Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.
American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.
Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".
The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.
First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".
Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).
Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.
A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.
To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.
The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.
War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.
The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.
The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.
The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.
According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.
Ethan Mbappé, French footballer
Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer
Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer
Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer
Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer
Myles Garrett, American football player
Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress
Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess
Travis Head, Australian cricketer
Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer
Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model
Steven Caulker, English footballer
Patrick Feeney, American sprinter
Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)
Jane Levy, American actress
Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player
Eric Berry, American football player
Christen Press, American footballer
Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
Juliana Huxtable, American artist
Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
Joe Anyon, former English footballer
Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player
Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress
Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright
Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter
James Kelly, Australian footballer
Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009)
Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality
Alison Brie, American actress
Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer
Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
Dale Morris, Australian footballer
Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver
Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer
Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author
Shaun Suisham, American football player
Anna Woltz, Dutch author
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host
Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
George Parros, American ice hockey player
Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author
Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter
Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director
Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist
Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
LaToya London, American singer and actress
Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter
Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
Katherine Moennig, American actress
Kate Ford, English actress
Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
Shawn Hatosy, American actor
Jaret Wright, American baseball player
Asheru, American rapper and producer
O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015)
Maria Dizzia, American actress
Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021)
Mekhi Phifer, American actor
Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007)
Theo Epstein, American businessman
Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author
Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player
Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
Jude Law, English actor
Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress
Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player
Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster
Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor
Margot Thien, American swimmer
Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager
Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kevin Weisman, American actor
Jason Cook, English footballer
Jennifer Ehle, American actress
Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist
José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author
Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player
James Mouton, American baseball player
Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer
Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
Jason Gould, American actor and singer
Christian Kracht, Swiss author
Jeff Luhnow, American businessman
Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist
John Newton, American actor
Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster
Michael Cudlitz, American actor
Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner
Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor
Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player
Des Foy, English rugby player
Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden
Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
Sean Payton, American football player and coach
Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
Leza Lowitz, American author
Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president
Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer
Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007)
Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024)
Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
Brian A. Hopkins, American author
David Boon, Australian cricketer
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
Michael James Pappas, American politician
Patricia Clarkson, American actress
Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
Martin Moran, American actor and author
Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)
Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist
Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
Katy Munger, American writer
Chris Goodall, English businessman and author
Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author
Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002)
Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist
Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005)
Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist
Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)
Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016)
Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor
Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur
David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008)
Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer
Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012)
Ted Danson, American actor and producer
Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet (died 2022)
Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998)
David Tanner, English rower and coach
Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998)
Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)
Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator
Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001)
Keith Milow, British artist
Andrew Foster, British public servant
Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic
Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010)
Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999)
Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer
Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)
Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian
Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018)
Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter
Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021)
Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
Jon Voight, American actor and producer
Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018)
Barbara Steele, English actress
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017)
Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998)
Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995)
Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020)
Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023)
Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005)
Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018)
Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022)
Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985)
Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)
Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012)
Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014)
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025)
Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)
Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017)
Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017)
Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012)
Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998)
Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006)
Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)
Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000)
Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995)
Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014)
Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013)
Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)
Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005)
Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996)
Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965)
Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)
Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)
Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989)
Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999)
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988)
Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993)
Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992)
Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994)
Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)
Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992)
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974)
Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939)
J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984)
Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960)
Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968)
Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933)
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921)
Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958)
Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968)
Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936)
Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973)
Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975)
François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949)
Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965)
Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)
Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937)
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927)
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)
Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916)
Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895)
Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872)
George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882)
William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)
Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)
Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)
John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885)
Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860)
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877)
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865)
Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843)
Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805)
Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764)
Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762)
Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692)
García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624)
Henry VI, German nobleman (died 1572)
Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)
Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)
Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)
Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)
Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)
Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)
Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)
Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)
Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)
Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)
Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)
Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)
Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)
Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)
Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)
Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)
Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)
John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)
Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)
LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)
Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)
Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)
Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)
Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)
Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)
Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)
C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)
Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961)
Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)
Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)
Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932)
Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)
Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951)
Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946)
Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)
Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)
Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)
Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)
Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)
William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)
Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)
Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)
Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)
Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928)
Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956)
Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914)
Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926)
David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926)
Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960)
Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)
Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913)
Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972)
Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936)
Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962)
Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922)
Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912)
Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912)
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916)
Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928)
Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947)
Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942)
Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932)
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928)
Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914)
Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908)
Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)
György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906)
Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906)
Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917)
Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920)
Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911)
Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906)
Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907)
Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908)
Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913)
Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926)
Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930)
Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897)
Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903)
Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940)
Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917)
Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899)
Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914)
Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)
Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932)
Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941)
P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898)
Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900)
Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917)
Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)
Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879)
F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901)
Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909)
Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954)
Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)
Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903)
Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903)
John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899)
William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876)
Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909)
Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904)
Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890)
Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908)
Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886)
Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862)
Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903)
Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)
Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871)
William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865)
Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897)
Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898)
Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883)
Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878)
Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863)
Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872)
Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887)
Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)
Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866)
Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864)
Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873)
Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873)
Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863)
Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874)
Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878)
Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898)
Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863)
Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846)
Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871)
Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (born 1875)
Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)
Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846)
William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849)
Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855)
Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883)
Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860)
Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850)
Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872)
Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837)
John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862)
Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866)
William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812)
Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824)
Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830)
Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823)
Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826)
Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821)
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794)
Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766)
Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)
Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750)
Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716)
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742)
Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)
Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685)
Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670)
Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624)
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)
John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557)
Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515)
Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468)
Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305)
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168)
Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118)
Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
Christian feast day: Ebrulf
Christian feast day: Thomas Becket
Christian feast day: Trophimus of Arles
Christian feast day: December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Ireland)
Independence Day (Mongolia)
The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)