# December 9

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [536](/source/536) &ndash; [Gothic War](/source/Gothic_War_(535%E2%80%93554)): The Byzantine general [Belisarius](/source/Belisarius) enters Rome unopposed; the [Gothic](/source/Goths) garrison flees the capital.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=James Allan|title=The Power Game in Byzantium: Antonina and the Empress Theodora|location=London|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|date=2011|isbn=9781441140784|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3vvoS9akZoC|page=125}}</ref>
* [730](/source/730) &ndash; [Battle of Marj Ardabil](/source/Battle_of_Marj_Ardabil): The [Khazars](/source/Khazars) annihilate an [Umayyad](/source/Umayyad) army and kill its commander, [al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami](/source/al-Jarrah_ibn_Abdallah_al-Hakami).<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Zhirokhov|first1=Mikhail|last2=Nicolle|first2=David|title=The Khazars: A Judeo-Turkish Empire on the Steppes, 7th-11th Centuries AD|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Osprey Publishing|date=2019|isbn=9781472830135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DN5DwAAQBAJ|page=8}}</ref>
*[1432](/source/1432) &ndash; The first battle between the forces of [Švitrigaila](/source/%C5%A0vitrigaila) and [Sigismund Kęstutaitis](/source/Sigismund_K%C4%99stutaitis) is fought near the town of [Oszmiana (Ashmyany)](/source/Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the [Lithuanian Civil War](/source/Lithuanian_Civil_War_(1431%E2%80%9335)).<ref>{{cite book|last=Shirogorov|first=Vladimir|title=War on the Eve of Nations: Conflicts and Militaries in Eastern Europe, 1450-1500|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Lexington Books|date=2021|isbn=9781793622402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mP0vEAAAQBAJ|page=107}}</ref>
*[1531](/source/1531) &ndash; [The Virgin of Guadalupe](/source/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe) first appears to [Juan Diego](/source/Juan_Diego) at [Tepeyac, Mexico City](/source/Tepeyac).<ref>{{cite book|last=Chávez|first=Eduardo|translator-last1=Treviño|translator-first1=Carmen|translator-last2=Montaño|translator-first2=Veronica|title=Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Juan Diego: The Historical Evidence|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|date=2006|isbn=9780742551046|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CEM6yxXP9YAC|page=9}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[1636](/source/1636) &ndash; The [Qing dynasty of China](/source/Qing_dynasty), led by Emperor [Hong Taiji](/source/Hong_Taiji), [invades](/source/Qing_invasion_of_Joseon) [Joseon](/source/Joseon).<ref>{{cite book|last=Swope|first=Kenneth M.|title=The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44
|publisher=Routledge|date=2014|isbn=9781138652330|page=115}}</ref>

*[1775](/source/1775) &ndash; [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War): British troops and [Loyalists](/source/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)), misinformed about [Patriot](/source/Patriot_(American_Revolution)) militia strength, lose the [Battle of Great Bridge](/source/Battle_of_Great_Bridge), ending British rule in [Virginia](/source/Virginia).<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol. 3: 1775—1860|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC&dq=editions%3Aygd9_uP-_2MC&pg=PP1|page=916}}</ref>
*[1822](/source/1822) &ndash; French physicist [Augustin-Jean Fresnel](/source/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel), in a memoir read to the [Academy of Sciences](/source/French_Academy_of_Sciences), coins the terms ''[linear polarization](/source/linear_polarization)'', ''[circular polarization](/source/circular_polarization)'', and ''[elliptical polarization](/source/elliptical_polarization)'', and reports a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that [optical rotation](/source/optical_rotation) is a form of [birefringence](/source/birefringence).<ref name=fresnel-1822z>A. Fresnel, "Mémoire sur la double réfraction que les rayons lumineux éprouvent en traversant les aiguilles de cristal de roche suivant les directions parallèles à l'axe", read 9&nbsp;December 1822; printed in H.&nbsp;de Senarmont, E.&nbsp;Verdet, and L.&nbsp;Fresnel (eds.), ''Oeuvres complètes d'Augustin Fresnel'', vol.&nbsp;1 (1866), pp.{{nnbsp}}731–51; translated as "Memoir on the double refraction that light rays undergo in traversing the needles of quartz in the directions parallel to the axis", {{Zenodo|4745976}}, 2021 (open&nbsp;access).</ref>
*[1824](/source/1824) &ndash; Patriot forces led by General [Antonio José de Sucre](/source/Antonio_Jos%C3%A9_de_Sucre) defeat a Royalist army in the [Battle of Ayacucho](/source/Battle_of_Ayacucho), putting an end to the [Peruvian War of Independence](/source/Peruvian_War_of_Independence).
*[1835](/source/1835) &ndash; [Texas Revolution](/source/Texas_Revolution): The [Texian Army](/source/Texian_Army) captures [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio%2C_Texas) following the [Siege of Béxar](/source/Siege_of_B%C3%A9xar).
*[1851](/source/1851) &ndash; The first [YMCA](/source/YMCA) in North America is established in [Montreal](/source/Montreal).
*[1856](/source/1856) &ndash; The [Iran](/source/Iran)ian city of [Bushehr](/source/Bushehr) surrenders to occupying British forces.
*[1861](/source/1861) &ndash; [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): The [Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War](/source/Joint_Committee_on_the_Conduct_of_the_War) is established by [Congress](/source/Congress_of_the_United_States).<ref>{{cite book|last=Hyde|first=Bill|title=The Union Generals Speak: The Meade Hearings on the Battle of Gettysburg|location=Baton Rouge, La.|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=2003|isbn=9780807125816|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOCdkV5USV4C|page=4}}</ref>
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; The first [traffic light](/source/traffic_light)s are installed, outside the [Palace of Westminster](/source/Palace_of_Westminster) in London. Resembling [railway signal](/source/railway_signal)s, they use [semaphore](/source/Railway_semaphore_signal) arms and are illuminated at night by red and green [gas lamp](/source/gas_lamp)s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Matt |date=16 May 2023 |title=Here's What The World's First Traffic Lights, In Westminster, Looked Like |url=https://londonist.com/london/history/here-s-what-the-world-s-first-traffic-lights-in-westminster-looked-like |access-date=8 December 2025 |website=The Londonist}}</ref>
*[1872](/source/1872) &ndash; In [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), [P. B. S. Pinchback](/source/P._B._S._Pinchback) becomes the first [African American](/source/African_American) governor of a U.S. state following the impeachment of [Henry C. Warmoth](/source/Henry_C._Warmoth).<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=Joseph G.|title=Army Generals and Reconstruction: Louisiana, 1862-1877|location=Baton Rouge, La.|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=1994|isbn=9780807119600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwAzsqq898wC|page=137}}</ref>
*[1893](/source/1893) &ndash;  [National Assembly bombing](/source/National_Assembly_bombing) by [Auguste Vaillant](/source/Auguste_Vaillant) during the ''[Ère des attentats](/source/%C3%88re_des_attentats)'' (1892–1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141–142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[1905](/source/1905) &ndash; In France, a [law separating church and state](/source/1905_French_law_on_the_Separation_of_the_Churches_and_the_State) is passed.
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; A [mine explosion](/source/Cross_Mountain_Mine_disaster) near [Briceville, Tennessee](/source/Briceville%2C_Tennessee), kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the [United States Bureau of Mines](/source/United_States_Bureau_of_Mines).
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [World War I](/source/World_War_I): Field Marshal [Allenby](/source/Edmund_Allenby%2C_1st_Viscount_Allenby) captures [Jerusalem](/source/Battle_of_Jerusalem) from the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire).
*  1917   &ndash; World War I: The [Kingdom of Romania](/source/Kingdom_of_Romania) signs the [Armistice of Focșani](/source/Armistice_of_Foc%C8%99ani) with the [Central Powers](/source/Central_Powers).<ref>{{Citation |last=Torrey |first=Glenn E. |title=Romania Leaves the War: The Decision to Sign an Armistice, December 1917 |date=1989 |work=East European Quarterly |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=283–292}}</ref>
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Gabriel Narutowicz](/source/Gabriel_Narutowicz) is elected the first president of Poland.
*[1931](/source/1931) &ndash; The [Constituent Cortes](/source/Constituent_Cortes) approves a [constitution](/source/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931) which establishes the [Second Spanish Republic](/source/Second_Spanish_Republic). 
