The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published.
George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis (painting shown).
American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill.
Yohl Ikʼnal acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque.
A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.
A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté.
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people.
An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234.
A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108.
The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 417 metres (1,368 ft), making it the tallest building in the world.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.
The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.
First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army.
Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
World War I: During the Battle of Sarikamish, Ottoman forces mistook one another for Russian troops. The following friendly fire incident leaves 2,000 Ottomans dead and many more wounded.
The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
The Tampere conference, where Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin meet for the first time, is held in Tampere, Finland.
The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Moscow State Academy of Choreography was founded under the reign of Catherine II. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru.
The Ilkhanate ruler Ghazan defeats a Mamluk army that opposes his invasion into Syria in the Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar near Homs.
The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
Paul Wanner, German footballer
Facundo Buonanotte, Argentine footballer
Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Victor Boniface, Nigerian footballer
Sekou Doumbouya, Guinean-French basketball player
Samuel Lino , Brazilian footballer
Luka Jović, Serbian footballer
Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
Reed Alexander, American actor
Spencer Daniels, American actor
Mbwana Samatta, Tanzanian footballer
Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
Kyren Wilson, English snooker player
Brice Dja Djédjé, Ivorian footballer
Mitch Haniger, American baseball player
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
Mallory Hagan, American beauty queen, Miss America 2013
Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
Jori Lehterä, Finnish ice hockey player
Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (died 2013)
Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer
T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter
Alison Sudol, American actress and singer-songwriter
Dudu Aharon, Israeli singer-songwriter
Bernard Pollard, American football player
Josh Satin, American baseball player
Sebastian Werle, German rugby player
Michael Chopra, English footballer
Lisa Dobriskey, English runner
Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
Zbyněk Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
Shaone Morrisonn, Canadian-Croatian ice hockey player
Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist
Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican-American swimmer
Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
Hiro Fujiwara, Japanese manga artist
Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (died 2011)
Mario Santana, Argentine footballer
Cody Ross, American baseball player
Abraham Chebii, Kenyan runner
Johan Franzén, Swedish ice hockey player
Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
Holly Madison, American model, television personality, and actress
Megan Mayhew Bergman, American author and educator
Kenny Miller, Scottish footballer
Yukifumi Murakami, Japanese javelin thrower
Esthero, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
Aleš Kotalík, Czech ice hockey player
Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
Matt Baker, English television presenter
Alge Crumpler, American football player
Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer
Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Shirley, American basketball player and blogger
Joanna Hayes, American hurdler and coach
Brad Lidge, American baseball player
Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Uzbek-Greek footballer and manager
Jamie Noble, American wrestler and producer
Mikael Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter
Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2004)
Morgan, Italian singer-songwriter and composer
Christian Potenza, Canadian actor, voice actor and singer
Chris Cook, American race car driver
Corey Haim, Canadian actor (died 2010)
Jo Johnson, English banker, journalist, and politician
Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model, actress, and author (died 2017)
Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater and sportscaster
Raymont Harris, American football player
Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Karyn Bryant, American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter
Barry Kooser, American painter and animator
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American photographer
René Tretschok, German footballer and manager
Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager
Badi Assad, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter and voice actor
Donna Tartt, American author
Ante Zelck, German businessman
Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler and actor
Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian journalist and author
Ketan J. Patel, Kenyan-English biologist and academic
Carol Smillie, Scottish model and actress
Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress and producer
Joan Severance, American actress
Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter
Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter
Peter Wynn, Australian rugby league player and businessman
Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (died 2001)
Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician (died 2012)
Brian Teacher, American tennis player
Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, activist, and pundit
Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter
Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general
Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator
Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer (died 2012)
David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
Bill Rodgers, American runner
Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress (died 2021)
Susan Lucci, American actress
John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (died 2011)
Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
Wesley Clark, American general
Ron Allen, American baseball player
Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (died 2010)
Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
Peter Davis, English businessman
Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 1980)
Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan (died 2021)
Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Robert Labine, Canadian politician (died 2021)
Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer (died 2020)
Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (died 1986)
Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2005)
Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (died 1995)
Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator (died 2015)
Frederic Forrest, American actor (died 2023)
Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
Willie Wood, American football player (died 2020)
Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster (died 2020)
Johnny Kidd, English singer-songwriter (died 1966)
Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Esther Phillips, American R&B singer (died 1984)
Akihito, Emperor of Japan
Noella Leduc, American baseball player (died 2014)
Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 2015)
Ronnie Schell, American comedian and actor
Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (died 1988)
Dick Weber, American professional bowler (died 2005)
Robert Bly, American poet and essayist (died 2021)
Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (died 2002)
Rayner Unwin, English publisher (died 2000)
Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (died 2013)
Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (died 1954)
Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host (died 2008)
James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (died 2001)
Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (died 2001)
Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot (died 2006)
José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (died 2000)
Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 2015)
Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2008)
Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (died 1998)
James Gregory, American actor (died 2002)
Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Kurt Meyer, German general (died 1961)
Gertrude Bancroft, American economist (died 1985)
Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (died 2002)
Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (died 2005)
James Roosevelt, American general and politician (died 1991)
Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader (died 1942)
Norman Maclean, American author and academic (died 1990)
Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (died 1987)
Viktor Gutić, Croatian fascist official (died 1947)
Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (died 2014)
Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (died 1985)
Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (died 1975)
