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354th day of the year
Day of the year
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 11 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1915 –
World War I : The last Australian troops are evacuated from
Gallipoli .
1917 –
Cheka , the first
Soviet secret police force, is founded.
1924 –
Adolf Hitler is released from
Landsberg Prison .
[8]
1940 –
Captain America Comics #1, containing the first appearance of the superhero
Captain America , is published.
[9]
1941 –
World War II : First battle of the
American Volunteer Group , better known as the "
Flying Tigers ", in
Kunming , China.
1942 – World War II:
Japanese air forces bomb
Calcutta ,
India .
1946 –
It's a Wonderful Life premieres at the
Globe Theatre in
New York to mixed reviews.
[1]
1946 –
An earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan causes a tsunami which kills at least one thousand people and destroys 36,000 homes.
[10]
1948 –
Indonesian National Revolution : The Dutch military
captures Yogyakarta , the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.
1951 – The
EBR-1 in
Arco, Idaho becomes the first
nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
1952 – A
United States Air Force
C-124
crashes and burns in
Moses Lake, Washington , killing 87 of the 115 people on board.
[11]
1955 –
Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of
Wales , United Kingdom.
[12]
1957 – The initial production version of the
Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
1960 –
Vietnam War : The
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam , popularly known as the Viet Cong, is formally established in Tân Lập village, present day
Tây Ninh province .
[13]
1967 – A
Pennsylvania Railroad
Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day
Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor.
1968 – The
Zodiac Killer murders his first two officially confirmed victims, David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, on Lake Herman Road in
Benicia, California , United States.
[14]
1970 –
Koza riot : After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving
American service personnel, roughly 5,000
Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the
U.S. occupation of Okinawa .
[15]
1973 –
Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco : A
car bomb planted by
ETA in
Madrid kills three people, including the
Prime Minister of Spain , Admiral
Luis Carrero Blanco .
[16]
1977 – With the approval of the
State Council ,
China ’s two largest newspapers, the
People’s Daily and the
Guangming Daily , publish in full for the first time the
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme .
[17]
1984 – The
Summit Tunnel fire , one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a
freight train carrying over one million liters of
gasoline derails near the town of
Todmorden , England, in the
Pennines .
1984 –
Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from
Greeley, Colorado . Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home.
[18]
[19] The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
[20]
1985 –
Pope John Paul II announces the institution of
World Youth Day .
1987 – In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry
Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker
MT Vector in the
Tablas Strait of the
Philippines , killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
1988 –
War on drugs : The
United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances , one of three major drug control treaties currently in force.
[21]
1989 – The
United States invasion of Panama
deposes
Manuel Noriega .
1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the
honor killing of their daughter Palestina .
1995 –
NATO begins peacekeeping in
Bosnia .
1995 –
American Airlines Flight 965 , a
Boeing 757 , crashes into a mountain 50 km north of
Cali ,
Colombia , killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
[22]
1999 –
Macau is
handed over to
China by
Portugal .
2004 – A gang of thieves
steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the
Donegall Square West headquarters of
Northern Bank in
Belfast ,
Northern Ireland , United Kingdom, one of the largest
bank robberies in British history.
2007 –
Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing
Queen Victoria , who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
[23]
2007 – The
Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist
Pablo Picasso , and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter
Cândido Portinari , are stolen from the
São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
[24]
2019 – The
United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
[25]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1626 –
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff , German scholar and politician (d. 1692)
1629 –
Pieter de Hooch , Dutch painter (d. 1684)
[27]
1641 –
Urban Hjärne , Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724)
[28]
1740 –
Arthur Lee , American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)
1786 –
Pietro Raimondi , Italian composer (d. 1853)
1792 –
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet , French painter and educator (d. 1845)
1806 –
Martín Carrera , Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1871)
[29]
1812 –
Laura M. Hawley Thurston , American poet and educator (d. 1842)
[30]
1838 –
Edwin Abbott Abbott , English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)
1841 –
Ferdinand Buisson , French academic and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1851 –
Knut Wicksell , Swedish economist (d. 1926)
[31]
1861 –
Ferdinand Bonn , German actor (d. 1933)
1861 –
Ivana Kobilca , Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
1865 –
Elsie de Wolfe , American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)
1868 –
Harvey Samuel Firestone , American businessman, founded the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)
[32]
1869 –
Charley Grapewin , American actor (d. 1956)
[33]
1871 –
Henry Kimball Hadley , American composer and conductor (d. 1937)
[34]
1873 –
Kan'ichi Asakawa , Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948)