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Student protests](/source/December_9th_Movement) occur in [Beijing](/source/Beijing)'s [Tiananmen Square](/source/Tiananmen_Square), and are subsequently dispersed by [government authorities](/source/Kuomintang).
*  1935   &ndash; [Walter Liggett](/source/Walter_Liggett), an American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Second Sino-Japanese War](/source/Second_Sino-Japanese_War): [Battle of Nanking](/source/Battle_of_Nanking): [Japanese](/source/Empire_of_Japan) troops under the command of Lt. Gen. [Yasuhiko Asaka](/source/Yasuhiko_Asaka) launch an assault on the [Chinese](/source/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)) city of [Nanking](/source/Nanjing).
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [World War II](/source/World_War_II): [Operation Compass](/source/Operation_Compass): British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General [Richard O'Connor](/source/Richard_O'Connor) [attack](/source/Battle_of_Sidi_Barrani) [Italian](/source/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II) forces near [Sidi Barrani](/source/Sidi_Barrani) in [Egypt](/source/Egypt).
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; World War II: [China](/source/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)), [Cuba](/source/Cuba), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), and [the Philippine Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines) declare war on [Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) and [Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan).
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; The [subsequent Nuremberg trials](/source/subsequent_Nuremberg_trials) begin with the [Doctors' Trial](/source/Doctors'_Trial), prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in [Nazi human experimentation](/source/Nazi_human_experimentation) and [mass murder under the guise of euthanasia](/source/Action_T4).
*  1946   &ndash; The [Constituent Assembly of India](/source/Constituent_Assembly_of_India) meets for the first time to write the [Constitution of India](/source/Constitution_of_India).
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; The [Genocide Convention](/source/Genocide_Convention) is adopted.
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Cold War](/source/Cold_War): [Harry Gold](/source/Harry_Gold) is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping [Klaus Fuchs](/source/Klaus_Fuchs) pass information about the [Manhattan Project](/source/Manhattan_Project) to the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of [Julius and Ethel Rosenberg](/source/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg).
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Red Scare](/source/Second_Red_Scare): [General Electric](/source/General_Electric) announces that all [communist](/source/communist) employees will be discharged from the company.
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9](/source/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_810-9), a [Canadair North Star](/source/Canadair_North_Star), crashes near [Hope, British Columbia](/source/Hope%2C_British_Columbia), Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
*1956   &ndash; An [Aeroflot](/source/Aeroflot) [Lisunov Li-2](/source/Lisunov_Li-2) [crashes](/source/1956_Anadyr_Li-2_crash) near Anadyr, killing all 12 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li-2 c/n 18435609 |url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/115_73346 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Scramble Soviet Transport Database}}</ref>
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; The first episode of ''[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)'', the world's longest-running television [soap opera](/source/soap_opera), is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Tanganyika](/source/Tanganyika_(1961%E2%80%931964)) becomes independent from Britain.
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Kecksburg UFO incident](/source/Kecksburg_UFO_incident): A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; with witnesses reporting something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Douglas Engelbart](/source/Douglas_Engelbart) gave what became known as "[The Mother of All Demos](/source/The_Mother_of_All_Demos)", publicly debuting the [computer mouse](/source/computer_mouse), [hypertext](/source/hypertext), and the bit-mapped [graphical user interface](/source/graphical_user_interface) using the [oN-Line System (NLS)](/source/NLS_(computer_system)).
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; U.S. Secretary of State [William P. Rogers](/source/William_P._Rogers) proposes [his plan](/source/Rogers_Plan) for a ceasefire in the [War of Attrition](/source/War_of_Attrition); Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the [PLO](/source/Palestine_Liberation_Organization), which leads to [civil war in Jordan](/source/Black_September_in_Jordan) in September 1970.
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Indo-Pakistani War](/source/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971): The [Indian Air Force](/source/Indian_Air_Force) executes [an airdrop](/source/Meghna_Heli_Bridge) of [Indian Army](/source/Indian_Army) units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; British and Irish authorities sign the [Sunningdale Agreement](/source/Sunningdale_Agreement) in an attempt to establish a power-sharing [Northern Ireland Executive](/source/Executive_of_the_1974_Northern_Ireland_Assembly) and a cross-border [Council of Ireland](/source/Council_of_Ireland).
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; The eradication of the [smallpox](/source/smallpox) [virus](/source/virus) is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with [rinderpest](/source/rinderpest) in 2011 being the other).
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Israeli–Palestinian conflict](/source/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict): The [First Intifada](/source/First_Intifada) begins in the [Gaza Strip](/source/Gaza_Strip) and [West Bank](/source/West_Bank).
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; American troops land in [Somalia](/source/Somalia) for [Operation Restore Hope](/source/Unified_Task_Force). 
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Gwen Jacob is acquitted](/source/Female_toplessness_in_Canada) of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 1996 |title=Judgment C12668, R. vs. Jacob |url=http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/1996/1996canlii1119/1996canlii1119.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412011458/http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/1996/1996canlii1119/1996canlii1119.html |archive-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; A [blast](/source/2003_Red_Square_bombing) in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Space Shuttle program](/source/Space_Shuttle_program): [Space Shuttle ''Discovery''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Discovery) is launched on [STS-116](/source/STS-116) carrying the [P5 truss](/source/Integrated_Truss_Structure) segment of the [International Space Station](/source/International_Space_Station).<ref>{{cite news |last=Harwood |first=William |date=December 9, 2006 |title=Update: Discovery rockets into orbit |work=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/116/STS-116_Archive.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422001822/http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/116/STS-116_Archive.html |archive-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; [Governor of Illinois](/source/Governor_of_Illinois) [Rod Blagojevich](/source/Rod_Blagojevich) is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the [U.S. Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) seat being vacated by [President-elect](/source/President-elect_of_the_United_States) [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama).
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [A plane crash](/source/2012_Mexico_Learjet_25_crash) in Mexico kills seven people including singer [Jenni Rivera](/source/Jenni_Rivera).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/u-s-mexican-singer-jenni-rivera-feared-dead-plane-crash-wbna50139715 |title=U.S.-Mexican singer Jenni Rivera feared dead in plane crash |date= 10 December 2012|access-date=25 January 2019 |work=[NBC News](/source/NBC_News) |agency=[Reuters](/source/Reuters)}}</ref>
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a [train accident](/source/2013_Bintaro_train_crash) near Bintaro, [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia).
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; President [Park Geun-hye](/source/Park_Geun-hye) of South Korea is [impeached](/source/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye) by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.
*  2016   &ndash; At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in [Madagali](/source/Madagali), [Adamawa](/source/Adamawa_State), Nigeria in the [Madagali suicide bombings](/source/Madagali_suicide_bombings).
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; The [Marriage Amendment Bill](/source/Marriage_Amendment_(Definition_and_Religious_Freedoms)_Act_2017) receives royal assent and comes into effect, making [Australia](/source/Australia) the 26th country to legalize [same-sex marriage](/source/same-sex_marriage).
