Events

Pre-1600

• 1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.

• 1240 Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

• 1492 After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.

• 1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

1601–1900

• 1648 Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial.

• 1745 Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

• 1790 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

• 1803 Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.

• 1865 Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• 1882 Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

• 1884 The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

• 1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1901–present

• 1904 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

• 1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

• 1912 The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

• 1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

• 1917 Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.

• 1917 Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

• 1917 World War I: is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine .

• 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

• 1922 Ireland is partitioned, with Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State coming into existence, one year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

• 1928 The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

• 1933 In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.

• 1939 Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale.

• 1941 World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.

• 1956 A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

• 1957 Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

• 1967 Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.

• 1969 Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.

• 1971 Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

• 1973 The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

• 1975 The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

• 1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

• 1978 Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

• 1982 The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

• 1989 The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

• 1990 A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.

• 1991 Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.

• 1992 The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.

• 1995 The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.

• 1998 in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.

• 1999 A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.

• 2005 An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.

• 2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

• 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.

• 2017 Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Births

Pre-1600

• 846 Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874)

• 1285 Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312)

• 1421 Henry VI of England (died 1471)

• 1478 Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (died 1529)

• 1520 Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (died 1551)

• 1545 Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (died 1604)

• 1586 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670)

• 1592 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)

1601–1900

• 1608 George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670)

• 1637 Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1714)

• 1640 Claude Fleury, French historian and author (died 1723)

• 1645 Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)

• 1685 Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (died 1712)

• 1721 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (died 1794)

• 1721 James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (died 1809)

• 1732 Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)

• 1752 Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (died 1844)

• 1778 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (died 1850)

• 1792 William II of the Netherlands (died 1849)

• 1803 Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (died 1829)

• 1805 Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (died 1876)

• 1812 Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1884)

• 1823 Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900)

• 1827 William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (died 1901)

• 1833 John S. Mosby, American colonel (died 1916)

• 1835 Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (died 1910)

• 1841 Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (died 1870)

• 1848 Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (died 1925)

• 1849 August von Mackensen, German field marshal (died 1945)

• 1853 Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (died 1937)

• 1853 Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (died 1931)

• 1863 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (died 1914)

• 1864 William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)

• 1875 Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (died 1946)

• 1875 Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (died 1941)

• 1876 Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932)

• 1878 Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (died 1968)

• 1882 Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (died 1954)

• 1884 Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (died 1973)

• 1886 Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918)

• 1887 Lynn Fontanne, British actress (died 1983)

• 1887 Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (died 1960)

• 1888 Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949)

• 1890 Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (died 1946)

• 1890 Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (died 1951)

• 1890 Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (died 1955)

• 1892 Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (died 1969)

• 1893 Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (died 1984)

• 1893 Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (died 1978)

• 1896 Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (died 1983)

• 1898 Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (died 1995)

• 1898 John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977)

• 1898 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

• 1898 Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (died 1964)

• 1900 Agnes Moorehead, American actress (died 1974)

1901–present

• 1901 Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic (died 1990)

• 1903 Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)

• 1904 Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (died 2007)

• 1905 Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author (died 2001)

• 1907 John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician (died 1989)

• 1908 Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (died 2000)

• 1908 Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2003)

• 1908 Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (died 1934)

• 1908 Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (died 2000)

• 1909 Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (died 2002)

• 1909 Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1996)

• 1910 David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (died 1971)

• 1912 Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (died 2004)

• 1913 Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (died 2005)

• 1914 Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (died 1999)

• 1916 Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (died 1943)

• 1916 Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (died 1982)

• 1916 Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (died 1986)

• 1916 Trisno Sumardjo, Indonesian writer, translator, and painter (died 1969)

• 1917 Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (died 2015)

• 1917 Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977)

• 1917 Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 2008)

• 1918 Tauba Biterman, Polish Holocaust survivor (died 2019)

• 1919 Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach (died 2012)

• 1919 Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (died 1983)

• 1920 Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (died 2012)

• 1920 Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (died 2015)

• 1920 George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

• 1921 Otto Graham, American football player and coach (died 2003)

• 1921 Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (died 2004)

• 1922 John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)

• 1922 Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (died 2016)

• 1924 Wally Cox, American actor (died 1973)

• 1927 Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (died 2010)

• 1928 Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer (died 1980)

• 1929 Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host

• 1929 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor (died 2016)

