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===Pre-1600===
* [[557]] – [[Constantinople]] is severely damaged by [[557 Constantinople earthquake|an earthquake]], which cracks the dome of [[Hagia Sophia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=J.A.S.|title=The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2005|isbn=9780313325823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDNv6qZ_I-IC|page=xx}}</ref>
* [[835]] – [[Sweet Dew Incident]]: [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang|Emperor Wenzong]] of the [[Tang dynasty]] conspires to kill the powerful [[eunuch]]s of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Broughton|first=Jeffrey L.|title=Zongmi on Chan|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780231143929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsJIbu1WXEUC|page=204}}</ref>
*[[1287]] – [[St. Lucia's flood]]: The [[Zuiderzee]] sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wallenfeldt|first=Jeff|title=Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands|location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational|date=2014|isbn=9781615309733|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3eGbAAAAQBAJ|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1542]] – Princess [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary Stuart]] becomes [[Queen of Scots]] at the age of one week on the death of her father, [[James V of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fraser|first=Antonia|title=Mary Queen of Scots|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|date=2015|isbn=9781780229263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YE9GAwAAQBAJ|page=3}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1751]] – The [[Theresian Military Academy]] is founded in [[Wiener Neustadt]], Austria.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Király|first1=Béla K.|last2=Rothenberg|first2=Gunther E.|title=War and Society in East Central Europe|location=New York|publisher=Brooklyn College Press|date=1988|oclc=63437018|page=99}}</ref>
*[[1780]] – [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] [[Alexander Hamilton]] marries [[Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton]] at the [[Schuyler Mansion]] in [[Albany, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Newton|first=Michael E.|title=Discovering Hamilton: New Discoveries in the Lives of Alexander Hamilton, His Family, Friends, and Colleagues, From Various Archives Around the World|location=Phoenix, Ariz.|publisher=Eleftheria Publishing|date=2019|isbn=9780982604045|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oOiDwAAQBAJ|page=250}}</ref>
*[[1782]] – The [[Montgolfier brothers]] first test fly an unmanned [[hot air balloon]] in France; it floats nearly {{convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gillispie|first=Charles Coulston|title=The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783-1784: With a Word on the Importance of Ballooning for the Science of Heat and the Art of Building Railroads|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780691613321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNX_AwAAQBAJ|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1812]] – The [[French invasion of Russia]] comes to an end as the remnants of the [[Grande Armée]] are expelled from Russia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hartley|first=Janet M.|chapter=War, Economy and Utopianism: Russia After the Napoleonic Era|title=War, Demobilization and Memory The Legacy of War in the Era of Atlantic Revolutions|editor-last1=Forrest|editor-first1=Alan|editor-last2=Hagemann|editor-first2=Karen|editor-last3=Rowe|editor-first3=Michael|location=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|date=2016|isbn=9781137406491|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xa7tCwAAQBAJ|page=84}}</ref>
*[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: The [[Royal Navy]] [[Battle of Lake Borgne|seizes control]] of [[Lake Borgne]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Office of the Chief of Naval Operations|title=Riverine Warfare: The U.S. Navy's Operations on Inland Waters|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Naval history Division, United States Navy|date=1968|oclc=712698|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeZHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1819]] – [[Alabama]] becomes the 22nd [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Herbert James|title=Alabama Founders: Fourteen Political and Military Leaders Who Shaped the State|location=Tuscaloosa|publisher=The University of Alabama Press|date=2018|isbn=9780817319830|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys9ZDwAAQBAJ|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1836]] – The [[Toledo War]] unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting [[Michigan]] as a U.S. state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fuller|first=George Newman|title=Historic Michigan" Land of the Great Lakes|location=Dayton, Ohio|publisher=National Historical Association|date=1924|oclc=632517669|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRwFtBSbFoYC|pages=63–65}}</ref>
*[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory under General [[James Longstreet]] at the [[Battle of Bean's Station]] in [[East Tennessee]] ends the [[Knoxville Campaign]], but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to [[Virginia]] next spring.<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Bean's Station|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-beans-station/|author=King, Spurgeon|website= Tennessee Encyclopedia|date= October 8, 2017|access-date= December 7, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1896]] – The [[Glasgow Subway|Glasgow Underground Railway]] is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wills|first=Elspeth|title=Scottish Firsts: A Celebration of Innovation and Achievement|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|date=2002|isbn=9781840186116|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1900]] – [[Quantum mechanics]]: [[Max Planck]] presents a theoretical derivation of his [[Planck's law|black-body radiation law (quantum theory)]] at the Physic Society in Berlin.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=22|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – The [[Commercial Pacific Cable Company]] lays the first Pacific [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] cable, from [[San Francisco]] to [[Honolulu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Bill |date=2019-02-09 |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - The Commercial Pacific Cable Company |url=https://atlantic-cable.com//CableCos/ComPacCable/ |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=atlantic-cable.com}}</ref>
*[[1903]] – The [[Wright brothers]] make their first attempt to fly with the ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Wright_Bros/First_Powered_Flight/WR6.htm |title=The First Powered Flight – 1903 |website=[[U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission]] |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[1907]] – The {{ship||Thomas W. Lawson|ship|2}}, the [[List of large sailing vessels|largest ever ship without a heat engine]], runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the [[Isles of Scilly]] in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
*[[1909]] – [[New South Wales]] Premier [[Charles Wade]] signs the [[Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909]], formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the [[Australian Capital Territory]].
