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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[63 BC]] &ndash; [[Cicero]] gives the fourth and final of the [[Catiline Orations]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Bishop |editor-first1=J. Remsen |editor-last2=King |editor-first2=Frederick Alwin |editor-last3=Helm |editor-first3=Nathan Wilbur |title=Cicero: Ten Orations and Selected Letters |location=New York |publisher=American Book Co. |date=1912 |oclc=4713150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4UXAAAAIAAJ |page=88}}</ref>
* [[633]] &ndash; [[Fourth Council of Toledo]] opens, presided over by [[Isidore of Seville]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Schaff |first=Philip |title=History of the Christian Church. Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity, from Gregory I to Gregory VII, A.D. 590-1073 |location=Grand Rapids, Mich. |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans |date=1910 |oclc=4306917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0yktsqpvS4C |page=663}}</ref>
*[[1033]] &ndash; The [[1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake|Jordan Rift Valley earthquake]] destroys [[List of largest cities in the Levant region by population|multiple cities]] across the [[Levant]], triggers a [[tsunami]] and kills many.<ref name="Kallner-Amiran">{{cite journal |last1=Kallner-Amiran |first1=D. H. |title=A Revised Earthquake-Catalogue of Palestine |date=1950 |publisher=Israel Exploration Society |pages=223–246 |issue=4 |volume=1 |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |jstor=27924451 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27924451.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724062529/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27924451.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1082]] &ndash; [[Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona]] is assassinated, most likely by his brother, [[Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona|Berenguer Ramon II]].<ref>{{cite book |translator-last=Nelson |translator-first=Lynn H. |title=The Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña: A Fourteenth-Century Official History of the Crown of Aragon |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |date=1991 |isbn=9780812213522 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVml0pDn2LoC |pages=48–49, 119 fn.176}}</ref>
*[[1408]] &ndash; Seeking to resubjugate [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]], Emir [[Edigu]] of the [[Golden Horde]] reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kwanten |first=Luc |title=Imperial Nomads: A History of Central Asia, 500-1500 |location=Leicester, U.K. |publisher=Leicester University Press |date=1979 |isbn=9780718511807 |page=265}}</ref>
*[[1456]] &ndash; The first of [[1456 Central Italy earthquakes|two earthquakes]] measuring {{M|w}} 7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people.<ref name="Nunziata">{{cite journal |author1=C. Nunziata |author2=M. R. Costanzo |title=Ground Shaking Scenario at the Historical Center of Napoli (Southern Italy) for the 1456 and 1688 Earthquakes |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |date=2020 |volume=177 |issue=7 |pages=3175–3190 |doi=10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] |bibcode=2020PApGe.177.3175N |s2cid=210975336}}</ref>
*[[1484]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]] issues the ''[[Summis desiderantes affectibus]]'', a [[papal bull]] that deputizes [[Heinrich Kramer]] and [[Jacob Sprenger]] as [[inquisition|inquisitors]] to root out alleged [[witchcraft]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quaife |first=G.R. |title=Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=1987 |isbn=9780312004750 |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1496]] &ndash; King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jews from the country.<ref>{{cite book |last=Soyer |first=Francis |title=Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal: King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance (1496-7) |location=Boston |publisher=Brill |date=2014 |isbn=9789004162624 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTSwCQAAQBAJ |pages=187–190}}</ref>
*[[1560]] &ndash; Thirteen-year-old [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] becomes king of France, with Queen Mother [[Catherine de' Medici]] as regent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Garrisson |first=Janine |translator-last=Rex |translator-first=Richard |title=A History of Sixteenth-Century France, 1483-1598: Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion |location=Basingstoke, U.K. |publisher=Macmillan |date=1995 |isbn=9780333604595 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5FKEAAAQBAJ |page=226}}</ref>
*[[1578]] &ndash; Sir [[Francis Drake]], after sailing through [[Strait of Magellan]], raids [[Valparaiso]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Marley |last=David F. |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |location=Oxford, U.K. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=1998 |isbn=9780874368376 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC |pages=68–69}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1649]] &ndash; The town of [[Raahe]] ({{langx|sv|Brahestad}}) is founded by Count [[Per Brahe the Younger]].<ref>[https://www.infofinland.fi/fi/raahe/tietoa-raahesta Tietoa Raahesta – InfoFinland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727110554/https://www.infofinland.fi/fi/raahe/tietoa-raahesta |date=2021-07-27 }} (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[http://www.jukkajoutsi.com/raahe.html Jukka Joutsi: Raahe] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Leuthen]]: [[Frederick II of Prussia]] leads [[Prussia]]n forces to a decisive victory over [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] forces under [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]].
