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December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. December 2004: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September December 12, 2003 December 2003 - please do not remove the date header or category December 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. Events By Place Byzantine Empire December 12 — Battle of Nineveh: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians ending The Battle of Nineveh was the climactic battle of the last of the Roman-Persian Wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire, in 627 Heraclius, or Herakleios (Flavius Heraclius Augustus;) (c 575 - February 11, 641) was a Byzantine Emperor, who ruled the East Khosrau II or Khosrow II ( Chosroes II or Xosrov II in classical sources sometimes called layout and formatting it should ensure no clashes with the top of the infobox Rhahzadh, alternatively known as Razates was a Persian Spahbod (commander from the Mihran family under Sassanid king Khosrau II.
• 1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan - Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing Ma`arat al-Numan ( معرة النعمان) is a small western Syrian market city located at the highway between Aleppo and Hama and near the After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism. Cannibalism (from Spanish es ''caníbal'' in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs, also called anthropophagy (from Greek ἄνθρωπος
• 1408 - Order of the Dragon: The Order of the Dragon was first created on December 12, 1408 by Emperor Sigismund, then King of Hungary, and his wife Queen Barbara of Celje following the battle for possession of Bosnia. The Order of the Dragon ( lat. Societas Draconistrarum, ger. der Drachenorden, hun. The Order of the Dragon ( lat. Societas Draconistrarum, ger. der Drachenorden, hun. For other nobles of the same name please see Sigismund. Sigismund ( February 14, 1368 – December 9, Barbara of Celje ( Croatian and Slovenian Barbara Celjska; Hungarian Cillei Borbála) or Barbara of Cilli (c Historically and geographically the Region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna; Cyrillic: Босна lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging
• 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant - A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Richard Kempenfelt ( 1718 - 29 August[[ 782]] was a British Rear-admiral. Construction In December 1758 the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a Dry dock for the construction of a new First-rate This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1812 - French invasion of Russia comes to an end. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The French invasion of Russia in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1862 - USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Service in the American Civil War Cairo was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co The Yazoo River is a River in the US state of Mississippi. The Yazoo River was named by French explorer La Salle in 1682 in reference to
• 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Hayne Rainey ( June 21, 1832 &ndash August 1, 1887) was the first African American person to serve in the United South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1897 - Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, is founded. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Belo Horizonte ( Portuguese for "beautiful horizon", (bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi) is the capital of Minas Gerais state located in the A new town, planned community or planned city is a City, Town, or Community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Signal Hill is a hill which overlooks the city of St John's Newfoundland and Labrador. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip
• 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1914 - The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several 39%.
• 1915 - President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Yuan Shikai ( Courtesy Weiting 慰亭 Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 ( September 16, 1859 &ndash June 6, The Emperor of China ( refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning since the founding of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of
• 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Father Edward Joseph Flanagan ( July 13, 1886 &ndash May 15, 1948) was a Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Boys Town, formerly Girls and Boys Town and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a Non-profit organization dedicated to the care of at-risk children with
• 1925 - The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Majlis of Iran ( Persian: مجلس شورای اسلامی lit For the Afghan serial killer see Reza Khan (Taliban.
• 1936 - Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 ( is an important episode of Chinese modern history, taking place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War Generalissimo or Generalissimus is a military rank of the highest degree superior to a Field Marshal or Grand Admiral. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang ( English occasionally Peter Hsueh Liang Chang) ( 3 June 1901 (according to other accounts in
• 1937 - Panay incident: Japanese aircraft shell and sink US gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River in China. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the United States Navy Gunboat ''Panay'' while she was anchored in the Yangtze River The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku Three vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Panay, after the Visayan Island Panay. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1939 - Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi - Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the The Battle of Tolvajärvi was fought on 12 December 1939 between Finland and the Soviet Union. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1940 - World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield as a result of a German air raid. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Fitzalan Square is a municipal square situated in the City centre of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England
• 1941 - World War II: Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This article is about the province For the city see Batangas City. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Jesus Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; Cesar Basa is killed. Jesús Antonio Villamor was a Filipino pilot who fought the Japanese in World War II. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Cesar Fernando Basa was a Filipino pilot and hero of World War II.
