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| "01 December 1525": "Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)", | |
| "01 December 1580": "Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)", | |
| "01 December 1690": "Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)", | |
| "01 December 1895": "Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)", | |
| "01 December 1905": "Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)", | |
| "01 December 1910": "Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)", | |
| "01 December 1920": "Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)", | |
| "01 December 1925": "Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)", | |
| "01 December 1930": "Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)", | |
| "01 December 1935": "Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter", | |
| "01 December 1940": "Tasso Wild, German footballer", | |
| "01 December 1945": "Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer", | |
| "01 December 1950": "Richard Keith, American actor and drummer (David and the Giants)", | |
| "01 December 1955": "Karen Tumulty, American journalist", | |
| "01 December 1960": "Jane Turner, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "01 December 1970": "Tisha Waller, American high jumper", | |
| "01 December 1975": "Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer", | |
| "01 December 1980": "Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner", | |
| "01 December 1985": "Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer", | |
| "01 December 1990": "Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player", | |
| "01 December 1995": "James Wilson, English footballer", | |
| "02 December 1710": "Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (d. 1783)", | |
| "02 December 1760": "Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1826)", | |
| "02 December 1810": "Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (d. 1892)", | |
| "02 December 1825": "Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891)", | |
| "02 December 1860": "Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931)", | |
| "02 December 1865": "Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (d. 1946)", | |
| "02 December 1885": "George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)", | |
| "02 December 1895": "Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. 1967)", | |
| "02 December 1910": "Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner (d. 1979)", | |
| "02 December 1915": "Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan", | |
| "02 December 1925": "Julie Harris, American actress and singer (d. 2013)", | |
| "02 December 1930": "David Piper, English race car driver", | |
| "02 December 1935": "David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic", | |
| "02 December 1945": "Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "02 December 1950": "Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society", | |
| "02 December 1960": "Justus von Dohnányi, German actor, director, and screenwriter", | |
| "02 December 1970": "Maksim Tarasov, Russian pole vaulter", | |
| "02 December 1980": "Darryn Randall, South African cricketer (d. 2013)", | |
| "02 December 1985": "Dorell Wright, American basketball player", | |
| "02 December 1990": "Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP and Ya-ya-yah)", | |
| "03 December 1560": "Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)", | |
| "03 December 1755": "Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)", | |
| "03 December 1800": "France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)", | |
| "03 December 1875": "Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1955)", | |
| "03 December 1880": "Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)", | |
| "03 December 1895": "Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1982)", | |
| "03 December 1900": "Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)", | |
| "03 December 1925": "Ferlin Husky, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)", | |
| "03 December 1930": "Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor", | |
| "03 December 1935": "Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician", | |
| "03 December 1940": "Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader", | |
| "03 December 1945": "Paul Nicholas, English actor and singer", | |
| "03 December 1950": "Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner", | |
| "03 December 1955": "Warren Jeffs, American religious leader", | |
| "03 December 1960": "Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach", | |
| "03 December 1965": "Katarina Witt, German figure skater", | |
| "03 December 1970": "Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach", | |
| "03 December 1975": "Malinda Williams, American actress", | |
| "03 December 1980": "Jim Sorgi, American football player and sportscaster", | |
| "03 December 1985": "Marcus Williams, American basketball player", | |
| "03 December 1990": "Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player", | |
| "03 December 2005": "Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway", | |
| "04 December 1555": "Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)", | |
| "04 December 1585": "John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)", | |
| "04 December 1595": "Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)", | |
| "04 December 1660": "André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)", | |
| "04 December 1670": "John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)", | |
| "04 December 1795": "Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)", | |
| "04 December 1835": "Samuel Butler, English author and critic (d. 1902)", | |
| "04 December 1875": "Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (d. 1926)", | |
| "04 December 1880": "Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)", | |
| "04 December 1895": "Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)", | |
| "04 December 1910": "R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)", | |
| "04 December 1915": "Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)", | |
| "04 December 1920": "Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)", | |
| "04 December 1925": "Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)", | |
| "04 December 1930": "Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)", | |
| "04 December 1935": "Robert Vesco, American financier (d. 2007)", | |
| "04 December 1940": "Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)", | |
| "04 December 1945": "Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut", | |
| "04 December 1955": "Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base)", | |
| "04 December 1960": "Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler", | |
| "04 December 1965": "Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "04 December 1970": "Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler and mixed martial artist", | |
| "04 December 1980": "Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler", | |
| "04 December 1985": "Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer", | |
| "04 December 1990": "Cindy Yang, Taiwanese model and actress (d. 2015)", | |
| "05 December 1495": "Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)", | |
| "05 December 1595": "Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)", | |
| "05 December 1820": "Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)", | |
| "05 December 1830": "Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)", | |
| "05 December 1855": "Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)", | |
| "05 December 1870": "Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)", | |
| "05 December 1875": "Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)", | |
| "05 December 1890": "Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)", | |
| "05 December 1895": "Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)", | |
| "05 December 1900": "Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)", | |
| "05 December 1905": "Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1984)", | |
| "05 December 1910": "Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)", | |
| "05 December 1925": "Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980)", | |
| "05 December 1935": "Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician", | |
| "05 December 1940": "Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)", | |
| "05 December 1945": "Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel", | |
| "05 December 1950": "James Knaggs, American Salvation Army officer", | |
| "05 December 1955": "Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)", | |
| "05 December 1960": "Matthew Taylor, English politician", | |
| "05 December 1965": "Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker", | |
| "05 December 1970": "Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player", | |
| "05 December 1975": "Paula Patton, American actress", | |
| "05 December 1980": "Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer", | |
| "05 December 1985": "Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver", | |
| "05 December 1990": "Parvathy Nair, Indian actress", | |
| "06 December 1285": "Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)", | |
| "06 December 1640": "Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)", | |
| "06 December 1685": "Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)", | |
| "06 December 1805": "Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)", | |
| "06 December 1875": "Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)", | |
| "06 December 1890": "Rudolf Schlichter, German painter (d. 1955)", | |
| "06 December 1900": "Agnes Moorehead, American actress and singer (d. 1974)", | |
| "06 December 1905": "Elizabeth Yates, American author (d. 2001)", | |
| "06 December 1910": "David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)", | |
| "06 December 1920": "George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)", | |
| "06 December 1930": "Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)", | |
| "06 December 1935": "Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician", | |
| "06 December 1940": "Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer", | |
| "06 December 1945": "Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "06 December 1950": "Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland", | |
| "06 December 1955": "Steven Wright, American actor and screenwriter", | |
| "06 December 1965": "Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager", | |
| "06 December 1970": "Michaela Schaffrath, German nurse and actress", | |
| "06 December 1975": "Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer", | |
| "06 December 1980": "Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player", | |
| "06 December 1985": "Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer", | |
| "06 December 1990": "Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player", | |
| "06 December 1995": "Joy Gruttmann, German singer", | |
| "07 December 1545": "Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)", | |
| "07 December 1810": "Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)", | |
| "07 December 1860": "Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)", | |
| "07 December 1885": "Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)", | |
| "07 December 1905": "Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)", | |
| "07 December 1910": "Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter and bandleader (d. 2011)", | |
| "07 December 1915": "Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)", | |
| "07 December 1920": "Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)", | |
| "07 December 1925": "Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver", | |
| "07 December 1930": "Hal Smith, American baseball player", | |
| "07 December 1940": "Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach", | |
| "07 December 1945": "Marion Rung, Finnish singer", | |
| "07 December 1950": "Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist", | |
| "07 December 1955": "John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales", | |
| "07 December 1960": "Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter (The Fall)", | |
| "07 December 1965": "Jeffrey Wright, American actor", | |
| "07 December 1970": "Carmen Campuzano, Mexican model and actress", | |
| "07 December 1975": "Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach", | |
| "07 December 1980": "John Terry, English footballer", | |
| "07 December 1985": "Dean Ambrose, American wrestler", | |
| "07 December 1990": "Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player", | |
| "08 December 1730": "Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)", | |
| "08 December 1765": "Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825)", | |
| "08 December 1795": "Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)", | |
| "08 December 1815": "Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)", | |
| "08 December 1860": "Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)", | |
| "08 December 1865": "Jean Sibelius, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1957)", | |
| "08 December 1875": "Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)", | |
| "08 December 1880": "Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)", | |
| "08 December 1890": "Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)", | |
| "08 December 1900": "Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)", | |
| "08 December 1915": "Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)", | |
| "08 December 1920": "McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)", | |
| "08 December 1925": "Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)", | |