*[[1766]] &ndash; In London, auctioneer [[James Christie (auctioneer)|James Christie]] holds his first sale.
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[29th Regiment of Foot]] [[private (rank)|privates]] [[Hugh Montgomery (British Army soldier)|Hugh Montgomery]] and [[Matthew Kilroy (British Army soldier)|Matthew Kilroy]] are found guilty for the manslaughter of [[Crispus Attucks]] and Samuel Gray respectively in the [[Boston Massacre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonmassacre.net/trial/trial-summary4.htm |title=The Summary of the Boston Massacre Trial |last=Adams |first=John |author-link=John Adams |date=March 5, 1773 |website=bostonmassacre.net |publisher= |access-date=October 1, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; At [[Fort Ticonderoga]], [[Henry Knox]] begins his historic [[Noble train of artillery|transport of artillery]] to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Phi Beta Kappa]], the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the [[College of William & Mary]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbk.org/History |title=PBK_History |last=Society |first=Phi Beta Kappa |website=www.pbk.org |publisher=[[Phi Beta Kappa]] |access-date=2019-12-10 |archive-date=2019-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219191722/https://www.pbk.org/History |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; Former U.S. President [[John Quincy Adams]] takes his seat in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]] is elected to the U.S. Senate.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[California Gold Rush]]: In a message to the [[United States Congress]], U.S. President [[James K. Polk]] confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in [[California]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Chincha Islands War]]: [[Peru]] allies with [[Chile]] against Spain.
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[New Haven Symphony Orchestra]] of Connecticut performs its first concert.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhavensymphony.com/about_us.htm |title=New Haven Symphony Orchestra: About Us |access-date=2007-10-17 |work=www.newhavensymphony.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916152050/http://www.newhavensymphony.com/about_us.htm |archive-date=2007-09-16}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=C. |date=1998 |title=The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition |location=New York |publisher=[[Knopf]] |isbn=9780375404030 |pages=12&nbsp;15}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Polonsky conspiracy]] is suppressed and its participants are executed by the [[Kontrrazvedka]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch |first=Colin |title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921 |year=2020 |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Pluto Press]] |isbn=9781786805263 |oclc=1225942343 |page=90}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[The Football Association]] bans [[women's football in England]] from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-12 |title=WW1: Why was women's football banned in 1921? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30329606 |access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, repealing [[Prohibition in the United States]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Shari Parsons |chapter=Voluntary Committee of Lawyers |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives |editor-last=Martin |editor-first=Scott C. |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |publisher=Sage |date=2015 |isbn=9781483325255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ANm5BgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |page=1343}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Abyssinia Crisis]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] troops attack [[Wal Wal]] in [[Ethiopia|Abyssinia]], taking four days to capture the city.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Mary McLeod Bethune]] founds the [[National Council of Negro Women]] in New York City.
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] adopts a new [[1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union|constitution]] and the [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic]] is established as a full [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Union Republic]] of the [[Soviet Union|USSR]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: In the [[Battle of Moscow]], [[Georgy Zhukov]] launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: Great Britain declares war on [[Finland]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138501.shtml |title=Fact File: Declaration of War on Finland, Hungary and Romania, 5 December 1941 |work=WW2 People's War |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2014-10-15 |access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in [[Operation Crossbow]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Flight 19]], a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the [[Bermuda Triangle]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Great Smog]] in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a [[Department of Health and Social Care|Ministry of Health]] report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Humphreys |first=Julian |title=Milestones |editor-last=Attar |editor-first=Rob |magazine=BBC History magazine |date=December 2012 |publisher=BBC |location=Northampton |pages=10–11}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[American Federation of Labor]] and the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] merge and form the [[AFL-CIO|AFL–CIO]].
*  1955   &ndash; [[E. D. Nixon]] and [[Rosa Parks]] lead the [[Montgomery bus boycott]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Subscriber trunk dialling|Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD)]] is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] when she speaks to the [[Lord Provost]] in a call from [[Bristol]] to [[Edinburgh]].
