December 26th Events in History | |
| 2004 | Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa |
| 2003 | Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran |
| 1995 | Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Australia, MCG) |
| 1995 | Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds |
| 1994 | Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27) |
| 1994 | French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille |
| 1994 | President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25) |
| 1993 | Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed |
| 1993 | Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41) |
| 1993 | Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn |
| 1992 | NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75 |
| 1991 | Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years |
| 1991 | Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction |
| 1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India |
| 1991 | New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with second left |
| 1990 | Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship |
| 1990 | Reggie Williams becomes 1st General Manager of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights |
| 1990 | Senior Professional Baseball Association folds |
| 1989 | ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG |
| 1988 | Legs Diamond opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances |
| 1988 | Anti African student rebellion in China PR |
| 1987 | Les Miserables opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik |
| 1986 | Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed |
| 1986 | Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games |
| 1986 | TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run |
| 1985 | Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG |
| 1984 | Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este |
| 1983 | Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG |
| 1983 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1982 | TIME's Man of the Year is a computer |
| 1982 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1981 | One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI |
| 1978 | India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail |
| 1977 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1976 | Music Is closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances |
| 1975 | 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144) |
| 1975 | A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket |
| 1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout |
| 1973 | Exorcist, starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres |
| 1973 | 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours |
| 1973 | Soyuz 13 returns to Earth |
| 1968 | Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 |
| 1968 | Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City |
| 1968 | Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge |
| 1968 | Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG |
| 1967 | BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour" |
| 1967 | Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands |
| 1966 | Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday |
| 1965 | Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway |
| 1965 | Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game |
| 1964 | Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks |
| 1964 | Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game |
| 1963 | Double Dublin opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| 1963 | Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" |
| 1963 | U.S. furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R. |
| 1960 | Do Re Mi opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances |
| 1960 | Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City |
| 1960 | Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game |
| 1957 | Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London |
| 1955 | Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14 |
| 1955 | RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV |
| 1954 | The Shadow, airs for last time on radio |
| 1954 | Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10 |
| 1950 | Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) |
| 1948 | Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested |
| 1947 | Cradle Will Ruck opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34 performances |
| 1947 | British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia |
| 1947 | Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F |
| 1946 | Beggar's Holiday opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances |
| 1946 | Toplitzky of Notre Dame opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances |
| 1946 | 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) |
| 1946 | Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) |
| 1944 | Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans |
| 1944 | Budapest surrounded by soviet army |
| 1944 | Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago |
| 1943 | British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst |
| 1943 | Chicago Bears win NFL championship |
| 1943 | Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers headquarter |
| 1941 | Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" |
| 1940 | 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148 |
| 1940 | JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in New York City |
| 1939 | Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey |
| 1939 | Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels |
| 1938 | Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out |
| 1938 | Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa |
| 1936 | Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms |
| 1935 | Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth" |
| 1934 | Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms |
| 1933 | Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours |
| 1933 | U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere |
| 1932 | Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China |
| 1931 | George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in New York City |
| 1931 | Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy |
| 1931 | SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten |
| 1928 | Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming |
| 1928 | World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW vs. Vic |
| 1926 | Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan |
| 1925 | 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans |
| 1925 | NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 |
| 1925 | Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar |
| 1925 | New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 |
| 1924 | Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut |
| 1919 | Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth |
| 1918 | 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) |
| 1917 | 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron |
| 1917 | Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I |
| 1916 | Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France |
| 1908 | Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1902 | Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42) |
| 1899 | Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed |
| 1892 | Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala) |
| 1890 | King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company |
| 1879 | John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres |
| 1878 | 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia |
| 1877 | Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention |
| 1872 | 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18") |
| 1865 | James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator |
| 1862 | Battle of Dumfries, VA |
| 1862 | 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service |
| 1862 | 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising |
| 1860 | Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) |
| 1860 | Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter |
| 1854 | Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo |
| 1848 | 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF |
