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What happend on 6. December in History
In our data base we found 323 events happened on 6. December:
• 343: Saint Nicholas, Turkish bishop (b. 270) [category: Deaths]
• 672: Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Saudi Arabian rebel leader (b. 710) [category: Deaths]
• 846: Hasan al-Askari, Saudi Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874) [category: Births]
• 1060: Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1185: Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109) [category: Deaths]
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• 1240: Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. [category: Events]
• 1285: Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) [category: Births]
• 1352: Pope Clement VI (b. 1291) [category: Deaths]
• 1421: Henry VI of England (d. 1471) [category: Births]
• 1478: Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) [category: Births]
• 1534: The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. [category: Events]
• 1550: Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (d. 1605) [category: Births]
• 1562: Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
• 1586: Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1608: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1618: Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1637: Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1640: Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1642: Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1648: Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". [category: Events]
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• 1658: Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1672: John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: John Lightfoot, English churchman, academic, and scholar (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1704: Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. [category: Events]
• 1716: Benedictus Buns, Dutch composer (b. 1642) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French politician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1721: James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and educator (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1745: Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. [category: Events]
• 1746: Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Gabriel Duvall, American politician and jurist (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1768: The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. [category: Events]
• 1771: Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1779: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Jonathan Shipley, English bishop and politician (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1792: William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1805: Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1805: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1812: Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1823: Friedrich Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1833: John S. Mosby, American army officer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1841: Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1849: August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1853: Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1855: William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery. [category: Events]
• 1867: Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1872: William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1874: Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1875: Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1875: Evelyn Underhill, English poet (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1876: Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1877: The first edition of the Washington Post is published. [category: Events]
• 1878: Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed. [category: Events]
• 1886: Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1887: Joseph Lamb, American composer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1887: Lynn Fontanne, English-American actress (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1888: Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1889: Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist and author (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1890: Rudolf Schlichter, German painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1890: Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1892: Osbert Sitwell, English author (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1892: Werner von Siemens, German bussnessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1897: London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. [category: Events]
• 1898: Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1898: Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1900: Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1903: Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1904: Ève Curie, French journalist and pianist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1904: Theodore Roosevelt announced his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. [category: Events]
• 1905: Elizabeth Yates, American author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1907: A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers. [category: Events]
• 1908: Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1908: Pierre Graber, Swiss politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1913: Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1916: Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1916: Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. [category: Events]
• 1917: Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1917: Finland declares independence from Russia. [category: Events]
• 1917: Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia. [category: Events]
• 1917: World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. [category: Events]
• 1919: Paul de Man, Belgian-American critic and theorist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1919: Skippy Baxter, American figure skater (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1921: Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jesse Carleton, American golfer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. [category: Events]
• 1922: Benjamin A. Gilman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1922: John Brunt, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1922: One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence. [category: Events]
• 1924: Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1924: Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Bobby Van, American actor and singer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1928: The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. [category: Events]
• 1929: Alain Tanner, Swiss director [category: Births]
• 1929: Frank Springer, American illustrator (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor [category: Births]
• 1930: Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1931: Zeki Müren, Turkish, singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1932: Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Donald J. Kutyna, American air force officer [category: Births]
• 1933: Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. [category: Events]
• 1934: Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1934: Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician [category: Births]
• 1936: David Ossman, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Kenneth Copeland, American author and evangelist [category: Births]
• 1937: Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1938: Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Richard Edlund, American cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1941: Bill Thomas, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1941: Wende Wagner, American actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. [category: Events]
• 1942: Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright [category: Births]
• 1943: Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1945: Dan Harrington, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1945: Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1945: Shekhar Kapur, Indian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1946: Frankie Beverly, American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze) [category: Births]
• 1946: Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1947: Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist (Weather Report) [category: Births]
