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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1118]] – The city of [[Zaragoza]] is conquered by king [[Alfonso I of Aragon]] from the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; pp.86.</ref> *[[1271]] – [[Kublai Khan]] renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the [[Yuan dynasty]] of [[Mongolia]] and China.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Herbert Franke|author2=Hok-lam Chan|title=Studies on the Jurchens and the Chin Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c896AAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-86078-645-0|page=90}}</ref> *[[1499]] – [[Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)|A rebellion breaks out]] in [[Alpujarras]] in response to the [[forced conversions of Muslims in Spain]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1622]] – [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] forces score a military victory over the [[Kingdom of Kongo]] at the [[Battle of Mbumbi]] in present-day [[Angola]]. *[[1655]] – The [[Whitehall Conference]] ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the [[Edict of Expulsion]] of 1290.<ref>{{cite book|author=Avrom Saltman|title=The Jewish Question in 1655: Studies in Prynne's Demurrer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbZtAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Bar-Ilan University Press|isbn=978-965-226-172-4|page=23}}</ref> *[[1777]] – The United States celebrates its first [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]], marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General [[John Burgoyne]] at [[Battles of Saratoga|Saratoga]] in October. *[[1787]] – [[New Jersey]] becomes the third state to ratify the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. *[[1793]] – Surrender of the frigate ''La Lutine'' by French Royalists to [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Lord Samuel Hood]]; renamed {{HMS|Lutine|1779|6}}, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. *[[1833]] – The [[national anthem]] of the [[Russian Empire]], "[[God Save the Tsar!]]", is first performed. *[[1854]] – The [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] abolishes the [[Seigneurial system of New France|seigneurial system]].<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act for the abolition of feudal rights and duties in Lower Canada|abbr =S.Prov.C.|year =1854|chapter = 3|link=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPMPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA242&ots=csOgk7nl67&pg=RA1-PA10#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref> *[[1865]] – US Secretary of State [[William H. Seward|William Seward]] proclaims the adoption of the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Thirteenth Amendment]], prohibiting [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] throughout the United States. *[[1867]] – A [[1867 Keelung earthquake|magnitude 7.0 earthquakes]] strikes off the coast of [[Taiwan]], triggering a [[tsunami]] and killing at least 580 people.<ref>{{citation|title=Tsunami Event Information |author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/967 |publisher=NOAA [[National Centers for Environmental Information]]|type = Data Set|access-date=10 June 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610064528/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/967 |archive-date= 10 June 2022 }}</ref> *[[1878]] – The [[House of Thani|Al-Thani]] family become the rulers of the state of [[Qatar]]. *[[1892]] – Premiere performance of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. *[[1898]] – [[Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat]] sets the first officially recognized [[land speed record]] of {{convert|39.245|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}} in a [[Jeantaud]] electric car. ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Verdun]] ends when the second French offensive pushes the Germans back two or three kilometres, causing them to cease their attacks. *[[1917]] – The resolution containing the language of the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighteenth Amendment]] to enact [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] is passed by the [[United States Congress]]. *[[1932]] – The [[Chicago Bears]] defeat the [[Portsmouth Spartans]] in the [[1932 NFL Playoff Game|first NFL playoff game]] to win the NFL Championship. *[[1935]] – The [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]] is founded in [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]. *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)|Battle of the Heligoland Bight]], the first major air battle of the war, takes place. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[XX Bomber Command]] responds to the Japanese [[Operation Ichi-Go]] offensive by dropping five hundred tons of incendiary bombs on a supply base in [[Hankou|Hankow, China]]. * 1944 – The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] issued its decision in [[Korematsu v. United States]] supporting [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Executive Order 9066]] which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us|title=Facts and Case Summary — Korematsu v. U.S.|website=United States Courts |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref> *[[1957]] – A [[1957 Sunfield tornado|violent F5 tornado]] wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=United States Weather Bureau |author1-link=United States Weather Bureau |author2=F. W. Reichelderfer |author3=Sinclair Weeks |author3-link=Sinclair Weeks |title=Climatological Data National Summary December 1957 |journal=Climatological Data |date=1958 |volume=8 |issue=12 |page=527 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-F34FBD0F-1D12-4032-8E41-3AF6B975E0EB.pdf |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913171056/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-F34FBD0F-1D12-4032-8E41-3AF6B975E0EB.