*[[1911]] – [[Roald Amundsen]]'s team, comprising himself, [[Olav Bjaaland]], [[Helmer Hanssen]], [[Sverre Hassel]], and [[Oscar Wisting]], becomes the first to reach the [[South Pole]].
*[[1913]] – {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}, the fourth and last {{sclass|Kongō|battlecruiser|0}} ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] workhorses during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].
*[[1914]] – [[Lisandro de la Torre]] and others found the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]] (''Partido Demócrata Progresista'', PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].
*[[1918]] – [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse|Friedrich Karl von Hessen]], a German prince elected by the [[Parliament of Finland]] to become King Väinö I, renounces the [[List of monarchs of Finland|Finnish throne]].
* 1918 – [[President of Portugal|Portuguese President]] [[Sidónio Pais]] is assassinated.
* 1918 – The [[1918 United Kingdom general election]] occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party [[Sinn Féin]] wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote.<ref name=ark>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm The Irish Election of 1918] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824020254/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm |date=24 August 2006 }}. [[Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive|ARK]]. Retrieved 29 December 2022.</ref>
* 1918 – [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s comic opera '''''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''''' premiered at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book |title= The Puccini Problem |last= Wilson |first= Alexandra |year= 2007 |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]] |location= Cambridge |isbn= 978-0-521-85688-1 |url= https://archive.org/details/pucciniproblemop0000wils |page=178}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[Winter War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] is expelled from the [[League of Nations]] for invading Finland.
*[[1940]] – [[Plutonium]] (specifically [[Pu-238]]) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
*[[1948]] – [[Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.]] and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their [[cathode-ray tube amusement device]], the earliest known interactive [[electronic game]].
*[[1955]] – [[Albania]], [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–70)|Cambodia]], [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]], [[Finland]], [[Hungary]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Jordan]], [[Laos]], [[Libya]], [[Nepal]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]] and [[Spain]] join the [[United Nations]] through [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 109]].
*[[1958]] – The [[3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] becomes the first to reach the [[Pole of inaccessibility#Southern pole of inaccessibility|southern pole of inaccessibility]].
*[[1960]] – [[Convention against Discrimination in Education]] of [[UNESCO]] is adopted.
*[[1962]] – [[NASA]]'s ''[[Mariner 2]]'' becomes the first [[spacecraft]] to fly by [[Venus]].
*[[1963]] – The dam containing the [[Baldwin Hills Reservoir]] bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1964]] – [[American Civil Rights Movement]]: ''[[Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that [[United States Congress|Congress]] can use the [[United States Constitution|Constitution's]] [[Commerce Clause]] to fight discrimination.
*[[1971]] – [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]: Over 200 of [[East Pakistan]]{{'}}s intellectuals are [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals#14 December executions|executed]] by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as [[Martyred Intellectuals Day]].)
*[[1972]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Eugene Cernan]] is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and [[Harrison Schmitt]] complete the third and final [[extravehicular activity]] (EVA) of the [[Apollo 17]] mission.
*[[1981]] – [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]: Israel's [[Knesset]] ratifies the ''[[Golan Heights Law]]'', extending Israeli law to the [[Golan Heights]].
*[[1985]] – [[Wilma Mankiller]] takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the [[Cherokee Nation]].
*[[1986]] – [[Qasba Aligarh massacre]]: Over 400 [[Mahajir (Pakistan)|Muhajirs]] killed in revenge killings in Qasba colony after a raid on [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] heroin processing and distribution center in [[Sohrab Goth]] by the security forces.<ref name="orangi_killings">{{cite web|url=http://therepublicofrumi.com/chronicle/1986.htm |title=1986: Orangi killings |work=The Chronicle of Pakistan |publisher=Republic of Rumi |editor-first=Khurram Ali |editor-last=Shafique |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122151804/http://therepublicofrumi.com/chronicle/1986.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[1992]] – [[War in Abkhazia (1992–93)|War in Abkhazia]]: [[Siege of Tkvarcheli]]: A helicopter carrying evacuees from [[Tkvarcheli]] is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
*[[1994]] – Construction begins on the [[Three Gorges Dam]] on the [[Yangtze]] river.
*[[1995]] – [[Yugoslav Wars]]: The [[Dayton Agreement]] is signed in Paris by the leaders of the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
*[[1998]] – Yugoslav Wars: The [[Military of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] [[December 14, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush|ambushes]] a group of [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
*[[1999]] – [[Vargas tragedy|Torrential rains]] cause [[flash flood]]s in [[Vargas, Venezuela]], resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
*[[2003]] – Pakistani President [[Pervez Musharraf]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
*[[2004]] – The [[Millau Viaduct]], the [[List of tallest bridges in the world|tallest bridge in the world]], is formally inaugurated near [[Millau]], France.
*[[2012]] – [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in [[Sandy Hook, Connecticut]].