*[2019](/source/2019) &ndash; A volcano on [Whakaari / White Island](/source/Whakaari_%2F_White_Island), New Zealand, kills 22 people after it [erupts](/source/2019_Whakaari_%2F_White_Island_eruption).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-09 |title=New Zealand volcano: 'No sign of life' after White Island eruption |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50715047 |access-date=2019-12-09 |work=BBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/german-man-dies-following-whakaari-white-island-eruption-bringing-death-toll-22 |title=German man dies following Whakaari/White Island eruption, bringing death toll to 22 |date=26 November 2020}}</ref>
* [2021](/source/2021) &ndash; Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from [Central America](/source/Central_America) overturned in [Chiapas](/source/Chiapas), Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dozens killed in Mexico road accident|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/americas/mexico-road-accident-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2021-12-12|website=CNN|date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lopez|first=Oscar|date=2021-12-10|title=Mexico Migrant Truck Crash Leaves at Least 54 Dead|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/world/americas/mexico-migrants-killed-accident.html|access-date=2021-12-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-10|title=Al menos 55 muertos en el accidente de un camión en México que transportaba migrantes centroamericanos|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-59603693|access-date=2021-12-12|website=BBC News Mundo|language=es}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[1392](/source/1392) &ndash; [Peter, Duke of Coimbra](/source/Peter%2C_Duke_of_Coimbra) (died 1449)
*[1447](/source/1447) &ndash; [Chenghua Emperor](/source/Chenghua_Emperor) of China (died 1487)
*[1482](/source/1482) &ndash; [Frederick II, Elector Palatine](/source/Frederick_II%2C_Elector_Palatine) (died 1556)
*[1493](/source/1493) &ndash; [Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado](/source/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_L%C3%B3pez_de_Mendoza%2C_4th_Duke_of_the_Infantado) (died 1566)
*[1508](/source/1508) &ndash; [Gemma Frisius](/source/Gemma_Frisius), Dutch mathematician and cartographer (died 1555)
*[1561](/source/1561) &ndash; [Edwin Sandys](/source/Edwin_Sandys_(died_1629)), English lawyer and politician (died 1629)
*[1571](/source/1571) &ndash; [Metius](/source/Metius), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (died 1635)
*[1579](/source/1579) &ndash; [Martin de Porres](/source/Martin_de_Porres), Peruvian saint (died 1639)
*[1594](/source/1594) &ndash; [Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden](/source/Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden) (died 1632)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fletcher |first1=Charles Robert Leslie |title=Gustavus Adolphus and the Struggle of Protestantism for Existence |date=1892 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=16}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[1608](/source/1608) &ndash; [John Milton](/source/John_Milton), English poet and philosopher (died 1674)
*[1610](/source/1610) &ndash; [Baldassare Ferri](/source/Baldassare_Ferri), Italian singer and actor (died 1680)
*[1617](/source/1617) &ndash; [Richard Lovelace](/source/Richard_Lovelace_(poet)), English poet (died 1657)
*[1652](/source/1652) &ndash; [Augustus Quirinus Rivinus](/source/Augustus_Quirinus_Rivinus), German physician and botanist (died 1723)
*[1667](/source/1667) &ndash; [William Whiston](/source/William_Whiston), English mathematician, historian, and theologian (died 1752)
*[1717](/source/1717) &ndash; [Johann Joachim Winckelmann](/source/Johann_Joachim_Winckelmann), German archaeologist and historian (died 1768)
*[1721](/source/1721) &ndash; [Peter Pelham](/source/Peter_Pelham_(composer)), English-American organist and composer (died 1805)
*[1728](/source/1728) &ndash; [Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi](/source/Pietro_Alessandro_Guglielmi), Italian composer (died 1804)
*[1742](/source/1742) &ndash; [Carl Wilhelm Scheele](/source/Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele), Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (died 1786)
*[1745](/source/1745) &ndash; [Maddalena Laura Sirmen](/source/Maddalena_Laura_Sirmen), Italian violinist and composer (died 1818)
*[1748](/source/1748) &ndash; [Claude Louis Berthollet](/source/Claude_Louis_Berthollet), French chemist and academic (died 1822)
*[1752](/source/1752) &ndash; [Antoine Étienne de Tousard](/source/Antoine_%C3%89tienne_de_Tousard), French general and engineer (died 1813)
*[1768](/source/1768) &ndash; [Joseph Desha](/source/Joseph_Desha), American politician (died 1842)<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lowell H. |author-link=Lowell H. Harrison |editor=Kleber, John E |others=Associate editors: [Thomas D. Clark](/source/Thomas_D._Clark), Lowell H. Harrison, and [James C. Klotter](/source/James_C._Klotter) |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |chapter=Desha, Joseph |url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/d/DESHA01.html |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415074113/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/d/DESHA01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[1787](/source/1787) &ndash; [John Dobson](/source/John_Dobson_(architect)), English architect, designed [Eldon Square](/source/Old_Eldon_Square) and [Lilburn Tower](/source/Lilburn_Tower) (died 1865)
*[1779](/source/1779) &ndash; [Tabitha Babbitt](/source/Tabitha_Babbitt),  American tool maker and inventor (died 1853)
*[1806](/source/1806) &ndash; [Jean-Olivier Chénier](/source/Jean-Olivier_Ch%C3%A9nier), Canadian physician (died 1838)
*[1813](/source/1813) &ndash; [Thomas Andrews](/source/Thomas_Andrews_(scientist)), Irish chemist and physicist (died 1885)
*[1837](/source/1837) &ndash; [Émile Waldteufel](/source/%C3%89mile_Waldteufel), French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1915)
*[1842](/source/1842) &ndash; [Peter Kropotkin](/source/Peter_Kropotkin), Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (died 1921)
*[1845](/source/1845) &ndash; [Joel Chandler Harris](/source/Joel_Chandler_Harris), American journalist and author (died 1908)
*[1850](/source/1850) &ndash; [Emma Abbott](/source/Emma_Abbott), American soprano and actress (died 1891)
*[1861](/source/1861) &ndash; [Hélène Smith](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Smith), French psychic and occultist (died 1929)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Gregorios Xenopoulos](/source/Gregorios_Xenopoulos), Greek journalist and author (died 1951)
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Fritz Haber](/source/Fritz_Haber), Polish-German chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 1934)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Witschi |first1=Hanspeter |title=Fritz Haber: December 9, 1868–January 29, 1934 |journal=Toxicology |date=August 2000 |volume=149 |issue=1 |pages=3–15 |doi=10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00227-4|pmid=11023428 |bibcode=2000Toxgy.149....3W }}</ref>
*[1870](/source/1870) &ndash; [Ida S. Scudder](/source/Ida_S._Scudder), Indian physician and missionary (died 1960)
*  1870   &ndash; [Francisco S. Carvajal](/source/Francisco_S._Carvajal), Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (died 1932)<ref>{{citation|url=https://presidentes.mx/francisco-s-carvajal|publisher=Presidentes.mx|title=Francisco S. Carvajal|language=es|access-date=May 28, 2019|archive-date=May 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528070059/https://presidentes.mx/francisco-s-carvajal|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[1871](/source/1871) &ndash; [Joe Kelley](/source/Joe_Kelley), American baseball player and manager (died 1943)
*[1873](/source/1873) &ndash; [George Blewett](/source/George_Blewett), Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (died 1912)
*[1875](/source/1875) &ndash; [Harry Miller](/source/Harry_Miller_(auto_racing)), American engineer (died 1943)
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; [Berton Churchill](/source/Berton_Churchill), Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1940)
*[1882](/source/1882) &ndash; [Elmer Booth](/source/Elmer_Booth), American actor (died 1915)
*  1882   &ndash; [Joaquín Turina](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Turina), Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (died 1949)
*[1883](/source/1883) &ndash; [Nikolai Luzin](/source/Nikolai_Luzin), Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (died 1950)
*  1883   &ndash; [Alexander Papagos](/source/Alexander_Papagos), Greek general and politician, 152nd [Prime Minister of Greece](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Greece) (died 1955)
*  1883   &ndash; [Joseph Pilates](/source/Joseph_Pilates), German-American fitness expert, developed [Pilates](/source/Pilates) (died 1967)
*[1886](/source/1886) &ndash; [Clarence Birdseye](/source/Clarence_Birdseye), American businessman, founded [Birds Eye](/source/Birds_Eye) (died 1956)
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Tim Moore](/source/Tim_Moore_(comedian)), American actor (died 1958)
*[1889](/source/1889) &ndash; [Hannes Kolehmainen](/source/Hannes_Kolehmainen), Finnish-American runner (died 1966)
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Laura Salverson](/source/Laura_Salverson), Canadian author (died 1970)
*[1891](/source/1891) &ndash; [Maksim Bahdanovič](/source/Maksim_Bahdanovi%C4%8D), Belarusian poet and critic (died 1917)
*[1892](/source/1892) &ndash; [André Randall](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Randall), French actor (died 1974)
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [Dolores Ibárruri](/source/Dolores_Ib%C3%A1rruri), Spanish activist, journalist and politician (died 1989)
*  1895   &ndash; [Conchita Supervía](/source/Conchita_Superv%C3%ADa), Spanish soprano and actress (died 1936)
*[1897](/source/1897) &ndash; [Hermione Gingold](/source/Hermione_Gingold), English actress and singer (died 1987)<!-- never became a US citizen -->
