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Day of the year
December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; nine days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
AD 69 –
Vespasian is proclaimed
Emperor of Rome ; his predecessor,
Vitellius , attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the
Gemonian stairs .
[1]
401 –
Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.
[2]
856 –
Damghan earthquake : An earthquake near the Persian city of
Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
[3]
880 –
Luoyang , eastern capital of the
Tang dynasty , is captured by rebel leader
Huang Chao during the reign of
Emperor Xizong .
[4]
1135 – Three weeks after the death of King
Henry I of England ,
Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned
King of England , beginning the
English Anarchy .
[5]
1216 –
Pope Honorius III approves the
Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation
Religiosam vitam .
[6]
1489 – The forces of the
Catholic Monarchs ,
Ferdinand and
Isabella , take control of
Almería from the
Nasrid ruler of
Granada ,
Muhammad XIII .
[7]
1601–1900
1769 –
Sino-Burmese War : The war ends with the
Qing dynasty withdrawing from Burma forever.
[8]
1788 –
Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the
Lê dynasty .
[9]
1790 – The Turkish fortress of
Izmail is
stormed and captured by
Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
[10]
1807 – The
Embargo Act , forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the
U.S. Congress at the urging of
President
Thomas Jefferson .
[11]
1808 –
Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in
concert at the Theater an der Wien , Vienna, with the premiere of his
Fifth Symphony ,
Sixth Symphony ,
Fourth Piano Concerto and
Choral Fantasy .
[12]
1851 – India's first freight train is operated in
Roorkee , to transport material for the construction of the
Ganges Canal .
[13]
1851 – The
Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C. , burns.
[14]
1864 –
American Civil War :
Savannah, Georgia , falls to the
Union's
Army of the Tennessee , and General
Sherman tells President
Abraham Lincoln : "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah".
[15]
1885 –
Itō Hirobumi , a
samurai , becomes the first
Prime Minister of Japan .
[16]
1888 – The
Christmas Meeting of 1888 , considered to be the official start of the
Faroese independence movement .
[17]
1890 –
Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between
Kentville and
Kingsport, Nova Scotia .
[18]
1891 – Asteroid
323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
[19]
1894 – The
Dreyfus affair begins in France, when
Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of
treason .
[20]
1901–present
1906 – An Mw
7.9 earthquake strikes Xinjiang , China, killing at least 280.
[21]
1920 – The
GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th
Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR .
1921 – Opening of
Visva-Bharati College , also known as
Santiniketan College, now
Visva Bharati University , India.
1937 – The
Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
[22]
1939 –
Indian Muslims observe a "
Day of Deliverance " to celebrate the resignations of members of the
Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter
World War II with the United Kingdom.
[23]
1940 – World War II:
Himara is captured by the Greek army.
1942 – World War II:
Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the
V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1944 – World War II:
Battle of the Bulge :
German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at
Bastogne ,
Belgium , prompting the famous one word reply by General
Anthony McAuliffe : "Nuts!"
1944 – World War II: The
People's Army of Vietnam is formed to resist
Japanese occupation of Indochina , now
Vietnam .
1945 – U.S. President
Harry S. Truman issues an
executive order giving
World War II refugees precedence in visa applications under U.S. immigration quotas.
[24]
1948 –
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the
Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia , PDRI) in
West Sumatra .
[25]
1963 – The
cruise ship
Lakonia burns 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of
Madeira , Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
[26]
1964 – The first test flight of the
SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at
Air Force Plant 42 in
Palmdale, California , United States.
1965 – In the United Kingdom, a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h)
speed limit is applied to all rural roads including
motorways for the first time.
1968 –
Cultural Revolution :
People's Daily posted the instructions of
Mao Zedong that "
The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
1971 – The international aid organization
Doctors Without Borders is founded by
Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in
Paris ,
France .