| "08 December 1930": "Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)", | |
| "08 December 1935": "Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player", | |
| "08 December 1940": "Brant Alyea, American baseball player", | |
| "08 December 1945": "John Banville, Irish author and journalist", | |
| "08 December 1950": "Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)", | |
| "08 December 1955": "Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)", | |
| "08 December 1960": "Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian accountant and politician, 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang", | |
| "08 December 1965": "Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "08 December 1970": "Me Phi Me, American rapper", | |
| "08 December 1975": "Kevin Harvick, American race car driver", | |
| "08 December 1980": "Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner", | |
| "08 December 1985": "Josh Donaldson, American baseball player", | |
| "08 December 1995": "Jordon Ibe, English footballer", | |
| "08 December 65 BC": "Horace, Roman soldier and poet (d. 8 BC)", | |
| "09 December 1610": "Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)", | |
| "09 December 1745": "Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)", | |
| "09 December 1845": "Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)", | |
| "09 December 1850": "Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)", | |
| "09 December 1870": "Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)", | |
| "09 December 1875": "Harry Miller, American race car designer (d. 1943)", | |
| "09 December 1890": "Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)", | |
| "09 December 1895": "Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)", | |
| "09 December 1900": "Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)", | |
| "09 December 1905": "Dalton Trumbo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)", | |
| "09 December 1915": "Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)", | |
| "09 December 1920": "Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. 2007)", | |
| "09 December 1925": "Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)", | |
| "09 December 1930": "Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter", | |
| "09 December 1940": "Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)", | |
| "09 December 1945": "Michael Nouri, American actor", | |
| "09 December 1950": "Joan Armatrading, Caribbean-English singer-songwriter and guitarist", | |
| "09 December 1955": "Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter", | |
| "09 December 1960": "Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager", | |
| "09 December 1965": "Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach", | |
| "09 December 1970": "Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "09 December 1980": "Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist", | |
| "09 December 1985": "Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer", | |
| "09 December 1990": "Daundre Barnaby, Jamaican-Canadian runner (d. 2015)", | |
| "09 December 1995": "McKayla Maroney, American gymnast", | |
| "09 December 2000": "Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater", | |
| "10 December 1805": "Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)", | |
| "10 December 1815": "Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)", | |
| "10 December 1830": "Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)", | |
| "10 December 1870": "Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)", | |
| "10 December 1880": "Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)", | |
| "10 December 1885": "Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)", | |
| "10 December 1905": "Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (d. 1994)", | |
| "10 December 1910": "Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player, baseball player and politician (d. 1996)", | |
| "10 December 1920": "Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)", | |
| "10 December 1925": "Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)", | |
| "10 December 1930": "Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food", | |
| "10 December 1935": "Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer", | |
| "10 December 1940": "Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, English union leader and author", | |
| "10 December 1945": "George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (Cathedral Quartet) (d. 2013)", | |
| "10 December 1950": "Nicky Henderson, English horse trainer", | |
| "10 December 1960": "Michael Schoeffling, American actor", | |
| "10 December 1965": "Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "10 December 1970": "Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach", | |
| "10 December 1975": "Kristel Verbeke, Belgian singer and actress (K3)", | |
| "10 December 1980": "Sarah Chang, American violinist", | |
| "10 December 1985": "Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer", | |
| "10 December 1990": "Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)", | |
| "11 December 1465": "Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)", | |
| "11 December 1475": "Pope Leo X (d. 1521)", | |
| "11 December 1680": "Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)", | |
| "11 December 1725": "George Mason, American lawyer and politician (d. 1792)", | |
| "11 December 1810": "Alfred de Musset, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1857)", | |
| "11 December 1830": "Kamehameha V of Hawaii (d. 1872)", | |
| "11 December 1875": "Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (d. 1962)", | |
| "11 December 1880": "Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (d. 1951)", | |
| "11 December 1885": "Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (d. 1943)", | |
| "11 December 1890": "Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (d. 1976)", | |
| "11 December 1905": "Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994)", | |
| "11 December 1910": "Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1937)", | |
| "11 December 1920": "Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 1996)", | |
| "11 December 1925": "James Sullivan, American politician (d. 2012)", | |
| "11 December 1930": "Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter", | |
| "11 December 1935": "Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India", | |
| "11 December 1940": "Donna Mills, American actress and producer", | |
| "11 December 1950": "Christina Onassis, American-Argentinian businesswoman (d. 1988)", | |
| "11 December 1955": "Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager", | |
| "11 December 1960": "Rachel Portman, English composer", | |
| "11 December 1965": "Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence", | |
| "11 December 1970": "Victoria Fuller, American model and actress", | |
| "11 December 1975": "Dawn Steele, Scottish actress", | |
| "11 December 1980": "Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player", | |
| "11 December 1985": "Anja Prislan, Slovenian tennis player", | |
| "12 December 1610": "Basil of Ostrog, Serbian monk and saint (d. 1671)", | |
| "12 December 1685": "Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1743)", | |
| "12 December 1715": "Gennaro Manna, Italian composer (d. 1779)", | |
| "12 December 1745": "John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829)", | |
| "12 December 1805": "Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1878)", | |
| "12 December 1845": "Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis (d. 1903)", | |
| "12 December 1870": "Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d. 1912)", | |
| "12 December 1875": "Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. 1953)", | |
| "12 December 1900": "Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1988)", | |
| "12 December 1905": "Vasily Grossman, Russian journalist and author (d. 1964)", | |
| "12 December 1915": "Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1998)", | |
| "12 December 1920": "Fred Kida, American illustrator (d. 2014)", | |
| "12 December 1925": "Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2000)", | |
| "12 December 1930": "Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host, founded Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão", | |
| "12 December 1935": "John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (d. 2013)", | |
| "12 December 1940": "Dionne Warwick, American singer and actress", | |
| "12 December 1945": "Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaican politician, 7th Prime Minister of Jamaica", | |
| "12 December 1950": "Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager", | |
| "12 December 1955": "Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence", | |
| "12 December 1960": "Martina Hellmann, German discus thrower", | |
| "12 December 1970": "Regina Hall, American actress", | |
| "12 December 1975": "Houko Kuwashima, Japanese voice actress and singer", | |
| "12 December 1980": "Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer", | |
| "12 December 1985": "Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer", | |
| "12 December 1990": "Victor Moses, Nigerian footballer", | |
| "13 December 1585": "William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)", | |
| "13 December 1640": "Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (d. 1696)", | |
| "13 December 1720": "Carlo Gozzi, Italian playwright (d. 1804)", | |
| "13 December 1780": "Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp (d. 1849)", | |
| "13 December 1860": "Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)", | |
| "13 December 1870": "Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940)", | |
| "13 December 1900": "Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor (d. 1970)", | |
| "13 December 1910": "Sol Saks, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)", | |
| "13 December 1915": "B. J. Vorster, South African politician,4th State President of South Africa (d. 1983)", | |
| "13 December 1920": "George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State", | |
| "13 December 1925": "Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer", | |
| "13 December 1930": "Robert Prosky, American actor (d. 2008)", | |
| "13 December 1935": "Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player", | |
| "13 December 1940": "Sanjaya Lall, Indian economist and academic (d. 2005)", | |
| "13 December 1945": "Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (d. 1977)", | |
| "13 December 1950": "Tom Vilsack, American lawyer and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Agriculture", | |
| "13 December 1955": "Joseph Mahmoud, Moroccan-French runner", | |
| "13 December 1960": "Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor", | |
| "13 December 1965": "Marko Mäetamm, Estonian illustrator", | |
| "13 December 1970": "Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer", | |
| "13 December 1975": "Bahar Mert, Turkish volleyball player", | |
| "13 December 1980": "Bosco Wong, Hong Kong singer and actor", | |
| "13 December 1985": "Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player", | |
| "13 December 2005": "Prince Nicolas of Belgium", | |
| "14 December 1625": "Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (d. 1695)", | |
| "14 December 1640": "Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689)", | |
| "14 December 1720": "Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (d. 1794)", | |
| "14 December 1730": "Capel Bond, English organist and composer (d. 1790)", | |
| "14 December 1775": "Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and adventurer (d. 1860)", | |
| "14 December 1870": "Karl Renner, Austrian politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950)", | |
| "14 December 1880": "Hjalmar Mellander, Swedish pentathlete (d. 1919)", | |
| "14 December 1895": "Paul Éluard, French poet and author (d. 1952)", | |
| "14 December 1915": "Rashid Behbudov, Georgian-Azerbaijani singer and actor (d. 1989)", | |
| "14 December 1920": "Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (d. 2015)", | |
| "14 December 1925": "Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)", | |
| "14 December 1930": "David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist (d. 2013)", | |
| "14 December 1935": "Arvo Valton, Estonian author and screenwriter", | |
| "14 December 1940": "Lex Gold, Scottish footballer", | |
| "14 December 1960": "Diane Williams, American sprinter", | |
| "14 December 1965": "Ted Raimi, American actor, director, and screenwriter", | |
| "14 December 1970": "Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist", | |
| "14 December 1975": "KaDee Strickland, American actress", | |
| "14 December 1980": "Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer", | |
| "14 December 1985": "Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress and singer", | |
| "15 December 130": "Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169)", | |
| "15 December 1860": "Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)", | |
| "15 December 1875": "Emil Voigt, American gymnast (d. 1961)", | |
| "15 December 1885": "Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic (d. 1971)", | |
| "15 December 1890": "Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (d. 1965)", | |
| "15 December 1910": "John Hammond, American record producer and critic (d. 1987)", | |
| "15 December 1920": "Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator (d. 2002)", | |
| "15 December 1925": "Kasey Rogers, American actress (d. 2006)", | |
| "15 December 1930": "Edna O'Brien, Irish author, poet, and playwright", | |
| "15 December 1940": "Nick Buoniconti, American football player and sportscaster", | |
| "15 December 1945": "Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor", | |
