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2021

23 de diciembre de los últimos años

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Date

El 23 de diciembre es el día 357 del año (358 en años bisiestos ) en el calendario gregoriano ; Quedan ocho días para el final del año.

Eventos

• 484 - El reino vándalo arriano cesa su persecución del cristianismo niceno . ^[1]
• 558 - Clotario I es coronado rey de los francos .
• 583 - La reina maya Yohl Ik'nal es coronada gobernante de Palenque .
• 962 - El saqueo de Alepo como parte de las guerras árabe-bizantinas : bajo el futuro emperador Nicéforo Focas , las tropas bizantinas asaltan la ciudad de Alepo .
• 1598 - Guerra de Arauco : El gobernador de Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola es asesinado en la Batalla de Curalaba por mapuches liderados por Pelantaru .
• 1688 - Como parte de la Revolución Gloriosa , el Rey Jaime II de Inglaterra huye de Inglaterra a París, Francia después de ser depuesto a favor de su sobrino, Guillermo de Orange y su hija María .
• 1783 - George Washington dimite como comandante en jefe del Ejército Continental en la Casa del Estado de Maryland en Annapolis, Maryland .
• 1793 - La batalla de Savenay : Una derrota decisiva de los contrarrevolucionarios realistas en la Guerra de Vendée durante la Revolución Francesa .
• 1815 - Se publica por primera vez la novela Emma de Jane Austen .
• 1876 - Primer día de la Conferencia de Constantinopla que resultó en un acuerdo para reformas políticas en los Balcanes .
• 1893 - Se representa por primera vez la ópera Hansel y Gretel de Engelbert Humperdinck .
• 1913 - La Ley de la Reserva Federal es promulgada por el presidente Woodrow Wilson , creando el Sistema de la Reserva Federal .
• 1914 - Primera Guerra Mundial : las tropas australianas y neozelandesas llegan a El Cairo, Egipto .
• 1916 - Primera Guerra Mundial: Batalla de Magdhaba : las fuerzas aliadas derrotan a las fuerzas turcas en la península del Sinaí .
• 1919 - La Ley de descalificación (expulsión) por motivos de sexo de 1919 se convierte en ley en el Reino Unido.
• 1936 - Colombia se convierte en signataria del tratado de derechos de autor de Buenos Aires .
• 1936 - Guerra Civil Española : La República Española legaliza el Consejo Regional de Defensa de Aragón . ^[2]
• 1941 - Segunda Guerra Mundial: Después de 15 días de lucha , el Ejército Imperial Japonés ocupa la Isla Wake .
• 1947 - El transistor se demuestra por primera vez en Bell Laboratories .
• 1948 - Siete líderes militares y políticos japoneses condenados por crímenes de guerra por el Tribunal Militar Internacional para el Lejano Oriente son ejecutados por las autoridades de ocupación aliadas en la prisión de Sugamo en Tokio, Japón.
• 1954 : J. Hartwell Harrison y Joseph Murray realizan el primer trasplante de riñón con éxito .
• 1968 - Los 82 marineros del USS  Pueblo son liberados después de once meses de internamiento en Corea del Norte .
• 1970 - La Torre Norte del World Trade Center en Manhattan , Nueva York, Nueva York alcanza los 1368 pies (417 m), lo que la convierte en el edificio más alto del mundo.
• 1970 - La República Democrática del Congo se convierte oficialmente en un estado de partido único .
• 1972 - Un terremoto de magnitud 6.5 golpea la capital nicaragüense de Managua y mata a más de 10,000.
• 1972 - Los 16 sobrevivientes del desastre del vuelo de los Andes son rescatados después de 73 días, sobreviviendo al canibalismo.
• 1979 - Guerra soviético-afgana : las fuerzas de la Unión Soviética ocupan Kabul , la capital afgana .
• 1984 - Después de experimentar un incendio en el motor, el vuelo 3519 de Aeroflot intenta realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en el aeropuerto internacional de Krasnoyarsk, pero se estrella, matando a 110 de las 111 personas a bordo. ^[3]
• 1986 - La Voyager , pilotada por Dick Rutan y Jeana Yeager , aterriza en la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Edwards en California y se convierte en la primera aeronave en volar sin escalas alrededor del mundo sin reabastecimiento de combustible aéreo o terrestre.
• 1990 - Historia de Eslovenia : En un referéndum , el 88,5% del electorado total de Eslovenia votó por la independencia de Yugoslavia .
• 2002 - Un MQ-1 Predator estadounidense es derribado por un MiG-25 iraquí en el primer enfrentamiento de combate entre un dron y un avión convencional.
• 2003 - Explosión del campo de gas natural PetroChina Chuandongbei, Guoqiao, condado de Kai , Chongqing , China, matando al menos a 234 personas.
• 2007 - Se llega a un acuerdo para que el Reino de Nepal sea ​​abolido y el país se convierta en una república federal con el Primer Ministro como jefe de estado.
• 2015 - Una bomba explota en el aeropuerto Sabiha Gökçen de Estambul , matando a un limpiador del aeropuerto. Los Halcones de la Libertad de Kurdistán se atribuyen la responsabilidad del ataque cuatro días después.

