December 26th
The December 26 is the 360th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 361st in leap years ), thus remain fifth day until the end of the year. In many countries, December 26th applies. as the second Christmas holiday , in Austria - St. Stephen's Day .
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events
Politics and world events
- 1351: During the Swiss Habsburg wars , the victorious Zurich in the Battle of Dättwil about the Habsburgs and their allies.
- 1620: The Pilgrim Fathers landed in New England with the Mayflower found the settlement of Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts .
- 1776: In the Battle of Trenton, the English suffer a bitter defeat in the American War of Independence from units led by George Washington , which he had led across the Delaware River the night before .
- 1802: In the Treaty of Paris , France and the German Emperor Franz II agree specifically on territorial compensation planned in the Treaty of Lunéville . In it, among other things, the brother of the emperor, Grand Duke Ferdinand III. of Tuscany , to compensate for the lost Grand Duchy of Tuscany left the previous archbishopric of Salzburg as the future electorate .
1805: France's Foreign Minister Talleyrand , signatory of the Bratislava Peace
- 1805: The Peace of Bratislava after the Battle of Austerlitz ends the Third War of the Coalition . The inferior Austrian Empire has to accept heavy territorial losses and Francis I has to recognize Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French .
- 1806: The Battle of Pultusk in the Fourth Coalition War ends in a draw between French and Russian-Prussian troops.
- 1825: In Saint Petersburg the oath to begin by refusing Russian Czar Nicholas I of the revolt of the Decembrists .
- 1836: Chile declares war on the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation . It feels threatened by the plans of the Bolivian President Andrés de Santa Cruz , who is toying with the idea of a new Inca empire . Argentina joins Chile on May 19, 1837 and takes part in the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation War.
- 1862: The largest mass execution in US history to date takes place in Mankato . 38 Dakota warriors sentenced to death are hanged in public after the failed Sioux uprising .
- 1888: With the Faroese Christmas Meeting, the local national movement sprouts. In the history of the Faroe Islands, there is a desire for their own language and independence from Danish rule.
- 1905: Colonel General Alfred von Schlieffen writes a memorandum that later goes down in German military history as the Schlieffen Plan .
- 1925: The Turkish National Assembly decides to introduce the Gregorian calendar with effect from January 1, 1926.
- 1933: In the Montevideo Convention , 19 American states agree on the United States' policy of good neighborliness .
- 1943: At the second Cairo conference, Winston Churchill prevails over US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Germany must be defeated before Japan in World War II .
- 1943: The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk in a battle with two British combat groups in the Arctic Ocean off Norway during World War II . Of the 1,968 crew, only 36 survive.
- 1947: Arab militants attack a child transport run by the child and youth Aliyah in Castel in the Israeli part of the Palestine region established by the UN . Prominent Zionists accompany the transport, including Golda Meir . Hans Beyth , successor to Henrietta Szold as head of the children's and youth alijah since the beginning of 1945, is killed in the subsequent firefight.
- 1948: The Hungarian Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested by the communist rulers on charges of alleged espionage.
- 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from his post as President of the Soviet Union . The Soviet Union is thus finally dissolved .
- 1991: In free and secret elections in Algeria , the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) wins an overwhelming victory in the first ballot . The second ballot is then canceled.
- 1994: The French Special Forces National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) completed one of four terrorists of the Groupe Islamique Armé two days earlier in Algiers started hijacking on the Marseille airport . The four terrorists are killed. In addition to four passengers shot by the kidnappers, the special unit was able to free the other 171 people and the crew.
- 2004: The re-run of the presidential election runoff in Ukraine is largely fair. Viktor Yushchenko is subsequently elected President of Ukraine .
- 2006: The Appeals Commission of the Special Tribunal in Iraq upholds the death sentence against former dictator Saddam Hussein .
business
- 1764: The German Society of Pennsylvania is founded. In her early years she deals with the effects of debt bondage to German immigrants .
- 1945: In several French colonies in Africa is the CFA franc as a currency introduced.
- 1975: The Soviet Union puts the supersonic - airliner 144 Tu-Tupolev now regularly in the cargo flight operations between Moscow and Almaty one.
science and technology
- 1872: The Hydrographic Institute of the Italian Navy is founded in Genoa .
- 1898: Marie Curie and Gustave Bémont announce the discovery of the chemical element radium on December 21st .
- 1957: The Swiss Roland Kuhn discovered the first antidepressant imipramine .
Culture
- 1606: William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear premieres at the English court.
- 1662: The first performance of Molière's School of Women is given in Paris .
- 1717: The Teatro Regio Ducale opens in Milan with the opera Constantino by Francesco Gasparini .
- 1725: The world premiere of the opera Il Siface of Nicola Antonio Porpora made on Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan.