• 1941 - World War II: USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a Coral atoll having a Coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers in the North Pacific Ocean
• 1941 - World War II: Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India declares war on Japan. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1942 - A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip
• 1946 - A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York
• 1948 - Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre - 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Malayan Emergency was a State of emergency declared by the British colonial government of Malaya in 1948 and lifted in 1960 as well as an insurrection and The Batang Kali massacre took place in Malaysia on December 12, 1948. The Scots Guards (SG form part of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and
• 1950 - Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paula Ackerman (née Paula Herskovitz, December 7, 1893 &mdash January 12, 1989) was the first woman to perform Rabbinical Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1956 - Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article deals with the Irish republican organisation opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty styling itself "Irish Republican Army" as it existed from the time of the Treaty The Border Campaign ( December 12 1956 – February 26 1962) was a campaign of Guerrilla warfare ( codenamed Operation
• 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1964 - Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jomo Kenyatta ( October 20, 1894 &ndash August 22, 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963&ndash1964 and President List of the heads of state of Kenya Dominion of Kenya (1963 – 1964 Republic of Kenya (1964 – present Latest election "Notes from The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south
• 1969 - Strategia della tensione: Piazza Fontana bombing - The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A strategy of tension (strategia della tensione is an alleged way used by world powers to divide manipulate and control Public opinion using Fear, Propaganda Piazza Fontana bombing (strage di Piazza Fontana identifies the massacre that was a result of a serious terrorist attack occurred on December 12 1969 when Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
• 1979 - Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Coup d'état of December Twelfth ( Hangul: 12/12 군사반란 or the "12/12 Incident" was a military Coup d'état which took place on South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Chun Doo-hwan (born 18 January, 1931) was former ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988 Choi Kyu-hah ( July 16, 1919 October 22, 2006) (also spelled Choi Kyu-ha) was the President of South Korea between Park Chung-hee ( November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the autocratic dictator of the Republic
• 1979 - President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( Arabic: محمد ضياء الحق) (b Nishan-e-Imtiaz or Nishan-i-Imtiaz ( Urdu: نشان امتیاز) is the highest honor given to a civilian in Pakistan. Abdus Salam ( Urdu: محمد عبد السلام) ( January 29, 1926; Jhang Punjab &ndash November 21,
• 1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election
• 1982 - Women's peace protest at Greenham Common - 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) RAF Greenham Common is a former World War II and NATO Cold War airfield located on the border between Greenham and Crookham 5 km (9 mi) perimeter fence. A perimeter fence is a structure that circles the Perimeter of an area to prevent access
• 1984 - Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'etat against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter was attending a summit. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع (born 1941) also transliterated as Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya, was Mauritania (موريتانيا Mūrītāniyā officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country Ret Col Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah (محمد خونا ولد هيداله (born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman of the Military Taya was ousted in March 2005 by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall in another coup. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (إعلي ولد محمد فال born 1953 in Nouakchott) was the military leader of Mauritania from a
• 1985 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF Jetliner, registered N950JW which operated as an international charter flight carrying Gander is a Canadian town located in northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
• 1988 - The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains - one of the worst train crashes in Britain. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Clapham Junction rail crash was a serious railway accident involving two collisions between three commuter trains at 0810 on the morning of 12 December
• 1991 - Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
• 2006 - Peugeot produces its last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in Coventry, formerly a major centre of the British motor industry. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Bush v Gore,, was a United States Supreme Court case decided on December 12, 2000. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the article about the bicycle manufacturer see Cycles Peugeot. Ryton-on-Dunsmore is a Village and Civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, and is south-east of Coventry, England Coventry ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in the County of West Midlands in England. History The beginnings 1896&ndash1900 The British motor industry started when Frederick Simms became friends with Gottlieb Daimler, who had

Births

• 1298 - Albert II of Austria (d. Albert II of Austria ( December 12, 1298 &ndash August 16, 1358, known as the Wise or the Lame) was Duke of Austria 1358)
• 1418 - Albert VI of Austria (d. Albert VI, Duke of Austria and later Archduke of Austria ( December 12, 1418 &ndash December 2, 1463) was a Habsburg Archduke 1463)
• 1574 - Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. Anne of Denmark (12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619 was Queen consort of James VI of Scots I of England and Ireland. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James 1619)