[27]
1973 – A
Royal Air Maroc
Sud Aviation Caravelle
crashes near
Tangier-Boukhalef Airport in
Tangier ,
Morocco , killing 106.
[28]
1974 –
Grande Comore ,
Anjouan and
Mohéli
vote to become the independent nation of
Comoros .
Mayotte remains under French administration.
1974 – The house of former British Prime Minister
Edward Heath is attacked by members of the
Provisional IRA .
1975 – U.S. President
Gerald Ford creates the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the
1970s energy crisis .
[29]
1978 – The pivotal Third Plenum of the
11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, with
Deng Xiaoping reversing
Mao -era policies to pursue a program for
Chinese economic reform .
1984 – "Subway vigilante"
Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on a
2 express train in
Manhattan section of New York, United States.
[30]
1987 – In
Zimbabwe , the political parties
ZANU and
ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the
Matabeleland region known as the
Gukurahundi .
[31]
1989 –
Romanian Revolution :
Communist
President of Romania
Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by
Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee
Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
[32]
1989 –
German reunification : Berlin's
Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of
East and
West Germany .
1990 –
Lech Wałęsa is
elected
President of Poland .
1990 – Final independence of
Marshall Islands and
Federated States of Micronesia after termination of
trusteeship .
1992 – During approach to
Tripoli International Airport , a
Boeing 727 operating as
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 collides in mid-air with a
Libyan Air Force
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 , killing 157 people.
[33]
1996 –
Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes in
Narrows, Virginia , killing all six people on board.
[34]
1997 –
Acteal massacre : Attendees at a prayer meeting of
Roman Catholic activists for
indigenous causes in the small village of
Acteal in the Mexican state of
Chiapas are
massacred by
paramilitary forces.
1997 –
Somali Civil War :
Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of
President of Somalia by signing the
Cairo Declaration , in
Cairo ,
Egypt . It is the first major step towards
reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
1999 – Just after taking off from
London Stansted Airport ,
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into
Hatfield Forest near
Great Hallingbury , killing all four people on board.
[35]
2001 –
Burhanuddin Rabbani , political leader of the
Northern Alliance , hands over power in
Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by
President
Hamid Karzai .
2001 –
Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard
American Airlines Flight 63 .
2008 – An ash dike
ruptured at a solid waste containment area for a
Tennessee Valley Authority
coal-fired power plant in
Roane County, Tennessee , releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of
coal
fly ash
slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
[36]
2010 – The
repeal of the
Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President
Barack Obama .
[37]
2012 –
Bashir Ahmad Bilour of
Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a
Pakistan
Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
[38]
2016 – A study finds the
VSV-EBOV vaccine against the
Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
2017 –
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
2017 – President
Donald Trump signs the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 .
[39]
2018 – A
tsunami caused by an eruption of
Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
2018 – The
2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown , the longest
shutdown of the
U.S. federal government in history, begins.