- 1734: The second cantata of the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach is premiered in Leipzig .
- 1741: The opera Merope by Niccolò Jommelli is premiered at the start of the carnival season in Venice.
- 1767: The opera Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on a libretto by Ranieri de 'Calzabigi is premiered in Vienna.
- 1770: The world premiere of his opera Mitridate, re di Ponto is conducted by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Teatro Regio Ducale. The text is by Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi based on the drama Mithridate by Jean Racine in the Italian translation by Giuseppe Parini . This is followed by 22 further performances, after which the work will not be performed again until 1971 at the Salzburg Festival .
- 1772: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Lucio Silla is premiered in Milan .
- 1784: The world premiere of the opera L'Idalide by Luigi Cherubini takes place in Florence .
Milan Scala
- The premieres of the following operas will take place at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan :
- 1813: Aureliano in Palmira by Gioacchino Rossini .
- 1819: Bianca e Falliero ossia Il consiglio dei tre ( Bianca and Falliero or The Council of Three ) by Gioacchino Rossini.
- 1831: Norma by Vincenzo Bellini with the libretto by Felice Romani based on a drama by Louis Alexandre Soumet . Despite the excellent cast with Giuditta Pasta , Giulia Grisi , Domenico Donzelli and Vincenzo Negrini , this ended in a fiasco.
- 1833: Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti based on a libretto by Felice Romani .
- 1841: Maria Padilla by Gaetano Donizetti with a libretto by Felice Romani based on the drama Lucrèce Borgia by Victor Hugo .
- 1830: The opera Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti is premiered at the Teatro Carcano in Milan .
- 1877: In Saint Petersburg the building is Ciniselli Circus opened the first Russian stone for a circus .
- 1906: The premiere of the feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang (often referred to as the world's first feature-length film) sparked controversy. He is accused of glorifying criminals.
- 1927: Hugo von Hofmannsthal's essay Wert und Ehre deutscher Sprache appears in the Münchner Neue Nachrichten . With its complaint about the turmoil of the German nation and its language , the work belongs in the context of the great literary discourse .
- 1930: The operetta The Lost Waltz by Robert Stolz is premiered in Dresden .
- 1931: The musical Of Thee I Sing by the brothers George and Ira Gershwin and George Simon Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind premieres at the Music Box Theater in New York City. The political satire will be the first musical to receive the Pulitzer Prize .
- 1931: The feature film Mata Hari with Greta Garbo in the title role is shown for the first time in New York City.
- 1944: The Glass Menagerie , a "game of memory" by Tennessee Williams , premieres at the Civic Theater in Chicago. The piece marks the author's artistic breakthrough.
- 1973: The film The Exorcist hits theaters in the United States.
December 26th is also a day of world premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice , see there for details . In 1837, after a fire in the previous year and the completion of the renovation work, the theater reopened with the world premiere of the opera Rosmunda di Ravenna by Giuseppe Lillo by Archduke Rainer .
religion
795: Leo III.
- 795: Leo III. after the death of his predecessor Adrian I to Pope elected.
- 1115: Adalbert I of Saarbrücken becomes Archbishop of Mainz .
- 1950: The Holy Year of Pope Pius XII is celebrated in Rome . completed.
Disasters
- 838: A storm surge on the North Sea coast causes around 2500 deaths in Friesland , the Leybucht is formed.
- 1811: In Richmond (Virginia) , 72 people die in the worst theater fire in the USA to date , including Governor George William Smith and the President of the Bank of Virginia , Abraham B. Venable .
- 1999: Hurricane Lothar devastated parts of northern and western Europe at over 200 km / h and cost over 100 lives.
- 2003: In a severe earthquake measuring 6.6 to 6.8 on the Richter scale in the southeastern province of Kerman in Iran, the city of Bam is largely destroyed. 30,000 to 60,000 people are killed in the process.
- 2004: A major earthquake in the Indian Ocean with a magnitude of 9.1 and the subsequent tsunamis devastated villages and towns on the surrounding coasts. Around 231,000 people died in the accident and millions were left homeless. With the Peraliya train accident, the tsunami also caused the worst train accident in history, with an estimated 1,700 deaths.
- 2006: Over a hundred people are killed in the explosion of a leaky oil pipeline in Nigeria .
- 2006: The Hengchun earthquake off the south coast of Taiwan damages several submarine cables , severely affecting electronic data communications in several East and Southeast Asian countries.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1908: The American Jack Johnson defeats the Canadian Tommy Burns at Rushcutter's Bay in Australia and becomes the first Afro-American heavyweight boxing champion .
- 1929: The football club SCR Altach is founded.