1873 –
Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936)
1881 –
Branch Rickey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
1884 –
Ruhana Kuddus , Indonesian activist and journalist (d.1972)
[35]
1886 –
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974)
[36]
1888 –
Yitzhak Baer , German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980)
1888 –
Fred Merkle , American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)
1890 –
Yvonne Arnaud , French pianist, actress and singer (d. 1958)
1890 –
Jaroslav Heyrovský , Czech chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1891 –
Erik Almlöf , Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971)
1894 –
Robert Menzies , Australian lawyer and politician, 12th
Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
1898 –
Konstantinos Dovas , Greek general and politician, 156th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
1898 –
Irene Dunne , American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1899 –
Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Welsh preacher and physician (d. 1981)
1900 –
Lissy Arna , German actress (d. 1964)
1900 –
Gabby Hartnett , American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
[37]
1901–present
1901 –
Robert J. Van de Graaff , American physicist and academic, invented the
Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)
[38]
1902 –
Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1902 –
Sidney Hook , American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
1904 –
Spud Davis , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
1904 –
Yevgenia Ginzburg , Russian author (d. 1977)
1905 –
Bill O'Reilly , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)
1907 –
Paul Francis Webster , American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 –
Dennis Morgan , American actor and singer (d. 1994)
1909 –
Vakkom Majeed , Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1911 –
Hortense Calisher , American author (d. 2009)
1914 –
Harry F. Byrd Jr. , American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)
1915 –
Aziz Nesin , Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1916 –
Michel Chartrand , Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010)
1917 –
David Bohm , American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
1917 –
Cahit Külebi , Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
1917 –
Audrey Totter , American actress (d. 2013)
1918 –
Jean Marchand , Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd
Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)
1920 –
Väinö Linna , Finnish author (d. 1992)
[39]
1921 –
George Roy Hill , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
[40]
1922 –
Beverly Pepper , American sculptor and painter (d. 2020)
1922 –
William Soeryadjaya , Chinese-Indonesian businessman and co-founder of
Astra International (d. 2010)
[41]
1924 –
Charlie Callas , American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
1924 –
Judy LaMarsh , Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd
Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
[42]
1925 –
Benito Lorenzi , Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1926 –
Geoffrey Howe , Welsh lawyer and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)
1926 –
Otto Graf Lambsdorff , German lawyer and politician,
German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)
1927 –
Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark , English engineer and politician (d. 2016)
1927 –
Jim Simpson , American sportscaster (d. 2016)
[43]
1927 –
Kim Young-sam , South Korean soldier and politician, 7th
President of South Korea (d. 2015)
1928 –
John Menkes , Austrian-American pediatric and writer (d. 2008)
[44]
1929 –
Don Sunderlage , American basketball player (d. 1961)
[45]
1931 –
Mala Powers , American actress (d. 2007)
1932 –
John Hillerman , American actor (d. 2017)
[46]
1933 –
Olavi Salonen , Finnish runner
1933 –
Rik Van Looy , Belgian cyclist
1935 –
Khalid Ibadulla , Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1939 –
Kathryn Joosten , American actress (d. 2012)
1939 –
Kim Weston , American soul singer
1942 –
Rana Bhagwandas , Pakistani lawyer and judge,
Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)
1942 –
Bob Hayes , American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)
[47]
1942 –
Jean-Claude Trichet , French banker and economist
1944 –
Ray Martin , Australian television host and journalist
1945 –
Peter Criss , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
[48]
1945 –
Sivakant Tiwari , Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)
1946 –
Uri Geller , Israeli-English magician and psychic
[48]
1946 –
Bill Hosket Jr. , American basketball player
[49]
1946 –
Sonny Perdue , American politician, 31st
United States Secretary of Agriculture , 81st
Governor of Georgia
[50]
1946 –
Dick Wolf , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[48]
1947 –
Gigliola Cinquetti , Italian singer-songwriter
[51]
1948 –
Alan Parsons , English keyboard player and producer
[52]
1948 –
Mitsuko Uchida , Japanese pianist
[53]
1949 –
Soumaïla Cissé , Malian engineer and politician
1949 –
Cecil Cooper , American baseball player and manager
[54]
1950 –
Arturo Márquez , Mexican-American composer
1951 –
Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan , Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
1951 –
Marta Russell , American author and activist (d. 2013)
1952 –
Jenny Agutter , English actress
[48]
1954 –
Michael Badalucco , American actor
[48]
1954 –
Sandra Cisneros , American author and poet
1955 –
David Breashears , American mountaineer, director, and producer
1955 –
Martin Schulz , German politician
1955 –
Binali Yıldırım , Turkish lawyer and politician,
Turkish Minister of Transport
1956 –
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz , Mauritanian general and politician,
President of Mauritania
1956 –
Guy Babylon , American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)
1956 –
Blanche Baker , American actress and screenwriter
[48]
1956 –
Junji Hirata , Japanese wrestler
1956 –
Andrew Mackenzie , Scottish geologist and businessman
1956 –
Anita Ward , American disco/R&B singer
