Events

Pre-1600

• 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

• 1503 The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.

1601–1900

• 1607 According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.

• 1778 American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.

• 1812 , under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

• 1835 The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

• 1845 The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.

• 1860 The launch of , with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

• 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.

• 1874 The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

• 1876 The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

• 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

1901–present

• 1911 Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

• 1913 Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.

• 1930 Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

• 1934 Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

• 1937 The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

• 1940 World War II: in the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

• 1972 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

• 1975 A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.

• 1989 Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

• 1989 The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.

• 1992 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

• 1994 Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

• 1996 Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

• 1998 Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.

• 2003 The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

• 2006 The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

• 2012 A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

• 2013 A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.

• 2013 Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.

• 2020 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.

• 2023 South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.

• 2024 Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1536 Henry VI, German nobleman (died 1572)

• 1550 García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624)

1601–1900

• 1633 Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692)

• 1709 Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762)

• 1721 Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764)

• 1746 Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805)

• 1766 Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843)

• 1788 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865)

• 1796 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877)

• 1800 Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860)

• 1804 John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885)

• 1808 Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)

• 1809 George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882)

• 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)

• 1809 Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)

• 1811 Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872)

• 1816 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895)

• 1843 Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916)

• 1844 Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)

• 1855 August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927)

• 1856 Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)

• 1857 Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937)

• 1859 Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)

• 1870 Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965)

• 1874 François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949)

• 1876 Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973)

• 1876 Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975)

• 1879 Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936)

• 1881 Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958)

• 1881 Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968)

• 1885 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921)

• 1886 Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968)

• 1886 Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933)

• 1892 Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960)

• 1894 J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984)

• 1895 Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939)

• 1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974)

• 1899 Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992)

1901–present

• 1902 Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)

• 1903 Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)

• 1904 Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994)

• 1908 Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993)

• 1908 Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992)

• 1910 Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

• 1911 Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988)

• 1914 Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)

• 1914 Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989)

• 1914 Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999)

• 1915 Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996)

• 1915 Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965)

• 1915 Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)

• 1917 Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)

• 1917 Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005)

• 1919 Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014)

• 1919 Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013)

• 1920 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995)

• 1921 Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006)

• 1921 Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)

• 1921 Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000)

• 1922 Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)

• 1922 William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998)

• 1923 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025)

• 1923 Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)

• 1923 Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024)

• 1923 Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017)

• 1923 Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017)

• 1923 Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012)

• 1924 Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012)

• 1924 Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014)

• 1925 Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)

• 1927 Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985)

• 1928 Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022)

• 1929 Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018)

• 1931 Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005)

• 1931 Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012)

• 1932 Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023)

• 1933 Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020)

• 1934 Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995)

• 1936 Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017)

• 1936 Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998)

• 1937 Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018)

• 1937 Barbara Steele, English actress

• 1938 Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster

• 1938 Jon Voight, American actor and producer

• 1939 Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021)

• 1940 Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter

• 1941 Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018)

• 1942 Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer

• 1942 Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)

• 1942 Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian

• 1942 Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal

• 1943 Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010)

• 1943 Molly Bang, American author and illustrator

• 1943 Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999)

• 1944 Andrew Foster, British public servant

• 1944 Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer

• 1944 Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic

• 1945 Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001)

• 1945 Keith Milow, British artist

• 1946 Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)

• 1946 Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey

• 1946 Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator

• 1946 Jackie Bezos, American philanthropist (died 2025)

• 1947 Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012)

• 1947 Ted Danson, American actor and producer

• 1947 Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet (died 2022)

• 1947 Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998)

• 1947 David Tanner, English rower and coach

• 1947 Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998)

• 1948 Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer

• 1948 Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland

• 1949 Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor

• 1949 Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur

• 1949 David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008)

• 1950 Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016)

• 1951 Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist

• 1951 Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1951 Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)

• 1951 Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007)

• 1952 Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer

• 1953 Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress

• 1953 Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee

• 1953 Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic

• 1953 Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach

• 1953 Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005)

• 1953 Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright

• 1954 Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician

• 1954 Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002)

• 1954 Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist

• 1954 Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

• 1955 Chris Goodall, English businessman and author

• 1955 Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author

• 1956 Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist

• 1956 Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host

• 1956 Katy Munger, American writer

• 1957 Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)