*[1898](/source/1898) &ndash; [Irene Greenwood](/source/Irene_Greenwood), Australian radio broadcaster, feminist and peace activist (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Catherine Horne |editor-first1=Melanie |editor-last1=Nolan | title=Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 19: 1991–1995 (A–Z)  |chapter=Irene Adelaide Greenwood (1898–1992) |date=2021 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greenwood-irene-adelaide-25528 | publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University | isbn=978-1-76046-412-7 | doi=10.22459/adb19 |hdl=10179/19736 | doi-access=free |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1898   &ndash; [Emmett Kelly](/source/Emmett_Kelly), American clown and actor (died 1979)
*[1899](/source/1899) &ndash; [Jean de Brunhoff](/source/Jean_de_Brunhoff), French author and illustrator (died 1937)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [Margaret Brundage](/source/Margaret_Brundage), American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine ''[Weird Tales](/source/Weird_Tales)'' (died 1976)
*  1900   &ndash; [Albert Weisbord](/source/Albert_Weisbord), American activist, founded the [Communist League of Struggle](/source/Communist_League_of_Struggle) (died 1977)

===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) &ndash; [Jean Mermoz](/source/Jean_Mermoz), French pilot and politician (died 1936)
*  1901   &ndash; [Ödön von Horváth](/source/%C3%96d%C3%B6n_von_Horv%C3%A1th), Hungarian-German author and playwright (died 1938)
*[1902](/source/1902) &ndash; [Margaret Hamilton](/source/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)), American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (died 1985)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 9: Felicity Huffman, Dick Butkus |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-9-Felicity-Huffman-Dick-Butkus/6341670554688/#:~:text=9%3A%20Felicity%20Huffman%2C%20Dick%20Butkus |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Robert Livingston](/source/Robert_Livingston_(actor)), American actor and singer (died 1988)
*[1905](/source/1905) &ndash; [Dalton Trumbo](/source/Dalton_Trumbo), American author, screenwriter, and [blacklistee](/source/Hollywood_blacklist) (died 1976)<ref name="UPI" />
*[1906](/source/1906) &ndash; [Grace Hopper](/source/Grace_Hopper), American admiral and computer scientist, designed [COBOL](/source/COBOL) (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book | first1=Amy C. | last1=King | first2=Tina | last2=Schalch | chapter=Grace Brewster Murray Hopper | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/67 67] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/67 }}</ref>
*  1906   &ndash; [Freddy Martin](/source/Freddy_Martin), American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (died 1983)
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](/source/Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.), American captain, actor, and producer (died 2000)
*[1910](/source/1910) &ndash; [Vere Bird](/source/Vere_Bird), first [Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda) (died 1999)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vc Bird Biography|url=https://asotmichael.com/learn/vc-bird-biography/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Asot A Michael|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225151855/https://asotmichael.com/learn/vc-bird-biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brief Profile Of Vere Bird Senior- Lester Bird And Vere Bird Junior|url=https://anbanet.com/antigua/antigua-birds.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=anbanet.com}}</ref>
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [Broderick Crawford](/source/Broderick_Crawford), American actor (died 1986)
*  1911   &ndash; [Ryūzō Sejima](/source/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Sejima), Japanese colonel and businessman (died 2007)
*[1912](/source/1912) &ndash; [Tip O'Neill](/source/Tip_O'Neill), American lawyer and politician, 55th [Speaker of the United States House of Representatives](/source/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives) (died 1994)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1912   &ndash; [Jim Turnesa](/source/Jim_Turnesa), American golfer (died 1971)
*[1914](/source/1914) &ndash; [Max Manus](/source/Max_Manus), Norwegian lieutenant (died 1996)
*  1914   &ndash; [Frances Reid](/source/Frances_Reid), American actress (died 2010)
*  1914   &ndash; [Ljubica Sokić](/source/Ljubica_Soki%C4%87), Serbian painter and illustrator (died 2009)
*[1915](/source/1915) &ndash; [Eloise Jarvis McGraw](/source/Eloise_Jarvis_McGraw), American author (died 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000) |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mcgraw_eloise_jarvis_1915_2000_/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org |language=en}}</ref>
*  1915   &ndash; [Elisabeth Schwarzkopf](/source/Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf), German-Austrian soprano and actress (died 2006)
*[1916](/source/1916) &ndash; [Jerome Beatty Jr.](/source/Jerome_Beatty_Jr.), American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2002)
*  1916   &ndash; [Kirk Douglas](/source/Kirk_Douglas), American actor, singer, and producer (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1916   &ndash; [Colin McCool](/source/Colin_McCool), Australian cricketer (died 1986)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [James Jesus Angleton](/source/James_Jesus_Angleton), American [CIA](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) agent (died 1987)
*  1917   &ndash; [James Rainwater](/source/James_Rainwater), American physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1986)
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; [V. Dakshinamoorthy](/source/V._Dakshinamoorthy), Indian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
*  1919   &ndash; [William Lipscomb](/source/William_Lipscomb), American chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 2011)
*[1920](/source/1920) &ndash; [Carlo Azeglio Ciampi](/source/Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi), Italian economist and politician, 10th [President of Italy](/source/President_of_Italy) (died 2016)
*  1920   &ndash; [Bruno Ruffo](/source/Bruno_Ruffo), Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (died 2007)
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Redd Foxx](/source/Redd_Foxx), American actor (died 1991)<ref name="UPI" />
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Roy Rubin](/source/Roy_Rubin_(basketball)), American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Henry Way Kendall](/source/Henry_Way_Kendall), American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1999)
*  1926   &ndash; [Jan Křesadlo](/source/Jan_K%C5%99esadlo), Czech-English psychologist and author (died 1995)
*  1926   &ndash; [David Nathan](/source/David_Nathan_(journalist)), British journalist (died 2001)
*  1926   &ndash; [Lorenzo Wright](/source/Lorenzo_Wright), American sprinter and coach (died 1972)
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Pierre Henry](/source/Pierre_Henry), French composer (died 2017)
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [Joan Blos](/source/Joan_Blos), American author and educator (died 2017)
*  1928   &ndash; [André Milhoux](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Milhoux), Belgian race car driver
*  1928   &ndash; [Dick Van Patten](/source/Dick_Van_Patten), American actor (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" />
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [John Cassavetes](/source/John_Cassavetes), American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1929   &ndash; [Bob Hawke](/source/Bob_Hawke), Australian union leader and politician, 23rd [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (died 2019)
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [Buck Henry](/source/Buck_Henry), American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1930   &ndash; [Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores](/source/%C3%93scar_Humberto_Mej%C3%ADa_V%C3%ADctores), Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th [President of Guatemala](/source/President_of_Guatemala) (died 2016)
*[1931](/source/1931) &ndash; [Cliff Hagan](/source/Cliff_Hagan), American basketball player-coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliff Hagan|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/cliff-hagan/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [William Reynolds](/source/William_Reynolds_(actor)), American actor (died 2022)
*  1931   &ndash; [Ladislav Smoljak](/source/Ladislav_Smoljak), Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Donald Byrd](/source/Donald_Byrd), American trumpet player and academic (died 2013)
*  1932   &ndash; [Bill Hartack](/source/Bill_Hartack), American jockey (died 2007)
*  1932   &ndash; [Billy Edd Wheeler](/source/Billy_Edd_Wheeler), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright (died 2024)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Ashleigh Brilliant](/source/Ashleigh_Brilliant), English-American author and illustrator (died 2025)
*  1933   &ndash; [Milt Campbell](/source/Milt_Campbell), American decathlete and football player (died 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [Morton Downey Jr.](/source/Morton_Downey_Jr.), American actor and talk show host (died 2001)
*  1933   &ndash; [Orville Moody](/source/Orville_Moody), American golfer (died 2008)
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Judi Dench](/source/Judi_Dench), English actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 9, 2022 includes celebrities Jakob Dylan, Simon Helberg |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-9-2022-includes-celebrities-jakob-dylan-simon-helberg.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=9 December 2022}}</ref> 
*  1934   &ndash; [Alan Ridout](/source/Alan_Ridout), English composer and teacher (died 1996)<ref name=obit>Miall, Peter. '[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-ridout-1343621.html Obituary: Alan Ridout]' in ''The Independent'', 23 October 2011</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [Junior Wells](/source/Junior_Wells), American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 1998)
