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December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are seven days remaining until the end of the year.
502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.640 – Pope John IV is elected.759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu , where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di .1144 – The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi , the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo .1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V , who had resigned .1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia .1777 – Kiritimati , also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook .1800 – The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte .1814 – The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812 .1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night " takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf , Austria.1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.1851 – Library of Congress burns.1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.1871 – Aida opens in Cairo , Egypt .1906 – Radio : Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.1911 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania .1913 – The Italian Hall disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan , results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.1914 – World War I : The "Christmas truce " begins.1924 – Albania becomes a republic.1929 – Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen .1939 – World War II : Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.1941 – World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.1942 – World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle , assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers , Algeria .1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy .1951 – Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.1953 – Tangiwai disaster : In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.1955 – NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.1964 – Vietnam War : Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon , South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam , killing 129.1968 – Apollo program : The crew of Apollo 8 1969 – Charles Manson is allowed to defend himself at the Tate–LaBianca murder trial.1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea .
1969 – Nigerian troops capture Umuahia , the last Biafran capital before its dissolution became Owerri
1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin , Australia.1979 – The first European Ariane rocket is launched.1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge , in Rendlesham Forest , Suffolk , England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell ".1994 – Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport , Algiers, Algeria . Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.1997 – The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50–100 people.1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu , Nepal , and Delhi , India; aircraft eventually landed at Kandahar , Afghanistan . Ordeal ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger killed).2000 – The Texas Seven hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas . Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid 's busy Chamartín Station .2005 – Chad–Sudan relations : Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré , which left about 100 people dead.2008 – Lord's Resistance Army , a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo , massacring more than 400.
3 BC – Galba , Roman emperor (d. 69)1166 – John, King of England (d. 1216)1389 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)1475 – Thomas Murner , German poet and translator (d. 1537)1508 – Pietro Carnesecchi , Italian scholar (d. 1567)1588 – Constance of Austria (d. 1631)1597 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1662)1609 – Philip Warwick , English politician (d. 1683)1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle , German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673)1635 – Mariana of Austria (d. 1696)1679 – Domenico Sarro , Italian composer (d. 1744)1698 – William Warburton , English bishop (d. 1779)1726 – Johann Hartmann , Danish composer (d. 1793)1731 – Julie Bondeli , Swiss salonist (d. 1778)1754 – George Crabbe , English surgeon, clergyman, and poet (d. 1832)1761 – Selim III , Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)1761 – Jean-Louis Pons , French astronomer (d. 1831)
1784 – Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)1798 – Adam Mickiewicz , Polish poet and playwright (d. 1855)1809 – Kit Carson , American general (d. 1868)1810 – Wilhelm Marstrand , Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873)1812 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal , German lawyer and jurist (d. 1894)1818 – James Prescott Joule , English physicist and brewer (d. 1889)1822 – Matthew Arnold , English poet and critic (d. 1888)1827 – Alexander von Oettingen , German theologian and statistician (d. 1905)1837 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria (d. 1898)1837 – Cosima Wagner , German daughter of Franz Liszt (d. 1930)