• 1929 Frank Springer, American comic book illustrator (died 2009)

• 1929 Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)

• 1930 Daniel Lisulo, Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2000)

• 1931 Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (died 1996)

• 1932 Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 2007)

• 1933 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer and academic (died 2010)

• 1933 Donald J. Kutyna, American general

• 1934 Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)

• 1935 Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022)

• 1936 Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer (died 2025)

• 1936 Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author

• 1936 David Ossman, American writer and comedian

• 1937 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (died 2006)

• 1938 Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor

• 1939 Franco Carraro, Italian politician and sports administrator

• 1940 Lawrence Bergman, Canadian lawyer and politician

• 1940 Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer

• 1941 Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)

• 1941 Bruce Nauman, American sculptor and illustrator

• 1941 Richard Speck, American murderer (died 1991)

• 1941 Bill Thomas, American academic and politician

• 1942 Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1942 Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter

• 1943 Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2008)

• 1943 Keith West, English rock singer-songwriter and music producer

• 1944 Jonathan King, English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender

• 1945 Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1946 Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (died 2024)

• 1946 Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2021)

• 1947 Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1947 Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1947 Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005)

• 1947 Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter

• 1948 Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (died 2014)

• 1948 Don Nickles, American businessman and politician

• 1948 Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver

• 1948 JoBeth Williams, American actress

• 1949 Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator

• 1949 Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (died 1986)

• 1949 Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (died 2007)

• 1949 Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire

• 1950 Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician

• 1950 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor

• 1950 Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

• 1951 Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer

• 1951 Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer

• 1952 Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic (died 1999)

• 1952 Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist

• 1952 Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (died 2010)

• 1953 Sue Carroll, English journalist (died 2011)

• 1953 Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach

• 1953 Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe

• 1953 Tom Hulce, American actor

• 1953 Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator

• 1954 Nicola De Maria, Italian painter

• 1954 Chris Stamey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer

• 1955 Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician

• 1955 Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)

• 1955 Graeme Hughes, Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster

• 1955 Tony Woodcock, English footballer

• 1955 Steven Wright, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

• 1956 Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1956 Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide

• 1956 Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982)

• 1957 Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999)

• 1957 Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York

• 1957 Bill Hanzlik, American basketball player and coach

• 1958 Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1959 Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic

• 1959 Stephen Hepburn, English politician

• 1959 Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (died 2015)

• 1959 Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer

• 1960 Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer (died 2018)

• 1961 David Lovering, American drummer

• 1961 Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (died 1996)

• 1961 Manuel Reuter, German race car driver

• 1962 Janine Turner, American actress

• 1962 Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter

• 1963 Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer

• 1964 Mall Nukke, Estonian painter

• 1965 Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1966 Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete

• 1966 Per-Ulrik Johansson, Swedish golfer

• 1967 Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1967 Helen Greiner, American businesswoman and engineer

• 1967 Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (died 2012)

• 1968 Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author

• 1968 Ali Latifiyan, Iranian writer and political theorist

• 1968 Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player

• 1969 Mark Gardener, English rock musician

• 1969 Torri Higginson, Canadian actress

• 1970 Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1970 Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia

• 1970 Mark Reckless, English politician

• 1970 Jeff Rouse, American swimmer

• 1971 Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1971 José Contreras, Cuban baseball player

• 1971 Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player

• 1971 Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor

• 1971 Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player

• 1971 Ryan White, American activist (died 1990)

• 1972 Ewan Birney, English scientist

• 1972 Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician

• 1974 Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer

• 1974 Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1975 Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer

• 1976 Lindsay Price, American actress

• 1977 Kevin Cash, American baseball player and manager

• 1977 Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

• 1977 Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer

• 1978 Chris Başak, American baseball player

• 1978 Darrell Jackson, American football player

• 1978 Adriana Moisés Pinto, Brazilian basketball player

• 1978 Ramiro Pez, Argentine rugby player

• 1979 Tim Cahill, Australian footballer

• 1980 Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (died 2014)

• 1980 Steve Lovell, English footballer

• 1980 Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer

• 1981 Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer

• 1982 Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer

• 1982 Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist

• 1982 Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer

• 1982 Robbie Gould, American football player

• 1982 Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer

• 1982 Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver

• 1984 Syndric Steptoe, American football player

• 1984 Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician

• 1984 Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland

• 1985 Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player

• 1985 Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer

• 1985 R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer

• 1986 Sean Edwards, English race car driver (died 2013)

