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This is the most common day for winter solstice to occur in the northern hemisphere and summer solstice to occur in the southern hemisphere, heralding various cultural observances. This article is about the astronomical and cultural event of winters solstice, also known as midwinter. ... Northern hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ... Illumination of Earth by the sun on the northern hemisphere summer solstice The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. ... southern hemisphere highlighted in yellow (Antarctica not depicted). ...

[edit] Events

• 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• 1807 - The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
• 1809 - The Non-Intercourse Act, lifting the Embargo Act except for the United Kingdom and France, passes the U.S. Congress.
• 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
• 1851 - The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
• 1864 - Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea".
• 1885 - Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1894 - The Dreyfus affair begins, in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason, on antisemitic grounds.
• 1920 - The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
• 1937 - The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
• 1940 - World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
• 1942 - World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
• 1944 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge--German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
• 1944 - World War II: Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indo-China, now Vietnam.
• 1947 - The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves its constitution.
• 1956 - Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity.
• 1963 - Cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.
• 1964 - Comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity.
• 1964 - First flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird).
• 1965 - In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
• 1974 - Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
• 1974 - Ted Heath's house is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
• 1978 - The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
• 1984 - Subway vigilante Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American men on an express train in The Bronx borough of New York City.
• 1988 - Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.
• 1989 - After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu's Communist dictatorship.
• 1989 - Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
• 1989 - Kempsey bus crash: Two tourist coaches collide on the Pacific Highway north of Kempsey, New South Wales
• 1990 - Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
• 1997 - Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
• 1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard finds near Calatayud (Zaragoza) another van loaded by ETA with 750 kg of explosives (see related event on December 21, 1999).
• 2001 - Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
• 2001 - Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
• 2003 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits near San Simeon, California; see San Simeon earthquake

Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Izmail or Ismail (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; Romanian: Ismail), is a town in south-western Ukraine, located near Danube delta in Odessa Oblast (province). ... Monument to Suvorov as youthful Mars, the Roman god of war (1801). ... Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Embargo Act of 1807 was a United States law prohibiting all export of cargo from US ports. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... In the last days of President Thomas Jeffersons presidency, the United States Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. ... The Embargo Act of 1807 was a United States law prohibiting all export of cargo from US ports. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Russian: , Russian pronunciation: , sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, Dostojevskij or Dostoevski  ) (November 11 [O.S. October 30] 1821 – February 9 [O.S. January 28] 1881) was a Russian novelist and writer of fiction whose works, including Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, have had a profound and... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... An electric container freight train Freight wagons filled with limestone await unloading, at sidings in Rugby, England An SP freight train west of Chicago in 1992. ... , Roorkee (Hindi: ) is a town and a municipal board in Haridwar District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Savannah redirects here. ... General Sherman redirects here. ... This article is about the historical event. ... Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Born in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi 16 October 1841–26 October 1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun and Shunsuke in his youth) was a Japanese politician and the countrys first Prime Minister (and the 5th, 7th and 10th). ... For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). ... Emblem of the Office of Prime Minister of Japan Kantei, Official residence of PM The Prime Minister of Japan ) is the usual English-language term used for the head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime Minister of the Cabinet. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal with anti-Semitic overtones which divided France from the 1890s to the early 1900s. ... Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform. ... For other uses, see Treason (disambiguation) or Traitor (disambiguation). ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards or prejudice against Jews (not, in common usage, Semites in general — see the Scope section below). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... GOELRO plan (Russian: план ГОЭЛРО) was the first ever Soviet plan of recovery and development of the state economy, a prototype of Five Year Plans. ... The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union in two periods, from 1917 to 1936 and from 1989 to 1993. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Himarë (also Albanian: , Greek: ) is a town and a region in southern Albania, opposite the north end of the Greek island of Corfu. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hitler redirects here. ... For other uses, see V2. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the 1965 film, see Battle of the Bulge (film). ... For other uses, see Bastogne (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) is the term used by the Vietnamese for their armed forces. ... Indochina, or French Indochina, was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in south-east Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colo was the first gorilla born in captivity, December 1956, at the Columbus Zoo. ... For other uses, see Gorilla (disambiguation). ... Animal husbandry Animals that live under human care are in captivity. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... A cruise ship or a cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ... An early photo of the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt As Johan van Oldenbarnevelt The MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was built in Amsterdam at the Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, dockyard 194. ... For other uses, see Madeira (disambiguation). ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ... The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird, is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft by Lockheeds Skunk works, which was also responsible for the U-2 and many other advanced aircraft. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... A road speed limit is the maximum speed as allowed by law for road vehicles. ... Motorway symbol in UK, Australia, Spain, France and Ireland. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Grand Comore Grand Comore (off-white) in relation to Comoros (light brown) Grande Comore (also known as Ngazidja and Ngasidja, and erroneously as Njazidja) is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Capital (and largest city) Mutsamudu Official languages Comorian (Shindzuani dialect), Arabic, French Government Autonomous Island  -  President Dhoihirou Halidi Area  -  Total 424 km²  163 sq mi   -  Water (%) negligible Population  -  2006 estimate 277,500   -  2003 census 259,100  Currency Comorian franc or Comoran franc (KMF) Time zone EAT  -  Summer (DST) not observed... Map of Mohéli Mohéli, also known as Mwali, is one of the three islands which make up the nation of Comoros. ... You might be looking for: Edward Heath (1916–2005) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China and also the worlds largest political party. ... Peking redirects here. ... Economic reforms have triggered internal migrations within China. ... This article is about the year. ... ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Bronx redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Chico Mendes on a river in Amazonia. ... Rubber tapping in Kerala Rubber tapping is the process by which rubber is gathered. ... The Lawrence textile strike (1912), with soldiers surrounding peaceful demonstrators A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours, and working conditions, forming a cartel of labour. ... Environmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Ion Iliescu (born March 3, 1930) is a Romanian politician. ... Nicolae CeauÅŸescu (IPA , in English, sometimes (and erroneously) ) (January 26, 1918–December 25, 1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. ... This article is about the form of society and political movement. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The Brandenburg Gate The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin, Germany. ... This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ... The Kempsey bus crash occured in Australia in December, 1989 when two full tourist coaches collided head-on on the Pacific Highway 12 km north of Kempsey, New South Wales at an estimated combined speed of 200 km/h. ... This article is about the Pacific Highway between the Queensland/New South Wales border and Sydney. ... Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in Kempsey Shire Council. ... This article is about the year. ... In common law legal systems, a trust is a relationship in which a person or entity (the trustee) has legal control over certain property (the trust property or trust corpus), but is bound by fiduciary duty to exercise that legal control for the benefit of someone else (the beneficiary), according... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 1400 people (although some sources claim 1500 or more and still others claim the number of deaths was 45) attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... For other uses, see Native Americans (disambiguation). ... The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of pregnant women and children, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas (The Bees), in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas. ... Location within Mexico Municipalities of Chiapas Country Mexico Capital Municipalities 118 Largest City Tuxtla Gutiérrez Government  - Governor Juan José Sabines Guerrero ( PRD)  - Federal Deputies PRI: 7 PRD: 5  - Federal Senators PRI: 1 PRD: 1 PVEM: 1 Area Ranked 8th  - Total 74,211 km² (28,653 sq mi) Population (2005... Look up massacre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paramilitary designates forces whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force, but which are not regarded as having the same status. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... See Guardia Civil for other meanings of the phrase The Guardia Civil is a Spanish police force with both military and civilian functions. ... The tower of the Santa María church in mudéjar style. ... For other uses, see Zaragoza (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see ETA (disambiguation). ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Northern Alliance is a term used by the western media, Taliban and Al Qaida to identify the military coalition of various Afghan groups fighting the Taliban. ... Hamid Karzai (Persian: حامد کرزى and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. ... Richard Reid, in a prison photograph Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the shoe bomber, is a British citizen born in Bromley, South London and a Muslim allegedly working for Al-Qaeda. ... Matt Lauer with the crew of Flight 63, the Shoebomber flight. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ... San Simeon (ZIP Code: 93452) is a settlement on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California notable in two respects: Its position along Cabrillo Hwy is almost precisely halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those towns being roughly 230 mi (370 km) away. ... The San Simeon Earthquake was a magnitude 6. ...