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[SCORE (satellite)|Project SCORE]], the world's first [[communications satellite]], is launched. *[[1966]] – [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Epimetheus (moon)|Epimetheus]] is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker. *[[1972]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]] announces that the United States will engage [[North Vietnam]] in [[Operation Linebacker II]], a series of [[Christmas]] bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. *[[1973]] – [[Soyuz programme|Soviet Soyuz Programme]]: ''[[Soyuz 13]]'', crewed by [[List of cosmonauts|cosmonauts]] [[Valentin Lebedev]] and [[Pyotr Klimuk]], is launched from [[Baikonur]] in the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1977]] – [[United Airlines Flight 2860]] crashes near [[Kaysville, Utah]], killing all three crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771218-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-54F N8047U Kaysville, UT|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> * 1977 – [[SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730]] crashes near [[Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport|Madeira Airport]] in [[Funchal]], [[Madeira]], [[Portugal]], killing 36.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R HB-ICK Funchal Airport (FNC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771218-1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Aviation Safety Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202142425/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19771218-1 |archive-date=2008-12-02 }}</ref> *[[1981]] – First flight of the Russian [[Heavy bomber|heavy]] [[strategic bomber]] [[Tupolev Tu-160|Tu-160]], the world's largest [[combat aircraft]], largest [[supersonic aircraft]] and largest [[variable-sweep wing]] aircraft built. *[[1995]] – A [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]] [[1995 Trans Service Airlift Electra crash|crashes]] in [[Jamba, Cuando Cubango]], [[Angola]], killing 141 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188C Electra 9Q-CRR Cahungula, Lunda Norte|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951218-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-17 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414111852/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19951218-0 |archive-date=2005-04-14 }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[NASA]] launches into orbit the [[Terra (satellite)|Terra]] platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including [[Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer|ASTER]], [[Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System|CERES]], [[Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer|MISR]], [[Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer|MODIS]] and [[MOPITT]]. *[[2002]] – [[2003 California gubernatorial recall election|California gubernatorial recall]]: Then [[Governor of California]] [[Gray Davis]] announces that the [[California|state]] would face a record [[Government budget balance|budget deficit]] of [[United States dollar|$]]35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. *[[2005]] – The [[Chadian Civil War (2005–10)|Chadian Civil War]] begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring [[Sudan]], launch an [[Battle of Adré|attack in Adré]]. *[[2006]] – The first of a [[2006–07 Malaysian floods|series of floods]] strikes [[Malaysia]]. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced. * 2006 – [[United Arab Emirates]] holds its [[United Arab Emirates parliamentary election, 2006|first-ever elections]]. *[[2015]] – [[Kellingley Colliery]], the last deep [[coal mine]] in [[Great Britain]], closes. *[[2017]] – [[Amtrak Cascades]] passenger train 501, [[2017 Washington train derailment|derailed]] near [[DuPont, Washington]], a city in United States near [[Olympia, Washington]] killing six people, and injuring 70 others. *[[2018]] – [[List of bolides]]: A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. *[[2019]] – The United States House of Representatives [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|impeaches Donald Trump for the first time]].<ref>{{citation|website=NBC News |title=Live Blog / Live updates: Trump impeached by the House on both articles|date=Dec 18, 2019|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/live-blog/live-updates-house-votes-impeachment-president-trump-n1103576}} {{citation|website=Fox News|date=Dec 18, 2019 |title=House impeaches Trump over Ukraine dealings, as Pelosi floats holding up Senate trial|author1=Gregg Re|author2=Marisa Schultz |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/impeachment-debate-floor}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] win the [[2022 FIFA World Cup final]], defeating title holders [[France national football team|France]] 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nicas |first=Jack |date=2022-12-18 |title=Argentina Hits the Streets for Long-Awaited Celebration |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/sports/soccer/argentina-celebration-win.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== <!-- Please don't Wikify years that have already been linked --> *[[1406]] – [[Richard Olivier de Longueil]], French Roman Catholic [[bishop]] and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] (d. 1470) *[[1481]] – [[Sophie of Mecklenburg (1481–1503)|Sophie of Mecklenburg]], Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony (d. 1503) *[[1499]] – [[Sebald Heyden]], German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561)<ref>{{cite ADB|12|352|353|Heyden, Sebald|Eitner, Robert|ADB:Heyden, Sebald}}</ref> *[[1505]] – [[Philipp von Hutten]], German explorer (d. 1546) *[[1507]] – [[Ōuchi Yoshitaka]], Japanese daimyō (d. 1551) *[[1552]] – [[Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi]], Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (d. 1616) *[[1590]] – [[William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken]] (d. 1640) ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Simonds d'Ewes]], English historian and politician (d. 1650) *[[1610]] – [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]], French philologist and historian (d. 1688) *[[1620]] – [[Heinrich Roth]], German missionary and scholar (d. 1668) *[[1624]] – [[John Hull (merchant)|John Hull]], colonial American merchant and politician (d. 1683)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/43585298.pdf|jstor=43585298|title=John Hull, the Coiner of the Pine Tree Shillings|author1=R. R. R.