1957 –
Billy Bragg , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
[48]
1957 –
Anna Vissi , Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
1957 –
Mike Watt , American singer-songwriter and bass player
[55]
1958 –
Doug Nordquist , American high jumper
1958 –
James Thomson , American biologist and academic
1959 –
George Coupland , Scottish scientist
1959 –
Hildegard Körner , German runner
1959 –
Jackie Fox , American bass player
1959 –
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz , Polish physicist and politician, 12th
Prime Minister of Poland
1959 –
Trent Tucker , American basketball player and sportscaster
1960 –
Nalo Hopkinson , Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
1960 –
Kim Ki-duk , South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
[56]
1961 –
Mohammad Fouad , Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
1961 –
Mike Keneally , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 –
Freddie Spencer , American motorcycle racer
1963 –
Joel Gretsch , American actor
[48]
1964 –
Mark Coleman , American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1965 –
Rich Gannon , American football player and sportscaster
1966 –
Matt Neal , English racing driver
1966 –
Veronica Pershina , Russian-American figure skater and coach
1966 –
Chris Robinson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[48]
1968 –
Joe Cornish , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1968 –
Karl Wendlinger , Austrian racing driver
1969 –
Alain de Botton , Swiss-English philosopher and author
1969 –
Zahra Ouaziz , Moroccan runner
1970 –
Nicole de Boer , Canadian actress
[48]
1970 –
Grant Flower , Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1970 –
Jörg Schmidt , German footballer
1972 –
Jan Čaloun , Czech ice hockey player
[57]
1972 –
Anders Odden , Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 –
Anja Rücker , German sprinter
1973 –
David Nedohin , Canadian curler and sportscaster
1974 –
Die , Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1975 –
Bartosz Bosacki , Polish footballer
1976 –
Nenad Vučković , Croatian footballer
1978 –
Yoon Kye-sang , South Korean singer
1978 –
Andrei Markov , Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
1978 –
Geremi Njitap , Cameroon footballer
[58]
1978 –
Bouabdellah Tahri , French runner
[59]
1979 –
Michael Rogers , Australian cyclist
[60]
1980 –
Israel Castro , Mexican footballer
1980 –
Ashley Cole , English footballer
1980 –
Anthony da Silva , French-Portuguese footballer
1980 –
Martín Demichelis , Argentine footballer
1981 –
Royal Ivey , American basketball player and coach
[61]
1981 –
James Shields , American baseball player
[62]
1982 –
Mohammad Asif , Pakistani cricketer
1982 –
David Cook , American singer-songwriter
[48]
1982 –
Kasper Klausen , Danish footballer
1982 –
David Wright , American baseball player
[63]
1983 –
Jonah Hill , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[48]
1984 –
Bob Morley , Australian actor
[48]
1984 –
David Tavaré , Spanish singer and DJ
[64]
1986 –
Chay Genoway , Canadian ice hockey player
[65]
1987 –
Malcolm Jenkins , American football player
[66]
1990 –
JoJo , American singer and actress
[67]
1990 –
Marta Xargay , Spanish basketball player
[68]
1991 –
Rachael Boyle , Scottish footballer
[69]
1991 –
Jorginho , Brazilian footballer
[70]
1991 –
Jillian Rose Reed , American actress
[46]
1991 –
Fabian Schär , Swiss footballer
[71]
1992 –
Ksenia Makarova , Russian-American figure skater
1993 –
Robeisy Ramírez , Cuban boxer
[72]
1994 –
Calvin Ridley , American football player
[73]
1995 –
Anžejs Pasečņiks , Latvian basketball player
[74]
1995 –
Christian Wilkins , American football player
[75]
1997 –
De'Aaron Fox , American basketball player
[76]
1997 –
Suzuka Nakamoto , Japanese singer
1998 –
Kylian Mbappé , French footballer
[77]
2001 –
Facundo Pellistri , Uruguayan footballer
[78]
2002 –
Marcelo Pitaluga , Brazilian footballer
[79]
Deaths
Pre-1600
69 –
Titus Flavius Sabinus , a
Roman politician and soldier
[80]
217 –
Zephyrinus , pope of the Catholic Church
910 –
Alfonso III , king of Asturias
977 –
Fujiwara no Kanemichi , Japanese statesman (b. 925)
1295 –
Margaret of Provence , French queen (b. 1221)
1326 –
Peter of Moscow , Russian metropolitan bishop
1340 –
John I , duke of Bavaria (b. 1329)
1355 –
Stefan Dušan , emperor of Serbia (b. 1308)
1539 –
Johannes Lupi , Flemish composer (b. 1506)
1552 –
Katharina von Bora , wife of
Martin Luther (b. 1499)
1590 –
Ambroise Paré , French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)
1601–1900
1658 –
Jean Jannon , French designer and typefounder (b. 1580)
1722 –
Kangxi , emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
1723 –
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus , German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
1740 –
Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon , English field marshal and politician,
Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
1765 –
Louis , dauphin of France (b. 1729)
1768 –
Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni , Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
1783 –
Antonio Soler , Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
1812 –
Sacagawea , American explorer (b. 1788)
1820 –
John Bell , American farmer (b. 1750)
1856 –
Francesco Bentivegna , Italian activist (b. 1820)
1862 –
Robert Knox , Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
[81]
1880 –
Gaspar Tochman , Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
1893 –
George C. Magoun , American businessman (b. 1840)
1901–present
1915 –
Upendrakishore Ray , Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
1916 –
Arthur Morgan , Australian politician, 16th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
1917 –
Lucien Petit-Breton , French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
1919 –
Philip Fysh , English-Australian politician, 12th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
[82]
1920 –
Linton Hope , English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
1921 –
Julius Richard Petri , German microbiologist (b. 1852)
[83]
1925 –
João Ferreira Sardo , the founder of
Gafanha da Nazaré , also known as Prior Sardo (b. 1873).
