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What happend on 2. December in History
In our data base we found 309 events happened on 2. December:
• 1348: Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) [category: Deaths]
• 1381: John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic (b. 1293) [category: Deaths]
• 1409: The University of Leipzig opens. [category: Events]
• 1463: Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418) [category: Deaths]
• 1469: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1416) [category: Deaths]
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• 1515: Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453) [category: Deaths]
• 1547: Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer (b. 1485) [category: Deaths]
• 1578: Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1594: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541) [category: Deaths]
• 1665: Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: William Shirley, English-American, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1694: Pierre Paul Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: St Paul's Cathedral is opened in London. [category: Events]
• 1703: Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (d. 1759) [category: Births]
• 1710: Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1719: Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
• 1726: Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Richard Montgomery, Irish-American soldier (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1747: Vincent Bourne, English scholar (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
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• 1748: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: William Cooper, American judge an politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1755: The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire. [category: Events]
• 1760: John Breckinridge, American politician, 5th United States Attorney General (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1760: Joseph Graetz, German composer, organist, and educator (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1763: Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States. [category: Events]
• 1774: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones. [category: Events]
• 1804: At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years. [category: Events]
• 1805: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. [category: Events]
• 1810: Henry Yesler, American politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1811: Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1814: Marquis de Sade, French politician and philosopher (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1823: Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts. [category: Events]
• 1825: Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1844: Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. [category: Events]
• 1846: Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1848: Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria. [category: Events]
• 1849: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic. [category: Events]
• 1852: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III). [category: Events]
• 1856: Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1859: Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1859: John Brown, American activist (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry. [category: Events]
• 1860: Alfred Bunn, English stage manager (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1866: Harry Burleigh, American singer and composer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1867: At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1872: Carl Lehle, German rower (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1874: Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1884: Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand lawyer and judge (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1885: George Richards Minot, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1888: Namık Kemal, Turkish poet (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1891: Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1892: Jay Gould, American financier (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1894: Warren William, American actor (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1895: Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1897: Ivan Bagramyan, Soviet military leader (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1898: Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1899: John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1899: John Cobb, English race car driver (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1899: Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1899: Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought. [category: Events]
• 1901: Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1906: Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American recording engineer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1908: Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two [category: Events]
• 1910: Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: Adolph Green, American composer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bill Erwin, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1915: Prince Mikasa of Japan [category: Births]
• 1917: Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1917: An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began. [category: Events]
• 1918: Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded. [category: Events]
• 1921: Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal [category: Births]
• 1922: Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek poet, author, and scriptwriter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1924: Alexander Haig, American general and diplomat, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish screenwriter and director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Julie Harris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Prabhakar Thokal, Indian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1927: Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile. [category: Events]
• 1928: Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1930: David Piper, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1930: Gary Becker, American economist, recipient of the Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy. [category: Events]
• 1931: Edwin Meese, American lawyer and author, 75th United States Attorney General [category: Births]
• 1931: Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese founder of the Bujinkan Organization [category: Births]
• 1931: Nigel Calder, English author and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1931: Wynton Kelly, Jamaican-American pianist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1931: Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: K. Veeramani, Indian lawyer and activist [category: Births]
• 1933: Mike Larrabee, American sprinter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1934: Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Sissela Bok, Swedish-American philosopher and ethicist [category: Births]
• 1934: Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1935: David Hackett Fischer, American historian [category: Births]
• 1935: Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Manohar Joshi, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra [category: Births]
• 1939: Francis Fox, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Harry Reid, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Yael Dayan, Israeli politician and author [category: Births]
• 1939: New York City's La Guardia Airport opens. [category: Events]
• 1942: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. [category: Events]
• 1943: Wayne Allard, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas. [category: Events]
• 1944: Botho Strauß, German author [category: Births]
• 1944: Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan politician, 1st President of Kosovo (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1944: Inger Davidson, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Penelope Spheeris, American director [category: Births]
• 1946: David Macaulay, English-American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1946: Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1946: Pedro Borbón, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1946: The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly. [category: Events]
• 1947: Andy Rouse, English racing driver, 4 times British Touring Car Champion [category: Births]
• 1947: Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer (Les Variations) [category: Births]
• 1947: Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist [category: Births]
• 1947: Tommy Jenkins, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan. [category: Events]
• 1948: Elizabeth Berg, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: T. Coraghessan Boyle, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Toninho Horta, Brazilian guitarist [category: Births]