|journal=American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society|year=1893|volume=27|issue=3|pages=49–54}}</ref> *[[1626]] – [[Christina, Queen of Sweden]] (d. 1689) *[[1660]] – [[Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. 1715) *[[1661]] – [[Christopher Polhem]], Swedish physicist and inventor (d. 1751) *[[1662]] – [[James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry]], Scottish colonel and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] (d. 1711) *[[1707]] – [[Charles Wesley]], English missionary and composer (d. 1788) *[[1725]] – [[Johann Salomo Semler]], German historian and theologian (d. 1791) *[[1734]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Rey]], French conductor and composer (d. 1810) *[[1800]] – [[James Watney]], English brewer and businessman (d. 1884) *[[1824]] – [[John Hall (New Zealand politician)|John Hall]], English-New Zealand politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1907) *[[1825]] – [[Charles Griffin]], American general (d. 1876) * 1825 – [[John S. Harris]], American surveyor and politician (d. 1906) * 1825 – [[Mariano Ignacio Prado]], Peruvian general, twice [[President of Peru]] (d. 1901)<ref>{{Cite book|last=García Belaúnde|first=Víctor Andrés |title=El expediente Prado|publisher=Asociación Civil Mercurio Peruano |year=2016 |location=Lima |isbn=978-612-45288-6-6 |language=es |page=451}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Lyman Abbott]], American minister, theologian, and author (d. 1922) *[[1847]] – [[Augusta Holmès]], French pianist and composer (d. 1903) *[[1849]] – [[Henrietta Edwards]], Canadian activist and author (d. 1931) *[[1856]] – [[J. J. Thomson]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1940) *[[1860]] – [[Edward MacDowell]], American pianist and composer (d. 1908) *[[1861]] – [[Lionel Monckton]], English composer and critic (d. 1924) *[[1863]] – [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] (d. 1914) *[[1867]] – [[Foxhall P. Keene]], American polo player and horse breeder (d. 1941) *[[1869]] – [[Edward Willis Redfield]], American painter and educator (d. 1965) *[[1870]] – [[Saki]], British short story writer (d. 1916) *[[1873]] – [[Francis Burton Harrison]], American general and politician, 6th [[Governor-General of the Philippines]] (d. 1957) *[[1875]] – [[Matt McGrath]], Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1941) *[[1878]] – [[Joseph Stalin]], Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,[[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (d. 1953) *[[1879]] – [[Paul Klee]], Swiss-German painter and educator (d. 1940) *[[1882]] – [[Richard Maury]], American-Argentinian engineer, designed the [[Salta–Antofagasta railway]] (d. 1950) *[[1884]] – [[Emil Starkenstein]], Czech pharmacologist, co-founded [[clinical pharmacology]] (d. 1942) *[[1886]] – [[Ty Cobb]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1961) *[[1887]] – [[Bhikhari Thakur]], Indian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1971) *[[1888]] – [[Gladys Cooper]], English actress and singer (d. 1971) * 1888 – [[Robert Moses]], American urban planner (d. 1981) *[[1890]] – [[Edwin Howard Armstrong]], American engineer, invented [[FM radio]] (d. 1954) *[[1896]] – [[Gerald Barry (British Army officer)|Gerald Barry]], English colonel and cricketer (d. 1977) *[[1897]] – [[Fletcher Henderson]], American pianist and composer (d. 1952) *[[1899]] – [[Peter Wessel Zapffe]], Norwegian philosopher and author (d. 1990) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[George Stevens]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975) *[[1907]] – [[Bill Holland]], American race car driver (d. 1984) * 1907 – [[Lawrence Lucie]], American guitarist and educator (d. 2009) *[[1908]] – [[Celia Johnson]], English actress (d. 1982) * 1908 – [[Paul Siple]], American geographer and explorer (d. 1969) *[[1910]] – [[Abe Burrows]], American author, playwright, and director (d. 1985) * 1910 – [[Eric Tindill]], New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (d. 2010) *[[1911]] – [[Jules Dassin]], American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) *[[1912]] – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]], American general and pilot (d. 2002) *[[1913]] – [[Alfred Bester]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1987) * 1913 – [[Willy Brandt]], German politician, 4th [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1992) * 1913 – [[Ray Meyer]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2006) *[[1916]] – [[Douglas Fraser]], Scottish-American trade union leader and academic (d. 2008) * 1916 – [[Betty Grable]], American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 18: Billie Eilish, Josh Dallas |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-18-Billie-Eilish-Josh-Dallas/1681671324453/#:~:text=18%3A%20Billie%20Eilish%2C%20Josh%20Dallas,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=17 December 2023 |date=18 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Ossie Davis]], American actor and activist (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1920]] – [[Robert Leckie (author)|Robert Leckie]], American soldier and author (d. 2001) *[[1922]] – [[Jack Brooks (American politician)|Jack Brooks]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012) * 1922 – [[Esther Lederberg]], American microbiologist (d. 2006) *[[1923]] – [[Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall]], English field marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London]] (d. 2019) *[[1927]] – [[Ramsey Clark]], American lawyer and politician, 66th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 2021) * 1927 – [[Roméo LeBlanc]], Canadian journalist and politician, 25th [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 2009) *[[1928]] – [[Mirza Tahir Ahmad]], Indian-English caliph and author (d. 2003) * 1928 – [[Harold Land]], American tenor saxophonist (d. 2001) *[[1929]] – [[Gino Cimoli]], American baseball player (d. 2011) * 1929 – [[Józef Glemp]], Polish cardinal (d. 2013) *[[1930]] – [[Bill Skowron|Moose Skowron]], American baseball player (d. 2012) *[[1931]] – [[Allen Klein]], American businessman and music publisher (d. 2009) * 1931 – [[Alison Plowden]], English historian and author (d. 2007) * 1931 – [[Gene Shue]], American basketball player, coach, and executive (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gene Shue |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78142/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Bill Thompson (television host)|Bill Thompson]], American television host (d. 2014) *[[1932]] – [[Norm Provan]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman (d. 2021) * 1932 – [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017) *[[1933]] – [[Lonnie Brooks]], American blues singer and guitarist (d. 2017) *[[1934]] – [[Marc Rich]], Belgian-American businessman, founded [[Glencore]] (d. 2013) * 1934 – [[Boris Volynov]], Russian colonel, engineer, and cosmonaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=72 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Rosemary Leach]], English actress (d. 2017) * 1935 – [[Jacques Pépin]], French-American chef and author<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1936]] – [[Malcolm Kirk]], English rugby player and wrestler (d. 1987) *[[1937]] – [[Nancy Ryles]], American politician (d. 1990) *[[1938]] – [[Chas Chandler]], English bass player and producer (d. 1996) * 1938 – [[Joel Hirschhorn]], American songwriter and composer (d. 2005) *[[1939]] – [[Pedro Jirón]], Nicaraguan footballer (d. 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nuevaya.com.ni/fallecio-en-diriamba-peche-jiron-un-grande-del-futbol-nicaraguense/|title=Falleció en Diriamba, "Peché" Jirón, un grande del fútbol nicaragüense|date=September 8, 2018|website=nuevaya.com.ni}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Michael Moorcock]], English author and songwriter * 1939 – [[Harold E. Varmus]], American biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1940]] – [[Ilario Castagner]], Italian football manager (d. 2023) * 1940 – [[John Cooper (athlete)|John Cooper]], English sprinter and hurdler (d. 1974) *[[1941]] – [[Sam Andrew]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015) * 1941 – [[Wadada Leo Smith]], American trumpet player and composer * 1941 – [[Joan Wallach Scott]], American historian, author, and academic *[[1942]] – [[Lenore Blum]], American mathematician and academic * 1942 – [[Bobby Keyes (rugby league)|Bobby Keyes]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2022) *[[1943]] – [[Bobby Keys]], American saxophone player (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Keith Richards]], English musician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richards|first1=Keith|author1-link=Keith Richards |last2=Fox|first2=James|author2-link=James Fox (journalist)|title=Life |date=May 3, 2011 |publisher=[[Back Bay Books]] |isbn=978-0316034418 |page=21 |chapter=2}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Alan Rudolph]], American director and screenwriter *[[1944]] – [[Crispian Steele-Perkins]], English trumpet player and educator *[[1945]] – [[Jean Pronovost]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1946]] – [[Steve Biko]], South African activist, founded the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] (d. 1977)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1946 – [[Steven Spielberg]], American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 18, 2022 includes celebrities Christina Aguilera, Katie Holmes |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-18-2022-includes-celebrities-christina-aguilera-katie-holmes.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 December 2023 |date=18 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Leonid Yuzefovich]], Russian author and screenwriter *[[1948]] – [[George T. Johnson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=George Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77149/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1948 – [[Mimmo Paladino]], Italian sculptor and painter * 1948 – [[Laurent Voulzy]], French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1949]] – [[David A. Johnston]], American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980) *[[1950]] – [[Gillian Armstrong]], Australian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1950 – [[Randy Castillo]], American drummer and songwriter (d. 2002) * 1950 – [[Sarath Fonseka]], Sri Lankan general and politician * 1950 – [[Lizmark]], Mexican wrestler (d. 2015) * 1950 – [[Leonard Maltin]], American historian, author, and critic<ref name="AP" /> *[[1951]] – [[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Jones|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/bobby-jones/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[John Leventhal]], American songwriter and producer *[[1953]] – [[Kevin Beattie]], English footballer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=Keavin Beattie|url=https://www.kevinbeattiefoundation.co.uk/about-kevin-beattie/|publisher=The Keavin Beattie Foundation|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Elliot Easton]], American guitarist and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1954]] – [[John Booth (motor racing)|John Booth]], English race car driver * 1954 – [[Ray Liotta]], American actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61600212 |title=Goodfellas star Ray Liotta dies aged 67 |work=BBC News |date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Willi Wülbeck]], German runner *[[1955]] – [[Vijay Mallya]], Indian businessman and politician * 1955 – [[Bogusław Mamiński]], Polish runner *[[1956]] – [[Ron White]], American comedian<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Jonathan Cainer]], English astrologer and author (d. 2016) *[[1958]] – [[Geordie Walker]], English guitarist (d. 2023) * 1958 – [[Julia Wolfe]], American composer and educator *[[1960]] – [[Kazuhide Uekusa]], Japanese economist and academic * 1960 – [[Naoko Yamano]], Japanese singer, guitarist and composer *[[1961]] – [[Brian Orser]], Canadian figure skater and coach * 1961 – [[Lalchand Rajput]], Indian cricketer * 1961 – [[Leila Steinberg]], American singer, producer, author, and poet * 1961 – [[Angie Stone]], American singer, songwriter, and actress (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Megan |date=March 1, 2025 |title=Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B artist, dead at 63 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/entertainment/angie-stone-death/index.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="AP" /> *[[1963]] – [[Greg D'Angelo]], American drummer * 1963 – [[Karl Dorrell]], American football player and coach * 1963 – [[Pierre Nkurunziza]], Burundian soldier and politician, 9th [[President of Burundi]] (d. 2020) * 1963 – [[Charles Oakley]], American basketball player and coach * 1963 – [[Brad Pitt]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1964]] – [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], American wrestler and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1964 – [[Don Beebe]], American football player and coach *[[1965]] – [[Shawn Christian]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1965 – [[Manolo Peña]], Spanish footballer (d. 2012) *[[1966]] – [[Gianluca Pagliuca]], Italian footballer and sportscaster *[[1967]] – [[Mille Petrozza]], German singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1967 – [[Toine van Peperstraten]], Dutch journalist *[[1968]] – [[Mario Basler]], German footballer and manager * 1968 – [[Rachel Griffiths]], Australian actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Alejandro Sanz]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Casper Van Dien]], American actor and producer *[[1969]] – [[Santiago Cañizares]], Spanish footballer * 1969 – [[Justin Edinburgh]], English footballer and manager (d. 2019) * 1969 – [[Akira Iida]], Japanese race car driver *[[1970]] – [[Norman Brown (guitarist)|Norman Brown]], American singer and guitarist * 1970 – [[DMX]], American rapper and actor (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1970 – [[Lucious Harris]], American basketball player * 1970 – [[Giannis Ploutarhos]], Greek singer-songwriter * 1970 – [[Rob Van Dam]], American wrestler * 1970 – [[Jonathan Yeo]], English painter *[[1971]] – [[Barkha Dutt]], Indian journalist * 1971 – [[Noriko Matsueda]], Japanese pianist and composer * 1971 – [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], Spanish tennis player and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190008/name |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Anzhela Balakhonova]], Ukrainian pole vaulter * 1972 – [[Raymond Herrera]], American drummer and songwriter * 1972 – [[DJ Lethal]], Latvian-American musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1972 – [[Lawrence Wong]], Singaporean civilist and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Lawrence Wong, Singapore's new prime minister? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapores-new-leader-lawrence-wong-2024-05-15/ |website=Reuters |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Fatuma Roba]], Ethiopian runner *[[1974]] – [[Peter Boulware]], American football player and politician * 1974 – [[Knut Schreiner]], Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer *[[1975]] – [[Randy Houser]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1975 – [[Sia]], Australian singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1975 – [[Trish Stratus]], Canadian wrestler and actress *[[1977]] – [[Axwell]], Swedish DJ, record producer, member of [[Swedish House Mafia]] * 1977 – [[Claudia Gesell]], German runner *[[1978]] – [[Daniel Cleary]], Canadian ice hockey player <ref>{{cite web | url = https://weraveyou.com/2020/12/axwell-relive-his-iconic-2008-exit-festival-set-to-celebrate-his-43rd-birthday/ | title = Axwell: Relive his iconic 2008 EXIT Festival set to celebrate his 43rd birthday | date=December 18, 2020 |access-date = December 16, 2022}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Ali Curtis]], American soccer player * 1978 – [[Josh Dallas]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Katie Holmes]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1980]] – [[Christina Aguilera]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wang|first1=Julia|title=Christina Aguilera Biography|url=http://www.people.com/people/christina_aguilera/biography/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331213217/https://people.com/people/christina_aguilera/biography/|archive-date=March 31, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Neil Fingleton]], English actor and basketball player, one of the tallest 25 men in the world (d. 2017) * 1980 – [[Benjamin Watson]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Andy Fantuz]], Canadian football player *[[1984]] – [[Brian Boyle]], American ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Paul Harrison (footballer, born 1984)|Paul Harrison]], English footballer * 1984 – [[Giuliano Razzoli]], Italian skier * 1984 – [[Derrick Tribbett]], American bass player and singer *[[1986]] – [[Chris Carter (infielder)|Chris Carter]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Carter |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-carter-474892 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[François Hamelin]], Canadian speed skater<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/francois-hamelin|title=François