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{{Short description|354th day of the year}}
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{{This date in recent years}}
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[AD 69](/source/AD_69) – [Antonius Primus](/source/Antonius_Primus) enters [Rome](/source/Rome) to claim the title of [Emperor](/source/Roman_emperor) for [Nero](/source/Nero)'s former general [Vespasian](/source/Vespasian).[{{cite book |author=Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) |title=Elements of general history. Ed. by B. Turner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYQBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA210 |year=1858 |page=210}}]
*[944](/source/944) – [Byzantine Emperor](/source/Byzantine_Emperor) [Romanos I Lekapenos](/source/Romanos_I_Lekapenos) is arrested by two of his sons, forced to abdicate and to live as a monk for the rest of his life.[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=308}}]
*[1046](/source/1046) – [Emperor Henry III](/source/Emperor_Henry_III) convenes the [synod of Sutri](/source/synod_of_Sutri) to mediate between different claimants to the papacy.[{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=371}}]
*[1192](/source/1192) – [Richard I of England](/source/Richard_I_of_England) is captured and imprisoned by [Leopold V](/source/Leopold_V%2C_Duke_of_Austria) of Austria on his way home to England after the [Third Crusade](/source/Third_Crusade).[{{cite book |author=Chronicle Books |title=Chronicle of the Royal Family |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivo9okUs30wC |date=1 March 1993 |publisher=Chronicle Communications |isbn=978-1-872031-20-0 |page=51}}]
*[1334](/source/1334) – [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) Jacques Fournier, a [Cistercian](/source/Cistercians) monk, is elected [Pope Benedict XII](/source/Pope_Benedict_XII).[{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Partner |title=The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZ6eJuZfTAEC&pg=PA327 |year=1972 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-02181-5 |pages=327}}]
===1601–1900===
*[1803](/source/1803) – The [Louisiana Purchase](/source/Louisiana_Purchase) is completed at a ceremony in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans).[{{cite book |last=Lee |first=A |title=Making America, making American literature: Franklin to Cooper |publisher=Rodopi |location=Amsterdam Atlanta, GA |year=1996 |isbn=9789051839098 |page=347}}]
*[1808](/source/1808) – [Peninsular War](/source/Peninsular_War): The [Siege of Zaragoza](/source/Second_Siege_of_Zaragoza) begins.
*[1832](/source/1832) – [HMS ''Clio''](/source/HMS_Clio_(1807)) under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at [Port Egmont](/source/Port_Egmont) under orders to [take possession](/source/Reassertion_of_British_sovereignty_over_the_Falkland_Islands_(1833)) of the [Falkland Islands](/source/Falkland_Islands).[{{cite book |last=Brown |first=David |title=The Royal Navy and the Falklands War |publisher=L. Cooper |location=London |year=1987 |isbn=9780850520590 |page=28}}]
*[1848](/source/1848) – [French presidential election](/source/1848_French_presidential_election): Having won the popular vote in a landslide, [Louis Napoleon Bonaparte](/source/Napoleon_III) is inaugurated in the chamber of the [National Assembly](/source/Palais_Bourbon) as the first (and only) president of the [French Second Republic](/source/French_Second_Republic).[{{Cite book |last=De Luna |first=Frederick A. |title=The French Republic Under Cavaignac, 1848. |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1969 |publication-place=Princeton, New Jersey |pages=365–395}}]
*[1860](/source/1860) – [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina) becomes the first state to attempt to [secede](/source/secession) from the United States with the [South Carolina Declaration of Secession](/source/South_Carolina_Declaration_of_Secession).[{{cite book |first=Cole Blease |last=Graham |title=The South Carolina State Constitution: A Reference Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMqpKirVOzMC&pg=PA16 |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-29299-6 |page=16}}]
===1901–present===
*[1915](/source/1915) – [World War I](/source/World_War_I): The last Australian troops are evacuated from [Gallipoli](/source/Gallipoli_Campaign).
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Cheka](/source/Cheka), the first [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) secret police force, is founded.
*[1924](/source/1924) – [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler) is released from [Landsberg Prison](/source/Landsberg_Prison).[{{cite web |title=Adolph Hitler Leaving Landsberg Prison |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/285709 |website=www.metmuseum.org |date=20 December 1924 |access-date=27 April 2020}}]
*[1940](/source/1940) – ''[Captain America Comics](/source/Captain_America_Comics)'' #1, containing the first appearance of the superhero [Captain America](/source/Captain_America), is published.[{{cite book |last1=Rizzo |first1=Marco |last2=Licari |first2=Fabio |title=Marvel's Captain America: The First 80 Years |date=2021 |publisher=[Titan Publishing Group](/source/Titan_Publishing_Group) |page=20 |isbn=978-1787737174}}]
*[1941](/source/1941) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): First battle of the [American Volunteer Group](/source/American_Volunteer_Group), better known as the "[Flying Tigers](/source/Flying_Tigers)", in [Kunming](/source/Kunming), China.
*[1942](/source/1942) – World War II: [Japanese air forces](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service) bomb [Calcutta](/source/Kolkata), [India](/source/British_Raj).
*[1946](/source/1946) – ''[It's a Wonderful Life](/source/It's_a_Wonderful_Life)'' premieres at the [Globe Theatre](/source/Globe_Theatre_(Broadway%2C_New_York_City)) in [New York](/source/New_York_City) to mixed reviews. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119035038/http://www.eeweems.com/capra/_wonderful_life.html [1]]
* 1946 – [An earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan](/source/1946_Nankai_earthquake) causes a tsunami which kills at least one thousand people and destroys 36,000 homes.[{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Brett L. |title=A Concise History of Japan |date=26 February 2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00418-4 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGt2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 |language=en}}]
*[1948](/source/1948) – [Indonesian National Revolution](/source/Indonesian_National_Revolution): The Dutch military [captures Yogyakarta](/source/Operation_Kraai), the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.
*[1951](/source/1951) – The [EBR-1](/source/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I) in [Arco, Idaho](/source/Arco%2C_Idaho) becomes the first [nuclear power plant](/source/nuclear_power) to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
*[1952](/source/1952) – A [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) [C-124](/source/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II) [crashes](/source/1952_Moses_Lake_C-124_crash) and burns in [Moses Lake, Washington](/source/Moses_Lake%2C_Washington), killing 87 of the 115 people on board.[{{cite news |url=http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_d49b70f6-4bc1-11e2-81ab-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Washington State C-124 Crash Remembered |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313221017/http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_d49b70f6-4bc1-11e2-81ab-001a4bcf887a.html |archive-date=2017-03-13}}]
*[1955](/source/1955) – [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) is proclaimed the capital city of [Wales](/source/Wales), United Kingdom.[{{cite book |author=David Williams |title=About Cardiff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dpfspxo6OBMC&pg=PA21 |year=2005 |publisher=Graffeg |isbn=978-0-9544334-2-0 |pages=21}}]
*[1957](/source/1957) – The initial production version of the [Boeing 707](/source/Boeing_707) makes its first flight.