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [David Houston](/source/David_Houston_(singer)), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Deacon Jones](/source/Deacon_Jones), American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2013)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1938   &ndash; [Dimitrios Trichopoulos](/source/Dimitrios_Trichopoulos), Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (died 2014)
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Clancy Eccles](/source/Clancy_Eccles), Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Mehmet Ali Birand](/source/Mehmet_Ali_Birand), Turkish journalist and author (died 2013)
*  1941   &ndash; [Beau Bridges](/source/Beau_Bridges), American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1941   &ndash; [Dan Hicks](/source/Dan_Hicks_(singer)), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Billy Bremner](/source/Billy_Bremner), Scottish footballer and manager (died 1997)
*  1942   &ndash; [Dick Butkus](/source/Dick_Butkus), American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2023)<ref name="AP" />
*  1942   &ndash; [Germain Gagnon](/source/Germain_Gagnon), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
*  1942   &ndash; [Fred Jones](/source/Fred_Jones_(rugby_league)), Australian rugby league player (died 2021)
*  1942   &ndash; [Joe McGinniss](/source/Joe_McGinniss), American journalist and author (died 2014)
*  1942   &ndash; [William Turnage](/source/William_Turnage), American conservationist (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/obituaries/william-turnage-who-reinvented-the-wilderness-society-is-dead-at-74.html| title = William Turnage, Who Reinvented the Wilderness Society, is Dead at 74| work = The New York Times| date = 18 October 2017| last1 = Sandomir| first1 = Richard}}</ref>
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Pit Martin](/source/Pit_Martin), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)
*  1943   &ndash; [Joanna Trollope](/source/Joanna_Trollope), English author, playwright, and director (died 2025)
*  1943   &ndash; [Kenny Vance](/source/Kenny_Vance), American singer-songwriter and music producer
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Neil Innes](/source/Neil_Innes), English singer-songwriter (died 2019)
*  1944   &ndash; [Ki Longfellow](/source/Ki_Longfellow), American author, playwright, and producer (died 2022)
*  1944   &ndash; [Bob O'Connor](/source/Bob_O'Connor_(mayor)), American businessman and politician, 57th [Mayor of Pittsburgh](/source/Mayor_of_Pittsburgh) (died 2006)
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Michael Nouri](/source/Michael_Nouri), American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone](/source/David_Currie%2C_Baron_Currie_of_Marylebone), English economist and academic
*  1946   &ndash; [Dennis Dunaway](/source/Dennis_Dunaway), American bass player and songwriter
*  1946   &ndash; [Sonia Gandhi](/source/Sonia_Gandhi), Italian-Indian politician
*  1946   &ndash; [Nicholas Reade](/source/Nicholas_Reade), English bishop
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Tom Daschle](/source/Tom_Daschle), American soldier, academic, and politician
*  1947   &ndash; [Jaak Jõerüüt](/source/Jaak_J%C3%B5er%C3%BC%C3%BCt), Estonian politician, 24th [Estonian Minister of Defense](/source/Minister_of_Defence_(Estonia))
*  1947   &ndash; [Allan Jones](/source/Allan_Jones_(cricketer)), English cricketer and umpire
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Marleen Gorris](/source/Marleen_Gorris), Dutch director and screenwriter
*  1948   &ndash; [Jonathan Sumption](/source/Jonathan_Sumption), English historian, author, and judge
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Tom Kite](/source/Tom_Kite), American golfer and architect<ref name="UPI" />
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Joan Armatrading](/source/Joan_Armatrading), Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*[1952](/source/1952) &ndash; [Liaqat Baloch](/source/Liaqat_Baloch), Pakistani politician
*  1952   &ndash; [Michael Dorn](/source/Michael_Dorn), American actor and voice artist<ref name="AP" />
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Cornelis de Bondt](/source/Cornelis_de_Bondt), Dutch composer and educator
*  1953   &ndash; [World B. Free](/source/World_B._Free), American basketball player
*  1953   &ndash; [John Malkovich](/source/John_Malkovich), American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[1954](/source/1954) &ndash; [Jean-Claude Juncker](/source/Jean-Claude_Juncker), Luxembourger lawyer and politician, [Prime Minister of Luxembourg](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Luxembourg)
*  1954   &ndash; [Henk ten Cate](/source/Henk_ten_Cate), Dutch footballer and manager
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Otis Birdsong](/source/Otis_Birdsong), American basketball player and radio host
*  1955   &ndash; [Chamras Saewataporn](/source/Chamras_Saewataporn), Thai singer-songwriter
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Sylvia](/source/Sylvia_(singer)), American country singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1956   &ndash; [Jean-Pierre Thiollet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Thiollet), French journalist and author
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Peter O'Mara](/source/Peter_O'Mara), Australian guitarist and composer 
*  1957   &ndash; [Donny Osmond](/source/Donny_Osmond), American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1957   &ndash; [Steve Taylor](/source/Steve_Taylor), American singer-songwriter and producer 
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Susan Bullock](/source/Susan_Bullock), English soprano
*  1959   &ndash; [Mario Cantone](/source/Mario_Cantone), American comedian, actor, and writer<ref name="AP" />
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Stefen Fangmeier](/source/Stefen_Fangmeier), American visual effects designer and director
*  1960   &ndash; [Caroline Lucas](/source/Caroline_Lucas), English activist and politician
*  1960   &ndash; [Dobroslav Paraga](/source/Dobroslav_Paraga), Croatian politician
*  1960   &ndash; [Juan Samuel](/source/Juan_Samuel), Dominican baseball player and manager
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [David Anthony Higgins](/source/David_Anthony_Higgins), American actor and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1961   &ndash; [Joe Lando](/source/Joe_Lando), American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Felicity Huffman](/source/Felicity_Huffman), American actress and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1962   &ndash; [Roxanne Swentzell](/source/Roxanne_Swentzell), [Santa Clara Pueblo](/source/Santa_Clara_Pueblo) (Native American) ceramic sculptor
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Dave Hilton Jr.](/source/Dave_Hilton_Jr.), Canadian boxer
*  1963   &ndash; [Empress Masako](/source/Empress_Masako), Japanese consort of [Emperor Naruhito](/source/Naruhito)<ref>{{cite web |title=Masako {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Children |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Masako |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Michael Foster](/source/Michael_Foster_(musician)), American drummer
*  1964   &ndash; [Ross Harrington](/source/Ross_Harrington), Australian rugby league player 
*  1964   &ndash; [Hape Kerkeling](/source/Hape_Kerkeling), German actor and singer
*  1964   &ndash; [Johannes B. Kerner](/source/Johannes_B._Kerner), German journalist and sportscaster
*  1964   &ndash; [Les Kiss](/source/Les_Kiss), Australian rugby league player
*  1964   &ndash; [Paul Landers](/source/Paul_Landers), German guitarist 
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Joe Ausanio](/source/Joe_Ausanio), American baseball player and coach
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [Kirsten Gillibrand](/source/Kirsten_Gillibrand), American lawyer and politician
*  1966   &ndash; [Dave Harold](/source/Dave_Harold), English snooker player
*  1966   &ndash; [Gideon Sa'ar](/source/Gideon_Sa'ar), Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th [Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs](/source/Internal_Affairs_Minister_of_Israel)
*  1966   &ndash; [Martin Taylor](/source/Martin_Taylor_(footballer%2C_born_1966)), English footballer and coach
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Joshua Bell](/source/Joshua_Bell), American violinist and conductor
*  1967   &ndash; [Jason Dozzell](/source/Jason_Dozzell), English footballer and manager
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Kurt Angle](/source/Kurt_Angle), American freestyle and professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last1=Renner |first1=Ethan |title=Kurt Angle birthday celebration, tag title match set for next WWE SmackDown |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/kurt-angle-birthday-celebration-tag-title-match-set-for-next-wwe-smackdown |publisher=[Wrestling Observer Newsletter](/source/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter) |access-date=4 December 2022 |date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [Brian Bell](/source/Brian_Bell), American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1968   &ndash; [Brent Price](/source/Brent_Price), American basketball player
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Jakob Dylan](/source/Jakob_Dylan), American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1969   &ndash; [Saskia Garel](/source/Saskia_Garel), Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter 
*  1969   &ndash; [Lori Greiner](/source/Lori_Greiner), American businesswoman and television personality<ref name="AP" />
*  1969   &ndash; [Annick Lambrecht](/source/Annick_Lambrecht), Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Annick Lambrecht |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06785 |publisher=[Chamber of Representatives](/source/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)) |access-date=15 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [Bixente Lizarazu](/source/Bixente_Lizarazu), French footballer
*  1969   &ndash; [Raphaël Rouquier](/source/Rapha%C3%ABl_Rouquier), French mathematician and academic
