December 20 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte

Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.

Vespasian · Nero · Roman emperor

Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, although Hippolytus of Rome is soon thereafter elected as a rival pope.

Pope Callixtus I · Pope · Hippolytus of Rome · Antipope

Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.

Richard I of England · Leopold V, Duke of Austria · Third Crusade

Pope Benedict XII is elected.

Pope Benedict XII

Siege of Rhodes: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

Siege of Rhodes (1522) · Suleiman the Magnificent · Knights Hospitaller · Malta · Knights Hospitaller

The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Virginia Company · Jamestown, Virginia

The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

Louisiana Purchase · New Orleans

Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.

Peninsular War · Second Siege of Zaragoza

HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands

HMS Clio (1807) · Port Egmont · Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833) · Falkland Islands

South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

South Carolina · Secession

World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

World War I · Gallipoli Campaign

World War I: The battle of Verdun results in a French victory after more than 9 months of intense fighting.

World War I · Battle of Verdun

Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Cheka · Soviet Union

Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison

Adolf Hitler · Landsberg Prison

World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.

World War II · American Volunteer Group · Flying Tigers · Kunming

World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service · Kolkata · British Raj

The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

It's a Wonderful Life

The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

Experimental Breeder Reactor I · Arco, Idaho · Nuclear power

A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

United States Air Force · Douglas C-124 Globemaster II · Moses Lake, Washington

Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

Cardiff · Wales

The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

Boeing 707

A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

Pennsylvania Railroad · Budd Metroliner · Amtrak

The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.

Zodiac Killer · Vallejo, California

The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.

Médecins Sans Frontières · Bernard Kouchner · Paris · France

The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.

Prime Minister of Spain · Luis Carrero Blanco · Car bomb · Madrid

The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.

Summit Tunnel fire · Freight rail transport · Gasoline · Todmorden · Pennines

Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

Pope John Paul II · World Youth Day

In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

MV Doña Paz · Philippines

The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.

United States invasion of Panama · Deposition (politics) · Manuel Noriega

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

Missouri · Capital punishment · Honor killing in the United States

NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

NATO · Bosnia and Herzegovina

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.

American Airlines Flight 965 · Boeing 757 · Cali · Colombia

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

Macau · Transfer of sovereignty over Macau · China · Portugal

A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

Northern Bank robbery · Donegall Square · Northern Bank · Belfast · Northern Ireland

Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

Elizabeth II · Queen Victoria

The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.

Portrait of Suzanne Bloch · Pablo Picasso · Cândido Portinari · São Paulo Museum of Art

China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

China National Space Administration · Bolivia · Túpac Katari 1 · Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)

Oronce Finé

Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician (d. 1575)

Joseph ha-Kohen

John III of Sweden (d. 1592)

John III of Sweden

Saint John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint (d. 1620)

John Sarkander · Moravia

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692)

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff

Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)

Pieter de Hooch

Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724)

Urban Hjärne

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1787)

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)

Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)

Arthur Lee (diplomat)

Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)

Pietro Raimondi

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (d. 1845)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

Ferdinand Buisson · Nobel Peace Prize

Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (d. 1933)

Ferdinand Bonn

Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)

Ivana Kobilca

Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)

Elsie de Wolfe

Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)

Harvey Samuel Firestone · Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

Charley Grapewin, American actor (d. 1956)

Charley Grapewin

Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948)

Kan'ichi Asakawa

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936)

Mehmet Akif Ersoy

Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)

Branch Rickey

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974)

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980)

Yitzhak Baer

Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)

Fred Merkle

Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer (d. 1958)

Yvonne Arnaud

Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)

Jaroslav Heyrovský · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971)

Erik Almlöf

Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)

Robert Menzies · Prime Minister of Australia

Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)

Konstantinos Dovas · List of Prime Ministers of Greece

Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (d. 1990)

Irene Dunne

Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician (d. 1981)

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964)

Lissy Arna

Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)

Robert J. Van de Graaff · Van de Graaff generator

Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)

Prince George, Duke of Kent

Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)

Sidney Hook

Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)

Spud Davis

Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)

Yevgenia Ginzburg

Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)

Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)

Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)

Paul Francis Webster

Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)

Dennis Morgan

Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)

Vakkom Majeed

Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)

Hortense Calisher

Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)

Aziz Nesin

Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010)

Michel Chartrand

David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)

David Bohm

Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)

Cahit Külebi

Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013)

Audrey Totter

Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)

Jean Marchand · Secretary of State for Canada

George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

George Roy Hill

Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter

Beverly Pepper

Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)

Judy LaMarsh · Secretary of State for Canada

Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)

Benito Lorenzi

Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)

Geoffrey Howe · Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)

Otto Graf Lambsdorff · Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy

Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (d. 2016)

Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark

Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)

Charlie Callas

Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016)

Jim Simpson (sportscaster)

Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015)

Kim Young-sam · President of South Korea

Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)

Mala Powers

John Hillerman, American actor (d. 2017)

John Hillerman

Jean Carnahan, American author and politician

Jean Carnahan

Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner

Olavi Salonen

Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist

Rik Van Looy

Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster

Khalid Ibadulla

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)

Kathryn Joosten

Kim Weston, American soul singer

Kim Weston

Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club

Pat Chapman · The Curry Club

Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)

Rana Bhagwandas · Chief Justice of Pakistan

Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)

Bob Hayes

Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist

Michael P. Johnson

Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist

Jean-Claude Trichet

Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer

Bobby Colomby

Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist

Ray Martin (television presenter)

Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

Peter Criss

Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)

Sivakant Tiwari

Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic

Uri Geller

Lloyd Mumphord, American football player

Lloyd Mumphord

Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia

Sonny Perdue · Governor of Georgia

Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Dick Wolf

Roger Alton, English journalist

Roger Alton

Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter

Gigliola Cinquetti

Bo Ryan, American basketball player and coach

Bo Ryan

Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Stevie Wright (Australian singer)

Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer

Alan Parsons

Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic

Carol Smart

Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-British pianist

Mitsuko Uchida

Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician

Soumaïla Cissé

Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager

Cecil Cooper

Oscar Gamble, American baseball player

Oscar Gamble

Geoffrey Grimmett, English mathematician and academic

Geoffrey Grimmett

Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer

Arturo Márquez

Lynne Featherstone, English blogger and politician

Lynne Featherstone

Christopher Le Brun, English painter and sculptor

Christopher Le Brun

Peter May, Scottish author and screenwriter

Peter May (writer)

Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman

Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan

Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013)

Marta Russell

Jenny Agutter, English actress

Jenny Agutter

Michael Badalucco, American actor

Michael Badalucco

Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet

Sandra Cisneros

David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer

David Breashears

Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport

Binali Yıldırım · Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey)

Martin Schulz, German politician

Martin Schulz

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz · List of heads of state of Mauritania

Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)

Guy Babylon

Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter

Blanche Baker

Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler

Junji Hirata

Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman

Andrew Mackenzie (businessman)

Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer

Anita Ward

Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Billy Bragg

Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress

Anna Vissi

Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Mike Watt

Doug Nordquist, American high jumper

Doug Nordquist

James Thomson, American biologist and academic

James Thomson (cell biologist)

George Coupland, Scottish scientist

George Coupland

Hildegard Körner, German runner

Hildegard Körner

Jackie Fox, an American musician who played bass guitar for the pioneering all-girl teenage rock band the Runaways.

Jackie Fox · The Runaways

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz · Prime Minister of Poland

Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster

Trent Tucker

Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator

Nalo Hopkinson

Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

Kim Ki-duk

Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor

Mohammad Fouad

Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mike Keneally

Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer

Freddie Spencer

Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

Mark Coleman

Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director

Robert Cavanah

Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster

Rich Gannon

Matt Neal, English race car driver

Matt Neal

Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach

Veronica Pershina

Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chris Robinson (singer)

Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Joe Cornish

Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver

Karl Wendlinger

Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author

Alain de Botton

Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner

Zahra Ouaziz

Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)

Bobby Phills

Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

Grant Flower

Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver

Alister McRae

Jörg Schmidt, German footballer

Jörg Schmidt (footballer)

Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Roger J. Beaujard

Sarah Jones, British politician

Sarah Jones (politician)

Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Anders Odden

Anja Rücker, German sprinter

Anja Rücker

Gen Urobuchi, Japanese writer

Gen Urobuchi

Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet

Maarja Kangro

David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster

David Nedohin

Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Cory Stillman

Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Die (musician)

Paul Linger, English footballer

Paul Linger

Jacqui Oatley, British Sports presenter

Jacqui Oatley

Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer

Bartosz Bosacki

Aubrey Huff, American baseball player and radio host

Aubrey Huff

Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games

Adam Powell (game designer) · Meteor Games

Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch businessman and author

Ramon Stoppelenburg

Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer

Nenad Vučković (footballer)

Kerem Kabadayı, Turkish drummer and songwriter

Kerem Kabadayı

Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player

Andrei Markov (ice hockey)

Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer

Geremi Njitap

Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner

Bouabdellah Tahri

David DeJesus, American baseball player

David DeJesus

Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist

Michael Rogers (cyclist)

Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer

Ramón Rodríguez (actor)

Israel Castro, Mexican footballer

Israel Castro

Ashley Cole, English footballer

Ashley Cole

Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer

Anthony da Silva

Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer

Martín Demichelis

Fitz Hall, English footballer

Fitz Hall

Royal Ivey, American basketball player

Royal Ivey

Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower

Darya Pchelnik

James Shields, American baseball player

James Shields (baseball)

