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Events
1481
– Battle of Westbrook –
Holland
defeats troops of
Utrecht
.
1613
–
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
, marries
Frances Howard
, occasioning
John Donne
's
1620
–
Elizabeth Báthory
's crimes are uncovered.
1620
–
Pilgrim Fathers
land at what becomes
New Plymouth
in
Massachusetts
.
1776
–
American Revolutionary War
: The British are defeated in the
Battle of Trenton
.
1790
–
Louis XVI of France
gives his public assent to
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
during the
French Revolution
.
1792
– The final trial of
Louis XVI of France
begins in
Paris
.
1793
–
Battle of Geisberg
:
French
defeat
Austrians
.
1793
– The wedding of Prince
Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia
and
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
takes place.
1805
–
Austria
and
France
sign the
Treaty of Pressburg
.
1806
– Battles of
Pultusk
and
Golymin
:
Russian
forces hold
French
forces under
Napoleon
.
1811
– A theater fire in
Richmond, Virginia
kills the
Governor of Virginia
George William Smith
and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia
Abraham B.
Venable
.
1825
– Several
Imperial Russia
army
officer
lead circa 3000
soldiers
on the Senate Square in the failed
Decembrist uprising
.
1848
– The
Phi Delta Theta
fraternity is founded at
Miami University
,
Oxford, Ohio
.
1860
– The first ever inter-club
football
match takes place between
Hallam F.C.
and
Sheffield F.C.
at the
Sandygate Road
ground in
Sheffield
,
England
.
1861
–
American Civil War
: The
Trent Affair
:
Confederate
diplomatic envoys
James M.
Mason
and
John Slidell
are freed by the
United States
government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and
Britain
.
1862
–
American Civil War
: The
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
begins.
1862
– Four nuns serving as volunteer
nurses
on board
USS
Red Rover
are the first female nurses on a
U.S.
Navy hospital ship
.
1862
– The
largest mass-hanging in U.S. history
took place in
Mankato, Minnesota
, 38 Native Americans die.
1870
– The 12.8-km long
Fréjus Rail Tunnel
through the Alps is completed.
1871
–
Gilbert and Sullivan
collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera,
Thespis
. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
1883
– The
Harbour Grace Affray
between Irish Catholics and Protestant
Orangemen
causes five deaths in
Newfoundland
.
1898
–
Marie
and
Pierre Curie
announce the isolation of
radium
.
1919
–
Babe Ruth
of the
Boston Red Sox
is sold to the
New York Yankees
by owner
Harry Frazee
.
1925
–
Turkey
adopts the
Gregorian Calendar
.
1925 – The
Communist Party of India
is founded.
1931
–
Phi Iota Alpha
, the Oldest Latino Fraternity in Existence, was founded in
Troy, NY
.
1933
–
FM radio
is patented.
1933
– The
Nissan
Motor Company is organized in
Tokyo, Japan
.
1941
–
U.S.
President
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as
Thanksgiving Day
in the
United States
.
1943
–
World War II
: German warship
Scharnhorst
is sunk off of
Norway's
North Cape
after a
battle against major Royal Navy forces
.
1944
– World War II:
Patton's
Third Army
breaks the encirclement
of surrounded U.S. forces at
Bastogne
,
Belgium
.
1945
–
CFP franc
and
CFA franc
are created.
1948
–
Cardinal Mindszenty
is arrested in
Hungary
and accused of
treason
and conspiracy.
1966
– The first
Kwanzaa
is celebrated by
Maulana Karenga
, the chair of
Black Studies
at
California State University, Long Beach
.
1975
– The
Tupolev Tu-144
goes into service in
Soviet Union
.
1976
– The
Communist Party of Nepal
is founded.
1979
– Opening night of the
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
at the
Hammersmith Odeon
; a benefit concert for the citizens of
Cambodia
who were victims of dictator
Pol Pot
.
1980
–
Aeroflot
puts the
Ilyushin Il-86
into service.
1982
–
Time Magazine
's
Man of the Year
is for the first time a non-human, the
personal computer
.
1986
– The first long-running American television
soap opera
,
Search for Tomorrow
, airs its final episode after thirty-five years on the air.
1986
– World Population reaches 5 billion according to
www.ibiblio.org
world population tracker.
1991
– The
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
meets and formally dissolves the
USSR
.
1996
– Six-year-old beauty queen
JonBenét Ramsey
is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in
Boulder, Colorado
.
1996
– Start of the
largest strike
in
South Korean
history.
1997
– The
Soufriere Hills
volcano on the island of
Montserrat
explodes, creating a small
tsunami
offshore.
