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December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 27 days remaining until the end of the year.
771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom .
1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon .
1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris , in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy ) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred , Virginia . The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek . (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago .)
1676 – Battle of Lund : A Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt .
1745 – Charles Edward Stuart 's army reaches Derby , its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising .
1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers .
1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara ).
1791 – The first edition of The Observer , the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide .
1864 – American Civil War : Sherman's March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia , forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman 's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta .
1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange ).
1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia . The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison. He will later be recaptured in Spain.
1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 – First Matabele War : A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland .
1909 – In Canadian football , the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club , 26–6.
1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association .
1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles , becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1921 – The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury .
1937 – The first issue of the children's comic The Dandy is published.
1939 – World War II : HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31 ) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1943 – World War II: In Yugoslavia , resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration , because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1945 – By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations . (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami .
1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Carl Perkins , and Johnny Cash ) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
1967 – Vietnam War : U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta .
1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 – The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan .
1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi .
1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water ".
1971 – "The Troubles ": The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast , killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
1975 – Suriname joins the United Nations .
1977 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa , president of the Central African Republic , crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire .
1977 – Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor , killing 100.
1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone , Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco 's first female mayor. (She will serve until January 8, 1988.)
1979 – The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee .
1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.
1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution .
1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar .
1984 – Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1991 – Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut . He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon .
1991 – Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill , a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727 -221ADV, to Miami International Airport , ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1992 – Somali Civil War : President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa .
1993 – A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1998 – The Unity Module , the second module of the International Space Station , is launched.
2005 – Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage .
2006 – Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana .
2013 – Xavier Bettel becomes Luxembourg 's first openly gay Prime Minister .
1555 – Heinrich Meibom , German poet and historian (d. 1625)
1585 – John Cotton , English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
1595 – Jean Chapelain , French poet and critic (d. 1674)
1646 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon , French field marshal (d. 1730)
1647 – Daniel Eberlin , German soldier and composer (d. 1715)
1660 – André Campra , French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair , French composer (d. 1737)
1670 – John Aislabie , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
1711 – Barbara of Portugal (d. 1758)
1713 – Gasparo Gozzi , Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
1777 – Juliette Récamier , French businesswoman (d. 1849)
1795 – Thomas Carlyle , Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure , French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili , Georgian poet (d. 1845)
1835 – Samuel Butler , English author and critic (d. 1902)
1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz , German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1861 – Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
1861 – Lillian Russell , American actress and singer (d. 1922)
1868 – Jesse Burkett , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
1875 – Joe Corbett , American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke , Austrian poet and author (d. 1926)
1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
1880 – Tom Taylor , Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)
1881 – Erwin von Witzleben , Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard , Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
1886 – Jan Thomée , Dutch footballer (d. 1954)
1889 – Lloyd Bacon , American actor and director (d. 1955)
1892 – Francisco Franco , Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
1892 – Liu Bocheng , Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
1893 – Herbert Read , English poet and critic (d. 1968)
1895 – Feng Youlan , Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth , German physician and politician (d. 1934)
1899 – Charlie Spencer , English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
1903 – Anna van der Vegt , Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
1903 – Cornell Woolrich , American author (d. 1968)
1904 – Albert Norden , German politician (d. 1982)
1908 – Alfred Hershey , American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1909 – Jimmy Jewel , English actor and singer (d. 1995)
1910 – Alex North , American composer (d. 1991)
1910 – R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)
1912 – Pappy Boyington , American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
1913 – Mark Robson , Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