| "15 December 1950": "Melanie Chartoff, American actress, inventor", | |
| "15 December 1955": "Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Clash and Havana 3am)", | |
| "15 December 1960": "Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer and producer", | |
| "15 December 1970": "Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director", | |
| "15 December 1975": "Laurel Nakadate, American photographer and director", | |
| "15 December 1980": "Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby player", | |
| "15 December 1985": "Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer", | |
| "16 December 1485": "Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536)", | |
| "16 December 1775": "François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)", | |
| "16 December 1790": "Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)", | |
| "16 December 1865": "Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)", | |
| "16 December 1895": "Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)", | |
| "16 December 1900": "V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997)", | |
| "16 December 1905": "Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)", | |
| "16 December 1910": "Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)", | |
| "16 December 1915": "Turk Murphy, American trombonist and singer (d. 1987)", | |
| "16 December 1920": "Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)", | |
| "16 December 1930": "Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)", | |
| "16 December 1945": "Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist (The Hollies)", | |
| "16 December 1950": "Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)", | |
| "16 December 1955": "Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este", | |
| "16 December 1960": "Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager", | |
| "16 December 1965": "Nancy Valen, American actress and producer", | |
| "16 December 1970": "Daniel Cosgrove, American actor", | |
| "16 December 1975": "Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor", | |
| "16 December 1980": "Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer", | |
| "16 December 1985": "Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer and dancer (W-inds)", | |
| "17 December 1685": "Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)", | |
| "17 December 1785": "Dorothea Lieven, Russian wife of Christopher Lieven (d. 1857)", | |
| "17 December 1830": "Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (d. 1870)", | |
| "17 December 1835": "Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)", | |
| "17 December 1890": "Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920)", | |
| "17 December 1900": "Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)", | |
| "17 December 1905": "Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)", | |
| "17 December 1910": "Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)", | |
| "17 December 1915": "André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003)", | |
| "17 December 1920": "Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004)", | |
| "17 December 1930": "Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author", | |
| "17 December 1935": "Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)", | |
| "17 December 1940": "María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)", | |
| "17 December 1945": "Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic", | |
| "17 December 1950": "Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach", | |
| "17 December 1955": "Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster", | |
| "17 December 1960": "Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist", | |
| "17 December 1965": "Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach", | |
| "17 December 1970": "Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor", | |
| "17 December 1975": "Bree Sharp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist", | |
| "17 December 1980": "Eli Pariser, American activist and author, co-founded Avaaz.org", | |
| "17 December 1985": "Craig Reid, English footballer", | |
| "17 December 1990": "Ashley Edner, American actress", | |
| "18 December 1610": "Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (d. 1688)", | |
| "18 December 1620": "Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (d. 1668)", | |
| "18 December 1660": "Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1715)", | |
| "18 December 1725": "Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian (d. 1791)", | |
| "18 December 1825": "John S. Harris, American surveyor and politician (d. 1906)", | |
| "18 December 1835": "Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author (d. 1922)", | |
| "18 December 1860": "Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1908)", | |
| "18 December 1870": "Saki, Burmese-English author and playwright (d. 1916)", | |
| "18 December 1875": "Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1941)", | |
| "18 December 1890": "Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (d. 1954)", | |
| "18 December 1910": "Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (d. 2010)", | |
| "18 December 1920": "Robert Leckie, American soldier and author (d. 2001)", | |
| "18 December 1930": "Moose Skowron, American baseball player (d. 2012)", | |
| "18 December 1935": "Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author", | |
| "18 December 1940": "John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler (d. 1974)", | |
| "18 December 1945": "Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach", | |
| "18 December 1950": "Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic", | |
| "18 December 1955": "Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner", | |
| "18 December 1960": "Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and academic", | |
| "18 December 1965": "Fawna MacLaren, American model and actress", | |
| "18 December 1970": "Jonathan Yeo, English painter", | |
| "18 December 1975": "Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player", | |
| "18 December 1980": "Benjamin Watson, American football player", | |
| "18 December 1985": "Hana Soukupová, Czech model", | |
| "18 December 1990": "Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter (Versa)", | |
| "19 December 1820": "Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist (d. 1905)", | |
| "19 December 1825": "George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer (d. 1898)", | |
| "19 December 1865": "Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (d. 1932)", | |
| "19 December 1875": "Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month (d. 1950)", | |
| "19 December 1895": "Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1989)", | |
| "19 December 1905": "Giovanni Lurani, Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (d. 1995)", | |
| "19 December 1910": "Jean Genet, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1986)", | |
| "19 December 1915": "Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (d. 1998)", | |
| "19 December 1920": "David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (d. 1987)", | |
| "19 December 1925": "Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012)", | |
| "19 December 1930": "Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014)", | |
| "19 December 1935": "Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)", | |
| "19 December 1940": "Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)", | |
| "19 December 1945": "John McEuen, American guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)", | |
| "19 December 1950": "Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat", | |
| "19 December 1955": "Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician", | |
| "19 December 1960": "Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author", | |
| "19 December 1965": "Jessica Steen, Canadian actress", | |
| "19 December 1970": "Tyson Beckford, American model and actor", | |
| "19 December 1975": "Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer", | |
| "19 December 1980": "Marla Sokoloff, American actress and singer", | |
| "19 December 1985": "Lady Sovereign, English rapper", | |
| "19 December 1990": "Greg Bretz, American snowboarder", | |
| "20 December 1740": "Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)", | |
| "20 December 1860": "Dan Leno, English actor (d. 1904)", | |
| "20 December 1865": "Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)", | |
| "20 December 1890": "Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)", | |
| "20 December 1905": "Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)", | |
| "20 December 1915": "Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)", | |
| "20 December 1925": "Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)", | |
| "20 December 1935": "William Julius Wilson, American sociologist and academic", | |
| "20 December 1940": "Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club", | |
| "20 December 1945": "Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)", | |
| "20 December 1950": "Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer", | |
| "20 December 1955": "Binali Yıldırım, Turkish politician", | |
| "20 December 1960": "Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "20 December 1965": "Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster", | |
| "20 December 1970": "Jörg Schmidt, German footballer", | |
| "20 December 1975": "Jaydy Michel, Mexican model and actress", | |
| "20 December 1980": "Fitz Hall, English footballer", | |
| "20 December 1985": "Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan runner", | |
| "20 December 1990": "Filipp Breytveyt, Russian footballer", | |
| "21 December 1795": "Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (d. 1886)", | |
| "21 December 1805": "Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic (d. 1869)", | |
| "21 December 1815": "Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)", | |
| "21 December 1820": "William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)", | |
| "21 December 1830": "Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (d. 1907)", | |
| "21 December 1840": "Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1888)", | |
| "21 December 1850": "William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1862)", | |
| "21 December 1885": "Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)", | |
| "21 December 1890": "Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)", | |
| "21 December 1905": "Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)", | |
| "21 December 1915": "Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 2007)", | |
| "21 December 1920": "Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (d. 1988)", | |
| "21 December 1925": "Olga Aroseva, Russian actress (d. 2013)", | |
| "21 December 1935": "Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, 22nd Governor General of Canada", | |
| "21 December 1940": "Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Mothers of Invention) (d. 1993)", | |
| "21 December 1950": "David Thacker, English director and screenwriter", | |
| "21 December 1955": "Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Southern All Stars)", | |
| "21 December 1960": "Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player and coach", | |
| "21 December 1965": "Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer", | |
| "21 December 1975": "Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina", | |
| "21 December 1980": "Royce Ring, American baseball player", | |
| "21 December 1985": "Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor (D-Boys)", | |
| "21 December 1990": "Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Greek footballer", | |
| "22 December 1095": "Roger II of Sicily (d. 1154)", | |
| "22 December 1550": "Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)", | |
| "22 December 1765": "Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)", | |
| "22 December 1805": "John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)", | |
| "22 December 1865": "Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)", | |
| "22 December 1885": "Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (d. 1966)", | |
| "22 December 1900": "Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)", | |
| "22 December 1905": "Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (d. 1982)", | |
| "22 December 1915": "Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)", | |
| "22 December 1925": "Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)", | |
| "22 December 1930": "Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter (d. 1998)", | |
| "22 December 1935": "Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)", | |
| "22 December 1940": "Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator", | |
| "22 December 1945": "Diane Sawyer, American journalist", | |
| "22 December 1955": "Lonnie Smith, American baseball player", | |
| "22 December 1960": "Patrick Fitzgerald, American lawyer", | |
| "22 December 1965": "Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper", | |
| "22 December 1970": "Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician", | |
| "22 December 1975": "Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player", | |
| "22 December 1980": "Chris Carmack, American model, actor, and singer", | |
| "22 December 1990": "Josef Newgarden, American race car driver", | |
| "23 December 1690": "Pamheiba, Indian emperor (d. 1751)", | |
| "23 December 1750": "Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)", | |
| "23 December 1790": "Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (d. 1832)", | |
| "23 December 1805": "Joseph Smith, American religious leader, 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844)", | |
| "23 December 1870": "John Marin, American painter (d. 1953)", | |