*  1958   &ndash; The [[Preston By-pass]], the UK's first stretch of [[motorway]], opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and [[M55 motorway|M55]] motorways.)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain [[Roger Donlon]] is awarded the first [[Medal of Honor]] of the war.
*  1964   &ndash; [[Lloyd J. Old]] discovers the first linkage between the [[major histocompatibility complex]] (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gazipur]]: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes [[Gazipur]] to [[Bangladesh]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Egypt]] [[Egypt–Iraq relations|breaks diplomatic relations]] with [[Syria]], [[Libya]], [[Algeria]], [[Iraq]] and [[South Yemen]] in retaliation to preventing President [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar el‐Sadat]] from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer.
*[[1983]] &ndash; Dissolution of the [[National Reorganization Process|Military Junta]] in [[Argentina]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Leonid Kravchuk]] is elected the first [[president of Ukraine]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[Budapest Memorandum]] is signed at the [[Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe|OSCE]] conference in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: [[Sri Lanka]]'s government announces the [[Battle of Jaffna (1995)|conquest]] of the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] stronghold of [[Jaffna]].
*  1995   &ndash; [[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56]] crashes near [[Nakhchivan International Airport]] in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]], [[Azerbaijan]], killing 52 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134B-3 4K-65703 Nakhichevan Airport (NAJ) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951205-0 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202143221/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19951205-0 |archive-date=2008-12-02}}</ref>
*  [[2001]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-108]], carrying the [[Expedition 4]] crew to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |title=STS-108 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223939/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=14 June 2008 |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Civil Partnership Act 2004|Civil Partnership Act]] comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first [[Civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] is registered there.
*  2005   &ndash; The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake|Lake Tanganyika earthquake]] shakes the eastern provinces of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), killing six people.
*[[2006]] &ndash; Commodore [[Frank Bainimarama]] [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|overthrows]] the government in [[Fiji]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Westroads Mall shooting]]: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a [[WASR-series rifles|WASR-10]] at a [[Von Maur]] department store in [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22121456 |title=Profiles of 8 who died in Omaha mall massacre |date=December 7, 2007 |website=msnbc.com}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Militants [[2013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack|attack]] a Defense Ministry compound in [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]], killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Exploration Flight Test-1]], the first flight test of [[Orion (spacecraft)|Orion]], is launched.
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*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] bans [[Russia]] from competing at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] for doping at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[852]] &ndash; [[Zhu Wen]], Chinese emperor (d. 912)
*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Jianwen Emperor]] of China (d. 1402)
*[[1389]] &ndash; [[Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)|Zbigniew Oleśnicki]], Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II]] (d. 1513)
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Willibald Pirckheimer]], German lawyer and author (d. 1530)
*[[1495]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Cleynaerts]], Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1597)
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Fausto Sozzini]], Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Ubbo Emmius]], Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
*[[1556]] &ndash; [[Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford]], English countess (d. 1588)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Henry Lawes]], English composer (d. 1662)

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (d. 1724)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Francesco Scarlatti]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Francesco Geminiani]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe de Majo]], Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Martin Van Buren]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1862)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[George Shepherd (artist)|George Shepherd]], English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Fyodor Tyutchev]], Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Afanasy Fet]], Russian poet and author (d. 1892)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz]], American philosopher and academic, co-founded [[Radcliffe College]] (d. 1907)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]], French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1908)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Christina Rossetti]], English poet and author (d. 1894)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[George Armstrong Custer]], American general (d. 1876)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Marcus Daly]], Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Eduard Seler]], German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (d. 1922)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Clinton Hart Merriam]], American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe]], English admiral and politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (d. 1935)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Korovin]], Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[John Henry Leech]], English entomologist (d. 1900)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Paul Painlevé]], French mathematician and politician, 84th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1933)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John Beresford (polo player)|John Beresford]], Irish polo player (d. 1944)
*  1866   &ndash; [[Traian Demetrescu]], Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Antti Aarne]], Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Józef Piłsudski]], Polish field marshal and politician, 15th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of Poland]] (d. 1935)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Arnold Sommerfeld]], German physicist and academic (d. 1951)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Ellis Parker Butler]], American author and poet (d. 1937)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Vítězslav Novák]], Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]], American chess player (d. 1906)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Arthur Currie]], Canadian general (d. 1933)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Clyde Vernon Cessna]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Corporation]] (d. 1954)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[René Cresté]], French actor and director (d. 1922)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Rose Wilder Lane]], American journalist and author (d. 1968)