Nacimientos

• 968 : Zhen Zong , emperador de la dinastía Song (m. 1022)
• 1173 : Luis I , duque de Baviera (m. 1231)
• 1513 : Thomas Smith , erudito y diplomático inglés (muerto en 1577)
• 1525 : Juan Alberto I , duque de Mecklemburgo (m. 1576)
• 1573 - Giovanni Battista Crespi , pintor, escultor y arquitecto italiano (m. 1632)
• 1582 - Severo Bonini , organista y compositor italiano (m. 1663)
• 1544 - Ana de Sajonia , hija única y heredera de Mauricio, electora de Sajonia (m. 1577)
• 1597 - Martin Opitz , poeta y compositor alemán (muerto en 1639)
• 1605 : Emperador Tianqi , emperador chino (m. 1627)
• 1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel , mariscal de campo y político sueco, Lord Alto Condestable de Suecia (m. 1676)
• 1621 - Heneage Finch, primer conde de Nottingham , abogado y político inglés, Lord Canciller de Inglaterra (m. 1682)
• 1621: Edmund Berry Godfrey , abogado y juez inglés (f. 1678)
• 1689 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier , compositor francés (m. 1755)
• 1690 : Pamheiba , emperador indio (m. 1751)
• 1713 - Maruyama Gondazaemon , luchador de sumo japonés, el tercer Yokozuna (m. 1749)
• 1732 - Richard Arkwright , empresario e inventor inglés, inventó el marco de agua y el marco giratorio (muerto en 1792)
• 1745 - John Jay , jurista y político estadounidense, primer presidente del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos (m. 1829)
• 1750 : Federico Augusto I de Sajonia (muerto en 1827)
• 1758 : Nathan Wilson , soldado y político estadounidense (muerto en 1834)
• 1766 : Wilhelm Hisinger , físico y químico sueco (muerto en 1852)
• 1777 : Alejandro I de Rusia (m. 1825)
• 1790 : Jean-François Champollion , filólogo, orientalista y erudito francés (m. 1832)
• 1793 - Dost Mohammad Khan , emir de Afganistán (m. 1863)
• 1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , autor, crítico y académico francés (m. 1869)
• 1805 : José Smith , líder religioso estadounidense, fundador del movimiento Santo de los Últimos Días (m. 1844).
• 1807 - Anthony Mary Claret , arzobispo católico y misionero español (m. 1870)
• 1810 : Edward Blyth , zoólogo inglés (muerto en 1873)
• 1810: Karl Richard Lepsius , egiptólogo alemán (m. 1884)
• 1812 - Samuel Smiles , autor escocés-inglés (m. 1904)
• 1812: Henri-Alexandre Wallon , historiador y estadista francés (m. 1904)
• 1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate , pastor y poeta holandés (m. 1889)
• 1822 : Wilhelm Bauer , ingeniero alemán (m. 1875)
• 1828 - Mathilde Wesendonck , poeta y autora alemana (m. 1902)
• 1839 - János Murkovics , autor y educador esloveno-húngaro (muerto en 1917)
• 1843 - Richard Conner , sargento estadounidense, ganador de la Medalla de Honor (m. 1924)
• 1854 - Henry B. Guppy , botánico y autor inglés (muerto en 1926)
• 1867 - Madame CJ Walker (nacida como Sarah Breedlove), empresaria y filántropa estadounidense, fundó Madame CJ Walker Manufacturing Company (m. 1919) ^[4]
• 1870 : John Marin , pintor estadounidense (m. 1953)
• 1878 - Stephen Timoshenko , ingeniero y académico ucraniano-estadounidense (m. 1972)
• 1885 - Pierre Brissaud , ilustrador, pintor y grabador francés (m. 1964)
• 1894 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (d. 1994)
• 1896 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)
• 1900 – Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2014)
• 1900 – Marie Bell, French actress and stage director (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)
• 1902 – Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005)
• 1907 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Gertrude Bancroft, American economist (d. 1985)^[5][6]
• 1908 – Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Kurt Meyer, German general (d. 1961)
• 1911 – James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1918 – José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1954)
• 1923 – Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host (d. 2008)
• 1923 – James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Rayner Unwin, English publisher (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Robert Bly, American poet and essayist
• 1926 – Harold Dorman, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Dick Weber, American professional bowler (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Akihito, Japanese emperor
• 1933 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Johnny Kidd, English singer-songwriter (d. 1966)
• 1935 – Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Esther Phillips, American R&B singer (d. 1984)
• 1936 – Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 – Willie Wood, American football player
• 1937 – Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
• 1937 – Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
• 1939 – Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (d. 1995)
• 1940 – Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan
• 1940 – Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 – Robert Labine, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer
• 1940 – Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
• 1940 – Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Peter Davis, English businessman
• 1941 – Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1980)
• 1942 – Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
• 1943 – Ron Allen, American baseball player
• 1943 – Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
• 1943 – Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (d. 2010)^[7]
• 1943 – Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
• 1943 – Queen Silvia of Sweden
• 1944 – Wesley Clark, American general
