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What happend on 5. December in History
In our data base we found 333 events happened on 5. December:
• 1082: Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053) [category: Deaths]
• 1082: Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1355: John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300) [category: Deaths]
• 1377: Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) [category: Births]
• 1408: Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. [category: Events]
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• 1443: Pope Julius II (d. 1513) [category: Births]
• 1484: Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the most oppressive witch hunts in European history. [category: Events]
• 1492: Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). [category: Events]
• 1495: Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist (d. 1542) [category: Births]
• 1496: King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of "heretics" from the country. [category: Events]
• 1537: Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) [category: Births]
• 1539: Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) [category: Births]
• 1547: Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625) [category: Births]
• 1560: Francis II of France (b. 1544) [category: Deaths]
• 1570: Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494) [category: Deaths]
• 1595: Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1595: Henry Lawes, English musician and composer (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1624: Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
• 1654: Jean François Sarrazin, French author (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician (d. 1724) [category: Births]
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• 1663: Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Francesco Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1741) [category: Births]
• 1687: Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1697: Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1749: Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian military officer and explorer (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen – Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. [category: Events]
• 1758: Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: In London, James Christie holds his first sale. [category: Events]
• 1770: James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1782: Martin Van Buren, American politician, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1784: Phillis Wheatley, American poet (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1815: Foundation of Maceió in Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1819: Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1822: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1829: Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Canadian politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1830: Christina Rossetti, English poet (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1831: Former US President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives. [category: Events]
• 1839: George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1841: Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1847: Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post. [category: Events]
• 1848: California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. [category: Events]
• 1855: Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1859: John Jellicoe, English admiral (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1863: Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1865: Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain. [category: Events]
• 1867: Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1867: Józef Piłsudski, Polish military officer and politician, Chief of State of the Second Republic of Poland (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1868: Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1869: Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1870: Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1870: Alexandre Dumas, French author (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1872: Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1875: Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1876: The Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, NY. [category: Events]
• 1879: Clyde Vernon Cessna, American aviator and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1881: René Cresté, French actor (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1886: Pieter Oud, Dutch politician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1886: Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1887: Eliza R. Snow, American poet (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1890: Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1891: Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1895: Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1895: Gall, American tribal chief (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1897: Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1898: Grace Moore, American soprano (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1898: Josh Malihabadi, Indian poet (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1901: Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1901: Walt Disney, American animator, director, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1901: Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1902: Emeric Pressburger, English screenwriter, director and producer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1902: Strom Thurmond, American politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1903: Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1903: Johannes Heesters, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1905: Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: Otto Preminger, Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1907: Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Lin Biao, Chinese military officer and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1909: Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1910: Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1911: Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1912: Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1914: Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1914: The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country. [category: Events]
• 1916: Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist [category: Births]
• 1917: Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1917: Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece. [category: Events]
• 1921: Alvy Moore, American actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1925: Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1925: Władysław Reymont, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king [category: Births]
• 1931: Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1931: Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1932: Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. [category: Events]
• 1933: Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. [category: Events]
• 1934: Joan Didion, American author [category: Births]
• 1934: Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city. [category: Events]
• 1935: Calvin Trillin, American journalist, author, and poet [category: Births]
• 1935: Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1936: James Lee Burke, American author [category: Births]
• 1936: The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR. [category: Events]
• 1938: J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1938: JJ Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Leathercoated Minds) [category: Births]
• 1939: Minita Chico-Nazario, Filipino jurist [category: Births]
• 1940: Adrian Street, Welsh wrestler [category: Births]
• 1940: Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1940: Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Peter Pohl, Swedish author, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1940: Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre. [category: Events]
• 1942: Jock Delves Broughton, English noble (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Eva Joly, Norwegian-French politician [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: U.S. Army Air Force begins attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Loukas Sideras, Greek drummer and producer (Aphrodite's Child) [category: Births]
• 1945: Moshe Katsav, Israeli politician, 8th President of Israel [category: Births]
• 1945: Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1945: Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle. [category: Events]
• 1946: Andy Kim, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1946: José Carreras, Spanish tenor [category: Births]
• 1946: Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver [category: Births]
• 1946: Louis Dewis, Belgian painter (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica [category: Births]
• 1947: Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina, and Poco) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jim Plunkett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1947: Tony Gregory, Irish politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1949: Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese-Libyan military officer [category: Births]
• 1949: John Altman, English composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1950: Camarón de la Isla, Spanish singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1950: James Knaggs, American officer in The Salvation Army [category: Births]
• 1950: Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian composer [category: Births]
• 1950: Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru and poet (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1951: Larry Zbyszko, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1951: Morgan Brittany, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. [category: Events]
