December 7 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte

Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.

Cicero

Byzantine Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne in favor of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar.

Justin II · Tiberius II Constantine · Caesar (title)

The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.

Great Storm of 1703

Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

Tumult of Thorn (Toruń) · Protestantism · Toruń

The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

Royal Opera House · Covent Garden

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Delaware · United States Constitution

First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

New York Philharmonic · Ureli Corelli Hill

American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Jesse James · Gallatin, Missouri

Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Warship · HMS Spiteful (1899) · HMS Peterel (1899) · Fuel oil · Royal Navy

World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

World War I · Austria-Hungary

The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

Parliament of Northern Ireland · United Kingdom · Southern Ireland (1921-22)

W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.

W1WX · Boston · CBS · Television advertisement

Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

Cricket · Jack Fingleton · Century (cricket) · Test cricket

World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)

World War II · Attack on Pearl Harbor · Imperial Japanese Navy · United States Pacific Fleet · United States Army Air Forces

A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

Winecoff Hotel fire · Atlanta, Georgia

Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

Chinese Civil War · Government of the Republic of China · Nanjing · Taipei · Taiwan

Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco · Monaco · Principality · Constitution of Monaco

Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Instant replay · Army-Navy Game · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.

Pope Paul VI · Athenagoras I of Constantinople · Catholic-Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965 · Excommunication · 1054

Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.

Pakistan · Yahya Khan · Nurul Amin · Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.

Apollo 17 · Apollo program · The Blue Marble

In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

Texas · Charles Brooks, Jr. · Capital punishment · Lethal injection

An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid-Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.

Iberia (airline) · Boeing 727 · Aviaco · McDonnell Douglas DC-9 · Madrid-Barajas Airport

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 · British Aerospace 146 · Paso Robles, California

The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000-50,000 and injuring 31,000-130,000.

1988 Armenian earthquake · Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale

Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.

1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting · Long Island Rail Road · Nassau County, New York

The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

Galileo (spacecraft) · Jupiter · Space Shuttle Atlantis · STS-34

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 114 F.Supp.2d 896 · Recording Industry Association of America · Peer-to-peer · File sharing · Napster

The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Conservative Party of Canada · Canadian Alliance · Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.

Rigoberto Alpizar · Federal Air Marshal Service · Miami International Airport

The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

JAXA · Akatsuki (spacecraft) · Venus

Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.

Syrian army · Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016) · Aleppo · Russian Air Force · Iran

Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)

Columba

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (d. 1339)

Azzone Visconti

Louis I, German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)

Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley · Mary, Queen of Scots

Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)

Kikkawa Hiroie

Injo of Joseon, Korean king (d. 1649)

Injo of Joseon

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)

Giovanni Battista Falda

Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)

Bernardo Pasquini

Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (d. 1841)

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)

Allan Cunningham (author)

Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)

Ferenc Novák (writer)

Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)

Abraham Jacob van der Aa

Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)

Johann Nestroy

Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)

Josef Hyrtl

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)

Theodor Schwann

Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)

Leopold Kronecker

Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)

Thomas Bent · Premier of Victoria

Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)

Deacon White

Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)

Joseph Cook · Prime Minister of Australia

Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)

Paul Adam (French novelist)

Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)

Felix Calonder · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)

Pietro Mascagni

Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)

Richard Warren Sears · Sears

Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)

Willa Cather

Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)

Rudolf Friml

John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)

John Carpenter (athlete)

Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)

Mason Phelps

Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)

Peter Sturholdt

Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)

Ernst Toch

Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (d. 1957)

Joyce Cary

Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)

Hamilton Fish III

Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (d. 1964)

Stuart Davis (painter)

Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968)

Fay Bainter

Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)

Freddie Adkins

Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)

Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur

Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)

Hilda Taba

Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)

Danilo Blanuša

Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)

Clarence Nash

Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)

Gerard Kuiper

Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)

Fred Rose (politician)

Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)

Nikola Vaptsarov

Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)

Duncan McNaughton

Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)

Louis Prima

Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)

Daniel Jones (composer)

Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)

Kersti Merilaas

Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)

Leigh Brackett

Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)

Eli Wallach

Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)

Tatamkhulu Afrika

Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)

Fiorenzo Magni

Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)

Walter Nowotny

Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)

Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)

Intizar Hussain

Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)

Ted Knight

John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)

John Love (racing driver)

Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)