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War): The [National Liberation Front of South Vietnam](/source/Viet_Cong), popularly known as the Viet Cong, is formally established in Tân Lập village, present day [Tây Ninh province](/source/T%C3%A2y_Ninh).[{{cite book |first=Cheng Guan |last=Ang |title=The Vietnam War from the Other Side |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OgLBUXHikIC |year=2002 |publisher=RoutledgeCurzon |isbn=0-7007-1615-7 |page=55}}]
*[1968](/source/1968) – The [Zodiac Killer](/source/Zodiac_Killer) murders his first two officially confirmed victims, David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, on Lake Herman Road in [Benicia, California](/source/Benicia%2C_California), United States.[{{cite book |last=Graysmith |first=Robert |title=Zodiac |publisher=Berkley |year=1976 |page=1 |isbn=978-0-425-09808-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/zodiac00gray_0/page/14}}]
*[1970](/source/1970) – [Koza riot](/source/Koza_riot): After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving [American](/source/United_States) service personnel, roughly 5,000 [Okinawans](/source/Ryukyuan_people) take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the [U.S. occupation of Okinawa](/source/United_States_Civil_Administration_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands).[{{Cite book |last=Inoue |first=Masamichi S. |title=Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization |publisher=[Columbia University Press](/source/Columbia_University_Press) |year=2007 |isbn=978-0231138918 |location=New York City |page=53 |language=en}}]
*[1973](/source/1973) – [Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco](/source/Assassination_of_Luis_Carrero_Blanco): A [car bomb](/source/car_bomb) planted by [ETA](/source/ETA_(separatist_group)) in [Madrid](/source/Madrid) kills three people, including the [Prime Minister of Spain](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Spain), Admiral [Luis Carrero Blanco](/source/Luis_Carrero_Blanco).[{{cite web |author1=Luis R. Aizpeolea |title=The day ETA struck a lethal blow to the Franco regime |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/18/inenglish/1387374599_382537.html |website=[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs) |date=18 December 2013}}]
*[1977](/source/1977) – With the approval of the [State Council](/source/State_Council_of_China), [China](/source/China)'s two largest newspapers, the ''[People's Daily](/source/People's_Daily)'' and the ''[Guangming Daily](/source/Guangming_Daily)'', publish in full for the first time the [Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme](/source/Second_round_of_simplified_Chinese_characters).[{{Cite book |last1=Zhao |first1=Shouhui |title=Planning Chinese Characters: Reaction, Evolution or Revolution? |last2=Baldauf |first2=Richard B. Jr. |publisher=[Springer Publishing](/source/Springer_Publishing) |year=2008 |isbn=9780387485768 |location=Dordrecht |page=62 |language=en}}]
*[1984](/source/1984) – The [Summit Tunnel fire](/source/Summit_Tunnel_fire), one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a [freight train](/source/Freight_rail_transport) carrying over one million liters of [gasoline](/source/gasoline) derails near the town of [Todmorden](/source/Todmorden), England, in the [Pennines](/source/Pennines).
* 1984 – [Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews](/source/Disappearance_and_death_of_Jonelle_Matthews) from [Greeley, Colorado](/source/Greeley%2C_Colorado). Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about {{convert|15|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}} southeast of Jonelle's home.[{{cite web |title=Remains Found in Weld County Identified |publisher=Greeley Police Department |first=Detective Robert |last=Cash |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://greeleypd.com/recovery-of-jonelle-matthews/ |access-date=July 27, 2019}}][{{cite news |title=Remains of Jonelle Matthews dug up by work crew 34 years after she vanished, Greeley police say—Then 12-year-old disappeared after middle school Christmas concert |first=Kieran |last=Nicholson |publisher=The Denver Post |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/25/jonelle-matthews-remains-found-greeley-police/ |access-date=July 27, 2019}}] The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."[{{cite news |title=Man Charged With Murder in 1984 Killing of Colorado Girl Taken From Home |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |first=Bryan |last=Pietsch |date=October 13, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/steven-pankey-murder-kidnapping.html |access-date=24 October 2020}}]
*[1985](/source/1985) – [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) announces the creation of [World Youth Day](/source/World_Youth_Day).
*[1987](/source/1987) – In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry ''[Doña Paz](/source/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz)'' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker [MT ''Vector''](/source/MT_Vector) in the [Tablas Strait](/source/Tablas_Strait) of the [Philippines](/source/Philippines), killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
*[1988](/source/1988) – [War on drugs](/source/War_on_drugs): The [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) agrees upon and promulgates the [United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances](/source/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances), one of three major drug control treaties currently in force.[{{Cite journal |last=Gilmore |first=William C. |date=1991 |title=The 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances |journal=Marine Policy |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=2 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}]
*[1989](/source/1989) – The [United States invasion of Panama](/source/United_States_invasion_of_Panama) [deposes](/source/List_of_deposed_politicians) [Manuel Noriega](/source/Manuel_Noriega).
*[1991](/source/1991) – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the [honor killing of their daughter Palestina](/source/Murder_of_Tina_Isa).
* 1995 – [American Airlines Flight 965](/source/American_Airlines_Flight_965), a [Boeing 757](/source/Boeing_757), crashes into a mountain 50 km north of [Cali](/source/Cali), Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.[{{cite news |date=December 21, 1995 |title=American Airlines jet crashes in the Andes |work=[CNN](/source/CNN) |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9512/colombia_crash/10am_update/index.html |access-date=May 6, 2009}}]
*[1999](/source/1999) – [Macau](/source/Macau) is [handed over](/source/Transfer_of_sovereignty_over_Macau) to [China](/source/China) by [Portugal](/source/Portugal).
*[2004](/source/2004) – A gang of thieves [steal £26.5 million](/source/Northern_Bank_robbery) worth of currency from the [Donegall Square](/source/Donegall_Square) West headquarters of [Northern Bank](/source/Northern_Bank) in [Belfast](/source/Belfast), Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest [bank robberies](/source/bank_robbery) in British history.
*[2007](/source/2007) – [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria), who lived for 81 years and 243 days.[{{cite web |last1=Witchell |first1=Nicholas |title=The Queen: A constant amid gale-force changes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34172529 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=8 September 2015}}]
* 2007 – The ''[Portrait of Suzanne Bloch](/source/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch)'' (1904), by the Spanish artist [Pablo Picasso](/source/Pablo_Picasso), and ''O Lavrador de Café'' by Brazilian modernist painter [Cândido Portinari](/source/C%C3%A2ndido_Portinari), are stolen from the [São Paulo Museum of Art](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Museum_of_Art) in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.[{{cite news |author=MacSwan |first=Angus |date=2007-12-21 |title=Security questioned in Picasso theft in Brazil |url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071221/ten-uk-brazil-picasso-d3877cb_1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230164038/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071221/ten-uk-brazil-picasso-d3877cb_1.html |archive-date=2007-12-30 |publisher=[Reuters](/source/Reuters)}}]
* [2016](/source/2016) – [Aerosucre Flight 157](/source/Aerosucre_Flight_157) crashes during takeoff from [Germán Olano Airport](/source/Germ%C3%A1n_Olano_Airport) in [Puerto Carreño](/source/Puerto_Carre%C3%B1o), Colombia, killing five people.[{{cite news |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=29 August 2018 |title=Crash: Aerosucre B722 at Puerto Carreno on Dec 20th 2016, overran runway on takeoff |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4a25fb25&opt=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002170210/http://avherald.com/h?article=4a25fb25&opt=0 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=27 October 2018 |work=[The Aviation Herald](/source/The_Aviation_Herald)}}]