1998
–
Iraq
announces its intention to fire upon
U.S.
and
British
warplanes that patrol the northern and southern
no-fly zones
.
2003
– A
magnitude 6.6 earthquake
devastates southeast
Iranian
city of
Bam
, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of
Arg-é Bam
.
2004
– A
9.0 magnitude earthquake
creates a
tsunami
causing devastation in
Sri Lanka
,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Thailand
,
Malaysia
, the
Maldives
and many other areas around the rim of the
Indian Ocean
, killing 230,000 people.
2005
–
Boxing Day shooting
on a busy shopping street in
Toronto
.
2006
– The
2006 Hengchun earthquake
with 7.1 magnitude hit Taiwan.
Births
1194
–
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
(d. 1250)
1532
–
Guilielmus Xylander
, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
1536
–
Yi I
, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
1542
–
Tokugawa Ieyasu
, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)
1646
–
Robert Bolling
, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1666
–
Guru Gobind Singh
, Tenth Guru of
Sikhism
(d. 1708)
1687
–
Johann Georg Pisendel
, German musician (d. 1755)
1716
–
Thomas Gray
, English writer (d. 1771)
1716 –
Jean François de Saint-Lambert
, French poet (d. 1803)
1723
–
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm
, German writer (d. 1807)
1737
–
Prince Josias of Coburg
, Austrian general (d. 1815)
1751
–
Clement Hofbauer
, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
1771
–
Julie Clary
, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
1780
–
Mary Fairfax Somerville
, British mathematician (d. 1872)
1782
–
Filaret Drozdov
, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1791
–
Charles Babbage
, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
1819
–
E.
D.
E.
N.
Southworth
, American novelist (d. 1899)
1822
–
Dion Boucicault
, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
1837
–
George Dewey
, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
1837 –
Morgan Bulkeley
, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
1853
–
René Bazin
, French novelist (d. 1932)
1859
–
William Stephens
, U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
1872
–
Norman Angell
, British politician,
Nobel
laureate (d. 1967)
1873
–
Thomas Wass
, English cricketer (d. 1953)
1883
–
Maurice Utrillo
, French artist (d. 1955)
1887
–
Arthur Ernest Percival
,
British Army
officer (d. 1966)
1890
–
Uncle Charlie Osborne
, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1891
–
Henry Miller
, American writer (d. 1980)
1893
–
Mao Zedong
, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1894
–
Jean Toomer
, American writer (d. 1967)
1902
–
Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan
, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903
–
Elisha Cook Jr.
, American actor (d. 1995)
1904
–
Alejo Carpentier
, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
1905
–
William Loeb
, American newspaper publisher, (d. 1981)
1906
–
Imperio Argentina
, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1907
–
Albert Gore Sr.
, American Politician (d. 1998)
1911
–
Arsenio Lacson
, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
1913
–
Frank Swift
, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1914
–
Annemarie Wendl
, German actress (d. 2006)
1914 –
Richard Widmark
, American actor (d. 2008)
1918
–
George Rallis
, Greek politician,
Prime Minister of Greece
(d. 2006)
1921
–
Steve Allen
, American comedian (d. 2000)
1922
–
Richard Mayes
, English actor (d. 2006)
1924
–
Frank Broyles
, American athlete, long time athletic director of the
University of Arkansas
.
1926
–
Gina Pellón
, Cuban painter
1927
–
Alan King
, American comedian (d. 2004)
1927 –
Stu Miller
, American baseball player
1927 –
Denis Quilley
, British actor (d. 2003)
1929
–
Régine
, French singer and nightclub owner
1930
–
Donald Moffat
, English-born actor
1930 –
Jean Ferrat
, French singer and songwriter
1933
–
Ugly Dave Gray
, Australian television personality
1933 –
Caroll Spinney
, American puppeteer
1935
–
Abdul "Duke" Fakir
, American singer (
The Four Tops
)
1935 –
Norm Ullman
, Canadian hockey player
1937
–
John Horton Conway
, British mathematician
1937 –
Jay Heimowitz
, American poker player
1938
–
Bahram Beizai
, Iranian playwright and film director
1938 –
Alamgir Kabir
, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1939
–
Fred Schepisi
, Australian film director
1940
–
Edward C.
Prescott
, American economist,
Nobel
laureate
1940 –
Ray Sadecki
, American
Major league baseball
pitcher
1940 –
Phil Spector
, American music producer
1941
–
Daniel Schmid
, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
1942
–
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo
, Guatemalan president
1942 –
Gray Davis
, former Governor of California
1944
–
Jane Lapotaire
, British actress
1945
–
John Walsh
, American talk show host
1947
–
James T.