*[[2013]] – [[2013 South Sudanese coup d'état attempt|A reported coup attempt]] in [[South Sudan]] leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
*[[2017]] – [[The Walt Disney Company]] announces that it would acquire [[21st Century Fox]], including the [[20th Century Fox]] movie studio, for $52.4 billion.
*[[2020]] – A [[Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020|total solar eclipse]] is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="Emol1">{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Richard |title=Chile será protagonista de tres eclipses totales de Sol consecutivos por primera vez |url=http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=534277 |website=EyN |language=es |date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1009]] – [[Emperor Go-Suzaku|Go-Suzaku]], emperor of Japan (d. 1045)
*[[1332]] – [[Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia|Frederick III]], German nobleman (d. 1381)
*[[1546]] – [[Tycho Brahe]], Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moesgaard |first1=Kristian Peder |title=Brahe, Tycho [Tyge] Ottesen |journal=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=163–165 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_196}}</ref>
*[[1599]] – [[Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge]], English politician (d. 1668)
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*[[1607]] – [[John Kemény (prince)|János Kemény]], Hungarian prince (d. 1662)
*[[1625]] – [[Barthélemy d'Herbelot]], French orientalist and academic (d. 1695)
*[[1631]] – [[Anne Conway (philosopher)|Anne Conway]], English philosopher and author (d. 1679)
*[[1640]] – [[Aphra Behn]], English playwright and author (d. 1689)
*[[1678]] – [[Daniel Neal]], English historian and author (d. 1743)
*[[1720]] – [[Justus Möser]], German jurist and theorist (d. 1794)
*[[1730]] – [[Capel Bond]], English organist and composer (d. 1790)
*[[1738]] – [[Jan Antonín Koželuh]], Czech composer and educator (d. 1814)
*[[1775]] – [[Philander Chase]], American bishop and educator, founded [[Kenyon College]] (d. 1852)
* 1775 – [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald]], Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1860)
*[[1777]] – [[Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone]] (d. 1839)
*[[1784]] – [[Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily]] (d. 1806)
*[[1789]] – [[Maria Szymanowska]], Polish composer and pianist (d. 1831)
*[[1791]] – [[Charles Wolfe]], Irish priest and poet (d. 1823)
*[[1794]] – [[Erastus Corning]], American businessman and politician (d. 1872)
*[[1816]] – [[Abraham Hochmuth]], Hungarian rabbi and educator (d. 1889)
*[[1824]] – [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1898)
*[[1832]] – [[Daniel H. Reynolds]], American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1902)
*[[1851]] – [[Mary Tappan Wright]], American [[novelist]] and [[short story]] writer (d. 1916)
*[[1852]] – [[Daniel De Leon]], Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914)
*[[1856]] – [[Louis Marshall]], American lawyer and activist (d. 1929)
*[[1866]] – [[Roger Fry]], English painter and critic (d. 1934)
*[[1870]] – [[Karl Renner]], Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Austria]] (d. 1950)
*[[1881]] – [[Katherine MacDonald]], American actress and producer (d. 1956)
*[[1883]] – [[Manolis Kalomiris]], Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962)
* 1883 – [[Morihei Ueshiba]], Japanese martial artist, developed [[aikido]] (d. 1969)
*[[1884]] – [[Jane Cowl]], American actress and playwright (d. 1950)
*[[1887]] – [[Xul Solar]], Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1963)
*[[1894]] – [[Alexander Nelke]], Estonian-American painter and carpenter (d. 1974)
*[[1895]] – [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |title=George VI {{!}} Biography & Stammer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1895 – [[Paul Éluard]], French poet and author (d. 1952)
*[[1896]] – [[Jimmy Doolittle]], American general and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1993)
*[[1897]] – [[Kurt Schuschnigg]], Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th [[Federal Chancellor of Austria]] (d. 1977)
* 1897 – [[Margaret Chase Smith]], American educator and politician (d. 1995)
*[[1899]] – [[DeFord Bailey]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country and blues musician (d. 1982)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Henri Cochet]], French tennis player (d. 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henri Cochet {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henri-cochet/cj19/overview |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
* 1901 – [[Paul of Greece]] (d. 1964)
*[[1902]] – [[Frances Bavier]], American actress (d. 1989)
* 1902 – [[Herbert Feigl]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1988)
*[[1903]] – [[Walter Rangeley]], English sprinter (d. 1982)
*[[1904]] – [[Virginia Coffey]], American civil rights activist (d. 2003)
*[[1908]] – [[Morey Amsterdam]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
* 1908 – [[Claude Davey]], Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)
* 1908 – [[Mária Szepes]], Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
*[[1909]] – [[Edward Lawrie Tatum]], American geneticist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1975)
*[[1911]] – [[Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz]], Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1943)
* 1911 – [[Spike Jones]], American singer and bandleader (d. 1965)
* 1911 – [[Hans von Ohain]], German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
*[[1914]] – [[Karl Carstens]], German lieutenant and politician, 5th [[President of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (d. 1992)
* 1914 – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], American pianist and [[harpsichord]] player (d. 2003)
*[[1915]] – [[Dan Dailey]], American dancer and actor (d. 1978)