*[2019](/source/2019) – The [United States Space Force](/source/United_States_Space_Force) becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.[{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/trump-creates-space-force/index.html |title=With a signature, Trump brings Space Force into being |date=December 20, 2019 |first=Ryan |last=Browne |publisher=CNN}}]
*[2022](/source/2022) – A [Vega C](/source/Vega_C) rocket carrying two [Pléiades Neo](/source/Pl%C3%A9iades_(satellite)) satellites [fails](/source/Vega_C_flight_VV22) after liftoff.[{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=21 December 2022 |title=Two Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging satellites lost in failure of Europe's Vega C rocket |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/21/two-pleiades-neo-earth-imaging-satellites-lost-in-failure-of-europes-vega-c-rocket/ |access-date=21 December 2022 |work=Spaceflight Now}}]
*[2024](/source/2024) – Six people are killed and over 200 are injured when an anti-Islam activist [drives a car into a crowd](/source/2024_Magdeburg_car_attack) at a Christmas market in [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg), Germany.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/germany-christmas-market-crash.html |title=Driver Rams Christmas Market in Germany, Injuring Dozens |date=20 December 2024 |last=Schuetze |first=Christopher |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}]
*2024 – A [mass stabbing](/source/Zagreb_school_stabbing) occurs in a primary school in [Zagreb, Croatia](/source/Zagreb), in which a 7-year-old pupil is killed and six more are injured by a knife-wielding 19-year-old male.[{{Cite web |date=2024-12-20 |title=Zagreb: Child, 7, dies in stabbing at Croatian primary school |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6znexl7ljo| website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}]
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1494](/source/1494) – [Oronce Finé](/source/Oronce_Fin%C3%A9), French mathematician and cartographer (died 1555)
*[1496](/source/1496) – [Joseph ha-Kohen](/source/Joseph_ha-Kohen), historian and physician (died 1575)
*[1537](/source/1537) – [John III](/source/John_III_of_Sweden), king of Sweden (died 1592)[{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/nfbl/0780.html |title=Nordisk familjebok |page=1432 |website=Project Runeberg |access-date=20 December 2019}}]
*[1576](/source/1576) – [John Sarkander](/source/John_Sarkander), Moravian priest and saint (died 1620)
===1601–1900===
*[1626](/source/1626) – [Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff](/source/Veit_Ludwig_von_Seckendorff), German scholar and politician (died 1692)
*[1629](/source/1629) – [Pieter de Hooch](/source/Pieter_de_Hooch), Dutch painter (died 1684)[{{cite book |author=Haldane Macfall |title=A History of Painting: The Dutch genius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-z5pK_TOJ4MC |year=1973 |publisher=Dana Estes and Co |page=178}}]
*[1641](/source/1641) – [Urban Hjärne](/source/Urban_Hj%C3%A4rne), Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (died 1724)[{{cite book |title=Swedish Poets of the Seventeenth Century: Some Gleanings from the Swedish Parnassus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzdDAAAAIAAJ |year=1932 |publisher=Parker printing Company |page=77}}]
*[1740](/source/1740) – [Arthur Lee](/source/Arthur_Lee_(diplomat)), American physician and diplomat (died 1792)
*[1786](/source/1786) – [Pietro Raimondi](/source/Pietro_Raimondi), Italian composer (died 1853)
*[1792](/source/1792) – [Nicolas Toussaint Charlet](/source/Nicolas_Toussaint_Charlet), French painter and educator (died 1845)
*[1806](/source/1806) – [Martín Carrera](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_Carrera), Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1871)[{{cite web |url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/martin-carrera/ |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico |title=MARTÍN CARRERA |language=es |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528043200/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/martin-carrera/ |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |url-status=dead}}]
*[1812](/source/1812) – [Laura M. Hawley Thurston](/source/Laura_M._Hawley_Thurston), American poet and educator (died 1842)[{{cite book |last=Frisbee |first=Edward Selah |title=The Frisbee-Frisbie genealogy: Edward Frisbye of Branford, Connicticut, and his descendants, with appendix containing brief lineages of Fiskes, Haskells, Mabies and Parkes, and bibliography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_otMAAAAMAAJ |year=1926 |publisher=The Tuttle Company |page=188}}]
*[1838](/source/1838) – [Edwin Abbott Abbott](/source/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott), English theologian, author, and educator (died 1926)
*[1841](/source/1841) – [Ferdinand Buisson](/source/Ferdinand_Buisson), French academic and politician, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (died 1932)
*[1851](/source/1851) – [Knut Wicksell](/source/Knut_Wicksell), Swedish economist (died 1926)[{{cite magazine |first1=Diana W. |last1=Thomas |title=Knut Wicksell: A Consistent Marginalist |date=Fall 2023 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=203–211 |magazine=The Independent Review |issn=1086-1653 |url=https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1879 |access-date=26 March 2024}}]
*[1861](/source/1861) – [Ferdinand Bonn](/source/Ferdinand_Bonn), German actor (died 1933)
* 1861 – [Ivana Kobilca](/source/Ivana_Kobilca), Slovenian painter (died 1926)
*[1865](/source/1865) – [Elsie de Wolfe](/source/Elsie_de_Wolfe), American actress and interior decorator (died 1950)
*[1868](/source/1868) – [Harvey Samuel Firestone](/source/Harvey_Samuel_Firestone), American businessman, founded the [Firestone Tire and Rubber Company](/source/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company) (died 1938)[{{cite book |author=((Editors of Chase's)) |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA605 |date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |pages=605}}]
*[1869](/source/1869) – [Charley Grapewin](/source/Charley_Grapewin), American actor (died 1956)[{{cite book |author=James Robert Parish |title=Hollywood Character Actors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3JZAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Arlington House |isbn=978-0-87000-384-4 |page=236}}]
*[1871](/source/1871) – [Henry Kimball Hadley](/source/Henry_Kimball_Hadley), American composer and conductor (died 1937)[{{cite book |author=Albert Ernest Wier |title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ |year=1938 |publisher=Macmillan |page=741}}]
*[1873](/source/1873) – [Kan'ichi Asakawa](/source/Kan'ichi_Asakawa), Japanese historian, author, and academic (died 1948)
* 1873 – [Mehmet Akif Ersoy](/source/Mehmet_Akif_Ersoy), Turkish poet, academic, and politician (died 1936)
*[1874](/source/1874) – [Mary Ann Bevan](/source/Mary_Ann_Bevan), [English](/source/English_people) [nurse](/source/Nursing) who, after developing [acromegaly](/source/acromegaly), toured the [circus](/source/circus) [sideshow](/source/sideshow) circuit as "the [ugliest](/source/Unattractiveness) [woman](/source/woman) in the [world](/source/world)" [{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/worlds_fair/extracts/1931–1940.html#fleetwood|title=National Fairground Archive – Extracts from ''World's Fair'', 1931–1940|last=|first=|date=2007|website=The University of Sheffield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091933/http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/worlds_fair/extracts/1931-1940.html#fleetwood|archive-date=18 May 2015|access-date=16 June 2019}}] (died 1933)
*[1881](/source/1881) – [Branch Rickey](/source/Branch_Rickey), American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
*[1884](/source/1884) – [Ruhana Kuddus](/source/Ruhana_Kuddus), Indonesian activist and journalist (died 1972)[{{cite web |last1=Janti |first1=Nur |title=Mengenal Rohana Kudus, Wartawan Perempuan Pertama yang Jadi Pahlawan Nasional |url=https://historia.id/kultur/articles/mengenal-rohana-kudus-wartawan-perempuan-pertama-yang-jadi-pahlawan-nasional-Db2lQ |website=historia.id |date=8 November 2019 |publisher=Historia |access-date=20 December 2023}}]
*[1886](/source/1886) – [Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman](/source/Hazel_Hotchkiss_Wightman), American tennis player and businessman (died 1974)[{{Cite web |title=International Tennis Hall of Fame |url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/hazel-hotchkiss-wightman |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.tennisfame.com}}]
*[1888](/source/1888) – [Yitzhak Baer](/source/Yitzhak_Baer), German-Israeli historian and academic (died 1980)
* 1888 – [Fred Merkle](/source/Fred_Merkle), American baseball player and manager (died 1956)
