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December 1is the 335th day of the year (336th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;30 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
editPre-1600
edit- 800– A council is convened in theVatican,at whichCharlemagneis to judge the accusations againstPope Leo III.[1]
- 1420–Henry V of EnglandentersParisalongside his father-in-law KingCharles VI of France.[2]
- 1577– CourtiersChristopher HattonandThomas Heneageareknightedby QueenElizabeth I of England.[3][4]
1601–1900
edit- 1640– End of theIberian Union:Portugal acclaims as KingJoão IV of Portugal,ending 59 years ofpersonal unionof the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of thePhilippine Dynasty.
- 1662– DiaristJohn Evelynrecords skating on the frozen lake inSt James's Park,London, watched byCharles IIandQueen Catherine.[5]
- 1768– The formerslave shipFredensborgsinks offTromøyain Norway.
- 1821–José Núñez de Cácereswins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory theRepublic of Spanish Haiti.[6]
- 1822–Pedro Iis crownedEmperor of Brazil.
- 1824–United States presidential election:Since no candidate received a majority of the totalelectoral collegevotes in the election, theUnited States House of Representativesis given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with theTwelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1828– Argentine generalJuan Lavallemakes a coup against governorManuel Dorrego,beginning theDecembrist revolution.
- 1834– Slavery is abolished in theCape Colonyin accordance with theSlavery Abolition Act 1833.
- 1862– In hisState of the Union AddressPresidentAbraham Lincolnreaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in theEmancipation Proclamation.
- 1865–Shaw University,the firsthistorically black universityin the southern United States, is founded inRaleigh, North Carolina.
- 1878– PresidentRutherford B. Hayesgets the first telephone installed in theWhite House.[7]
- 1900– Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty[8]
1901–present
edit- 1913– TheBuenos Aires Metro,the first underground railway system in theSouthern Hemisphereand in Latin America, begins operation.[9]
- 1913 –Crete,having obtainedself rulefromTurkeyafter theFirst Balkan War,is annexed by Greece.
- 1918–TransylvaniauniteswithRomania,following the incorporation ofBessarabia(March 27) andBukovina(November 28) and thus concluding theGreat Union.
- 1918 –Icelandbecomes asovereign state,yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
- 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as theKingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
- 1919–Lady Astorbecomes the first femaleMember of Parliament(MP) to take her seat in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom.(She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
- 1924– TheNational Hockey League's first United States–based franchise, theBoston Bruins,plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extantBoston Arenaindoor hockey facility.[10]
- 1934–Sergei Kirovisassassinated,paving way for the repressiveGreat Purge,andVinnytsia massacrebyGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,Joseph Stalin.[11]
- 1939–World War II:A day after the beginning of theWinter WarinFinland,theCajander III Cabinetresigns and is replaced by theRyti I Cabinet,while theFinnish Parliamentmove fromHelsinkitoKauhajokito escape theSoviet airstrikes.[12]
- 1939 – The Soviet Union establishes theFinnish Democratic Republicpuppet state inTerijoki.[13]
- 1941– World War II: EmperorHirohitoof Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.[14]
- 1941 – World War II:Fiorello La Guardia,Mayor of New York Cityand Director of theOffice of Civilian Defense,signsAdministrative Order 9,creating theCivil Air Patrol.
- 1952– TheNew York Daily Newsreports the news ofChristine Jorgensen,the first notable case ofsex reassignment surgery.
- 1955–American Civil Rights Movement:InMontgomery, Alabama,seamstressRosa Parksrefuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city'sracial segregationlaws, an incident which leads to that city'sbus boycott.
- 1958– TheCentral African Republicattains self-rule within theFrench Union.[15]
- 1958 – TheOur Lady of the Angels School firein Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
- 1959–Cold War:Opening date for signature of theAntarctic Treaty,which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
- 1960–Patrice Lumumbais arrested byMobutu Sese Seko's men on the banks of theSankuru River,for inciting the army to rebellion.[16]
- 1963–Nagaland,became the 16th state of India.[17]
- 1964–Vietnam War:U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonand his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bombNorth Vietnam.
- 1969– Vietnam War: The firstdraft lotteryin the United States is held sinceWorld War II.
