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What happend on 14. December in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 14. December:
• 557: Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. [category: Events]
• 1009: Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) [category: Births]
• 1287: St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1460: Guarino da Verona, Italian scholar (b. 1370) [category: Deaths]
• 1503: Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566) [category: Births]
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• 1510: Friedrich of Saxony, Teutonic Knight (b. 1473) [category: Deaths]
• 1542: James V of Scotland (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1542: Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots. [category: Events]
• 1546: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601) [category: Births]
• 1553: Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1485) [category: Deaths]
• 1591: John of the Cross, Spanish priest and saint (b. 1542) [category: Deaths]
• 1607: János Kemény, Hungarian prince (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1624: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English politician (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1631: Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) [category: Births]
• 1640: Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689) [category: Births]
• 1651: Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1678: Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1713: Thomas Rymer, English historian (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1715: Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636) [category: Deaths]
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• 1720: Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1730: Capel Bond, English organist and composer (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1735: Thomas Tanner, English bishop (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Jan Antonín Koželuh, Bohemian composer (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1741: Charles Rollin, French historian (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1751: The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world. [category: Events]
• 1775: Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1775: Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1782: The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. [category: Events]
• 1784: Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1787: Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1788: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Charles III of Spain (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1794: Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1799: George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. [category: Events]
• 1814: War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 1819: Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1824: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1831: Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: The Toledo War unofficially ends. [category: Events]
• 1838: Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Daniel De Leon, American journalist, politician, and theoretician, developed De Leonism (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1853: Errico Malatesta, Italian activist (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1860: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Albert, Prince Consort, German husband of Queen Victoria (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Roger Fry, English painter and critic (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1870: Karl Renner, Austrian politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1873: Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Howard Valentine, American sprinter (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1881: Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1883: Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1883: Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1884: Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1887: Xul Solar, Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1895: George VI, of England (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1895: Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1896: Jimmy Doolittle, American general (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1896: The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. [category: Events]
• 1897: Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1897: Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1900: Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law. [category: Events]
• 1901: Paul of Greece (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1902: Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1902: Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 19th First Lady of the United States (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii. [category: Events]
• 1903: The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1907: The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. [category: Events]
• 1908: Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1908: Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: Mária Szepes, Hungarian author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1909: Edward Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1909: New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. [category: Events]
• 1911: Hans von Ohain, German-American engineer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1911: Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. [category: Events]
• 1912: Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Dan Dailey, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1913: Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongō-class, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. [category: Events]
• 1914: Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1914: Karl Carstens, German politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1914: Nam Phuong, Vietnamese wife of Bao Dai (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1914: Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1914: Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1916: Shirley Jackson, American author (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1917: C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish politician and author [category: Births]
• 1917: Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1917: June Taylor, American choreographer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga [category: Births]
• 1918: James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American businessman (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1918: Radu Beligan, Romanian actor [category: Births]
• 1918: Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne. [category: Events]
• 1918: The President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1920: Clark Terry, American trumpet player [category: Births]
• 1920: George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Don Hewitt, American television producer, created 60 Minutes (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1922: Junior J. Spurrier, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1922: Nikolay Basov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1923: Gerard Reve, Dutch author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1925: Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1927: Koos Rietkerk, Dutch politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1927: Richard Cassilly, American tenor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1927: Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet, and philosopher (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1931: Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgussaar, Estonian director [category: Births]
• 1932: Abbe Lane, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1932: Epifanie Norocel, Romanian archbishop (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1934: Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1935: Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1935: Lewis Arquette, American actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1935: Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Fabian de la Rosa, Filipino painter (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Hal Williams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author [category: Births]
• 1939: Ernie Davis, American football player (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1939: Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. [category: Events]
• 1940: Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and administrator [category: Births]
• 1940: Anton Korošec, Slovenian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Ellen Willis, American journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1941: Karan Armstrong, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand. [category: Events]
• 1943: Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator [category: Births]
• 1943: John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon and businessman, co-created Corn flakes (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn) [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency [category: Births]
• 1946: Patty Duke, American actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Ruth Fuchs, German javelin thrower and politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Stan Smith, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1946: The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1947: Christopher Parkening, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1947: Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian politician, 36th President of Brazil [category: Births]
• 1947: Linda Sutton, English painter [category: Births]
• 1947: Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of the Salvation Army (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Stanley Baldwin, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Boudewijn Büch, Dutch poet and television host (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dee Wallace, American actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Kim Beazley, Australian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill Buckner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Cliff Williams, English bass player and singer (AC/DC Home, and Bandit) [category: Births]
• 1951: Jan Timman, Dutch chess player [category: Births]
• 1951: Paul Zaloom, American actor and puppeteer [category: Births]
• 1952: Germain Houde, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1952: John Lurie, American actor, saxophonist, painter, director, and producer (The Lounge Lizards) [category: Births]