• 1610 - Saint Vasilije (d. Saint Basil of Ostrog ( Serbian: Свети Василије Острошки Sveti Vasilije Ostroški is a Saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church 1671)
• 1659 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. The Galli-Bibiena family, or Galli da Bibiena (also spelled "Bibbiena" was a family of Italian artists of the 17th and 18th centuries including 1739)
• 1712 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (d. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ( December 12, 1712 &ndash July 4, 1780) was the son of Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine 1780)
• 1724 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For other related uses see Admiral Hood Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood ( 12 December 1724 &ndash 27 January 1816)
• 1745 - John Jay, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Jay (December 12 1745 – May 17 1829 was an American Politician, Statesman, revolutionary, Diplomat, a Supreme Court The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 1829)
• 1779 - Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat ( December 12 1779 &ndash May 25 1865) was a French Saint of the Catholic 1865)
• 1783 - Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Ner Middleswarth ( December 12, 1783 - June 2, 1865) was a Pennsylvania businessman and longtime politician 1865)
• 1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Learned Marcy ( December 12, 1786 - July 4, 1857) was an American statesman who served as U 1857)
• 1791 - Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (d. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marie Louise of Austria (Maria Luisa von Österreich French: Marie Louise d'Autriche; Italian: Maria Luisa d'Austria; b Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 1847)
• 1799 - Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Karl Pavlovich Briullov (Russian Карл Павлович Брюллов) called by his friends the Great Karl ( December 12, 1799 – June 1852)
• 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or William Lloyd Garrison ( December 12 1805 – May 24 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer 1879)
• 1805 - Henry Wells, Founder of American Express (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henry Wells ( December 12 1805 &ndash December 10 1878) was an American businessman important in the history of both the American 1878)
• 1806 - Stand Watie, American Confederate general (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stand Watie ( 12 December 1806 &ndash 9 September 1871) (also known as Standhope Oowatie, Degataga "stand 1871)
• 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Gustave Flaubert (gystaːv flobɛːʁ in French ( December 12, 1821 &ndash May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among 1880)
• 1845 - Bruce Price, American architect (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bruce Price ( 12 December, 1845 &ndash 29 May, 1903) was the Architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway 's 1903)
• 1849 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Kissam Vanderbilt ( December 12 1849 &ndash July 22 1920) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt This article details the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt For other uses see Vanderbilt (disambiguation. 1920)
• 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edvard Munch (mʉŋk December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, Printmaker 1944)
• 1864 - Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Paul Elmer More ( December 12, 1864 &ndash March 9, 1937) was an American Journalist, critic Essayist and 1937)
• 1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Werner ( December 12, 1866 - November 15, 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a professor at the University The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1919)
• 1870 - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil baron (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Benona Sharp ( 12 December 1870 - 28 November 1912) was an American oil mining pioneer innovator and philanthropist 1912)
• 1875 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt ( December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German 1953)
• 1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alvin Christian Kraenzlein ( December 12, 1876 &ndash January 6, 1928) was an American athlete. 1928)
• 1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kurt Magnus Atterberg ( December 12 1887 &ndash February 15 1974) was a Swedish composer 1974)
• 1892 - Herman Potočnik aka Hermann Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Herman Potočnik ( Pseudonym Hermann Noordung) ( December 22, 1892 - August 27, 1929) was a Slovene rocket 1929)
• 1893 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January 1973)
• 1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Sammy Davis Sr ( December 12, 1900 &ndash May 21, 1988) was an American dancer and the father of Sammy Davis Jr 1988)
• 1902 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Koloman Sokol (* 12 December 1902 in Liptovský Mikuláš; † 12 January 2003 in Tucson, Arizona) was one 2003)
• 1903 - Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Dagmar Nordstrom ( December 12, 1903 &ndash April 9, 1976) was a composer pianist singer known with her 1976)
• 1903 - Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese film director (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was an influential Japanese Filmmaker. Marriage and family were among the most persistent themes in his body of work 1963)
• 1904 - Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor and socialite (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg ( December 12, 1904 &ndash February 20, 1981) was an Editor in chief of Town & 1981)
• 1905 - Manès Sperber, Austrian-born writer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Manès Sperber ( December 12, 1905 in Zabłotów near Kolomea, Austrian Galicia (today Zabolotiv, Ukraine) 1984)
• 1907 - Roy Douglas, English composer and orchestrator
• 1909 - Karen Morley, American actress (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Roy Douglas (born 12 December, 1907) is a British composer and arranger Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Karen Morley ( December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American Film actress. 2003)