- 1971–Cambodian Civil War:Khmer Rougerebels intensify assaults onCambodiangovernment positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
- 1971 – Purge ofCroatian Springleaders starts inYugoslaviaat the meeting of theLeague of Communistsat theKarađorđevo estate.[18]
- 1973–Papua New Guineagains self-government from Australia.
- 1974–TWA Flight 514,aBoeing 727,crashes northwest ofDulles International Airport,killing all 92 people on board.
- 1974 –Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231,another Boeing 727, crashes northwest ofJohn F. Kennedy International Airport.
- 1981–Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308,aMcDonnell Douglas MD-80,crashes inCorsica,killing all 180 people on board.
- 1984–NASAconducts theControlled Impact Demonstration,wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
- 1988–World AIDS Dayis proclaimed worldwide by theUN member states.[19]
- 1988 –Benazir Bhutto,is named as thePrime Minister of Pakistan,becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.[20]
- 1989–Philippine coup attempt:The right-wing military rebelReform the Armed Forces Movementattempts to oustPhilippine PresidentCorazon Aquinoin a failed bloodycoup d'état.
- 1989 –Cold War:East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
- 1990–Channel Tunnelsections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.[21]
- 1991– Cold War:Ukrainianvoters overwhelmingly approve areferendum for independencefrom theSoviet Union.
- 1997– In the Indian state ofBihar,Ranvir Senaattacks theCPI (ML) Party Unitystronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
- 1997 – Fourteen year-old Michael Carnealopens fireat a group of students in Heath High School inWest Paducah, Kentucky,killing three and injuring five.[22]
- 2000–Vicente Fox Quesadais inaugurated as thepresident of Mexico,marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.[23][24]
- 2001– TheUnited Russiapolitical party was founded.[25]
- 2005– As a result of the merger of thePerm Oblastand theKomi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug,a newsubjectof theRussian Federation,thePerm Krai,was created.[26]
- 2006– Thelaw on same-sex marriagecomes into force inSouth Africa,legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on theAfrican continent.[27]
- 2009– TheTreaty of Lisbonentered into force in theEuropean Union.[28]
- 2011– TheAlma-Ata Metrowas opened.[29][30]
- 2018– The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of themuch larger child sexual exploitationinOulu,Finland.[31]
- 2019–Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Womenbreaks the record for most goals scored in aFA Women's Super Leaguematch, withVivianne Miedemainvolved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.[32]
- 2019 – Theoutbreak of coronavirus infectionbegan inWuhan.[33]
- 2020– TheArecibo Telescopecollapsed.[34][35]
Births
editPre-1600
edit- 624–Hasan ibn Ali,the second Shia Imam (d. 670)[36][37]
- 1081–Louis VI,French king (d. 1137)
- 1083–Anna Komnene,Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)[38]
- 1415–Jan Długosz,Polish historian (d. 1480)[39]
- 1438–Peter II, Duke of Bourbon,son of Charles I (d. 1503)
- 1443–Magdalena of France,French princess (d. 1495)
- 1521–Takeda Shingen,Japanese daimyō (d. 1573)
- 1525–Tadeáš Hájek,Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
- 1530–Bernardino Realino,Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)
- 1561–Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)
- 1580–Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc,French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)
1601–1900
edit- 1690–Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke,English lawyer and politician,Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom(d. 1764)
- 1709–Franz Xaver Richter,Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)
- 1716–Étienne Maurice Falconet,French sculptor (d. 1791)
- 1743–Martin Heinrich Klaproth,German chemist and academic (d. 1817)
- 1761–Marie Tussaud,French-English sculptor, foundedMadame Tussauds Wax Museum(d. 1850)[40]
- 1792–Nikolai Lobachevsky,Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)
- 1800–Mihály Vörösmarty,Hungarian poet (d. 1855)
- 1805–9th Dalai Lama,Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (d. 1815)
- 1844–Alexandra of Denmark(d. 1925)[41]
- 1846–Ledi Sayadaw,Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)
- 1847–Julia A. Moore,American poet (d. 1920)