• 1949: Ron Raines, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian academic [category: Births]
• 1950: Benjamin Stora, French historian [category: Births]
• 1950: Bob Kevoian, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1950: Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society [category: Births]
• 1950: Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Adrian Devine, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Carol Shea-Porter, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Rob Mounsey, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Joe Cool) [category: Births]
• 1953: Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player and actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Tran Trong Kim, Vietnamese scholar and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Dan Butler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Stone Phillips, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1954: Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". [category: Events]
• 1954: The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C.. [category: Events]
• 1956: Steven Bauer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1957: Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: George Saunders, American writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Vladimir Parfenovich, Soviet-Belarusian canoe racer [category: Births]
• 1959: Boman Irani, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Frank Dietrich, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Justus von Dohnányi, German actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1960: Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Def Leppard and Atomic Mass) [category: Births]
• 1961: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. [category: Events]
• 1962: Kardam, Prince of Turnovo [category: Births]
• 1962: Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress. [category: Events]
• 1963: Ann Patchett, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: Brendan Coyle, English actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Dan Gauthier, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Rich Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Thomas Hicks, English-American runner (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1966: Philippe Etchebest, French chef [category: Births]
• 1966: Giles Cooper, Irish playwright (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Laurie Morgan, English politician, 1st Chief Minister of Guernsey [category: Births]
• 1967: Billy Chapman, English footballer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Darryl Kile, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1968: Lucy Liu, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Nate Mendel, American bass player (Foo Fighters, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, and Juno) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rena Sofer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: José María Arguedas, Peruvian author, poet, and anthropologist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Kliment Voroshilov, Russian politician (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Joe Lo Truglio, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Treach, American rapper and actor (Naughty by Nature) [category: Births]
• 1970: Yang Hyun-suk, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (Seo Taiji and Boys) [category: Births]
• 1970: The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations. [category: Events]
• 1971: Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mine Yoshizaki, Japanese illustrator [category: Births]
• 1971: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates. [category: Events]
• 1972: Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1972: Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jan Ullrich, German cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Max Weber, Swiss politician (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Pathet Lao seizes Vientiane which gives way for their power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic. [category: Events]
• 1976: Eddy Garabito, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) [category: Births]
• 1976: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. [category: Events]
• 1977: Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Christopher Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Muse) [category: Births]
• 1978: David Rivas, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jarron Collins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jason Collins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1978: Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Melissa Archer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael McIndoe, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sabina Babayeva, Azerbaijani singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Adam Kreek, Canadian rower [category: Births]
• 1980: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Pakistani politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French diplomat and author (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Roza Eskenazi, Greek singer (b. 1890s) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador. [category: Events]
• 1981: Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Danijel Pranjić, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Christos Karipidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Ware, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michelle Banzer, American model, Miss Kentucky USA 2007 [category: Births]
• 1982: Mike Scala, American rapper, producer, and politician [category: Births]
• 1982: Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. [category: Events]
• 1983: Aaron Rodgers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Chris Burke, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Daniela Ruah, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Jaime Durán, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jana Kramer, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Amaury Leveaux, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: Dorell Wright, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Philip Larkin, English poet and author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Adam Le Fondre, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Claudiu Keserü, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass player and composer [category: Births]
• 1986: Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Lee Dorsey, American singer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Teairra Marí, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Alfred Enoch, English actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Brendan Stubbs, South African Guitar Player (Wargrave) [category: Births]
• 1988: Soniya Mehra, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Karl-Heinz Bürger, German SS officer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state. [category: Events]
• 1989: Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Fausto Rossi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Gastón Ramírez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP) [category: Births]
• 1990: Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Robert Cummings, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Brandon Knight, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1992: Michael Gothard, English actor (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín. [category: Events]
• 1993: Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. [category: Events]
• 1995: Robertson Davies, Canadian author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Glenbrook rail accident near Sydney, New South Wales. [category: Events]
• 1999: The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. [category: Events]
• 2000: Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [category: Events]
• 2002: Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Alan Davidson, Irish author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakhstani firefighter (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kenneth Lee Boyd, American murderer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Van Tuong Nguyen, Thai-Australian drug trafficker (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William P. Lawrence, American navy officer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American minister (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Décio Pignatari, Brazilian poet (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hiroshi Kato, Japanese martial artist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Israel Keyes, American criminal (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Cuba) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bibiana [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Channing Moore Williams (Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chromatius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Laos) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day of UAE [category: Holidays and observances]