Mário Soares · President of Portugal

Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer

Bent Fabric

Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver

Hermano da Silva Ramos

Leon Kossoff, English painter and illustrator

Leon Kossoff

William John McNaughton, American bishop

William John McNaughton

Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

Jack S. Blanton

Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)

Helen Watts

Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher

Noam Chomsky

Mickey Thompson, American racing driver (d. 1988)

Mickey Thompson

Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author

Christopher Nicole

Hal Smith, American baseball player

Hal Smith (infielder)

Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)

Allan B. Calhamer · Diplomacy (game)

Ellen Burstyn, American actress

Ellen Burstyn

Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician

Oktay Ekşi

Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author

Rosemary Rogers

J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance

J. B. Sumarlin · List of Ministers of Finance of Indonesia

Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Krsto Papić

Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer

Armando Manzanero

Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

Thad Cochran

Stan Boardman, English comedian

Stan Boardman

Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Gerry Cheevers

Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist

Melba Pattillo Beals

Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)

Harry Chapin

Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

Alex Johnson

Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)

Peter Tomarken

Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter

Susan Isaacs

Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic

Nick Katz

Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician

Bernard C. Parks

John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot

John Bennett Ramsey

Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer

Daniel Chorzempa

Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician

Miroslav Macek

Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster

Johnny Bench

Anne Fine, English author

Anne Fine

James Keach, American actor, producer, and director

James Keach

Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer

Tony Thomas (producer)

Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Garry Unger

James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler

James Rivière

Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Tom Waits

Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

Ron Hynes

Susan Collins, American politician

Susan Collins

Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager

Eckhard Märzke

Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma

Mary Fallin · Governor of Oklahoma

John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

John Watkins (Australian politician) · Deputy Premier of New South Wales

Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach

Larry Bird

Anna Soubry, British politician

Anna Soubry

Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Geoff Lawson (cricketer)

Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant

Tom Winsor

Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter

Tim Butler

Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (d. 1999)

Rick Rude

Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer

Saleem Yousuf

Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter

Craig Scanlon

Alain Blondel, French decathlete

Alain Blondel

Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician

Jeffrey Donaldson

Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)

Imad Mughniyah

Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach

Theo Snelders

Patrick Fabian, American actor

Patrick Fabian

Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach

Peter Laviolette

Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager

Colin Hendry

Jeffrey Wright, American actor

Jeffrey Wright (actor)

C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

C. Thomas Howell

Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer

Shinichi Ito

Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress

Kazue Itoh

Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic

Andres Kasekamp

Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Mark Geyer

Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

Tino Martinez

Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator

Katsuya Terada

Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian historian and archaeologist.

Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player

Vladimir Akopian

Hermann Maier, Austrian skier

Hermann Maier

Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager

Tammy Lynn Sytch

İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player

İbrahim Kutluay

Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)

Hack Meyers

Terrell Owens, American football player and actor

Terrell Owens

Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach

Fabien Pelous

Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer

Damien Rice

Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress

Nicole Appleton

Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor

Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez

Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach

Jamie Clapham

Alan Faneca, American football player

Alan Faneca

Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer

Ivan Franceschini

Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

Georges Laraque

Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality

Derek Ramsay

Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sunny Sweeney

Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver

Benoît Tréluyer

Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster

Eric Chavez

Luke Donald, English golfer

Luke Donald

Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer

Dominic Howard

Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer

Shiri Appleby

Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

Sara Bareilles

Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer

Lampros Choutos

Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter

Ayako Fujitani

John Terry, English footballer

John Terry

Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist

Mike Mucitelli

Aaron Gray, American basketball player

Aaron Gray

Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver

Robert Kubica

Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player

Milan Michálek

Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer

Luca Rigoni

Dean Ambrose, American wrestler

Dean Ambrose

Billy Horschel, American golfer

Billy Horschel

Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Aaron Carter

Nathan Adrian, American swimmer

Nathan Adrian

Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player

Angelina Gabueva

Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer

Emily Browning

Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player

Kyle Hendricks

Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer

Alessandro Marchi

Nicholas Hoult, English actor

Nicholas Hoult

David Goffin, Belgian tennis player

David Goffin

Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper

Aleksandr Menkov

Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player

Yasiel Puig

Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player

Urszula Radwańska

Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver

Eugenio Pisani

Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress

Rahama Sadau

Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater

Yuzuru Hanyu

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC)