*[[1916]] – [[Shirley Jackson]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 14: Offset, Stan Smith |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/14/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-14-Offset-Stan-Smith/6841670995403/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Dec.,%2C%20Stan%20Smith%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=12 December 2023 |date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[C.-H. Hermansson]], Swedish author and politician (d. 2016)
* 1917 – [[Elyse Knox]], American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)
* 1917 – [[June Taylor]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
*[[1918]] – [[James T. Aubrey]], American broadcaster (d. 1994)
* 1918 – [[Radu Beligan]], Romanian actor and director (d. 2016)
* 1918 – [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], Indian yoga instructor and author, founded [[Iyengar Yoga]] (d. 2014)
*[[1920]] – [[Clark Terry]], American trumpet player, composer, and educator (d. 2015)
*[[1922]] – [[Nikolay Basov]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2001)
* 1922 – [[Don Hewitt]], American journalist and producer, created ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (d. 2009)
* 1922 – [[Junior J. Spurrier]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1984)
*[[1923]] – [[Gerard Reve]], Dutch-Belgian author and poet (d. 2006)
*[[1924]] – [[Raj Kapoor]], Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
*[[1927]] – [[Richard Cassilly]], American tenor and actor (d. 1998)
* 1927 – [[Koos Rietkerk]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations|Dutch Minister of the Interior]] (d. 1986)
*[[1929]] – [[Ron Jarden]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 1977)
*[[1930]] – [[Margaret Bakkes]], South African author (d. 2016)
* 1930 – [[David R. Harris (geographer)|David R. Harris]], English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist (d. 2013)
*[[1931]] – [[Jon Elia]], Pakistani philosopher, poet, and scholar (d. 2002)
* 1931 – [[Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar]], Estonian director and politician (d. 2015)
*[[1932]] – [[George Furth]], American actor and playwright (d. 2008)
* 1932 – [[Abbe Lane]], American actress, singer, and dancer
* 1932 – [[Charlie Rich]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1934]] – [[Shyam Benegal]], Indian director and screenwriter
* 1934 – [[Charlie Hodge (guitarist)|Charlie Hodge]], American guitarist and singer (d. 2006)
*[[1935]] – [[Lewis Arquette]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
* 1935 – [[Lee Remick]], American actress (d. 1991)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1938]] – [[Leonardo Boff]], Brazilian theologian and author
* 1938 – [[Charlie Griffith]], Barbadian cricketer
*[[1939]] – [[Ann Cryer]], English academic and politician
* 1939 – [[Ernie Davis]], American football player (d. 1963)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1940]] – [[Lex Gold]], Scottish footballer and civil servant
*[[1941]] – [[Karan Armstrong]], American soprano and actress (d. 2021)
* 1941 – [[Ellen Willis]], American journalist, critic, and academic (d. 2006)
*[[1942]] – [[Chris Harris (actor)|Chris Harris]], English actor and director (d. 2014)
* 1942 – [[Dick Wagner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
*[[1943]] – [[Tommy McAvoy]], Scottish politician (d. 2024)
* 1943 – [[Emmett Tyrrell]], American journalist, author, and publisher, founded ''[[The American Spectator]]''
*[[1944]] – [[Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham]], English businessman, founded [[DFS (British retailer)|DFS]]
* 1944 – [[Denis Thwaites]], English professional footballer murdered in the [[2015 Sousse attacks]] (d. 2015)<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/denis-thwaites-fast-and-skilful-footballer-who-played-for-birmingham-city-and-was-murdered-in-a-10359142.html Denis Thwaites: Fast and skilful footballer who played for Birmingham City and was murdered in a terrorist attack in Tunisia | The Independent<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[1946]] – [[Antony Beevor]], English historian and author
* 1946 – [[Jane Birkin]], English-French actress and singer (d. 2023)<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1946 – [[John Du Prez]], English conductor and composer
* 1946 – [[Patty Duke]], American actress (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1946 – [[Ruth Fuchs]], German javelin thrower and politician (d. 2023)
* 1946 – [[Peter Lorimer]], Scottish footballer (d. 2021)
* 1946 – [[Michael Ovitz]], American talent agent, co-founded [[Creative Artists Agency]]
* 1946 – [[Stan Smith]], American tennis player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stan Smith {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stan-smith/s060/overview |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
* 1946 – [[Joyce Vincent Wilson]], American singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Christopher Parkening]], American guitarist and educator
* 1947 – [[Dilma Rousseff]], Brazilian economist and politician, 36th [[President of Brazil]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Lester Bangs]], American journalist and author (d. 1982)
* 1948 – [[Kim Beazley]], Australian politician and diplomat, 9th [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]]
* 1948 – [[Boudewijn Büch]], Dutch author, poet, and television host (d. 2002)
* 1948 – [[Peeter Kreitzberg]], Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
* 1948 – [[Dee Wallace]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1949]] – [[Bill Buckner]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)
* 1949 – [[David A. Cherry]], American artist and illustrator<ref>{{cite book|last=Frank|first=Jane|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|year=2009|isbn=9780786434237|pages=141–142}}</ref>
