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December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
- 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
- 1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
- 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
- 1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
- 1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
- 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
- 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
- 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
- 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
- 1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947 – King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
- 1958 – The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing 3 and sparking international tension.
- 1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
- 1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- 1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
- 1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
- 1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
- 1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2000 – Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
- 2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
- 2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
- 2006 – Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
- 2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
- 2009 – A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
- 2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
- 2011 – Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
- 2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Births
- 39 – Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
- 1204 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Portuguese ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
- 1642 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
- 1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736)
- 1678 – William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
- 1722 – Charles Yorke, English politician (d. 1770)
- 1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
- 1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829)
- 1785 – Dorothea Lieven, German-Russian wife of Christopher Lieven (d. 1857)
- 1792 – Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (d. 1861)
- 1819 – Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
- 1819 – John W. Geary, American politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
- 1825 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1891)
- 1838 – Émile Loubet, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
- 1849 – John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
- 1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)
- 1853 – André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
- 1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
- 1869 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d. 1944)
- 1869 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
- 1873 – Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944)
- 1875 – Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (d. 1938)
- 1878 – William Aberhart, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)
- 1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
- 1884 – Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
- 1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973)
- 1897 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
- 1899 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
- 1904 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
- 1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
- 1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
- 1914 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
- 1919 – David Willcocks, English conductor and composer
- 1920 – Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
- 1922 – Jane Langton, American author
- 1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian activist (d. 1977)
- 1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1927 – Robert Hossein, French actor and director
- 1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1930 – Roy Calne, English surgeon
- 1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters) (d. 2004)
- 1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh scientist
- 1934 – John N. Bahcall, American physicist, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor
- 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general
- 1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
- 1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand Speedway rider, Four times World Champion
- 1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
- 1935 – Jack Riley, American actor
- 1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer
- 1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
- 1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
- 1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter, Paul and Mary)
- 1938 – Mike Auldridge, American guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake) (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
- 1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain) (d. 1983)
- 1940 – James Burrows, American director
- 1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player
- 1942 – Betty Aberlin, American actress
- 1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
- 1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
- 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees and First National Band)
- 1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian and politician
- 1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian politician and physician
- 1942 – Fred Ward, American actor
- 1943 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)
- 1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
- 1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American statistician and author
- 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012)
- 1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Troma Entertainment
- 1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
- 1945 – Vernon Wells, Australian actor
- 1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
- 1946 – Clive Bunker, English drummer (Jethro Tull, Electric Sun, Solstice, and Aviator)
- 1947 – Michael Burns, American actor and historian
- 1947 – James Kahn, American medical specialist and writer
- 1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race)
- 1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player
- 1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
- 1949 – David Bedford, English long-distance athlete
- 1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
- 1950 – Timothy Mo, Anglo-Chinese author
- 1950 – Lewis Shiner, American author
- 1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
- 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer
- 1952 – June Anderson, American soprano
- 1952 – Melissa Fay Greene, American author
- 1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
- 1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler
- 1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010)
- 1953 – Graham Vick, English opera director
- 1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
- 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player
- 1955 – Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000)
- 1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter
- 1956 – Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress
- 1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress
- 1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
- 1957 – Matt Lauer, American journalist
- 1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian actor and comedian
- 1957 – Rod Harrington, English darts player
- 1957 – Nick Skelton, English equestrian
- 1958 – Steven Smith, American astronaut
- 1959 – Antonio Pappano, English conductor and pianist
- 1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, screenwriter, and director
- 1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian politician
- 1961 – Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
- 1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
- 1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
- 1962 – Henry Cho, American comedian and actor
- 1962 – Joshua Clover, American poet
- 1962 – Paavo Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
- 1963 – Chandler Burr, American author
- 1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
- 1963 – John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress
- 1964 – Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (BMX Bandits)
- 1964 – Sophie Ward,English actress
