The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.
The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest was targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.
Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.
The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
A 6.8 Ms earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people (aftermath pictured).
The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.
Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.
Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton (pictured) became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.
British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.
Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.
Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.
Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus.
Aztec High School shooting: Former student William Atchison opens fire on former high school, killing 2.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.
Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Indian Army.
Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan.
A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people.
World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa.
Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.
Torri Huske, American swimmer
Jalen McMillan, American football player
Dane Belton, American football player
Boo Buie, American basketball player
Pavol Regenda, Slovak ice hockey player
Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
Tommy Nelson, American actor
Pete Alonso, American baseball player
Geno Chiarelli, American politician
Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
Hunter Henry, American football player
Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
Alex Singleton, American football player
Sean Couturier, American-Canadian ice hockey player
Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
Chris Wood, New Zealand footballer
Cameron Bairstow, Australian basketball player
David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
Nicholas Hoult, English actor
Philip Larsen, Danish ice hockey player
Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
Kevin Séraphin, French basketball player
Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
Andrew Goudelock, American basketball player
Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor (died 2022)
Billy Horschel, American golfer
Nita Strauss, American guitarist
Jon Moxley, American wrestler
Aaron Gray, American basketball player
Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
Al Thornton, American basketball player
Lou Amundson, American basketball player
Jack Huston, English actor
Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity
John Terry, English footballer
Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter
Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
Suzannah Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter
Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster
Luke Donald, English golfer
Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer
Alan Faneca, American football player
Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer
Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver
Joris Vandenbroucke, Belgian politician
Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
Mia Love, American politician (died 2025)
Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor
İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player
Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (died 2015)
Terrell Owens, American football player
Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
Nina Turner, American politician
C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deborah Bassett, Australian rower
Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
Jeffrey Wright, American actor
Hugo Blick, English filmmaker
Patrick Fabian, American actor
Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer
Alain Blondel, French decathlete
Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician
Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (died 2008)
Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter
Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (died 1999)
Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (died 2019)
Anna Soubry, British politician
John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
Mark Hofmann, a.k.a. the Mormon Murderer; American counterfeiter, forger of fake Mormon historical documents, and convicted murderer
Susan Collins, American politician
Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor
Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
Anne Fine, English author
James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer (died 2023)
Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician (died 2024)
Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
Jóhann Ársælsson, Icelandic politician
Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
Alex Johnson, American baseball player (died 2015)
Reginald F. Lewis, American businessman (died 1993)
Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (died 2006)
Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Stan Boardman, English comedian
Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)
Kenneth Colley, English actor (died 2025)
Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer (died 2020)
Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Ellen Burstyn, American actress
Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author (died 2019)
J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance (died 2020)
Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (died 2008)
Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (died 2013)
Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician (died 2023)
Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author (died 2017)
Hal Smith, American baseball player (died 2020)
Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (died 1988)
Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (died 2009)
William John McNaughton, American bishop (died 2020)
Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
Max Zaslofsky, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)
Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (died 2020)
John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (died 2005)
Mary Ellen Rudin, American mathematician (died 2013)
Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (died 2017)
Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (died 2016)
Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (died 1986)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (died 2016)
Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (died 2002)
Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (died 2012)
Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (died 1944)
Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (died 1978)
Eli Wallach, American actor (died 2014)
Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (died 1986)
Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (died 1993)
Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (died 1998)
Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (died 1978)
Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (died 1942)
Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (died 1983)
Erika Fuchs, German translator (died 2005)
Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1973)
Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (died 1985)
Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (died 1987)
Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (died 1967)
Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (died 1961)
Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (died 1986)
Fay Bainter, American actress (died 1968)
Hermann Balck, German general (died 1982)
Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (died 1964)
Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (died 1957)
Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (died 1991)
Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
Mason Phelps, American golfer (died 1945)
Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (died 1919)
John Carpenter, American sprinter (died 1933)
Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (died 1972)
Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (died 1942)
Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1947)