Conway
, 34th
Commandant
of the
United States Marine Corps
1947 –
Carlton Fisk
, American baseball player
1947 –
Richard L.
McCormick
, President of
Rutgers University
1948
–
Candy Crowley
, American journalist
1949
–
José Ramos-Horta
,
President
of
East Timor
,
Nobel laureate
1951
–
Richard Skinner
, British radio presenter
1951 –
John Scofield
, American jazz guitarist
1953
–
Leonel Fernández
, Dominican politician and current President of the
Dominican Republic
1953 –
Henning Schmitz
, German musician (
Kraftwerk
)
1953 –
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
,
President of Estonia
1954
–
Ozzie Smith
, American baseball player
1954 –
Steve Steen
, English actor
1954 –
Tony Rosato
, Italian-Canadian actor
1955
–
Evan Bayh
, American politician
1956
–
David Sedaris
, American essayist
1957
–
Dermot Murnaghan
, British broadcaster
1958
–
Adrian Newey
, British engineer
1959
–
Koji Morimoto
, Japanese animated film director
1960
–
Temuera Morrison
, New Zealand actor
1960 –
Jim Toomey
, American syndicated cartoonist
1960 –
Tina Wesson
, Winner of
Survivor: The Australian Outback
1961
–
John Lynch
, Irish actor
1963
–
Lars Ulrich
, Danish-born drummer (
Metallica
)
1963 –
Bill Wennington
, Canadian basketball player
1964
–
Elizabeth Kostova
, American author
1966
–
Tim Legler
, American basketball player
1966 –
Sandra Taylor
, American model and actress
1968
–
Dennis Knight
, American professional wrestler
1970
–
James Mercer
, American musician (
The Shins
)
1970 –
Krissada Terrence
, Thai singer and actor
1971
–
Jared Leto
, American actor and singer (
30 Seconds to Mars
)
1971 –
Mika Nurmela
, Finnish footballer
1971 –
Jonathan M.
Parisen
, American film director
1972
–
Esteban Fuertes
, Argentine footballer
1972 –
Robert Muchamore
, English children's author
1973
–
Reichen Lehmkuhl
, American television personality
1974
–
Josie Ho
, Hong Kong singer and actor
1974 –
Joshua John Miller
, American actor
1975
–
Marcelo Ríos
, Chilean tennis player
1976
–
Simon Goodwin
, Australian rules footballer
1976
–
Lea De Mae
, Czech actress (d. 2004)
1976 –
Nadia Litz
, Canadian actress
1978
–
Kaoru Sugayama
, Japanese volleyball player
1979
–
Fabián Carini
, Uruguayan footballer
1979 –
Chris Daughtry
, American singer
1979 –
Mzbel
, Ghanaian singer
1979 –
Dimitry Vassiliev
, Russian ski jumper
1979
–
Craig Wing
, Australian Rugby League Player
1980
–
Todd Dunivant
, American soccer player
1982
–
Kenneth Darby
, American National Football League player
1982 –
Oguri Shun
, Japanese Actor/Model
1982 –
Aksel Lund Svindal
, Norwegian skier
1984
–
Alex Schwazer
, Italian race walker
1985
–
Yuu Shirota
, Japanese Idol
1987
–
Adam Walker
, British
flautist
1989
–
Jennica Garcia
, Filipina actress
1989 –
Sergio Pérez
, Mexican racing driver
1990
–
Aaron Ramsey
, Welsh footballer
1995
–
Zach Mills
, American actor
Deaths
211
–
Publius Septimius Geta
– Roman Emperor (b. 189)
268
–
Pope Dionysius
418
–
Pope Zosimus
1350
–
Jean de Marigny
, French bishop
1458
–
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany
(b. 1393)
1476
–
Galeazzo Maria Sforza
, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)
1530
–
Babur
, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)
1574
–
Charles of Guise
, French cardinal (b. 1524)
1624
–
Simon Marius
, German astronomer (b. 1573)
1731
–
Antoine Houdar de la Motte
, French writer (b. 1672)
1771
–
Claude Adrien Helvétius
, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1780
–
John Fothergill
, English physician (b. 1712)
1784
–
Seth Warner
, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
1786
–
Gasparo Gozzi
, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
1869
–
Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille
, French physiologist (b. 1797)
1890
–
Heinrich Schliemann
, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
1909
–
Frederic Remington
, American artist (b. 1861)
1923
–
Dietrich Eckart
, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
1931
–
Melvil Dewey
, inventor of the
Dewey decimal classification
(b. 1851)
1933
–
Anatoly Lunacharsky
, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
1933 –
Henry Watson Fowler
, English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language (b. 1858)
1957
–
Charles Pathé
, French film and recording industries pioneer (b. 1863)
1960
–
Watsuji Tetsuro
, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
1963
–
George Wagner
, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)
1966
–
Herbert Otto Gille
, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1970
–
Lillian Board
, British athlete (b. 1948)
1972
–
Harry S.