[40]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1639 –
Jean Racine , French poet and playwright (d. 1699)
[45]
1666 –
Guru Gobind Singh , Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)
1694 –
Hermann Samuel Reimarus , German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)
1696 –
James Oglethorpe , English general and politician, 1st
Colonial Governor of Georgia (d. 1785)
[45]
1723 –
Carl Friedrich Abel , German
viol player and composer (d. 1787)
1765 –
Johann Friedrich Pfaff , German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)
1799 –
Nicholas Callan , Irish priest and physicist (d. 1864)
1805 –
John Obadiah Westwood , English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)
1807 –
Johan Sebastian Welhaven , Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)
1819 –
Franz Abt , German composer and conductor (d. 1870)
[46]
1819 –
Pierre Ossian Bonnet , French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
1839 –
John Nevil Maskelyne , English magician (d. 1917)
1850 –
Victoriano Huerta , Mexican general and politician, 35th
President of Mexico (d. 1916)
1853 –
Teresa Carreño , Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
1853 –
Evgraf Fedorov , Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)
1853 –
Sarada Devi , Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)
1856 –
Frank B. Kellogg , American lawyer and politician, 45th
United States Secretary of State ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1858 –
Giacomo Puccini , Italian composer and educator (d. 1924)
[45]
1862 –
Connie Mack , American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)
1865 –
Charles Sands , American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)
[47]
1868 –
Jaan Tõnisson , Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
1869 –
Dmitri Egorov , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1931)
1869 –
Edwin Arlington Robinson , American poet and playwright (d. 1935)
[45]
1872 –
Camille Guérin , French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
1874 –
Franz Schmidt , Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)
1876 –
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
1878 –
Myer Prinstein , Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)
1880 –
Fred Woolley , Australian rugby league player (d. 1955)
[48]
1883 –
Marcus Hurley , American cyclist (d. 1941)
1883 –
Edgard Varèse , French-American composer (d. 1965)
1884 –
St. Elmo Brady , African American chemist and educator (d. 1966)
1885 –
Deems Taylor , American conductor and critic (d. 1966)
1887 –
Srinivasa Ramanujan , Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)
1888 –
J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank , English businessman, founded
Rank Organisation (d. 1972)
1889 –
George Hutson , English runner and soldier (d. 1914)
1892 –
Herman Potočnik , Slovenian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)
1894 –
Edwin Linkomies , Finnish academic, professor and the
Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1963)
[49]
1898 –
Vladimir Fock , Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
1899 –
Gustaf Gründgens , German actor and director (d. 1963)
1900 –
Marc Allégret , French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1901–present
1901 –
Andre Kostelanetz , Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
1903 –
Haldan Keffer Hartline , American physiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 –
Pierre Brasseur , French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
1905 –
Pierre Levegh , French ice hockey player and racing driver (d. 1955)
1905 –
Kenneth Rexroth , American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
1907 –
Peggy Ashcroft , English actress (d. 1991)
1908 –
Giacomo Manzù , Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
1909 –
Patricia Hayes , English actress (d. 1998)
1911 –
Danny O'Dea , English actor (d. 2003)
1912 –
Elias Degiannis , Greek commander (d. 1943)
1912 –
Lady Bird Johnson , American beautification activist; 38th
First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
[45]
1913 –
Giorgio Oberweger , Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
1915 –
Barbara Billingsley , American actress (d. 2010)
[50]
1915 –
Phillip Glasier , English author and academic (d. 2000)
1917 –
Gene Rayburn , American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
[50]
1921 –
Dimitri Fampas , Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
1921 –
Hawkshaw Hawkins , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1922 –
Ruth Roman , American actress (d. 1999)
1922 –
Jim Wright , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)
1923 –
Peregrine Worsthorne , English journalist and author (d. 2020)
1924 –
Frank Corsaro , American actor and director (d. 2017)
1925 –
Lewis Glucksman , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1925 –
Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1926 –
Alcides Ghiggia , Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1926 –