- 1855–John Evans,English-Australian politician, 21stPremier of Tasmania(d. 1943)
- 1869–Eligiusz Niewiadomski,Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)
- 1871–Archie MacLaren,English cricketer (d. 1944)
- 1883–Henry Cadbury,American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)
- 1884–Karl Schmidt-Rottluff,German painter and etcher (d. 1976)
- 1886–Rex Stout,American detective novelist (d. 1975)
- 1886 –Zhu De,Chinese general and politician, 1stVice Chairman of the People's Republic of China(d. 1976)
- 1894–Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral,Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)
- 1895–Henry Williamson,English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)
- 1896–Georgy Zhukov,Russian general and politician, 2ndMinister of Defence for the Soviet Union(d. 1974)
- 1898–Stuart Garson,Canadian lawyer and politician, 12thPremier of Manitoba(d. 1977)
- 1898 –Cyril Ritchard,Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)
- 1900–Karna Maria Birmingham,Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)
1901–present
edit- 1901–Ilona Fehér,Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)
- 1903–Nikolai Voznesensky,Sovieteconomic planner,member of thePolitburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(d. 1950)
- 1905–Alex Wilson,Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)
- 1910–Alicia Markova,English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)
- 1911–Walter Alston,American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)[42]
- 1911 –Calvin Griffith,Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)
- 1912–Billy Raimondi,American baseball player (d. 2010)[43]
- 1912 –Minoru Yamasaki,American architect, designed theWorld Trade Center(d. 1986)
- 1913–Mary Martin,American actress and singer (d. 1990)[44]
- 1916–Wan Li,Chinese educator and politician, 4thVice Premier of the People's Republic of China(d. 2015)
- 1917–Thomas Hayward,American tenor and actor (d. 1995)
- 1917 –Marty Marion,American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)[45]
- 1920–Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami,Japanese priest, 1stBishop of Naha(d. 2014)
- 1921–Vernon McGarity,American sergeant,Medal of Honorrecipient (d. 2013)
- 1922–Vsevolod Bobrov,Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)
- 1923–Dick Shawn,American actor (d. 1987)
- 1923 –Stansfield Turner,American admiral and academic, 12thDirector of Central Intelligence(d. 2018)
- 1924–Masao Horiba,Japanese businessman, foundedHoriba(d. 2015)
- 1925–Martin Rodbell,American biochemist and endocrinologist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1998)
- 1926–Mother Antonia,American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)
- 1926 –Allyn Ann McLerie,Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)
- 1926 –Keith Michell,Australian actor (d. 2015)
- 1926 –Robert Symonds,American actor (d. 2007)
- 1926 –Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner,Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
- 1927–Micheline Bernardini,French dancer and model
- 1928–Emily McLaughlin,American actress (d. 1991)
- 1928 –Malachi Throne,American actor (d. 2013)
- 1929–David Doyle,American actor (d. 1997)
- 1930–Marie Bashir,Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37thGovernor of New South Wales
- 1930 –Joachim Hoffmann,German historian and author (d. 2002)
- 1931–Jimmy Lyons,American saxophonist (d. 1986)
- 1931 –Jim Nesbitt,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
- 1931 –George Maxwell Richards,Trinidadian politician, 4thPresident of Trinidad and Tobago(d. 2018)
- 1933–Lou Rawls,American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)[44]
- 1933 –Violette Verdy,French ballerina (d. 2016)
- 1934–Billy Paul,American soul singer (d. 2016)
- 1935–Sola Sierra,Chilean human rights activist (d. 1999)[46]
- 1936–Igor Rodionov,Russian general and politician, 3rdRussian Minister of Defence(d. 2014)
- 1937–Muriel Costa-Greenspon,American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
- 1937 –Gordon Crosse,English composer and academic (d. 2021)
- 1937 –Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga,Latvian psychologist and politician,President of Latvia[47]
- 1938–Sandy Nelson,American rock and roll drummer (d. 2022)
- 1939–Lee Trevino,American golfer and sportscaster[48]
- 1940–Mike Denness,Scottish cricketer and referee (d. 2013)[49]
- 1940 –Jerry Lawson,American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