1843 – Lydia Koidula , Estonian poet and playwright (d. 1886)1845 – George I of Greece (d. 1913)1867 – Tevfik Fikret , Turkish poet and educator (d. 1915)1867 – Kantarō Suzuki , Japanese admiral, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1868 – Emanuel Lasker , German chess player (d. 1941)1869 – Henriette Roland Holst , Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1952)1872 – Adam Gunn , Scottish-American decathlete (d. 1935)1872 – Frederick Semple , American golfer and tennis player (d. 1927)
1875 – Émile Wegelin , French rower (d. 1962)1877 – Sigrid Schauman , Finnish painter and critic (d. 1979)1879 – Otto Fickeisen , German rower (d. 1963)1879 – Émile Nelligan , Canadian poet (d. 1941)
1879 – Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1952)
1880 – Johnny Gruelle , American author and illustrator (d. 1939)1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman , American composer and critic (d. 1946)1882 – Hans Rebane , Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1961)1885 – Paul Manship , American sculptor (d. 1966)1886 – Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)1887 – Louis Jouvet , French actor and producer (d. 1951)1891 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky , Russian illustrator (d. 1970)1893 – Ruth Chatterton , American actress and singer (d. 1961)1893 – Harry Warren , American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
1894 – Georges Guynemer , French captain and pilot (d. 1917)1894 – Jack Thayer , American businessman (d. 1945)
1895 – E. Roland Harriman , American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978)1895 – Noel Streatfeild , English author (d. 1986)
1895 – Marguerite Williams , American geologist and academic (d. 1999)
1896 – Jens Oliver Lisberg , Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (d. 1920)1897 – Koto Okubo , Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)1897 – Ville Pörhölä , Finnish shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1964)
1897 – Väinö Sipilä , Finnish runner (d. 1987)
1898 – Baby Dodds , American drummer (d. 1959)1900 – Joey Smallwood , Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)1903 – Joseph Cornell , American artist (d. 1972)1903 – Ernst Krenkel , Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1971)
1903 – Ava Helen Pauling , American humanitarian and activist (d. 1981)
1904 – Joseph M. Juran , Romanian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2008)1905 – Howard Hughes , American businessman, engineer, and pilot (d. 1976)1906 – Franz Waxman , German-American composer (d. 1967)1907 – I. F. Stone , American journalist and author (d. 1989)1910 – Ellen Braumüller , German javelin thrower and triathlete (d. 1991)1910 – Fritz Leiber , American author and poet (d. 1992)
1910 – Max Miedinger , Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica (d. 1980)
1913 – Ad Reinhardt , American painter and academic (d. 1967)1914 – Ralph Marterie , Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1978)1914 – Herbert Reinecker , German author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 – Qateel Shifai , Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 2001)1920 – Franco Lucentini , Italian author and screenwriter (d. 2002)1920 – Yevgeniya Rudneva , Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (d. 1944)
1922 – Ava Gardner , American actress and singer (d. 1990)1923 – Michael DiBiase , American wrestler (d. 1969)1923 – George Patton IV , American general (d. 2004)
1924 – Lee Dorsey , American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)1924 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein , Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
1924 – Mohammed Rafi , Indian actor and singer (d. 1980)
1924 – Norman Rossington , English actor (d. 1999)
1927 – Mary Higgins Clark , American author1928 – Lev Vlassenko , Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (d. 1996)1929 – Philip Ziegler , English historian and author1930 – Robert Joffrey , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)1930 – John J. Kelley , American runner (d. 2011)
1931 – Ray Bryant , American pianist and composer (d. 2011)1931 – Mauricio Kagel , Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008)
1932 – On Kawara , Japanese-American painter (d. 2014)1934 – John Critchinson , English pianist and composer1934 – Stjepan Mesić , Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
1936 – Ivan Lawrence , English lawyer and politician1937 – Félix Miélli Venerando , Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2012)1937 – John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney , Irish politician
1938 – Bobby Henrich , American baseball player1938 – Valentim Loureiro , Portuguese soldier and politician
1940 – Janet Carroll , American actress and singer (d. 2012)1941 – David Arkin , American actor (d. 1991)1941 – Mike Hazlewood , English singer-songwriter (The Family Dogg ) (d. 2001)
