Spiritual support is welcome:
What happend on 28. December in History
In our data base we found 298 events happened on 28. December:
• 457: Majorian is crowned emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Pope Leo I. [category: Events]
• 484: Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul). [category: Events]
• 893: An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia. [category: Events]
• 1065: Westminster Abbey is consecrated. [category: Events]
• 1164: Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) [category: Births]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1308: The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. [category: Events]
• 1367: Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) [category: Deaths]
• 1446: Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369) [category: Deaths]
• 1503: Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471) [category: Deaths]
• 1522: Margaret of Parma (d. 1583) [category: Births]
• 1558: Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527) [category: Deaths]
• 1612: Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. [category: Events]
• 1619: Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1622: Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1635: Elizabeth Stuart, English daughter of Charles I of England (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1651: Johann Krieger, German composer and organist (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1655: Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician (d. 1698) [category: Births]
• 1663: Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) [category: Deaths]
• 1665: George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (d. 1716) [category: Births]
• 1671: Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1694: Mary II of England (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (b. 1647) [category: Deaths]
• 1708: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
• 1715: William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish criminal (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewing Company (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1768: King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital. [category: Events]
• 1775: Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1795: Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada). [category: Events]
• 1798: Thomas James Henderson, Scottish astronomer (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist(d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1832: John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. [category: Events]
• 1835: Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army. [category: Events]
• 1836: South Australia and Adelaide are founded. [category: Events]
• 1836: Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1842: Calixa Lavallée, Canadian army officer and composer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1846: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1856: Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1859: Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1859: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1867: United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits. [category: Events]
• 1870: Charles Bennett, English runner (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1872: James Van Ness, American politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75. [category: Events]
• 1882: Arthur Eddington, English astronomer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1885: Indian National Congress a political party of India is founded in Bombay, British India. [category: Events]
• 1887: Werner Kolhörster, German physicist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1888: F. W. Murnau, German director (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1890: Quincy Wright, American political scientist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1895: Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema. [category: Events]
• 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. [category: Events]
• 1897: William Corby, American priest (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1898: Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1899: Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1900: Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1902: Shen Congwen, Chinese author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1902: The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5-0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden. [category: Events]
• 1903: Earl Hines, American pianist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1905: Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily, Italy killing over 75,000. [category: Events]
• 1910: Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1912: The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1913: Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1915: Pops Staples, American singer (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian pilot (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. [category: Events]
• 1919: Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1920: Steve Van Buren, American football player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Stan Lee, American writer, publisher, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1928: Moe Koffman, Canadian musician and composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1929: Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1929: Terry Sawchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1931: Guy Debord, French theorist and author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1932: Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1932: Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1932: Manuel Puig, Argentine author (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1932: Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1932: Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky [category: Births]
• 1934: Maggie Smith, English actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Rudi Faßnacht, German football coach and manager (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1934: Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1935: Clarence Day, American author (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1936: Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1936: Lawrence Schiller, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1937: Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese businessman [category: Births]
• 1937: Ratan Tata, Indian businessman [category: Births]
• 1937: Maurice Ravel, French composer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1938: Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Michelle Urry, American journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1939: Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group [category: Births]
• 1940: A. K. Antony, Indian politician, Defence Minister of India [category: Births]
• 1940: Don Francisco, Chilean-American television host [category: Births]
• 1941: Hermann Wilker, German rower (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1942: Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: David Peterson, Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Ontario [category: Births]
• 1943: Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal [category: Births]
• 1943: Keith Floyd, English chef and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Whiteley, English journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona. [category: Events]
• 1944: Johnny Isakson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1944: Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score 8 points in one game of NHL ice hockey. [category: Events]
• 1945: Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1945: Theodore Dreiser, American author (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band) [category: Births]
• 1946: Mike Beebe, American politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas [category: Births]
• 1946: Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director and activist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1946: Tim Johnson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1947: Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Mary Weiss, American singer (The Shangri-Las) [category: Births]
• 1948: The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1949: Barbara De Fina, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Box Tops and Big Star) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1950: Hugh McDonald, American bass player (Bon Jovi) [category: Births]