- 1940 –Richard Pryor,American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)[44]
- 1940 –Tasso Wild,German footballer
- 1942–Mohamed Kamel Amr,Egyptian politician,Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1942 –John Crowley,American author and academic
- 1942 –Ross Edwards,Australian cricketer
- 1943–Kenny Moore,American runner and journalist (d. 2022)
- 1944–Eric Bloom,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[48]
- 1944 –John Densmore,American drummer and songwriter[48]
- 1944 –Michael Hagee,American general
- 1944 –Tahar Ben Jelloun,Moroccan author and poet
- 1945–Lyle Bien,American vice admiral in the United States Navy[50]
- 1945 –Bette Midler,American singer-songwriter, actress and producer[48]
- 1946–Jonathan Katz,American comedian and actor
- 1946 –Kemal Kurspahić,Bosnian journalist and author (d. 2021)
- 1946 –Gilbert O'Sullivan,Irish singer-songwriter and pianist[48]
- 1947–Alain Bashung,French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
- 1947 –Bob Fulton,English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
- 1948–George Foster,American baseball player and radio host
- 1948 –Sarfraz Nawaz,Pakistani cricketer and politician
- 1948 –John Roskelley,American mountaineer and author
- 1948 –Neil Warnock,English footballer and manager
- 1948 –N. T. Wright,English bishop and scholar
- 1948 –Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa,Nigerian civil servant and politician,Governor of Kaduna State(d. 2012)
- 1949–Jan Brett,American author and illustrator
- 1949 –Pablo Escobar,Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)
- 1949 –Sebastián Piñera,Chilean businessman and politician, 35thPresident of Chile(d. 2024)
- 1950–Manju Bansal,Indian biologist and academic
- 1950 –Ross Hannaford,Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
- 1950 –Richard Keith,American actor and drummer
- 1950 –Gary Panter,American illustrator and painter
- 1950 –Filippos Petsalnikos,Greek lawyer and politician,Greek Minister of Justice(d. 2020)
- 1951–Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov,Bulgarian cosmonaut[51]
- 1951 –Obba Babatundé,American actor, director, and producer
- 1951 –Doug Mulray,Australian radio and television host (d. 2023)
- 1951 –Jaco Pastorius,American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
- 1951 –Nozipho Schroeder,South African lawn bowler[52]
- 1951 –Treat Williams,American actor (d. 2023)[48]
- 1952–Stephen Poliakoff,English director, producer, and playwright
- 1954–Alan Dedicoat,English journalist
- 1954 –Judith Hackitt,English chemist and engineer
- 1954 –François Van der Elst,Belgian footballer (d. 2017)
- 1955–Veikko Aaltonen,Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1955 –Verónica Forqué,Spanish actress (d. 2021)
- 1955 –Udit Narayan,Indian playback singer
- 1955 –Pat Spillane,Irish footballer and sportscaster
- 1955 –Karen Tumulty,American journalist
- 1956–Julee Cruise,American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 2022)[53]
- 1957–Chris Poland,American guitarist and songwriter
- 1957 –Deep Roy,Kenyan-British actor[44]
- 1957 –Vesta Williams,American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
- 1958–Javier Aguirre,Mexican footballer and manager
- 1958 –Candace Bushnell,American journalist and author
- 1958 –Alberto Cova,Italian runner
- 1958 –Gary Peters,American politician
- 1958 –Charlene Tilton,American actress and singer[48]
- 1959–Billy Childish,English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter
- 1959 –Wally Lewis,Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1960–Carol Alt,American model and actress[48]
- 1960 –Shirin M. Rai,Indian-English political scientist and academic
- 1960 –Jane Turner,Australian actress and producer
- 1961–Safra Catz,Israeli-American businesswoman
- 1961 –Raymond E. Goldstein,American biophysicist and academic
- 1961 –Jeremy Northam,English actor[48]
- 1962–Sylvie Daigle,Canadian speed skater
- 1962 –Pamela McGee,American basketball player and coach
- 1963–Marco Greco,Brazilian race car driver
- 1963 –Nathalie Lambert,Canadian speed skater
- 1963 –Arjuna Ranatunga,Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
- 1964–Salvatore Schillaci,Italian footballer (d. 2024)[54]
- 1964 –Jo Walton,Welsh-Canadian author and poet
- 1965–Henry Honiball,South African rugby player
- 1965 –Magnifico,Slovenian singer
- 1966–Andrew Adamson,New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 –Katherine LaNasa,American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer[48]