*[1890](/source/1890) – [Yvonne Arnaud](/source/Yvonne_Arnaud), French pianist, actress and singer (died 1958)
* 1890 – [Jaroslav Heyrovský](/source/Jaroslav_Heyrovsk%C3%BD), Czech chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1967)
*[1891](/source/1891) – [Erik Almlöf](/source/Erik_Alml%C3%B6f), Swedish triple jumper (died 1971)
*[1894](/source/1894) – [Robert Menzies](/source/Robert_Menzies), Australian lawyer and politician, 12th [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (died 1978)
*[1898](/source/1898) – [Konstantinos Dovas](/source/Konstantinos_Dovas), Greek general and politician, 156th [Prime Minister of Greece](/source/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Greece) (died 1973)
* 1898 – [Irene Dunne](/source/Irene_Dunne), American actress and singer (died 1990)
*[1899](/source/1899) – [Martyn Lloyd-Jones](/source/Martyn_Lloyd-Jones), Welsh preacher and physician (died 1981)
*[1900](/source/1900) – [Lissy Arna](/source/Lissy_Arna), German actress (died 1964)
* 1900 – [Gabby Hartnett](/source/Gabby_Hartnett), American baseball player and manager (died 1972)[{{cite web |title=Gabby Hartnett |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/gabby-hartnett-115572 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) – [Robert J. Van de Graaff](/source/Robert_J._Van_de_Graaff), American physicist and academic, invented the [Van de Graaff generator](/source/Van_de_Graaff_generator) (died 1967)[{{cite book |author1=Ray Eldon Hiebert |author2=Roselyn Hiebert |title=Atomic Pioneers: From the late 19th to the mid-20th century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M01IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88 |year=1970 |publisher=U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information |pages=88}}]
*[1902](/source/1902) – [Prince George, Duke of Kent](/source/Prince_George%2C_Duke_of_Kent) (died 1942)
* 1902 – [Sidney Hook](/source/Sidney_Hook), American philosopher and author (died 1989)
*[1904](/source/1904) – [Spud Davis](/source/Spud_Davis), American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1984)
* 1904 – [Yevgenia Ginzburg](/source/Yevgenia_Ginzburg), Russian author (died 1977)
*[1905](/source/1905) – [Bill O'Reilly](/source/Bill_O'Reilly_(cricketer)), Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1992)
*[1907](/source/1907) – [Paul Francis Webster](/source/Paul_Francis_Webster), American soldier and songwriter (died 1984)
*[1908](/source/1908) – [Dennis Morgan](/source/Dennis_Morgan), American actor and singer (died 1994)
*[1909](/source/1909) – [Vakkom Majeed](/source/Vakkom_Majeed), Indian journalist and politician (died 2000)
*[1911](/source/1911) – [Hortense Calisher](/source/Hortense_Calisher), American author (died 2009)
*[1914](/source/1914) – [Harry F. Byrd Jr.](/source/Harry_F._Byrd_Jr.), American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (died 2013)
*[1915](/source/1915) – [Aziz Nesin](/source/Aziz_Nesin), Turkish author and poet (died 1995)
*[1916](/source/1916) – [Michel Chartrand](/source/Michel_Chartrand), Canadian trade union leader and activist (died 2010)
*[1917](/source/1917) – [David Bohm](/source/David_Bohm), American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (died 1992)
* 1917 – [Cahit Külebi](/source/Cahit_K%C3%BClebi), Turkish poet and author (died 1997)
* 1917 – [Audrey Totter](/source/Audrey_Totter), American actress (died 2013)
*[1918](/source/1918) – [Jean Marchand](/source/Jean_Marchand), Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd [Secretary of State for Canada](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Canada) (died 1988)
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Väinö Linna](/source/V%C3%A4in%C3%B6_Linna), Finnish author (died 1992)[{{Cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000004151933.html |title=Mielipide: Suomen suurin kirjailija ansaitsee liputuspäivän |work=[Helsingin Sanomat](/source/Helsingin_Sanomat) |date=July 7, 2003 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |language=fi}}]
*[1921](/source/1921) – [George Roy Hill](/source/George_Roy_Hill), American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)[{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E6DB1F3CF93BA15751C1A9649C8B63 |title=New York Times, December 28, 2002 |work=The New York Times |date=December 28, 2002 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |first=Lawrence |last=Van Gelder}}]
*[1922](/source/1922) – [Beverly Pepper](/source/Beverly_Pepper), American sculptor and painter (died 2020)
* 1922 – [William Soeryadjaya](/source/William_Soeryadjaya), Chinese-Indonesian businessman and co-founder of [Astra International](/source/Astra_International) (died 2010)[{{cite web |last1=Faizi |first1=Luthfan |title=Profil William Soeryadjaya, Pengusaha Indonesia Pendiri Astra International |url=https://ekbis.sindonews.com/read/973453/36/profil-william-soeryadjaya-pengusaha-indonesia-pendiri-astra-international-1671444761 |website=ekbis.sindonews.com |publisher=Sindo News |access-date=18 May 2023}}]
*[1924](/source/1924) – [Charlie Callas](/source/Charlie_Callas), American actor and comedian (died 2011)
* 1924 – [Judy LaMarsh](/source/Judy_LaMarsh), Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd [Secretary of State for Canada](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Canada) (died 1980)[{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3583}}]
*[1925](/source/1925) – [Benito Lorenzi](/source/Benito_Lorenzi), Italian footballer (died 2007)
*[1926](/source/1926) – [Marcel Douzima](/source/Marcel_Douzima), Central African lawyer and politician (died 2012)[{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Rius |first2=Juan Fandos |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham|page=235}}]
*[1926](/source/1926) – [Geoffrey Howe](/source/Geoffrey_Howe), Welsh lawyer and politician, [Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom) (died 2015)
* 1926 – [Otto Graf Lambsdorff](/source/Otto_Graf_Lambsdorff), German lawyer and politician, [German Federal Minister of Economics](/source/Federal_Ministry_of_Economics_and_Energy) (died 2009)
*[1927](/source/1927) – [Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark](/source/Michael_Beaumont%2C_22nd_Seigneur_of_Sark), English engineer and politician (died 2016)
* 1927 – [Jim Simpson](/source/Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)), American sportscaster (died 2016)[{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/jim-simpson-versatile-sportscaster-who-helped-launch-espn-dies-at-88/2016/01/13/3f79fb90-ba2d-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html |title=Jim Simpson, versatile sportscaster who helped launch ESPN, dies at 88 - The Washington Post |newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)}}]
* 1927 – [Kim Young-sam](/source/Kim_Young-sam), South Korean soldier and politician, 7th [President of South Korea](/source/President_of_South_Korea) (died 2015)
* 1927 – [James Lawrence King](/source/James_Lawrence_King), American jurist (died 2026)[{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Jay |title=‘We have lost a legend.’ Judge James Lawrence King dies at 98 in Pinecrest |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article315614058.html |access-date=3 May 2026 |publisher=Miami Herald |date=2 May 2026}}]
*[1928](/source/1928) – [John Menkes](/source/John_Menkes), Austrian-American pediatric and writer (died 2008)[{{Citation |title=John Menkes (1928-2008) |first=S. Robert |last=Snodgrass |work=World Neurology |volume=30 |number=3 |page=14 |date=June 2009 |url=http://www.wfneurology.org/private/downloads/aiCLirG2FuedshzLRg_7tw/wn_jun09_row.pdf}}]
*[1929](/source/1929) – [Don Sunderlage](/source/Don_Sunderlage), American basketball player (died 1961)[{{cite web |title=Don Sunderlage |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78278/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1931](/source/1931) – [Mala Powers](/source/Mala_Powers), American actress (died 2007)
* 1931 – [Hristina Obradović](/source/Hristina_Obradovi%C4%87), Serbian hegumenia and abbess (died 2026)[{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 January 2026|title=Упокојила се у Господу игуманија Љубостиње мати Христина|url=https://www.tvhram.rs/vesti/vesti-iz-crkve/10602/upokojila-gospodu-igumanija-ljubostinje-mati-hristina|trans-title= |work=TV Hram|language=Serbian|location= |publisher= |access-date=22 January 2026}}]
*[1932](/source/1932) – [Antoine Mbary-Daba](/source/Antoine_Mbary-Daba), Central African politician, bureaucrat, and diplomat (died {{circa|1997}}).[{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Rius |first2=Juan Fandos |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham|page=437}}]
*[1932](/source/1932) – [John Hillerman](/source/John_Hillerman), American actor (died 2017)[{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 20: Jonah Hill, Alan Parsons |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/20/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-20-Jonah-Hill-Alan-Parsons/4861671493463/ |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=20 December 2022}}]