*  1969   &ndash; [Allison Smith](/source/Allison_Smith_(actress)), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Kara DioGuardi](/source/Kara_DioGuardi), American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1970   &ndash; [Lance Krall](/source/Lance_Krall), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Geoff Barrow](/source/Geoff_Barrow), English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer 
*  1971   &ndash; [Nick Hysong](/source/Nick_Hysong), American pole vaulter and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [Petr Nedvěd](/source/Petr_Nedv%C4%9Bd), Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Reiko Aylesworth](/source/Reiko_Aylesworth), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1972   &ndash; [Tré Cool](/source/Tr%C3%A9_Cool), German-American drummer and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1972   &ndash; [Michael Corcoran](/source/Michael_Corcoran_(musician)), American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1972   &ndash; [Fabrice Santoro](/source/Fabrice_Santoro), Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
*  1972   &ndash; [Saima Wazed](/source/Saima_Wazed), Bangladeshi psychologist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/61747|title=Sheikh Hasina's 70th birthday today {{!}} Independent|website=www.theindependentbd.com|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref> 
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Stacey Abrams](/source/Stacey_Abrams), American politician and activist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rothberg |first1=Emma |title=Stacey Abrams Biography |url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/stacey-abrams |publisher=[National Women's History Museum](/source/National_Women's_History_Museum) |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=March 2021}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [Fabio Artico](/source/Fabio_Artico), Italian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [Vénuste Niyongabo](/source/V%C3%A9nuste_Niyongabo), Burundian runner
*  1973   &ndash; [Bárbara Padilla](/source/B%C3%A1rbara_Padilla), Mexican-American soprano
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [David Akers](/source/David_Akers), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Akers |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1716/david-akers |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [Canibus](/source/Canibus), Jamaican-American rapper<ref name="AP" />
*  1974   &ndash; [Aloísio da Silva Filho](/source/Alo%C3%ADsio_da_Silva_Filho), Brazilian footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [Wendy Dillinger](/source/Wendy_Dillinger), American soccer player, coach, and manager
*  1974   &ndash; [Fiona MacDonald](/source/Fiona_MacDonald), Scottish curler<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiona MacDonald Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/fiona-macdonald-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/fiona-macdonald-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=17 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Mona Hanna-Attisha](/source/Mona_Hanna-Attisha), American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lowninstitute.org/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2022-bernard-lown-award/|title=Announcing the winner of the 2022 Bernard Lown Award|website=lowninstitute.org|access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref> 
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Shayne Graham](/source/Shayne_Graham), American football player
*  1977   &ndash; [Imogen Heap](/source/Imogen_Heap), English singer-songwriter and keyboard player<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Gastón Gaudio](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Gaudio), Argentinian tennis player
*  1978   &ndash; [Jesse Metcalfe](/source/Jesse_Metcalfe), American actor and musician<ref name="AP" />
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Olivia Lufkin](/source/Olivia_Lufkin), Japanese-American singer-songwriter 
*  1979   &ndash; [Stephen McPhail](/source/Stephen_McPhail), Irish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [Aiko Uemura](/source/Aiko_Uemura), Japanese skier
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Simon Helberg](/source/Simon_Helberg), American actor, comedian, and musician<ref name="AP" />
*  1980   &ndash; [Ryder Hesjedal](/source/Ryder_Hesjedal), Canadian cyclist
*  1980   &ndash; [Mark Riddell](/source/Mark_Riddell), Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Mardy Fish](/source/Mardy_Fish), American tennis player
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Tamilla Abassova](/source/Tamilla_Abassova), Russian cyclist
*  1982   &ndash; [Nathalie De Vos](/source/Nathalie_De_Vos), Belgian runner
*  1982   &ndash; [Ryan Grant](/source/Ryan_Grant_(running_back)), American football player
*  1982   &ndash; [Jim Slater](/source/Jim_Slater_(ice_hockey)), American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Slater |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jim-slater-8470289 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [Bastian Swillims](/source/Bastian_Swillims), German sprinter
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [Jermaine Beckford](/source/Jermaine_Beckford), English-Jamaican footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [Neslihan Demir Darnel](/source/Neslihan_Demir_Darnel), Turkish volleyball player
*  1983   &ndash; [Dariusz Dudka](/source/Dariusz_Dudka), Polish footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [Jolene Purdy](/source/Jolene_Purdy), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Ángel Guirado](/source/%C3%81ngel_Guirado), Spanish–Filipino footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [Leon Hall](/source/Leon_Hall), American football player
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Wil Besseling](/source/Wil_Besseling), Dutch golfer
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Aron Baynes](/source/Aron_Baynes), Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aron Baynes |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203382/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Kostas Giannoulis](/source/Kostas_Giannoulis), Greek footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [Gerald Henderson Jr.](/source/Gerald_Henderson_Jr.), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201945/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [Mat Latos](/source/Mat_Latos), American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [Hikaru Nakamura](/source/Hikaru_Nakamura), Japanese-American chess player
*  1987   &ndash; [Jeff Petry](/source/Jeff_Petry), American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Petry |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/player/jeff-petry-8473507 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [Joshua Sasse](/source/Joshua_Sasse), English actor<ref name="AP" />
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Kwadwo Asamoah](/source/Kwadwo_Asamoah), Ghanaian footballer
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Eric Bledsoe](/source/Eric_Bledsoe), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Bledsoe |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202339/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Ashleigh Brewer](/source/Ashleigh_Brewer), Australian actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1990   &ndash; [Denise Hannema](/source/Denise_Hannema), Dutch cricketer
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Langston Galloway](/source/Langston_Galloway), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Langston Galloway |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/204038/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Choi Min-ho](/source/Choi_Min-ho), South Korean singer and actor
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Cem Ince](/source/Cem_Ince), German politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Abgeordnete - Cem Hamit Ince |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/I/ince_cem-1045160 |publisher=[Bundestag](/source/Bundestag) |access-date=9 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226091719/https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/I/ince_cem-1045160 |archive-date=26 February 2025 |location=Berlin, Germany |language=de}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [Mark McMorris](/source/Mark_McMorris),  Canadian snowboarder
*  1993   &ndash; [Laura Smulders](/source/Laura_Smulders), Dutch cyclist 
* [1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Ryan Lomberg](/source/Ryan_Lomberg), Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/gamelog/_/id/3942548/ryan-lomberg | title=Ryan Lomberg 2023-24 Stats per Game - NHL }}</ref>
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Simone Fontecchio](/source/Simone_Fontecchio), Italian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Simone Fontecchio |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631323/simone-fontecchio |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [McKayla Maroney](/source/McKayla_Maroney), American gymnast<ref name="UPI" />
*  1995   &ndash; [Kelly Oubre Jr.](/source/Kelly_Oubre_Jr.), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelly Oubre Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626162/kelly-oubre-jr |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Mackenzie Blackwood](/source/Mackenzie_Blackwood), Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mackenzie Blackwood |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/player/mackenzie-blackwood-8478406 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [Kyle Connor](/source/Kyle_Connor), American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jets agree to terms with Kyle Connor|url=https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/jets-agree-to-terms-with-kyle-connor/c-309563550|access-date=2020-12-10|website=NHL.com|date=29 September 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [MyKayla Skinner](/source/MyKayla_Skinner), American gymnast<ref name="UPI" />