• 1957 Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer

• 1957 Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter

• 1958 Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician

• 1958 Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

• 1959 Patricia Clarkson, American actress

• 1959 Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player

• 1959 Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer

• 1959 Martin Moran, American actor and author

• 1959 Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach

• 1959 Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author

• 1960 Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress

• 1960 Brian A. Hopkins, American author

• 1960 David Boon, Australian cricketer

• 1960 Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots

• 1960 David Gilbert, Australian cricketer

• 1960 Michael James Pappas, American politician

• 1961 Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007)

• 1961 Richard Horton, English physician and journalist

• 1961 Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1961 Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024)

• 1962 Leza Lowitz, American author

• 1962 Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president

• 1962 Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer

• 1962 Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player

• 1963 Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player

• 1963 Des Foy, English rugby player

• 1963 Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden

• 1963 Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist

• 1963 Sean Payton, American football player and coach

• 1963 Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier

• 1964 Michael Cudlitz, American actor

• 1964 Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner

• 1964 Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor

• 1965 Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist

• 1965 John Newton, American actor

• 1965 Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster

• 1966 Laurent Boudouani, French boxer

• 1966 Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach

• 1966 Jason Gould, American actor and singer

• 1966 Christian Kracht, Swiss author

• 1966 Jeff Luhnow, American businessman

• 1966 Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer

• 1967 Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist

• 1967 Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1967 Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer

• 1968 Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player

• 1968 James Mouton, American baseball player

• 1969 Jason Cook, English footballer

• 1969 Jennifer Ehle, American actress

• 1969 Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist

• 1969 José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer

• 1969 Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author

• 1970 Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager

• 1970 Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host

• 1970 Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver

• 1970 Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1970 Kevin Weisman, American actor

• 1971 Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player

• 1971 Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster

• 1971 Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor

• 1971 Margot Thien, American swimmer

• 1972 Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1972 Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager

• 1972 Jude Law, English actor

• 1972 Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress

• 1973 Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007)

• 1973 Theo Epstein, American businessman

• 1973 Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author

• 1974 Asheru, American rapper and producer

• 1974 O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015)

• 1974 Maria Dizzia, American actress

• 1974 Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer

• 1974 Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021)

• 1974 Mekhi Phifer, American actor

• 1974 Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach

• 1974 Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer

• 1975 Shawn Hatosy, American actor

• 1975 Jaret Wright, American baseball player

• 1976 Kate Ford, English actress

• 1976 Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player

• 1976 Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter

• 1977 Jimmy Journell, American baseball player

• 1977 Katherine Moennig, American actress

• 1978 Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director

• 1978 Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician

• 1978 Matthew Carr, Australian footballer

• 1978 Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach

• 1978 Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist

• 1978 Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist

• 1978 LaToya London, American singer and actress

• 1978 Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter

• 1979 Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer

• 1979 Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host

• 1979 Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress

• 1979 George Parros, American ice hockey player

• 1979 Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author

• 1979 Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter

• 1981 Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster

• 1981 Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author

• 1981 Shaun Suisham, American football player

• 1981 Anna Woltz, Dutch author

• 1981 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer

• 1982 Alison Brie, American actress

• 1982 Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer

• 1982 Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer

• 1982 Dale Morris, Australian footballer

• 1982 Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver

• 1982 Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer

• 1983 Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter

• 1983 James Kelly, Australian footballer

• 1983 Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009)

• 1983 Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality

• 1984 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright

• 1984 Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

• 1984 Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player

• 1985 Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress

• 1985 Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter

• 1986 Joe Anyon, former English footballer

• 1986 Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player

• 1987 Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor

• 1987 Juliana Huxtable, American artist

• 1987 Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver

• 1988 Eric Berry, American football player

• 1988 Christen Press, American footballer

• 1988 Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player

• 1989 Jane Levy, American actress

• 1989 Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player

• 1989 Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1990 Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)

• 1991 Steven Caulker, English footballer

• 1991 Patrick Feeney, American sprinter

• 1992 Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer

• 1992 Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model

• 1993 Travis Head, Australian cricketer

• 1993 Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast

• 1994 Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress

• 1994 Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess

• 1995 Myles Garrett, American football player

• 1995 Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)

• 1995 Ross Lynch, American singer and actor

• 1996 Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer

• 1996 Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer

• 1997 Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer

• 1998 Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor

• 1998 Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer

• 1998 Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer

• 1999 Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer

• 1999 Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer

• 2000 Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer

• 2000 Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player

• 2000 Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 2005 Davide Bartesaghi, Italian footballer

