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What happend on 3. December in History
In our data base we found 305 events happened on 3. December:
• 311: Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244) [category: Deaths]
• 915: Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 1154: Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073) [category: Deaths]
• 1265: Odofredus, Italian jurist [category: Deaths]
• 1368: Charles VI of France (d. 1422) [category: Births]
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• 1533: Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479) [category: Deaths]
• 1552: Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1560: Jan Gruter, Dutch critic and scholar (d. 1627) [category: Births]
• 1596: Nicola Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684) [category: Births]
• 1610: Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1729: Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1755: Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1765: Lord John Sackville, English cricketer (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch, Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly defeats the French at Wiesloch. [category: Events]
• 1800: France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1800: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war. [category: Events]
• 1815: John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
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• 1818: Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1826: George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1834: The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1838: Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1838: Octavia Hill, English activist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1842: Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1842: Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1842: Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1845: Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. [category: Events]
• 1857: Joseph Conrad, Polish-English author (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1864: Herman Heijermans, Dutch author (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1872: William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1875: Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1875: Émile Delchambre, French rower (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1878: Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1879: Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1879: Charles Hutchison, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1879: Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1879: Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1880: Alexander Hall, Canadian soccer player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1880: Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1882: Archibald Tait, English archbishop (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1884: Rajendra Prasad, Indian politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1884: Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1886: Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1887: Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1888: Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-Irish rabbi (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1888: Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1890: Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Thomas Farrell, Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Field Operations of the Manhattan Project (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1892: Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1894: Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychoanalyst (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1898: The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated 16–0, an all-star collection of early football players, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. [category: Events]
• 1899: Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1900: Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1900: Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1901: US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking the Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". [category: Events]
• 1902: Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1902: Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1902: Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory. [category: Events]
• 1908: Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1910: Mary Baker Eddy, American founder of the Christian Science (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. [category: Events]
• 1911: Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1912: Prudente de Morais, Brazilian politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, ending the two-month long First Balkan War. [category: Events]
• 1917: Harold Garnett, English cricketer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1919: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. [category: Events]
• 1921: Phyllis Curtin, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1922: Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Dede Allen, American film editor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress and dancer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1923: Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer and manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: F. Sionil José, Filipino author [category: Births]
• 1924: John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Roberto Mieres, Argentine race car driver (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Wiel Coerver, Dutch football manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ferlin Husky, American singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Kim Dae-jung, South Korean politician, 8th President of South Korea Nobel laureate (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements. [category: Events]
• 1927: Andy Williams, American singer and actor (The Williams Brothers) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. [category: Events]
• 1928: Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ezra Meeker, American businessman (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1931: Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author [category: Births]
• 1931: Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Corry Brokken, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1934: Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian activist [category: Births]
• 1934: Nicolas Coster, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet astronaut [category: Births]
• 1934: Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Eddie Bernice Johnson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Binod Bihari Verma, Indian doctor and author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1937: Bobby Allison, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1937: Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish author [category: Births]
• 1938: Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1939: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Jeffrey R. Holland, American educator and religious leader [category: Births]
• 1941: Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Alice Schwarzer, German journalist, founded EMMA Magazine [category: Births]
• 1943: J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian academic and theorist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1944: Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army. [category: Events]
• 1945: Paul Nicholas English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1947: Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderer [category: Births]
• 1948: Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter (Framus Five and Etc...) [category: Births]
• 1948: Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter and actor (Black Sabbath) [category: Births]
• 1949: Heather Menzies, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1949: Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Jefferson Starship) [category: Births]
• 1949: Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner [category: Births]
• 1951: Greg Rice, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: John Rice, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike Bantom, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Nicky Stevens, Welsh singer (Brotherhood of Man) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ray Candy, American wrestler (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1951: Rick Mears, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1951: Riki Chōshū, South Korean-Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1952: Benny Hinn, American evangelist and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (38 Special) [category: Births]
• 1952: Mel Smith, English comedian, actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1952: Rudolf Margolius, Czech politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Franz Klammer, Austrian skier [category: Births]