1914 – Rudolf Hausner , Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1914 – Claude Renoir , French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1915 – Eddie Heywood , American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr. , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1919 – I. K. Gujral , Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
1920 – Nadir Afonso , Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
1920 – Jeanne Manford , American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)
1921 – Deanna Durbin , Canadian-French actress and singer (d. 2013)
1922 – Gérard Philipe , French actor (d. 1959)
1923 – Charles Keating , American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
1923 – Eagle Keys , American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
1923 – John Krish , English director and screenwriter
1924 – John C. Portman, Jr. , American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
1925 – Albert Bandura , Canadian-American psychologist and academic
1925 – Lino Lacedelli , Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
1926 – Monty M. Wyche , American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2014)
1927 – Barbara Knudson , American actress (d. 2014)
1927 – William Labov , American linguist and academic
1927 – Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe , Swedish silversmith and jeweler (d. 2004)
1928 – Dena Dietrich , American actress
1930 – Ronnie Corbett , Scottish actor
1930 – Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
1931 – Alex Delvecchio , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1931 – Wally George , American radio and television host (d. 2003)
1932 – Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea
1933 – Horst Buchholz , German actor (d. 2003)
1934 – Victor French , American actor and director (d. 1989)
1934 – Wink Martindale , American game show host
1935 – Paul O'Neill , American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1935 – Robert Vesco , American financier (d. 2007)
1936 – Bernie McInerney , American actor
1937 – Max Baer, Jr. , American actor, director, and producer
1938 – Andre Marrou , American politician
1938 – Yvonne Minton , Australian soprano
1939 – Joan Brady , American-English author
1939 – Freddy Cannon , American singer and guitarist
1940 – Gerd Achterberg , German footballer and manager
1940 – Gary Gilmore , American murderer (d. 1977)
1942 – Gemma Jones , English actress and singer
1944 – Chris Hillman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds , The Hillmen , The Flying Burrito Brothers , and Manassas )
1944 – Anna McGarrigle , Canadian singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four )
1944 – François Migault , French race car driver (d. 2012)
1944 – Dennis Wilson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (The Beach Boys ) (d. 1983)
1945 – Roberta Bondar , Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
1946 – Geert Mak , Dutch journalist and author
1947 – Jane Lubchenco , American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
1947 – Terry Woods , Irish guitarist (The Pogues , Steeleye Span , Sweeney's Men , The Bucks , and Dr. Strangely Strange )
1948 – Southside Johnny , American singer-songwriter (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes )
1949 – A. Scott Berg , American journalist and author
1949 – Jeff Bridges , American actor, singer, and producer
1949 – Paula England , American sociologist and academic
1949 – Pamela Stephenson , New Zealand-Australian actress and psychologist
1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup , English air marshal and politician
1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr , Norwegian bassist
1951 – Gary Rossington , American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd , Rossington Collins Band , and The Rossington Band )
1951 – Patricia Wettig , American actress and playwright
1953 – Gwen Humble , American actress
1953 – Rick Middleton , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1954 – Tony Todd , American actor and producer
1955 – Philip Hammond , English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1955 – Dave Taylor , Canadian-American ice hockey player
1955 – Cassandra Wilson , American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base )
1956 – Nia Griffith , Irish-Welsh educator and politician
1956 – Bernard King , American basketball player and sportscaster
1957 – Raul Boesel , Brazilian race car driver
1957 – Eric S. Raymond , American computer programmer and author
1958 – Tim Hutchings , English runner
1959 – Susan W. Krebs , American accountant and politician
1959 – Paul McGrath , English-Irish footballer
1959 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger , German speed skater and cyclist
1960 – David Green , Nicaraguan-American baseball player
1960 – Glynis Nunn , Australian heptathlete and hurler
1961 – Frank Reich , American football player and coach
1962 – Nixon Kiprotich , Kenyan runner
1962 – Julie Lemieux , Canadian voice actress and singer
1962 – Kevin Richardson , English footballer and manager
1963 – Sergey Bubka , Ukrainian pole vaulter
1964 – Sertab Erener , Turkish singer-songwriter
1964 – Jonathan Goldstein , American actor and director
1964 – Scott Hastings , Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1964 – Chelsea Noble , American actress
1964 – Marisa Tomei , American actress
1965 – Álex de la Iglesia , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Shaun Hollamby , English racing driver and businessman
1966 – Masta Ace , American rapper (eMC and Juice Crew )
1966 – Fred Armisen , American actor and screenwriter
1966 – Andy Hess , American bass player (Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes )
1966 – Suzanne Malveaux , American journalist
1966 – Chris Shepherd , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Mike Barrowman , Paraguayan-American swimmer
1968 – Dionne Farris , American, singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1969 – Jay-Z , American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
1969 – Plum Sykes , English-American journalist and author
1970 – Kevin Sussman , American actor
1970 – Sylvester Terkay , American wrestler and mixed martial artist
1971 – Shannon Briggs , American boxer and actor
1972 – Jassen Cullimore , Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Yūko Miyamura , Japanese voice actress and singer
1972 – Nikki Tyler , American porn actress and model
1973 – Tyra Banks , American model, actress, and producer
1973 – Frank Boeijen , Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering )
1973 – Michael Jackson , English footballer
1973 – Mina Caputo , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Life of Agony )
1973 – Ferry Corsten , Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Veracocha )
1973 – Steven Menzies , Australian rugby player
1973 – Kate Rusby , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Poozies )
1973 – Racci Shay , American drummer (Murderdolls , Synical , Dope , and Genitorturers )
1973 – Atsushi Tamura , Japanese actor and singer (Jealkb )
1974 – Tadahito Iguchi , Japanese baseball player
1976 – Amie Comeaux , American singer (d. 1997)
1976 – Kristina Groves , Canadian speed skater
1977 – Darvis Patton , American sprinter
1977 – Big Pokey , American rapper (Screwed Up Click )
1977 – Morten Veland , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Sirenia , Tristania , and Mortemia )
1978 – Jaclyn Victor , Malaysian singer and actress
1979 – Ysabella Brave , American singer-songwriter