- 1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American madam and columnist
- 1966 – Bennett Miller, American director
- 1966 – Gary Chartier, American legal theorist
- 1967 – Karen Dunne, American cyclist
- 1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler
- 1968 – Bryan Burk, American film and television producer
- 1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
- 1969 – Shane McConkey, American skier and basejumper
- 1969 – Jay Kay, English singer-songwriter (Jamiroquai)
- 1969 – Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
- 1970 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)
- 1971 – Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
- 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor
- 1972 – Kerry Collins, American football player
- 1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
- 1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian activist
- 1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer (Papa Wheelie)
- 1973 – Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
- 1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
- 1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner
- 1973 – Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn actor, director, and producer
- 1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1974 – G-Enka, Estonian rapper
- 1974 – S. Jithesh, Indian cartoonist
- 1974 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
- 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
- 1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 1976 – Kastro, American rapper (Outlawz)
- 1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)
- 1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
- 1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer
- 1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
- 1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
- 1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian footballer
- 1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
- 1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress
- 1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
- 1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer (Behemoth, Azarath, and Witchmaster)
- 1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
- 1979 – Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer
- 1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1979 – Tommy Clufetos, American drummer (Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's solo band)
- 1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
- 1980 – Kenny Kwan, Filipino-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Boy'z)
- 1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
- 1980 – Alison McGovern, English politician
- 1981 – K.Will, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
- 1981 – Spencer Day, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1981 – Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (d. 2007)
- 1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1981 – Reef the Lost Cauze, American rapper
- 1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
- 1982 – Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress and producer
- 1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
- 1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
- 1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
- 1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Josh Sussman, American actor
- 1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
- 1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player
- 1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
- 1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby player
- 1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Jake Cuenca, American-Filipino actor and footballer
- 1988 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
- 1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder
- 1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
- 1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
Deaths
- 274 – Pope Felix I
- 1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland (b. 1443)
- 1460 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York(b. 1411)
- 1525 – Jakob Fugger, German businessman (b. 1459)
- 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512)
- 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504)
- 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- 1621 – Job of Manyava, Ukrainian saint (b. 1550)
- 1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)
- 1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
- 1662 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
- 1768 – Ruth Blay, American convicted murderer (b. 1737)
- 1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
- 1803 – Francis Lewis, Welsh-American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
- 1867 – Sarah Booth, English actress (b. 1793)
- 1879 – Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
- 1896 – José Rizal, Filipino activist (b. 1861)
- 1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1844)
- 1916 – Grigory Rasputin murdered in the Yusupov Palace
- 1928 – Jean Collas, French rugby player (b. 1874)
- 1937 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
- 1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
- 1941 – El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
- 1944 – Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1945 – Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
- 1947 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
- 1947 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
- 1954 – Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
- 1955 – Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
- 1967 – Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
- 1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
- 1970 – Angelos Evert, Greek police officer (b. 1894)
- 1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
- 1971 – Jo Cals, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
- 1971 – Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1971 – Vikram Sarabhai,Indian Scientist,(b.1919)
- 1979 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
- 1984 – Massa, Ghanaian-American gorilla (b. 1930)
- 1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
- 1988 – Yuli Daniel, Russian poet (b. 1925)
- 1989 – Leonore Lemmon, American girlfriend of George Reeves (b. 1923)
- 1990 – Raghuvir Sahay,Indian Hindi Writer,(b.1929)
- 1993 – Mack David, American songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907)
- 1993 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (b. 1946)
- 1995 – Ralph Flanagan, American conductor, composer, and pianist (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 – Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
- 1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author (b. 1926)
- 1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)
- 1998 – George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian (b. 1880)
- 1999 – Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909)
- 2000 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 2002 – Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
- 2002 – Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1910)
- 2002 – Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
- 2003 – David Bale, South African–American businessman and activist (b. 1941)
- 2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American author and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
- 2004 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2005 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (b. 1940)
- 2005 – Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- 2007 – Themis Cholevas, Greek basketball player (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian Kannada Actor (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
- 2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer and dancer (Boney M.) (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Ronald Searle, English cartoonist (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Catarina Castor, Guatemalan politician (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Philip Coppens, Belgian author (b. 1971)
- 2012 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Mike Hopkins, New Zealand sound editor (b. 1959)
- 2012 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (b. 1949)
- 2012 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
- 2012 – Gloria Pall, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Irvine Patnick, English politician (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Sonam Topgyal, Tibetan politician (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
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