| 1848 | William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia |
| 1831 | Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan |
| 1830 | Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan |
| 1825 | Erie Canal opens |
| 1813 | Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies |
| 1809 | English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen |
| 1805 | France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg |
| 1805 | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia |
| 1799 | George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" |
| 1776 | Battle of Trenton-major British defeat |
| 1776 | George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton |
| 1773 | Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia |
| 1748 | France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands |
| 1659 | Long Parliament reforms in Westminster |
| 1620 | Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA |
| 1568 | Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada |
| 1492 | 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus |
| 1481 | Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht |
| 1198 | French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest |
| 795 | St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 418 | St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 268 | St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
December 26th Birthdays in History | |
| 1985 | Steven Hartman, Westlake California, actor, Rick Forrester-Bold and Beautiful |
| 1980 | Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater, 1997 Pruetten champ |
| 1977 | Brandee Layne Loving, Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1996 |
| 1975 | Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam |
| 1974 | Tiffany Brissette, actress, Vicki-Small Wonder |
| 1974 | Tony Brackens, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1973 | Ryan Berube, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1972 | Burnell Roques, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1972 | Derrick Cullors, running back for the New England Patriots |
| 1972 | Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So Called Life |
| 1971 | Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993 |
| 1970 | Lisa Gathright, Moline, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-17th-1993 |
| 1970 | Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-GER |
| 1970 | Willie Williams, NFL cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seahawks |
| 1968 | Darren Barber, Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Tony Covington, NFL safety for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1966 | Tim Legler, NBA guard, Washington Wizards/Bullets |
| 1965 | Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics |
| 1964 | Colleen Dion, Newburgh, New York, actress, Search for Tomorrow |
| 1964 | Jeff King, Marion, Indiana, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1963 | Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All |
| 1961 | Tahnee Welch, La Tahn Renee Welch, born in San Diego, California, actress, Cocoon |
| 1959 | Lesley Tomlinson, Derbyshire England, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1956 | Gail Tatterson, WBL center, New York Stars |
| 1956 | Karen Smith, WBL forward, New York Stars |
| 1956 | David Sedaris, American Writer |
| 1955 | Evan Bayh, American Politician |
| 1954 | Ozzie Smith, Mobile AL, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1954 | Peter Woods, rocker, Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble |
| 1954 | Susan H Butcher, dog sled driver, Idatarod |
| 1954 | Ullrich Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1954 | Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1953 | Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter |
| 1953 | Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1952 | Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981 |
| 1951 | Richard Skinner, born in Portsmouth, England, British DJ, radio and television broadcaster, lead presenter on flagship programs 'Top of the Pops', 'Top 40 Show', 'Whistle Test' |
| 1950 | Michael Jones, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express |
| 1950 | Victoria Racimo, New York City, actress, Corene-Falcon Crest |
| 1949 | Ira Newborn, born in New York City, New York, orchestra leader, Manhattan Transfer |
| 1948 | Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman, New York Yankee |
| 1947 | Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox |
| 1947 | Joyce Jillson, Cranston, Rhode Island, psychic/actress, Superchick |
| 1946 | Lisette Hordijk, Dutch TV broadcaster |
| 1945 | John Walsh, activist/TV host, America's Most Wanted |
| 1944 | Jane Lapotaire, actress, Spirit of the Dead |
| 1942 | Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's |
| 1942 | Earl Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks |
| 1942 | Ernie Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks |
| 1942 | Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, president of Guatemala, 1986-91 |
| 1942 | Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer, Put a candle in your window |
| 1942 | Gray Davis, American Politician |
| 1941 | Daniel Schmid, actor and director, Paloma, Violanta, Hecate, Amateurs |
| 1940 | Harmen Siezen, Dutch TV-journal host |
| 1939 | Lynn Martin, U.S. secretary of Labor, 1991 - 1993 |
| 1939 | [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound |
| 1939 | Phil Spector, American Businessman |
| 1936 | Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael, Gov-Mass |
| 1935 | Abdul "Duke" Fakir, born in Detroit, Michigan, rock vocalist, Four Tops |
| 1935 | Barbara J Jacket, U.S. athletic coach, Olympics 1972 |
| 1935 | Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen |
| 1935 | Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman |
| 1932 | Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter |
| 1931 | Thomas Eden Binkley, musician |
| 1931 | Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter, Soldier of Orange |
| 1930 | Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor, Kent-Logan's Run |
| 1930 | Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster |
| 1927 | Alan King, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me |
| 1927 | Denis Quilley, born in London, England, actor, Masada |
| 1926 | Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction |
| 1926 | Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail |
| 1926 | Zlatko Pibernik, composer |
| 1921 | Steve Allen, New York City, comedian/TV host, Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show |
| 1917 | Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes |
| 1917 | Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity |
| 1916 | Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded electronic music studio in Linz in 1959 |
| 1915 | Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature, Duck on Attic |
| 1915 | Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River |
| 1914 | Richard Widmark, born in Minnesota, American actor in films, theater, radio, television |
| 1910 | Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner |
| 1908 | Ralph Hill, U.S., 5K runner, Olympic-1932 |
| 1906 | BVA Roling, Dutch lawyer |
| 1904 | Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer, Guerra del Tiempo |
| 1904 | Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist |
| 1902 | Elisha Cook, Jr., born in San Francisco, California, actor, Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI |
| 1901 | Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer |
| 1901 | Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer |
| 1897 | Willie Corsari, Wilhelmina A Schmidt, Dutch writer |
| 1894 | Antonio Molina, composer |
| 1893 | Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer |
| 1893 | Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, Prime Minister of China PR, 1949 - 1976 |
| 1893 | Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer |
| 1893 | Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader |
| 1891 | Henry Miller, author, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus |
| 1891 | Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist |
| 1888 | Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japanese stagewriter, Tjitj Kaeru |
| 1886 | Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary, 1932-35 |