*  1886   &ndash; [[Pieter Oud]], Dutch historian, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Minister of Finance of the Netherlands]] (d. 1968)
*  1886   &ndash; [[Nikolai Uglanov]], Soviet politician (d. 1937)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[David Bomberg]], English painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 1957)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Charles Robberts Swart]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[State President of South Africa]] (d. 1982)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Elbert Frank Cox]], American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Ann Nolan Clark]], American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1984)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Nunnally Johnson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Josh Malihabadi]], Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Grace Moore]], American soprano and actress (d. 1947)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Dimmock]], English footballer (d. 1972)

===1901–present===
*
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Walt Disney]], American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded [[The Walt Disney Company]] (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ryan |first1=James Gilbert |last2=Schlup |first2=Leonard C. |title=Historical Dictionary of the 1940s |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46865-3 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnmsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; [[Milton H. Erickson]], American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Werner Heisenberg]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1976)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 5: Paula Patton, Frankie Muniz |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-5-Paula-Patton-Frankie-Muniz/1281670185068/#:~:text=5%3A%20Paula%20Patton%2C%20Frankie%20Muniz,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=4 December 2023 |date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Emeric Pressburger]], Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Strom Thurmond]], American educator, general, and politician, 103rd [[Governor of South Carolina]] (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Johannes Heesters]], Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
*  1903   &ndash; [[C. F. Powell]], English-Italian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1969)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Francisco Javier Arana]], Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d. 1949)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Otto Preminger]], Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Lin Biao]], Chinese general and politician, 2nd [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (d. 1971)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Occhialini]], Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Abraham Polonsky]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Władysław Szpilman]], Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kate Simon]], American travel writer (d. 1990)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Esther Borja]], Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)
*1913 – [[Bruce Conde]], American army officer, mercenary, stamp collector, and royalty claimant (d. 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-08-04 |title=Obituary: Bruce Conde |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bruce-conde-1538240.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/zqK5J |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Helen Dettweiler]], American golfer (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/helen-dettweiler/ |title=Helen Dettweiler |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |first=Warren |last=Corbett |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> 
*  1914   &ndash; [[Hans Hellmut Kirst]], German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Hilary Koprowski]], Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live [[polio vaccine]] (d. 2013)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Walt McPherson]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Ken Downing]], English racing driver (d. 2004)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont]], English historian and politician (d. 2020)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Alvy Moore]], American actor and producer (d. 1997)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Casey Ribicoff]], American philanthropist (d. 2011)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]], American songwriter and pianist (d. 2015) 
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Robert Sobukwe]], South African banker and politician (d. 1978)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]], Nicaraguan politician, 73rd [[President of Nicaragua]] (d. 1980)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Adetoun Ogunsheye]], first female Nigerian professor and university dean<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/prof-adetowun-ogunsheye-nigerias-first-female-professor-turns-90/ |title=Prof Adetoun Ogunsheye, Nigeria's first female professor, turns 90 |date=November 29, 2016 |work=Tribune Online |access-date=May 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426235249/http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/prof-adetowun-ogunsheye-nigerias-first-female-professor-turns-90/ |archive-date=April 26, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], King of Thailand (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1927   &ndash; [[W.D. Amaradeva]], Sri Lankan musician and composer (d. 2016)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Madis Kõiv]], Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (d. 2014)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Yi-Fu Tuan]], Chinese-American geographer (d. 2022)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Ladislav Novák]], Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs]], British politician
*  1932   &ndash; [[Sheldon Glashow]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1932   &ndash; [[Jim Hurtubise]], American race car driver (d. 1989)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]], Indian actress (d. 2006)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Little Richard]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Gennadiy Agapov]], Russian race walker (d. 1999)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Harry Holgate]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1997)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Joan Didion]], American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Calvin Trillin]], American novelist, humorist, and journalist<ref name="UPI" />