• 2006 Ethan Mbappé, French footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 721 Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)

• 1170 Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118)

• 1208 Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168)

• 1380 Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305)

• 1550 Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468)

• 1563 Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515)

1601–1900

• 1606 Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557)

• 1634 John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)

• 1661 Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)

• 1689 Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624)

• 1720 Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670)

• 1731 Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685)

• 1737 Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)

• 1772 Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)

• 1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716)

• 1785 Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742)

• 1807 Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750)

• 1815 Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)

• 1825 Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)

• 1834 Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766)

• 1838 Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794)

• 1887 Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)

• 1890 Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826)

• 1890 Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821)

• 1891 Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823)

• 1894 Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830)

• 1896 Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824)

• 1897 William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812)

• 1898 Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866)

• 1900 John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862)

1901–present

• 1905 Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837)

• 1910 Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850)

• 1910 Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872)

• 1911 Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860)

• 1915 Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883)

• 1918 Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855)

• 1919 William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849)

• 1921 Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846)

• 1924 Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)

• 1925 Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)

• 1926 Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (born 1875)

• 1929 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846)

• 1929 Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871)

• 1936 Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863)

• 1937 Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878)

• 1937 Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898)

• 1939 Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863)

• 1939 Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874)

• 1940 Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873)

• 1941 Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864)

• 1941 Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873)

• 1943 Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866)

• 1944 Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)

• 1945 Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887)

• 1946 Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863)

• 1946 Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872)

• 1948 Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878)

• 1949 Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883)

• 1952 Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897)

• 1952 Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898)

• 1954 William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865)

• 1956 Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871)

• 1958 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)

• 1959 Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903)

• 1960 Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862)

• 1965 Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908)

• 1965 Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886)

• 1967 Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890)

• 1968 Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904)

• 1970 William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876)

• 1970 Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909)

• 1971 John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899)

• 1972 Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903)

• 1972 Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903)

• 1975 Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)

• 1976 Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954)

• 1979 F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901)

• 1979 Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909)

• 1980 Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

• 1980 Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)

• 1980 Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879)

• 1981 Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917)

• 1981 Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)

• 1984 Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941)

• 1984 P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898)

• 1984 Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900)

• 1986 Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)

• 1986 Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932)

• 1987 Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899)

• 1987 Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914)

• 1988 Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940)

• 1988 Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917)

• 1989 Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903)

• 1992 Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897)

• 1993 Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930)

• 1994 Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926)

• 1995 Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908)

• 1995 Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913)

• 1996 Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911)

• 1996 Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906)

• 1996 Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907)

• 1998 Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917)

• 1998 Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920)

• 1999 Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906)

• 2001 Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908)

• 2001 Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)

• 2001 György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906)

• 2002 Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)

• 2002 Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914)

• 2003 Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942)

• 2003 Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932)

• 2003 Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928)

• 2004 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)

• 2004 Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916)

• 2004 Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928)

• 2004 Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947)

• 2005 Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922)

• 2005 Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912)

• 2005 Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912)

• 2007 Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972)

• 2007 Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936)

• 2007 Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962)

• 2008 Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)

• 2008 Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913)

• 2009 Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926)

• 2009 David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926)

• 2009 Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960)

• 2010 Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956)

• 2010 Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914)

• 2011 Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928)

• 2012 Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)

• 2012 Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)

• 2012 Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)

• 2012 Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)

• 2012 Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)

• 2012 William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)

• 2012 Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)

• 2012 Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)

• 2012 Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)

• 2012 Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)

• 2013 C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)

• 2013 Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961)

• 2013 Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)

• 2013 Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)

• 2013 Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932)

• 2013 Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)

• 2013 Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951)

• 2013 Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946)

• 2014 Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)

• 2014 Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

• 2014 Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)

• 2014 Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)

• 2015 Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)

• 2015 Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)

• 2015 Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)

• 2016 Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)

• 2016 LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)

• 2017 Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)

• 2017 John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)

• 2018 Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)

• 2018 Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)

• 2019 Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)

• 2019 Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)

• 2020 Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)

• 2020 Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)

• 2020 Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)

• 2021 Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)

• 2022 Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)

• 2022 Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)

• 2022 Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)

• 2023 Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)

• 2024 Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)

• 2024 Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)

• 2024 Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)

• 2024 Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Ebrulf

• Thomas Becket

• Trophimus of Arles

• December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day (Ireland)

• Independence Day (Mongolia)

• The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

• The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on December 29