Roberta Leigh , English writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014)
1928 –
Fredrik Barth , German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
1929 –
Wazir Mohammad , Indian-Pakistani cricketer
1930 –
Ardalion Ignatyev , Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)
1931 –
Gisela Birkemeyer , German hurdler and coach
1931 –
Carlos Graça , São Toméan lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)
1932 –
Phil Woosnam , Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
1933 –
John Hartle , English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
1934 –
David Pearson , American race car driver (d. 2018)
1935 –
Paulo Rocha , Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1936 –
James Burke , Irish historian and author
1936 –
Héctor Elizondo , American actor and director
[45]
1937 –
Charlotte Lamb , English author (d. 2000)
1937 –
Eduard Uspensky , Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)
1937 –
Ken Whitmore , English author and playwright
1938 –
Matty Alou , Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
1938 –
Lucien Bouchard , Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th
Premier of Quebec
1938 –
Red Steagall , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
[51]
1940 –
Luis Francisco Cuéllar , Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
1940 –
Mike Molloy , English journalist, author, and illustrator
1942 –
Jerry Koosman , American baseball player
1942 –
Dick Parry , English saxophonist
1943 –
Stefan Janos , Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
1943 –
Paul Wolfowitz , American banker and politician, 25th
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
1944 –
Mary Archer , English chemist and academic
1944 –
Steve Carlton , American baseball player
[50]
1944 –
Barry Jenkins , English drummer
1945 –
Frances Lannon , English historian and academic
1945 –
Sam Newman , Australian footballer and sportscaster
1945 –
Diane Sawyer , American journalist
[51]
1946 –
Roger Carr , English businessman
1946 –
C. Eugene Steuerle , American economist and author
1947 –
Brian Daley , American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1947 –
Dilip Doshi , Indian cricketer
1948 –
Steve Garvey , American baseball player and sportscaster
1948 –
Don Kardong , American runner, journalist, and author
1948 –
Rick Nielsen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[51]
1948 –
Chris Old , English cricketer and coach
1948 –
Lynne Thigpen , American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1949 –
Maurice Gibb , Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
[50]
1949 –
Robin Gibb , Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
[50]
1949 –
Ray Guy , American football player (d. 2022)
1950 –
Manfred Moore , American football player and rugby league player (d. 2020)
[52]
1951 –
Lasse Bengtsson , Swedish journalist
1951 –
Charles de Lint , Dutch-Canadian author and critic
1951 –
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster , British landowner, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1951 –
Tony Isabella , American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic
[53]
1951 –
Jan Stephenson , Australian golfer
1952 –
Sandra Kalniete , Latvian politician and diplomat, former
Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 –
Ian Turnbull , Canadian ice hockey player
1953 –
Tom Underwood , American baseball player (d. 2010)
1954 –
Hideshi Matsuda , Japanese racing driver
1954 –
Derick Parry , Nevisian cricketer
1955 –
Galina Murašova , Lithuanian discus thrower
1955 –
Lonnie Smith , American baseball player
1955 –
Thomas C. Südhof , German-American biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1956 –
Jane Lighting , English businesswoman
1957 –
Stephen Conway , English bishop
1957 –
Carole James , English-Canadian educator and politician
1957 –
Peter Mortimer , Australian rugby league player
1958 –
Frank Gambale , Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1958 –
David Heavener , American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
1959 –
Bernd Schuster , German footballer and manager
1960 –
Jean-Michel Basquiat , American painter and poet (d. 1988)
[50]
1960 –
Luther Campbell , American rapper and actor
[51]
1960 –
Paul Kuniholm , Artist
[50]
1961 –
Yuri Malenchenko , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
[54]
1962 –
Ralph Fiennes , English actor
[51]
1963 –
Giuseppe Bergomi , Italian footballer and coach
1963 –
Brian McMillan , South African cricketer and educator
1963 –
Luna H. Mitani , Japanese-American painter and illustrator
1964 –
Mike Jackson , American baseball player
1964 –
Simon Kirby , English businessman and politician
1965 –
David S. Goyer , American screenwriter
1965 –
Urszula Włodarczyk , Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
1966 –
Dmitry Bilozerchev , Russian gymnast and coach
1966 –
Marcel Schirmer , German singer-songwriter and bass player
1966 –
David Wright , English lawyer and politician
1967 –
