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What happend on 16. December in History
In our data base we found 350 events happened on 16. December:
• 401: Pope Anastasius I [category: Deaths]
• 705: Wu Zetian, Chinese wife Emperor Gaozong of Tang (b. 625) [category: Deaths]
• 714: Pepin of Herstal, Frankish military leader and politician (b. 635) [category: Deaths]
• 755: An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. [category: Events]
• 867: Eberhard of Friuli (b. 815) [category: Deaths]
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• 999: Adelaide of Italy (b. 931) [category: Deaths]
• 1263: Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) [category: Deaths]
• 1325: Charles, Count of Valois (b. 1270) [category: Deaths]
• 1378: Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
• 1379: John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English marshal (b. 1348) [category: Deaths]
• 1431: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1470: John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) [category: Deaths]
• 1485: Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536) [category: Births]
• 1497: Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1515: Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese admiral (b. 1453) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place. [category: Events]
• 1584: John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1598: Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) [category: Deaths]
• 1598: Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang – The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the China and the Korean Allied Forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Allied Forces victory. [category: Events]
• 1614: Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) [category: Births]
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• 1653: English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1669: Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. [category: Events]
• 1707: Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1716: Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French diplomat (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1717: Elizabeth Carter, English poet (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1742: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1751: Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg. [category: Events]
• 1765: Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. [category: Events]
• 1774: François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1775: Jane Austen, English author (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1776: Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1778: John Ordronaux, French-American privateer (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1783: Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh navy officer (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1787: Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1790: Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1804: Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1809: Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1826: Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. [category: Events]
• 1834: Léon Walras, French economist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1838: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1850: History of New Zealand: The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1859: Wilhelm Grimm, German author (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1863: George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Franklin–Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1865: Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1866: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1867: Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1869: Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian author and activist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1872: Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1882: Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1882: Walther Meissner, German physicist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1882: Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1883: Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1883: Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1888: Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1888: Alphonse Juin, French marshal (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1889: Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean activist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1892: Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Alphonse Daudet, French author (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1900: V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1901: Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1902: Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1903: Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1903: Taj Mahal Palace & Tower first opened its doors to the guests. [category: Events]
• 1905: Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: Barbara Kent, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1907: The Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world [category: Events]
• 1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Elli takes place. [category: Events]
• 1913: George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian diplomat (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1913: Salik Lucknawi, Indian journalist and poet (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough. [category: Events]
• 1915: Turk Murphy, American trombonist and singer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1916: Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1916: Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović, Serbian engineer (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Arthur C. Clarke, English author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ruth Johnson Colvin, American educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide [category: Births]
• 1917: Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. [category: Events]
• 1920: Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. [category: Events]
• 1921: Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Gabriel Narutowicz, Polish politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. [category: Events]
• 1923: Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio) [category: Births]
• 1925: Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1927: Randall Garrett, American author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1928: Philip K. Dick, American author (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1928: Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1928: Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Nicholas Courtney, English actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1930: Herman Lamm, German-American bank robber (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana. [category: Events]
• 1931: Karl Denver, Scottish singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1932: Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1932: Rodion Shchedrin, Russian pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Rodolfo Llinás, Colombian-American neuroscientist [category: Births]
• 1935: Thelma Todd, American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Morris Dees, American activist, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center [category: Births]
• 1937: Joyce Bulifant, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again. [category: Events]
• 1938: Frank Deford, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1938: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother [category: Events]
• 1939: Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Lesley Stahl, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1941: Robert Kerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak [category: Events]
• 1942: Donald Carcieri, American politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island [category: Births]
• 1942: Eugene Robert Glazer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Holocaust: Porajmos – Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. [category: Events]
• 1943: Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1944: Don Meyer, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1944: Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Betsie ten Boom, Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. [category: Events]
• 1945: Bobby George, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1945: Patti Deutsch, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist (The Hollies) [category: Births]
• 1945: Yukio Hattori, Japanese television host [category: Births]
• 1945: Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded the Fiat Automobile Company (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (ABBA and Hep Stars) [category: Births]
• 1946: Charles Dennis, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Christopher Ellison, English actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Terence Knox, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Tom Stern, American cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1946: Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist [category: Births]
• 1946: Thailand joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1947: Ben Cross, English actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Vincent Matthews, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor. [category: Events]
• 1948: Christopher Biggins, English actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Denham Fouts, American prostitute (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (ZZ Top and Moving Sidewalks) [category: Births]
• 1949: Sidney Olcott, Canadian director (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1950: Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1950: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War. [category: Events]
• 1951: Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike Flanagan, American baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1951: Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter (L.A. Express and Yellowjackets) [category: Births]
• 1952: Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1952: Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Robert Henry Best, American broadcaster (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist [category: Births]
• 1955: Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este [category: Births]
• 1955: Xander Berkeley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nacha Pop) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1957: Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1958: Bart Oates, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Katie Leigh, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Alison LaPlaca, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Larry Poindexter, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1959: Steve Mattsson, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1960: Canuto Kallan, Danish painter [category: Births]
• 1960: Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: 1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York, New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134. [category: Events]
• 1961: André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, composer, and producer (Royal Hunt) [category: Births]
• 1961: Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1961: Gretchen Palmer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Jon Tenney, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1961: Sam Robards, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Shane Black, American actor, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1962: Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Melanie Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: William Perry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: Benjamin Bratt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: James Mangold, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Jeff Carson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Nam Phuong, Vietnamese wife of Bao Dai (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Billy Ripken, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Gail Harris, English actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Georgie Parker, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Heike Drechsler, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul Vogt, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Chris Jones, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Melanie Sloan, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1965: Nancy Valen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: W. Somerset Maugham, French author and playwright (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. [category: Events]
• 1966: Clifford Robinson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Dennis Wise, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1967: Miranda Otto, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Lalah Hathaway, American singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1968: Peter Dante, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize Laureate [category: Births]
• 1969: Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist [category: Births]
• 1969: Florencia Lozano, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Shane, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Daniel Cosgrove, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Valerie Chow, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael McCary, American singer-songwriter (Boyz II Men) [category: Births]
• 1971: Paul van Dyk, German DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1971: Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist [category: Births]
• 1971: Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. [category: Events]
• 1971: National Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain is celebrated. Not to be confused with Bahrain Independence Day which took place on August 15, 1971. [category: Events]
• 1972: Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Charles Gipson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Leyden, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Željko Kalac, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1972: Vijay Diwas: (Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in India as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. [category: Events]
• 1973: Luisa Ranieri, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Sarah Kozer, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company [category: Births]
• 1973: Themba Mnguni, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Earl C. Poitier, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Billy Talent) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Nao Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone) [category: Births]
• 1975: Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Réal Caouette, Canadian politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Sylvain Distin, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Risto Jarva, Finnish director (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Joe Absolom, English actor [category: Births]
• 1978: John Morris, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1978: Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks. [category: Events]
• 1979: Flo Rida, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1979: Jessie Ward, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Trevor Immelman, South African golfer [category: Births]
• 1979: Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, having an immediate dramatic effect on the United States. [category: Events]
• 1980: Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Hellmuth Walter, German engineer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian-American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Krysten Ritter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Antrel Rolle, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Garnon Davies, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1982: Stanislav Šesták, Slovakian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Danielle Lloyd, English model [category: Births]
• 1983: Frankie Ballard, American singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Theo James, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Amanda Setton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer (w-inds.) [category: Births]
• 1985: Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Mafia: In New York, New York, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family. [category: Events]
• 1986: Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Candice Crawford, American model and journalist [category: Births]
• 1986: Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist Party of Kazakhstan, known as Jeltoqsan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's tenure [category: Events]
• 1987: Beau Dowler, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Hallee Hirsh, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Anna Popplewell, English actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Mats Hummels, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sylvester, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine race car driver (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. [category: Events]
• 1989: Walter LeRoy Moody begins his terrorist bombing streak when he sends Judge Robert Smith Vance a bomb in the mail, instantly killing him near his house in Birmingham, Alabama. [category: Events]
• 1990: Julito McCullum, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Tamási Eszter, Hungarian actress (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Independence of Kazakhstan. [category: Events]
• 1992: Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Lola Créton, French actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and director (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Lillian Disney, American illustrator (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: An episode of Pokémon, "Dennō Senshi Porygon", aired in Japan induces seizures in 685 Japanese children. [category: Events]
• 1998: William Gaddis, American author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox – The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq. [category: Events]
• 1999: Bryce Robinson, American actor [category: Births]
• 2001: Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions. [category: Events]
• 2004: Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Taliep Petersen, South African singer, composer, and director (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Dan Frazer, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Axel Anderson, German-Puerto Rican actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Doyle Conner, American politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elwood V. Jensen, American academic and medical researcher (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Enrique Oltuski, Cuban politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Febo Conti, Italian actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jake Adam York, American poet (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Patterson, Scottish footballer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Chen Shi-zhong, Chinese bishop (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Josh Weston, American porn actor (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert Derleth, American football player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sheila McKinley, Scottish singer (The McKinleys) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A gang rape in Delhi sparks widespread demonstrations across India. [category: Events]
• _: Adelaide of Italy [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Sports Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nine-day celebration of Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay where Jesus could be born begins (Hispanidad): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: O Sapientia (Anglicanism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (Bangladesh) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]