• 1947: The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1948: Don Nickles, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: JoBeth Williams, American actress and director [category: Births]
• 1948: Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1948: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1949: Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1949: Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop [category: Births]
• 1949: Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1949: Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1950: Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Sonia Manzano, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1951: Harold Ross, American journalist, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Craig Newmark, American businessman, founded Craigslist [category: Births]
• 1952: Ric Charlesworth, Australian field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1953: Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1953: Gary Ward, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1953: Kin Shriner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Masami Kurumada, Japanese writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1953: Tom Hulce, American actor, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita. [category: Events]
• 1955: Rick Buckler, English drummer (The Jam, The Highliners, and Time UK) [category: Births]
• 1955: Steven Wright, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Honus Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, Tired Pony, and The Baseball Project) [category: Births]
• 1956: Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot) (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1956: B. R. Ambedkar, Indian politician and economist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1957: Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sound and The Outsiders) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1957: Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. [category: Events]
• 1958: Nick Park, English director and animator [category: Births]
• 1959: Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman [category: Births]
• 1961: David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies and The Martinis) [category: Births]
• 1961: Manuel Reuter, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1961: Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Janine Turner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Consuelo Vanderbilt, American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level. [category: Events]
• 1966: Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete [category: Births]
• 1967: Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1967: Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Adrian Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1969: Torri Higginson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones's concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. [category: Events]
• 1970: Adrian Fenty, American politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia [category: Births]
• 1970: Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1970: Jeff Rouse, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1970: Michaela Schaffrath, German actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Ace of Base) [category: Births]
• 1971: Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: José Contreras, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1971: Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh. [category: Events]
• 1972: Heather Mizeur, American politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Mónica Santa María, Peruvian model and television host (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1972: Rick Short, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Janet Munro, English actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3). [category: Events]
• 1974: Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. [category: Events]
• 1976: Alicia Machado, Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Universe 1996 [category: Births]
• 1976: Colleen Haskell, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1976: Lindsay Price, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: João Goulart, Brazilian politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kevin Cash, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. [category: Events]
• 1978: Chris Basak, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Darrell Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: K. D. Aubert, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Ramiro Pez, Argentine-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum. [category: Events]
• 1979: Tim Cahill, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Yanina González, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2004 [category: Births]
• 1980: Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Steve Lovell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Carnes, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians. [category: Events]
• 1983: Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Syndric Steptoe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: Dulce María, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (RBD and Jeans) [category: Births]
• 1985: Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1985: Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England 2007 [category: Births]
• 1986: Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Nils Petersen, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer (Urban Symphony) [category: Births]
• 1988: Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys) (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government. [category: Events]
• 1989: Felix Schiller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: John Payne, American actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Sammy Fain, American composer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The École Polytechnique Massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. [category: Events]
• 1990: Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Mimi Smith, English nurse, aunt of John Lennon (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Richard Stone, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May. [category: Events]
• 1992: Johnny Manziel, American football player [category: Births]
• 1992: The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1500 people. [category: Events]
• 1993: Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Heinz Baas, German footballer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Joy Gruttmann, German singer [category: Births]
• 1996: Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1996: Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67. [category: Events]
• 1998: César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca [category: Births]
• 2000: Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Werner Klemperer, German actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan army officer and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jerry Tuite, American wrestler (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more civilians. [category: Events]
• 2005: Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China. [category: Events]
• 2006: Betty Moschona, Greek actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. [category: Events]
• 2007: Katy French, Swiss-Irish model and socialite (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer. [category: Events]
• 2010: Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alice Harden, American politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bim Diederich, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eta Cohen, English violinist and author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Giovanni Sostero, Italian astronomer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jan Carew, Guyanese writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese businessman (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Karine Kazinian, Armenian diplomat (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Guinean politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mike Boyette, American wrestler (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Reginald Norby, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abraham of Kratia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christkind traditionally gives Christmas gifts on this day. (Central and Southern Europe) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Spain) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicholas of Myra [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. (International) [category: Holidays and observances]