Richey Edwards , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1967 –
Stéphane Gendron , Canadian lawyer and politician
1967 –
Rebecca Harris , English businesswoman and politician
1967 –
Dan Petrescu , Romanian footballer and manager
1968 –
Emre Aracı , Turkish composer, conductor, and historian
1968 –
Luis Hernández , Mexican footballer
1968 –
Lori McKenna , American singer-songwriter
[51]
1968 –
Dina Meyer , American actress
1969 –
Myriam Bédard , Canadian biathlete
1969 –
Mark Robins , English footballer and manager
1970 –
Gary Anderson , Scottish darts player
1970 –
Ted Cruz , Canadian-American lawyer and politician
[50]
1971 –
Ajeenkya Patil , Indian economist and academic
1972 –
Mark Hill , English musician, producer and songwriter
1972 –
Kirk Maltby , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1972 –
Vanessa Paradis , French singer-songwriter and actress
[55]
1974 –
Rei Hance , American actress
[51]
1975 –
Sergei Aschwanden , Swiss martial artist
1975 –
Dmitri Khokhlov , Russian footballer and manager
1975 –
Marcin Mięciel , Polish footballer
1975 –
Stanislav Neckář , Czech ice hockey player
1975 –
Takuya Onishi , Japanese astronaut
[56]
1976 –
Katleen De Caluwé , Belgian sprinter
1976 –
Jason Lane , American baseball player and coach
1976 –
Aya Takano , Japanese author and illustrator
1977 –
Steve Kariya , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1978 –
Danny Ahn , South Korean singer
1978 –
Joy Ali , Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
1978 –
Emmanuel Olisadebe , Nigerian-Polish footballer
1979 –
Jamie Langfield , Scottish footballer and coach
1980 –
Chris Carmack , American actor, singer, and model
[51]
1980 –
Marcus Haislip , American basketball player
[57]
1981 –
Marina Kuptsova , Russian high jumper
1982 –
Britta Heidemann , German fencer
1982 –
Alinne Moraes , Brazilian actress and model
1983 –
José Fonte , Portuguese footballer
1983 –
Doc Gallows , American wrestler
1983 –
Viola Kibiwot , Kenyan runner
1984 –
Basshunter , Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
[58]
1984 –
Greg Finley , American actor
[51]
1986 –
Dennis Armfield , Australian footballer
1986 –
Fatih Öztürk , Turkish footballer
1987 –
Zack Britton , American baseball player
[59]
1987 –
Éder , Bissau-Portuguese footballer
1988 –
Scott Darling , American ice hockey player
[60]
1988 –
Mohamed El Shenawy , Egyptian footballer
[61]
1988 –
Leigh Halfpenny , Welsh rugby player
1989 –
Jordin Sparks , American singer-songwriter and actress
[62]
1989 –
Jacob Stallings , American baseball player
[63]
1990 –
Jean-Baptiste Maunier , French actor and singer
1991 –
DaBaby , American rapper
[64]
1992 –
Michaela Hončová , Slovak tennis player
[65]
1992 –
Nick Johnson , American basketball player
[66]
1992 –
Moonbyul , South Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter
1993 –
Raphaël Guerreiro , Portuguese footballer
1993 –
Meghan Trainor , American singer-songwriter and producer
[67]
1994 –
Rúben Lameiras , Portuguese footballer
1998 –
G Hannelius , American actress and singer
[68]
1998 –
Casper Ruud , Norwegian tennis player
[69]
2000 –
Joshua Bassett , American actor and singer
[70]
2001 –
Camila Osorio , Colombian tennis player
[71]
2006 –
Callan McKenna , Scottish footballer; goalkeeper at
AFC Bournemouth
[72]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1603 –
Mehmed III , Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
1641 –
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully , 2nd
Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)
1646 –
Petro Mohyla , Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
1660 –
André Tacquet , Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
1666 –
Guercino , Italian painter (b. 1591)
1681 –
Richard Alleine , English minister and author (b. 1611)
1767 –
John Newbery , English publisher (b. 1713)
[73]
1788 –
Percivall Pott , English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
1806 –
William Vernon , English-American merchant (b. 1719)
1828 –
William Hyde Wollaston , English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
1853 –
Manuel María Lombardini , Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
1867 –
Jean-Victor Poncelet , French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
1870 –
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer , Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
1880 –
George Eliot , English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
[74]
1891 –
Paul de Lagarde , German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
1899 –
Dwight L. Moody , American evangelist and publisher, founded
Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
1901–present
1902 –
Richard von Krafft-Ebing , German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
1915 –
Rose Talbot Bullard , American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
1917 –
Frances Xavier Cabrini , Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
1918 –
Aristeidis Moraitinis , Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
