December 16th Events in History
| 1997 | President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy" |
| 1994 | Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI |
| 1993 | Red Shoes opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| 1993 | Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 1991 | Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez |
| 1991 | U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote |
| 1990 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti |
| 1990 | KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions |
| 1989 | Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL) |
| 1989 | Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia |
| 1988 | Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud |
| 1987 | Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea |
| 1985 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-L mission |
| 1983 | Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding |
| 1983 | Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time |
| 1982 | Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets |
| 1981 | Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls |
| 1980 | Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State |
| 1979 | 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0) |
| 1979 | Quarterback Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1978 | Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR |
| 1976 | Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN |
| 1976 | Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins |
| 1976 | Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis |
| 1976 | Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea |
| 1975 | 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV |
| 1975 | Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn |
| 1974 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1974 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1973 | O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season |
| 1972 | Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect |
| 1972 | Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0) |
| 1971 | Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan |
| 1971 | Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released |
| 1971 | India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders |
| 1970 | 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.) |
| 1970 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1969 | British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty |
| 1969 | War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko posters begin appearing |
| 1968 | KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago |
| 1966 | Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK |
| 1966 | Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK |
| 1965 | Gemini 6 returns to Earth |
| 1965 | Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit |
| 1965 | Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga |
| 1964 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean |
| 1962 | David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres |
| 1962 | New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) |
| 1962 | Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy |
| 1961 | Evening with Yves Montand opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances |
| 1960 | Wildcat opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 172 performances |
| 1960 | TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134 |
| 1959 | Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 |
| 1958 | Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 |
| 1956 | Fanny closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 888 performances |
| 1953 | 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) |
| 1953 | Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A |
| 1950 | Let's Make an Opera closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances |
| 1950 | Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism" |
| 1949 | Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier |
| 1948 | Lend an Ear opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances |
| 1945 | Cleveland Rams win NFL championship |
| 1944 | Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium |
| 1944 | General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie |
| 1944 | German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) |
| 1944 | U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid |
| 1943 | Tamiami Champion trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 |
| 1942 | Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan |
| 1941 | Sarawak occupied by Japanese |
| 1940 | British air raid on Mannheim |
| 1940 | Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago |
| 1939 | Bradman scores 251* SA vs. NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes |
| 1938 | Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles |
| 1936 | John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City |
| 1933 | Abe de Vries and Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht |
| 1932 | Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed |
| 1931 | German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism |
| 1930 | Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award |
| 1929 | Chicago Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 |
| 1927 | Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia |
| 1926 | Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris |
| 1926 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner |
| 1926 | WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions |
| 1924 | Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London |
| 1922 | Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes |
| 1922 | NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
| 1920 | 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die |
| 1918 | Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds |
| 1915 | Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity |
| 1914 | French offensive in Artois (Petain) |
| 1913 | Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week |
| 1912 | 1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued |
| 1912 | Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia |
| 1909 | U.S. pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office |
| 1908 | 1st credit union in U.S. forms, Manchester, New Hampshire |
| 1907 | Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) |
| 1907 | Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise |
| 1905 | Variety, covering all phases of show business, 1st published |
| 1903 | Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers |
| 1901 | Boer general Kritzinger captured |
| 1900 | Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony |
| 1897 | 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated |
| 1893 | Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres |
| 1892 | Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA vs. NSW |
| 1886 | Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" |
| 1884 | Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
| 1880 | Republic of South Africa forms |
| 1877 | Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres |
| 1864 | Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities |
| 1862 | Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution |
| 1858 | Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island |
| 1857 | Earthquake in Naples, Italy |
| 1838 | Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa |
| 1835 | Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City |
| 1824 | Great North Holland Canal opens |
| 1817 | Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon |
| 1811 | 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri |
| 1809 | Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate |
| 1773 | Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) |
| 1767 | Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers |
| 1761 | Russian army occupies Kolberg |
| 1740 | Prussian Libya falls to Silezie |
| 1689 | English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution |
| 1659 | General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland |
