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December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... December 9, 2004 President George W. Bush nominates Jim Nicholson, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, as his nominee for Veterans Affairs Secretary replacing out going secretary Anthony Principi. ... December 9, 2003 A suicide bombing in central Moscow at 11 a. ... December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in December, 2000. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

Events

• 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters in Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire.
• 1425 - The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
• 1531 - First apparition of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Guadalupe) to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill
• 1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
• 1824 - Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
• 1835 - The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio.
• 1851 - The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
• 1856 - The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
• 1861 - American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1872 - In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• 1875 - Massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded.
• 1888 - Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department.
• 1892 - The football clubs Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merge to form Newcastle United F.C.
• 1897 - Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.
• 1905 - In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• 1917 - In Palestine, Allenby captures Jerusalem.
• 1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland.
• 1931 - The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
• 1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing - Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing.
• 1940 - World War II: Operation Compass - British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
• 1941 - World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
• 1941 - World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attack Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
• 1946 - The "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" began with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
• 1950 - Harry Gold is sentenced to thirty years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• 1953 - Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company
• 1958 - Red Scare: The John Birch Society founded in the United States.
• 1961 - The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with him being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
• 1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.

Shuttle Discovery after launch of STS-116.

• 1968 - NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
• 1979 - The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
• 1987 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• 1990 - Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
• 2003 - A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
• 2006 - Moscow suffers its worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug addict rehabitational center.

Events June 8 - St. ... Byzantine redirects here. ... // Flavius Belisarius (505(?) – 565) was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most acclaimed generals in history. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of... The Catholic University of Leuven is the largest and most prominent university in Belgium. ... January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ... Our Lady redirects here. ... An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. ... Tradition maintains that Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474 – May 30, 1548) was an indigenous Mexican who witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. ... Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) 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). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Noah Webster Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – April 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, word enthusiast, and editor. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Antonio José de Sucre (February 3, 1795 – June 4, 1830) was a South American independence leader. ... The Battle of Ayacucho took place during the final phase of Perus War of Independence. ... The economic crisis favored the indigenous rebellion from 1780 to 1781. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco, Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1845) Language(s) English (de facto) Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Government Republic President1  - 1836-1838 Sam Houston  - 1838-1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar  - 1841-1844 Sam Houston  - 1844-1845 Anson Jones Vice... San Antonio redirects here. ... 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). ... Not to be confused with YWCA. This article is about the association. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bushehr or Bushire (بوشهر), pop. ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was a United States Congressional investigating committee created to handle issues surrounding the American Civil War. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... 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). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first African American to become governor of a U.S. state. ... 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. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Although there are several clubs that claim the title, the Massachusetts Rifle Association (also known as Walnut Hill, Mass Rifle or the MRA) is the oldest active gun club in the United States and was founded in 1875, just four years following the creation of the National Rifle Association in... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number 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). ... Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an German-American statistician who developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards in order to rapidly tabulate statistics from millions of pieces of data. ... The United States Department of War was the military department of the United States governments executive branch from 1789 until 1949, when it became part of the United States Department of Defense. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Marguerite Durand, born January 24, 1864 – died March 16, 1936, was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... For the historical disturbances in France, see Fronde La Fronde (The Sling) was a feminist newspaper first published in Paris, France on December 9, 1897 by activist Marguerite Durand (1864-1936). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... 1905 caricature depicting the separation of the church and state. ... 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). ... This article is about the geographical area known as Palestine. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gabriel Narutowicz , (March 17, 1865 – December 16, 1922) was the first elected President of the Republic of Poland. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Constituent Cortes (Cortes constituyentes) is the description of the Cortes (Spanish parliament) when convened as a constituent assembly. ... Anthem El Himno de Riego Capital Madrid Language(s) Spanish Government Republic President  - 1931–1936 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora  - 1936–1939 Manuel Azaña Legislature Congress of Deputies Historical era Interwar period  - Monarchy abolished April 14, 1931  - Spanish Civil War 1936–1939  - Surrender to Franco April 1, 1939 Currency Spanish peseta... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants China  United States1 Soviet Union2  Empire of Japan Collaborationist Chinese Army3 Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi, Peng Dehuai, Joseph Stilwell, Claire Chennault, Aleksandr Vasilevsky Hirohito, Fumimaro Konoe, Hideki Tojo, Kotohito Kanin, Matsui Iwane, Hajime Sugiyama, Shunroku Hata... Combatants China, National Revolutionary Army Japan, Central China Theater Army Commanders Tang Shengzhi Matsui Iwane Strength 100,000 men 8 divisions Casualties ~50,000 military personnel, ~300,000 civilians minimal The Battle of Nanjing (Traditional Chinese: 南京保衛戰; Simplified Chinese: 南京保卫战; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Nan-ching Pao-wei Chan) began after the... Asaka Yasuhiko (朝香鳩彦 Asaka Yasuhiko, 2 October 1887 - 13 April 1981), Prince Asakanomiya (朝香宮) of Japan, was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a career army officer. ... For other uses, see Nanjing (disambiguation). ... 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... Combatants Western Desert Force Italian Tenth Army Commanders Richard OConnor Rodolfo Graziani Pietro Maletti † Strength 50,000 soldiers 120 guns 275 tanks 100,000 soldiers 1,600 guns 600 light tanks Casualties 494 dead 1,225 wounded 3,000 dead 115,000 captured 400 tanks 1,292 guns Operation... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sidi Barrani is a village in Egypt, ~95km from the border with Libya, and ~240km from Tobruk. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... 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... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ... The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the Japanese occupation of Korea. ... The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. ... 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... The 19th Air Refueling Group (19 ARG or Black Knights) is one of the oldest organizations in the United States Air Force. ... Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chief prosecutor Telford Taylor opens the prosecution case in the Krupp Trial The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (or, more formally, the Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT)) were a series of twelve U.S. military trials for war crimes against surviving members of the military, political, and... Karl Brandt at the Doctors Trial The Doctors Trial (officially United States of America v. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazi human experimentation was medical experimentation on large numbers of people by the German Nazi regime in its concentration camps during World War II. // According to the indictment at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials, these experiments... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Gold Harry Gold (b. ... Klaus Fuchs ID badge at Los Alamos. ... This article is about the World War II nuclear project. ... Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American Communists who received international attention when they were executed for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Some factual claims in this article need to be verified. ... “GE” redirects here. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Jan. ... The John Birch Society is a conservative American exceptionalist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support free enterprise. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... Otto Adolf Eichmann (known as Adolf Eichmann; March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). ... Flag of Deutsch-Ostafrika (1885-1919) Flag of Tanganyika (1919-1961) Flag of the Republic of Tanganyika 1962–64 Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika, after which it was named. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x3008, 272 KB) STS-116 launch of Discovery, 12-9-2006. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x3008, 272 KB) STS-116 launch of Discovery, 12-9-2006. ... STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NLS workstation showing the CRT display, keyboard, pushbuttons, and mouse NLS, or the oNLine System, was a revolutionary computer collaboration system designed by Douglas Engelbart and the researchers at the Augmentation Research Center (ARC) at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) during the 1960s. ... In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ... Operating a mechanical 1: Pulling the mouse turns the ball. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. ... This article is about biological infectious particles. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Israel, with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and Arab Palestinians. ... Combatants  Israel Unified National Leadership ot the Uprising Commanders Yitzhak Shamir Yasser Arafat Casualties 160 (5 children) 1,162 (241 children) The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also intifada and war of the stones) was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule[1] that began in Jabalia refugee camp and quickly... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... “WaÅ‚Ä™sa” redirects here. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On 9th December 2003 a suicide bombing near Red Square in Moscow left six people dead and wounded several others. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... The 2006 Moscow hospital fire was a fire that occurred on December 9 in a drug addict rehabilitation centre in Southern Moscow, Russia. ...