Hamelin|website=IOC|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Usman Khawaja]], Pakistani-Australian cricketer *[[1987]] – [[Miki Ando]], Japanese figure skater<ref>{{isu name | id=00005594 | name=Miki Ando}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Lizzie Deignan]], English cyclist * 1988 – [[Seth Doege]], American football player * 1988 – [[Brianne Theisen-Eaton]], Canadian heptathlete * 1988 – [[Imad Wasim]], Pakistani cricketer *[[1989]] – [[Ashley Benson]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elizabeth |first1=De |title=Ashley Benson Celebrated Her 30th Birthday in Morocco With Cara Delevingne |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ashley-benson-30th-birthday-morocco-cara-delevingne |publisher=[[Teen Vogue]] |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=21 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Victor Hedman]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Sierra Kay]], American singer-songwriter *[[1991]] – [[Marcus Butler]], English model and YouTuber *[[1992]] – [[Ryan Crouser]], American shot putter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/ryan-crouser|title=Ryan Crouser|website=IOC|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Bridgit Mendler]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900044&type=mendler |title=Bridgit Mendler |work=Disney Channel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195726/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900044&type=mendler |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Byron Buxton]], American baseball player * 1993 – [[Thomas Lam]], Finnish footballer *[[1994]] – [[Gerard Gumbau]], Spanish footballer * 1994 – [[Natália Kelly]], American-Austrian singer *[[1995]] – [[Barbora Krejčíková]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318314/barbora-krejcikova |title=Barbora Krejcikova |work=WTA|access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Lim Na-young]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web|title=전소미, 임나영 생일 격하게 축하..아이오아이 우정 ing[★SHOT!]|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/12/18/2019121802096.html|work=Osen|date=18 December 2019|access-date=16 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Ronald Acuña Jr.]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schafer |first1=Jeff |title=Atlanta Braves News: The Morning Chop, What to do with Mallex Smith? Happy Birthday Ronald Acuna! |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/atlanta-braves-news-the-morning-chop-what-to-do-with-mallex-smith-happy-birthday-ronald-acuna |work=[[Fox Sports]] |access-date=15 October 2022 |date=18 December 2016}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Alex DeBrincat]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex DeBrincat |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/player/alex-debrincat-8479337 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Jayden Daniels]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Michelle |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Arizona State football: Jayden Daniels celebrates birthday and addition of receivers |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu-recruiting/2019/12/18/arizona-state-football-signing-day-sun-devils-flip-oregon-commitment/2686302001/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 3, 2020 |website=Arizona Republic}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Korapat Kirdpan]], Thai actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmm-tv.com/artists/view/59/ |title=GMMTV Artists |website=GMMTV |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Travon Walker]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCarriston |first1=Shanna |title=Tom Brady turns 45: Here are 45 reasons to celebrate the GOAT as he prepares for his 23rd NFL season |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tom-brady-turns-45-here-are-45-reasons-to-celebrate-the-goat-as-he-prepares-for-his-23rd-nfl-season/ |work=[[CBS Sports]] |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=3 August 2022}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Billie Eilish]], American singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/9/6/billie-eilish-teases-she-may-ditch-the-baggy-clothes-when-sh.html|title=Billie Eilish teases she may ditch the baggy clothes when she turns 18|work=[[ABC News Radio]]|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=November 16, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224022023/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/9/6/billie-eilish-teases-she-may-ditch-the-baggy-clothes-when-sh.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Jalen Johnson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jalen Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630552/jalen-johnson |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Giuliano Simeone]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Giuliano Simeone|url=https://www.laliga.com/en-ES/player/giuliano-simeone|website=[[La Liga]]|access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[919]] – [[Lady Wu (Qian Liu's wife)|Lady Wu]], wife of [[Qian Liu]] (b. 858) * [[933]] – [[Empress Dowager Yaonian Yanmujin|Yaonian Yanmujin]], Chinese [[empress dowager]] *[[1075]] – [[Edith of Wessex]] (b. 1025) *[[1133]] – [[Hildebert]], French poet and scholar (b. 1055) *[[1290]] – [[Magnus III of Sweden|Magnus III]], king of Sweden (b. 1240) *[[1442]] – [[Pierre Cauchon]], French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) *[[1495]] – [[Alfonso II of Naples]] (b. 1448) *[[1577]] – [[Anna of Saxony]], Princess consort of Orange (b. 1544) ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[Nur Jahan]], empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugxFjVDk3I8C|title=Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India|last=Findly|first=Ellison