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What happend on 8. December in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 8. December:
• 765: Ja'far al-Sadiq, Muslim jurist (b. 702) [category: Deaths]
• 899: Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850) [category: Deaths]
• 1432: The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1542: Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587) [category: Births]
• 1574: Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1616) [category: Births]
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• 1626: Christina, Queen of Sweden (d. 1689) [category: Births]
• 1626: John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: John Pym, English politician (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Noël Chabanel, French missionary (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello. [category: Events]
• 1678: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English diplomat (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1680: Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist (b. 1625) [category: Deaths]
• 1699: Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1708: Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1709: Thomas Corneille, French playwright (b. 1625) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
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• 1724: Claude Balbastre, French composer and organist (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1730: Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1731: František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1744: Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1745: Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1746: Charles Radclyffe, English politician (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1756: William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: Eli Whitney, American inventor, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1768: Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary (b. 1702) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1811: Eliza Poe, English-American actress (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1816: August Belmont, Prussian-American politician (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1817: Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1818: Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1822: Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian author (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1830: Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French politician and author (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1854: In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin. [category: Events]
• 1859: Thomas De Quincey, English author (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1861: Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1861: Georges Méliès, French director (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1861: William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1862: Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1864: Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1864: George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1865: Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1869: Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1875: Frederik Buch, Danish actor (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1885: William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1890: Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1894: E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1894: James Thurber, American author and illustrator (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1894: Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: John Qualen, Canadian actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1900: Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1902: Wifredo Lam, Cuban painter (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1903: Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. [category: Events]
• 1908: John A. Volpe, American politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1909: Lesslie Newbigin, English bishop and theologian (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out. [category: Events]
• 1913: Delmore Schwartz, American poet (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1914: Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. [category: Events]
• 1915: Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Richard Fleischer, American director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Gérard Souzay, French opera singer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Peter Tali Coleman, American politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1922: Lucian Freud, English painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American chemist [category: Births]
• 1924: Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian and author [category: Births]
• 1925: Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ferdie Pacheco, American physician [category: Births]
• 1927: Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet pilot and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1927: The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings. [category: Events]
• 1928: Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Julian Critchley, English politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor and director [category: Births]
• 1931: Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank [category: Births]
• 1933: Flip Wilson, American comedian and actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Dharmendra, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player [category: Births]
• 1936: David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1936: Michael Hobson, American publisher [category: Births]
• 1936: Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Arne Næss, Jr., German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1937: James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1938: Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1939: James Galway, Irish flute player [category: Births]
• 1939: Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter (The Impressions) [category: Births]
• 1939: Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Soko Richardson, American drummer (Kings of Rhythm and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1940: Brant Alyea, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Bob Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1941: Bobby Elliott, English drummer (The Hollies) [category: Births]
• 1941: Duke Cunningham, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Ed Brinkman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1941: Geoff Hurst, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1941: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. These happen concurrently with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was on December 7 in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1941: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan. [category: Events]
• 1943: Bodo Tümmler, German runner [category: Births]
• 1943: Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and poet (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens) (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1943: Mary Woronov, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Slick, American wrestling manager [category: Births]
• 1944: George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Vince MacLean, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1945: John Banville, Irish author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1946: John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, and director [category: Births]
• 1946: Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1947: Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Hour Glass) [category: Births]
• 1947: Gérard Blanc, French singer and guitarist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1947: Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author [category: Births]
• 1947: Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1948: Luis Caffarelli, Argentine-American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1949: Mary Gordon, American author and academic [category: Births]
• 1949: Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Ray Shulman, English violinist, guitarist, and producer (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound and Gentle Giant) [category: Births]
• 1949: Robert Sternberg, American psychologist [category: Births]
• 1949: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. [category: Events]
• 1950: Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1950: Rick Baker, American makeup artist [category: Births]
• 1950: Tim Foli, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Bill Bryson, American author [category: Births]
• 1951: Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1951: Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell [category: Births]
• 1952: Khaw Boon Wan, Malaysian-Singaporean politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Charles Lightoller, English officer on the RMS Titanic (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Kim Basinger, American actress, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Norman Finkelstein, American academic, author, and activist [category: Births]
• 1953: Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist [category: Births]
• 1953: Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1953: United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, and the U.S. launches its "Atoms for Peace" program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. [category: Events]
• 1954: Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1954: Gadowar Singh Sahota, Indian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer and scholar [category: Births]
• 1954: Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Joseph B. Keenan, American politician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and scriptwriter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1956: Andrew Edge English drummer (Thompson Twins Uropa Lula, and Savage Progress) [category: Births]