* 1949 – [[Cliff Williams]], Australian bass player<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1951]] – [[John Brown (basketball, born 1951)|John Brown]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76276/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1951 – [[Jan Timman]], Dutch chess player and author
*[[1952]] – [[John Lurie]], American actor, saxophonist, painter, director, and producer
*[[1953]] – [[Vijay Amritraj]], Indian tennis player and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vijay Amritraj {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vijay-amritraj/a022/overview |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
* 1953 – [[Wade Davis (anthropologist)|Wade Davis]], Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer
* 1953 – [[René Eespere]], Estonian composer
* 1953 – [[Vangelis Meimarakis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 4th [[Minister for National Defence (Greece)|Greek Minister for National Defence]]
* 1953 – [[Mikael Odenberg]], Swedish soldier and politician, 29th [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Defence]]
*[[1954]] – [[Alan Kulwicki]], American race car driver (d. 1993)
* 1954 – [[Steve MacLean (astronaut)|Steve MacLean]], Canadian physicist and astronaut
*[[1955]] – [[Jane Crafter]], Australian golfer
* 1955 – [[Jill Pipher]], American mathematician and academic
*[[1956]] – [[T. K. Carter]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1956 – [[Linda Fabiani]], Scottish politician
* 1956 – [[Hanni Wenzel]], German skier
*[[1958]] – [[Mike Scott (Scottish musician)|Mike Scott]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1958 – [[Spider Stacy]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] – [[Bob Paris]], American-Canadian bodybuilder and actor
* 1959 – [[Jorge Vaca]], Mexican boxer
*[[1960]] – [[James Comey]], American lawyer, 7th [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
* 1960 – [[Don Franklin]], American actor
* 1960 – [[Chris Waddle]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
* 1960 – [[Diane Williams (athlete)|Diane Williams]], American sprinter
*[[1961]] – [[Patrik Sundström]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[1963]] – [[Greg Abbott (footballer)|Greg Abbott]], English footballer and manager
* 1963 – [[William Bedford (basketball)|William Bedford]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=William Bedford |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76138/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1963 – [[Diana Gansky]], German discus thrower
* 1963 – [[Cynthia Gibb]], American actress and model<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Craig Biggio]], American baseball player and coach
* 1965 – [[Ken Hill (baseball)|Ken Hill]], American baseball player
* 1965 – [[Ted Raimi]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 14, 2022 includes celebrities Vanessa Hudgens, Tori Kelly |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-14-2022-includes-celebrities-vanessa-hudgens-tori-kelly.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=12 December 2023 |date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]], Italian race car driver
* 1966 – [[Carl Herrera]], Trinidadian-Venezuelan basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Herrera |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/61/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1966 – [[Anthony Mason (basketball)|Anthony Mason]], American basketball player (d. 2015)
* 1966 – [[Bill Ranford]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1966 – [[Tim Sköld]], Swedish bass player and producer
* 1966 – [[Helle Thorning-Schmidt]], Danish academic and politician, 41st [[Prime Minister of Denmark]]
*[[1967]] – [[Ewa Białołęcka]], Polish author
* 1967 – [[Hanne Haugland]], Norwegian high jumper and coach
*[[1968]] – [[Kelley Armstrong]], Canadian author
* 1968 – [[Mohamed Saad (actor)|Mohamed Saad]], Egyptian actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elcinema.com/en/person/1049209/ |title=Mohamed Saad - Actor Filmography، photos، Video |access-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1969]] – [[Scott Hatteberg]], American baseball player and sportscaster
* 1969 – [[Archie Kao]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1969 – [[Natascha McElhone]], English-Irish actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1969 – [[Dave Nilsson]], Australian baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Nilsson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dave-nilsson-119804 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1969 – [[Arthur Numan]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1970]] – [[Anna Maria Jopek]], Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
* 1970 – [[Beth Orton]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1971]] – [[Michaela Watkins]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Miranda Hart]], English actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1972 – [[Marcus Jensen]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1973]] – [[Falk Balzer]], German hurdler
* 1973 – [[Pat Burke]], Irish basketball player
* 1973 – [[Tomasz Radzinski]], Canadian soccer player
* 1973 – [[Saulius Štombergas]], Lithuanian basketball player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Billy Koch]], American baseball player
*[[1975]] – [[Justin Furstenfeld]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1975 – [[Ben Kay]], English rugby player
* 1975 – [[KaDee Strickland]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1976]] – [[Tammy Blanchard]], American actress and singer
* 1976 – [[Leland Chapman]], American bounty hunter
* 1976 – [[Sebastien Chaule]], French-German rugby player
* 1976 – [[André Couto]], Portuguese race car driver
* 1976 – [[Santiago Ezquerro]], Spanish footballer
*[[1977]] – [[Brendan Nash]], Australian-Jamaican cricketer
* 1977 – [[Jamie Peacock]], English rugby player and manager
*[[1978]] – [[Dean Brogan]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1978 – [[Shedrack Kibet Korir]], Kenyan runner
* 1978 – [[Zdeněk Pospěch]], Czech footballer