*[1933](/source/1933) – [Olavi Salonen](/source/Olavi_Salonen), Finnish runner (died 2025)[{{cite news |title=Juoksijasuuruus Olavi Salonen on kuollut |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20148023 |access-date=20 December 2025 |publisher=YLE |date=6 March 2025}}]
* 1933 – [Rik Van Looy](/source/Rik_Van_Looy), Belgian cyclist (died 2024)
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Khalid Ibadulla](/source/Khalid_Ibadulla), Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster (died 2024)
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Kathryn Joosten](/source/Kathryn_Joosten), American actress (died 2012)
* 1939 – [Kim Weston](/source/Kim_Weston), American soul singer
*[1942](/source/1942) – [Rana Bhagwandas](/source/Rana_Bhagwandas), Pakistani lawyer and judge, [Chief Justice of Pakistan](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Pakistan) (died 2015)
* 1942 – [Bob Hayes](/source/Bob_Hayes), American sprinter and football player (died 2002)[{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/bob-hayes |title=Bob Hayes |website=IOC |access-date=27 November 2020}}]
* 1942 – [Jean-Claude Trichet](/source/Jean-Claude_Trichet), French banker and economist
* 1942 – [Roger Woodward](/source/Roger_Woodward), Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist.[{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Dominic |year=2001 |title=Woodward, Roger |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000030558 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Grove Music Online |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30558 |isbn=9781561592630 |editor-first1=Cyrus |editor-first2=Paul |editor-last1=Meher-Homji |editor-last2=Ellison}}]
*[1944](/source/1944) – [Ray Martin](/source/Ray_Martin_(television_presenter)), Australian television host and journalist
*[1945](/source/1945) – [Peter Criss](/source/Peter_Criss), American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer[{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 20, 2022 includes celebrities Jonah Hill, Dick Wolf |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-20-2022-includes-celebrities-jonah-hill-dick-wolf.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=19 December 2023 |date=20 December 2022}}]
* 1945 – [Sivakant Tiwari](/source/Sivakant_Tiwari), Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (died 2010)
*[1946](/source/1946) – [Uri Geller](/source/Uri_Geller), Israeli-English magician and psychic[{{cite web |title=Wilmer Hosket |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77061/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
* 1946 – [Sonny Perdue](/source/Sonny_Perdue), American politician, 31st [United States Secretary of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture), 81st [Governor of Georgia](/source/Governor_of_Georgia)[{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://sonnyperdue.georgia.gov/00/channel_modifieddate/0%2C2096%2C78006749_98067483%2C00.html |publisher=[Georgia.gov](/source/Government_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)) |access-date=9 February 2023}}]
* 1946 – [Dick Wolf](/source/Dick_Wolf), American director, producer, and screenwriter[{{cite book |author=Robert H. Blissmer |title=Who's Who in Italy, 1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KhmAAAAMAAJ |date=August 1988 |publisher=Bernan Assoc |isbn=978-88-85246-08-9}}]
*[1948](/source/1948) – [Alan Parsons](/source/Alan_Parsons), English keyboard player and producer[{{cite book |author1=Jean-Michel Guesdon |author2=Philippe Margotin |title=Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRcUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT338 |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=978-0-316-43923-7 |pages=338}}]
* 1948 – [Mitsuko Uchida](/source/Mitsuko_Uchida), Japanese pianist[{{cite book |author=Charles Moritz |title=Current Biography Yearbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWftWR1VGIEC |year=1992 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |pages=576–7 |isbn=9780824201289}}]
*[1949](/source/1949) – [Soumaïla Cissé](/source/Souma%C3%AFla_Ciss%C3%A9), Malian engineer and politician (died 2020)
* 1949 – [Cecil Cooper](/source/Cecil_Cooper), American baseball player and manager[{{cite web |title=Cecil Cooper |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/cecil-cooper-112651 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Arturo Márquez](/source/Arturo_M%C3%A1rquez), Mexican-American composer
*[1951](/source/1951) – [Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan](/source/Nuala_O'Loan%2C_Baroness_O'Loan), Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
* 1951 – [Marta Russell](/source/Marta_Russell), American author and activist (died 2013)
*[1952](/source/1952) – [Jenny Agutter](/source/Jenny_Agutter), English actress[{{cite magazine |last=Sutherland |first=Sam |title=Mike Watt on What's Watt |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mike_watt_on_what |magazine=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!) |date=March 24, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2019}}]
*[1958](/source/1958) – [Doug Nordquist](/source/Doug_Nordquist), American high jumper
* 1958 – [James Thomson](/source/James_Thomson_(cell_biologist)), American biologist and academic
*[1959](/source/1959) – [George Coupland](/source/George_Coupland), Scottish scientist
* 1959 – [Hildegard Körner](/source/Hildegard_K%C3%B6rner), German runner
* 1959 – [Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz](/source/Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz), Polish physicist and politician, 12th [Prime Minister of Poland](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Poland)
*[1960](/source/1960) – [Nalo Hopkinson](/source/Nalo_Hopkinson), Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
* 1960 – [Kim Ki-duk](/source/Kim_Ki-duk), South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)[{{cite news |title=Controversial South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies of Covid aged 59 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/11/south-korea-director-kim-ki-duk-dies-of-covid |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=11 December 2020 |language=en}}]
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Mohammad Fouad](/source/Mohammad_Fouad), Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
*[1963](/source/1963) – [Joel Gretsch](/source/Joel_Gretsch), American actor[{{cite web |title=Jan Caloun |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jan-caloun-8459011 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
* 1972 – [Anders Odden](/source/Anders_Odden), Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Die](/source/Die_(musician)), Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*[1975](/source/1975) – [Bartosz Bosacki](/source/Bartosz_Bosacki), Polish footballer
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Nenad Vučković](/source/Nenad_Vu%C4%8Dkovi%C4%87_(footballer)), Croatian footballer
*[1978](/source/1978) – [Yoon Kye-sang](/source/Yoon_Kye-sang), South Korean singer
* 1978 – [Andrei Markov](/source/Andrei_Markov_(ice_hockey)), Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 – [Geremi Njitap](/source/Geremi_Njitap), Cameroon footballer[{{FIFA|id=176652}}]
* 1978 – [Bouabdellah Tahri](/source/Bouabdellah_Tahri), French runner[{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14187746 |title=Bouabdallah Tahri |website=worldathletics.org}}]
*[1979](/source/1979) – [Michael Rogers](/source/Michael_Rogers_(cyclist)), Australian cyclist[{{cite web |title=Michael Rogers profile |url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/team-saxo-tinkoff/rogers-michael.html?xtmc=michael+rogers&xtcr=1 |access-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227092114/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/team-saxo-tinkoff/rogers-michael.html?xtmc=michael+rogers&xtcr=1 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}]
*[1980](/source/1980) – [Israel Castro](/source/Israel_Castro), Mexican footballer
* 1980 – [Ashley Cole](/source/Ashley_Cole), English footballer
* 1980 – [Anthony da Silva](/source/Anthony_da_Silva), French-Portuguese footballer
* 1980 – [Martín Demichelis](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_Demichelis), Argentine footballer
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Royal Ivey](/source/Royal_Ivey), American basketball player and coach[{{cite web |title=Royal Ivey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2767/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
* 1981 – [James Shields](/source/James_Shields_(baseball)), American baseball player[{{cite web |title=James Shields |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/james-shields-448306 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1982](/source/1982) – [Mohammad Asif](/source/Mohammad_Asif_(cricketer)), Pakistani cricketer