*  1935   &ndash; [[Yury Vlasov]], Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician (d. 2021)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[James Lee Burke]], American journalist, author, and academic
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[J. J. Cale]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI" /> 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Tony Crafter]], Australian cricket umpire
*  1940   &ndash; [[Boris Ignatyev]], Russian footballer and manager
*  1940   &ndash; [[Peter Pohl]], Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
*  1940   &ndash; [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]], Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2017)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Eva Joly]], Norwegian-French judge and politician
*  1943   &ndash; [[Andrew Yeom Soo-jung]], South Korean cardinal
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jeroen Krabbé]], Dutch actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Serge Chapleau]], Canadian cartoonist
*  1945   &ndash; [[Moshe Katsav]], Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th [[President of Israel]]
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[José Carreras]], Spanish tenor and actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1946   &ndash; [[Andy Kim (singer)|Andy Kim]], Canadian pop singer-songwriter
*  1946   &ndash; [[Sarel van der Merwe]], South African racing driver
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Rudy Fernandez (triathlete)|Rudy Fernandez]], Filipino triathlete (d. 2022)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Bruce Golding]], Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Tony Gregory]], Irish activist and politician (d. 2009)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa]], Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=143}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jim Messina (musician)|Jim Messina]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jim Plunkett]], American football player and radio host<ref name="UPI" />
*  1947   &ndash; [[Kim Simmonds]], Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2022)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Don Touhig]], Welsh journalist and politician
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Denise Drysdale]], Australian television host and actress
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Altman (composer)|John Altman]], English composer and conductor
*  1949   &ndash; [[David Manning]], English civil servant and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Morgan Brittany]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1951   &ndash; [[Link Byfield]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven]], Belgian painter and illustrator
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Gwen Lister]], South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hanif Kureishi]], English author and playwright
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Miyuki Kawanaka]], Japanese singer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Juha Tiainen]], Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Klaus Allofs]], German footballer and manager
*  1956   &ndash; [[Butch Lee]], Puerto Rican basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Butch Lee |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77356/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Adam Thorpe]], French-English author, poet, and playwright
*  1956   &ndash; [[Krystian Zimerman]], Polish virtuoso pianist
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Raquel Argandoña]], Chilean model, actress, and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Art Monk]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Maurice |title=Redskins celebrate Hall of Famer Art Monk at 60 |url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2017/12/06/redskins-celebrate-hall-of-famer-art-monk-at-60/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=29 November 2022 |date=6 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Dynamite Kid]], English wrestler (d. 2018)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Lee Chapman]], English footballer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Oleksandr Yaroslavsky]], Ukrainian businessman 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Frans Adelaar]], Dutch footballer and manager
*  1960   &ndash; [[Osvaldo Golijov]], Argentinian-American composer and educator
*  1960   &ndash; [[Jack Russell (musician)|Jack Russell]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petri |first=Alexandra E. |date=2024-08-16 |title=Jack Russell, 63, Dies; Singer for Great White and Survivor of Nightclub Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/music/jack-russell-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Matthew Taylor (Labour politician)|Matthew Taylor]], English businessman and politician
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Ralf Dujmovits]], German mountaineer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Laura Flanders]], British journalist
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[José Cura]], Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
*  1962   &ndash; [[Pablo Morales]], American swimmer and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Nivek Ogre]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Fred Rutten]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Doctor Dré]], American television and radio host
*  1963   &ndash; [[Carrie Hamilton]], American actress and playwright (d. 2002)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Alberto Nisman]], Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Martin Vinnicombe]], Australian cyclist
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Manish Malhotra]], Indian fashion designer
*  1965   &ndash; [[John Rzeznik]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 5, 2022 includes celebrities John Rzeznik, Paula Patton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-5-2022-includes-celebrities-john-rzeznik-paula-patton.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 December 2023 |date=5 December 2022}}</ref> 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Wayne Smith (musician)|Wayne Smith]], Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Valeriy Spitsyn]], Russian race walker
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Gary Allan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Margaret Cho]], American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lisa Marie (actress)|Lisa Marie]], American model and actress
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lydia Millet]], American novelist
*  1968   &ndash; [[Falilat Ogunkoya]], Nigerian sprinter
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Eric Etebari]], American actor, director, and producer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Morgan J. Freeman]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1969   &ndash; [[Sajid Javid]], British Pakistani banker and politician, former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
*  1969   &ndash; [[Lewis Pugh]], English swimmer and lawyer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Ramón Ramírez (footballer)|Ramón Ramírez]], Mexican footballer 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Catherine Tate]], English actress, comedian, and writer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kevin Haller]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Michel'le]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg]], German businessman and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|German Federal Minister of Defence]]