| 1653 | Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector |
| 1631 | Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 |
| 1617 | Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) |
| 1577 | Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory |
| 1538 | King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants |
| 1431 | King Henry VI of England crowned king of France |
| 882 | Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII |
December 16th Birthdays in History
| 1979 | Nicole Werra, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1996 |
| 1973 | Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris |
| 1971 | Catherine "Cathy" Symon, Washington D.C., rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Kristen Kane, born in Jacksonville, Florida, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Michael S McCary, Boss, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men |
| 1969 | Charles Mincy, NFL safety, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1969 | Craig White, cricketer, England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate |
| 1969 | Martin Ulrich, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1968 | Darryll Lewis, NFL cornerback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers |
| 1968 | Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit |
| 1968 | Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer, 1991 British Amat Champ-2nd |
| 1967 | Donovan Bailey, born in Manchester, Jamaica, Canada 100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Miranda Otto, Australian Actress |
| 1966 | Clifford Robinson, NBA center, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1965 | Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Japan Open-2nd |
| 1965 | Chris Jones, Utica, New York, outfielder for the New York Mets |
| 1965 | Cynthia Lynne White, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miss Okla-America, 1991-top 10 |
| 1965 | Moe Elewonibi, NFL/CFL tackle, Philadelphia Eagles, BC Lions |
| 1965 | Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Women's-8th |
| 1965 | Romallis Ellis, Washington D.C., lightweight boxer 1988 Olympics bronze |
| 1964 | Billy Ripken, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 2nd baseman, Bal Orioles, Texas Rangers |
| 1964 | Evelyn Conley, born in San Francisco, California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-7th-1989 |
| 1964 | Gail Harris, Dewsbury England, actress, Virtual Desire |
| 1964 | Heike Drechsler, Gera, East Germany, sprinter, 1988 world record |
| 1963 | Benjamin Bratt, California, actor, Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law and Order |
| 1963 | Brian Clark, Brandon Man, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morden Pro-Am |
| 1963 | Cathy Johnston-Forbes, High Point, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 du Maurier |
| 1963 | Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1962 | Jon Tenney, actor, Brooklyn South |
| 1962 | Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress, Devil in the Flesh |
| 1962 | Melanie Smith, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Emily-As the World Turns |
| 1962 | William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1961 | Kelly Tough, Vancouver BC, playmate, Oct, 1981 |
| 1961 | Bill Hicks, American Comedian |
| 1959 | Alison La Placa, New Jersey, actress, Duet, Catherine-John Larroquette Show |
| 1959 | Steven Irvine, rock drummer, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions |
| 1958 | Bart Oates, NFL center, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1955 | Carol M Browner, U.S. Administrator, EPA |
| 1955 | Graeme Stevenson, cricketer, England medium pacer 1980-81 |
| 1955 | Xander Berkeley, American Actor |
| 1954 | Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith, Barbados, 4X400m hurdler 1980 Olympics bronze |
| 1953 | Filip Bolluyt, Dutch actor, Daybreak |
| 1952 | Elayne Boosler, comedienne, Night Court |
| 1952 | Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87 |
| 1952 | Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| 1952 | Susan Estrich, American Journalist |
| 1950 | Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati, Gilbert Islands, 1979-91 |
| 1949 | Billy Gibbons, born in Houston, Texas, jazz guitarist, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top |
| 1947 | Ben Cross, England, actor, Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions |
| 1947 | Vincent Matthews, U.S., 400m dash, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1946 | Adriaan van Dis, Dutch TV host/writer, Promised Country |
| 1946 | Benny Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, singer, ABBA-Money! Money! Money! |
| 1946 | Fred Borgman, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA |
| 1944 | John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams |
| 1944 | Jim Gibbons, American Politician |
| 1943 | Anthony Hicks, rock guitarist, Hollies |
| 1943 | Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue |
| 1943 | Tony Hicks, rocker, Hollies-The Air That I Breathe |
| 1942 | Dennis Conner, American Athlete |
| 1942 | Donald L. Carcieri, American Politician |
| 1942 | Dick Murphy, American Politician |
| 1941 | Lesley Stahl, newscaster/correspondent, CBS |
| 1941 | Vittoria Mezzogiorno, Italian actor, L'homme blesse, Tre fratelli |
| 1940 | Dimitri van Toren, Dutch vocalist/composer |
| 1940 | Norm Dicks, American Politician |
| 1938 | Michael Greer, Durham, North Carolina, actor, Bobby Gentry Show |
| 1938 | Liv Ullman, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats |
| 1937 | Jim Glaser, Spalding, Nebraska, singer, Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again |
| 1937 | Joyce Bulifant, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 1932 | Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer, Humpback Horse |
| 1929 | Ian Board, barkeeper |
| 1928 | Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian |
| 1928 | Philip K[indred] Dick, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo-1963, Blade Runner |
| 1927 | G Randall P D Garrett, U.S., sci-fi writer, Takeoff, too, ! |
| 1927 | Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author, Heartsease |
| 1926 | Alfred Koerppen, composer |
| 1926 | James McCracken, born in Gary, Indiana, dramatic tenor, Rodolfo-La Boheme |
| 1923 | Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer, Weekend pilgrimage |
| 1923 | Werner Haentjes, composer |
| 1922 | Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist |
| 1919 | Manke Nelis, Cornelis Pieters, Dutch folk vocalist, Small Yodel Boy |
| 1918 | Henry Clarke, fashion photographer |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End |
| 1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' |
| 1916 | Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer |
| 1916 | Udom Patpongsiri, property developer |
| 1915 | Georgi Sviridov, composer |
| 1915 | Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov, composer |
| 1914 | O. Winston Link, American Photographer |
| 1910 | Robert Noehren, composer |
| 1910 | Stanojlo Rajicic, composer |
| 1909 | Henricus Verbunt, civil servant/resistance fighter |
| 1909 | Lall Singh, cricketer, scored 15 and 29 in India's 1st Test match |
| 1908 | Remedios Varo, Spanish Artist |
| 1907 | Ray C Bliss, R, Ohio State Republican Chairman |
| 1907 | Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32 |
| 1906 | John Morrison, politician/landowner |
| 1906 | Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner |
| 1905 | Piet Hein, poet/inventor |
| 1904 | Edward Morris Bernstein, economist |
| 1904 | Norbert E Fonteyne, Flemish writer, Guest house Vives |
| 1903 | Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress, Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter |
| 1903 | Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet, El hombre deshabitado |
| 1901 | Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa |
| 1900 | Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers |
| 1899 | Harold Walter Bailey, philologist |
| 1899 | Noel Coward, England, playwright, In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award |
| 1897 | Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29 |