1941 – John Levene , English actor
1942 – Indra Bania , Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2015)1942 – Jonathan Borofsky , American sculptor and painter
1942 – Đoàn Viết Hoạt , Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist
1943 – Tarja Halonen , Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland 1943 – Suzy Menkes , English journalist and critic
1944 – Barry Elliot , English actor and screenwriter1944 – Mike Curb , American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
1944 – Oswald Gracias , Indian cardinal
1944 – Daniel Johnson, Jr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
1945 – Lemmy , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Motörhead , Hawkwind , The Head Cat , and The Rockin' Vickers )1945 – Nicholas Meyer , American author, screenwriter, and director
1945 – Steve Smith , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Jan Akkerman , Dutch guitarist (Focus and Brainbox )1946 – Brenda Howard , American activist (d. 2005)
1946 – Jeff Sessions , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Alabama
1947 – Kevin Sheedy , Australian footballer and coach1948 – Stan Bowles , English footballer
1948 – Frank Oliver , New Zealand rugby player and coach1949 – Warwick Brown , Australian race car driver1949 – Randy Neugebauer , American accountant and politician
1950 – Dana Gioia , American poet and critic1951 – John D'Acquisto , American baseball player1951 – Nick Kent , English-French journalist and author
1952 – Christopher Buckley , American journalist and author1953 – Timothy Carhart , American actor1954 – Yves Debay , Congolese-French commander and journalist (d. 2013)1954 – José María Figueres , Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
1954 – Helen Jones , English lawyer and politician
1955 – Grand L. Bush , American actor1955 – Scott Fischer , American mountaineer and guide (d. 1996)
1955 – Clarence Gilyard , American actor and educator
1957 – Hamid Karzai , Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan 1957 – Diane Tell , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Lyse Doucet , Canadian journalist1958 – Munetaka Higuchi , Japanese drummer and producer (Loudness , Sly , and Lazy ) (d. 2008)
1958 – Paul Pressey , American basketball player and coach
1958 – Gene Sperling , American economist and politician
1959 – Chris Blackhurst , English journalist1959 – Keith Deller , English darts player1959 – Anil Kapoor , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1960 – Glenn McQueen , Canadian-American animator (d. 2002)1960 – Carol Vorderman , English television host
1961 – Ilham Aliyev , Azerbaijani politician, 4th President of Azerbaijan 1961 – Eriko Kitagawa , Japanese screenwriter and director
1961 – Jay Wright , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Kate Spade , American fashion designer, co-founded Kate Spade New York 1962 – Darren Wharton , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Thin Lizzy and Dare )
1963 – Caroline Aherne , English actress, producer, and screenwriter1963 – Jay Bilas , American basketball player and sportscaster
1963 – Timo Jutila , Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
1963 – Mary Ramsey , American singer-songwriter and violinist (10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary )
1963 – Neil Turbin , American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Deathriders )
1964 – Mark Valley , American actor1965 – Millard Powers , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Counting Crows , The Semantics , and Majosha )1966 – Diedrich Bader , American actor1967 – Mikhail Shchennikov , Russian race walker1967 – Pernilla Wahlgren , Swedish singer and actress
1968 – Doyle Bramhall II , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arc Angels )1968 – Choi Jin-sil , South Korean actress (d. 2008)
1968 – Marleen Renders , Belgian runner
1969 – Brad Anderson , American wrestler1969 – Milan Blagojevic , Australian soccer player
1969 – Pernille Fischer Christensen , Danish film director
1969 – Taro Goto , Japanese soccer player
1969 – Stephen Shaun Griffiths , English serial killier
1969 – Leavander Johnson , American lightweight boxer (d. 2005)
1969 – Ryuji Kato , Japanese soccer player
1969 – Nick Love , English film director and writer
1969 – Miyuki Matsushita , Japanese voice actress
1969 – Clinton McKinnon , American musician
1969 – Sean Cameron Michael , South African actor and singer
1969 – Ed Miliband , English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1969 – Mark Millar , Scottish author
1969 – Luis Musrri , Chilean soccer player
1969 – Mariko Shiga , Japanese voice actress (d. 1989)
1969 – Oleg Skripochka , Russian cosmonaut
1969 – Gintaras Staučė , Lithuanian soccer player
1969 – Chen Yueling , American race walker
1969 – Jonathan Zittrain , American professor
1969 – Michael Zucchet , American economist and politician, Mayor of San Diego
1970 – Adam Haslett , American author1970 – Larissa Netšeporuk , Ukrainian-Estonian heptathlete
1970 – Amaury Nolasco , Puerto Rican-American actor
1971 – Oro , Mexican wrestler (d. 1993)1971 – Giorgos Alkaios , Greek singer