• 1914 - Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Patrick O'Brian, CBE ( 12 December 1914 &ndash 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English 2000)
• 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor 1998)
• 1918 - Joe Williams, American singer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joe Williams ( December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was a well-known Jazz vocalist and an elegant and sophisticated baritone 1999)
• 1919 - Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Olivia Barclay (born December 12, 1919 in Essex &ndash died April 1, 2001 in Kent) was an English Astrologer 2001)
• 1919 - Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Daniel S DeCarlo ( December 12, 1919, - December 19, 2001) was an American Cartoonist best known as the Artist 2001)
• 1920 - Fred Kida, American comics artist
• 1923 - Bob Barker, American television game show host
• 1923 - Ken Kavanagh, Australian racing driver
• 1924 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City
• 1925 - Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer
• 1925 - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Fred Kida (born December 12, 1920, New York City, New York) is an American Comic book and Comic strip Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert William Barker (Born December 12 1923) is a nineteen-time Emmy Award -winning former American Television Game show Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924;) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky (Владимир Яковлевич Шаинский (born on December 12 1925) is a Russian and Ukrainian Ahmad Shamlou ( ( December 12, 1925 — July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet writer and journalist 2000)
• 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Norton Noyce ( December 12, 1927 &ndash June 3, 1990) nicknamed " the Mayor of Silicon Valley " co-founded 1990)
• 1928 - Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-born Kyrgyz writer
• 1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician
• 1929 - John Osborne, English dramatist (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chinghiz Aitmatov (Чыңгыз Айтматов tʃɯŋˈʀɯs ɑjtˈmɑtəf Чингиз Торекулович Айтматов (born 12 December 1928 in Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese American jazz pianist, Composer / Arranger and Bandleader. John James Osborne ( December 12, 1929 &ndash December 24, 1994) was an English Playwright, Screenwriter, 1994)
• 1930 - Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Beutel, born William Charles Beutel Jr ( December 12 1930 – March 18 2006) was an American Journalist. 2006)
• 1931 - Lionel Blair, English actor and choreographer
• 1932 - Bob Pettit, American basketball player
• 1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
• 1937 - Buford Pusser, American sheriff (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lionel Blair (born Henry Lionel Blair Ogus on 12 December, 1931 in Montreal, Canada) is a British Actor, Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert E Lee "Bob" Pettit (born December 12 1932 in Baton Rouge Louisiana, U Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (born December 12, 1934) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI who served The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buford Hayse Pusser ( December 12, 1937 - August 21, 1974) was the Sheriff of McNairy County Tennessee (in West Tennessee 1974)
• 1938 - Connie Francis, American singer
• 1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
• 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
• 1943 - Dickey Betts, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 1943 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Pop singer best known for international hit songs Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi शरदचंद्र गोविंदराव पवार (born December 12, 1940) popularly known as Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter The Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band based in Macon, Georgia. Grover Washington Jr (December 12 1943 &ndash December 17 1999 was an American Jazz-funk / Soul-jazz Saxophonist. 1999)
• 1944 - Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor
• 1944 - Jean Doré, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal
• 1945 - Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Cranham (born December 12, 1944) is a film television and stage Actor who has appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster Jean Doré (born 12 December 1944) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec. This is a list of Mayors of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since the city was incorporated in 1832 Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. 1997)
• 1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver and two-time F1 world champion
• 1946 - Paula Wagner, American film executive
• 1948 - Tom Wilkinson, English actor
• 1949 - Bill Nighy, English actor
• 1950 - Rajnikanth, Indian actor
• 1950 - Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 - Herb Dhaliwal, Canadian politician
• 1952 - Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress
• 1953 - Bruce Kulick, American guitarist (Kiss)
• 1954 - Liz Claman, American television anchor
• 1955 - Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
• 1956 - Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
• 1957 - Sheila E., American musician
• 1957 - Robert Lepage, French Canadian playwright
• 1958 - Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
• 1962 - Tracy Austin, American tennis player
• 1962 - Mike Golic, American football player
• 1963 - Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1964 - Sabu, American professional wrestler
• 1964 - Haywood Jeffries, American football player
• 1965 - Will Carling, English rugby union footballer
• 1966 - Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist
• 1966 - Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor
• 1967 - Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer
• 1967 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer
• 1967 - John Randle, American football player
• 1968 - Kate Humble, English television presenter
• 1968 - Rory Kennedy, American documentarian