Frank Laver, Australian cricketer (died 1919)
Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1952)
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (died 1945)
Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (died 1914)
Paul Adam, French author (died 1920)
Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (died 1931)
Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1947)
Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (died 1909)
Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1891)
Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (died 1894)
Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (died 1882)
Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1862)
Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (died 1857)
Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (died 1836)
Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (died 1842)
Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (died 1841)
John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (died 1836)
Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (died 1678)
Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (died 1710)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1680)
Injo of Joseon, Korean king (died 1649)
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (died 1625)
Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1567)
Louis I, German nobleman and politician (died 1605)
Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (died 1339)
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (died 1049)
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (died 986)
Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (died 597)
Doudou Adoula, Congolese atalaku and composer (born 1965)
Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and dub poet (born1958)
Refaat Alareer, Palestinian professor and writer (born1979)
Emiko Miyamoto, Japanese volleyball player (born 1937)
Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (born 1942)
Chuck Yeager, American aviator (born 1923)
Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (born 1932)
Steve Reevis, Native American actor (born 1962)
Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (born 1964)
Greg Lake, English musician (born 1947)
Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (born 1924)
Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (born 1934)
Peter Westbury, English race car driver (born 1938)
Shirley Stelfox, English actress (born 1941)
Mark Lewis, American author and educator (born 1954)
Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (born 1934)
Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (born 1922)
Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (born 1924)
Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (born 1930)
Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (born 1939)
Harry Morgan, American actor (born 1915)
Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (born 1949)
Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (born 1945)
Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (born 1908)
Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1926)
Bud Carson, American football player and coach (born 1931)
Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (born 1914)
Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (born 1913)
Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (born 1924)
Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (born 1913)
Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (born 1933)
John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (born 1920)
Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1942)
Kathleen Harrison, English actress (born 1892)
Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (born 1913)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (born 1905)
Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (born 1909)
Joan Bennett, American actress (born 1910)
Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter and educator (born 1904)
Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (born 1934)
Hans Hartung, French-German painter (born 1904)
J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (born 1906)
Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (born 1895)
Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (born 1915)
Jack Mercer, American voice actor (born 1910)
LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (born 1938)
Darby Crash, American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (born 1958)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1900)
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (born 1886)
Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (born 1913)
Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1906)
Georges Grignard, French race car driver (born 1905)
Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (born 1895)
Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (born 1897)
Hardie Albright, American actor (born 1903)
Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (born 1883)
Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (born 1897)
Eric Portman, English actor (born 1903)
Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (born 1895)
Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (born 1882)
Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (born 1887)
Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (born 1889)
Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (born 1877)
Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (born 1866)
Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)
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Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (born 1859)
Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1826)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (born 1828)
Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833)
Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (born 1840)
Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1857)
Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (born 1805)
Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (born 1823)
Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (born 1811)
Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (born 1815)
Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (born 1789)
Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (born 1814)
William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745)
Michel Ney, German-French general (born 1769)
Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (born 1757)
Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (born 1779)
Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715)
Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (born 1695)
Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661)
Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (born 1677)
Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1623)
Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (born 1618)
Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1592)
Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (born 1606)
Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (born 1490)
Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (born 1433)
Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (born 1337)
Michael II of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (r. 1292–1312)
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (born 1243)
Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (born 1226)
Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1195)
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 955)
Anspert, archbishop of Milan
Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church
Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC)
Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
Christian feast day: Aemilianus (Greek Church)
Christian feast day: Ambrose
Christian feast day: Buíte of Monasterboice
Christian feast day: Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Christian feast day: Sabinus of Spoleto
Christian feast day: December 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Eve of the Immaculate Conception-related observances: Day of the Little Candles, begins after sunset (Colombia)
International Civil Aviation Day
National Heroes Day (East Timor)
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States)
Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia)