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What happend on 16. March in History
In our data base we found 350 events happened on 16. March:
• 37: Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor (b. 46 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 37: Caligula becomes Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius. [category: Events]
• 455: Heraclius, Western Roman courtier [category: Deaths]
• 455: Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor (b. 419) [category: Deaths]
• 455: Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome). [category: Events]
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• 1021: Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III [category: Deaths]
• 1037: Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen [category: Deaths]
• 1072: Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop [category: Deaths]
• 1190: Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. [category: Events]
• 1244: Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur. [category: Events]
• 1322: Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) [category: Deaths]
• 1322: The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars. [category: Events]
• 1338: Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) [category: Births]
• 1410: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) [category: Deaths]
• 1445: Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) [category: Births]
• 1457: László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433) [category: Deaths]
• 1473: Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) [category: Births]
• 1485: Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1559: Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496) [category: Deaths]
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• 1581: Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) [category: Births]
• 1585: Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618) [category: Births]
• 1620: St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing (b. 1576) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." [category: Events]
• 1631: René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1649: Saint Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593) [category: Deaths]
• 1654: Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1660: The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1663: Jean-Baptiste Matho, French composer (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1679: John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1689: The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded. [category: Events]
• 1721: James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: George Bähr, German architect (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
• 1750: Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1751: James Madison, American politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1771: Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1773: Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1774: Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1782: American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán. [category: Events]
• 1789: Francis Chesney, English general and explorer (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1789: Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1792: King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29. [category: Events]
• 1794: Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1797: Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1800: Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) [category: Births]
• 1802: The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point. [category: Events]
• 1805: Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1812: Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War. [category: Events]
• 1815: Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1818: Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín. [category: Events]
• 1822: Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1834: James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1838: Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1839: René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1840: Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1845: Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1846: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1846: Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book-smuggler (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1851: Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1856: Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1857: Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1859: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1861: Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who has been evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy. [category: Events]
• 1865: Patsy Donovan, American baseball player (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1865: American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war. [category: Events]
• 1869: F. A. Forbes, Scottish author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1871: Frantz Reichel, French athlete and rugby player (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1871: Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1872: The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London. [category: Events]
• 1878: Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1878: Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iranian shah (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1883: Ethel Anderson, Australian poet (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1890: Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1890: Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1892: James Petrillo, American president of the musicians union (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1892: Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1898: Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Alberto Gainza Paz, Argentine journalist and political activist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. [category: Events]
• 1901: Edward Pawley, American actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1902: Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1903: Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1903: Roy Bean, American jurist [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1906: Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1906: Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: René Daumal, French writer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1908: Robert Rossen, American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1911: Dr. Josef Mengele, German physician and SS officer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1911: Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1912: Pat Nixon, American First Lady (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: "I am just going outside and may be some time." [category: Events]
• 1914: Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1916: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese businessman, and survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa. [category: Events]
• 1917: Louis C. Wyman, American politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1918: Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1920: Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Addison, British composer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1920: Leo McKern, Australian actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: Sid Fleischman, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1922: Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright [category: Births]
• 1924: Beryl Davis, English singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy. [category: Events]
• 1925: Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball referee (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1926: Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jerry Lewis, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1926: Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog [category: Deaths]
• 1926: History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1927: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American senator (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Olga San Juan, American comedian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ruby Braff, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1927: Edward William Exshaw, British sailor (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano [category: Births]
• 1928: Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Betty Johnson, American singer (The Johnson Family Singers) [category: Births]
• 1929: Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: John Munro, Canadian politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1932: Herbert Marx, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1932: Walter Cunningham, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1933: Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1934: Jean Cournoyer, Quebec politician and radio host [category: Births]
• 1934: Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ray Walker, American singer (The Jordanaires) [category: Births]
• 1935: Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano [category: Births]
• 1935: Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Adolf Hitler ordered Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht. [category: Events]
• 1936: Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1936: Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian American practitioner of MRI [category: Births]
• 1936: Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melted snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and led to a major flood in Pittsburgh. [category: Events]
• 1937: Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1939: Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach [category: Births]
• 1939: From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate. [category: Events]
• 1939: Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. [category: Events]
• 1940: Jan Pronk, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Keith Rowe, English painter and guitarist (AMM) [category: Births]
• 1940: Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister. [category: Events]
• 1941: Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director [category: Births]
• 1941: Chuck Woolery, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1941: Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1942: James Soong, Taiwanese politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician (Lost Gonzo Band) [category: Births]
• 1942: Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1942: The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off. [category: Events]