• 1968 - Laurie Williams, Jamaican West Indies cricketer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver winning world championships The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One Paula Wagner (born Paula Kauffman on 12 December 1946) is an American Film producer and film executive Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Wilkinson OBE (born 12 December 1948) is a two time Academy Award -nominated as well as BAFTA Award Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Francis "Bill" Nighy (ˈnaɪ born 12 December 1949) is a Golden Globe - and BAFTA -award winning English Actor Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rajinikanth (ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ रजनीकांत ரஜினிகாந்த் (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950 Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William John "Battlin' Billy" Smith (born December 12, 1950, in Perth Ontario) was a professional Ice hockey Goaltender Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harbance Singh (Herb Dhaliwal PC (born December 12 1952) is a Canadian politician Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (born December 12, 1952) best known as Cathy Rigby, is a Gymnast, Actress Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Howard Kulick (born on December 12, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Guitarist and a member of the Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth "Liz" Kate Claman is the anchor of the Fox Business Network show Countdown to the Closing Bell at 3pm ET and co-anchor at 2pm ET Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Gianna Daskalaki on December 12, 1955 in Heraklion, Crete) is a Greek politician and business Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johan van der Velde (born December 12, 1956 in Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch Cyclist. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Sheila Escovedo (born December 12 1957, in Oakland California) known by her Stage name Sheila E Robert Lepage, OQ (born December 12, 1957 in Quebec City) is a playwright actor and film Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheree J Wilson (born in Rochester Minnesota on December 12, 1958) is an American actress primarily known for her roles in Soap Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tracy Ann Austin Holt (b December 12 1962, in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No Michael Louis "Mike" Golic (born December 12, 1962 in Willowick Ohio) is a co-host of ESPN Radio 's Mike and Mike in the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. born is a popular Japanese veteran Seiyū and singer from Tokyo. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Terry Michael Brunk ( December 12 1964) better known by his Ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Haywood Franklin Jeffires (born December 12, 1964 in Greensboro North Carolina) is a former professional American football player who was selected Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. William David Charles Carling OBE (born 12 December 1965) is a former Rugby union player for Harlequins, and a former captain of Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Royce Gracie (born December 12, 1966) is a professional Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. (born December 12, 1966) is a male Seiyū. He is from Sakura Chiba, Japan. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Video game music composer Early life Koshiro was exposed to music at a very young age learning to play the piano at age 3 is a Japanese Composer of Video game music. He has composed music for various games produced by Sega, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Shenmue John Randle (born December 12, 1967 in Hearne Texas) is a former NFL Defensive tackle who played for the Minnesota Vikings Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine 'Kate' Humble (born 12 December 1968 in Wimbledon) is a UK Television presenter, mainly for the BBC, specialising Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born December 12, 1968) is an award-winning documentary Filmmaker and producer. Laurie Rohan Williams (born December 12 1968, in Jamaica - died September 8, 2002 in Portmore Kingston Jamaica) The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing 2002)
• 1969 - Carrie Westcott, American model and actress
• 1970 - Mädchen Amick, American actress
• 1970 - Jennifer Connelly, American actress
• 1970 - Regina Hall, American actress
• 1972 - Nicky Eaden, English footballer
• 1972 - Wilson Kipketer, Danish middle-distance runner
• 1972 - Kevin Parent, French Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1972 - Brandon Teena, American hate crime victim (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carrie Ann Westcott is an American model and actress. Carrie was born on December 12, 1969, in Mission Hills, Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mädchen Amick (born December 12 1970) is an American actress, best known for playing Shelly Johnson on the cult TV Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12 1970 is an American film actress and former child model. Regina Hall (born December 12, 1970) is an American Film and Television actress known for her lead role of Brenda Meeks Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Jeremy "Nicky" Eaden (born December 12, 1972) is an English Association football defender currently playing for Not to be confused with Wilson Boit Kipketer. Wilson Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Danish former Kevin Parent (born December 12, 1972 in Greenfield Park, Quebec) is a bilingual Québécois singer-songwriter Brandon Teena, (born Teena Renae Brandon December 12, 1972 - December 31, 1993 in Lincoln, Nebraska) was a 1993)
• 1972 - Yeoryios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
• 1972 - Hank Williams III, American musician, grandson of Hank Williams
• 1973 - William Hutton, American engineer
• 1973 - Walter Otta, Argentine footballer
• 1974 - Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
• 1975 - Mayim Bialik, American actress
• 1975 - Craig Moore, Australian footballer
• 1976 - Dan Hawkins, English guitarist (The Darkness)
• 1976 - Lloyd Owusu, English/Ghanaian football player
• 1977 - Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm, American triplet Playboy models
• 1977 - Bridget Hall, American supermodel
• 1977 - Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