- 1966 –Larry Walker,Canadian baseball player and coach
- 1967–Nestor Carbonell,American actor[48]
- 1967 –Reggie Sanders,American baseball player
- 1968–Justin Chadwick,English actor and director
- 1968 –Sarah Fitzgerald,Australian squash player
- 1968 –Anders Holmertz,Swedish swimmer
- 1969–Richard Carrier,American author and blogger
- 1970–Golden Brooks,American actress[48]
- 1970 –Jonathan Coulton,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970 –Kirk Rueter,American baseball player
- 1970 –Sarah Silverman,American comedian, actress, and singer[48]
- 1970 –Tisha Waller,American high jumper and educator
- 1971–Christian Pescatori,Italian race car driver
- 1971 –Mika Pohjola,Finnish-American pianist and composer
- 1971 –John Schlimm,American author and educator
- 1972–Stanton Barrett,American race car driver and stuntman
- 1972 –Bart Millard,American singer-songwriter[48]
- 1973–Steve Gibb,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974–Costinha,Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1975–Matt Fraction,American author
- 1975 –Isaiah "Ikey" Owens,American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)
- 1975 –Thomas Schie,Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster
- 1975 –Farah Shah,Pakistani actress and host
- 1975 –Sophia Skou,Danish swimmer
- 1976–Tomasz Adamek,Polish boxer
- 1976 –Laura Ling,American journalist and author
- 1976 –Dean O'Gorman,New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer[44]
- 1976 –Matthew Shepard,Americanhate crimevictim (d. 1998)[44]
- 1976 –Evangelos Sklavos,Greek basketball player
- 1977–Brad Delson,American guitarist and producer[48]
- 1977 –Sophie Guillemin,French actress
- 1977 –Lee McKenzie,Scottish journalist
- 1977 –Nate Torrence,American actor and comedian[48]
- 1978–Mat Kearney,American musician[55]
- 1979–Stephanie Brown Trafton,American discus thrower
- 1979 –Ryan Malone,American ice hockey player
- 1980–Iftikhar Anjum,Pakistani cricketer
- 1980 –Mohammad Kaif,Indian cricketer and politician
- 1980 –Mubarak Hassan Shami,Kenyan-Qatari runner
- 1980 –Gianna Terzi,Greek singer
- 1981–Park Hyo-shin,South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 –Luke McPharlin,Australian footballer
- 1981 –I Made Wirawan,Indonesian footballer
- 1982–Riz Ahmed,English actor and rapper[48]
- 1982 –Christos Kalantzis,Greek footballer
- 1982 –Christos Melissis,Greek footballer
- 1984–Charles Michael Davis,American actor[44]
- 1984 –Yolandi Visser,South African rapper and actress[44]
- 1985–Ilfenesh Hadera,American actress[48]
- 1985 –Janelle Monáe,American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[48]
- 1985 –Emiliano Viviano,Italian footballer
- 1986–DeSean Jackson,American football player
- 1987–Simon Dawkins,English footballer
- 1987 –Tabarie Henry,Virgin Islander sprinter
- 1987 –Vance Joy,Australian singer-songwriter
- 1987 –Brett Williams,English footballer
- 1988–Tyler Joseph,American musician and singer[48]
- 1988 –Zoë Kravitz,American actress, singer, and model[48]
- 1988 –Dan Mavraides,Greek-American basketball player
- 1988 –Michael Raffl,Austrian ice hockey player[56]
- 1989–Sotelúm,Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
- 1990–Tomáš Tatar,Slovak ice hockey player
- 1991–Rakeem Christmas,American basketball player[57]
- 1991 –Hilda Melander,Swedish tennis player[58]
- 1991 –Sun Yang,Chinese swimmer
- 1992–Masahudu Alhassan,Ghanaian footballer
- 1992 –Javier Báez,Puerto Rican baseball player[59]
- 1992 –Linos Chrysikopoulos,Greek basketball player
- 1992 –Gary Payton II,American basketball player[60]
- 1992 –Marco van Ginkel,Dutch footballer
- 1993–Reena Pärnat,Estonian archer
- 1993 –Beau Webster,Australian cricketer[61]
- 1994–Seedy Njie,English footballer
- 1995–Agnė Čepelytė,Lithuanian tennis player[62]
- 1995 –Jenna Fife,Scottish footballer[63]
- 1995 –James Wilson,English footballer
- 1997–Sada Williams,Barbadian sprinter[64]
- 1999–Nico Schlotterbeck,German footballer[65]
- 2001–Carole Monnet,French tennis player[66]
Deaths
editPre-1600
edit- 217–Yehudah HaNasi,'Nasi',Rabbiand editor of theMishnah(b. 135)
- 660–Eligius,Frankish bishop and saint (b. 588)
- 948–Gao Conghui,Chinese governor and prince (b. 891)
- 969–Fujiwara no Morotada,Japanese statesman (b. 920)
- 1018–Thietmar of Merseburg,German bishop (b. 975)
- 1135–Henry I,king of England (b. 1068)
- 1241–Isabella of England,Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214)
- 1255–Muhammad III of Alamut,Nizari Ismaili Imam[67]