- 1978: The first Paris-Dakar rally starts in Paris.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1194: Friedrich II. , German King and Holy Roman Emperor
- 1249: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall , English magnate
- 1332: Stephan , Prince of Hungary-Croatia and governor of Transylvania, Slavonia, Dalmatia and Croatia
- 1466: Ralph Shirley , English Esquire
- 1490: Friedrich Myconius , German preacher and reformer
- 1536: Yi I , Korean philosopher
- 1537: Albrecht , Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1581: Philip III. , Landgrave of Hessen-Butzbach, scholar and acquaintance of Galileo and Kepler
- 1618: Elisabeth von Herford , daughter of Friedrich V von der Pfalz
- 1622: Cort Sivertsen Adeler , Norwegian naval officer
- 1633: Ernest von Trautson , Austrian clergyman, Prince-Bishop of Vienna
- 1636: Justine Siegemundin , German midwife, author of the first German textbook for midwives
- 1643: Ernest Alexandre Dominique d'Arenberg , Prince of Chimay
- 1664: Johann Melchior Dinglinger , German court goldsmith for August the Strong of Saxony
- 1673: Gustav Philipp Mörl , German clergyman and librarian
- 1687: Johann Georg Pisendel , German baroque violin virtuoso and concert master
18th century
- 1702: Christoph Friedrich von Rentzell , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1716: Thomas Gray , British poet, scholar and letter-writer
- 1722: Giovanni Battista Visconti , Italian archaeologist
- 1723: Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini , Italian opera singer
- 1733: Volkmar Daniel Spörl , German Protestant theologian
- 1735: Florian Reichssiegel , Austrian writer
- 1736: Eiler Hagerup , Norwegian lawyer
- 1737: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld , Austrian Imperial General and Field Marshal
- 1738: Thomas Nelson , Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- 1742: Ignaz von Born , Austrian mineralogist and geologist and leading head of the Vienna Illuminati
- 1751: Klemens Maria Hofbauer , Austrian priest, preacher and member of the Redemptorist order, city patron of Vienna
- 1756: Bernard Germain Lacépède , French first Grand Chancellor of the Order of the Legion of Honor
- 1759: Johann Georg von Dillis , German painter
- 1762: Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis , Swiss poet
- 1762: Franz Wilhelm Tausch , German clarinet virtuoso and composer
- 1769: Ernst Moritz Arndt , German poet
- 1771: Heinrich Joseph von Collin , German writer
- 1772: Friederike Julie Lisiewska , German portrait painter
- 1774: Ferdinand Oechsle , German inventor of the must weigher
- 1775: Anton Carl Ludwig von Tabouillot , Franco-German landowner, Prussian captain and mayor
- 1776: Christian Friedrich Brendel , German mining engineer
- 1777: Ludwig II , Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1778: Sophie Eleonore Friederike von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , Danish-German miniature painter
- 1780: Mary Somerville , Scottish astronomer, mathematician, and science writer
- 1785: Laurent Clerc , French deaf educator
- 1791: Charles Babbage , British inventor and mathematician
- 1800: Gustav Wilhelm Teschner , German composer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Adolf Ignaz Mautner von Markhof , Austrian industrialist
- 1803: Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , German writer and doctor
- 1806: Karl Ernst Georges , German classical philologist, teacher and lexicographer
- 1812: Wilhelm Valentin Volckmar , German organ virtuoso and composer
- 1816: Johann Classen-Kappelmann , German entrepreneur and local politician
- 1818: Moritz Baumert , German medic and chemist
- 1819: Hermann Blumenau , German pharmacist
- 1824: Paul Botten-Hansen , Norwegian literary critic and librarian
- 1825: Felix Hoppe-Seyler , German chemist and physiologist
- 1826: William Clayton Anderson , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1827: Arthur Gustav Kulenkamp , mayor of Lübeck
- 1828: Josef Wiedemann , Austrian military bandmaster and composer
- 1837: George Dewey , American naval officer, sole Admiral of the Navy
- 1837: Carl Heinrich Rappard , Swiss missionary
- 1838: Clemens Winkler , German chemist
- 1841: Anton Abt , German theologian and narrator
- 1844: Katharina Zitelmann , German writer
- 1848: Friedrich von Bezold , German historian
1851-1900
- 1851: Melchior Treub , Dutch botanist
- 1853: René Bazin , French writer and professor of law
- 1853: Wilhelm Dörpfeld , German architect and archaeologist
- 1853: Jane Sutherland , Australian landscape painter
- 1855: Arnold Mendelssohn , German composer
- 1856: John Harper Long , American chemist