* 1978 – [[Patty Schnyder]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patty Schnyder {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190519/name |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
* 1978 – [[Kim St-Pierre]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1979]] – [[Jean-Alain Boumsong]], French footballer
* 1979 – [[Andrei Makrov]], Estonian ice hockey player
* 1979 – [[Kyle Shanahan]], American football coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyle Shanahan |url=https://www.49ers.com/team/coaches-roster/kyle-shanahan |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=San Francisco 49ers |language=en}}</ref>
* 1979 – [[Sophie Monk]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
* 1979 – [[Michael Owen]], English footballer and sportscaster
* 1979 – [[Rocc (opera stage director)|Rocc]], Slovenian opera stage director and designer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/Dokument.aspx?jz=en&dk=Umelec.aspx&ju=11458&pn=254affcc-cb43-4078-86fe-c5544619cf67|title=Rocc|website=Archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1980]] – [[Thed Björk]], Swedish race car driver
* 1980 – [[Gordon Greer]], Scottish footballer
* 1980 – [[Didier Zokora]], Ivorian footballer
*[[1981]] – [[Amber Chia]], Malaysian model<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amber Chia |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/amber_chia/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Johnny Jeter]], American wrestler
* 1981 – [[Liam Lawrence]], Irish footballer
* 1981 – [[Shaun Marcum]], American baseball player
*[[1982]] – [[Josh Fields (infielder)|Josh Fields]], American baseball player
* 1982 – [[Steve Sidwell]], English footballer
* 1982 – [[Anthony Way]], English singer and actor
*[[1983]] – [[Leanne Mitchell]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1984]] – [[Chris Brunt]], Northern Irish footballer
* 1984 – [[Rana Daggubati]], Indian actor and producer
* 1984 – [[Ed Rainsford]], Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1984 – [[Jackson Rathbone]], American actor, singer, and musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Jakub Błaszczykowski]], Polish footballer
* 1985 – [[Alex Pennie]], Welsh keyboard player
* 1985 – [[Tom Smith (rugby union player born 1985)|Tom Smith]], English-Welsh rugby player
* 1985 – [[Nonami Takizawa]], Japanese actress and singer
*[[1987]] – [[Kenneth Medwood]], Belizean-American hurdler
*[[1988]] – [[Nicolas Batum]], French basketball player
* 1988 – [[Nate Ebner]], American football player
* 1988 – [[Vanessa Hudgens]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1988 – [[Hayato Sakamoto]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1989]] – [[Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989)|Pedro Botelho]], Brazilian footballer
* 1989 – [[Sam Burgess]], English rugby league player
* 1989 – [[Onew]], South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
*[[1990]] – [[Robert Covington]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Covington |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203496/robert-covington |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Ben Henry]], New Zealand rugby league player
* 1991 – [[Offset (rapper)|Offset]], American rapper<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Tori Kelly]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1992 – [[Ryo Miyaichi]], Japanese footballer
*[[1993]] – [[Antonio Giovinazzi]], Italian race car driver
*[[1995]] – [[Ivan Barbashev]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan Barbashev |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/ivan-barbashev-8477964 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1995 – [[Calvyn Justus]], South African swimmer
*[[1996]] – [[Li Zijun]], Chinese figure skater
*[[1997]] – [[DK Metcalf]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kinsinger |first1=Graham |title=Instant Lookback: DK Metcalf Scores And Receives Birthday Present |url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/instant-lookback-dk-metcalf-scores-and-receives-birthday-present |publisher=[[Seattle Seahawks]] |date=13 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Lonnie Walker IV]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lonnie Walker IV |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629022/lonnie-walker-iv |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Joshua Rush]], American actor and activist<ref name="UPI"></ref>
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===Pre-1600===
* [[618]] – [[Xue Rengao]], emperor of Qin
* [[648]] – [[John III of the Sedre]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch<ref name="Barsoum">{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first1=Ephrem |date=2003|title=The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences|edition=2nd|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum|url=https://archive.org/details/EphremBarsoumMattiMoosaTheScatteredPearlsAHistoryOfSyriacLiteratureAndSciences/page/n355/mode/2up|access-date=16 July 2020|page=322}}</ref>
* [[704]] – [[Aldfrith of Northumbria|Aldfrith]], king of [[Northumbria]] (or [[705]])
* [[872]] – [[Pope Adrian II]] (b. 792)
*[[1077]] – [[Agnes of Poitou]], Holy Roman Empress and regent (b. c. 1025)
*[[1293]] – [[Al-Ashraf Khalil]], Mamluk sultan of Egypt
*[[1311]] – [[Margaret of Brabant]], German queen consort (b. 1276)
*[[1332]] – [[Rinchinbal Khan]], Mongolian emperor (b. 1326)
*[[1359]] – [[Cangrande II della Scala]], Lord of Verona (b. 1332)
*[[1417]] – [[John Oldcastle]], English Lollard leader
*[[1460]] – [[Guarino da Verona]], Italian scholar and translator (b. 1370)
*[[1480]] – [[Niccolò Perotti]], humanist scholar (b. 1429)
*[[1503]] – [[Sten Sture the Elder]], regent of Sweden (b. 1440)
*[[1510]] – [[Frederick of Saxony (Teutonic Knight)|Friedrich of Saxony]] (b. 1473)
*[[1542]] – [[James V of Scotland]] (b. 1512)
*[[1591]] – [[John of the Cross]], Spanish priest and saint (b. 1542)