Banks|date=1993-03-25|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-536060-8|pages=291|language=en}}</ref> *[[1651]] – [[William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1580) *[[1692]] – [[Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff]], German scholar and politician (b. 1626) *[[1737]] – [[Antonio Stradivari]], Italian instrument maker (b. 1644) *[[1787]] – [[Soame Jenyns]], English poet and politician (b. 1704) *[[1799]] – [[Jean-Étienne Montucla]], French mathematician and historian (b. 1725) *[[1803]] – [[Johann Gottfried Herder]], German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744) *[[1829]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744) *[[1843]] – [[Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch]], Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748) *[[1848]] – [[Bernard Bolzano]], Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781) *[[1864]] – [[José Justo Corro]], Mexican politician, [[President of Mexico]] (1836–1837) (b. 1794)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10058/Jose%20Justo%20Corro|title=José Justo Corro|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]], American pianist and composer (b. 1829) *[[1880]] – [[Michel Chasles]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1793) *[[1892]] – [[Richard Owen]], English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804) ===1901–present=== *[[1919]] – [[John Alcock (RAF officer)|John Alcock]], English captain and pilot (b. 1892) *[[1922]] – [[Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet]], German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851) *[[1925]] – [[Hamo Thornycroft]], English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Hamo Thornycroft {{!}} British sculptor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hamo-Thornycroft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Eduard Bernstein]], German theorist and politician (b. 1850) *[[1936]] – [[Andrija Mohorovičić]], Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857) *[[1939]] – [[Ernest Lawson]], Canadian-American painter (b. 1873) *[[1961]] – [[Leo Reisman]], American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897) *[[1969]] – [[Charles Dvorak]], American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878) *[[1971]] – [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]], American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902) * 1971 – [[Diana Lynn]], American actress (b. 1926) *[[1972]] – [[Neilia Hunter Biden]], first wife of [[Joe Biden]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/19/archives/bidens-wife-child-killed-in-car-crash.html|title=Biden's Wife, Child Killed in Car Crash|website=The New York Times|date=December 19, 1972|access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Allamah Rasheed Turabi]], Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908) *[[1974]] – [[Harry Hooper]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887) *[[1975]] – [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900) *[[1977]] – [[Michio Nishizawa]], Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1921) * 1977 – [[Louis Untermeyer]] American poet, anthologist, critic (b. 1885) *[[1980]] – [[Dobriša Cesarić]], Croatian poet and translator (b. 1902) * 1980 – [[Alexei Kosygin]], Russian soldier and politician, 8th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1904) *[[1982]] – [[Hans-Ulrich Rudel]], German colonel and pilot (b. 1916) *[[1985]] – [[Xuân Diệu]], Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916) *[[1987]] – [[Conny Plank]], German keyboard player and producer (b. 1940) *[[1988]] – [[Niyazi Berkes]], Turkish Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (b. 1908) *[[1990]] – [[Anne Revere]], American actress (b. 1903) * 1990 – [[Paul Tortelier]], French cellist and composer (b. 1914) * 1990 – [[Joseph Zubin]], Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1900) *[[1991]] – [[George Abecassis]], English race car driver (b. 1913) *[[1992]] – [[Mark Goodson]], American game show producer, created ''[[Family Feud]]'' and ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (b. 1915) *[[1993]] – [[Helm Glöckler]], German race car driver (b. 1909) * 1993 – [[Sam Wanamaker]], American-English actor, director, and producer (b. 1919) *[[1994]] – [[Roger Apéry]], Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916) * 1994 – [[Lilia Skala]], Austrian-American actress (b. 1896) *[[1995]] – [[Brian Brockless]], English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1926) * 1995 – [[Ross Thomas (author)|Ross Thomas]], American author (b. 1926) * 1995 – [[Konrad Zuse]], German engineer, designed the [[Z3 (computer)|Z3 computer]] (b. 1910) *[[1996]] – [[Yulii Borisovich Khariton]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904) * 1996 – [[Irving Caesar]], American composer (b. 1895) *[[1997]] – [[Chris Farley]], American comedian and actor (b. 1964) *[[1998]] – [[Lev Dyomin]], Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1926) *[[1999]] – [[Robert Bresson]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1901) *[[2000]] – [[Stan Fox]], American race car driver (b. 1952) * 2000 – [[Randolph Apperson Hearst]], American businessman (b. 1915) * 2000 – [[Kirsty MacColl]], British singer-songwriter (b. 1959) *[[2001]] – [[Gilbert Bécaud]], French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1927) * 2001 – [[Dimitris Dragatakis]], Greek violinist and composer (b. 1914) * 2001 – [[Marcel Mule]], French saxophonist and educator (b. 1901) *[[2002]] – [[Necip Hablemitoğlu]], Turkish historian and academic (b. 1954) * 2002 – [[Ray Hnatyshyn]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1934) * 2002 – [[Wayne Owens]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1937) * 2002 – [[Lucy Grealy]], Irish-American author (b. 1963) *[[2004]] – [[Anthony Sampson]], English journalist and author (b. 1926) *[[2005]] – [[Alan Voorhees]], American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922) *[[2006]] – [[Joseph Barbera]], American animator, director, and producer, co-founded [[Hanna-Barbera]] (b. 1911) * 2006 – [[Ruth Bernhard]], German-American photographer (b. 1905) * 2006 – [[Shaukat Siddiqui]], Pakistani author and activist (b. 