• 1953: Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist [category: Births]
• 1953: Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: William Sterling Parsons, American naval officer and weaponeer on the Enola Gay (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Gary Roenicke, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1954: Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright [category: Births]
• 1955: Glenn L. Martin, American businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [category: Events]
• 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO. [category: Events]
• 1956: Brian Backer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Klaus Allofs, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist [category: Births]
• 1957: Art Monk, American football player [category: Births]
• 1957: Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia. [category: Events]
• 1958: Dean Erickson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Dynamite Kid, English wrestler [category: Births]
• 1958: Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh. [category: Events]
• 1958: The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways. [category: Events]
• 1959: Lee Chapman, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman [category: Births]
• 1960: Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1960: Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer (Great White) [category: Births]
• 1961: Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1961: Sophia Vossou, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1961: Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1962: José Cura, Argentine tenor [category: Births]
• 1962: Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor (Skinny Puppy, ohGr, Ministry, and Rx) [category: Births]
• 1962: Pablo Morales, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1963: Carrie Hamilton, American actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1963: Doctor Dré, American television and radio host [category: Births]
• 1963: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, English ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1963: Ty England, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1963: Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistani politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. [category: Events]
• 1965: John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Goo Goo Dolls) [category: Births]
• 1965: Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper [category: Births]
• 1965: Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Lee Seung-Cheol, South Korean singer (Boohwal) [category: Births]
• 1966: Patricia Kaas, French singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1967: Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin [category: Births]
• 1968: Lisa Marie, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Lydia Millet, American author [category: Births]
• 1968: Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Alex Kapp Horner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Eric Etebari, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Lewis Gordon Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1969: Morgan J. Freeman, American director [category: Births]
• 1969: Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Claudius Dornier, German businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: The four node ARPANET network is established [category: Events]
• 1970: Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Kali Rocha, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Kavus Torabi, Iranian-English guitarist (Knifeworld, Cardiacs, The Monsoon Bassoon, Guapo, and Chrome Hoof) [category: Births]
• 1972: Angela Shelton, American actress, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Cliff Floyd, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Mahoney, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Arik Benado, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Danielle Winits, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Luboš Motl, Czech physicist [category: Births]
• 1973: Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Shalom Harlow, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Charlie Batch, American football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Paula Patton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1976: Amy Acker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: The United Nations General Assembly adopts Pakistan's resolution on security of non-Nuclear States. [category: Events]
• 1977: Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military officer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1978: Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Pachrapa Chaichua, Thai actress [category: Births]
• 1978: The Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 1979: Evonne Hsu, American-Taiwanese singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Gareth McAuley, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Nick Stahl, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jesse Pearson, American actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1980: Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer [category: Births]
• 1980: Shizuka Itō, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Tamara Feldman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Eddy Curry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Trai Essex, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: JP White, Swedish bass player (Vains Of Jenna) [category: Births]
• 1983: Tiffany Weimer, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1983: Robert Aldrich, American director (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1983: ICIMOD is established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year. [category: Events]
• 1984: Chris Solinsky, American runner [category: Births]
• 1985: Frankie Muniz, American actor and race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Josh Smith, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: James Hinchcliffe Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Edward Youde, Welsh diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Tommy Fraser, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Miralem Sulejmani, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gregory Tyree Boyce, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Kwon Yuri, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation) [category: Births]
• 1989: John Pritchard, English conductor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Carolin Schäfer, German hepathlete [category: Births]
• 1991: Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Richard Speck, American murderer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Robert Karvelas, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is injured by a letter bomb. [category: Events]
• 1994: Harry Horner, American art director (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Charles Evans, English mountaineer and surgeon (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. [category: Events]
• 1998: Albert Gore, Sr., American politician (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ne Win, Burmese military officer and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Roone Arledge, American sportscaster (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there. [category: Events]
• 2005: Edward L. Masry, American lawyer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Kevin McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [category: Events]
• 2006: David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Soviet chess player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. [category: Events]
• 2007: Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life. [category: Events]
• 2008: Alexy II of Moscow, Russian religious leader, 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Vimolchatra, Thai princess (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Alan Armer, American director and producer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Leslie, American porn actor and director (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chen Wencong, Singaporean actor (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Doug Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frigyes Hollósi, Hungarian actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Geoffrey Clatworthy, New Zealand activist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michael A. Gorman, American politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese actor (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sammy Arena, American singer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sarah Kirsch, American singer and guitarist (Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, and Fifteen) (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch bishop (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yves Niaré, French shot putter (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 63_bc: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman statesman [category: Deaths]
• 63_bc: Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. [category: Events]
• 663: Fourth Council of Toledo takes place. [category: Events]
• _: Abercius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church in the United States of America) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Faunalia, in honor of Faunus (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Krampus (Austria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sabbas the Sanctified [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Nicholas Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the UK) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The King's Birthday, National Day, and Father's Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]