*[[1595]] – [[Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon]] (b. 1535)
===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] – [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham]], English politician, [[List of Lords High Admiral#Lords High Admiral of England, 1413 to 1628|Lord High Admiral]] (b. 1536)
*[[1651]] – [[Pierre Dupuy (scholar)|Pierre Dupuy]], French historian and scholar (b. 1582)
*[[1715]] – [[Thomas Tenison]], English archbishop (b. 1636)
*[[1735]] – [[Thomas Tanner (bishop)|Thomas Tanner]], English bishop and historian (b. 1674)
*[[1741]] – [[Charles Rollin]], French historian and educator (b. 1661)
*[[1785]] – [[Giovanni Battista Cipriani]], Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)
*[[1788]] – [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German pianist and composer (b. 1714)
* 1788 – [[Charles III of Spain]] (b. 1716)
*[[1799]] – [[George Washington]], American general and politician, 1st [[President of the United States]] (b. 1732)
*[[1831]] – [[Martin Baum]], American businessman and politician, 5th [[List of mayors of Cincinnati|Mayor of Cincinnati]] (b. 1765)
*[[1838]] – [[Jean-Olivier Chénier]], Canadian physician (b. 1806)
*[[1842]] – [[Ben Crack-O]], king of several tribes around [[Cape Palmas]]
*[[1860]] – [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]], Scottish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1784)
*[[1861]] – [[Albert, Prince Consort]] of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert, Prince Consort {{!}} Biography, Children, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Prince-Consort |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1865]] – [[Johan Georg Forchhammer]], Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)
*[[1873]] – [[Louis Agassiz]], Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
*[[1878]] – [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1843)
===1901–present===
*[[1912]] – [[Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis]], English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
*[[1915]] – [[Eva Gouel]], French choreographer and girlfriend of [[Pablo Picasso]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/picassos-women-eva-gouel-182896 |title=Biography of Eva Gouel, Muse and Mistress of Pablo Picasso}}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[Phil Waller (rugby union)|Phil Waller]], Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
*[[1920]] – [[George Gipp]], American football player (b. 1895)
*[[1927]] – [[Julian Sochocki]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
*[[1929]] – [[Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer)|Henry B. Jackson]], British admiral (b. 1855)
*[[1935]] – [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]], American author (b. 1902)
*[[1937]] – [[Fabián de la Rosa]], Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
*[[1940]] – [[Anton Korošec]], Slovenian priest and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1872)
*[[1943]] – [[John Harvey Kellogg]], American physician and businessman, co-invented [[corn flakes]] (b. 1852)
*[[1944]] – [[Lupe Vélez]], Mexican actress (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|last=Vogel|first=Michelle|author-link=Michelle Vogel|title=Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8997-8 |page=153}}</ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Stanley Baldwin]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1867)
* 1947 – [[Edward Higgins]], English-American 3rd [[General of The Salvation Army]] (b. 1864)
*[[1953]] – [[Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]], American author and academic (b. 1896)
*[[1956]] – [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]], Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Finland]] (b. 1870)
*[[1963]] – [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
*[[1964]] – [[William Bendix]], American actor (b. 1906)
*[[1970]] – [[Franz Schlegelberger]], German judge and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)|German Reich Minister of Justice]] (b. 1876)
*[[1971]] – [[Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury]], Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)
* 1971 – [[Munier Choudhury]], Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
* 1971 – [[Shahidullah Kaiser]], Bangladeshi journalist and author (b. 1927)
*[[1974]] – [[Walter Lippmann]], American journalist and author (b. 1889)
*[[1975]] – [[Arthur Treacher]], English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
*[[1978]] – [[Salvador de Madariaga]], Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the [[College of Europe]] (b. 1886)
*[[1980]] – [[Elston Howard]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
*[[1984]] – [[Vicente Aleixandre]], Spanish poet and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1985]] – [[Catherine Doherty]], Russian-Canadian activist, founded the [[Madonna House Apostolate]] (b. 1896)
* 1985 – [[Roger Maris]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1934)
*[[1989]] – [[Jock Mahoney]], American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
* 1989 – [[Andrei Sakharov]], Russian physicist and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1921)
*[[1990]] – [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]], Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)
* 1990 – [[Paula Nenette Pepin]], French composer, pianist and lyricist (b. [[1908]])<ref name="Ata_Pablo">{{cite web|last1=Chavero|first1=Kolla|title=Pablo del Cerro|url=http://www.fundacionyupanqui.com.ar/ata-pablo.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227031130/http://www.fundacionyupanqui.com.ar/ata-pablo.html|archive-date=27 December 2014|access-date=17 November 2017|website=Fundacion Yupanqui}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Robert Eddison]], Japanese-English actor (b. 1908)
*[[1993]] – [[Jeff Alm]], American football player (b. 1968)
* 1993 – [[Myrna Loy]], American actress (b. 1905)