1971 – Sascha Fischer , German rugby player
1971 – Ricky Martin , Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor (Menudo )
1972 – Álvaro Mesén , Costa Rican footballer1972 – Klaus Schnellenkamp , Chilean businessman and author
1973 – Liu Dong , Chinese-Spanish runner1973 – Stephenie Meyer , American author and film producer
1973 – Eddie Pope , American soccer player
1973 – Ali Salem Tamek , Moroccan activist
1974 – Thure Lindhardt , Danish actor1974 – Marcelo Salas , Chilean footballer
1974 – Ryan Seacrest , American radio and television host
1974 – Paal Nilssen-Love , Norwegian drummer (Atomic , The Thing )
1976 – Yuri , South Korean singer (Girl Friends )1976 – Linda Ferga , French hurdler
1977 – Gil Seong-joon , South Korean rapper and actor (Leessang )1978 – Yıldıray Baştürk , German-Turkish footballer1978 – Warren Tredrea , Australian footballer and sportscaster
1979 – Chris Hero , American wrestler1980 – Stephen Appiah , Ghanaian footballer1980 – Maarja-Liis Ilus , Estonian singer
1980 – Tomas Kalnoky , Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Streetlight Manifesto , Catch 22 , and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution )
1981 – Dima Bilan , Russian singer-songwriter and actor1981 – Shane Tuck , Australian footballer
1982 – Masaki Aiba , Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Arashi )1982 – Robert Coppola Schwartzman , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Rooney )
1983 – Maarten Heijmans , Dutch actor1984 – Wallace Spearmon , American sprinter1985 – Alexey Dmitriev , German ice hockey player1985 – David Ragan , American race car driver
1986 – Tim Elliott , American mixed martial artist1986 – Kyrylo Fesenko , Ukrainian basketball player
1986 – Satomi Ishihara , Japanese actress
1986 – Riyo Mori , Japanese model and dancer, Miss Universe 2007
1987 – Jane Summersett , American ice dancer1988 – Stefanos Athanasiadis , Greek footballer1988 – Emre Özkan , Turkish footballer
1988 – Simon Zenke , Nigerian footballer
1990 – Brigetta Barrett , American high jumper1990 – Marcus Jordan , American basketball player
1991 – Lara Michel , Swiss tennis player1991 – Wasim Tareen , Pakistani footballer
1991 – Louis Tomlinson , English singer-songwriter, actor, and footballer (One Direction )
1992 – Melissa Suffield , English actress1993 – Mariya Nishiuchi , Japanese model, actress, and singer-songwriter1994 – Miguel Castro , Dominican baseball player1995 – Anett Kontaveit , Estonian tennis player1997 – Marina Chan , Singaporean swimmer2000 – Ethan Bortnick , American singer-songwriter and pianist
427 – Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople 1257 – John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)1281 – Henry V of Luxembourg , lord of Ligny, count of Arlon, Namur, Luxembourg and Laroche (b. 1216)1453 – John Dunstaple , English composer (b. 1390)1524 – Vasco da Gama , Portuguese explorer (b. 1469)1635 – Hester Jonas , German midwife (b. 1570)1660 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)1707 – Noël Coypel , French painter (b. 1628)1813 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray , English author and poet (b. 1811)1865 – Charles Lock Eastlake , English painter and historian (b. 1793)1868 – Adolphe d'Archiac , French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)1872 – William John Macquorn Rankine , Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)1873 – Johns Hopkins , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)1889 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate , Dutch clergyman and poet (b. 1819)1898 – Charbel Makhluf , Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)1914 – John Muir , Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)1920 – Stephen Mosher Wood , American politician (b. 1832)1926 – Wesley Coe , American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)1935 – Alban Berg , Austrian composer (b. 1885)1938 – Bruno Taut , German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)1941 – Siegfried Alkan , German composer (b. 1858)1942 – François Darlan , French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)1947 – Charles Gondouin , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)1957 – Norma Talmadge , American actress and producer (b. 1893)1961 – Robert Hillyer , American poet and academic (b. 1895)1962 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell , German illustrator (b. 1890)1965 – John Black , English businessman (b. 1895)1965 – William M. Branham , American minister and theologian (b. 1906)
1967 – Burt Baskin , American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913)1969 – Stanisław Błeszyński , Polish entomologist (b. 1927)1969 – Cortelia Clark , African American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1907)
1969 – Olivia FitzRoy , British author of children's books (b. 1921)
1969 – Alfred B. Skar , Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
1969 – Seabury Quinn , American author (b. 1889)
1971 – Dora Altmann , German-American actress (b. 1881)1971 – Maria Koepcke , German-Peruvian ornithologist (b. 1924)