• 1950: Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter [category: Births]
• 1950: Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Ian Buruma, Dutch author and scholar [category: Births]
• 1952: Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1953: Richard Clayderman, French pianist [category: Births]
• 1953: Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1954: Gayle King, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1954: Lanny Poffo, Canadian-American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1955: Liu Xiaobo, Chinese activist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1956: Nigel Kennedy, English violinist [category: Births]
• 1956: Louis Handley, Italian-American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation. [category: Events]
• 1957: Anne Sargeant, Australian netball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Twila Paris, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1958: Greatest Game Ever Played – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium. [category: Events]
• 1959: Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter (Mecano) [category: Births]
• 1959: Ante Pavelić, Croatian politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: James Caan, Pakistani-English businessman, founded Hamilton Bradshaw [category: Births]
• 1960: Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1960: Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, diplomat, and academic (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Choi Soo-jong, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Melissa R. Kelly, American politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1962: Niel van der Watt, South African composer [category: Births]
• 1962: Kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner [category: Births]
• 1965: Allar Levandi, Estonian skier [category: Births]
• 1967: Chris Ware, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1967: Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1969: Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel [category: Births]
• 1970: Elaine Hendrix, American actress, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Francesca Le, American porn actress and director [category: Births]
• 1971: Benny Agbayani, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder, model, and author [category: Births]
• 1971: William Gates, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Adam Vinatieri, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, became the first President of North Korea. [category: Events]
• 1973: Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Holger Blume, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1973: Marc Blume, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1973: Seth Meyers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1974: Jason Ridge, American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Markus Weinzierl, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: B. J. Ryan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Joe Manganiello, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Shane Elford, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Vanessa Ferlito, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Chris Coyne, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jang Min-Hyeok, South Korean voice actor [category: Births]
• 1978: John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry's first crew resource management program. [category: Events]
• 1979: Bill Hall, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Bree Williamson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: James Blake, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Senna Guemmour, German singer-songwriter (Monrose) [category: Births]
• 1980: Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1981: Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Million Dead and Möngöl Hörde) [category: Births]
• 1981: Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer (Brown Eyed Girls) [category: Births]
• 1981: Orlando Smeekes, Curaçaoan footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sienna Miller, English actress and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1981: Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Cedric Benson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Desiree Ortíz, Venezuelan model and television host [category: Births]
• 1982: Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin Pereira, American television host [category: Births]
• 1983: Mike He, Taiwanese actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alex Lloyd, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Leroy Lita, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sam Peckinpah, American director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Kamani Hill, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Taryn Terrell, American wrestler and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Tom Huddlestone, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Victoria Atkin, English actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: John D. MacDonald, American author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Matthias Schwarz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Thomas Dekker, American actor, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kateřina Kramperová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Martina Pretelli, Sammarinese sprinter [category: Births]
• 1989: Mackenzie Rosman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Hermann Oberth, German physicist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people. [category: Events]
• 1990: David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Zlatko Hebib, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Sal Maglie, American baseball player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Howard Caine, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: William L. Shirer, American journalist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. [category: Events]
• 2001: Madison De La Garza, American actress [category: Births]
• 2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American soldier and scientist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: William X. Kienzle, American author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Kelsey Smith-Briggs, American child abuse victim (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 2003: Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Susan Sontag, American author (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed. [category: Events]
• 2009: The Rev, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, and Suburban Legends) (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura. [category: Events]
• 2010: Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government. [category: Events]
• 2011: Jon Roberts, American drug trafficker (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Uludere airstrike: Turkish warplanes bombed 34 Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere. [category: Events]
• 2012: Arman Manukyan, Turkish economist and educator (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Burdette Solum, American politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Claude-Anne Lopez, Belgian-American author and scholar (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Emilio Charles, Jr., Mexican wrestler (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli football coach and manager (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Henderson, American politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jayne Cortez, American poet (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leif Krantz, Swedish director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lord Avie, American race horse (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Martin G. Barnes, American politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nicolas Ambraseys, Greek seismologist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Lee Beasley, American politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Steve Bryles, American politician (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Takashi Taniguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abel (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Caterina Volpicelli [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas. In Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day. (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Proclamation Day, celebration started on the day following Christmas. (South Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The fourth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]