| "23 December 1885": "Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964)", | |
| "23 December 1900": "Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)", | |
| "23 December 1910": "Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961)", | |
| "23 December 1925": "Rayner Unwin, English publisher (d. 2000)", | |
| "23 December 1935": "Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)", | |
| "23 December 1940": "Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005)", | |
| "23 December 1945": "Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author", | |
| "23 December 1950": "Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator", | |
| "23 December 1955": "Grace Knight, English singer (Eurogliders)", | |
| "23 December 1970": "Holly Samos, English radio host", | |
| "23 December 1975": "Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter", | |
| "23 December 1980": "Kohei Yamamoto, Japanese actor", | |
| "23 December 1985": "Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor and singer", | |
| "23 December 1990": "Anna Maria Perez de Taglé, American actress and singer", | |
| "24 December 1475": "Thomas Murner, German poet and translator (d. 1537)", | |
| "24 December 1625": "Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673)", | |
| "24 December 1635": "Mariana of Austria (d. 1696)", | |
| "24 December 1810": "Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873)", | |
| "24 December 1845": "George I of Greece (d. 1913)", | |
| "24 December 1875": "Émile Wegelin, French rower (d. 1962)", | |
| "24 December 1880": "Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (d. 1939)", | |
| "24 December 1885": "Paul Manship, American sculptor (d. 1966)", | |
| "24 December 1895": "Marguerite Williams, American geologist and academic (d. 1999)", | |
| "24 December 1900": "Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)", | |
| "24 December 1905": "Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot (d. 1976)", | |
| "24 December 1910": "Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica (d. 1980)", | |
| "24 December 1920": "Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (d. 1944)", | |
| "24 December 1930": "John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011)", | |
| "24 December 1940": "Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2012)", | |
| "24 December 1945": "Steve Smith, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "24 December 1950": "Dana Gioia, American poet and critic", | |
| "24 December 1955": "Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator", | |
| "24 December 1960": "Carol Vorderman, English television host", | |
| "24 December 1965": "Millard Powers, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Counting Crows, The Semantics, and Majosha)", | |
| "24 December 1970": "Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican-American actor", | |
| "24 December 1980": "Tomas Kalnoky, Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution)", | |
| "24 December 1985": "David Ragan, American race car driver", | |
| "24 December 1990": "Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper", | |
| "24 December 1995": "Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player", | |
| "24 December 2000": "Ethan Bortnick, American singer-songwriter and pianist", | |
| "25 December 1250": "John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (d. 1305)", | |
| "25 December 1505": "Christine of Saxony (d. 1549)", | |
| "25 December 1665": "Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746)", | |
| "25 December 1700": "Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1758)", | |
| "25 December 1730": "Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (d. 1816)", | |
| "25 December 1745": "Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1799)", | |
| "25 December 1825": "Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (d. 1895)", | |
| "25 December 1860": "Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (d. 1921)", | |
| "25 December 1865": "Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)", | |
| "25 December 1870": "Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (d. 1965)", | |
| "25 December 1875": "Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)", | |
| "25 December 1890": "Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher; founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (d. 1949)", | |
| "25 December 1915": "Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (d. 2011)", | |
| "25 December 1925": "Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007)", | |
| "25 December 1930": "Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet and illustrator (d. 1986)", | |
| "25 December 1935": "Anne Roiphe, American author and activist", | |
| "25 December 1940": "Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author", | |
| "25 December 1945": "Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)", | |
| "25 December 1950": "Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager", | |
| "25 December 1955": "Brett Vroman, American basketball player", | |
| "25 December 1960": "Ron Bottitta, English actor", | |
| "25 December 1965": "David Rath, Czech physician and politician", | |
| "25 December 1970": "Rodney Dent, American basketball player", | |
| "25 December 1975": "Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer", | |
| "25 December 1980": "Marcus Trufant, American football player", | |
| "25 December 1985": "Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress", | |
| "25 December 1990": "Conny Perrin, Swiss tennis player", | |
| "25 December 1995": "Mimmi Sandén, Swedish singer and actress", | |
| "26 December 1780": "Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)", | |
| "26 December 1785": "Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)", | |
| "26 December 1820": "Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)", | |
| "26 December 1890": "Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)", | |
| "26 December 1905": "William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)", | |
| "26 December 1930": "Donald Moffat, English-American actor", | |
| "26 December 1935": "Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player", | |
| "26 December 1940": "Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)", | |
| "26 December 1945": "John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist, created America's Most Wanted", | |
| "26 December 1950": "Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan", | |
| "26 December 1955": "Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana", | |
| "26 December 1960": "Jim Toomey, American cartoonist", | |
| "26 December 1970": "James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Shins and Broken Bells)", | |
| "26 December 1975": "María Vasco, Spanish race walker", | |
| "26 December 1980": "Todd Dunivant, American soccer player", | |
| "26 December 1985": "Yu Shirota, Japanese-Spanish actor and singer (D-Boys)", | |
| "26 December 1990": "James Wolpert, American singer", | |
| "26 December 1995": "Zach Mills, American actor", | |
| "26 December 2000": "Isac Elliot, Finnish singer", | |
| "27 December 1390": "Anne de Mortimer, Irish wife of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (d. 1411)", | |
| "27 December 1715": "Philippe de Noailles, French general (d. 1794)", | |
| "27 December 1900": "Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)", | |
| "27 December 1910": "Charles Olson, American poet and educator (d. 1970)", | |
| "27 December 1915": "Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (d. 1999)", | |
| "27 December 1920": "Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (d. 2005)", | |
| "27 December 1925": "Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director, and producer", | |
| "27 December 1930": "Wilfrid Sheed, English-American author (d. 2011)", | |
| "27 December 1935": "Michael Turnbull, English bishop", | |
| "27 December 1950": "Doug Stone, Canadian voice actor and singer", | |
| "27 December 1955": "Barbara Olson, American journalist and author (d. 2001)", | |
| "27 December 1960": "Donald Nally, American conductor and academic", | |
| "27 December 1965": "Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (d. 2007)", | |
| "27 December 1970": "Lorenzo Neal, American football player and radio host", | |
| "27 December 1975": "Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)", | |
| "27 December 1980": "Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist", | |
| "27 December 1985": "Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player", | |
| "27 December 1990": "Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player", | |
| "27 December 1995": "Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player", | |
| "28 December 1635": "Elizabeth Stuart, English daughter of Charles I of England (d. 1650)", | |
| "28 December 1655": "Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698)", | |
| "28 December 1665": "George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716)", | |
| "28 December 1775": "Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)", | |
| "28 December 1870": "Charles Bennett, English runner (d. 1949)", | |
| "28 December 1890": "Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)", | |
| "28 December 1895": "Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright (d. 1981)", | |
| "28 December 1905": "Cliff Arquette, American actor and singer (d. 1974)", | |
| "28 December 1910": "Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (d. 1972)", | |
| "28 December 1915": "Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000)", | |
| "28 December 1920": "Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (d. 2012)", | |
| "28 December 1925": "Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)", | |
| "28 December 1930": "Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian artist (d. 2010)", | |
| "28 December 1940": "Don Francisco, Chilean-American television host", | |
| "28 December 1945": "Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)", | |
| "28 December 1950": "Hugh McDonald, American bass player (Bon Jovi)", | |
| "28 December 1955": "Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate", | |
| "28 December 1960": "Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (d. 2010)", | |
| "28 December 1965": "Allar Levandi, Estonian skier", | |
| "28 December 1970": "Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player", | |
| "28 December 1975": "B. J. Ryan, American baseball player", | |
| "28 December 1980": "Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker", | |
| "28 December 1985": "Taryn Terrell, American wrestler and actress", | |
| "28 December 1990": "Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer", | |
| "29 December 1800": "Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)", | |
| "29 December 1855": "August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)", | |
| "29 December 1885": "Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)", | |
| "29 December 1895": "Oswald Freisler, German lawyer (d. 1939)", | |
| "29 December 1910": "Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)", | |
| "29 December 1915": "Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)", | |
| "29 December 1920": "Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1995)", | |
| "29 December 1925": "Pete Dye, American golfer and architect", | |
| "29 December 1935": "Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (d. 2013)", | |
| "29 December 1940": "Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter and dentist", | |
| "29 December 1950": "Jon Polito, American actor", | |
| "29 December 1960": "Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots", | |
| "29 December 1965": "Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Offspring)", | |
| "29 December 1970": "Kevin Weisman, American actor", | |
| "29 December 1975": "Jaret Wright, American baseball player", | |
| "29 December 1985": "Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist", | |
| "29 December 1990": "Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS and Xing)", | |
| "29 December 1995": "Ross Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (R5)", | |
| "29 December 765": "Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of the Twelve Imams (d. 818)", | |
| "30 December 1760": "Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829)", | |
| "30 December 1825": "Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (d. 1891)", | |
| "30 December 1865": "Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)", | |
| "30 December 1875": "Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (d. 1938)", | |
| "30 December 1890": "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973)", | |
| "30 December 1905": "Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)", | |
| "30 December 1910": "Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)", | |
| "30 December 1920": "Jack Lord, American actor and director (d. 1998)", | |
| "30 December 1925": "Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer and director (d. 2002)", | |
| "30 December 1930": "Red Rhodes, American steel guitar player", | |
| "30 December 1935": "Jack Riley, American actor and singer", | |
| "30 December 1940": "James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter", | |
| "30 December 1945": "Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer", | |
| "30 December 1950": "Martti Vainio, Finnish runner", | |
| "30 December 1955": "Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000)", | |
| "30 December 1960": "Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic", | |
| "30 December 1965": "Heidi Fleiss, American madam, actress, and journalist", | |
| "30 December 1970": "Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)", | |
| "30 December 1975": "Tiger Woods, American golfer", | |
| "30 December 1980": "Alison McGovern, English politician", | |