| 1883 | Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950 |
| 1883 | Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist |
| 1880 | Elton Mayo, Australian Psychologist |
| 1879 | Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer |
| 1879 | Julius Weismann, composer |
| 1878 | Isaiah Bowman, U.S., geography/co-founder, Geographical Review |
| 1874 | Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933 |
| 1873 | Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels |
| 1873 | Karel Moor, composer |
| 1869 | Harry Redman, composer |
| 1867 | Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer, Dialogues Byzance |
| 1862 | Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer |
| 1861 | Friedrich Engel, German mathematician, group theory |
| 1859 | Johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist |
| 1855 | Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer |
| 1849 | Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor, Fanfan la Tulipe |
| 1845 | Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer |
| 1837 | Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila |
| 1826 | Franz Coenen, composer |
| 1826 | Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale |
| 1824 | Augustus Louis Chetlain, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle |
| 1820 | Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1815 | Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1812 | Wilhelm Volkmar, composer |
| 1809 | William Nelson Pendleton, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1808 | Albert Grisar, composer |
| 1805 | Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer |
| 1797 | Hans Skramstad, composer |
| 1793 | Franz Hunten, composer |
| 1792 | Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine |
| 1778 | Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist |
| 1771 | Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet, Regulus |
| 1770 | Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general, Waterloo, Elba |
| 1769 | Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet |
| 1762 | Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer |
| 1751 | Lord George Gordon, British Politician |
| 1747 | Cornelis Stevens, Belgium, RC foreman/polemist, Le sophisme devoile |
| 1738 | Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence |
| 1731 | Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor, Town Hall of Westzaan |
| 1716 | Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard |
| 1687 | Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer |
| 1660 | Peter Schenck, German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised |
| 1633 | Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised |
| 1618 | Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess |
| 1194 | Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily |
| December 26th Deaths in History | |
| 2005 | Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman |
| 2004 | Reggie White, football player, dies at 43 |
| 2002 | Herb Ritts, photographer, dies at 50 |
| 2001 | Nigel Hawthorne, actor, The Madness of King George, dies at 72 |
| 2000 | Jason Robards, actor, All the President's Men, dies at 78 |
| 2000 | Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78 |
| 1999 | Curtis Mayfield, composer/singer, People Get Ready, dies at 57 |
| 1997 | John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81 |
| 1997 | John Whitley, air-Marshal, dies at 92 |
| 1994 | Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74 |
| 1994 | Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies |
| 1994 | Karl Schiller, minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies |
| 1994 | Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80 |
| 1994 | Sylvia Brandts Buys, actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85 |
| 1994 | Sylvia Koscina, Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61 |
| 1993 | Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74 |
| 1992 | Constance Carpenter, actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87 |
| 1992 | John G Kemeny, U.S. computer pioneer (BASIC), dies |
| 1992 | Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80 |
| 1991 | Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70 |
| 1991 | Sam Cresson, dies at 73 |
| 1989 | Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1989 | Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies |
| 1988 | John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 |
| 1986 | Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84 |
| 1985 | Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 |
| 1977 | Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81 |
| 1977 | Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1974 | Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 |
| 1974 | Knudage Riisager, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1974 | Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1973 | Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 |
| 1973 | Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69 |
| 1973 | William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73 |
| 1972 | Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88 |
| 1972 | Harry S. Truman, American President |
| 1971 | Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 |
| 1969 | Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67 |
| 1968 | Weegee, also known as Arthur Fellig, American Photographer |
| 1968 | Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian |
| 1966 | Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88 |
| 1966 | Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, singer (Armoede, Finale), dies at 91 |
| 1966 | Noel Gallon, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1965 | Anthonie Donker, Dutch, literary, dies at 63 |
| 1963 | Gorgeous George Wagner, wrestler, dies |
| 1960 | Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54 |
| 1958 | Harry Redman, composer, dies on 89th birthday |
| 1957 | Artur Malawski, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1956 | Holmes Herbert, actor (The Kiss), dies at 74 |
| 1952 | Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59 |
| 1950 | Emile Enthoven, composer, dies at 47 |
| 1950 | James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68 |
| 1942 | Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24 |
| 1937 | Ivor Gurney, composer, dies at 47 |
| 1933 | Lunatscharski, writer, dies |
| 1931 | Melvil Dewey, American Inventor |
| 1930 | Kin Hubbard, American Journalist |
| 1918 | Bertram Luard-Selby, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1917 | Louise J Gautier, French poet/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 |
| 1916 | Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1909 | Frederic Remington, American Artist |
| 1890 | Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 |
| 1887 | Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 |
| 1886 | John A. Logan, American Soldier |
| 1879 | Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies |
| 1866 | Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 |
| 1862 | 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato |
| 1861 | Philip St. George Cocke, Confederate Brigadier-General, commits suicide at 52 |
| 1837 | Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 |
| 1836 | Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1827 | Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1797 | John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 |
| 1776 | Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle |
| 1771 | Claude A Helvetius, French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at 56 |
| 1740 | Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, Lieutenant-general (12 children), dies |
| 1736 | Antonio Caldara, composer, dies |
| 1679 | John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 |
| 1676 | Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies |
| 1658 | Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 |
| 1627 | Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies |
| 1624 | Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 |
| 1574 | Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 |
| 1530 | Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 |
| 1476 | Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered |
| 267 | Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies |
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