* 1982 – [David Cook](/source/David_Cook_(singer)), American singer-songwriter[{{cite web |title=David Wright |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-wright-431151 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=14 December 2022}}]
*[1983](/source/1983) – [Jonah Hill](/source/Jonah_Hill), American actor, producer, and screenwriter[{{cite web |url=http://www.davidtavare.com/index.php?id=6&L=1 |title=David Tavaré: biography |publisher=David Tavaré |accessdate=October 29, 2008}}]
*[1986](/source/1986) – [Chay Genoway](/source/Chay_Genoway), Canadian ice hockey player[{{cite web |title=Chay Genoway |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chay-genoway-8476224 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1987](/source/1987) – [Malcolm Jenkins](/source/Malcolm_Jenkins), American football player[{{cite web |title=Malcolm Jenkins |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12426/malcolm-jenkins |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=14 December 2022}}]
*[1990](/source/1990) – [JoJo](/source/JoJo_(singer)), American singer and actress[{{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Madeline |title=JoJo Just Rerecorded 'Leave (Get Out)' and 'Baby It's You' for Our Nostalgic Thrill |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3107552/jojo-rerecords-debut-album-snippets/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221081447/http://www.mtv.com/news/3107552/jojo-rerecords-debut-album-snippets/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |website=MTV.com |access-date=November 20, 2019 |date=December 20, 2018}}]
* 1990 – [Marta Xargay](/source/Marta_Xargay), Spanish basketball player[{{cite web |title=Marta Xargay |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/204300/marta-xargay |publisher=[WNBA](/source/WNBA) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1991](/source/1991) – [Rachael Boyle](/source/Rachael_Boyle), Scottish footballer[{{cite web |title=Rachael Boyle - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/rachael-boyle_prs544338/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=27 April 2020}}]
* 1991 – [Jorginho](/source/Jorginho_(footballer%2C_born_December_1991)), Brazilian footballer[{{cite web |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/first-team/jorginho?pageTab=biography |title=Jorginho |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=5 October 2018}}]
* 1991 – [Jillian Rose Reed](/source/Jillian_Rose_Reed), American actress[{{Cite web |title=Premier League Website |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5220/Fabian-Sch%C3%A4r/overview |url-status=live |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816060856/https://www.premierleague.com/players/5220/Fabian-Sch%C3%A4r/overview |archive-date=2018-08-16}}]
*[1992](/source/1992) – [Ksenia Makarova](/source/Ksenia_Makarova), Russian-American figure skater
*[1993](/source/1993) – [Andrea Belotti](/source/Andrea_Belotti), Italian footballer[{{cite web |title=Andrea Belotti |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/andrea-belotti/228719/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=20 December 2024}}]
* 1993 – [Robeisy Ramírez](/source/Robeisy_Ram%C3%ADrez), Cuban boxer[{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123508 |title=Robeisy Ramírez |website=[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 October 2021}}]
*[1994](/source/1994) – [Calvin Ridley](/source/Calvin_Ridley), American football player[{{cite web |title=Calvin Ridley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RidlCa00.htm |website=football-reference.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}]
*[1995](/source/1995) – [Anžejs Pasečņiks](/source/An%C5%BEejs_Pase%C4%8D%C5%86iks), Latvian basketball player[{{cite web |title=Anzejs Pasecniks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628394/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=19 December 2023}}]
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Jarrod Bowen](/source/Jarrod_Bowen), English football player[{{cite web |title=Jarrod Bowen |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/201089/jarrod-bowen}}]
*[1997](/source/1997) – [De'Aaron Fox](/source/De'Aaron_Fox), American basketball player[{{cite web |title=De'Aaron Fox |url=https://www.nba.com/players/de'aaron/fox/1628368 |website=NBA.com |access-date=14 July 2020 |language=en}}]
* 1997 – [Suzuka Nakamoto](/source/Suzuka_Nakamoto), Japanese singer
*[1998](/source/1998) – [Kylian Mbappé](/source/Kylian_Mbapp%C3%A9), French footballer[{{cite web |title=Kylian Mbappé |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231388/kylian-mbappe}}]
*[2000](/source/2000) – [Gaboro](/source/Gaboro), Assyrian Swedish rapper and songwriter (died 2024)[{{cite web |last1=Blanco |first1=Quetzala Mikko |title=Allt om rapparen Gaboro: Död, mask, gäng och Norrköping |url=https://nyheter24.se/noje/musik/1369197-allt-om-rapparen-gaboro-dod-mask-gang-och-norrkoping |website=nyheter24.se |date=20 December 2024 |publisher=Nyheter 24 |access-date=22 December 2024}}]
*[2001](/source/2001) – [Facundo Pellistri](/source/Facundo_Pellistri), Uruguayan footballer[{{Cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/108972/Facundo-Pellistri/overview |title=Facundo Pellistri |website=Premier League |access-date=10 December 2020}}]
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [69](/source/AD_69) – [Titus Flavius Sabinus](/source/Titus_Flavius_Sabinus_(consul_AD_47)), a [Roman](/source/Roman_people) politician and soldier[Suetonius, "The Life of Vespasian", 1, "The Life of Vitellius", 15.]
* [217](/source/217) – [Zephyrinus](/source/Pope_Zephyrinus), pope of the Catholic Church
* [910](/source/910) – [Alfonso III](/source/Alfonso_III_of_Asturias), king of Asturias
* [977](/source/977) – [Fujiwara no Kanemichi](/source/Fujiwara_no_Kanemichi), Japanese statesman (born 925)
*[1295](/source/1295) – [Margaret of Provence](/source/Margaret_of_Provence), French queen (born 1221)
*[1326](/source/1326) – [Peter of Moscow](/source/Saint_Peter_of_Moscow), Russian metropolitan bishop
*[1340](/source/1340) – [John I](/source/John_I%2C_Duke_of_Bavaria), duke of Bavaria (born 1329)
*[1355](/source/1355) – [Stefan Dušan](/source/Stefan_Du%C5%A1an), emperor of Serbia (born 1308)
*[1539](/source/1539) – [Johannes Lupi](/source/Johannes_Lupi), Flemish composer (born 1506)
*[1552](/source/1552) – [Katharina von Bora](/source/Katharina_von_Bora), wife of [Martin Luther](/source/Martin_Luther) (born 1499)
*[1590](/source/1590) – [Ambroise Paré](/source/Ambroise_Par%C3%A9), French physician and surgeon (born 1510)
===1601–1900===
*[1658](/source/1658) – [Jean Jannon](/source/Jean_Jannon), French designer and typefounder (born 1580)
*[1722](/source/1722) – [Kangxi](/source/Kangxi_Emperor), emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1654)
*[1723](/source/1723) – [Augustus Quirinus Rivinus](/source/Augustus_Quirinus_Rivinus), German physician and botanist (born 1652)
*[1740](/source/1740) – [Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon](/source/Richard_Boyle%2C_2nd_Viscount_Shannon), English field marshal and politician, [Governor of Portsmouth](/source/Governor_of_Portsmouth) (born 1675)
*[1765](/source/1765) – [Louis-Ferdinand, Dauphin of France](/source/Louis%2C_Dauphin_of_France_(born_1729)) (born 1729)
*[1768](/source/1768) – [Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni](/source/Carlo_Innocenzo_Frugoni), Italian poet and academic (born 1692)
*[1783](/source/1783) – [Antonio Soler](/source/Antonio_Soler_(composer)), Spanish priest and composer (born 1729)
*[1812](/source/1812) – [Sacagawea](/source/Sacagawea), American explorer (born 1788)
*[1820](/source/1820) – [John Bell](/source/John_Bell_(farmer)), American farmer (born 1750)
*[1849](/source/1849) – [Kyai Maja](/source/Kyai_Maja), Javanese ulama and commander of [Java War](/source/Java_War) (born 1792)[{{cite web |last1=Raditya |first1=Iswara N |title=Pecah Kongsi Pangeran Diponegoro dan Kyai Mojo |url=https://tirto.id/pecah-kongsi-pangeran-diponegoro-dan-kyai-mojo-cwyp |website=tirto.id |publisher=Tirto |access-date=28 March 2025}}]
*[1856](/source/1856) – [Francesco Bentivegna](/source/Francesco_Bentivegna), Italian activist (born 1820)
*[1862](/source/1862) – [Robert Knox](/source/Robert_Knox_(surgeon)), Scottish surgeon and zoologist (born 1791)[{{cite ODNB |title=Knox, Robert (1791–1862), anatomist and ethnologist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15787 |year=2004 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/15787 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Taylor |first1=Clare L.}}]
*[1880](/source/1880) – [Gaspar Tochman](/source/Gaspar_Tochman), Polish-American colonel and lawyer (born 1797)
*[1889](/source/1889) – [George F. Durand](/source/George_F._Durand), Canadian architect (born 1850)[{{cite book
|title=Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario: Symbols of Aspiration
|last1=Tausky
|first1=Nancy Z.