| "30 December 1985": "Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby player", | |
| "30 December 1990": "Joe Root, English cricketer", | |
| "31 December 1585": "Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)", | |
| "31 December 1720": "Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1788)", | |
| "31 December 1790": "Antonie Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1867)", | |
| "31 December 1805": "Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (d. 1876)", | |
| "31 December 1815": "George Meade, American general and engineer (d. 1872)", | |
| "31 December 1830": "Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic (d. 1867)", | |
| "31 December 1855": "Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)", | |
| "31 December 1860": "Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (d. 1937)", | |
| "31 December 1880": "George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)", | |
| "31 December 1885": "Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)", | |
| "31 December 1900": "Ivan Riley, American hurdler (d. 1943)", | |
| "31 December 1905": "Jule Styne, English-American composer (d. 1994)", | |
| "31 December 1910": "Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)", | |
| "31 December 1915": "Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1996)", | |
| "31 December 1920": "Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)", | |
| "31 December 1925": "Sri Lal Sukla, Indian author (d. 2011)", | |
| "31 December 1930": "Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (d. 2010)", | |
| "31 December 1935": "Salman of Saudi Arabia", | |
| "31 December 1940": "Mani Neumeier, German drummer (Guru Guru)", | |
| "31 December 1945": "Connie Willis, American author", | |
| "31 December 1950": "Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman and philanthropist", | |
| "31 December 1960": "John Allen Muhammad, American murderer (d. 2009)", | |
| "31 December 1965": "Jeff Williams, American sprinter", | |
| "31 December 1970": "Bryon Russell, American basketball player", | |
| "31 December 1975": "Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner", | |
| "31 December 1980": "Carsten Schlangen, German runner", | |
| "31 December 1985": "Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host", | |
| "31 December 1990": "Sam Faiers, English model", | |
| "31 December 1995": "Gabby Douglas, American gymnast", | |
| "31 December 2005": "Lakshmi Tatma, Indian deformed girl", | |
| "31 December 695": "Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)" | |
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| "01 December 1135": "Henry I of England (b. 1068)", | |
| "01 December 1455": "Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor (b. 1378)", | |
| "01 December 1530": "Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)", | |
| "01 December 1580": "Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)", | |
| "01 December 1640": "Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)", | |
| "01 December 1660": "Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)", | |
| "01 December 1750": "Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)", | |
| "01 December 1755": "Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)", | |
| "01 December 1825": "Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)", | |
| "01 December 1865": "Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)", | |
| "01 December 1935": "Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)", | |
| "01 December 1950": "Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)", | |
| "01 December 1975": "Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)", | |
| "01 December 1990": "Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)", | |
| "01 December 1995": "Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)", | |
| "01 December 2005": "Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)", | |
| "01 December 2010": "Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)", | |
| "02 December 1515": "Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453)", | |
| "02 December 1615": "Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)", | |
| "02 December 1665": "Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)", | |
| "02 December 1935": "Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (b. 1875)", | |
| "02 December 1950": "Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)", | |
| "02 December 1980": "Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)", | |
| "02 December 1985": "Philip Larkin, English author and poet (b. 1922)", | |
| "02 December 1990": "Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1908)", | |
| "02 December 1995": "Mária Telkes, Hungarian", | |
| "02 December 2000": "Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)", | |
| "02 December 2005": "Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)", | |
| "03 December 1265": "Odofredus, Italian jurist", | |
| "03 December 1610": "Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyo (b. 1548)", | |
| "03 December 1765": "Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)", | |
| "03 December 1815": "John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)", | |
| "03 December 1845": "Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)", | |
| "03 December 1890": "Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)", | |
| "03 December 1910": "Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)", | |
| "03 December 1935": "Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)", | |
| "03 December 1955": "Cow Cow Davenport, American singer and pianist (b. 1894)", | |
| "03 December 1980": "Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)", | |
| "03 December 1995": "Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (b. 1946)", | |
| "03 December 2000": "Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)", | |
| "03 December 2005": "Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)", | |
| "03 December 2010": "Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)", | |
| "04 December 1075": "Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)", | |
| "04 December 1270": "Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)", | |
| "04 December 1340": "Henry Burghersh, English bishop (b. 1292)", | |
| "04 December 1585": "John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)", | |
| "04 December 1680": "Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)", | |
| "04 December 1850": "William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)", | |
| "04 December 1935": "Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)", | |
| "04 December 1945": "Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)", | |
| "04 December 1955": "József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)", | |
| "04 December 1975": "Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)", | |
| "04 December 1980": "Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)", | |
| "04 December 1995": "Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)", | |
| "04 December 2000": "Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)", | |
| "04 December 2005": "Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)", | |
| "05 December 1355": "John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)", | |
| "05 December 1560": "Francis II of France (b. 1544)", | |
| "05 December 1570": "Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)", | |
| "05 December 1770": "James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)", | |
| "05 December 1870": "Alexandre Dumas, French author and playwright (b. 1802)", | |
| "05 December 1895": "Gall, American tribal chief (b. 1840)", | |
| "05 December 1925": "Władysław Reymont, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)", | |
| "05 December 1940": "Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)", | |
| "05 December 1950": "Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru and poet (b. 1872)", | |
| "05 December 1955": "Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)", | |
| "05 December 1965": "Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)", | |
| "05 December 1975": "Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)", | |
| "05 December 1990": "Alfonso A. Ossorio, American painter (b. 1916)", | |
| "05 December 1995": "Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim (b. 1959)", | |
| "05 December 2005": "Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)", | |
| "05 December 2010": "Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)", | |
| "06 December 1185": "Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)", | |
| "06 December 1675": "John Lightfoot, English priest, academic, and scholar (b. 1602)", | |
| "06 December 1855": "William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)", | |
| "06 December 1920": "Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (b. 1918)", | |
| "06 December 1955": "Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)", | |
| "06 December 1985": "Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)", | |
| "06 December 1990": "Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)", | |
| "06 December 2000": "Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)", | |
| "06 December 2005": "William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)", | |
| "06 December 2010": "Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)", | |
| "06 December 735": "Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)", | |
| "07 December 1295": "Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1243)", | |
| "07 December 1725": "Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)", | |
| "07 December 1775": "Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)", | |
| "07 December 1815": "Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769)", | |
| "07 December 1960": "Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral (b. 1882)", | |
| "07 December 1970": "Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)", | |
| "07 December 1975": "Thornton Wilder, American author and playwright (b. 1897)", | |
| "07 December 1980": "Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (Germs and Darby Crash Band) (b. 1958)", | |
| "07 December 1985": "Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)", | |
| "07 December 1990": "Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter (b. 1904)", | |
| "07 December 1995": "Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)", | |
| "07 December 2000": "Vlado Gotovac, Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930)", | |
| "07 December 2005": "Lucy d'Abreu, Indian-Scottish super-centenarian (b. 1892)", | |
| "07 December 2010": "Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (b. 1928)", | |
| "08 December 1680": "Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)", | |
| "08 December 1695": "Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)", | |
| "08 December 1745": "Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)", | |
| "08 December 1830": "Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)", | |
| "08 December 1885": "William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)", | |
| "08 December 1940": "George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)", | |
| "08 December 1975": "Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)", | |
| "08 December 1980": "John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)", | |
| "08 December 2005": "Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. 1915)", | |
| "09 December 1165": "Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)", | |
| "09 December 1565": "Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)", | |
| "09 December 1625": "Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)", | |
| "09 December 1830": "Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)", | |
| "09 December 1930": "Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)", | |
| "09 December 1935": "Walter Liggett, American journalist (b. 1886)", | |
| "09 December 1945": "Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)", | |
| "09 December 1965": "Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)", | |
| "09 December 1970": "Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)", | |
| "09 December 1975": "William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)", | |
| "09 December 1995": "Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)", | |
| "09 December 2005": "Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)", | |
| "09 December 2010": "Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (b. 1924)", | |
| "10 December 1665": "Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)", | |
| "10 December 1850": "François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)", | |
| "10 December 1865": "Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)", | |
| "10 December 1920": "Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)", | |
| "10 December 1945": "Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (b. 1913)", | |
| "10 December 1990": "Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)", | |
| "10 December 1995": "Darren Robinson, American rapper (The Fat Boys) (b. 1967)", | |
| "10 December 2000": "Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)", | |
| "10 December 2005": "Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)", | |
| "10 December 2010": "MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)", | |
| "11 December 1840": "Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)", | |
| "11 December 1880": "Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)", | |
| "11 December 1920": "Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)", | |
| "11 December 1945": "Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)", | |
| "11 December 1950": "Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)", | |
| "11 December 1975": "Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)", | |