• 1956: Warren Cuccurullo, American guitarist (Duran Duran, Missing Persons, TV Mania, and Chicanery) [category: Births]
• 1957: Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Def Leppard, Girl, Man Raze, Tush, and Dumb Blondes) [category: Births]
• 1958: Bob Greene, American physiologist [category: Births]
• 1958: Rob Curling, Malaysian-English journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Thongchai McIntyre, Thai singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and critic [category: Births]
• 1959: Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1960: Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian politician,4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang [category: Births]
• 1961: Ann Coulter, American lawyer and author [category: Births]
• 1961: Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and television host [category: Births]
• 1962: Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host (Megadeth, Cacophony, and Hawaii) [category: Births]
• 1962: Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Steve Elkington, Australian golfer [category: Births]
• 1962: Wendell Pierce, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. [category: Events]
• 1963: Greg Howe, American guitarist, composer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Sarit Thanarat, Thai politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing all 81 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1964: Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1964: James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1964: Mike Ruiz, Canadian-American model, photographer, and director [category: Births]
• 1964: Teri Hatcher, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1965: David Harewood, English actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Theo Maassen, Dutch comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Ward Morehouse, American critic and columnist (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. [category: Events]
• 1967: Andy Kapp, German curler [category: Births]
• 1967: Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1967: Jeff George, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: Junkie XL, Dutch musician and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Michael Cole, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1968: Mike Mussina, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Steve Van Wormer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Me Phi Me, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1971: Eleni Ourani, Greek poet (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi. [category: Events]
• 1972: Frank Shamrock, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1972: Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1972: United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. [category: Events]
• 1973: Corey Taylor, American singer-songwriter (Slipknot, Stone Sour, and Junk Beer Kidnap Band) [category: Births]
• 1973: Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Cristian Castro, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Head Wound City) [category: Births]
• 1974: Tony Simmons, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. [category: Events]
• 1975: Jerrelle Clark, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Kevin Harvick, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Brettina, Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Dominic Monaghan, German-English actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Reed Johnson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Elsa Benítez, Mexican model and television host [category: Births]
• 1977: Ryan Newman, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Sébastien Chabal, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Frédéric Piquionne, France footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Ian Somerhalder, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: John Oster, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Vernon Wells, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Golda Meir, Russian-Israeli politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ingrid Michaelson, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Johan Forssell, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1979: José Peña, Venezuelan sprinter [category: Births]
• 1979: Raymond Lam, Hong Kong actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Lisa Kelly, American truck driver [category: Births]
• 1980: John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, The Quarrymen, and The Dirty Mac) (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a menatly unstable fan, in front of The Dakota. [category: Events]
• 1981: Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Philip Rivers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: DeeDee Trotter, American runner [category: Births]
• 1982: Halil Altıntop, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Hamit Altıntop, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jimmy Rave, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Noelle Pikus-Pace, American skeleton racer [category: Births]
• 1982: Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed. [category: Events]
• 1983: Liu Song, Chinese snooker player [category: Births]
• 1983: Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Badr Hari, Dutch kick-boxer [category: Births]
• 1984: Greg Halford, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Robert Jay Mathews, American white nationalist leader, founded The Order (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Dwight Howard, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Amir Khan, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1986: Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Jana Juričová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada. [category: Events]
• 1987: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death. [category: Events]
• 1987: The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs. [category: Events]
• 1987: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed. [category: Events]
• 1988: A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others. [category: Events]
• 1989: Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Jen Ledger, English drummer (Skillet) [category: Births]
• 1991: Buck Clayton, American trumpet player (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Kimberly Bergalis, American HIV victim (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. [category: Events]
• 1991: The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. [category: Events]
• 1992: William Shawn, American magazine editor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Jordan Obita, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton. [category: Events]
• 1994: Raheem Sterling, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jordan Ibe, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1996: Teala Dunn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Bob Bell, American clown (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Michael Craze, English actor (b.1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. [category: Events]
• 1999: Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Milić od Mačve, Serbian painter (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Don Tennant, American advertising executive (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club and Estrellas de Areito) (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan, and Gasoline) (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. [category: Events]
• 2005: Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Benazir Bhutto, first and only female former Prime Minister of Pakistan, had her PPP Office stormed by unidentified gunmen. Three supporters are killed. [category: Events]
• 2008: Kerryn McCann, Australian runner (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Oliver Postgate, English animator and puppeteer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Kenneth Biros, American murderer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448. [category: Events]
• 2010: The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km. [category: Events]
• 2010: With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. [category: Events]
• 2012: Ambrose Madtha, Indian archbishop (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arnold Dean, American radio host (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill Prest, Australian politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charles Martin, American politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jagannathan, Malayalam actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Khan Sarwar Murshid, Bangladeshi educator and diplomat (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Walter Newman, American soldier and civic leader (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yvonne Kennedy, American politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 65_bc: Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC) [category: Births]
• _: Bodhi Day (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: CARICOM-Cuba Day (the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christmas on Campus (University of Dayton) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Clement of Ohrid (Julian Calendar) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Uzbekistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eucharius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holidays in several countries, a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States and the Philippines), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festa da Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean (Salvador, Bahia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival of Lights (Lyon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (Panama) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Youth Day (Albania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Richard Baxter (US Episcopal Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Romaric [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Student's Day (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]