|last2=Distefano
|first2=Lynne D.
|year=2018
|isbn=978-1-4875-8257-9
|publisher=University of Toronto Press
|location=Toronto
|page=234
|doi=10.3138/j.ctvfrxbbj
}}]
*[1893](/source/1893) – [George C. Magoun](/source/George_C._Magoun), American businessman (born 1840)
===1901–present===
*[1915](/source/1915) – [Upendrakishore Ray](/source/Upendrakishore_Ray), Indian painter and composer (born 1863)
*[1916](/source/1916) – [Arthur Morgan](/source/Arthur_Morgan_(Queensland_politician)), Australian politician, 16th [Premier of Queensland](/source/Premier_of_Queensland) (born 1856)
*[1917](/source/1917) – [Lucien Petit-Breton](/source/Lucien_Petit-Breton), French-Argentinian cyclist (born 1882)
*[1919](/source/1919) – [Philip Fysh](/source/Philip_Fysh), English-Australian politician, 12th [Premier of Tasmania](/source/Premier_of_Tasmania) (born 1835)[{{cite book |title=The Australian Encyclopaedia: Ferns to Ley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Grolier Society of Australia |isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1 |page=130}}]
*[1920](/source/1920) – [Linton Hope](/source/Linton_Hope), English sailor and architect (born 1863)
*[1921](/source/1921) – [Julius Richard Petri](/source/Julius_Richard_Petri), German microbiologist (born 1852)[{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10090954/Julius-Richard-Petri-inventor-of-the-Petri-dish-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10090954/Julius-Richard-Petri-inventor-of-the-Petri-dish-celebrated-in-Google-Doodle.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Julius Richard Petri, inventor of the Petri dish, celebrated in Google Doodle |date=31 May 2013 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=12 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}]
*[1925](/source/1925) – [João Ferreira Sardo](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Ferreira_Sardo), the founder of [Gafanha da Nazaré](/source/Gafanha_da_Nazar%C3%A9), also known as Prior Sardo (born 1873).[{{cite book |last=Rezende |first=João Vieira |title=Monografia da Gafanha |publisher=Gráfica Ilhavense |year=1936 |location=Ílhavo |language=pt}}]
*[1927](/source/1927) – [Frederick Semple](/source/Frederick_Semple), American golfer and tennis player (born 1872)[{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Fred Semple |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2789 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.olympedia.org}}]
*[1929](/source/1929) – [Émile Loubet](/source/%C3%89mile_Loubet), French lawyer and politician, 8th [President of France](/source/President_of_France) (born 1838)
*[1935](/source/1935) – [Martin O'Meara](/source/Martin_O'Meara), Irish-Australian sergeant, [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) recipient (born 1882)
*[1937](/source/1937) – [Erich Ludendorff](/source/Erich_Ludendorff), German general (born 1865)
*[1938](/source/1938) – [Annie Armstrong](/source/Annie_Armstrong), American missionary (born 1850)
* 1938 – [Lida Howell](/source/Lida_Howell), American archer (born 1859)
*[1939](/source/1939) – [Hans Langsdorff](/source/Hans_Langsdorff), German captain (born 1894)
*[1940](/source/1940) – [Sarita Colonia](/source/Sarita_Colonia), Peruvian folk saint (born 1914)[{{cite book |last=Graziano |first=Frank |title=Cultures of Devotion |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2006-12-21 |isbn=978-0-19-517130-3 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171303.003.0003 |url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171303.001.0001/acprof-9780195171303 |access-date=2026-01-09 |page=142}}]
*[1941](/source/1941) – [Igor Severyanin](/source/Igor_Severyanin), Russian-Estonian poet and author (born 1887)
*[1950](/source/1950) – [Enrico Mizzi](/source/Enrico_Mizzi), Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th [Prime Minister of Malta](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Malta) (born 1885)
*[1954](/source/1954) – [James Hilton](/source/James_Hilton_(novelist)), English-American author and screenwriter (born 1900)
*[1956](/source/1956) – [Ramón Carrillo](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Carrillo), Argentinian neurologist and physician (born 1906)
*[1959](/source/1959) – [Juhan Simm](/source/Juhan_Simm), Estonian composer and conductor (born 1885)
*[1961](/source/1961) – [Moss Hart](/source/Moss_Hart), American director and playwright (born 1904)
* 1961 – [Earle Page](/source/Earle_Page), Australian soldier and politician, 11th [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (born 1880)
*[1968](/source/1968) – [John Steinbeck](/source/John_Steinbeck), American novelist and short story writer, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) laureate (born 1902)
*[1971](/source/1971) – [Roy O. Disney](/source/Roy_O._Disney), American banker and businessman, co-founded [The Walt Disney Company](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company) (born 1893)
*[1972](/source/1972) – [Adolfo Orsi](/source/Adolfo_Orsi), Italian businessman (born 1888)
*[1973](/source/1973) – [Luis Carrero Blanco](/source/Luis_Carrero_Blanco), Spanish admiral and politician, 69th [President of the Government of Spain](/source/President_of_the_Government_of_Spain) (born 1904; assassinated)[{{cite book |title=Operation Ogro: The Execution of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco |author=Julen Agirre, translated by Barbara Probst Solomon |publisher=Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company |isbn=0-8129-0552-0 |year=1975 |url=https://archive.org/details/operationogroexe00fore}}]
* 1973 – [Bobby Darin](/source/Bobby_Darin), American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)[{{cite book |author=Brock Helander |title=The Rock Who's who |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLszAQAAIAAJ |year=1996 |publisher=Schirmer Books |isbn=978-0-02-871031-0 |pages=156–158}}]
*[1974](/source/1974) – [Rajani Palme Dutt](/source/Rajani_Palme_Dutt), English journalist and politician (born 1896)
* 1974 – [André Jolivet](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Jolivet), French composer and conductor (born 1905)
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Richard J. Daley](/source/Richard_J._Daley), American lawyer and politician, 48th [Mayor of Chicago](/source/Mayor_of_Chicago) (born 1902)
*[1976](/source/1976) – [Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo](/source/Soetardjo_Kartohadikusumo), Indonesian politician, 1st Governor of West Java (born 1890)[{{cite web |last1=Setyaningrum |first1=Puspasari |title=Biografi Sutardjo Kartohadikusumo, Gubernur Pertama Jawa Barat |url=https://bandung.kompas.com/read/2022/11/02/224147478/biografi-sutardjo-kartohadikusumo-gubernur-pertama-jawa-barat?page=all |website=bandung.kompas.com |date=2 November 2022 |publisher=Kompas |access-date=20 December 2023}}]
*[1981](/source/1981) – [Dimitris Rontiris](/source/Dimitris_Rontiris), Greek actor and director (born 1899)
*[1982](/source/1982) – [Arthur Rubinstein](/source/Arthur_Rubinstein), Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1887)
*[1984](/source/1984) – [Stanley Milgram](/source/Stanley_Milgram), American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
* 1984 – [Dmitry Ustinov](/source/Dmitry_Ustinov), [Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976–84)](/source/Minister_of_Defence_of_the_Soviet_Union) (born 1908)[''New York Times'', December 22, 1994, pg. A1]
*[1986](/source/1986) – [Joe DeSa](/source/Joe_DeSa), American baseball player (born 1959)
