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What happend on 27. December in History
In our data base we found 293 events happened on 27. December:
• 537: The Hagia Sophia is completed. [category: Events]
• 1076: Sviatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) [category: Deaths]
• 1087: Bertha of Savoy, (b. 1051) [category: Deaths]
• 1381: Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352) [category: Deaths]
• 1390: Anne de Mortimer, Irish wife of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (d. 1411) [category: Births]
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• 1512: The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World. [category: Events]
• 1543: George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484) [category: Deaths]
• 1548: Francesco Spiera, Italian jurist (b. 1502) [category: Deaths]
• 1571: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) [category: Births]
• 1572: Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech composer, poet, and playwright (d. 1622) [category: Births]
• 1603: Thomas Cartwright, English clergyman (b. 1535) [category: Deaths]
• 1654: Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1655: Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege. [category: Events]
• 1657: The Flushing Remonstrance is signed. [category: Events]
• 1683: Conyers Middleton, English clergyman (d. 1750) [category: Births]
• 1703: Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. [category: Events]
• 1704: Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1714: George Whitefield, English-American preacher (d. 1770) [category: Births]
• 1715: Philippe de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1794) [category: Births]
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• 1717: Pope Pius VI (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1721: François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1737: William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1743: Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1771: Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: George Cayley, English engineer (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1776: Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1782: Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1800: Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1812: Joanna Southcott, English prophet (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans. [category: Events]
• 1822: Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1823: Mackenzie Bowell, Canadian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1831: Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution. [category: Events]
• 1832: Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tretyakov Gallery (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1834: Charles Lamb, English author (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Stephen F. Austin, American army officer and politician (b. 1793) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people. [category: Events]
• 1845: Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1858: Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer and pianist (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1879: Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1883: Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1888: Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1892: Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian pilot (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1896: Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1896: Louis Bromfield, American author (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1896: Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1896: John Brown, English businessman (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1900: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1901: Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1906: Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Conrad L. Raiford, American baseball player and activist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1907: Mary Howard, English author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1907: Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1907: Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1909: James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1911: Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. [category: Events]
• 1914: Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mary Kornman, American actress (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1915: William H. Masters, American gynecologist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Werner Baumbach, German pilot (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1917: Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: John Celardo, American illustrator (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins. [category: Events]
• 1919: Charles Sweeney, American general (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world. [category: Events]
• 1923: Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Daisuke Namba, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito. [category: Events]
• 1924: James A. McClure, American politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Maurice Bambier, French politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1925: Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1925: Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Antony Gardner, English politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Audrey Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1927: Nityanand Swami, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway. [category: Events]
• 1930: Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1930: Wilfrid Sheed, English-American author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1931: Scotty Moore, American guitarist (The Blue Moon Boys) [category: Births]
• 1932: Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1934: Larisa Latynina, Russian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1938: Stanislav Stanojevic, Serbian-French director, screenwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: John Amos, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Erzincan, Turkey is hit by an earthquake, killing 30,000. [category: Events]
• 1939: Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet Union attack in the Battle of Kelja. [category: Events]
• 1941: Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Moody Blues) [category: Births]
• 1941: Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1942: Byron Browne, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Charmian Carr, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1942: Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston [category: Births]
• 1942: The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded. [category: Events]
• 1943: Cokie Roberts, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1943: Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1943: Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1943: Roy White, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Foreigner and Spooky Tooth) [category: Births]
• 1944: Tracy Nelson, American singer (Mother Earth) [category: Births]
• 1945: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations. [category: Events]
• 1946: Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer [category: Births]
• 1946: Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1946: Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Bill Eadie, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1947: Janet Perry, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1947: Mickey Redmond, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1947: Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1948: Gérard Depardieu, French actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies. [category: Events]
• 1950: Doug Stone, Canadian voice actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Haris Alexiou, Greek singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Morgan Chu, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1950: Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter (Missing Persons UK, and HoBoLeMa) [category: Births]
• 1950: Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Ernesto Zedillo, Mexican economist and politician, 54th President of Mexico [category: Births]
• 1952: David Knopfler, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dire Straits) [category: Births]
• 1952: Jay Hill, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Karla Bonoff, American singer-songwriter (Bryndle) [category: Births]
• 1952: Raimund Krauth, German footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1952: Tovah Feldshuh, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1952: Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Barbara Olson, American journalist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1955: Brad Murphey, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: E. E. Bell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Alfred Carpenter, English navy officer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Lambert McKenna, Irish lexicographer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Greg Mortenson, American author [category: Births]
• 1957: Jerry Gaskill, American drummer (King's X) [category: Births]
• 1958: Barbara Crampton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1958: Steve Jones, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1958: Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Andre Tippett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Gerina Dunwich, American author [category: Births]
• 1960: Donald Nally, American conductor [category: Births]
• 1960: Maryam d'Abo, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Victoria Paige Meyerink, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1962: Bill Self, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Mark Few, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1962: Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1963: Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director [category: Births]
• 1964: Ian Gomez, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Theresa Randle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1965: Salman Khan, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Bill Goldberg, American football player, wrestler, and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Eva LaRue, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Fabian Núñez, American politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American author [category: Births]
• 1966: Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1968: Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon. [category: Events]
• 1969: Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1970: Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1970: Chyna, American wrestler and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Lorenzo Neal, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator and author, founded The Atlantic Paranormal Society [category: Births]
• 1972: Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1972: Kevin Ollie, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Matt Slocum, American guitarist and songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer) [category: Births]
• 1972: Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Lester B. Pearson, Canadian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Dee Ferris, English painter [category: Births]
• 1973: Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1973: Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1974: Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, Yemeni criminal (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1975: Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1976: Aaron Stanford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Deuce McAllister, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Chris Bell American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Star) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Houari Boumediene, Algerian politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship. [category: Events]
• 1979: Carson Palmer, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: David Dunn, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 1980: Antonio Cesaro, Swiss wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Bernard Berrian, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1980: Dahntay Jones, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: David Aardsma, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Javine Hylton, English singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner [category: Births]
• 1981: Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Cole Hamels, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Gilles Simon, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1984: Pleasure P, American singer-songwriter and producer (Pretty Ricky) [category: Births]
• 1985: Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Dian Fossey, American zoologist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports. [category: Events]
• 1988: Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter (Paramore) [category: Births]
• 1988: Ok Taecyeon, South Korean rapper, dancer, and actor (2PM) [category: Births]
• 1988: Rick Porcello, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Zavon Hines, Jamaican-English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Hal Ashby, American director (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Chloe Bridges, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Kay Boyle, American author (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Fanny Cradock, English chief, author, and critic (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 1997: Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1997: Billy Wright, English-Irish commander (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Brendan Gill, American journalist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 2001: China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. [category: Events]
• 2002: George Roy Hill, American director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. [category: Events]
• 2003: Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Vestal Goodman, American singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet. [category: Events]
• 2005: William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jaan Kross, Estonian author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident. [category: Events]
• 2007: Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. [category: Events]
• 2008: Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Robert Graham, Mexican sculptor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza - Operation Cast Lead. [category: Events]
• 2009: Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators. [category: Events]
• 2011: Catê, Brazilian footballer (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Michael Dummett, English philosopher (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albert Riederer, American jurist and politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edgar May, American politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hamid Ghodse, Iranian-English academic (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Quimby, American politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jorma Kortelainen, Finnish skier (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (The Uniques) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maurice Paul Delorme, French bishop (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mlađa Veselinović, Serbian actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sohrab Hossain, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fabiola [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John the Apostle [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicarete [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The third day of Christmas (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]