Day of the year
December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 17 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.[15]
- 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.[16]
- 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the 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 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
- 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King of Finland, renounces the throne.
- 1918 – 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.[17]
- 1918 – Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.[18]
- 1925 – Wozzeck, Alban Berg's first opera, is premiered at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.[19]
- 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.
- 1942 – An Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20 crashes near Tashkent, killing all 36 people on board.[20]
- 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, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, 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 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, California.
- 1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
- 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are 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 Muhajirs killed in revenge killings in Qasba colony after a raid on Pashtun heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces.[21]
- 1992 – 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1998 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
- 1999 – Torrential rains cause flash floods 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 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 – 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 total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.[22]
- 1607 – János Kemény, Hungarian prince (died 1662)
- 1625 – Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (died 1695)
- 1631 – Anne Conway, English philosopher and author (died 1679)
- 1640 – Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (died 1689)
- 1678 – Daniel Neal, English historian and author (died 1743)
- 1720 – Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (died 1794)
- 1730 – Capel Bond, English organist and composer (died 1790)
- 1738 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator (died 1814)
- 1775 – Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (died 1852)
- 1775 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and politician (died 1860)
- 1777 – Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (died 1839)
- 1784 – Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (died 1806)
- 1789 – Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (died 1831)
- 1791 – Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet (died 1823)
- 1794 – Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (died 1872)
- 1816 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi and educator (died 1889)
- 1824 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (died 1898)
- 1832 – Daniel H. Reynolds, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1902)
- 1851 – Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (died 1916)
- 1852 – Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (died 1914)
- 1856 – Louis Marshall, American lawyer and activist (died 1929)
- 1866 – Roger Fry, English painter and critic (died 1934)
- 1870 – Karl Renner, Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria (died 1950)
- 1881 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (died 1956)
- 1883 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer (died 1962)
- 1883 – Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (died 1969)
- 1884 – Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (died 1950)
- 1887 – Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (died 1963)
- 1894 – Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter (died 1974)
- 1895 – George VI of the United Kingdom (died 1952)[24]
- 1895 – Paul Éluard, French poet and author (died 1952)
- 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1993)
- 1897 – Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1977)
- 1897 – Margaret Chase Smith, American educator and politician (died 1995)
- 1899 – DeFord Bailey, American Hall of Fame country and blues musician (died 1982)
- 1901 – Henri Cochet, French tennis player (died 1987)[25]
- 1901 – Paul of Greece (died 1964)
- 1902 – Frances Bavier, American actress (died 1989)
- 1902 – Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1988)
- 1903 – Walter Rangeley, English sprinter (died 1982)
- 1904 – Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (died 2003)
- 1908 – Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1996)
- 1908 – Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (died 2001)
- 1908 – Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2007)
- 1909 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
- 1911 – Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (died 1943)
- 1911 – Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (died 1965)
- 1911 – Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (died 1998)
- 1914 – Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (died 1992)
- 1914 – Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (died 2003)
- 1915 – Dan Dailey, American dancer and actor (died 1978)
- 1916 – Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (died 1965)[26]
- 1917 – C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish author and politician (died 2016)
- 1917 – Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (died 2012)
- 1917 – June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (died 2004)
- 1918 – James T. Aubrey, American broadcaster (died 1994)
- 1918 – Radu Beligan, Romanian actor and director (died 2016)
- 1918 – B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (died 2014)
- 1920 – Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (died 2015)
- 1922 – Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
- 1922 – Don Hewitt, American journalist and producer, created 60 Minutes (died 2009)
- 1922 – Junior J. Spurrier, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1984)
- 1923 – Gerard Reve, Dutch-Belgian author and poet (died 2006)
- 1924 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1988)
- 1927 – Richard Cassilly, American tenor and actor (died 1998)
- 1927 – Koos Rietkerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (died 1986)
- 1929 – Ron Jarden, New Zealand rugby player (died 1977)
- 1930 – Margaret Bakkes, South African author (died 2016)
- 1930 – David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist (died 2013)
- 1931 – Jon Elia, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and scholar (died 2002)
- 1931 – Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, Estonian director and politician (died 2015)
- 1932 – George Furth, American actor and playwright (died 2008)
- 1932 – Abbe Lane, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1932 – Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)[26]
- 1934 – Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2024)[27]
- 1934 – Charlie Hodge, American guitarist and singer (died 2006)
- 1935 – Lewis Arquette, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