- 1857: Berthe Art , Belgian painter
- 1859: Johan Frans van Bemmelen , Dutch paleontologist and zoologist
- 1860: Félix José de Augusta , German surgeon, missionary and linguist
- 1861: Friedrich Engel , German mathematician
- 1861: Ludolf Krehl , German medic
- 1861: Emil Wiechert , German geophysicist
- 1865: Ludwig Ascher , German social hygienist
- 1867: Alfred Huggenberger , Swiss poet
- 1867: Julien Benda , French philosopher and writer
- 1870: Frank Stephen Meighen , Canadian officer and patron of the arts
- 1874: Rosa Albach-Retty , Austrian actress
- 1874: Norman Angell , British writer and publicist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1874: Léon Rothier , French singer (bass)
- 1874: Rose Stoppel , German professor of botany
- 1879: Armen Tigranjan , Armenian composer
- 1879: Julius Weismann , German composer
- 1880: Elton Mayo , American industrial sociologist, initiator of the Hawthorne experiments
- 1883: Carl Ahues , German chess player
- 1883: Maurice Utrillo , French painter
- 1886: Gyula Gömbös , Hungarian general and politician, Prime Minister
- 1887: Pierre Kamel Medawar , Israeli bishop
- 1889: Franz Stephan Griese , German clergyman, church critic and philologist
- 1889: Vladimir Sokoloff , Russian film actor
- 1890: Heinrich Landrock , German rower
- 1891: Henry Miller , American writer
- 1892: Stina Aronson , Swedish writer
- 1893: Elisabet van Randenborgh , German writer
- 1893: Mao Zedong , Chinese revolutionary and politician, president
- 1893: Jauhen Zikozki , Belarusian composer
- 1897: Géza von Bolváry , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and director
- 1897: Willy Max Rademacher , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Member of Parliament
- 1898: Ernst Fraenkel , German political scientist
- 1899: Paul Arnsberg , German historian, journalist, writer and publisher
- 1900: Lucien Gagnier , Canadian flautist
- 1900: Inagaki Taruho , Japanese writer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1903: Richard Dennis Oliver Austin , British conductor
- 1903: Robert Vandivier , American basketball player
- 1904: Alejo Carpentier , Cuban writer and diplomat
- 1905: Anfilogino Guarisi , Brazilian-Italian soccer player
- 1905: Mario Varglien , Italian football player and coach, world champion
- 1906: Imperio Argentina , Spanish singer and film actress
- 1906: Gordon H. Scherer , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1909: Oldřich Nejedlý , Czechoslovak football player
- 1909: Herbert Rittlinger , German adventurer and author
- 1911: Ludwig Kraus , German engineer
- 1911: Takamatsu , Japanese princess
- 1912: Luis Fontés , British racing car driver and aviator
- 1912: Johnny Friedlaender , German graphic artist and etcher, pioneer of modern color etching
- 1914: Murlidhar Devidas Amte , Indian human rights activist
- 1914: Gil Duggan , American football player
- 1914: Annemarie Wendl , German actress
- 1914: Richard Widmark , American actor
- 1916: Helmut Eder , Austrian composer
- 1916: Rüdiger Proske , German television journalist
- 1917: Joe Osmanski , American football player
- 1917: Rose Mary Woods , American secretary to Richard Nixon
- 1918: Ntsu Mokhehle , Lesothic politician, Prime Minister
- 1921: Steve Allen , American comedian and musician
- 1921: Dietrich Andernacht , German historian and archivist
- 1921: Thomas von Randow , German mathematician, science editor and book author
- 1922: Octave Landuyt , Belgian sculptor and painter
- 1923: Richard Artschwager , American object artist, painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- 1924: János Aczél , Hungarian-Canadian mathematician
- 1924: Eli Cohen , Israeli spy
- 1924: Glenn Davis , American football player
- 1925: Georg Buschner , German soccer player and coach
1926-1950
- 1926: Marija Georgiewa Atanasowa , Bulgarian pilot
- 1926: Hans Otto Bäumer , German lawyer, trade unionist and politician, judge at the Federal Labor Court, MdL, district president of Düsseldorf, state minister
- 1926: Gina Pellón , Cuban artist
- 1927: Vasile Arvinte , Romanian Romanist and Romanist
- 1927: Harro Heuser , German mathematician
- 1927: Denis Quilley , British actor and singer
- 1927: Ingo Schubert , German doctor, university professor and politician
- 1928: Martin Cooper , American electrical engineer, inventor of the cell phone
- 1929: Monty Budwig , American jazz bassist
- 1929: Karl-Hans Laermann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1931: Roger Piantoni , French football player
- 1932: Maximilian Aichern , Austrian clergyman, Bishop of Linz
- 1932: Claude Dubois , Belgian racing driver