| "11 December 1995": "Arthur Mullard, English actor and singer (b. 1910)", | |
| "11 December 2000": "Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1915)", | |
| "12 December 1685": "John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610)", | |
| "12 December 1790": "Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)", | |
| "12 December 1970": "Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)", | |
| "12 December 1980": "Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912)", | |
| "12 December 1985": "Anne Baxter, American actress and singer (b. 1923)", | |
| "12 December 1990": "Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1908)", | |
| "12 December 2000": "Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant leader, founded Zimbabwe African National Union (b. 1920)", | |
| "12 December 2005": "Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957)", | |
| "12 December 2010": "Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (b. 1946)", | |
| "13 December 1250": "Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)", | |
| "13 December 1565": "Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516)", | |
| "13 December 1835": "John Storm, American soldier (b. 1760)", | |
| "13 December 1895": "Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)", | |
| "13 December 1930": "Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)", | |
| "13 December 1935": "Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)", | |
| "13 December 1940": "George Regas, Greek-American actor (b. 1890)", | |
| "13 December 1945": "Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919)", | |
| "13 December 1950": "Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902)", | |
| "13 December 1955": "Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)", | |
| "13 December 1960": "Dora Marsden, English author and activist (b. 1882)", | |
| "13 December 1975": "Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (b. 1889)", | |
| "13 December 1995": "Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (b. 1896)", | |
| "13 December 2005": "Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)", | |
| "13 December 2010": "Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1947)", | |
| "14 December 1460": "Guarino da Verona, Italian scholar and translator (b. 1370)", | |
| "14 December 1510": "Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)", | |
| "14 December 1715": "Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636)", | |
| "14 December 1735": "Thomas Tanner, English bishop (b. 1674)", | |
| "14 December 1860": "George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)", | |
| "14 December 1865": "Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)", | |
| "14 December 1920": "George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)", | |
| "14 December 1935": "Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)", | |
| "14 December 1940": "Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)", | |
| "14 December 1970": "Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)", | |
| "14 December 1975": "Arthur Treacher, English-American actor and singer (b. 1894)", | |
| "14 December 1980": "Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)", | |
| "14 December 1985": "Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (b. 1934)", | |
| "14 December 1990": "Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)", | |
| "14 December 1995": "G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (b. 1922)", | |
| "14 December 2000": "Uldis Pūcītis, Latvian actor and director (b. 1937)", | |
| "14 December 2005": "Trevanian, American author and scholar (b. 1931)", | |
| "14 December 2010": "Dale Roberts, English footballer (b. 1986)", | |
| "15 December 1025": "Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958)", | |
| "15 December 1230": "Ottokar I of Bohemia (b. 1155)", | |
| "15 December 1675": "Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)", | |
| "15 December 1715": "George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)", | |
| "15 December 1855": "Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)", | |
| "15 December 1890": "Sitting Bull, American tribal chief (b. 1831)", | |
| "15 December 1950": "Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)", | |
| "15 December 1965": "M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)", | |
| "15 December 1985": "Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)", | |
| "15 December 2000": "Haris Brkić, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (b. 1974)", | |
| "15 December 2005": "Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)", | |
| "15 December 2010": "Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (b. 1940)", | |
| "16 December 1325": "Charles, Count of Valois (b. 1270)", | |
| "16 December 1470": "John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)", | |
| "16 December 1515": "Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)", | |
| "16 December 1765": "Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian lieutenant and surveyor (b. 1741)", | |
| "16 December 1925": "Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (b. 1854)", | |
| "16 December 1930": "Herman Lamm, German-American bank robber (b. 1890)", | |
| "16 December 1935": "Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (b. 1905)", | |
| "16 December 1940": "Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)", | |
| "16 December 1945": "Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)", | |
| "16 December 1965": "W. Somerset Maugham, French-English author and playwright (b. 1874)", | |
| "16 December 1980": "Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)", | |
| "16 December 1985": "Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)", | |
| "16 December 1990": "Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1896)", | |
| "16 December 1995": "Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and director (b. 1939)", | |
| "16 December 2005": "John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)", | |
| "16 December 2010": "Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)", | |
| "16 December 705": "Wu Zetian, Chinese wife of Emperor Taizong of Tang (b. 625)", | |
| "17 December 1195": "Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)", | |
| "17 December 1830": "Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)", | |
| "17 December 1860": "Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1777)", | |
| "17 December 1925": "George Gibb, Scottish businessman (b. 1850)", | |
| "17 December 1930": "Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)", | |
| "17 December 1940": "Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and educator (b. 1860)", | |
| "17 December 1970": "Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1970)", | |
| "17 December 2005": "Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)", | |
| "17 December 2010": "Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)", | |
| "18 December 1075": "Edith of Wessex (b. 1025)", | |
| "18 December 1495": "Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448)", | |
| "18 December 1880": "Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)", | |
| "18 December 1950": "Johnny Hyde, Russian-American talent agent (b. 1895)", | |
| "18 December 1975": "Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)", | |
| "18 December 1980": "Gabrielle Robinne, French actress (b. 1886)", | |
| "18 December 1985": "Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916)", | |
| "18 December 1990": "Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1900)", | |
| "18 December 1995": "Konrad Zuse, German engineer, designed the Z3 computer (b. 1910)", | |
| "18 December 2000": "Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)", | |
| "18 December 2005": "Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)", | |
| "18 December 2010": "James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925)", | |
| "19 December 1370": "Pope Urban V (b. 1310)", | |
| "19 December 1745": "Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)", | |
| "19 December 1915": "Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)", | |
| "19 December 1970": "Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887)", | |
| "19 December 2000": "Pops Staples, American singer and guitarist (The Staple Singers) (b. 1915)", | |
| "19 December 2005": "Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)", | |
| "19 December 2010": "Trudy Pitts, American singer and pianist (b. 1932)", | |
| "20 December 1295": "Margaret of Provence (b. 1221)", | |
| "20 December 1355": "Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (b. 1308)", | |
| "20 December 1590": "Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)", | |
| "20 December 1740": "Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)", | |
| "20 December 1765": "Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729)", | |
| "20 December 1820": "John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)", | |
| "20 December 1880": "Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)", | |
| "20 December 1915": "Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)", | |
| "20 December 1920": "Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)", | |
| "20 December 1935": "Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)", | |
| "20 December 1950": "Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)", | |
| "20 December 2005": "M. Moorthy, Malaysian soldier and mountaineer", | |
| "20 December 2010": "K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)", | |
| "20 December 860": "Æthelbald of Wessex (b. 834)", | |
| "21 December 1375": "Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313)", | |
| "21 December 1900": "Roger Wolcott, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)", | |
| "21 December 1920": "Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish state (b. 1856)", | |
| "21 December 1935": "Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)", | |
| "21 December 1940": "F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author and poet (b. 1896)", | |
| "21 December 1945": "George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)", | |
| "21 December 1965": "Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)", | |
| "21 December 1990": "Clarence Johnson, American engineer, designed the Lockheed U-2 and Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (b. 1910)", | |
| "21 December 1995": "Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi, and Herbs) (b. 1949)", | |
| "21 December 2005": "Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)", | |
| "21 December 2010": "Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)", | |
| "22 December 1100": "Bretislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1060)", | |
| "22 December 1660": "André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)", | |
| "22 December 1870": "Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)", | |
| "22 December 1880": "George Eliot, English journalist and author (b. 1819)", | |
| "22 December 1925": "Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)", | |
| "22 December 1940": "Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)", | |
| "22 December 1950": "Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)", | |
| "22 December 1955": "Jules De Bisschop, Belgian rower (b. 1879)", | |
| "22 December 1960": "Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)", | |
| "22 December 1965": "Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)", | |
| "22 December 1985": "D. Boon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Minutemen and The Reactionaries) (b. 1958)", | |
| "22 December 1995": "James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)", | |
| "22 December 2000": "Stuart Lancaster American actor (b. 1920)", | |
| "22 December 2010": "Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)", | |
| "23 December 1230": "Berengaria of Navarre (b. 1165)", | |
| "23 December 1575": "Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)", | |
| "23 December 1675": "Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)", | |
| "23 December 1795": "Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)", | |
| "23 December 1805": "Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)", | |
| "23 December 1930": "Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)", | |
| "23 December 1950": "Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)", | |
| "23 December 1970": "Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician (b. 1890)", | |
| "23 December 1995": "Patric Knowles, English-American actor (b. 1911)", | |
| "23 December 2000": "Noor Jehan, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1926)", | |
| "23 December 2005": "Norman D. Vaughan, American dog sled racer and explorer (b. 1905)", | |
| "23 December 2010": "K. Karunakaran, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)", | |
| "23 December 910": "Saint Naum, Bulgarian missionary and scholar (b. 830)", | |
| "24 December 1635": "Hester Jonas, German midwife (b. 1570)", | |
| "24 December 1660": "Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)", | |
| "24 December 1865": "Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)", | |
| "24 December 1920": "Stephen Mosher Wood, American politician (b. 1832)", | |
| "24 December 1935": "Alban Berg, Austrian composer (b. 1885)", | |
| "24 December 1965": "William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (b. 1906)", | |
| "24 December 1975": "Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)", | |
| "24 December 1980": "Siggie Nordstrom, American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1893)", | |
| "24 December 1985": "Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)", | |
| "24 December 1990": "Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)", | |
| "24 December 2000": "Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)", | |