[84]
1927 –
Frederick Semple , American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
[85]
1929 –
Émile Loubet , French lawyer and politician, 8th
President of France (b. 1838)
1935 –
Martin O'Meara , Irish-Australian sergeant,
Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
1937 –
Erich Ludendorff , German general (b. 1865)
1938 –
Annie Armstrong , American missionary (b. 1850)
1938 –
Lida Howell , American archer (b. 1859)
1939 –
Hans Langsdorff , German captain (b. 1894)
1941 –
Igor Severyanin , Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
1950 –
Enrico Mizzi , Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
1954 –
James Hilton , English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1956 –
Ramón Carrillo , Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
1959 –
Juhan Simm , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
1961 –
Moss Hart , American director and playwright (b. 1904)
1961 –
Earle Page , Australian soldier and politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
1968 –
John Steinbeck , American novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1971 –
Roy O. Disney , American banker and businessman, co-founded
The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
1972 –
Adolfo Orsi , Italian businessman (b. 1888)
1973 –
Luis Carrero Blanco , Spanish admiral and politician, 69th
President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904; assassinated)
[86]
1973 –
Bobby Darin , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
[87]
1974 –
Rajani Palme Dutt , English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
1974 –
André Jolivet , French composer and conductor (b. 1905)
1976 –
Richard J. Daley , American lawyer and politician, 48th
Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
1976 –
Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo , Indonesian politician, 1st Governor of West Java (b. 1890)
[88]
1981 –
Dimitris Rontiris , Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
1982 –
Arthur Rubinstein , Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
1984 –
Stanley Milgram , American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)
1984 –
Dmitry Ustinov ,
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)
[89]
1986 –
Joe DeSa , American baseball player (b. 1959)
1991 –
Simone Beck , French chef and author (b. 1904)
[90]
1991 –
Sam Rabin , English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (b. 1903)
1991 –
Albert Van Vlierberghe , Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
1993 –
W. Edwards Deming , American statistician, author, and academic (b. 1900)
1993 –
Nazife Güran , Turkish composer and educator (b. 1921)
1994 –
Dean Rusk , American lawyer, and politician, 54th
United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)
1995 –
Madge Sinclair , Jamaican-American actress (b. 1938)
1996 –
Carl Sagan , American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (b. 1934)
[91]
1997 –
Denise Levertov , English-American poet and translator (b. 1923)
1997 –
Dick Spooner , English cricketer (b. 1919)
1997 –
Dawn Steel , American film producer (b. 1946)
1998 –
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin , English physiologist and biophysicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1999 –
Riccardo Freda , Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1999 –
Hank Snow , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
2001 –
Léopold Sédar Senghor , Senegalese poet and politician, 1st
President of Senegal (b. 1906)
2005 –
Raoul Bott , Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
2006 –
Anne Rogers Clark , American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
2008 –
Adrian Mitchell , English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2008 –
Robert Mulligan , American director and producer (b. 1925)
[92]
2008 –
Igor Troubetzkoy , Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
2009 –
Brittany Murphy , American actress and singer (b. 1977)
2009 –
Arnold Stang , American actor (b. 1918)
2010 –
K. P. Ratnam , Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
2011 –
Barry Reckord , Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2012 –
Stan Charlton , English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2012 –
Robert Juniper , Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
2012 –
Victor Merzhanov , Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
2013 –
Pyotr Bolotnikov , Russian runner (b. 1930)
2014 –
Per-Ingvar Brånemark , Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)
2014 –
John Freeman , English lawyer, politician, and diplomat,
British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
2020 –
Fanny Waterman , British pianist (b. 1920)
[93]
2020 –
Ezra Vogel , American sociologist (b. 1930)
[94]
2022 –
Franco Harris , American football player (b. 1950)
[95]
Holidays and observances
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