- 1932: Ingo von Münch , German lawyer, publicist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1933: Maurizio Arena , Italian actor
- 1933: Billy Bean , American jazz guitarist
- 1933: Joe Rosenblatt , Canadian poet, writer and painter
- 1935: William Brack , Canadian racing car driver
- 1935: Gnassingbé Eyadéma , Togolese politician, President
- 1935: Moisés Solana , Mexican racing car driver
- 1936: Trevor Taylor , British racing car driver
- 1937: Franz Buchrieser , Austrian actor
- 1937: John Horton Conway , English mathematician
- 1937: Rainer Offergeld , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1938: José Luis Alcaine , Spanish cameraman
- 1938: Hein Bruehl , German radio play author and director
- 1938: Judy Feld Carr , Canadian musicologist and escape agent
- 1938: Eberhard Gwinner , German ornithologist and behavioral scientist
- 1939: Paul Nabil El-Sayah , Lebanese minister
- 1939: Igor Akindinowitsch Fomin , Russian theoretical solid-state physicist
- 1939: Ken Howard , British pop music writer
- 1939: Rainer Malkowski , German writer
- 1939: Lynn Morley Martin , American politician, member of the House of Representatives, Minister
- 1939: Richard Rickelmann , German journalist
- 1939: Phil Spector , American record producer, singer, and songwriter
- 1940: Ludger Edelkötter , German composer and publisher
- 1940: Edward C. Prescott , American economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1941: Keyvan Dahesch , Iranian-German journalist
- 1941: Rattlesnake Annie , American country singer
- 1941: Daniel Schmid , Swiss film director
- 1942: Gray Davis , American politician, Governor of California
- 1942: Doug Hammond , American jazz musician
- 1943: Richard Schröder , German philosopher, theologian and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: Galsan Tschinag , Mongolian tribal prince of the Tuwins, German-speaking writer
- 1944: Reinhold Bachler , Austrian ski jumper
- 1944: Susanne Juhnke , German actress
- 1945: David R. Holsinger , American composer and music teacher
- 1946: Bruno Gehrig , Swiss manager
- 1946: Joseph Sifakis , Greek-French computer scientist
- 1946: Uli Stein , German cartoonist
- 1947: Peter Sattmann , German actor
- 1948: Carlos Álvarez , Argentine politician, vice-president
- 1948: Lolita de la Colina , Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1948: Heinz Werner Kraehkamp , German actor
- 1949: Karola Hattop , German film and television director
- 1949: Radmila Lazić , Serbian writer
- 1949: Keiji Matsumoto , Japanese racing car driver
- 1949: José Ramos-Horta , East Timorese politician, Prime Minister, President, Nobel Prize winner
- 1950: Raja Pervez Ashraf , Pakistani politician, minister, prime minister
1951-1975
- 1951: John Scofield , American jazz guitarist and composer
- 1952: Alexander Ankwab , Abkhazian politician, president, prime minister
- 1952: André-Michel Schub , American pianist and music teacher
- 1953: Leonel Fernández , Dominican lawyer and politician, President
- 1953: Sepp Dürr , German farmer and politician, MdL
- 1953: Elfriede Harrer-Friesenbichler , Austrian trade unionist and politician, LAbg
- 1953: Toomas Hendrik Ilves , Estonian politician, President
- 1953: Dieter Waltke , German handball player
- 1954: Ulrich Koehler , German politician
- 1954: Susan Butcher , American dog trainer
- 1954: David Shep , Canadian racing car driver
- 1955: Evan Bayh , American politician, Indiana governor, senator
- 1955: Bettina Hagedorn , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1955: Ulrich Meyer , German television presenter and producer
- 1956: Christian Bieniek , German writer and children's book author
- 1956: Hans Brinkmann , German writer
- 1956: Holger Hiller , German musician
- 1956: Jürgen Nabrotzki , German soccer player
- 1956: David Sedaris , American writer and journalist
- 1957: Barbara Höll , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1958: Jean-Marc Aveline , French Archbishop
- 1959: Wolfgang Rolff , German soccer player and coach
- 1959: Ferdinand Mack , German kickboxer and national coach
- 1959: Hans Nielsen , Danish speedway driver
- 1960: Ruud Kaiser , Dutch football player and coach
- 1960: Mother Meera , Indian mystic
- 1961: Jörg Schüttauf , German actor
- 1961: Tahnee Welch , American actress
- 1963: Linda Keough , British sprinter
- 1963: Lars Ulrich , Danish drummer ( Metallica )
- 1964: Absalon , Israeli installation artist, video artist and sculptor
- 1964: Ulf S. Graupner , German comic artist
- 1964: Anthony Peaks , American hip hop musician
- 1964: Giuseppe Puliè , Italian cross-country skier, Olympic medalist
- 1965: Mani Beckmann , German writer
- 1965: Peter Stefan Herbst , German journalist