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Hans Billian]], Polish-German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918) * 2007 – [[Gerald Le Dain]], Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1924) * 2007 – [[William Strauss]], American author and playwright (b. 1947) * 2007 – [[Alan Wagner]], American businessman and critic (b. 1931) *[[2008]] – [[Majel Barrett]], American actress and producer (b. 1932) * 2008 – [[Mark Felt]], American [[FBI]] agent and informant (b. 1913) *[[2010]] – [[Phil Cavarretta]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1916) * 2010 – [[Jacqueline de Romilly]], French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913) * 2010 – [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]], Italian economist and politician, [[List of Italian Ministers of Economy and Finances|Italian Minister of Economy and Finances]] (b. 1940) * 2010 – [[James Pickles]], English judge and journalist (b. 1925) *[[2011]] – [[Václav Havel]], Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st [[President of the Czech Republic]] (b. 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Frank Macchiarola]], American lawyer and academic (b. 1941) * 2012 – [[Mustafa Ould Salek]], Mauritanian colonel and politician, [[President of Mauritania]] (b. 1936) * 2012 – [[Jim Whalen]], American football player (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[Anatoliy Zayaev]], Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931) *[[2013]] – [[Ken Hutcherson]], American football player (b. 1952) * 2013 – [[Graham Mackay (businessman)|Graham Mackay]], South African-English businessman (b. 1949) *[[2014]] – [[Donald J. Albosta]], American soldier and politician (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Gideon Ben-Yisrael]], Israeli soldier and politician (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Larry Henley]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Virna Lisi]], Italian actress (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Mandy Rice-Davies]], English model and actress (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2014 |title=BBC News - Profumo affair's Mandy Rice-Davies dies at the age of 70 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30547066}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2014 |title=Profumo affair's Mandy Rice-Davies dies aged 70 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11303060/Profumo-affair-Mandy-Rice-Davies-dies-aged-70.html}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Robert Simpson (meteorologist)|Robert Simpson]], American meteorologist and author (b. 1912) *[[2015]] – [[Luc Brewaeys]], Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1959) * 2015 – [[Helge Solum Larsen]], Norwegian businessman and politician (b. 1969) *[[2016]] – [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]], Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917) *[[2017]] – [[Kim Jong-hyun]], South Korean singer (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=67 |access-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 18, 2017 |title=Shinee singer Jonghyun: K-pop boy band superstar dies |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42393242 |url-status=live |access-date=December 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218131950/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42393242 |archive-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Jerry Relph]], American politician and member of the [[Minnesota Senate]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lopez |first1=Ricardo |title=GOP State Sen. Jerry Relph, author of COVID-19 response bill, dies from coronavirus |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/12/18/gop-state-sen-jerry-relph-author-of-covid-19-response-bill-dies-from-coronavirus/ |date=December 18, 2020 |work=[[Minnesota Reformer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219032144/https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/12/18/gop-state-sen-jerry-relph-author-of-covid-19-response-bill-dies-from-coronavirus/ |archive-date=December 19, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sayaka Kanda]], Japanese actress and singer (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/sayaka-kanda-death-cause/ |title=Voice Actress From Frozen Sayaka Kanda's Cause of Sudden Death |website=US day News |date=18 December 2021 |access-date= December 20, 2021}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Slim Dunlap]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 18, 2024 |title=Slim Dunlap, Guitarist for the Replacements, Dies at 73 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/slim-dunlap-dead-replacements-guitarist-1236254615/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Marsden (writer)|John Marsden]], Australian writer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2024 |title=John Marsden (1950-2024) |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/12/john-marsden-1950-2024/ |access-date=December 22, 2024 |website=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: ** [[Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] ** [[Flannán]] ** [[Gatianus of Tours]] ** [[O Adonai]] ** [[Saint Sebastian|Sebastian]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Winibald]] ** [[December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[International Migrants Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> * [[Qatar National Day|National Day]] ([[Qatar]])<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> * [[Republic Day (Niger)]] * [[UN Arabic Language Day]] ([[United Nations]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/18 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=18}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/18 Historical Events on December 18] {{months}} [[Category:Days of December]]
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