*  1971   &ndash; [[Ashia Hansen]], American-English triple jumper
*  1971   &ndash; [[Gabriel Hjertstedt]], Swedish golfer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kali Rocha]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Cliff Floyd]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1972   &ndash; [[Duane Ross]], American hurdler and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/duane-ross-14250060 |title=Duane ROSS |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Argo Arbeiter]], Estonian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Arik Benado]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mhaifafc.com/historyPlayer.asp?P=1055&lang=en |title=First Team &#124; Arik Benado |website=mhaifafc.com}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Mikelangelo Loconte]], Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
*  1973   &ndash; [[Luboš Motl]], Czech physicist and academic
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ravish Kumar]], Indian journalist and author
*  1974   &ndash; [[Brian Lewis (athlete)|Brian Lewis]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/brian-lewis-14244003 |title=Brian LEWIS |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]], English snooker player and radio host
*  1975   &ndash; [[Paula Patton]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Amy Acker]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1976   &ndash; [[Xavier Garbajosa]], French rugby player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Norishige Kanai]], Japanese doctor and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=265}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Sachiko Kokubu]], Japanese actress and model
*  1976   &ndash; [[Rachel Komisarz]], American swimmer and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Peter van der Vlag]], Dutch footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Neil Druckmann]], American video game designer and author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndruckma/bio.html |title=Neil Druckmann - Bio |last=Druckmann |first=Neil |publisher=[[Carnegie Mellon University]] |access-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031030053540/http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndruckma/bio.html |archive-date=October 30, 2003}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Olli Jokinen]], Finnish ice hockey player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Marcelo Zalayeta]], Uruguayan footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Matteo Ferrari]], Italian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Niklas Hagman]], Finnish ice hockey player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Gareth McAuley]], Northern Irish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Nick Stahl]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jessica Paré]], Canadian actress
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Adan Canto]], Mexican actor<ref name="AP" /> (d. 2024)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Eddy Curry]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|bbr=c/curryed01}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Keri Hilson]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1982   &ndash; [[Gabriel Luna]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Joakim Lindström]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joakim Lindstrom |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joakim-lindstrom-8470152 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Lauren London]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Shikhar Dhawan]], Indian cricketer
*  1985   &ndash; [[André-Pierre Gignac]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=A. Gignac |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/andre-pierre-gignac/3125/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Frankie Muniz]], American actor, drummer, and race car driver<ref name="AP" />
*  1985   &ndash; [[Josh Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2746/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Danny Wicks]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[LeGarrette Blount]], American football player
*  1986   &ndash; [[James Hinchcliffe]], Canadian Indycar racing driver 
*  1986   &ndash; [[Justin Smoak]], American baseball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[A. J. Pollock]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=AJ Pollock |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/aj-pollock-572041 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Ross Bagley]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tina Charles (basketball)|Tina Charles]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tina Charles |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202250/tina-charles |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Kyle Long]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Long |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15801/kyle-long |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Joanna Rowsell]], English cyclist
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jurrell Casey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurrell Casey |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jurrellcasey/2495476/profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=18 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Kwon Yu-ri]], South Korean singer-songwriter and actress<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=72 |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>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Montee Ball]], American football player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Cam Fowler]], Canadian-American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cam Fowler |url=https://www.nhl.com/ducks/player/cam-fowler-8475764 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Jacopo Sala]], Italian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Christian Yelich]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Yelich |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-yelich-592885 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Ilja Antonov]], Estonian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Natalie Sourisseau]], Canadian field hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Sourisseau |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/natalie-sourisseau/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ross Barkley]], English footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Luciano Vietto]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luciano Vietto |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/12949/Luciano-Vietto/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ondrej Duda]], Slovak footballer
*  1994   &ndash; [[Semi Ojeleye]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Semi Ojeleye |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628400/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Danny Levi]], New Zealand rugby league player
*  1995   &ndash; [[Anthony Martial]], French footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [[Kaetlyn Osmond]], Canadian figure skater