Births

• 1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
• 1508 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
• 1561 - Sir Edwin Sandys, British-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)
• 1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
• 1579 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
• 1594 - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
• 1608 - John Milton, English poet (d. 1674)
• 1610 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (d. 1680)
• 1652 - Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician (d. 1723)
• 1667 - William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752)
• 1748 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
• 1751 - Maria Luisa of Parma, queen of Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
• 1787 - John Dobson, British architect
• 1806 - Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (d. 1838)
• 1837 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (d. 1915)
• 1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921)
• 1847 - George Grossmith, English actor (d. 1912)
• 1850 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891)
• 1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
• 1871 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943)
• 1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940)
• 1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949)
• 1883 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (d. 1950)
• 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (d. 1956)
• 1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish Olympic gold medalist (d. 1966)
• 1891 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (d. 1917)
• 1895 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936)
• 1897 - Hermione Gingold, British actress (d. 1987)
• 1898 - Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (d. 1979)
• 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937)
• 1900 - Albert Weisbord, American labor organizer (d. 1977)
• 1901 - Carol Dempster, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938)
• 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
• 1902 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (d. 1976)
• 1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
• 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000)
• 1911 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese educator (d. 2007)
• 1912 - Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
• 1914 - Frances Reid, American actress
• 1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (d. 2006)
• 1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
• 1917 - James Rainwater, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 1918 - Jerome Beatty Jr., American author
• 1919 - William Lipscomb, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic
• 1922 - Redd Foxx, American comedian (d. 1991)
• 1925 - Dina Merrill, American actress
• 1926 - Henry Way Kendall, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995)
• 1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
• 1928 - Dick Van Patten, American actor
• 1928 - André Milhoux, Belgian racing driver
• 1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
• 1929 - Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
• 1930 - Buck Henry, American actor
• 1931 - Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor
• 1931 - William Reynolds, American actor
• 1933 - Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001)
• 1934 - Dame Judi Dench, British actress
• 1934 - Junior Wells, American musician (d. 1998)
• 1937 - Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1938 - Deacon Jones, American football player
• 1938 - David Houston, American country music singer (d. 1993)
• 1941 - Beau Bridges, American actor
• 1941 - Dan Hicks, American musician
• 1942 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (d. 1997)
• 1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player
• 1943 - Pit Martin, National Hockey League player
• 1944 - Ki Longfellow, American novelist
• 1944 - Neil Innes, British singerBonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
• 1944 - Bob O'Connor, American politician
• 1945 - Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor
• 1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician
• 1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
• 1947 - Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
• 1948 - Dennis Dunaway, American musician
• 1949 - Tom Kite, American golfer
• 1950 - Joan Armatrading, West Indian-born British singer
• 1952 - Michael Dorn, American actor
• 1952 - Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
• 1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
• 1953 - Monique Miller, French Canadian actress
• 1954 - Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian
• 1957 - Donny Osmond, American singer and actor
• 1958 - Rikk Agnew, American guitar player (The Adolescents)
• 1958 - Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House)
• 1960 - Juan Samuel, Dominican baseball player
• 1961 - David Anthony Higgins, American actor
• 1961 - Joe Lando, American actor
• 1962 - Felicity Huffman, American actress
• 1963 - Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
• 1964 - Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)
• 1965 - Joe Ausanio, American baseball player
• 1965 - Vecepia Towery, American Survivor contestant
• 1966 - Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician
• 1966 - Toby Huss, American actor
• 1967 - Joshua Bell, American violinist
• 1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer
• 1968 - Kurt Angle, American wrestler
• 1968 - Brian Bell, American guitarist (Weezer)
• 1968 - Dave Harold, English snooker player
• 1969 - Jakob Dylan, American singer (The Wallflowers)
• 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
• 1969 - Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor
• 1971 - Petr Nedved, National Hockey League player
• 1972 - Tre Cool, German-born American drummer (Green Day)
• 1972 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
• 1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
• 1974 - Canibus, American rapper
• 1975 - Dino Morea, Indian actor
• 1976 - Chris Booker, American baseball player
• 1977 - Saskia Garel, Canadian actress
• 1977 - Imogen Heap, British singer and songwriter
• 1978 - Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
• 1979 - Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer
• 1980 - Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
• 1981 - Mardy Fish, American tennis player
• 1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress
• 1982 - Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
• 1983 - Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
• 1983 - Jermaine Beckford, English footballer
• 1987 - Juan Galvan, American Student
• 1990 - LaFee, German singer

Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ... Chenghua Emperor Birth and death: Dec. ... Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gemma Frisius, seventeenth-century woodcut by E. de Boulonois For the crater, see Gemma Frisius (crater) Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Edwin Sandys (9 December 1561 – October 1629) was a British statesman and one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London, which in 1607 established the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States in the colony of Virginia, based at... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ... For the crater, see Metius (crater). ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... St. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ... The Lion of the North: Gustavus Adolphus at the famous turning point Battle of Breitenfield (1631) against the forces of the redoubtable Count Tilly. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Baldassare Ferri (December 9, 1610 - September 10, 1680) was an Italian castrato singer. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... Augustus Quirinus Rivinus also known as August Bachmann (December 9, 1652 (Leipzig, Germany) – December 20, 1723 (Leipzig, Germany)) A German physician and botanist. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... William Whiston William Whiston (December 9, 1667 - August 22, 1752), English divine and mathematician, was born at Norton in Leicestershire, of which village his father was rector. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Claude Louis Berthollet. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 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. ... Maria Louise of Parma (December 9, 1751-January 2, 1819) was queen of Spain and consort of King Charles IV of Spain. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Dobson (1787 – 1865) was a 19th century English architect in the neoclassical tradition. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean-Olivier Chénier (December 9, 1806–December 14, 1838) was a physician in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Émile Waldteufel (December 9, 1837–February 12, 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Prince Peter (Pyotr) Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: ) (December 9, 1842–February 8, 1921) was one of Russias foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of anarchist communism: the model of society he advocated for most of his life was that of a communalist society free from central government. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... George Grossmith, as illustrated in The Idler magazine, 1897 George Grossmith (December 9, 1847 - March 1, 1912) was an English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Emma Abbott Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891), American opera singer, was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied in Milan and Paris. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Fritz Haber (9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development of synthetic ammonia, important for fertilisers and explosives. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Joe Kelley baseball card, 1909 Joseph James Kelley (December 9, 1871 – August 14, 1943) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who starred in the outfield of the powerful Baltimore Oriole teams of the 1890s. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Berton Churchill (December 9, 1876 _ October 10, 1940) was a Canadian actor. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the 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). ... Nikolai N. Luzin. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) 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). ... Birdseyes double belt freezer (US Patent #1,773,079) Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956) was an American inventor who is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Juho Pietari Hannes Kolehmainen (December 9, 1889 – January 11, 1966) was a Finnish long-distance runner. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Maksim Bahdanovič Maksim Bahdanovič (Belarusian language: Максім Багдановіч December 9, 1891 – May 25, 1917) was a famous Belarusian poet, journalist and literature critiscist. ... 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). ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Conchita Supervía (December 9, 1895–March 30, 1936) was a notable and successful Spanish mezzo-soprano singer. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 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). ... Emmett Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979), a native of Sedan, Kansas, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure Weary Willie, based on the hobos of the Depression era. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... 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). ...