*  1996   &ndash; [AleXa](/source/AleXa), American singer based in South Korea<ref>{{cite web|title=알렉사, '베스트 케이팝 뮤직 비디오상' 수상..."세계가 반했다"|url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/10141479|work=MK스포츠|date=17 December 2021|access-date=18 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Harvey Barnes](/source/Harvey_Barnes), English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvey Barnes|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14716/Harvey-Barnes/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Diāna Ņikitina](/source/Di%C4%81na_%C5%85ikitina), Latvian figure skater
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Yuna](/source/Yuna_(singer%2C_born_2003)), South Korean rapper, singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|first=Lexi|last=Hagenes|title=Celebrating ITZY Birthdays: A Deep Dive Into The Members' Special Days|url=https://ftp.unb.com.bd/boxdortops6/itzy-birthdays/|website=[United News of Bangladesh](/source/United_News_of_Bangladesh)|date=31 July 2025|access-date=1 September 2025}}</ref>
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Ni-Ki](/source/Ni-Ki), Japanese singer<ref>{{cite web|title=엔하이픈 성훈·니키 日팬클럽, 위기가정 아동 위해 후원금 전 달|url=https://www.slist.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=609559#_PA|work=싱글리스트|date=7 January 2025|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [638](/source/638) &ndash; [Sergius I of Constantinople](/source/Sergius_I_of_Constantinople)
* [730](/source/730) &ndash; [Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah](/source/Al-Jarrah_ibn_Abdallah), Arab general
* [748](/source/748) &ndash; [Nasr ibn Sayyar](/source/Nasr_ibn_Sayyar), Umayyad general and politician (born 663)
* [933](/source/933) &ndash; [Li Congrong](/source/Li_Congrong), prince of [Later Tang](/source/Later_Tang)
*[1117](/source/1117) &ndash; [Gertrude of Brunswick](/source/Gertrude_of_Brunswick), Markgräfin of [Meißen](/source/Meissen)
*[1165](/source/1165) &ndash; [Malcolm IV of Scotland](/source/Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland) (born 1141)
*[1242](/source/1242) &ndash; [Richard le Gras](/source/Richard_le_Gras), Lord Keeper of England and Abbot of Evesham
*[1268](/source/1268) &ndash; [Vaišvilkas](/source/Vai%C5%A1vilkas), Prince of Black Ruthenia, [Grand Duke of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania)
*[1299](/source/1299) &ndash; [Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier](/source/Bohemond_I_(archbishop_of_Trier))
*[1437](/source/1437) &ndash; [Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Sigismund%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) (born 1368)
*[1544](/source/1544) &ndash; [Teofilo Folengo](/source/Teofilo_Folengo), Italian poet (born 1491)
*[1565](/source/1565) &ndash; [Pope Pius IV](/source/Pope_Pius_IV) (born 1499)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[1603](/source/1603) &ndash; [William Watson](/source/William_Watson_(priest)), English priest (born 1559)
*[1625](/source/1625) &ndash; [Ubbo Emmius](/source/Ubbo_Emmius), Dutch historian and geographer (born 1547)
*[1636](/source/1636) &ndash; [Fabian Birkowski](/source/Fabian_Birkowski), Polish preacher and author (born 1566)
*[1641](/source/1641) &ndash; [Anthony van Dyck](/source/Anthony_van_Dyck), Belgian-English painter and illustrator (born 1599)
*[1669](/source/1669) &ndash; [Pope Clement IX](/source/Pope_Clement_IX) (born 1600)
*[1674](/source/1674) &ndash; [Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon](/source/Edward_Hyde%2C_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon), English historian and politician, [Chancellor of the Exchequer](/source/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer) (born 1609)
*[1706](/source/1706) &ndash; [Peter II of Portugal](/source/Peter_II_of_Portugal) (born 1648)
*[1718](/source/1718) &ndash; [Vincenzo Coronelli](/source/Vincenzo_Coronelli), Italian monk and cartographer (born 1650)
*  1761   &ndash; [Tarabai](/source/Tarabai), Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (born 1675)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jadhav|first=Bhagyashree M.|date=1998|others=Chapter 5|title=Dr. Appasaheb Pawar a study of his life and career|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/138357|journal=University|language=en}}</ref>
*[1793](/source/1793) &ndash; [Yolande de Polastron](/source/Yolande_de_Polastron), French-Austrian educator (born 1749)
*[1798](/source/1798) &ndash; [Johann Reinhold Forster](/source/Johann_Reinhold_Forster), German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (born 1729)
*[1830](/source/1830) &ndash; [Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher](/source/Heinrich_Christian_Friedrich_Schumacher), Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (born 1757)
*[1851](/source/1851) &ndash; [William Thornhill](/source/William_Thornhill_(British_Army_officer)), English army officer (born 1768)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/Britain/Cavalry/Regiments/c_7thHussars.html|title=British Cavalry Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 7th Light Dragoons (Hussars)|first=Steve|last=Brown}}</ref>
*[1854](/source/1854) &ndash; [Almeida Garrett](/source/Almeida_Garrett), Portuguese journalist and author (born 1799)
*[1858](/source/1858) &ndash; [Robert Baldwin](/source/Robert_Baldwin), Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd [Premier of Canada West](/source/List_of_Joint_Premiers_of_the_Province_of_Canada) (born 1804)
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Mahmadu Lamine](/source/Mahmadu_Lamine), Senegalese religious leader

===1901–present===
*[1906](/source/1906) &ndash; [Ferdinand Brunetière](/source/Ferdinand_Bruneti%C3%A8re), French author and critic (born 1849)
*[1907](/source/1907) &ndash; [Eva Nansen](/source/Eva_Nansen), Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer and pioneer on women{{'s}} skiing (born 1858)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Nansen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eva_Nansen |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
*[1916](/source/1916) &ndash; [Natsume Sōseki](/source/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki), Japanese author and poet (born 1867)
*[1924](/source/1924) &ndash; [Bernard Zweers](/source/Bernard_Zweers), Dutch composer and educator (born 1854)
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [Rube Foster](/source/Rube_Foster), American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Karl Blossfeldt](/source/Karl_Blossfeldt), German photographer, sculptor, and educator (born 1865)
*  1932   &ndash; [Begum Rokeya](/source/Begum_Rokeya), Bangladeshi social worker and author (born 1880)
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Walter Liggett](/source/Walter_Liggett), American journalist and activist (born 1886)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Lilias Armstrong](/source/Lilias_Armstrong), English phonetician (born 1882)
*  1937   &ndash; [Gustaf Dalén](/source/Gustaf_Dal%C3%A9n), Swedish physicist and engineer, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1869)
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Dmitry Merezhkovsky](/source/Dmitry_Merezhkovsky), Russian author, poet, and philosopher (born 1865)
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Georges Dufrénoy](/source/Georges_Dufr%C3%A9noy), French painter (born 1870)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Laird Cregar](/source/Laird_Cregar), American actor (born 1913)
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Yun Chi-ho](/source/Yun_Chi-ho), South Korean activist and politician (born 1864)
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Ali İhsan Sâbis](/source/Ali_%C4%B0hsan_S%C3%A2bis), Turkish general (born 1882)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Daniel O. Fagunwa](/source/Daniel_O._Fagunwa), Nigerian author and educator (born 1903)
*  1963   &ndash; [Perry Miller](/source/Perry_Miller), American historian, author, and academic (born 1905)
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Edith Sitwell](/source/Edith_Sitwell), English poet and critic (born 1887)
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Branch Rickey](/source/Branch_Rickey), American baseball player and manager (born 1884)
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Charles Léon Hammes](/source/Charles_L%C3%A9on_Hammes), Luxembourgish lawyer and judge, 3rd [President of the European Court of Justice](/source/List_of_members_of_the_European_Court_of_Justice) (born 1898)
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Enoch L. Johnson](/source/Enoch_L._Johnson), American mob boss (born 1883)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Artem Mikoyan](/source/Artem_Mikoyan), Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the [Mikoyan-Gurevich](/source/Mikoyan-Gurevich) Design Bureau (born 1905)
*  1970   &ndash; [Feroz Khan Noon](/source/Feroz_Khan_Noon), Pakistani politician, 7th [Prime Minister of Pakistan](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan) (born 1893)
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Ralph Bunche](/source/Ralph_Bunche), American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (born 1904)
*  1971   &ndash; [Sergey Konenkov](/source/Sergey_Konenkov), Russian sculptor and painter (born 1874)
*  1971   &ndash; Rev. [Aeneas Francon Williams](/source/Aeneas_Francon_Williams), [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland) [Minister](/source/Minister_(Christianity)), [Missionary](/source/Missionary) in [India](/source/India) and [China](/source/China), [writer](/source/writer) and [poet](/source/poet) (born [1886](/source/1886))
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Louella Parsons](/source/Louella_Parsons), American writer and columnist (born 1881)
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [William A. Wellman](/source/William_A._Wellman), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1896)
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Fulton J. Sheen](/source/Fulton_J._Sheen), American archbishop (born 1895)
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Leon Jaworski](/source/Leon_Jaworski), American lawyer and politician (born 1905)