- 1966: Jay Farrar , American songwriter
- 1966: Stephen Janetzko , German children's songwriter
- 1967: Takkyu Ishino , Japanese techno producer and DJ
- 1968: Aleksandar Knežević , Bosnian handball player and coach
- 1968: Haluk Levent , Turkish singer
- 1969: Heike Aumüller , German artist and musician
- 1969: Shayla LaVeaux , American porn actress and producer
- 1969: Thomas Linke , German soccer player
- 1969: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum , German show jumper
- 1971: Jared Leto , American actor
- 1971: Mika Nurmela , Finnish soccer player
- 1971: Tatiana Sorokko , Russian-American model
- 1972: Ralf Adam , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
- 1973: Sam Dominique Abouo , Ivorian football player
- 1974: Julia Koschitz , Austrian actress
- 1975: Barbara Kraus , Austrian physicist
- 1975: Marcelo Ríos , Chilean tennis player
- 1975: María Vasco , Spanish athlete, Olympic medalist
1976-2000
- 1976: Andrea Absolonová , Czech high diver
- 1976: Janina Prawalinskaja-Karoltschyk , Belarusian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1977: Fatih Akyel , Turkish soccer player
- 1977: Kai Gehring , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1979: Mark Cueto , English rugby player
- 1979: Henry Onwuzuruike , Nigerian soccer player
- 1981: Ilia Kandelaki , Georgian soccer player
- 1981: Johannes Oerding , German singer
- 1981: Shu-Aib Walters , South African soccer player
- 1982: Bas Sibum , Dutch football player
- 1982: Aksel Lund Svindal , Norwegian ski racer
- 1984: Kati Droste , German racing driver
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- 1985: Beth Behrs , American actress
- 1985: Charline Hartmann , German soccer player
- 1985: Marija Jovanović , Montenegrin handball player
- 1986: Hugo Lloris , French football player
- 1987: Carolina Eyck , German theremin player
- 1987: Mikhail Kukushkin , Kazakh tennis player
- 1989: Pa Modou Jagne , Gambian football player
- 1990: Andy Biersack , American singer
- 1990: Aaron Ramsey , Welsh soccer player
- 1990: Lance Voorjans , Dutch football player
- 1991: Eden Sher , American actress
- 1992: Wang Hao , Chinese water diver, Olympic champion
- 1993: Espen Bjørnstad , Norwegian Nordic combined, world champion
- 1993: Florian Gruber , German kitesurfing world champion
- 1994: Samantha Boscarino , American actress
- 1994: Luisa Hartema , German top model
- 1997: Lisa-Marie Koroll , German actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 268: Dionysius , Bishop of Rome
- 418: Zosimus , Bishop of Rome
- 1124: Dedo IV. , Count of Wettin
- 1163: Ulrich I. von Dürrmenz , Bishop of Speyer and Imperial Chancellor under Emperor Friedrich I.
- 1176: Irimbert von Admont , Dept.
- 1182: Adalram von Waldeck, Austrian nobleman, founder of the Seckau monastery
- 1238: Alexander Stavensby , English clergyman, theologian and diplomat
- 1302: Waldemar , King of Sweden
- 1360: Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent , English nobleman
- 1413: Michele Steno , 63rd Doge of Venice
- 1416: Eleanor of Aragon , regent of Cyprus
- 1441: Niccolò III. d'Este , Italian nobleman, Margrave of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- 1458: Arthur III. , Constable of France and Duke of Brittany
- 1530: Babur , founder of the Mughal Empire
- 1574: Charles de Lorraine-Guise , French cardinal and diplomat
- 1598: Neidhardt von Thüngen , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
17th and 18th centuries
- 1615: August , administrator of the diocese of Naumburg
- 1624: Simon Marius , German astronomer
- 1634: Lettice Knollys , lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I of England
- 1634: Wilhelm Schmuck , German legal scholar
- 1646: Henri II. De Bourbon , Prince of Condé
- 1666: Alexandrine von Taxis , Postmaster General of the Imperial Post and Postmaster General in the Spanish Netherlands
- 1677: Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach , cardinal and prince abbot of Fulda and Kempten
- 1690: Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow , Kurbrandenburg politician
- 1700: Franz Bernhard Rodde , Lübeck merchant and councilor
- 1703: Johann Christoph Sturm , German astronomer and mathematician
- 1709: Johann Philipp Bendeler , German organist and organ theorist
- 1709: Justus Philipp Meyenberg , German Protestant theologian
- 1711: Çorlulu Ali Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1718: Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Younger , German medic
- 1725: Jan František Beckovský , Bohemian-Czech writer, historian, translator and priest of the Order of Malta
- 1727: Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán , Spanish nobleman and colonial administrator, viceroy of Navarre, Sardinia and New Spain