Truman
, 33rd
President of the United States
(b. 1884)
1973
–
Harold B.
Lee
, 11th president of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(b. 1899)
1974
–
Farid al-Atrash
, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
1974 –
Jack Benny
, American comedian (b. 1894)
1977 –
Howard Hawks
, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
1980
–
Tony Smith
, American sculptor (b. 1912)
1981
–
Savitri
, Indian actress (b. 1937)
1981 –
Amber Reeves
, feminist writer (b. 1887)
1983
–
Violet Carson
, British actress (b. 1898)
1985
–
Dian Fossey
, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
1985 –
Harold P.
Warren
, American movie director (d. 1928)
1986
–
Elsa Lanchester
, British-born actress (b. 1902)
1988
–
Glenn McCarthy
, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
1989
–
Doug Harvey
, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
1990
–
Gene Callahan
, American film art and production designer (b. 1923)
1992
–
Nikita Magaloff
, Russian pianist (b. 1912)
1994
–
Parveen Shakir
, Pakistani Woman Poet (b. 1952)
1997
–
Cornelius Castoriadis
, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922)
1999
–
Curtis Mayfield
, American musician (b. 1942)
1999 –
Shankar Dayal Sharma
,
President of India
(b. 1918)
2000
–
Jason Robards
, American actor (b. 1922)
2001
–
Nigel Hawthorne
, English actor (b. 1929)
2002
–
Herb Ritts
, American photographer (b. 1952)
2002 –
Armand Zildjian
, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
2004
– Sir
Angus Ogilvy
, British businessman (b. 1928)
2004 –
Marianne Heiberg
, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
2004 –
Jonathan Drummond-Webb
, South African heart surgeon (b. 1959)
2004 –
Sigurd Køhn
, Norwegian jazz musician (b. 1959)
2004 –
Reggie White
, American football player (b. 1961)
2004 –
Aki Sirkesalo
, Finnish musician (b. 1962)
2004 –
Mieszko Talarczyk
, Polish-born Swedish musician (
Nasum
) (b. 1974)
2004 –
Troy Broadbridge
, Australian rules footballer (b. 1980)
2004 – Khun
Bhumi Jensen
, Thai Royal Family member (b. 1983)
2005
–
Erich Topp
, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
2005 –
Muriel Costa-Greenspon
, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
2005 –
Kerry Packer
, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
2005 –
Vincent Schiavelli
, American actor (b. 1948)
2006
–
Gerald Ford
, 38th
President of the United States
(b. 1913)
2006 –
Ivar Formo
, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
2007
–
John A.
Garraty
,
American
author (b.
1920)
2007 –
Stu Nahan
, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
2007 –
Joe Dolan
,
Irish
entertainer
(b.
1943)
2008
–
Gösta Krantz
,
Swedish
actor (b. 1925)
Holidays and observances
St. Stephen's Day
, a public holiday in
Alsace
,
Austria
,
Catalonia
,
Croatia
, the
Czech Republic
,
Hong Kong
,
Italy
,
Ireland
,
Luxembourg
,
Poland
and in
Slovakia
.
Synaxis
of
Theotokos
and feast of
St. Joseph
,
King and Prophet David
and
St. James the Just
(
Orthodox Christianity
)
The first of the
twelve days of Christmas
in Western
Christianity
.
Boxing Day
in the
Commonwealth of Nations
except when 26 December is a Sunday
Boxing Day
is transferred to
27 December
by
Royal Proclamation
.
Wren day
in Ireland and the
Isle of Man
.
Australia
–
Proclamation Day
(South Australian
public holiday
), for the foundation of the
Australian state
of
South Australia
on
December 28
1836
but commemorated on this day.
Solomon Islands
–
Thanksgiving
public holiday.
South Africa
– Day of Goodwill, a public holiday.
First day of
Kwanzaa
Abadiu of Antinoe
is commemorated in the
Coptic Church
on this date.
First day of
Junkanoo
street parade in the
Bahamas
(the second day is on the
New Year's Day
)
Slovenia
– Day of independence and unity, national holiday.
External links
BBC: On This Day
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