1979 – Jay DeMerit , American soccer player
1980 – Rick Victor , Canadian wrestler
1981 – Courtney Cummz , American porn actress and director
1981 – Lila McCann , American singer and actress
1982 – Nathan Douglas , English triple jumper
1982 – Waldo Ponce , Chilean footballer
1982 – Ho-Pin Tung , Dutch-Chinese race car driver
1982 – Nick Vujicic , Australian evangelist
1983 – Jimmy Bartel , Australian footballer
1984 – Brooke , American wrestler and model
1984 – Lindsay Felton , American actress
1984 – Marco Giambruno , Italian footballer
1984 – Anna Petrakova , Russian basketball player
1984 – Joe Thomas , American football player
1985 – Andrew Brackman , American baseball player
1985 – Carlos Gómez , Dominican baseball player
1985 – Stephen Dawson , Irish footballer
1986 – Kaija Udras , Estonian skier
1986 – Martell Webster , American basketball player
1987 – Orlando Brown , American actor and rapper
1987 – Yukina Kinoshita , Japanese model, actress, singer, and television personality (Shuchishin )
1987 – Kethy Õunpuu , Estonian footballer
1988 – Mario Maurer , Thai model and actor
1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi , Ukrainian footballer
1989 – Jen Da Silva , Filipino model
1990 – Lukman Haruna , Nigerian footballer
1990 – Igor Sjunin , Estonian triple jumper
1990 – Cindy Yang , Taiwanese model and actress (d. 2015)
1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi , Rwandan footballer
1992 – Līna Mūze , Latvian javelin thrower
1992 – Guan Xueting , Chinese ice dancer
749 – John of Damascus , Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
771 – Carloman I , Frankish king (b. 751)
1075 – Anno II , German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
1131 – Omar Khayyám , Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1214 – William the Lion , Scottish king (b. 1143)
1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1340 – Henry Burghersh , English bishop (b. 1292)
1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus , Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
1585 – John Willock , Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
1609 – Alexander Hume , Scottish poet (b. 1560)
1642 – Cardinal Richelieu , French bishop (b. 1585)
1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden (b. 1585)
1679 – Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher and author (b. 1588)
1680 – Thomas Bartholin , Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
1732 – John Gay , English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
1798 – Luigi Galvani , Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1841 – David Daniel Davis , Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
1850 – William Sturgeon , English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
1893 – John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones , Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1902 – Charles Dow , American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
1926 – Ivana Kobilca , Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
1933 – Stefan George , German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
1935 – Johan Halvorsen , Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
1935 – Charles Richet , French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1942 – Juhan Kukk , Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
1944 – Roger Bresnahan , American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan , American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1948 – Frank Benford , American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
1955 – József Galamb , Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
1967 – Bert Lahr , American actor and singer (b. 1895)
1969 – Fred Hampton , American activist (b. 1948)
1971 – Shunryu Suzuki , Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
1975 – Hannah Arendt , German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
1976 – Tommy Bolin , American guitarist and songwriter (Zephyr , James Gang , and Deep Purple ) (b. 1951)
1976 – Benjamin Britten , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
1976 – W. F. McCoy , Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz , Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
1980 – Don Warrington , Canadian football player (b. 1948)
1984 – Jack Mercer , American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
1987 – Arnold Lobel , American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
1987 – Rouben Mamoulian , Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1988 – Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
1992 – Henry Clausen , American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1993 – Margaret Landon , American missionary and author (b. 1903)
1993 – Frank Zappa , American contemporary composer, guitarist, and record producer (The Mothers of Invention ) (b. 1940)
1995 – Lionel Giroux , Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
1997 – Richard Vernon , English actor (b. 1925)
1999 – Rose Bird , American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
2000 – Henck Arron , Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
2003 – Iggy Katona , American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 – Teo Peter , Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
2004 – Elena Souliotis , Greek soprano (b. 1943)
2005 – Errol Brathwaite , New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
2005 – Gregg Hoffman , American film producer (b. 1963)
2005 – Gloria Lasso , Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
2006 – K. Ganeshalingam , Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
2006 – James Kim , American television host and blogger (b. 1971)
2006 – Ross A. McGinnis , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
2007 – Pimp C , American rapper and producer (UGK ) (b. 1973)
2007 – Norval Morrisseau , Canadian painter (b. 1932)
2007 – Chip Reese , American poker player (b. 1951)
2009 – Umaga , American wrestler (b. 1973)
2009 – Liam Clancy , Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers ) (b. 1935)
2011 – Sócrates , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2011 – Hubert Sumlin , American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2011 – RJ Rosales , Filipino singer (b. 1974)
2012 – Vasily Belov , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2012 – Jack Brooks , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
2012 – Miguel Calero , Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
2012 – Besse Cooper , American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond , English general (b. 1917)
2012 – Carroll E. Lanier , American sailor and politician (b. 1926)
2013 – Robert Allman , Australian actor and singer (b. 1927)
2013 – Charles Grigg , English illustrator (b. 1916)
2013 – Paddy O'Byrne , Irish radio host and actor (b. 1929)
2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola , Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
2014 – Claudia Emerson , American poet and academic (b. 1957)
2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer , Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2014 – Lynne Kosky , Australian social worker and politician (b. 1958)
2014 – Vincent L. McKusick , American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
2014 – Jeremy Thorpe , English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
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