- 1935 – Lee Remick, American actress (died 1991)[26]
- 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 (died 1963)[26]
- 1940 – Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
- 1941 – Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress (died 2021)
- 1941 – Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic (died 2006)
- 1942 – Chris Harris, English actor and director (died 2014)
- 1942 – Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
- 1943 – Britt Allcroft, English writer (died 2024)[28]
- 1943 – Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician (died 2024)
- 1943 – Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator
- 1944 – Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, English businessman, founded DFS
- 1944 – Denis Thwaites, English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (died 2015)[29]
- 1946 – Antony Beevor, English historian and author
- 1946 – Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer (died 2023)[30]
- 1946 – John Du Prez, English conductor and composer
- 1946 – Patty Duke, American actress (died 2016)[26]
- 1946 – Ruth Fuchs, German javelin thrower and politician (died 2023)
- 1946 – Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer (died 2021)
- 1946 – Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency
- 1946 – Stan Smith, American tennis player and coach[31]
- 1946 – Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (died 2025)[32]
- 1946 – Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer[30]
- 1947 – Christopher Parkening, American guitarist and educator
- 1947 – Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil[26]
- 1948 – Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (died 1982)
- 1948 – Kim Beazley, Australian politician and diplomat, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
- 1948 – Boudewijn Büch, Dutch author, poet, and television host (died 2002)
- 1948 – Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (died 2011)
- 1948 – Dee Wallace, American actress[30]
- 1949 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player and manager (died 2019)
- 1949 – David A. Cherry, American artist and illustrator[33]
- 1949 – Cliff Williams, Australian bass player[30]
- 1951 – John Brown, American basketball player[34]
- 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[35]
- 1953 – Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer
- 1953 – René Eespere, Estonian composer
- 1953 – Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence
- 1953 – Mikael Odenberg, Swedish soldier and politician, 29th Swedish Minister for Defence
- 1954 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (died 1993)
- 1954 – Steve MacLean, Canadian physicist and astronaut
- 1955 – Jane Crafter, Australian golfer
- 1955 – Jill Pipher, American mathematician and academic
- 1956 – T. K. Carter, American actor[30]
- 1956 – Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician
- 1956 – Hanni Wenzel, German skier
- 1958 – Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[30]
- 1958 – Spider Stacy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[30]
- 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[26]
- 1960 – Don Franklin, American actor
- 1960 – Chris Waddle, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1960 – Diane Williams, American sprinter
- 1961 – Patrik Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1963 – Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager
- 1963 – William Bedford, American basketball player[36]
- 1963 – Diana Gansky, German discus thrower
- 1963 – Cynthia Gibb, American actress and model[30]
- 1964 – Dino Stamatopoulos, American writer, producer, and actor[37]
- 1965 – Craig Biggio, American baseball player and coach
- 1965 – Ken Hill, American baseball player
- 1965 – Ted Raimi, American actor, director, and screenwriter[30]
- 1966 – Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver
- 1966 – Carl Herrera, Trinidadian-Venezuelan basketball player[38]
- 1966 – Anthony Mason, American basketball player (died 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, Egyptian actor[39]
- 1969 – Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1969 – Archie Kao, American actor and producer[30]
- 1969 – Natascha McElhone, English-Irish actress[30]
- 1969 – Dave Nilsson, Australian baseball player and manager[40]
- 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[30]
- 1972 – Miranda Hart, English actress[30]
- 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[30]
- 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[41]
- 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[42]
- 1979 – Sophie Monk, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1979 – Michael Owen, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1980 – Thed Björk, Swedish race car driver
- 1980 – Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer
- 1980 – Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
- 1981 – Amber Chia, Malaysian model[43]
- 1981 – Johnny Jeter, American wrestler
- 1981 – Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
- 1981 – Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
- 1982 – 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[30]
- 1985 – Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
- 1985 – Alex Pennie, Welsh keyboard player
- 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[30]
- 1988 – Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player
- 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[44]
- 1991 – Ben Henry, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1991 – Offset, American rapper[26]
- 1992 – Tori Kelly, American singer-songwriter[30]
- 1992 – Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer
- 1993 – Antonio Giovinazzi, Italian race car driver
- 1995 – Ivan Barbashev, Russian ice hockey player[45]
- 1995 – Calvyn Justus, South African swimmer
- 1995 – Álvaro Odriozola, Spanish footballer[46]
- 1996 – Barbie Ferreira, American actress and model[47]
- 1996 – Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater
- 1997 – DK Metcalf, American football player[48]
- 1998 – Lonnie Walker IV, American basketball player[49]
- 1998 – Kim Ji-woong, South Korean singer and actor[50]
- 2001 – Joshua Rush, American actor and activist[26]
- 2002 – Francisco Conceição, Portuguese footballer[51]
- 618 – Xue Rengao, emperor of Qin
- 648 – John III of the Sedre, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch[52]
- 704 – Aldfrith, king of Northumbria (or 705)
- 872 – Pope Adrian II (born 792)
- 1077 – Agnes of Poitou, Holy Roman Empress and regent (born c. 1025)
- 1293 – Al-Ashraf Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- 1311 – Margaret of Brabant, German queen consort (born 1276)
- 1332 – Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1326)
- 1359 – Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1332)
- 1417 – John Oldcastle, English Lollard leader
- 1460 – Guarino da Verona, Italian scholar and translator (born 1370)
- 1480 – Niccolò Perotti, humanist scholar (born 1429)
- 1503 – Sten Sture the Elder, regent of Sweden (born 1440)
- 1510 – Friedrich of Saxony (born 1473)
- 1542 – James V of Scotland (born 1512)
- 1591 – John of the Cross, Spanish priest and saint (born 1542)
- 1595 – Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1535)