- 1335–Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan,Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (b. 1305)
- 1374–Magnus Eriksson,king of Sweden (b. 1316)
- 1433–Go-Komatsu,emperor of Japan (b. 1377)
- 1455–Lorenzo Ghiberti,Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378)
- 1521–Leo X,pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475)[68]
- 1530–Margaret of Austria,duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
- 1580–Giovanni Morone,Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
- 1581–Alexander Briant,English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556)
- 1581 –Edmund Campion,English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1540)
- 1581 –Ralph Sherwin,English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1550)
1601–1900
edit- 1633–Isabella Clara Eugenia,infanta of Spain (b. 1566)
- 1640–Miguel de Vasconcelos,Portuguese politician,Prime Minister of Portugal(b. 1590)
- 1660–Pierre d'Hozier,French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
- 1729–Giacomo F. Maraldi,French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
- 1750–Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr,German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
- 1755–Maurice Greene,English organist and composer (b. 1696)
- 1767–Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan,Scottish politician (b. 1710)
- 1825–Alexander I,emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
- 1865–Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich,Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
- 1866–George Everest,Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
- 1867–Charles Gray Round,English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
- 1884–William Swainson,English-New Zealand lawyer and politician,Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand(b. 1809)
1901–present
edit- 1913–Juhan Liiv,Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
- 1914–Alfred Thayer Mahan,American captain and historian (b. 1840)
- 1916–Charles de Foucauld,French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
- 1923–Virginie Loveling,Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)[69]
- 1928–José Eustasio Rivera,Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
- 1933–Pekka Halonen,Finnish painter (b. 1865)
- 1934–Sergey Kirov,Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
- 1935–Bernhard Schmidt,Estonian-German optician, invented theSchmidt camera(b. 1879)
- 1942–Leon Wachholz,Polish scientist and medical examiner (b. 1867)[70]
- 1943–Damrong Rajanubhab,Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
- 1944–Charlie Kerins,ExecutedIrish Republican(b. 1918)[71]
- 1947–Aleister Crowley,English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
- 1947 –G. H. Hardy,English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
- 1950–Ernest John Moeran,English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
- 1954–Fred Rose,American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
- 1958–Elizabeth Peratrovich,Alaskan-American civil rights activist (b. 1911)[72]
- 1964–J. B. S. Haldane,English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
- 1964 –Charilaos Vasilakos,Greek runner (b. 1877)
- 1968–Nicolae Bretan,Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
- 1968 –Darío Moreno,Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
- 1973–David Ben-Gurion,Israeli politician, 1stPrime Minister of Israel(b. 1886)
- 1975–Nellie Fox,American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
- 1975 –Ernesto Maserati,Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
- 1975 –Anna Roosevelt Halsted,American journalist (b. 1906)
- 1981–Russ Manning,American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
- 1984–Roelof Frankot,Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
- 1986–Frank McCarthy,American general and film producer (b. 1912)
- 1987–James Baldwin,American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
- 1987 –Punch Imlach,Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
- 1988–J. Vernon McGee,American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
- 1989–Alvin Ailey,American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
- 1990–Carla Lehmann,Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
- 1991–Pat O'Callaghan,Irish athlete (b. 1906)[73]
- 1991 –George Stigler,American economist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1911)