Cicero

Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Eutychian

Anspert, archbishop of Milan

Anspert

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195)

Pope Innocent IV

Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (b. 1226)

Bolesław V the Chaste

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (b. 1243)

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester

Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg

Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433)

Alexander Hegius von Heek

Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)

Adrian Willaert

Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606)

Charles Garnier (missionary)

Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)

Richard Bellingham · List of colonial governors of Massachusetts

Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)

Algernon Sidney · Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)

Jan Santini Aichel · Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk · Karlova Koruna Chateau

Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)

Florent Carton Dancourt

Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)

Martín Sarmiento

Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)

Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)

Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (b. 1779)

Joseph Bara

Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757)

Küçük Hüseyin Pasha

Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769)

Michel Ney

William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)

William Bligh · Governor of New South Wales

Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)

Thomas Hamilton (writer)

Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)

Constantin von Tischendorf

Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)

Jón Sigurðsson · List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland

Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)

Ferdinand de Lesseps · Suez Canal

Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)

Juan Luna

Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)

Thomas Nast

Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)

Élie Ducommun · Nobel Peace Prize

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano

Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)

Ludwig Minkus

Attack on Pearl Harbor: Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain (b. 1887) Frederick Curtice Davis, American sailor (b. 1915) Julius Ellsberry, American sailor (b. 1921) John C. England, American sailor (b. 1920) Edwin J. Hill, American sailor (b. 1894) Ralph Hollis, American sailor (b. 1906) Herbert C. Jones, American sailor (b. 1918) Isaac C. Kidd, American admiral (b. 1884) Robert Lawrence Leopold, American sailor (b. 1916) Herbert Hugo Menges, American sailor (b. 1917) Thomas James Reeves, American sailor (b. 1895) Aloysius Schmitt, American priest and sailor (b. 1909) Robert R. Scott, American sailor (b. 1915) Peter Tomich, American sailor (b. 1893) Robert Uhlmann, American sailor (b. 1919) Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American captain (b. 1888) Eldon P. Wyman, American sailor (b. 1917)

Attack on Pearl Harbor · Mervyn S. Bennion · Frederick Curtice Davis · Julius Ellsberry · John C. England

Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)

Tristan Bernard

Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

Nicholas Murray Butler · Nobel Peace Prize

Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)

Rex Beach

Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)

Huntley Gordon

Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)

Reşat Nuri Güntekin

Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)

Ioannis Demestichas

Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)

Kirsten Flagstad

Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)

Lefty O'Doul

Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)

Eric Portman

Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)

Rube Goldberg

Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)

Thornton Wilder

Hardie Albright, American actor (b. 1903)

Hardie Albright

Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (b. 1895)

Paul Bragg

Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1913)

Paul Gibb

Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1906)

Peter Carl Goldmark

Georges Grignard, French race car driver (b. 1905)

Georges Grignard

Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886)

Alexander Wetmore

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938)

LeeRoy Yarbrough

J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)

J. R. Eyerman

Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (b. 1895)

Robert Graves

Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)

Potter Stewart

Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (b. 1934)

Haystacks Calhoun

Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)

Joan Bennett

Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)

Jean Paul Lemieux

Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909)

Richard J. Hughes · Governor of New Jersey

Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913)

Abidin Dino

Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)

Félix Houphouët-Boigny · List of heads of state of Ivory Coast

Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)

Kathleen Harrison

Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)

Billy Bremner

John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)

John Addison

Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)

Martin Rodbell · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)

Carl F. H. Henry

Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)

Azie Taylor Morton · Treasurer of the United States

Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)

Frederick Fennell

Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)

Jerry Scoggins

Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)

Jay Van Andel · Amway

Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)

Bud Carson

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)

Jeane Kirkpatrick · United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)

Herbert Hutner

Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (b. 1949)

Elizabeth Edwards

Harry Morgan, American actor (b. 1915)

Harry Morgan

Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922)

Roelof Kruisinga · List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)

Ralph Parr

Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)

Marty Reisman

Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (b. 1939)

Saul Steinberg (businessman)

Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

Édouard Molinaro

Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)

Chick Willis

Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954)

Mark Lewis (storyteller)

Jesse C. Deen, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)

Jesse C. Deen

Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)

Gerhard Lenski

Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)

Hyron Spinrad

Peter Westbury, English race car driver (b. 1938)

Peter Westbury

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani musician (b. 1964)

Junaid Jamshed