1919 –
Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast (b. 1864)
1924 –
Karl Denke , German serial killer and cannibal (b. 1860)
[75]
[76]
[77]
[78]
1925 –
Amelie Beese , German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
1939 –
Ma Rainey , American singer (b. 1886)
[79]
1940 –
Nathanael West , American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1941 –
Karel Hašler , Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1942 –
Franz Boas , German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
1943 –
Beatrix Potter , English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
[80]
1944 –
Harry Langdon , American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
1950 –
Frederick Freake , English polo player (b. 1876)
1957 –
Frank George Woollard , English engineer (b. 1883)
1959 –
Gilda Gray , Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
1960 –
Ninian Comper , Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
1962 –
Ross McLarty , Australian politician, 17th
Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891)
1965 –
Richard Dimbleby , English journalist (b. 1913)
1968 –
Raymond Gram Swing , American journalist (b. 1887)
1969 –
Enrique Peñaranda , 45th
President of Bolivia (b. 1892)
1971 –
Godfried Bomans , Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
1974 –
Sterling North , American author and critic (b. 1906)
1979 –
Darryl F. Zanuck , American director and producer (b. 1902)
1985 –
D. Boon , American singer and musician (b. 1958)
1986 –
Mary Burchell , English author and activist (b. 1904)
1986 –
David Penhaligon , Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944),
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Truro (1974-1986)
1987 –
Luca Prodan , Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
1988 –
Chico Mendes , Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
1989 –
Samuel Beckett , Irish author, poet, and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1992 –
Harry Bluestone , English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
1992 –
Frederick William Franz , American religious leader (b. 1893)
1993 –
Don DeFore , American actor (b. 1913)
1995 –
Butterfly McQueen , American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
1995 –
James Meade , English economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1996 –
Jack Hamm , American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)
1997 –
Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)
2001 –
Ovidiu Iacov , Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
2001 –
Walter Newton Read , American lawyer and second chairman of the
New Jersey Casino Control Commission (b. 1918)
2002 –
Desmond Hoyte , Guyanese lawyer, politician and
President of Guyana (b. 1929)
[81]
2002 –
Joe Strummer , English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2004 –
Doug Ault , American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
[82]
2006 –
Elena Mukhina , Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
2006 –
Galina Ustvolskaya , Russian composer (b. 1919)
2007 –
Charles Court , Australian politician, 21st
Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911)
2007 –
Adrian Cristobal , Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)
[83]
2009 –
Luis Francisco Cuéllar , Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
2009 –
Albert Scanlon , English footballer (b. 1935)
2010 –
Fred Foy , American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)
[84]
2012 –
Chuck Cherundolo , American football player and coach (b. 1916)
2012 –
Ryan Freel , American baseball player (b. 1976)
2012 –
Cliff Osmond , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2012 –
Lim Keng Yaik , Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)
2013 –
Diomedes Díaz , Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
2013 –
Hans Hækkerup , Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2013 –
Oscar Peer , Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
2014 –
John Robert Beyster , American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2014 –
Christine Cavanaugh , American actress (b. 1963)
2014 –
Joe Cocker , English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
[85]
2014 –
Bernard Stone , American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015 –
Peter Lundblad , Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2015 –
Freda Meissner-Blau , Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)
[86]
2016 –
Chad Robinson , Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
2017 –
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez , Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
2018 –
Paddy Ashdown , British politician (b. 1941)
[87]
2018 –
Simcha Rotem , last survivor of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)
2018 –
Herman Sikumbang , Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
2019 –
Ram Dass , American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)
[88]
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