• 1945 – Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
• 1945 – Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
• 1946 – Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 – Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1946 – John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Bill Rodgers, American runner
• 1948 – David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 – Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
• 1948 – Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
• 1948 – Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
• 1949 – Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician
• 1950 – Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general
• 1950 – Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator
• 1951 – Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, and political activist/pundit
• 1953 – Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
• 1953 – Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
• 1954 – Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Brian Teacher, American tennis player^[8]
• 1955 – Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
• 1955 – Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1956 – Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 – Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Peter Wynn, Australian rugby league player and businessman
• 1958 – Joan Severance, American actress
• 1958 – Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian journalist and author
• 1961 – Ketan J. Patel, Kenyan-English biologist and academic
• 1961 – Carol Smillie, Scottish model and actress
• 1961 – Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress and producer
• 1962 – Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 – Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1962 – Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler and actor
• 1963 – Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Donna Tartt, American author^[9]
• 1963 – Ante Zelck, German businessman
• 1964 – Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 – Badi Assad, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
• 1967 – Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager
• 1968 – Karyn Bryant, American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Barry Kooser, American painter and animator
• 1968 – Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American photographer
• 1968 – René Tretschok, German footballer and manager
• 1970 – Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater and sportscaster
• 1970 – Raymont Harris, American football player
• 1970 – Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Chris Cook, American race car driver
• 1971 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
• 1971 – Jo Johnson, English banker, journalist, and politician
• 1971 – Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
• 1971 – Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model, actress, and author (d. 2017)
• 1971 – Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Christian Potenza, Canadian actor, voice actor and singer
• 1972 – Morgan, Italian singer-songwriter and composer
• 1974 – Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2004)
• 1975 – Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Joanna Hayes, American hurdler and coach
• 1976 – Brad Lidge, American baseball player
• 1976 – Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Uzbek-Greek footballer and manager
• 1976 – Jamie Noble, American wrestler and producer
• 1977 – Matt Baker, English television presenter
• 1977 – Alge Crumpler, American football player
• 1977 – Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer
• 1977 – Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Paul Shirley, American basketball player and blogger
• 1978 – Esthero, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1978 – Andra Davis, American football player
• 1978 – Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
• 1979 – Abraham Chebii, Kenyan runner
• 1979 – Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Megan Mayhew Bergman, American author and educator
• 1979 – Kenny Miller, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Yukifumi Murakami, Japanese javelin thrower
• 1980 – Cody Ross, American baseball player
• 1981 – Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican-American swimmer
• 1981 – Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
• 1981 – Hiro Fujiwara, Japanese manga artist
• 1981 – Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (d. 2011)
• 1981 – Mario Santana, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Brad Nelson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist
• 1983 – Michael Chopra, English footballer
• 1983 – Lisa Dobriskey, English runner
• 1983 – Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Dudu Aharon, Israeli singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Josh Satin, American baseball player
• 1984 – Sebastian Werle, German rugby player
• 1985 – Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter
• 1986 – Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
• 1986 – Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 – Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer
• 1986 – T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
• 1988 – Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013
• 1989 – Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
• 1992 – Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
• 1994 – Reed Alexander, American actor
• 1996 – Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
• 2002 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician

Deaths

• 423 – Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (b. 392)
• 484 – Huneric, Vandal king^[1]
• 668 – Gabriel of Beth Qustan, bishop and saint (b. 594)
• 679 – Dagobert II, Frankish king (probable;^[10] b. 650)
• 761 – Gaubald, Frankish bishop (b. 700)
• 889 – Solomon II, bishop of Constance
• 910 – Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar
• 918 – Conrad I, king of East Francia (b. 890)
• 940 – Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b. 909)
• 1172 – Ugo Ventimiglia, Italian cardinal
• 1193 – Thorlak, patron saint of Iceland (b. 1133)
• 1230 – Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England (b. 1165)
• 1304 – Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria (b. 1253)
• 1383 – Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1320)
• 1384 – Thomas Preljubović, ruler of Epirus
• 1392 – Isabella of Castile, duchess of York (b. 1355)
• 1556 – Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)
• 1568 – Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
• 1572 – Johann Sylvan, German theologian (executed; date of birth unknown)^[11]
• 1575 – Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
• 1588 – Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)
• 1631 – Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
• 1638 – Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)^[12]
• 1646 – François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
• 1652 – John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1675 – Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 – Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 – Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 – Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 – Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 – John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1892 – Frederick Tracy Dent, Brigadier General in the Regular United States Army, brother in law to President Ulysses S. Grant.
• 1902 – Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 – Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 – Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 – Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 – Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 – Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)^[13]
• 1946 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 – Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 – Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 – Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 – Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 – Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 – Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet general and politician, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1954 – René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)
• 1961 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Kurt Meyer, German general (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)
• 1973 – Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)
• 1982 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1983 – Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1992 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)
• 1994 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2000 – Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930)
• 2004 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Charlie Drake, English actor (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Johnny Vincent, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2007 – William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)^[14]
• 2009 – Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)
• 2009 – Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2010 – K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979)
• 2013 – Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (b. 1919)^[15]
• 2013 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920)^[16]
• 2013 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (b. 1954)^[17][18]
• 2013 – G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Don Howe, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923)^[19]
• 2017 – Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (b. 1927)
• 2020 – Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (b. 1945) ^[20]

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag day (Sweden)
• Children's Day (South Sudan and Sudan)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abassad (Coptic Church)
  • Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Coptic Church)^[21]
  • Dagobert II
  • John Cantius
  • O Emmanuel
  • Psote (Coptic Church)
  • Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
  • Victoria
  • December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of all level operational control structures servicemen (Ukraine)
• Festivus, a parody holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
• HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
• Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
• Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
• Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
• Victory Day (Egypt)

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