- 1731: Antoine Houdar de la Motte , French playwright
- 1731: Johann Ernst Kregel von Sternbach , Leipzig merchant, councilor and master builder
- 1732: Giacomo Amato , Italian architect
- 1733: Paul Ignaz Bayer , Bohemian architect and builder
- 1740: Moritz Ludwig II of Nassau-LaLecq , Count of Nassau-LaLecq, Lord of Beverweerd and Lek
- 1742: Johann Adolph von Brühl , stable master and chamberlain from the Electorate of Saxony
- 1747: Christian Löber , German Protestant clergyman
- 1751: Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti , Italian violinist and composer
- 1762: Petrus Frans Theunissen , priest in the Teutonic Order
- 1764: Ismael Mengs , Saxon miniature and enamel painter
- 1771: Claude Adrien Helvétius , French philosopher
- 1777: Ricardo Wall , Irish-born officer, diplomat and politician in the service of Spain
- 1778: Pedro de Cevallos , Spanish politician, military and first viceroy of the Río de la Plata
- 1782: Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg , nobleman from Lower Saxony
- 1785: Ignatz Anton von Weiser , playwright, dialect poet and mayor of Salzburg
19th century
- 1814: Nicolas François Guillard , French librettist
- 1820: Joseph Fouché French politician, minister
- 1825: Friedrich Johann Christoph Cleemann , German Protestant clergyman and private scholar
- 1830: Heinrich August Ehregott Typke German Protestant theologian
- 1831: Wilhelm Ludwig Steinbrenner , German Protestant theologian
- 1832: Matthäus Conrad , Swiss pastor
- 1838: Franciszek Lessel , Polish composer
- 1838: Philippe-Antoine Merlin , French politician, member of the Board of Directors
- 1848: Johann Paul Pöhlmann , German Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1856: Jakob Friedrich Binder , First Mayor of Nuremberg
- 1867: József Kossics , Slovenian writer, poet, linguist, historian, folklorist and Catholic priest
- 1869: Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille , French medic and physicist ( Hagen-Poiseuille law )
- 1875: Emilio Praga , Italian painter, writer and librettist
- 1876: Friedrich Avé-Lallemant , German theologian and librarian
- 1876: Eduard Mohr , German Africa explorer
- 1878: Auguste Auspitz-Kolár , Austrian-Bohemian pianist and composer
- 1878: Georgine Schubert , German actress and singer
- 1882: Henri Le Secq , French photographer
- 1890: Heinrich Schliemann , German businessman, pioneer of field archeology
- 1892: Angelo Somazzi , Swiss politician and journalist
- 1896: Anton Leopold Herrmann , Romanian-German composer and church musician
- 1900: Jules Rivière , French violinist, bassoonist, conductor and composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1909: Frederic Remington American painter, illustrator and sculptor, best known for his depiction of the Wild West
- 1913: Hans von Specht , German-American officer and farmer, carter and postmaster
- 1917: Friedrich Lange , German journalist and politician
- 1918: Wassili Wassiljewitsch Andrejew , Russian balalaika virtuoso, orchestra leader and composer
- 1918: Karl Elsener , Swiss cutler, entrepreneur and politician
- 1919: William Ruffin Cox , American general
- 1923: Dietrich Eckart , German journalist and publisher, formerly a supporter of National Socialism and who gave ideas to Adolf Hitler
- 1923: Georg Frentzen , German architect and university professor
- 1925: Georg Thieme , German publisher
- 1926: Howard MacNutt , American Baha'i and a disciple of Abdu'l Baha
- 1929: Giuseppe Gamba , Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Turin and Cardinal
- 1931: Melvil Dewey , American librarian
- 1933: Meinrad Lienert , Swiss dialect and native poet
- 1934: John Emory Andrus , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1936: Adolf Arenson , German composer, theosophist and anthroposophist
- 1936: Auguste Gampert , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1938: Max Eckert-Greifendorff , German geographer
- 1942: Frank Dawson Adams , Canadian geologist
- 1944: Elzéar Hamel , Canadian actor
- 1944: Ernst Kapff , German writer, reform pedagogue and archaeologist
- 1945: Duy Tân , eleventh emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- 1946: Franjo Bučar , Croatian writer and sports official, father of Olympic sports in Croatia
- 1947: Hans Beyth , Jewish Zionist and leader of the child and youth alijah
1951-2000
- 1955: Hans Mierendorff , German actor
- 1956: Preston Tucker , American car designer
- 1957: Jury Sabaleuski , Belarusian publicist, politician and activist
- 1958: Éva Gauthier , Canadian singer
- 1966: Noël Gallon , French composer and composition teacher