| "24 December 2005": "Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922)", | |
| "24 December 2010": "Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930)", | |
| "25 December 1635": "Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)", | |
| "25 December 1875": "Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)", | |
| "25 December 1880": "Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)", | |
| "25 December 1925": "Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)", | |
| "25 December 1935": "Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)", | |
| "25 December 1940": "Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)", | |
| "25 December 1945": "Franz Kröwerath, German rower (b. 1880)", | |
| "25 December 1950": "Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)", | |
| "25 December 1970": "Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)", | |
| "25 December 1975": "Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)", | |
| "25 December 1995": "Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)", | |
| "25 December 2000": "Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (b. 1908)", | |
| "25 December 2005": "Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)", | |
| "25 December 2010": "Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)", | |
| "25 December 795": "Pope Adrian I (b. 700)", | |
| "25 December 820": "Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine emperor (b. 775)", | |
| "25 December 940": "Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general", | |
| "26 December 1350": "Jean de Marigny, French archbishop", | |
| "26 December 1530": "Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)", | |
| "26 December 1780": "John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)", | |
| "26 December 1890": "Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)", | |
| "26 December 1925": "Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)", | |
| "26 December 1960": "Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)", | |
| "26 December 1970": "Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)", | |
| "26 December 1975": "Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (b. 1885)", | |
| "26 December 1980": "Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)", | |
| "26 December 1985": "Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895)", | |
| "26 December 1990": "Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)", | |
| "26 December 2000": "Jason Robards, American actor and singer (b. 1922)", | |
| "26 December 2005": "Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)", | |
| "26 December 2010": "Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)", | |
| "27 December 1800": "Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)", | |
| "27 December 1900": "William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)", | |
| "27 December 1950": "Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)", | |
| "27 December 1955": "Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)", | |
| "27 December 1960": "Jakob \"Jackie\" Gerlich, Austrian-American actor (b. 1917)", | |
| "27 December 1965": "Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)", | |
| "27 December 1985": "Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946)", | |
| "27 December 1995": "Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (b. 1954)", | |
| "27 December 2005": "C. William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)", | |
| "28 December 1715": "William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)", | |
| "28 December 1785": "Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)", | |
| "28 December 1795": "Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)", | |
| "28 December 1890": "Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)", | |
| "28 December 1900": "Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)", | |
| "28 December 1935": "Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)", | |
| "28 December 1945": "Theodore Dreiser, American journalist and author (b. 1871)", | |
| "28 December 1960": "Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)", | |
| "28 December 1990": "Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)", | |
| "28 December 2010": "Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)", | |
| "29 December 1170": "Thomas Becket, English archbishop (b. 1118)", | |
| "29 December 1565": "Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)", | |
| "29 December 1720": "Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer (b. 1670)", | |
| "29 December 1785": "Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)", | |
| "29 December 1825": "Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)", | |
| "29 December 1910": "Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)", | |
| "29 December 1960": "Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)", | |
| "29 December 1970": "Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)", | |
| "29 December 1980": "Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)", | |
| "29 December 1995": "Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)", | |
| "29 December 2000": "Adele Stimmel Chase, American artist (b. 1917)", | |
| "29 December 2005": "Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (b. 1922)", | |
| "29 December 2010": "Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)", | |
| "30 December 1460": "Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (b. 1411)", | |
| "30 December 1525": "Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459)", | |
| "30 December 1640": "John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)", | |
| "30 December 1940": "Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)", | |
| "30 December 1945": "Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)", | |
| "30 December 1955": "Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)", | |
| "30 December 1970": "Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)", | |
| "30 December 1990": "Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929)", | |
| "30 December 1995": "Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)", | |
| "30 December 2000": "Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)", | |
| "30 December 2005": "Rona Jaffe, American-English author (b. 1932)", | |
| "30 December 2010": "Bobby Farrell, Aruban-Dutch singer and dancer (Boney M.) (b. 1949)", | |
| "31 December 1460": "Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)", | |
| "31 December 1510": "Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)", | |
| "31 December 1535": "William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)", | |
| "31 December 1575": "Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)", | |
| "31 December 1610": "Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540)", | |
| "31 December 1650": "Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)", | |
| "31 December 1655": "Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish", | |
| "31 December 1705": "Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)", | |
| "31 December 1890": "Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)", | |
| "31 December 1910": "John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)", | |
| "31 December 1950": "Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)", | |
| "31 December 1980": "Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)", | |
| "31 December 1985": "Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)", | |
| "31 December 1990": "Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)", | |
| "31 December 2000": "Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)", | |
| "31 December 2005": "Phillip Whitehead, English screenwriter, producer, and politician (b. 1937)", | |
| "31 December 2010": "Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)", | |
| "31 December 335": "Pope Sylvester I" | |
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| "01 December 1420": "Henry V of England enters Paris.", | |
| "01 December 1640": "End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.", | |
| "01 December 1865": "Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.", | |
| "01 December 1885": "First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas.", | |
| "01 December 1955": "American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.", | |
| "01 December 1960": "Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.", | |
| "01 December 1965": "India's Border Security Force is established.", | |
| "01 December 1990": "Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.", | |
| "01 December 800": "Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.", | |
| "02 December 1755": "The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.", | |
| "02 December 1775": "The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.", | |
| "02 December 1805": "War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz", | |
| "02 December 1845": "Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.", | |
| "02 December 1920": "Following more than a month of Turkish", | |
| "02 December 1930": "Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.", | |
| "02 December 1970": "The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.", | |
| "02 December 1975": "Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.", | |
| "02 December 1980": "Salvadoran Civil War: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a military death squad.", | |
| "03 December 1800": "War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden", | |
| "03 December 1910": "Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.", | |
| "03 December 1925": "World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.", | |
| "03 December 1960": "The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.", | |
| "03 December 1990": "The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision kills seven passengers and one crew member.", | |
| "03 December 2005": "XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.", | |
| "03 December 915": "Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.", | |
| "04 December 1110": "The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.", | |
| "04 December 1745": "Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.", | |
| "04 December 1875": "Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison. He will later be recaptured in Spain.", | |
| "04 December 1945": "By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)", | |
| "04 December 1975": "Suriname joins the United Nations.", | |
| "04 December 1980": "English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.", | |
| "04 December 2005": "Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.", | |
| "05 December 1775": "At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.", | |
| "05 December 1815": "Foundation of Maceió, Brazil.", | |
| "05 December 1865": "Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.", | |
| "05 December 1920": "Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.", | |
| "05 December 1945": "Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.", | |
| "05 December 1955": "E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.", | |
| "05 December 1995": "Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.", | |
| "05 December 2005": "The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", | |
| "06 December 1060": "Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.", | |
| "06 December 1240": "Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.", | |
| "06 December 1745": "Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.", | |
| "06 December 1790": "The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.", | |
| "06 December 1865": "The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.", | |
| "06 December 1975": "The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.", | |
| "06 December 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 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.", | |
| "07 December 1930": "W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.", | |
| "07 December 1965": "Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.", | |
| "07 December 1975": "Indonesian invasion of East Timor: The invasion begins.", | |
| "07 December 1995": "The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.", | |
| "07 December 2005": "Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes but later acquitted, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, by Spanish police.", | |
| "08 December 1560": "The city of Guarulhos is founded.", | |
| "08 December 1660": "A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.", | |
| "08 December 1980": "John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City.", | |
| "08 December 2010": "The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.", | |
| "08 December 395": "Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.", | |
| "09 December 1425": "The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.", | |
| "09 December 1775": "American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.", | |
| "09 December 1835": "Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.", | |
| "09 December 1875": "The Massachusetts Rifle Association, \"America's Oldest Active Gun Club\", is founded.", | |
| "09 December 1905": "In France, the law separating church and state is passed.", | |
| "09 December 1935": "The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.", | |
| "09 December 1940": "World War II: Operation Compass", | |
| "09 December 1950": "Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.", | |
| "09 December 1960": "The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.", | |
| "09 December 1965": "A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.", | |
| "09 December 480": "Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.", | |
| "09 December 730": "Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.", | |