• 1986 Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player

• 1988 Adam Eaton, American baseball player

• 1988 Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer

• 1988 Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist

• 1988 Nils Petersen, German footballer

• 1988 Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor

• 1989 Felix Schiller, German footballer

• 1990 Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player

• 1991 Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player

• 1991 Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete

• 1991 Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player

• 1992 Viktor Antipin, Russian ice hockey player

• 1992 Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer

• 1992 Johnny Manziel, American football player

• 1993 Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer

• 1993 Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000

• 1993 Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

• 1994 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player

• 1994 Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 1994 Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer

• 1995 A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter

• 1996 Davide Calabria, Italian footballer

• 1996 Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer

• 1997 Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player

• 1998 Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater

• 2007 Yoonchae Jeung, South Korean singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 343 Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (born 270)

• 735 Prince Toneri of Japan (born 676)

• 762 Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (born 710)

• 1185 Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)

• 1305 Maximus, Metropolitan of Kyiv

• 1306 Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270)

• 1352 Pope Clement VI (born 1291)

• 1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (born 1495)

1601–1900

• 1616 Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (born 1552)

• 1618 Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (born 1556)

• 1658 Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (born 1601)

• 1675 John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (born 1602)

• 1686 Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (born 1630)

• 1716 Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (born 1642)

• 1718 Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (born 1674)

• 1746 Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1665)

• 1771 Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (born 1682)

• 1779 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (born 1699)

• 1788 Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (born 1714)

• 1855 William Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1789)

• 1867 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (born 1794)

• 1868 August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (born 1821)

• 1878 Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (born 1814)

• 1879 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (born 1814)

• 1882 Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (born 1819)

• 1882 Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (born 1815)

• 1889 Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (born 1808)

• 1892 Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (born 1816)

1901–present

• 1918 Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (born 1851)

• 1921 Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1865)

• 1924 Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (born 1863)

• 1945 Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (born 1870)

• 1951 Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (born 1892)

• 1955 Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)

• 1956 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891)

• 1961 Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (born 1925)

• 1964 Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (born 1895)

• 1972 Janet Munro, English actress and singer (born 1934)

• 1974 Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (born 1904)

• 1976 João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (born 1918)

• 1980 Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (born 1911)

• 1982 Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (born 1927)

• 1983 Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (born 1903)

• 1983 Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (born 1914)

• 1985 Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (born 1917)

• 1985 Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (born 1893)

• 1985 Carroll Cole, American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (born 1938)

• 1988 Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)

• 1989 Frances Bavier, American actress (born 1902)

• 1989 Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (born 1902)

• 1989 John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1912)

• 1990 Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)

• 1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1903)

• 1991 Mimi Smith, English nurse (born 1906)

• 1991 Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)

• 1993 Don Ameche, American actor (born 1908)

• 1994 Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (born 1922)

• 1994 Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (born 1933)

• 1996 Pete Rozelle, American businessman (born 1926)

• 1996 Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (born 1930)

• 1997 Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (born 1918)

• 1998 César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (born 1921)

• 2000 Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (born 1920)

• 2000 Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (born 1942)

• 2001 Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (born 1923)

• 2002 Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1923)

• 2003 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1918)

• 2005 Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1932)

• 2005 Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (born 1923)

• 2005 Danny Williams, South African singer (born 1942)

• 2005 William P. Yarborough, American general (born 1912)

• 2006 John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (born 1922)

• 2010 Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953)

• 2011 Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)

• 2012 Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)

• 2012 Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)

• 2012 Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933)

• 2012 Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951)

• 2012 Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963)

• 2013 Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (born 1939)

• 2013 Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (born 1926)

• 2013 M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

• 2014 Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)

• 2014 Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

• 2014 Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923)

• 2014 Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981)

• 2015 Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945)

• 2015 Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (born 1917)

• 2015 Nicholas Smith, British actor (born 1934)

• 2016 Peter Vaughan, British actor (born 1923)

• 2024 Maggie Tabberer, Australian fashion model and television personality (born 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)

• Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christian feast day:

• Abraham of Kratia

• Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

• Denise and companions

• Blessed János Scheffler

• María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras

Nicholas of Myra, and its related observances:

• Saint Nicholas Day, where Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. (International)

• December 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day (Spain)

• Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.

• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on December 6