- 1966: Kim Peacock , British actor, radio play speaker and screenwriter
- 1966: Guillermo Stábile , Argentinian football player
- 1968: Roger Hellot , French racing car driver
- 1970: Lillian Board , British athlete
- 1972: Harry S. Truman , American politician, senator, vice president and president
- 1974: Farid el Atrache , Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and actor
- 1974: Jack Benny , American television presenter
- 1974: Knudåge Riisager , Danish composer
- 1977: Henk Angenent , Dutch soccer player
- 1977: Howard Hawks , American director
- 1978: Fritz Büchtger , German composer
- 1979: Karl Hubbuch , German academy professor, draftsman and painter
- 1979: Olga Iliwicka-Dąbrowska , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1981: Clemens Hesemann , German politician and agricultural functionary, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag,
- 1982: Johann Blankemeyer , German politician, MdR
- 1982: Maxi Böhm , Austrian actor
- 1984: Franz Arnold , Swiss politician, member of the National Council
- 1985: Margarete Schön , German actress
- 1986: Elsa Lanchester , British actress
- 1986: Herwig Walter , German actor
- 1987: Kurt Birrenbach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1987: Fritz Schachermeyr , Austrian ancient historian
- 1988: John Loder , British-American actor
- 1989: Josef de Vries , German Jesuit and philosopher
- 1992: Jan Flinterman , Dutch racing car driver
- 1992: Sigríður Hagalín , Icelandic actress
- 1993: Ray Bray , American football player
- 1994: Reinhart Berger , German administrative lawyer
- 1994: Sylva Koscina , Italian actress of Yugoslav origin
- 1994: Pietro Pavan , Italian theologian, cardinal
- 1994: Karl Schiller , German economic politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1997: Cahit Arf , Turkish mathematician
- 1998: Rudolf Eberhard , German politician, MdL
- 1998: Reinhard Schober , German forest scientist
- 1999: Shankar Dayal Sharma , Indian scholar and politician, president
- 1999: Curtis Mayfield , American soul musician
- 2000: Paul Kont , Austrian composer
- 2000: Jason Robards , American actor
21st century
- 2001: Nigel Hawthorne , British actor
- 2002: Horst Heinrich , German politician, MdL
- 2002: Herb Ritts , American photographer
- 2004: Manuela Brandenstein , German author and actress
- 2004: Otto Marchi , Swiss writer and journalist
- 2004: Ishigaki Rin , Japanese poet
- 2004: Mieszko Talarczyk , Swedish musician
- 2004: Reggie White , American football player
- 2005: Kerry Packer , Australian media entrepreneur
- 2005: John Peter Moore , British private secretary, manager, publisher and adventurer
- 2005: Vincent Schiavelli , American actor
- 2005: Erich Topp , German naval officer
- 2006: Chris Brown , American baseball player
- 2006: Gerald Ford , American politician, member of the House of Representatives, President
- 2006: Wolfgang Ruge , German historian
- 2006: Ivar Formo , Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion
- 2006: John Heath-Stubbs , British poet and translator
- 2007: Raúl Bernao , Argentinian soccer player
- 2007: Les Humphries , British pop musician
- 2009: Dennis Brutus , South African poet
- 2009: Giuseppe Chiappella , Italian football player and coach
- 2009: Yves Rocher , French industrialist
- 2009: Peer Schmidt , German historian
- 2010: Salvador Jorge Blanco , Dominican politician, President
- 2010: Teena Marie , American singer and guitarist, composer and producer
- 2011: Kennan Adeang , Nauruan politician, President
- 2011: Pedro Armendáriz junior , Mexican actor
- 2011: James Rizzi , American artist
- 2012: Gerry Anderson , British puppet artist and filmmaker
- 2012: Fontella Bass , American R&B and soul singer, pianist and composer
- 2013: Nag Ansorge , Swiss animation filmmaker
- 2013: Albino Aroso , Portuguese doctor and politician
- 2013: Marta Eggerth , Hungarian operetta singer and actress
- 2014: Leo Tindemans , Belgian politician, Prime Minister, MEP, Minister
- 2017: Gerd Cintl , German rower and Olympic champion
- 2017: Gerd Hennig , German football referee
- 2017: Hans Saner , Swiss philosopher
- 2018: Roy Jay Glauber , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2019: Hans-Jörg Criens , German soccer player
- 2019: Jerry Herman , American composer
- 2019: Sue Lyon , American actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Stephanitag (Catholic, Anglican, Old Catholic, Protestant)
- Christmas Day
- Dionysius (Bishop of Rome)
- regional customs
- United States : Kwanzaa (since 1966)
- Commonwealth : often Boxing Day
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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