- 1993–Ray Gillen,American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
- 1995–Hopper Levett,English cricketer (b. 1908)
- 1995 –Colin Tapley,New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
- 1995 –Maxwell R. Thurman,American general (b. 1931)
- 1996–Peter Bronfman,Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
- 1997–Michel Bélanger,Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)
- 1997 –Stéphane Grappelli,French violinist (b. 1908)
- 1997 –Endicott Peabody,American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62ndGovernor of Massachusetts(b. 1920)
- 1998–Janet Lewis,American poet and novelist (b. 1899)[74][75]
- 2001–Ellis R. Dungan,American director and producer (b. 1909)
- 2002–Edward L. Beach Jr.,American captain and author (b. 1918)
- 2002 –Dave McNally,American baseball player (b. 1942)
- 2003–Clark Kerr,American economist and academic (b. 1911)
- 2003 –Eugenio Monti,Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
- 2004–Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld(b. 1911)[76]
- 2004 –Bill Brown,Scottish footballer (b. 1931)
- 2005–Gust Avrakotos,AmericanCIAofficer (b. 1938)
- 2005 –Mary Hayley Bell,English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Freeman V. Horner,American soldier,Medal of Honorrecipient (b. 1922)
- 2006–Claude Jade,French actress (b. 1948)
- 2006 –Bruce Trigger,Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)
- 2007–Ken McGregor,Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Anton Rodgers,British actor (b. 1933)[77]
- 2007 –Ivo Rojnica,Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (b. 1915)[78]
- 2008–Paul Benedict,American actor (b. 1938)
- 2008 –Joseph B. Wirthlin,American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
- 2010–Adriaan Blaauw,Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)
- 2010 –Hillard Elkins,American actor and producer (b. 1929)
- 2011–Christa Wolf,German author and critic (b. 1929)
- 2012–Jovan Belcher,American football player (b. 1987)
- 2012 –Arthur Chaskalson,South African lawyer and judge, 18thChief Justice of South Africa(b. 1931)
- 2012 –Rick Majerus,American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
- 2012 –Ed Price,American soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1918)
- 2013–Richard Coughlan,English drummer (b. 1947)
- 2013 –Stirling Colgate,American physicist and academic (b. 1925)
- 2013 –Edward Heffron,American soldier (b. 1923)
- 2013 –Martin Sharp,Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)
- 2014–Mario Abramovich,Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2014 –Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938)
- 2014 –Rocky Wood,New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)
- 2015–Rob Blokzijl,Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943)
- 2015 –Joseph Engelberger,American physicist and engineer (b. 1925)
- 2015 –John F. Kurtzke,American neurologist and academic (b. 1926)
- 2015 –Jim Loscutoff,American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 2015 –Trevor Obst,Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940)
- 2018–Vivian Lynn,New Zealand artist (b. 1931)[79]
- 2018 –Ken Berry,American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1933)[80]
- 2019–Paula Tilbrook,English actress (b. 1930)[81]
- 2020–Arnie Robinson,American athlete (b. 1948)[82][83]
- 2022–Gaylord Perry,American baseball player and coach (b. 1938)[84]
- 2023–Sandra Day O'Connor,first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006) (b. 1930)[85]
Holidays and observances
edit- Battle of the Sinop Day(Russia)
- Christianfeast day:
- Damrong Rajanubhab Day(Thailand)
- Earliest day on whichFarmer's Daycan fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in December. (Ghana)
- Earliest day on whichGood Neighborliness Daycan fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
- Earliest day on whichSindhi Cultural Daycan fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Sindhi diaspora)
- First President Day(Kazakhstan)
- Freedom and Democracy Day(Chad)
- Great Union Day,celebrates theunion of Transylvania with Romaniain 1918 (Romania)
- Military Abolition Day(Costa Rica)
- National Day (Myanmar)
- Republic Day (Central African Republic)
- Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
- Rosa Parks Day(OhioandOregon,United States)
- Self-governance DayorFullveldisdagurinn(Iceland)
- Teachers' Day(Panama)
- World AIDS Day,[19]and its related observances:
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