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What happend on 30. December in History
In our data base we found 312 events happened on 30. December:
• 39: Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81) [category: Births]
• 274: Pope Felix I [category: Deaths]
• 1066: Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. [category: Events]
• 1204: Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Portuguese ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) [category: Births]
• 1460: Edmund, Earl of Rutland (b. 1443) [category: Deaths]
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• 1460: Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York(b. 1411) [category: Deaths]
• 1460: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. [category: Events]
• 1525: Jakob Fugger, German businessman (b. 1459) [category: Deaths]
• 1572: Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1573: Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1591: Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Job of Manyava, Ukrainian saint (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597) [category: Deaths]
• 1642: Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) [category: Births]
• 1644: Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 1662: Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1673: Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1678: William Croft, English composer (d. 1727) [category: Births]
• 1702: Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. [category: Events]
• 1722: Charles Yorke, English politician (d. 1770) [category: Births]
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• 1724: Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1760: Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1769: Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Dorothea Lieven, German-Russian wife of Christopher Lieven (d. 1857) [category: Births]
• 1792: Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1803: Francis Lewis, Welsh-American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed. [category: Events]
• 1819: John W. Geary, American politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1819: Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1825: Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1825: The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. [category: Events]
• 1838: Émile Loubet, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1849: John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1851: Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1853: André Messager, French composer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1853: Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. [category: Events]
• 1865: Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1869: Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1869: Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1873: Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1875: Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1878: William Aberhart, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1879: Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1879: Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1884: Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1890: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1896: José Rizal, Filipino activist (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1897: Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1897: The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. [category: Events]
• 1899: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1903: A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605. [category: Events]
• 1904: Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1905: Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1905: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. [category: Events]
• 1906: Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1906: The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1908: Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1916: The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita. [category: Events]
• 1917: Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student. [category: Events]
• 1920: Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1921: Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1922: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed. [category: Events]
• 1927: Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Hossein, French actor and director [category: Births]
• 1927: The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. [category: Events]
• 1928: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1928: Jean Collas, French rugby player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1929: Rosalinde Hurley, English physician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1934: John N. Bahcall, American physicist, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1934: Joseph Bologna, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Joseph P. Hoar, American general [category: Births]
• 1934: Russ Tamblyn, American actor, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1935: Jack Riley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Omar Bongo, Gabonese politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: Sandy Koufax, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1936: The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike. [category: Events]
• 1937: Gordon Banks, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1937: Jim Marshall, American football player [category: Births]
• 1937: John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1937: Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter, Paul and Mary) [category: Births]
• 1937: Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Mike Auldridge, American guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1939: Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1939: Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: James Burrows, American director [category: Births]
• 1940: Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Mel Renfro, American football player [category: Births]
• 1941: El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Betty Aberlin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Fred Ward, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Guy Edwards, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1942: Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian and politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees and First National Band) [category: Births]
• 1942: Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist [category: Births]
• 1943: Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1943: Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. [category: Events]
• 1944: Joseph Hilbe, American philosopher and author [category: Births]
• 1944: William J. Fallon, American admiral [category: Births]
• 1944: Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant. [category: Events]
• 1945: Concetta Tomei, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Lloyd Kaufman, American director, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Troma Entertainment [category: Births]
• 1945: Vernon Wells, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Clive Bunker, English drummer (Jethro Tull, Electric Sun, Solstice, and Aviator) [category: Births]
• 1946: Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet [category: Births]
• 1947: Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race) [category: Births]
• 1947: Michael Burns, American actor and historian [category: Births]
• 1947: Steve Mix, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1948: The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language [category: Births]
• 1950: Lewis Shiner, American author [category: Births]
• 1951: Doug Allder, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1952: June Anderson, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1952: Melissa Fay Greene, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1953: Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1953: Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1953: Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host [category: Births]
• 1954: Barry Greenstein, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1954: Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1955: Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Patricia Kalember, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1956: Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1957: Glenn Robbins Australian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1957: Matt Lauer, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Rod Harrington, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1958: Steven Smith, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1959: Josée Verner, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1961: Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1961: Douglas Coupland, Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1961: Sean Hannity, American radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1962: Henry Cho, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Joshua Clover, American poet [category: Births]
• 1963: Chandler Burr, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1964: Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (BMX Bandits) [category: Births]
• 1964: Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Heidi Fleiss, American madam and columnist [category: Births]
• 1965: Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1966: Bennett Miller, American director [category: Births]
• 1967: Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Karen Dunne, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1967: Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Meredith Monroe, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman [category: Births]
• 1969: Jan Wehrmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jay Kay, English singer-songwriter (Jamiroquai) [category: Births]
• 1970: Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless) [category: Births]
• 1970: Angelos Evert, Greek police officer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Daniel Sunjata, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Jo Cals, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian activist [category: Births]
• 1972: Kerry Collins, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Keegan, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer (Papa Wheelie) [category: Births]
• 1972: Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1973: Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner [category: Births]
• 1973: Frans Bauer, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jason Behr, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1974: Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1974: S. Jithesh, Indian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1975: Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Tiger Woods, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1976: A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1976: Kastro, American rapper (Outlawz) [category: Births]
• 1976: Patrick Kerney, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kenyon Martin, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Laila Ali, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1977: Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Scott Lucas, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [category: Events]
• 1978: Devin Brown, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer (Behemoth, Azarath, and Witchmaster) [category: Births]
• 1979: Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1979: Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Eliza Dushku, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Kenny Kwan, Filipino-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Boy'z) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1981: K.Will, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Matt Ulrich, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Reef the Lost Cauze, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1981: Spencer Day, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1981: Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games. [category: Events]
• 1982: Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner [category: Births]
• 1982: Dawan Landry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1982: Robbie Gould, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Josh Sussman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: LeBron James, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Massa, Ghanaian-American gorilla (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1986: Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1986: Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jake Cuenca, American-Filipino actor and footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Leon Jackson, Scottish singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Yuli Daniel, Russian poet (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1989: Leonore Lemmon, American girlfriend of George Reeves (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mack David, American songwriter (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations. [category: Events]
• 1994: Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Ralph Flanagan, American conductor, composer, and pianist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. [category: Events]
• 1996: Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. [category: Events]
• 1997: Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed. [category: Events]
• 1998: George Webb, English actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred. [category: Events]
• 2002: Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: David Bale, South African–American businessman and activist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: John Gregory Dunne, American author and screenwriter (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. [category: Events]
• 2005: Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin. [category: Events]
• 2006: Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed. [category: Events]
• 2006: Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. [category: Events]
• 2006: The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths. [category: Events]
• 2007: Themis Cholevas, Greek basketball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River. [category: Events]
• 2009: A suicide bomber kills 9 people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 2010: Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer and dancer (Boney M.) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ronald Searle, English cartoonist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau. [category: Events]
• 2012: Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Catarina Castor, Guatemalan politician (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gloria Pall, American actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Irvine Patnick, English politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mike Hopkins, New Zealand sound editor (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Philip Coppens, Belgian author (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sonam Topgyal, Tibetan politician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anysia of Salonika [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Egwin of Evesham [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Freedom Day (Church of Scientology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberius of Ravenna [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Felix I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ralph of Vaucelles [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rizal Day (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Roger of Cannae [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The sixth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]