1972 – Daniel McVey , Australian public servant (b. 1892)1972 – Gisela Richter , English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
1972 – Melville Ruick , American actor (b. 1898)
1973 – Fritz Gause , German historian and author (b. 1893)1975 – Bernard Herrmann , American composer and conductor (b. 1911)1976 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (b. 1907)1977 – Samael Aun Weor , Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)1980 – Karl Dönitz , German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)1980 – Siggie Nordstrom , American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters ) (b. 1893)
1982 – Louis Aragon , French author and poet (b. 1897)1984 – Peter Lawford , English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1923)1985 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith , American lawyer (b. 1904)1985 – Camille Tourville , Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
1986 – Gardner Fox , American author (b. 1911)1987 – Joop den Uyl , Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)1987 – Betty Noyes , American singer and actress (b. 1912)
1987 – M. G. Ramachandran , Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
1988 – Jainendra Kumar , Indian author (b. 1905)1990 – Thorbjørn Egner , Norwegian author, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)1991 – Virginia Sorensen , American author (b. 1912)1992 – Peyo , Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)1992 – Bobby LaKind , American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
1993 – Norman Vincent Peale , American minister and author (b. 1898)1994 – John Boswell , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)1994 – Rossano Brazzi , Italian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1997 – James Komack , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)1997 – Toshiro Mifune , Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
1997 – Pierre Péladeau , Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
1998 – Syl Apps , Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)1999 – Bill Bowerman , American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)1999 – Maurice Couve de Murville , French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
1999 – João Figueiredo , Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
2000 – John Cooper , English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923)2000 – Nick Massi , American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons ) (b. 1935)
2002 – Kjell Aukrust , Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)2002 – Jake Thackray , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
2004 – Johnny Oates , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)2005 – Michael Vale , American actor (b. 1922)2006 – Braguinha , Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907)2006 – Kenneth Sivertsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961)
2006 – Frank Stanton , American businessman (b. 1908)
2007 – Nicholas Pumfrey , English lawyer and judge (b. 1951)2007 – George Warrington , American businessman (d. 1952)
2008 – Harold Pinter , English actor, director, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)2009 – Marcus Bakker , Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923)2009 – Rafael Caldera , Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
2009 – George Michael , American sportscaster (b. 1939)
2009 – Gero von Wilpert , German author and academic (b. 1933)
2010 – Elisabeth Beresford , French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)2010 – Frans de Munck , Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2010 – Orestes Quércia , Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)
2010 – Eino Tamberg , Estonian composer (b. 1930)
2011 – Ben Breedlove , American blogger (b. 1993)2011 – Johannes Heesters , Dutch-German actor and singer (b. 1903)
2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett , English-American composer and academic (b. 1936)2012 – Ray Collins , American singer (The Mothers of Invention ) (b. 1936)
2012 – Charles Durning , American actor and singer (b. 1923)
2012 – Jack Klugman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll , Irish poet and critic (b. 1954)
2012 – Capital Steez , American rapper (Pro Era ) (b. 1993)
2013 – Rex Armistead , American police officer (b. 1930)2013 – Frédéric Back , German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2013 – Ian Barbour , Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
2013 – John M. Goldman , English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
2013 – Allan McKeown , English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
2014 – Buddy DeFranco , American clarinet player (b. 1923)2014 – Edward Greenspan , Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)
2014 – Herbert Harris , American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Krzysztof Krauze , Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
2014 – Barry Williams , English spree killer (b. 1944)
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