• 1953: Mikael Odenberg, Swedish politician, Minister for Defence [category: Births]
• 1953: René Eespere, Soviet-Estonian composer [category: Births]
• 1953: Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, Minister for National Defence [category: Births]
• 1953: Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1953: Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer [category: Births]
• 1953: Marjorie Rawlings, American author (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1954: James Horan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Steven MacLean, Canadian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1954: Emil Rausch, German swimmer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1956: Hanni Wenzel, German skier [category: Births]
• 1956: Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Fred Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: François Zocchetto, French politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Waterboys) [category: Births]
• 1958: Spider Stacy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues) [category: Births]
• 1958: The third Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first expedition to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic. [category: Events]
• 1959: Bob Paris, American-Canadian bodybuilder and actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer [category: Births]
• 1960: Chris Waddle, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Don Franklin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Patrik Sundstrom, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Tanzania joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1962: Ginger Lynn, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1962: NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. [category: Events]
• 1963: Alice Ripley American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Cynthia Gibb, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1963: Mario Yamasaki, Brazilian-American mixed martial arts referee [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Moloney, American interior designer [category: Births]
• 1963: Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian opera singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Dinah Washington, American singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Otto Fickeisen, German rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Baldwin Hills Reservoir wall bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1964: Rebecca Gibney, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1964: William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination. [category: Events]
• 1965: Craig Biggio, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Ken Hill, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Ted Raimi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Anthony Mason, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Tim Sköld, Swedish bass player (Shotgun Messiah, Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult, MDFMK, KMFDM, and ohGr) [category: Births]
• 1966: Shailendra, Indian songwriter (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Ewa Białołęcka, Polish author [category: Births]
• 1968: Noelle Beck, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Archie Kao, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Arthur Numan, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Natascha McElhone, English actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1970: Nadine Garner, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Franz Schlegelberger, German politician (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Brian Gay, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1971: Michaela Watkins, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Tia Texada, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Over 200 of East Pakistan's (now Bangladesh) intellectuals are massacred by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. [category: Events]
• 1972: Eric Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Marcus Jensen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Miranda Hart, English comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. [category: Events]
• 1973: Pat Burke, Irish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1973: Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1974: Billy Koch, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Walter Lippmann, American journalist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Justin Furstenfeld, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blue October and The Last Wish) [category: Births]
• 1975: KaDee Strickland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Arthur Treacher, English actor (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: André Couto, Portuguese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter [category: Births]
• 1976: Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sebastien Chaule, French-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Tammy Blanchard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Brain Damage, American wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jamie Peacock, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Dean Brogan, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Radu Sîrbu, Moldovan singer and producer (O-Zone) [category: Births]
• 1978: Zdeněk Pospěch, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat and historian (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Owen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sophie Monk, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Bardot) [category: Births]
• 1980: Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Tata Young, Thai singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Elston Howard, American baseball player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Shaun Marcum, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Émilie Heymans, Canadian diver [category: Births]
• 1981: Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights. [category: Events]
• 1982: Anthony Way, English singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Josh Fields, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Steve Sidwell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts. [category: Events]
• 1984: Chris Brunt, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ed Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jackson Rathbone, Singaporean-American actor and singer (100 Monkeys) [category: Births]
• 1984: Krissy Lynn, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Rana Daggubati, Indian actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Julio Pimentel, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Paul Rabil, American lacrosse player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tom Smith, English-Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Jang Jae Ho, South Korean gamer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kenneth Medwood, American-Belizean hurdler [category: Births]
• 1988: Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Nicolas Batum, French basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece. [category: Events]
• 1989: Onew, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Shinee) [category: Births]
• 1989: Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Andrei D. Sakharov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: War in Abkhazia: During the Siege of Tkvarcheli, a helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia, Georgia is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, 25 of which are children. [category: Events]
• 1993: Jeff Alm, American football player (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Joshua Dionisio, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Orval Faubus, American politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. [category: Events]
• 1995: Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris, France by leaders of various governments. [category: Events]
• 1996: Gaston Miron, Canadian poet (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Stubby Kaye, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, activist, and author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gré Brouwenstijn, Dutch opera singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. [category: Events]
• 2001: W. G. Sebald, German academic and author (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Frank Sheeran, American labor union official (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. [category: Events]
• 2004: Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. [category: Events]
• 2004: The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened. [category: Events]
• 2005: Trevanian, American author and scholar (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American composer and producer, founded Atlantic Records (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan strategist and negotiator (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: American spy satellite USA-193 is launched. [category: Events]
• 2008: President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad. [category: Events]
• 2009: Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Dale Roberts, English footballer (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Neva Patterson, American actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Timothy Davlin, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Billie Jo Spears, American singer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Joe Simon, American writer and illustrator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Donnie Andrews, American criminal (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edward Jones, American politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hazel McIsaac, Canadian politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Graham, Welsh general (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Klaus Köste, German gymnast (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Victoria Leigh Soto, American educator (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: 24 people are injured in a knife attack at a primary school in the Chinese province of Henan. [category: Events]
• 2012: 28 people, including the gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Sandy Hook village, Newtown, Connecticut. [category: Events]
• _: Alabama Day (Alabama) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Martyred Intellectuals (Bangladesh) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of the Cross [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Monkey Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Spyridon (Western Church) [category: Holidays and observances]