Roy Williams, American football player

Roy Williams (wide receiver)

Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer

Mohammad Asif

David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Cook (singer)

Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer

Kasper Klausen

David Wright, American baseball player

David Wright

Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Jonah Hill

Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer

Darren Sammy

Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer

Nikolaos Karabelas

Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan runner

Gilbert Kirwa

Yutaka Otsuka, Japanese baseball player

Yutaka Otsuka

Andrés Bottiglieri, Italian-Argentinian footballer

Andrés Bottiglieri

Leeson Ah Mau, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

Leeson Ah Mau

JoJo, American singer and actress

JoJo (singer)

Jillian Rose Reed, American actress

Jillian Rose Reed

Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer

Fabian Schär

Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater

Ksenia Makarova

Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer

Robeisy Ramírez

Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer

Suzuka Nakamoto

Pope Zephyrinus

Pope Zephyrinus

Æthelbald of Wessex (b. 834)

Æthelbald of Wessex

Alfonso III, king of Asturias

Alfonso III of Asturias · Kingdom of Asturias

Margaret of Provence (b. 1221)

Margaret of Provence

Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow

Peter of Moscow

John I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1329)

John I, Duke of Bavaria

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, Emperor of Serbia (b. 1308)

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan

Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506)

Johannes Lupi

Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (b. 1499)

Katharina von Bora · Martin Luther

Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)

Ambroise Paré

Jean Jannon, French designer and typefounder (b. 1580)

Jean Jannon

Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)

Kangxi Emperor · Qing dynasty

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon · Governor of Portsmouth

Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729)

Louis, Dauphin of France (1729-1765)

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)

Antonio Soler

Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)

Sacagawea

John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)

John Bell (farmer)

Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)

Francesco Bentivegna

Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)

Robert Knox

Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)

Gaspar Tochman

George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)

George C. Magoun

Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)

Upendrakishore Ray

Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)

Lucien Petit-Breton

Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)

Linton Hope

Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (b. 1850)

Hans Hartwig von Beseler

Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)

Frederick Semple

Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

Émile Loubet · President of France

Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)

Martin O'Meara · Victoria Cross

Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)

Erich Ludendorff

Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)

Annie Armstrong

Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)

Matilda Howell

Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)

Hans Langsdorff

Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)

Igor Severyanin

Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)

Enrico Mizzi · Prime Minister of Malta

James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)

James Hilton (novelist)

Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)

Ramón Carrillo

Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)

Juhan Simm

Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)

Moss Hart

Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)

Earle Page · Prime Minister of Australia

John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

John Steinbeck · Nobel Prize in Literature

Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)

Roy O. Disney · The Walt Disney Company

Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (b. 1888)

Adolfo Orsi

Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904)

Luis Carrero Blanco · President of the Government of Spain

Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)

Bobby Darin

R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (b. 1901)

R. A. Bevan

Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)

Rajani Palme Dutt

André Jolivet, French guitarist and composer (b. 1905)

André Jolivet

Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)

Richard J. Daley · Mayor of Chicago

Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)

Dimitris Rontiris

Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)

Arthur Rubinstein

Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)

Stanley Milgram

Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)

Dmitry Ustinov · Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union

Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)

Joe DeSa

Simone Beck, French chef and author (b. 1904)

Simone Beck

Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (b. 1903)

Samuel Rabin (artist)

Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)

Albert Van Vlierberghe

W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (b. 1900)

W. Edwards Deming

Nazife Güran, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1921)

Nazife Güran

Dean Rusk, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)

Dean Rusk · United States Secretary of State

Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (b. 1938)

Madge Sinclair

Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (b. 1934)

Carl Sagan

Denise Levertov, English-American poet and translator (b. 1923)

Denise Levertov

Dick Spooner, English cricketer (b. 1919)

Dick Spooner

Dawn Steel, American film producer (b. 1946)

Dawn Steel

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1909)

Riccardo Freda

Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

Hank Snow

Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)

Léopold Sédar Senghor · President of Senegal

Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)

Raoul Bott

Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)

Anne Rogers Clark

Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)

Adrian Mitchell

Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (b. 1925)

Robert Mulligan

Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)

Igor Troubetzkoy

Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977)

Brittany Murphy

Arnold Stang, American actor (b. 1918)

Arnold Stang

James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)

James Robert Mann (South Carolina)

K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)

K. P. Ratnam

Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Barry Reckord

Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)

Stan Charlton

Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)

Robert Juniper

Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923)

Eagle Keys

Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)

Victor Merzhanov

Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)

Pyotr Bolotnikov

Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)

Per-Ingvar Brånemark

John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)

John Freeman (British politician) · List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States