• 1953: Lothar Schneider, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Grace Andreacchi, American author [category: Births]
• 1955: Steven Culp, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Warren Jeffs, American religious leader [category: Births]
• 1955: Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian-Bengali author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Valerie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1959: Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist [category: Births]
• 1959: The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. [category: Events]
• 1960: Daryl Hannah, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Julianne Moore, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: The musical Camelot debuted at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway, and would become associated with the Kennedy administration. [category: Events]
• 1961: Adal Ramones, Mexican comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Fugazi and Ataxia) [category: Births]
• 1963: Terri Schiavo, American right to die patient (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1964: Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property. [category: Events]
• 1965: Andrew Stanton, American director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Katarina Witt, German figure skater [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Harris, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Monic Hendrickx, Dutch actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Harry Wismer, American broadcaster (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). [category: Events]
• 1968: Brendan Fraser, Canadian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter (Carcass, Firebird, Angel Witch, and Gentlemans Pistols) [category: Births]
• 1969: Mathias Wieman, German actor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Christian Karembeu, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Lu Parker, American journalist, Miss USA 1994 [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Byrd, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. [category: Events]
• 1971: Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Ola Rapace, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Vernon White, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1971: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives. [category: Events]
• 1972: Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1972: William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Holly Marie Combs, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: MC Frontalot, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1973: Sammy Leung, Hong Kong singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Super Crazy, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1973: Bea Miles, Australian writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Emile Christian, American trombone player and composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. [category: Events]
• 1975: Malinda Williams, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Mickey Avalon, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1976: Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Cornelius Griffin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Gary Glover, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Mark Boucher, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Silvia Fontana, Italian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1976: Todd Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, The Alter Boys, and Knives Out!) [category: Births]
• 1976: An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later. [category: Events]
• 1977: Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1977: Chad Durbin, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Troy Evans, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1978: Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Trina, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Rock Cartwright, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Sean Parker, American businessman, co-founded Napster [category: Births]
• 1979: Tiffany Haddish, American actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1979: Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert. [category: Events]
• 1980: Anna Chlumsky, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Jenna Dewan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Jim Sorgi, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Laryea Kingston, Ghanaian football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Zlata Filipović, Bosnian author [category: Births]
• 1980: Oswald Mosley, English politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Brian Bonsall, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: David Villa, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Liza Lapira, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Louise Roe, English model and journalist [category: Births]
• 1981: Tyjuan Hagler, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Franco Sbaraglini, Argentine-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin. [category: Events]
• 1983: James Ihedigbo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eisley) [category: Births]
• 1983: Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Hind Laroussi, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Vladimir Rokhlin, Soviet mathematician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. [category: Events]
• 1985: Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: Marcus Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Mike Randolph, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Robert Swift, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Sıla Şahin, German actress [category: Births]
• 1986: James Laurinaitis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Josh Vaughan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Radek Smoleňák, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1987: Brian Robiskie, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Michael Angarano, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Connie B. Gay American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Fernando Martin Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between NATO and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end. [category: Events]
• 1990: At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 7 passengers and 1 crew member aboard flight 1482. [category: Events]
• 1991: Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1992: A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague. [category: Events]
• 1992: The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo. [category: Events]
• 1992: UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia. [category: Events]
• 1993: Lewis Thomas, American physician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jake T. Austin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Elizabeth Glaser, American activist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jimmy Jewel, English actor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Georges Duby, French historian (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign The Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however. [category: Events]
• 1998: Pierre Hétu, Canadian conductor and pianist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Madeline Kahn, American actress (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. [category: Events]
• 1999: Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 2000: Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway [category: Births]
• 2005: Frederick Ashworth, American navy officer and weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California. [category: Events]
• 2006: Logan Whitehurst, American drummer (The Velvet Teen) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods. [category: Events]
• 2008: Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Richard Todd, Irish-English soldier and actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, claims the lives of 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. [category: Events]
• 2010: Abdumalik Bahori, soviet poet and author (b.1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator and director (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Geoffrey Shakerley, English photographer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leo Rajendram Antony, Sri Lankan bishop (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: M. Mahroof, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha, makes landfall in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• _: Advocate's Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Basque language day (Basque culture world) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birinus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Francis Xavier (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Saba) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities (International) [category: Holidays and observances]