| "10 December 1510": "Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.", | |
| "10 December 1520": "Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.", | |
| "10 December 1665": "The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter", | |
| "10 December 1955": "Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television.", | |
| "10 December 1965": "The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.", | |
| "11 December 1815": "The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.", | |
| "11 December 1905": "A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.", | |
| "11 December 1920": "Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for an IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.", | |
| "11 December 1925": "Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.", | |
| "11 December 1960": "French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.", | |
| "11 December 1980": "The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.", | |
| "11 December 1990": "Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.", | |
| "11 December 2005": "Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.", | |
| "11 December 220": "Cao Pi forces Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate the Han dynasty throne. The Cao Wei empire is established. The Three Kingdoms period begins.", | |
| "11 December 630": "Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.", | |
| "12 December 1870": "Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels.", | |
| "12 December 1915": "President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.", | |
| "12 December 1925": "The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.", | |
| "12 December 1935": "Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.", | |
| "12 December 1940": "World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid.", | |
| "12 December 1950": "Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.", | |
| "12 December 1985": "Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.", | |
| "12 December 2000": "The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.", | |
| "13 December 1545": "The Council of Trent begins.", | |
| "13 December 1960": "While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.", | |
| "13 December 2000": "The \"Texas Seven\" escape from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.", | |
| "14 December 1900": "Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.", | |
| "14 December 1955": "Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations.", | |
| "14 December 1995": "Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.", | |
| "14 December 835": "Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.", | |
| "15 December 1890": "Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.", | |
| "15 December 1905": "The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin", | |
| "15 December 1945": "Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.", | |
| "15 December 1960": "King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.", | |
| "15 December 1965": "Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.", | |
| "15 December 1970": "The South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsizes in the Korea Strait, killing over 300 people.", | |
| "15 December 2000": "The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.", | |
| "15 December 2005": "Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.", | |
| "15 December 2010": "A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.", | |
| "16 December 1575": "An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 strikes Valdivia, Chile.", | |
| "16 December 1850": "The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.", | |
| "16 December 1920": "The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.", | |
| "16 December 1930": "Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.", | |
| "16 December 1950": "Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.", | |
| "16 December 1960": "A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and 6 more on the ground.", | |
| "16 December 1965": "Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.", | |
| "16 December 1985": "Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family", | |
| "16 December 1995": "Official adoption of the name of \"Euro\".", | |
| "16 December 755": "An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.", | |
| "17 December 1600": "Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.", | |
| "17 December 1790": "Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.", | |
| "17 December 1835": "Great Fire of New York: Fire levels lower Manhattan.", | |
| "17 December 1865": "First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.", | |
| "17 December 1935": "First flight of the Douglas DC-3.", | |
| "17 December 1950": "The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.", | |
| "17 December 1960": "1960 Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.", | |
| "17 December 1970": "Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.", | |
| "17 December 2005": "Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.", | |
| "17 December 2010": "Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.", | |
| "17 December 920": "Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.", | |
| "18 December 1655": "The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.", | |
| "18 December 1865": "US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.", | |
| "18 December 1900": "The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.", | |
| "18 December 1935": "The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.", | |
| "18 December 2005": "The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.", | |
| "19 December 1490": "Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.", | |
| "19 December 1675": "The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.", | |
| "19 December 1900": "Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.", | |
| "19 December 1920": "King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.", | |
| "19 December 1975": "John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.", | |
| "19 December 1995": "The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.", | |
| "19 December 2000": "The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.", | |
| "20 December 1860": "South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.", | |
| "20 December 1915": "World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.", | |
| "20 December 1955": "Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.", | |
| "20 December 1960": "The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.", | |
| "20 December 1985": "Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.", | |
| "20 December 1995": "American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.", | |
| "20 December 2005": "Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.", | |
| "21 December 1140": "Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.", | |
| "21 December 1620": "Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.", | |
| "21 December 1910": "An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.", | |
| "21 December 1995": "The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.", | |
| "22 December 1135": "Stephen of Blois becomes King of England", | |
| "22 December 1790": "The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.", | |
| "22 December 1885": "Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.", | |
| "22 December 1890": "Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.", | |
| "22 December 1920": "The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.", | |
| "22 December 1940": "World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.", | |
| "22 December 1965": "In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.", | |
| "22 December 1990": "The Croatian Parliament adopts the current Constitution of Croatia.", | |
| "22 December 2010": "The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.", | |
| "22 December 880": "Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.", | |
| "23 December 1940": "World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.", | |
| "23 December 1970": "The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a single-party state.", | |
| "23 December 1990": "History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.", | |
| "23 December 2010": "A monsoonal trough crosses the northeastern coast of Australia from the Coral Sea, bringing mass flooding across Queensland.", | |
| "24 December 1500": "A joint Venetian", | |
| "24 December 1800": "The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.", | |
| "24 December 1865": "The Ku Klux Klan is formed.", | |
| "24 December 1955": "NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.", | |
| "24 December 1980": "Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called \"Britain's Roswell\".", | |
| "24 December 2000": "The Texas Seven hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.", | |
| "24 December 2005": "Chad", | |
| "24 December 640": "Pope John IV is elected.", | |
| "25 December 1000": "The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.", | |
| "25 December 1025": "Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.", | |
| "25 December 1100": "Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity.", | |
| "25 December 1130": "Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.", | |
| "25 December 1815": "The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.", | |
| "25 December 1950": "The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.", | |
| "25 December 1965": "The Yemeni Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Ta'izz", | |
| "25 December 2000": "Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov.", | |
| "25 December 350": "Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.", | |
| "25 December 800": "The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.", | |
| "26 December 1135": "Coronation of King Stephen of England.", | |
| "26 December 1790": "Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.", | |
| "26 December 1805": "Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.", | |
| "26 December 1825": "Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.", | |
| "26 December 1860": "The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.", | |
| "26 December 1870": "The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.", | |
| "26 December 1900": "A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.", | |
| "26 December 1925": "Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar.", | |
| "27 December 1655": "Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.", | |
| "27 December 1845": "Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country \"by the right of our manifest destiny\".", | |
| "27 December 1945": "The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.", | |
| "27 December 1985": "Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.", | |
| "28 December 1065": "Westminster Abbey is consecrated.", | |
| "28 December 1795": "Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).", | |
| "28 December 1835": "Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.", | |
| "28 December 1885": "Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.", | |
| "28 December 1895": "Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.", | |
| "28 December 1935": "Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.", | |
| "28 December 2000": "U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.", | |
| "28 December 2010": "Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government.", | |
| "29 December 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 Church and the Catholic Church.", | |
| "29 December 1835": "The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.", | |
| "29 December 1845": "In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.", | |
| "29 December 1860": "The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.", | |
| "29 December 1890": "Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.", | |
| "29 December 1930": "Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.", | |
| "29 December 1940": "World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, UK, killing almost 200 civilians.", | |
| "29 December 1975": "A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.", | |
| "30 December 1460": "Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.", | |
| "30 December 1825": "The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.", | |
| "30 December 1905": "Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.", | |
| "30 December 1965": "Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.", | |
| "30 December 2000": "Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.", | |
| "30 December 2005": "Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.", | |
| "31 December 1225": "The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty.", | |
| "31 December 1600": "The British East India Company is chartered.", | |
| "31 December 1660": "James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.", | |
| "31 December 1695": "A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.", | |
| "31 December 1775": "American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.", | |
| "31 December 1790": "Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.", | |
| "31 December 1955": "General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.", | |
| "31 December 1960": "The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.", | |
| "31 December 1965": "Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.", | |
| "31 December 2010": "Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.", | |
| "31 December 535": "Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year." | |
| } |
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