*[[1994]] – [[Orval Faubus]], American soldier and politician, 36th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1910)
*[[1995]] – [[G. C. Edmondson]], American soldier and author (b. 1922)
*[[1996]] – [[Gaston Miron]], Canadian poet and author (b. 1928)
*[[1997]] – [[Stubby Kaye]], American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
* 1997 – [[Emily Cheney Neville]], American author (b. 1919)
* 1997 – [[Kurt Winter]], Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
*[[1998]] – [[Norman Fell]], American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
* 1998 – [[A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.]], American lawyer, judge, and activist (b. 1928)
* 1998 – [[Annette Strauss]], American philanthropist and politician, [[Mayor of Dallas]] (b. 1924)
*[[2001]] – [[W. G. Sebald]], German novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1944)
*[[2003]] – [[Jeanne Crain]], American actress (b. 1925)
* 2003 – [[Blas Ople]], Filipino journalist and politician, 21st [[President of the Senate of the Philippines]] (b. 1927)
* 2003 – [[Frank Sheeran]], American union leader and mobster (b. 1920)
*[[2004]] – [[Rod Kanehl]], American baseball player (b. 1934)
* 2004 – [[Fernando Poe Jr.]], Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1939)
*[[2006]] – [[Anton Balasingham]], Sri Lankan-English strategist and negotiator (b. 1938)
* 2006 – [[Ahmet Ertegun]], Turkish-American composer and producer, co-founded [[Atlantic Records]] (b. 1923)
* 2006 – [[Mike Evans (actor)|Mike Evans]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1949)
*[[2009]] – [[Alan A'Court]], English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
*[[2010]] – [[Timothy Davlin]], American politician, [[List of mayors of Springfield, Illinois|Mayor of Springfield]] (b. 1957)
* 2010 – [[Neva Patterson]], American actress (b. 1920)
* 2010 – [[Dale Roberts (footballer, born 1986)|Dale Roberts]], English footballer (b. 1986)
*[[2011]] – [[Joe Simon]], American author and illustrator (b. 1913)
* 2011 – [[Billie Jo Spears]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
*[[2012]] – [[John Graham (British Army officer, born 1923)|John Graham]], English general (b. 1923)
* 2012 – [[Edward Jones (North Carolina politician)|Edward Jones]], American police officer and politician (b. 1950)
* 2012 – [[Victoria Leigh Soto]], American educator (b. 1985)
*[[2013]] – [[Janet Dailey]], American author (b. 1944)
* 2013 – [[C. N. Karunakaran]], Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1940)
* 2013 – [[Dennis Lindley]], English statistician and academic (b. 1923)
* 2013 – [[Peter O'Toole]], British-Irish actor (b. 1932)
* 2013 – [[George Rodrigue]], American painter (b. 1944)
*[[2014]] – [[Theo Colborn]], American zoologist and academic (b. 1927)
* 2014 – [[Irene Dalis]], American soprano and pianist (b. 1925)
* 2014 – [[Louis Alphonse Koyagialo]], Congolese politician, [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1947)
* 2014 – [[Bess Myerson]], American model, activist, game show panelist and television personality; [[Miss America|Miss America 1945]] (b. 1924)
* 2014 – [[Fred Thurston]], American football player (b. 1933)
*[[2015]] – [[Terry Backer]], American soldier and politician (b. 1954)
* 2015 – [[Glen Sonmor]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
* 2015 – [[Vadym Tyshchenko]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1963)
* 2015 – [[Lillian Vernon (businesswoman)|Lillian Vernon]], German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the [[Lillian Vernon (company)|Lillian Vernon Company]] (b. 1927)
*[[2016]] – [[Paulo Evaristo Arns]], Brazilian cardinal (b. 1921)
* 2016 – [[Bernard Fox (actor)|Bernard Fox]], Welsh actor (b. 1927)
*[[2017]] – [[Yu Kwang-chung]], Chinese writer (b. 1928)
*[[2019]] – [[Chuy Bravo]], Mexican-American comedian and actor (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perez|first=Lexy|date=2019-12-15|title=Chuy Bravo, Sidekick on 'Chelsea Lately,' Dies at 63|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chuy-bravo-dead-sidekick-chelsea-lately-dies-at-63-1262844/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822185640/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chuy-bravo-dead-sidekick-chelsea-lately-dies-at-63-1262844/ |archive-date=2021-08-22 }}</ref>
*[[2020]] – [[Gérard Houllier]], French Football manager (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-14|title=Houllier dies aged 73 - tributes and reaction|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/55302366|access-date=2020-12-14}}</ref>
*[[2022]] – [[Jean Franco]], American academic and literary critic (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2022-12-31 |title=Jean Franco, 98, Pioneering Scholar of Latin American Literature, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/obituaries/jean-franco-dead.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2023]] – [[Tomáš Janovic]], Slovak writer (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomáš Janovic |url=https://www.litcentrum.sk/autor/tomas-janovic |website=Slovenské literárne centrum |language=sk |date=11 March 2019}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Folcwin]]
** [[John of the Cross]]
** [[John III of the Sedre]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]])<ref name="Barsoum" />
** [[Matronian]]
** [[Nicasius of Rheims]]
** [[Nimatullah Kassab]] ([[Maronite Church]])
** [[Saint Spyridon|Spyridon]] ([[Western Church]])
** [[Venantius Fortunatus]]
** [[December 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Alabama Day]] ([[Alabama]])
* [[Forty-seven Ronin|Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day]] ([[Sengaku-ji]], [[Tokyo]])
* [[Martyred Intellectuals Day]] ([[Bangladesh]])
* [[Monkey Day]]
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/14 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=14}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/14 Historical Events on December 14]
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