[edit] Births

• 1095 - Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)
• 1178 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
• 1546 - Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)
• 1550 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
• 1639 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
• 1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)
• 1690 - Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)
• 1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
• 1696 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785)
• 1723 - Karl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
• 1765 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
• 1805 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
• 1807 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873)
• 1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (d. 1870)
• 1819 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892)
• 1853 - Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917)
• 1853 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1919)
• 1856 - Frank B. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
• 1860 - Austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator (d. 1927)
• 1862 - Connie Mack, American baseball executive (d. 1956)
• 1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935)
• 1869 - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
• 1872 - Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
• 1874 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. 1939)
• 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
• 1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
• 1887 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
• 1888 - J. Arthur Rank, British film producer (d. 1972)
• 1898 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
• 1899 - Gustav Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963)
• 1900 - Marc Allégret, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1901 - André Kostelanetz, American popular music orchestra leader and arranger (d. 1980)
• 1903 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
• 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
• 1905 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
• 1907 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
• 1909 - Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1912 - Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
• 1915 - Barbara Billingsley, American actress
• 1917 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (d. 1999)
• 1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963)
• 1922 - Jack Brooks, American politician
• 1922 - Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Frank Corsaro, American stage director
• 1925 - Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006)
• 1934 - David Pearson, American racecar driver
• 1936 - James Burke, British writer
• 1936 - Hector Elizondo, American actor
• 1936 - Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor (d. 1969)
• 1937 - Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer
• 1938 - Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player
• 1938 - Lucien Bouchard, Quebec politician
• 1939 - James Gurley, American musician
• 1942 - Dick Parry, English musician (Pink Floyd)
• 1943 - Paul Wolfowitz, American politician
• 1944 - Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1945 - Diane Sawyer, American journalist
• 1946 - Rick Nielsen, American musician (Cheap Trick)
• 1948 - Noel Edmonds, English game show host
• 1948 - Steve Garvey, American baseball player
• 1948 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1949 - Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
• 1949 - Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees)
• 1951 - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster
• 1953 - BernNadette Stanis, actress
• 1953 - Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 - Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver
• 1955 - Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
• 1957 - Carole James, Canadian politician
• 1958 - Frank Gambale, Australian musician
• 1958 - David Heavener, American actor and musician
• 1959 - Bernd Schuster, German footballer
• 1960 - Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
• 1960 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
• 1960 - Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
• 1960 - Patrick Fitzgerald, American attorney
• 1961 - Andrew Fastow, American businessman
• 1962 - Ralph Fiennes, English actor
• 1963 - Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer
• 1963 - Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter
• 1966 - Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet gymnast
• 1966 - Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
• 1967 - Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer
• 1967 - Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995)
• 1967 - Stéphane Gendron, Quebec politician
• 1967 - Paul Morris, Australian racing driver
• 1968 - Dina Meyer, American actress
• 1968 - Lauralee Bell, American actress
• 1969 - Myriam Bédard, Canadian athlete
• 1971 - Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor
• 1972 - Big Tigger, television host
• 1972 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer
• 1974 - Heather Donahue, American actress
• 1975 - Chris Adler, American actor
• 1975 - Crissy Moran, American erotic actress
• 1975 - Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer
• 1975 - Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 - Brian A. Alexander, American screenwriter and director
• 1976 - Jason Lane, American Baseball Player
• 1977 - Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 - Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress (d. 2005)
• 1980 - Chris Carmack, American actor
• 1983 - Jennifer Hawkins, Australian Miss Universe
• 1984 - Basshunter, popular Swedish singer
• 1989 - Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner
• 1990 - Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor

Events The country of Portugal is established for the second time. ... Roger II, from Liber ad honorem Augusti of Petrus de Ebulo, 1196. ... King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... Events June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of Mu-Lan-Pi (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to... Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇 Antoku Tennō) (December 22, 1178 – April 25, 1185) was the 81st imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events April 25 - Genpei War - Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Kuroda Kanbei (1546-1604) Kuroda Kanbei, a very ambitious man along with being a famed strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ... Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino (22 December 1550[1] in Cento in the then Papal States - 19 July 1631 in Padua then under Republic of Venice rule) was an Italian professor of natural philosophy, working rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Jean Racine, in an engraving by Pierre Savart. ... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ) (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) He was born in Patna in India in 1666 and became the tenth Guru of the Sikhs on 11 November 1675, succeeding his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur who was killed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Meidingu Pamheiba (1690-1751) was an emperor in Manipur in the early 18th century. ... For the documentary series, see Monarchy (TV series). ... , Manipur   (Bengali: মনিপুর, Meitei Mayek: mnipur) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Hermann Samuel Reimarus (December 22, 1694, Hamburg - March 1, 1768, Hamburg), a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and our own internal reality, so... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... General James Oglethorpe James Oglethorpe (December 22 1696 – June 30, 1785) was a British general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... Karl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723 – June 20, 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Johann Friedrich Pfaff (December 22, 1765- April 21, 1825) was a German mathematician. ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Thomas Jefferson. ... John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 - 2 January 1893) was a British entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Johann Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven, (December 22, 1807- October 21, 1873), Norwegian poet and critic, was born at Bergen, the son of a pastor, in 1807. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1819 (MDCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) in the [[Grhttp://en. ... Franz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 - 31 March 1885) was a German composer. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Pierre Ossian Bonnet (December 22, 1819- 22 June 1892) French mathematician. ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Maria Teresa Carreño (December 22, 1853 - June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, singer, and conductor. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Yevgraf Stepanovich Fyodorov, sometimes spelled Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov (Russian: ) (December 22, 1853–May 21, 1919), was great Russian mathematician, crystallographist, mineralogist. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American politician and statesman. ... The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Austin Norman Palmer (December 22, 1860 — November 16, 1927) innovated the field of penmanship with the development of the Palmer method of script. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Connie Mack baseball card, 1910 Cornelius Alexander Mack (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Егоров, December 22, 1869 - September 10, 1931) was a Russian mathematician born in Moscow. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jean-Marie Camille Guérin (b. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Franz Schmidt (December 22, 1874 – February 11, 1939) was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ... The Futurists in Paris, February 1912. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Ramanujan redirects here. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (December 23, 1888 – March 29, 1972) was a British industrialist and film producer, and founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (or Fok, Владимир Александрович Фок) (December 22, 1898 - December 27, 1974) was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Gustaf Gründgens (December 22, 1899 - October 7, 1963) was one of Germanys most famous actors of the 20th century. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Marc Allégret (December 23, 1900 - November 3, 1973) was a French screenwriter and film director. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... André Kostelanetz (December 22, 1901 - January 13, 1980) was a popular music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 - March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a cowinner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision. ... Emil Adolf von Behring was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the treatment of diphtheria. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Kenneth Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Pierre Brasseur, really Pierre-Albert Espinasse (born December 22, 1905 in Paris; died August 14, 1972 in Brunico, Italy) was a French actor. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tues