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (died 1957)
Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (died 1994)
Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (died 1976)
Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (died 1964)
Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (died 1972)
John Marin, American painter (died 1953)
Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1919)
James M. Canty, American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (died 1964)
Edgar P. Rucker, American lawyer, politician, and businessman (died 1908)
Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author (died 1926)
Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1924)
János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (died 1917)
Mathilde Wesendonck, German poet and author (died 1902)
Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (died 1875)
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (died 1889)
Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (died 1904)
Henri-Alexandre Wallon, French historian and statesman (died 1904)
Edward Blyth, English zoologist (died 1873)
Karl Richard Lepsius, German Egyptologist (died 1884)
Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary (died 1870)
Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1844)
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic (died 1869)
Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan (died 1863)
Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)
William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (died 1865)
Alexander I of Russia (died 1825)
Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist (died 1852)
Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician (died 1834)
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (died 1827)
Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (died 1792)
Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (died 1749)
Pamheiba, Indian emperor (died 1751)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (died 1755)
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1682)
Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (died 1678)
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1676)
Tianqi Emperor, Chinese emperor (died 1627)
Martin Opitz, German poet and composer (died 1639)
Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (died 1663)
Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)
Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)
John Albert I, duke of Mecklenburg (died 1576)
Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (died 1577)
Louis I, duke of Bavaria (died 1231)
Emperor Zhenzong of Song, emperor of the Song dynasty (died 1022)
Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1945)
Sophie Hediger, Swiss snowboarder (born 1998)
William Pope.L, American performance artist (born 1955)
Brandon Montrell, American TikTok personality and stand-up comedian (born 1979)
Joan Didion, American writer (born 1934)
Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (born 1945)
Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (born 1927)
Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
Don Howe, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)
Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923)
Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)
Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (born 1924)
Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (born 1933)
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (born 1919)
Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (born 1920)
Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (born 1954)
G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (born 1926)
Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (born 1928)
Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (born 1923)
Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1979)
Aydın Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (born 1946)
Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (born 1916)
K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1918)
Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1939)
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (born 1910)
Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1914)
William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (born 1924)
Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (born 1915)
Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1925)
Charlie Drake, English actor (born 1925)
Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (born 1952)
Johnny Vincent, English footballer (born 1947)
Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1914)
Yao Wenyuan, Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1931)
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1921)
Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (born 1930)
Billy Barty, American actor (born 1924)
Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (born 1909)
Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1927)
Patric Knowles, English actor (born 1911)
Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (born 1905)
Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (born 1934)
Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (born 1896)
Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1910)
Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)
Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (born 1898)
Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (born 1901)
Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (born 1888)
Charles Ruggles, American actor (born 1886)
Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1890)
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (born 1875)
Kurt Meyer, German general (born 1910)
René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (born 1897)
Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet general and politician, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (born 1899)
Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (born 1878)
Akira Mutō, Japanese general (born 1883)
Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1884)
Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (born 1885)
Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (born 1888)
Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (born 1878)
Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (born 1883)
Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1878)
John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (born 1873)
Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (born 1890)
Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (born 1865)
Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (born 1906)
Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (born 1856)
Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (born 1850)
Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (born c.1850)
Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (born 1821)
Frederick Tracy Dent, Brigadier General in the Regular United States Army, brother in law to President Ulysses S. Grant.
Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (born 1858)
John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (born 1824)
Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (born 1766)
Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (born 1723)
Henry Clinton, English general and politician (born 1730)
Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (born 1712)
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1724)
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (born 1701)
Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (born 1725)
Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (born 1654)
Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (born 1602)
John Cotton, English minister and theologian (born 1585)
François Maynard, French poet and academic (born 1582)
Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (born 1552)
Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (born 1563)
Henry I, duke of Guise (born 1550)
Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (born 1531)
Johann Sylvan, German theologian (executed; date of birth unknown)
Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (born 1504)
Isabella of Castile, duchess of York (born 1355)
Thomas Preljubović, ruler of Epirus
Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (born 1320)
Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria (born 1253)
Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England (born 1165)
Thorlak, patron saint of Iceland (born 1133)
Ugo Ventimiglia, Italian cardinal
Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (born 909)
Conrad I, king of East Francia (born 890)
Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar
Solomon II, bishop of Constance
Gaubald, Frankish bishop (born 700)
Dagobert II, Frankish king (probable; b. 650)
Gabriel of Beth Qustan, bishop and saint (born 594)
Huneric, Vandal king
Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (born 392)
Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day (Sweden)
Children's Day (South Sudan and Sudan)
Christian Feast Day: Abassad (Coptic Church)
Christian Feast Day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Coptic Church)
Christian Feast Day: Dagobert II
Christian Feast Day: John Cantius
Christian Feast Day: O Emmanuel
Christian Feast Day: Psote (Coptic Church)
Christian Feast Day: Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
Christian Feast Day: Victoria
Christian Feast Day: December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of all level operational control structures servicemen (Ukraine)
Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
Victory Day (Egypt)