*  1982   &ndash; [Marguerite Henry](/source/Marguerite_Henry_(scientist)), Australian zoologist (born 1895)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Damkaer |first=David M. |date=2014-07-07 |title=Marguerite Henry (1895-1982), brief candle to Australian entomostracans |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-lookup/doi/10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=534–538 |doi=10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |bibcode=2014JCBio..34..534D |issn=0278-0372}}</ref>
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Berenice Abbott](/source/Berenice_Abbott), American photographer (born 1898)
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Vincent Gardenia](/source/Vincent_Gardenia), American actor (born 1922)
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Danny Blanchflower](/source/Danny_Blanchflower), Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1926)
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Toni Cade Bambara](/source/Toni_Cade_Bambara), American author and academic (born 1939)
*  1995   &ndash; [Douglas Corrigan](/source/Douglas_Corrigan), American pilot (born 1907)
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Patty Donahue](/source/Patty_Donahue), American singer-songwriter (born 1956)
*  1996   &ndash; [Mary Leakey](/source/Mary_Leakey), English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913)
*  1996   &ndash; [Alain Poher](/source/Alain_Poher), French lawyer and politician (born 1909)
*  1996   &ndash; [Diana Morgan](/source/Diana_Morgan_(screenwriter)), Welsh playwright and screenwriter (born 1908)
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Shaughnessy Cohen](/source/Shaughnessy_Cohen), Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1948)
*  1998   &ndash; [Archie Moore](/source/Archie_Moore), American boxer and actor (born 1913)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-10-sp-52653-story.html|title=Archie Moore Dies at 84|date=December 10, 1998|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Michael Carver, Baron Carver](/source/Michael_Carver%2C_Baron_Carver), English field marshal (born 1915)
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; [Mary Hansen](/source/Mary_Hansen), Australian singer and guitarist (born 1966)
*  2002   &ndash; [Ian Hornak](/source/Ian_Hornak), American painter and sculptor (born 1944)
*  2002   &ndash; [Stan Rice](/source/Stan_Rice), American painter and poet (born 1942)
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Norm Sloan](/source/Norm_Sloan), American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
*  2003   &ndash; [Paul Simon](/source/Paul_Simon_(politician)), American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th [Lieutenant Governor of Illinois](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Illinois) (born 1928)
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [György Sándor](/source/Gy%C3%B6rgy_S%C3%A1ndor), Hungarian-American pianist and educator (born 1912)
*  2005   &ndash; [Robert Sheckley](/source/Robert_Sheckley), American author (born 1928)
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Georgia Gibbs](/source/Georgia_Gibbs), American singer (born 1919)
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Rafael Sperafico](/source/Rafael_Sperafico), Brazilian race car driver (born 1981)
*  2007   &ndash; [Gordon Zahn](/source/Gordon_Zahn), American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1918)
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; [Ibrahim Dossey](/source/Ibrahim_Dossey), Ghanaian footballer (born 1972)
*  2008   &ndash; [Yury Glazkov](/source/Yury_Glazkov), Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1939)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Gene Barry](/source/Gene_Barry), American actor (born 1919)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [James Moody](/source/James_Moody_(saxophonist)), American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1925)
*  2010   &ndash; [Dov Shilansky](/source/Dov_Shilansky), Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th [Speaker of the Knesset](/source/List_of_Knesset_speakers) (born 1924)
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Béla Nagy Abodi](/source/B%C3%A9la_Nagy_Abodi), Hungarian painter and academic (born 1918)
*  2012   &ndash; [Patrick Moore](/source/Patrick_Moore), English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [Alex Moulton](/source/Alex_Moulton), English engineer and businessman, founded the [Moulton Bicycle Company](/source/Moulton_Bicycle) (born 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [Jenni Rivera](/source/Jenni_Rivera), American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1969)
*  2012   &ndash; [Charles Rosen](/source/Charles_Rosen), American pianist and musicologist (born 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [Riccardo Schicchi](/source/Riccardo_Schicchi), Italian director and producer, co-founded [Diva Futura](/source/Diva_Futura) (born 1953)
*  2012   &ndash; [Norman Joseph Woodland](/source/Norman_Joseph_Woodland), American inventor, co-created the [bar code](/source/bar_code) (born 1921)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [Hristu Cândroveanu](/source/Hristu_C%C3%A2ndroveanu), Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/fondul-documentar-dobrogea-de-ieri-si-de-azi/articol/citeste-dobrogea-hristu-candroveanu-un-creator-neobosit-dedicat-cauzei-etniei-sale-3942.html|title=Hristu Cândroveanu - un creator neobosit, dedicat cauzei etniei sale|first=Cristina|last=Titz|newspaper=Ziua de Constanța|date=5 February 2021|language=ro}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [John Gabbert](/source/John_Gabbert), American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1909)
*  2013   &ndash; [Barbara Hesse-Bukowska](/source/Barbara_Hesse-Bukowska), Polish pianist and educator (born 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [Eleanor Parker](/source/Eleanor_Parker), American actress (born 1922)
*  2013   &ndash; [John Wilbur](/source/John_Wilbur_(American_football)), American football player (born 1943)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [Sacvan Bercovitch](/source/Sacvan_Bercovitch), Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (born 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [Jane Freilicher](/source/Jane_Freilicher), American painter and poet (born 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [Jorge María Mejía](/source/Jorge_Mar%C3%ADa_Mej%C3%ADa), Argentinian cardinal (born 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; [Mary Ann Mobley](/source/Mary_Ann_Mobley), American model and actress, [Miss America 1959](/source/Miss_America_1959) (born 1937)
*  2014   &ndash; [Blagoje Paunović](/source/Blagoje_Paunovi%C4%87), Serbian footballer and manager (born 1947)
*  2014   &ndash; [Jože Toporišič](/source/Jo%C5%BEe_Topori%C5%A1i%C4%8D), Slovenian linguist and author (born 1926)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Soshana Afroyim](/source/Soshana_Afroyim), Austrian painter (born 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [Norman Breslow](/source/Norman_Breslow), American statistician and academic (born 1941)
*  2015   &ndash; [Juvenal Juvêncio](/source/Juvenal_Juv%C3%AAncio), Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [Julio Terrazas Sandoval](/source/Julio_Terrazas_Sandoval), Bolivian cardinal (born 1936)
*[2021](/source/2021) &ndash; [Speedy Duncan](/source/Speedy_Duncan), American football player (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary for Leslie Duncan|publisher=Dortch-Williamson Funeral & Cremation Services|url=https://www.dortchwilliamson.com/obituary/Leslie-Duncan|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [Demaryius Thomas](/source/Demaryius_Thomas), American football player (born 1987)
*[2022](/source/2022) &ndash; [Jovit Baldivino](/source/Jovit_Baldivino), Filipino singer and actor (born 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/09/22/singer-jovit-baldivino-passes-away|title=Singer Jovit Baldivino passes away|website=ABS-CBN News|date=December 9, 2022|access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash;  [Nikki Giovanni](/source/Nikki_Giovanni), American poet, writer and activist (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/obituaries/nikki-giovanni-dead.html |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[Anna's Day](/source/Name_days_in_Sweden), marks the day to start the preparation process of the [lutefisk](/source/lutefisk) to be consumed on [Christmas Eve](/source/Christmas_Eve), as well as a [Swedish name day](/source/Name_days_in_Sweden), celebrating all people named Anna. ([Sweden](/source/Sweden) and [Finland](/source/Finland))
*[Armed Forces Day (Peru)](/source/Armed_Forces_Day) 
*Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day):
**[Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary) ([Eastern Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church))
**[Hannah (biblical figure)](/source/Hannah_(biblical_figure)) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
**[Juan Diego](/source/Juan_Diego)
**[Leocadia](/source/Leocadia)
**[Nectarius of Auvergne](/source/Nectarius_of_Auvergne)
**[Peter Fourier](/source/Peter_Fourier)
**[December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/December_9_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
*[Fatherland's Heroes Day](/source/Public_holidays_in_Russia) (Russia)
*[Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(Tanzania)), celebrates the independence of [Tanganyika](/source/Tanganyika_(territory)) from Britain in 1961. ([Tanzania](/source/Tanzania))
*[International Anti-Corruption Day](/source/International_Anti-Corruption_Day) ([United Nations](/source/United_Nations))<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[National Heroes Day](/source/National_Heroes_Day_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)), formerly V.C. Bird Day. ([Antigua and Barbuda](/source/Antigua_and_Barbuda))
*[Navy Day (Sri Lanka)](/source/Armed_Forces_Day)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9/ BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=9}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/9 Historical Events on December 9]

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Category:Days of December

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