*[1991](/source/1991) – [Simone Beck](/source/Simone_Beck), French chef and author (born 1904)[{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/21/nyregion/simone-beck-a-cook-dies-at-87-co-wrote-book-with-julia-child.html |title=Simone Beck, a Cook, Dies at 87; Co-Wrote Book With Julia Child |date=21 December 1996 |website=New York Times |access-date=18 March 2019}}]
* 1991 – [Sam Rabin](/source/Samuel_Rabin_(artist)), English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (born 1903)
* 1991 – [Albert Van Vlierberghe](/source/Albert_Van_Vlierberghe), Belgian cyclist (born 1942)
*[1993](/source/1993) – [W. Edwards Deming](/source/W._Edwards_Deming), American statistician, author, and academic (born 1900)
* 1993 – [Nazife Güran](/source/Nazife_G%C3%BCran), Turkish composer and educator (born 1921)
*[1994](/source/1994) – [Dean Rusk](/source/Dean_Rusk), American lawyer, and politician, 54th [United States Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) (born 1909)
*[1995](/source/1995) – [Madge Sinclair](/source/Madge_Sinclair), Jamaican-American actress (born 1938)
*[1996](/source/1996) – [Carl Sagan](/source/Carl_Sagan), American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (born 1934)[{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/21/us/carl-sagan-an-astronomer-who-excelled-at-popularizing-science-is-dead-at-62.html |title=Carl Sagan, an Astronomer Who Excelled at Popularizing Science, Is Dead at 62 |date=21 December 1996 |website=New York Times |access-date=18 March 2019}}]
*[1997](/source/1997) – [Denise Levertov](/source/Denise_Levertov), English-American poet and translator (born 1923)
* 1997 – [Dick Spooner](/source/Dick_Spooner), English cricketer (born 1919)
* 1997 – [Dawn Steel](/source/Dawn_Steel), American film producer (born 1946)
*[1998](/source/1998) – [Alan Lloyd Hodgkin](/source/Alan_Lloyd_Hodgkin), English physiologist and biophysicist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1916)
*[1999](/source/1999) – [Riccardo Freda](/source/Riccardo_Freda), Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (born 1909)
* 1999 – [Hank Snow](/source/Hank_Snow), Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
*[2001](/source/2001) – [Léopold Sédar Senghor](/source/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor), Senegalese poet and politician, 1st [President of Senegal](/source/President_of_Senegal) (born 1906)
*[2005](/source/2005) – [Raoul Bott](/source/Raoul_Bott), Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)
*[2006](/source/2006) – [Anne Rogers Clark](/source/Anne_Rogers_Clark), American dog breeder and trainer (born 1929)
*[2008](/source/2008) – [Adrian Mitchell](/source/Adrian_Mitchell), English author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
* 2008 – [Robert Mulligan](/source/Robert_Mulligan), American director and producer (born 1925)[{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/movies/23mulligan.html |title=The New York Times |access-date=26 February 2015 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=23 December 2008}}]
* 2008 – [Igor Troubetzkoy](/source/Igor_Troubetzkoy), Russian aristocrat and racing driver (born 1912)
*[2009](/source/2009) – [Brittany Murphy](/source/Brittany_Murphy), American actress and singer (born 1977)
* 2009 – [Arnold Stang](/source/Arnold_Stang), American actor (born 1918)
*[2010](/source/2010) – [K. P. Ratnam](/source/K._P._Ratnam), Sri Lankan academic and politician (born 1914)
*[2011](/source/2011) – [Barry Reckord](/source/Barry_Reckord), Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (born 1926)
*[2012](/source/2012) – [Stan Charlton](/source/Stan_Charlton), English footballer and manager (born 1929)
* 2012 – [Robert Juniper](/source/Robert_Juniper), Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)
* 2012 – [Victor Merzhanov](/source/Victor_Merzhanov), Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)
*[2013](/source/2013) – [Pyotr Bolotnikov](/source/Pyotr_Bolotnikov), Russian runner (born 1930)
*[2014](/source/2014) – [Per-Ingvar Brånemark](/source/Per-Ingvar_Br%C3%A5nemark), Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)
* 2014 – [John Freeman](/source/John_Freeman_(British_politician)), English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, [British Ambassador to the United States](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_United_States) (born 1915)
*[2020](/source/2020) – [Fanny Waterman](/source/Fanny_Waterman), British pianist (born 1920)[{{Cite news |last=Millington |first=Barry |date=2020-12-21 |title=Dame Fanny Waterman obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/21/dame-fanny-waterman-obituary |access-date=2020-12-24 |issn=0261-3077}}]
* 2020 – [Ezra Vogel](/source/Ezra_Vogel), American sociologist (born 1930)[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ezra-vogel-dead/2020/12/21/fc66a080-43a0-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90] The Washington Post. December 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.]
*[2022](/source/2022) – [Franco Harris](/source/Franco_Harris), American football player (born 1950)[{{cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Will |title=Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris dies at 72 |url=https://apnews.com/article/pittsburgh-steelers-nfl-college-football-sports-efc7c3e417ad04594ae32a3fbc0a693a |website=AP |date=21 December 2022 |access-date=December 21, 2022}}]
*[2024](/source/2024) – [Casey Chaos](/source/Casey_Chaos), American singer (born 1965)[{{Cite web |date=December 26, 2024 |title=Casey Chaos: Official Cause Of Death Revealed |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/casey-chaos-official-cause-of-death-revealed |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[Blabbermouth.net](/source/Blabbermouth.net) |language=en}}]
*2024 – [George Eastham](/source/George_Eastham), English footballer (born 1936)[{{Cite news |last=Glanville |first=Brian |date=December 23, 2024 |title=George Eastham obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/23/george-eastham-obituary |access-date=December 27, 2024 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}]
*2024 – [Rickey Henderson](/source/Rickey_Henderson), American baseball player (born 1958)[{{cite news |last=Passan |first=Jeff |date=December 21, 2024 |title=Rickey Henderson, 'greatest of all time,' dies at 65 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43090305/rickey-henderson-greatest-all-dies-65 |access-date=December 21, 2024 |work=[ESPN](/source/ESPN)}}]
==Holidays and observances==
*Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as ''[Fête des Cafres](/source/Cafres)'' ([Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union), [French Guiana](/source/French_Guiana))
*[Bo Aung Kyaw Day](/source/Bo_Aung_Kyaw_Day) ([Myanmar](/source/Myanmar))
*Christian [feast day](/source/Calendar_of_saints):
**[Dominic of Silos](/source/Dominic_of_Silos)[{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |page=679-680 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/678/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=12 December 2025}}]
**Blessed [Michał Piaszczyński](/source/Micha%C5%82_Piaszczy%C5%84ski)[{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}]
*[Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day](/source/Macau_Special_Administrative_Region_Establishment_Day) ([Macau](/source/Macau))
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=20}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/20 Historical Events on December 20]
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Category:Days of December
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