*  1995   &ndash;[[Levy Rozman]], American chess [[international master|International Master]], streamer and YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chess.com/players/levy-rozman |title=Levy Rozman &#124; Chess Celebrities}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Alexander Sørloth]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Sørloth |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/players/250061361--alexander-sorloth/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Maddie Poppe]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |title='American Idol' Top 7 spoilers: Who is singing on May 6, what two songs will each perform? |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/american-idol-top-7-season-16-songs-may-6/ |website=GOLD DERBY |language=en |date=6 May 2018}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Quinnen Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quinnen Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040982/quinnen-williams |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Conan Gray]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1998   &ndash; [[Randal Kolo Muani]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Randal Kolo Muani |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/players/250146926--randal-kolo-muani/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[63 BC]] &ndash; [[Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura]], Roman politician (b. 114 BC)
* [[334]] &ndash; [[Li Ban]], emperor of [[Cheng Han]] (b. 288)
* [[902]] &ndash; [[Ealhswith]], [[queen consort]] and wife of [[Alfred the Great]], King of [[Wessex]]
*[[1082]] &ndash; [[Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona]] (b. 1053)
*[[1212]] &ndash; [[Dirk van Are]], bishop and lord of Utrecht
*[[1244]] &ndash; [[Joan, Countess of Flanders]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainault]] (b. 1199 or 1200)
*[[1355]] &ndash; [[John III, Duke of Brabant]] (b. 1300)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Francis II of France]] (b. 1544)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Willert |first1=Paul Ferdinand |title=Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots in France |date=1893 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[Johan Friis]], Danish politician (b. 1494)

===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Bauhin]], Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Jean François Sarrazin]], French author and poet (b. 1611)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Severo Bonini]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye]], Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Fasch]], German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[James Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling]], Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Phillis Wheatley]], Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Henry Ross]], Canadian-Australian gold miner (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web |last=Wickham |first=Dorothy |title=Eureka's Fallen |publisher=Ballarat Heritage Services |year=2019 |url=https://ballaratheritage.com.au/article/eurekas-fallen/ |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg]], German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Dumas]], French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Eliza R. Snow]], American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Pedro II of Brazil]] (b. 1825)

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Schalk Willem Burger]], South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[List of Presidents of the South African Republic|President of the South African Republic]] (b. 1852)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Władysław Reymont]], Polish novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1867)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Claude Monet]], French painter (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude Monet &#124; Biography, Art, Water Lilies, Haystacks, Impression: Sunrise, & Facts &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Monet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Vachel Lindsay]], American poet (b. 1879)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Alexander Atabekian]], Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Biryukova |editor-first=Andreya |year=2013 |chapter=Предисловие |trans-chapter=Preface |title=Против власти: сборник статей |trans-title=Against Power: a collection of articles |location=[[Moscow]] |publisher=Librocom |isbn=978-5-397-03166-0 |oclc=840427393 |page=14 |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jan Kubelík]], Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Amrita Sher-Gil]], Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jock Delves Broughton]], English captain (b. 1883)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Louis Dewis]], Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Abanindranath Tagore]], Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[William Sterling Parsons]], American admiral (b. 1901)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Glenn L. Martin]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Glenn L. Martin Company]] (b. 1886)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Emil Fuchs (baseball)|Emil Fuchs]], German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], German composer and educator (b. 1905)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. 1892)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[V. Veerasingam]], Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Joseph Erlanger]], American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Fred Clark]], American actor (b. 1914)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Claude Dornier]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke]] (b. 1884)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]] (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lagos |first1=Constantinos |last2=Carr |first2=John |title=Philip, Prince of Greece: The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession |date=30 June 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword History |isbn=978-1-5267-9083-5 |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBcuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT282 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Robert Watson-Watt]], Scottish engineer, invented the [[radar]] (b. 1892)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Constance McLaughlin Green]], American historian and author (b. 1897)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Katherine Milhous]], American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Russian marshal and politician, [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union]] (b. 1895)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Jesse Pearson (actor)|Jesse Pearson]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Robert Aldrich]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Cecil M. Harden]], American politician (b. 1894)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Edward Youde]], Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (b. 1924)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[John Pritchard (conductor)|John Pritchard]], English conductor and director (b. 1921)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Alfonso A. Ossorio]], Filipino-American painter and sculptor (b. 1916)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Richard