• 1977 - Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 - Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
• 1978 - Jennifer Rovero Playboy Playmate
• 1978 - Evren Genis, Turkish composer
• 1979 - Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
• 1979 - Nate Clements, American football player
• 1979 - Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist
• 1981 - Ronnie Brown, American football player
• 1981 - Shane Costa, American baseball player
• 1981 - Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
• 1981 - Jeret Peterson, American aerial skier
• 1981 - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1981 - Stephen Warnock, English footballer
• 1982 - Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
• 1983 - Katrina Elam, American singer
• 1984 - Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
• 1986 - Perparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
• 1986 - Thomas Wansey, English actor
• 1990 - Victor Moses, an English footballer of Nigerian descent
• 1991 - Daniel Magder, Canadian actor

Deaths

• 884 - Carloman, King of the West Franks
• 1212 - Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
• 1569 - Metropolitan Philip of Moscow (b. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Georgios Theodoridis (Γέωργιος Θεοδωρίδης born December 12 1972 in Kozani) is a Greek sprinter specializing in the 60 Shelton Hank Williams III ( December 12, 1972) is an American musician Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. For the poet and historian of Birmingham England see William Hutton (Birmingham historian William Hutton is the Pseudonym of the editor Walter Otta (born December 12 1973 in Río Tercero Córdoba) is an Argentine footballer striker currently playing for Club Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Nolberto Albino Solano Todco (born December 12, 1974 in Callao) commonly known as "Nobby" or "Nol" is a Peruvian Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American Actress. Craig Andrew Moore (born December 12, 1975 in Sydney New South Wales) is a defender from Australia, who plays for. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Francis Hawkins (born 12 December 1976 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England) was the Guitarist and Backing singer The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band Akwasi Osei "Lloyd" Owusu (born December 12, 1976) is a professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Nicole, Erica, and Jaclyn Dahm (born in that order on December 12 1977 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) are identical Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Bridget Hall (born December 12, 1977) is an American model. Hall was born in Springdale, Arkansas. Orlando Thill Hudson (born December 12 1977 in Darlington, South Carolina) is a Second baseman in Major League Baseball for the National John Colin White (born December 12, 1977) is a professional Ice hockey player with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Monica Bîrlădeanu (also known as Monica Dean; complete name Monica Elena Bîrlădeanu; born December 12, 1978 Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jennifer Rovero (born December 12 1978 was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month in July 1999 and has appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' Evren Yiğit Geniş (born December 12, 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) is a classical music Composer. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Garrett Bernard Atkins (born December 12, 1979 in) has been the Third baseman for the Major League Baseball team the Colorado Rockies Nathan D Clements (born December 12, 1979 in Shaker Heights Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays Cornerback The Raveonettes are a Danish Rock and roll duo consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (on Guitar, instruments, Vocals) and Sharin Foo (on Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Ronnie G Brown Jr (born December 12, 1981 in) is an American football Running back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Shane Jeremy Costa (born December 12, 1981 in Visalia, California) is a professional Baseball player who currently plays for the Pedro Ríos Maestre (born 12 December 1981 in Jerez de la Frontera) is a Spanish football Midfielder who currently plays Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (born December 12, 1981) is a World Cup aerial skier from Boise Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin Yuvraj Singh (ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ born 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India is a Cricketer from India and the son of former Indian fast bowler Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981 is an English footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov ( Russian: Дми́трий И́горевич Турсу́нов ( (born December 12, 1982 in Moscow Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Katrina Elam (born December 12, 1983 in Bray Oklahoma) is an American Country music singer Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Munthe Agger.(born 12 December 1984 in Hvidovre) is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays as a central Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Perparim Hetemaj (born December 12 1986 in Srbica, Yugoslavia is a Finnish international football player of Albanian {substafd}} Thomas Wansey is an English television actor who most notably played the character of Mark Hollander in the children's TV show Ace Lightning Born Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Victor Moses (born December 12 1990) is a Nigerian born English footballer who currently plays for Crystal Palace. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Daniel Magder (born December 12, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor Events By Place Europe March 1 — Diego Rodríguez Porcelos founds and repopulates Burgos. Geoffrey Archbishop of York (c 1152 &ndash 12 December 1212 was an illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England. Saint Philip II of Moscow ( 1507 - December 12, 1569) was a Russian Orthodox Monk, who became Metropolitan of Moscow 1507)
• 1574 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. Selim II ( Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى Selīm-i sānī, Turkish: II The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1524)