- 1624 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord High Admiral of England (born 1536)
- 1651 – Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar (born 1582)
- 1715 – Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (born 1636)
- 1735 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop and historian (born 1674)
- 1741 – Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (born 1661)
- 1785 – Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (born 1727)
- 1788 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (born 1714)
- 1788 – Charles III of Spain (born 1716)
- 1799 – George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (born 1732)
- 1831 – Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (born 1765)
- 1838 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (born 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 (born 1784)
- 1861 – Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (born 1819)[53]
- 1865 – Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist and mineralogist (born 1794)
- 1873 – Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (born 1807)
- 1878 – Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (born 1843)
- 1912 – Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (born 1887)
- 1915 – Eva Gouel, French choreographer and girlfriend of Pablo Picasso[54]
- 1917 – Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (born 1889)
- 1920 – George Gipp, American football player (born 1895)
- 1927 – Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1842)
- 1929 – Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (born 1855)
- 1935 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (born 1902)
- 1937 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (born 1869)
- 1940 – Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1872)
- 1943 – John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (born 1852)
- 1944 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (born 1908)[55]
- 1947 – Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1867)
- 1947 – Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (born 1864)
- 1953 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (born 1896)
- 1956 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (born 1870)
- 1963 – Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (born 1924)
- 1964 – William Bendix, American actor (born 1906)
- 1970 – Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (born 1876)
- 1971 – Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (born 1926)
- 1971 – Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (born 1925)
- 1971 – Shahidullah Kaiser, Bangladeshi journalist and author (born 1927)
- 1974 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (born 1889)
- 1975 – Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (born 1894)
- 1978 – Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (born 1886)
- 1980 – Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (born 1929)
- 1984 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
- 1985 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (born 1896)
- 1985 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (born 1934)
- 1988 – Jean Schramme, Belgian mercenary, farmer, and convicted murderer (born 1929)[56]
- 1989 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (born 1919)
- 1989 – Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
- 1990 – Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (born 1921)
- 1990 – Paula Nenette Pepin, French composer, pianist and lyricist (born 1908)[57]
- 1991 – Robert Eddison, Japanese-English actor (born 1908)
- 1993 – Jeff Alm, American football player (born 1968)
- 1993 – Myrna Loy, American actress (born 1905)
- 1994 – Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (born 1910)
- 1995 – G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (born 1922)
- 1996 – Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (born 1928)
- 1997 – Stubby Kaye, American actor and comedian (born 1918)
- 1997 – Emily Cheney Neville, American author (born 1919)
- 1997 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (born 1946)
- 1998 – Norman Fell, American actor and comedian (born 1924)
- 1998 – A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., American lawyer, judge, and activist (born 1928)
- 1998 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1924)
- 2001 – W. G. Sebald, German novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1944)
- 2003 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (born 1925)
- 2003 – Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1927)
- 2003 – Frank Sheeran, American union leader and mobster (born 1920)
- 2004 – Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (born 1934)
- 2004 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1939)
- 2006 – Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English strategist and negotiator (born 1938)
- 2006 – Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American composer and producer, co-founded Atlantic Records (born 1923)
- 2006 – Mike Evans, American actor and screenwriter (born 1949)
- 2009 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (born 1934)
- 2010 – Timothy Davlin, American politician, Mayor of Springfield (born 1957)
- 2010 – Neva Patterson, American actress (born 1920)
- 2010 – Dale Roberts, English footballer (born 1986)
- 2011 – Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (born 1913)
- 2011 – Billie Jo Spears, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
- 2012 – John Graham, English general (born 1923)
- 2012 – Edward Jones, American police officer and politician (born 1950)
- 2012 – Victoria Leigh Soto, American educator (born 1985)
- 2013 – Janet Dailey, American author (born 1944)
- 2013 – C. N. Karunakaran, Indian painter and illustrator (born 1940)
- 2013 – Dennis Lindley, English statistician and academic (born 1923)
- 2013 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (born 1932)
- 2013 – George Rodrigue, American painter (born 1944)
- 2014 – Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (born 1927)
- 2014 – Irene Dalis, American soprano and pianist (born 1925)
- 2014 – Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1947)
- 2014 – Bess Myerson, American model, activist, game show panelist and television personality; Miss America 1945 (born 1924)
- 2014 – Fred Thurston, American football player (born 1933)
- 2015 – Terry Backer, American soldier and politician (born 1954)
- 2015 – Glen Sonmor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
- 2015 – Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1963)
- 2015 – Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (born 1927)
- 2016 – Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian cardinal (born 1921)
- 2016 – Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (born 1927)
- 2017 – Yu Kwang-chung, Chinese writer (born 1928)
- 2019 – Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (born 1956)[58]
- 2020 – Gérard Houllier, French Football manager (born 1947)[59]
- 2022 – Jean Franco, American academic and literary critic (born 1924)[60]
- 2023 – Tomáš Janovic, Slovak writer (born 1937)[61]
- 2024 – Isak Andic, Turkish-Spanish billionaire businessman (born 1953)[62]
Holidays and observances
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