Dominion of CA, the Irish Free State, D. of NewFL, the D. of NZ, and the Union of South Af. [category: Events]
• 1932: Aladár Kovácsi, Hungarian modern pentathlete (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Anne Heywood, English actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan army officer, founder and leader of the Contras (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1933: Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines [category: Births]
• 1934: Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time. [category: Events]
• 1935: Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician, 13th President of India [category: Births]
• 1935: Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1936: Hans van den Broek, French-Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective. [category: Events]
• 1937: Jim Harrison, American author [category: Births]
• 1937: Second Italo–Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1938: Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1938: McCoy Tyner, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1938: Reg Livermore, Australian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1938: Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Thomas McGuane, American author [category: Births]
• 1939: Tom Hayden, American politician and activist [category: Births]
• 1940: David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bread) [category: Births]
• 1941: J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1941: J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1941: Max Baucus, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1941: Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on Germany and Italy. [category: Events]
• 1942: Donna Mills, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: John Kerry, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Brenda Lee, American singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Jon Garrison, American tenor [category: Births]
• 1944: Juan E. Méndez, Argentinian activist [category: Births]
• 1944: Lynda Day George, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Teri Garr, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Diana Palmer, American author [category: Births]
• 1946: Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1946: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. [category: Events]
• 1948: Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1948: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine. [category: Events]
• 1949: Noel Campbell, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Christina Onassis, American businesswoman (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1950: Nino Frassica, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1952: Peter Geyer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Bess Armstrong, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Brad Bryant, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1954: Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, engineer, and mathematician [category: Births]
• 1954: Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Jackson 5) [category: Births]
• 1954: Santiago Creel, Mexican politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Christian Sackewitz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Stu Jackson, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1956: Andrew Lansley, English politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Lani Brockman, American actress and director, founded Studio East [category: Births]
• 1957: Peter Bagge, American illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Musidora, French actress and director (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Isabella Hofmann, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Sixx:A.M., Brides of Destruction, London, 58, and Sister) [category: Births]
• 1958: French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin) respectively, joining the French Community. [category: Events]
• 1959: Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Rachel Portman, English composer [category: Births]
• 1960: French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle. [category: Events]
• 1961: Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Flogging Molly and Fastway) [category: Births]
• 1961: Macky Sall, Senegalese politician, 4th President of Senegal [category: Births]
• 1961: Marco Pierre White, English chef [category: Births]
• 1962: Ben Browder, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Nele Karajlić, Serbian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actor (Zabranjeno Pušenje) [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Haslinger, Austrian-American composer (Tangerine Dream) [category: Births]
• 1962: Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada. [category: Events]
• 1963: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Jon Brion, American singer-songwriter, composer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1964: Alexis Reich, American who falsely confessed to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey [category: Births]
• 1964: Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1964: Cosy Sheridan, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1964: Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Widespread Panic, Stockholm Syndrome, and J Mascis + The Fog) [category: Births]
• 1964: Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Del Amitri and The Uncle Devil Show) [category: Births]
• 1964: Michel Courtemanche, Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (The Highway Q.C.'s and The Soul Stirrers) (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1965: Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Jay Bell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Gary Dourdan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Göran Kropp, Swedish mountaineer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1966: Leon Lai, Chinese singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1967: DJ Yella, American DJ and producer (N.W.A and World Class Wreckin' Cru) [category: Births]
• 1967: Mo'Nique, American comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featuring The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, The Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono, Sir Robert Fossett's Circus and the Nurses is filmed at the Intertel Studio, Wycombe Road, Wembley [category: Events]
• 1969: Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Francisco Javier Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker [category: Births]
• 1969: Sean Grande, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1969: Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player [category: Births]
• 1971: Willie McGinest, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Rusty Joiner, American model and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon. [category: Events]
• 1973: Mos Def, American rapper and actor (Black Star and Soulquarians) [category: Births]
• 1974: Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host [category: Births]
• 1974: Lisa Ortiz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer [category: Births]
• 1974: Rey Mysterio, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1975: Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: James J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Arya, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, is enacted by the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1981: Hamish Blake, Australian comedian, actor, and author [category: Births]
• 1981: Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1981: Nikki Benz, Ukraine-Canadian porn actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Zacky Vengeance, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold) [category: Births]
• 1981: El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1982: Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Leighton Baines, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Spyros Vrontaras, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Aiko Kayō, Japanese singer and voice actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Anja Prislan, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Yekta Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Roy Hibbert, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Clifton Geathers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer [category: Births]
• 1987: G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1989: Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player [category: Births]
• 1989: Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Robert Q. Lewis, American actor and game show host (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Michael Robbins, English actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [category: Events]
• 1994: Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane. [category: Events]
• 1994: First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya. [category: Events]
• 1995: Arthur Mullard, English actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Hailee Steinfeld, American actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Eddie Chapman, English spy (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature. [category: Events]
• 1998: André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (Snot) (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation. [category: Events]
• 2000: David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani diplomat and author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: China joins the World Trade Organization. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. [category: Events]
• 2005: The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 2006: Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War. [category: Events]
• 2006: The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern. [category: Events]
• 2007: Christie Hennessy, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Two car bombs explode at the Constitutional court building in Algiers, Algeria and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings. [category: Events]
• 2008: Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. [category: Events]
• 2010: Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Susan Gordon, American actress (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albert O. Hirschman, German-American economist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Antonie Hegerlíková, Czech actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: B. B. Nimbalkar, Indian cricketer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Colleen Walker, American golfer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, Malawian politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Toni Blankenheim, German opera singer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Walter Francis Sullivan, American bishop (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William B. Hopkins, American politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Daniel the Stylite [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Indiana Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Mountain Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Tango Day (Buenos Aires) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the four Agonalia, this day in honor of Sol Indiges; also the Septimontium festival (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pampanga Day (Pampanga Province, the Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Damasus I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. (Burkina Faso) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian [category: Holidays and observances]