• 1586 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. This article is about the ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland 1533)
• 1685 - John Pell, English mathematician (b. John Pell ( March 1, 1611 &ndash December 12, 1685) was an English Mathematician. 1610)
• 1751 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henry St John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ( 16 September 1678 &ndash 12 December 1751) was an English politician and philosopher 1678)
• 1754 - Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Wu Jingzi ( 1701— December 11 1754) was a Chinese scholar and writer who was born in the city now known as Chuzhou Anhui and who died 1701)
• 1766 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Christoph Gottsched ( February 2, 1700 &ndash December 12, 1766) was a German Author and Critic 1700)
• 1789 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Ponsonby, PC(I ( 29 March 1713 &ndash 12 December 1789) styled the Hon 1713)
• 1790 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Prince Mikhailo Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (Михаил Михайлович Щербатов ( July 22, 1733 - December 12, 1790) was a 1733)
• 1817 - Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tekle Giyorgis I ( Ge'ez ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ "Plant of Saint George " c about 1751)
• 1843 - King William I of the Netherlands, (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Frederick (William I, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau ( The Hague, 24 August 1772 - Berlin, 12 December 1843 was a Prince of 1772)
• 1858 - Jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jacques Viger ( May 7, 1787 &ndash December 12, 1858) was an antiquarian archaeologist and the first mayor of the Canadian This is a list of Mayors of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since the city was incorporated in 1832 1787)
• 1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (b. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of Dramatic verse, especially Dramatic monologues made him one of 1812)
• 1889 - Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Victor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky (Виктор Яковлевич Буняковский, Bar Ukraine &ndash, St 1804)
• 1894 - Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, ( November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1845)
• 1913 - Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Emperor Menelik II GCB, GCMG, ( Ge'ez ምኒልክ baptized as Sahle Maryam ( August 17, 1844 &ndash December 12 1844)
• 1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Radiguet ( June 18, 1903 – December 12, 1923) was a French Author. 1903)
• 1926 - Jean Richepin, French poet (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Richepin (4 February 1849 - 12 December 1926 French Poet, Novelist and Dramatist, the son of an army doctor was born at Medea 1849)
• 1929 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle baron (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Goodnight ( March 5, 1836 &ndash December 12, 1929) was a cattle rancher in the American West, perhaps the 1836)
• 1934 - Thorleif Haug, Norwegian Nordic skier (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thorleif Haug ( September 28, 1894 - December 12, 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and 1894)
• 1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director 1883)
• 1941 - Cesar Basa, Philippine Air Force and World War II hero (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cesar Fernando Basa was a Filipino pilot and hero of World War II. The Philippine Air Force (PAF is the Air force of the Republic of the Philippines, and one of the three main services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 1915)
• 1951 - Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Mildred Bailey ( February 27 1907 &ndash December 12 1951) was a popular American Jazz Singer during the 1930s 1907)
• 1952 - Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bedřich (Friedrich Hrozný (ˈbɛdr̝ɪx 1879)
• 1963 - Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese film director (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was an influential Japanese Filmmaker. Marriage and family were among the most persistent themes in his body of work 1903)
• 1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tallulah Brockman Bankhead ( January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American Actress, talk-show host and 1902)
• 1970 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doris Amelia Blackburn ( September 18, 1889 &ndash 12 December 1970) was an Australian activist and Member of Parliament 1889)
• 1971 - David Sarnoff, Russian-born American General Manager of RCA (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 1891)
• 1976 - Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy ( March 5, 1927 &ndash December 12, 1976) was an American Actor of stage 1927)
• 1976 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vinko Žganec ( January 22, 1890 - December 12, 1976) is a well-known Croatian Ethnomusicologist. This article is about the concept For the society and academic journal see Society for Ethnomusicology. 1890)
• 1977 - Lady Spencer Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill Baroness Spencer-Churchill, GBE, CStJ (née Hozier; 1 April 1885 &ndash 12 December Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 1885)
• 1980 - Jean Lesage, politician, premier of Quebec (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jean Lesage, PC, CC, CD ( June 10, 1912 &ndash December 12, 1980) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the First minister for the 1912)
• 1985 - Anne Baxter, American actress (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Anne Baxter ( May 7 1923 &ndash December 12 1985) was an Academy Award -winning American actress 1923)
• 1985 - Ian Stewart, Scottish musician (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian AR Stewart (18 July 1938 – 12 December 1985 was a Scottish Keyboardist and co-founding member of The Rolling Stones. 1938)
• 1987 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban musician and composer (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Enrique Jorrín ( Candelaria, Pinar del Rio, December 25 1926 - Havana, December 12 1926)