| 1897 | Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright, Le Canari et le Cerise |
| 1895 | Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1893 | Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat |
| 1892 | A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady |
| 1892 | Cameron Prud'Homme, Auburn California, actor, Rainmaker |
| 1890 | Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| 1888 | Alphonse Juin, French marshal |
| 1883 | Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director, Max Prend un Bain |
| 1882 | Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever |
| 1882 | John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted, 1953 |
| 1882 | Walther Meissner, German physicist, Meissner effect |
| 1882 | Zoltan Kodaly, Kecskemet Hungary, composer, Psalmus Hungaricus |
| 1879 | William Duncan, Scotland, actor, Thunder Trail |
| 1869 | Albert F Pollard, British historian, Dict of natural biography |
| 1865 | Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor |
| 1863 | George Santayana, born in Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist, Last Puritan |
| 1863 | Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City |
| 1862 | Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer, Sous la robe |
| 1857 | Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite |
| 1857 | Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist |
| 1851 | Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier, 1905-08 |
| 1850 | Fred Morley, cricketer, legendary Notts and England bowler 1880-83 |
| 1847 | Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer |
| 1834 | Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory |
| 1830 | John Frederick Hartranft, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | John Beatty, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1827 | John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer |
| 1825 | Henry Heth, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1825 | Robert Prescott Stewart, composer |
| 1822 | Charles Edward Horsley, composer |
| 1819 | Robert Selden Garnett, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1812 | William Grose, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1809 | Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance |
| 1777 | Janos Fusz, composer |
| 1775 | Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer |
| 1775 | Jane Austen, England, novelist, Pride and Prejudice |
| 1770 | Ludwig von Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer, Ode to Joy |
| 1748 | Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer |
| 1742 | Gebhard Leberecht Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal |
| 1734 | Georg Peter Weimar, composer |
| 1714 | George Whitefield, American Clergyman |
| 1685 | Charles Cressent, France, cabinetmaker, Regence |
| 1652 | Giovanni Maria Casini, composer |
| 1622 | Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder |
| 1584 | John Selden, English Statesman |
| 1485 | Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII |
December 16th Deaths in History
| 2007 | Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56 |
| 2004 | Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist |
| 2003 | Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 |
| 2003 | Madlyn Rhue, actress, Star Trek, dies at 69 |
| 2001 | Roy Brocksmith, character actor, Picket Fences, dies at 56 |
| 1998 | William Gaddis, American Novelist |
| 1997 | Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45 |
| 1997 | Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52 |
| 1996 | Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85 |
| 1996 | Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 |
| 1995 | Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85 |
| 1994 | Mary Durack, poet, author, historian, dies at 81 |
| 1994 | Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 |
| 1993 | Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 |
| 1993 | Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 |
| 1993 | Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64 |
| 1993 | Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75 |
| 1993 | Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68 |
| 1992 | Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies |
| 1991 | Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies |
| 1989 | Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies |
| 1989 | Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 |
| 1989 | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59 |
| 1987 | Albert P. Morano, Representative-R-Connecticut, 1951 - 1959, dies at 79 |
| 1985 | Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant |
| 1983 | Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 |
| 1982 | Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 |
| 1982 | Colin Chapman, English Inventor |
| 1980 | Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 |
| 1980 | Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity |
| 1978 | Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 |
| 1976 | George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies |
| 1974 | Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies |
| 1965 | William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 |
| 1965 | W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright |
| 1961 | Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1961 | Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 |
| 1960 | Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63 |
| 1950 | Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1949 | Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed |
| 1945 | Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1941, commits harakiri |
| 1940 | M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies |
| 1940 | William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1935 | Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30 |
| 1931 | Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82 |
| 1928 | Elinor Wylie, American Poet |
| 1927 | Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1923 | Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1922 | Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67 |
| 1922 | Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated |
| 1921 | Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 |
| 1920 | Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies |
| 1916 | Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered |
| 1914 | Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1897 | Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 |
| 1897 | L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 |
| 1874 | Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 |
| 1871 | Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 |
| 1870 | Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 |
| 1863 | John Buford, American Soldier |
| 1861 | Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1859 | Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 |
| 1858 | Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 |
| 1852 | Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 |
| 1852 | Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1833 | Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1821 | Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 |
| 1816 | Vincenzo Galeotti, Tomazelli, Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 |
| 1790 | Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1783 | Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 |
| 1781 | Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1774 | Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 |
| 1719 | Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 |
| 1673 | Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1672 | John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 |
| 1670 | Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies |
| 1404 | Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 |
| 999 | Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 |
| 882 | John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies |
| 875 | Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 |
| 714 | Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies |
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