• 1943: Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, professor and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American Computer Science Professor and author [category: Births]
• 1945: Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Simeon Price, American golfer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 5,000 are killed. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted. [category: Events]
• 1946: Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Basman, English chess master [category: Births]
• 1947: Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist [category: Births]
• 1948: Margaret Weis, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Michael Bruce, American musician [category: Births]
• 1948: Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer, songwriter and film director [category: Births]
• 1949: Elliott Murphy, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Erik Estrada, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Joe Pilato, Italian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Victor Garber, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Communist Czechoslovakia's ministry of foreign affairs asked nuncios of Vatican to leave the country. [category: Events]
• 1951: Joe DeLamielleure, American football player [category: Births]
• 1951: Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Ray Benson, American musician (Asleep at the Wheel) [category: Births]
• 1952: Alice Hoffman, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Graham Cole, British actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Philippe Kahn, French businessman, co-founded Fullpower Technologies [category: Births]
• 1952: Scott Simon, American journalist and radio personality [category: Births]
• 1953: Isabelle Huppert, French actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Richard Stallman, American free software activist and computer programmer [category: Births]
• 1953: Óscar Ramírez, Peruvian revolutionary leader [category: Births]
• 1954: Hollis Stacy, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1954: Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer and actress (Heart) [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director [category: Births]
• 1955: Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer [category: Births]
• 1955: Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Clifton Powell, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1956: Ozzie Newsome, American football player, current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens [category: Births]
• 1957: Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Kate Worley, American comic book writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1958: The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding. [category: Events]
• 1959: Flavor Flav (William Jonathan Drayton Jr.), American rapper (Public Enemy) [category: Births]
• 1959: Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway [category: Births]
• 1959: Sebastian Currier, American composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Jenny Eclair, British comedienne, novelist and actress. [category: Births]
• 1961: Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Michiru Oshima, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1961: Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book artist, writer and media entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1961: Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Philippe Kahn, French technology innovator and entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1962: A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappeared in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing. [category: Events]
• 1963: Jimmy DeGrasso, American musician (F5, Y&T, Suicidal Tendencies, and Megadeth) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1964: Gore Verbinski, American movie director [category: Births]
• 1964: Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist [category: Births]
• 1964: Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter (Band of Joy) [category: Births]
• 1965: Belén Rueda, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Hans Peter Geerdes, German musician (Scooter and Celebrate the Nun) [category: Births]
• 1966: Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle. [category: Events]
• 1967: John Darnielle, American musician (The Mountain Goats, The Extra Lens, and The Bloody Hawaiians) [category: Births]
• 1967: Lauren Graham, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Tracy Bonham, American musician [category: Births]
• 1968: Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher [category: Births]
• 1968: Trevor Wilson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. [category: Events]
• 1968: Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops. [category: Events]
• 1969: Aggelos Koronios, Greek basketball coach and retired player [category: Births]
• 1969: Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1970: Joakim Berg, Swedish singer (Kent) [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Oscar, Icelandic singer, songwriter and disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1970: Reynolds Wolf, American TV meteorologist and journalist [category: Births]
• 1970: Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Alan Tudyk, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Thomas E. Dewey, American presidential candidate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Veiko Õunpuu, Estonian film director [category: Births]
• 1972: Velibor Radovic, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Tim Kang, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Vonda Ward, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1974: Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer [category: Births]
• 1974: Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Sienna Guillory, British actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: T-Bone Walker, American musician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Blu Cantrell (Tiffany Cobb), American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1976: Nick Spano, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Paul Schneider, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons. [category: Events]
• 1977: Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler [category: Births]
• 1977: Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1978: Brooke Burns, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and is later killed by his captors. [category: Events]
• 1978: Supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history. [category: Events]
• 1979: Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi) [category: Births]
• 1979: Rashad Moore, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Édison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jean Monnet, French politician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jean-Guy Cardinal, Canadian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Todd Heap, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Curtis Granderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Danny Brown (Daniel Sewell), American rapper [category: Births]
• 1981: Maher Zain, Swedish Musician of Lebanese origin [category: Births]
• 1981: Yoav Ziv, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Brian Wilson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Riley Cote, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Brandon League, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Tramon Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1984: Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Levi Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later died in captivity. [category: Events]
• 1985: Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991. [category: Events]
• 1986: Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Joe Denly, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ken Doane, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1986: Nicole Trunfio, Australian model [category: Births]
• 1986: T. J. Jordan, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Toney Douglas, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Paw Diaz, Philippine actress & model [category: Births]
• 1987: Tiiu Kuik, Estonian fashion model [category: Births]
• 1988: Jessica Gregg, Canadian short track speed skater [category: Births]
• 1988: Patrick Herrmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Halabja poison gas attack: The Kurdish town of Halabjah in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people. [category: Events]
• 1988: Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. [category: Events]
• 1989: Blake Griffin, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Theo Walcott, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician (Van Halen) [category: Births]
• 1992: Brett Davern, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Roger Lemelin, Canadian novelist and television writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. [category: Events]
• 1996: Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gratien Gélinas, Canadian playwright and director (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Michael Starr, Canadian politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Thomas Ferebee, Hiroshima bombardier (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rachel Corrie, American political activist (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ronald Ferguson, British mayor and polo manager, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Anthony George, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ralph Erskine, British architect (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control. [category: Events]
• 2006: David Feintuch, American author (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Minnie Pwerle, Australian Aboriginal artist [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham) (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ivan Dixon, American actor and director (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: John Hewer, English actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Marvin Sutton, American criminal (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Richard Wirthlin, American political strategist for Ronald Reagan (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 597_bc: Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. [category: Events]
• _: Abbán [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Heribert of Cologne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Latvian Legion Day (Latvia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Urho's Day (Finnish community in U.S. and Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of the Bacchanalia (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]