• 1988 - Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano, American Mafia figure (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano ( May 24, 1917 - December 12, 1988) was a capo (or captain in the Genovese crime family 1917)
• 1992 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Suzanne Baroness Lilar ( Née Suzanne Verbist (b Ghent, 21 May 1901 - d 1901)
• 1993 - József Antall, Hungarian politician (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) József Antall ( April 8 1932 - December 12 1993) was the first democratically-elected Prime minister of Hungary (from 23 1932)
• 1994 - Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Stuart Allen Roosa ( August 16 1933 – December 12 1994) was a NASA Astronaut, who was the command module pilot 1933)
• 1996 - Vance Packard, American author (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Vance Packard, born May 22, 1914, died, was an American journalist social critic and author 1914)
• 1997 - Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Landis (EM Landis Russian Евгений Михайлович Ландис) ( October 6, 1921 &ndash December 12 1921)
• 1998 - Lawton Chiles, U. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr ( April 3 1930 December 12 1998) was an American politician from the U S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (b. 1930)
• 1998 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marco Denevi (b May 12, 1922 in Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires, d 1922)
• 1998 - Mo Udall, American politician (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Morris King "Mo" Udall ( June 15, 1922 &ndash December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as a U 1922)
• 1999 - Paul Cadmus, American artist (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Paul Cadmus ( December 17, 1904 - December 12, 1999) was an artist born in New York City. 1904)
• 1999 - Joseph Heller, American author (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Joseph Heller (May 1 1923 – December 12 1999 was an American Satirical novelist Short story writer and playwright 1923)
• 2000 - George Montgomery, American actor (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. George Montgomery ( August 29, 1916 - December 12, 2000) was an American painter, sculptor, furniture craftsman 1916)
• 2001 - Jean Richard, French actor (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For the French historian see Jean Richard (historian Jean Richard ( April 18 1921 – December 12 1921)
• 2002 - Dee Brown, American author (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown ( February 28, 1908 – December 12, 2002) was an American Novelist and Historian 1908)
• 2002 - Brad Dexter, American actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Brad Dexter ( Serbian: Бред Декстер, Bred Dekster) ( April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002) was a 1917)
• 2002 - Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jay Wesley Neill ( April 9, 1965 &ndash December 12, 2002) was a convicted murderer who was executed for his part in a bank robbery 1965)
• 2003 - Keiko , Killer Whale (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1976)
• 2003 - Heydər Əliyev, President of Azerbaijan (b. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev Гейдар Алиев May 10, 1923 &ndash December 12, 2003) also spelled as The country of Azerbaijan is a Presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the Head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan 1923)
• 2003 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Anthony Ferrario ( March 3, 1926 &ndash December 12, 2003) was the third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu 1926)
• 2003 - Keiko, orca, star of Free Willy (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keiko ( 1977 - December 12, 2003) was an Orca (or killer whale who starred in the first of three Free Willy movies Free Willy is a 1993 Family film directed by Simon Wincer, and released by Warner Bros 1976)
• 2005 - Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician (b. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( جبران تويني) ( September 15, 1957 &ndash December 12, 2005) was a Lebanese politician 1957)
• 2005 - Annette Vadim, Danish actress (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Annette Vadim (born Annette Strøyberg, December 7, 1936 - December 12, 2005) was a Danish actress who 1936)
• 2005 - Robert F. Newmyer, American film producer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert F Newmyer (born May 30, 1956 - December 12, 2005) was a producer of numerous films both commercial and independent 1946)
• 2006 - Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9 1928 &ndash December 12 2006 nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul" was an American Basketball player who spent his entire National 1928)
• 2006 - Peter Boyle, American actor (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Lawrence "Pete" Boyle ( October 18, 1935 &ndash December 12, 2006) was an American Actor. 1935)
• 2006 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenny Davern ( January 7, 1935 — December 12, 2006) born John Kenneth Davern, was one of the premier Jazz Clarinetists 1935)
• 2006 - Raymond P. Shafer, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Philip Shafer ( March 05 1917 – December 12 2006) served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971 Governors Pennsylvania was one of the original Thirteen colonies, and was admitted as a state on December 12 1787 1917)
• 2006 - Al Shugart, pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Seagate Technology (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alan Field Shugart ( September 27, 1930  &ndash December 12, 2006) was a leading computer engineer working in the Disk drive industry Seagate ( is the world's largest manufacturer of hard drives and storage solutions 1930)
• 2007 - Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ike Wister Turner ( November 5 1931 &ndash December 12 2007) was an American Musician, Bandleader, Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American 1931)

Holidays and observances

• Saints - optional memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Masá'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í Calendar
• Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
• Kenya - Jamhuri Day: Independence Day (from Britain, 1963)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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