Speck]], American mass murderer (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-02 |title=Richard Speck &#124; Serial Killer, Murderer of 8 Nurses &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Speck |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Harry Horner]], Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (b. 1910)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[L. B. Cole]], American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Charles Evans (mountaineer)|Charles Evans]], English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Gwen Harwood]], Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Clair Patterson|Clair Cameron Patterson]], American scientist (b. 1922)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Eugen Cicero]], Romanian-German jazz pianist (b. 1940)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Franco Rasetti]], Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Roone Arledge]], American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Ne Win]], Burmese general and politician, 4th [[President of Burma]] (b. 1911)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Edward L. Masry]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[David Bronstein]], Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (b. 1924)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Andrew Imbrie]], American composer and academic (b. 1921)
*  2007   &ndash; [[George Paraskevaides]], Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Joannou & Paraskevaides]] (b. 1916)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer and academic (b. 1928)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]] (b. 1929)
*  2008   &ndash; [[George Brecht]], American chemist and composer (b. 1926)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Nina Foch]], Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Beverly Garland]], American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Anca Parghel]], Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[William Lederer]], American soldier and author (b. 1912)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Alan Armer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Don Meredith]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Peter Gethin]], English racing driver (b. 1940)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Gennady Logofet]], Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Dave Brubeck]], American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)|Elisabeth Murdoch]], Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Oscar Niemeyer]], Brazilian architect, designed the [[United Nations Headquarters]] and [[Cathedral of Brasília]] (b. 1907)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ignatius IV of Antioch]], Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Fred Bassetti]], American architect and academic, founded [[Bassetti Architects]] (b. 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William B. Edmondson]], American lawyer and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to South Africa]] (b. 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Nelson Mandela]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of South Africa]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Ernest C. Brace]], American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Queen Fabiola of Belgium|Fabiola]], Queen of Belgium (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Talât Sait Halman]], Turkish poet, translator, and historian (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jackie Healy-Rae]], Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Christina |title=Tributes to the late Jackie Healy-Rae to be heard in the Dáil |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/tributes-to-the-late-jackie-healy-rae-to-be-heard-in-the-dail-4692837-Jun2019/ |website=TheJournal.ie |date=26 June 2019 |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Silvio Zavala]], Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Vic Eliason]], American clergyman and radio host, founded [[VCY America]] (b. 1936)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Tibor Rubin]], Hungarian-American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Chuck Williams (author)|Chuck Williams]], American businessman and author, founded [[Williams Sonoma (brand)|Williams Sonoma]] (b. 1915) 
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Tyruss Himes]] ("Big Syke"), American rapper (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/12/06/tupac-rapper-big-syke-dead |title=Rapper Big Syke Dead at 48 |publisher=Tmz.com |date=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/2016/12/rapper-big-syke-dead-48-years-old-tupac |title=Rapper Big Syke Passed Away at 48 |publisher=Vibe.com |date=December 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Michael I of Romania]], fifth and last king of Romania (b. 1921)
*  2017   &ndash; [[August Ames]], Canadian American pornographic actress (b. 1994)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)|Robert Walker]], American actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2019-12-06 |title=Robert Walker Jr., 'Star Trek' Actor and Son of Hollywood Superstars, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-walker-jr-dead-star-trek-actor-son-hollywood-superstars-was-79-1260215/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-11 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210608/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-walker-jr-dead-star-trek-actor-son-hollywood-superstars-was-79-1260215/ |archive-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Peter Alliss]], English professional golfer (b. 1931) <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-alliss/former-ryder-cup-player-alliss-the-voice-of-golf-dies-aged-89-idUSKBN28G0CX |title=Former Ryder Cup player Alliss, the 'voice of golf', dies aged 89 |website=Reuters |date=6 December 2020 |access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Bob Dole]], American politician (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Dole, WWII hero and former Republican presidential candidate, dies at 98 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-dole-wwii-hero-former-republican-presidential-candidate-dies-98-n953981 |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=NBC News |date=5 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress and producer (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirstie-alley-died-after-battle-colon-cancer-rep-reveals |title=Kirstie Alley died after battle with colon cancer, rep reveals |website=[[Fox News]] |date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Norman Lear]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norman-lear-tv-legend-dies-133220344.html |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 |via=[[Yahoo!]] |first1=Chris |last1=Morris |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Jacques Roubaud]], French poet, writer, and mathematician (b. 1932)<ref>[https://www.telerama.fr/debats-reportages/mort-de-jacques-roubaud-le-poete-mathematicien-grand-chercheur-de-formes-0634-36850.php Le poète mathématicien Jacques Roubaud en 2014 dans “Télérama” : “L’Oulipo, c’était à la fois très sérieux et un peu dingue”]. telerama.fr, 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Saint Abercius|Abercius]]
**[[Clement of Alexandria]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[Crispina]]
**[[Dalmatius of Pavia]]
**[[Gerbold]]
**[[Justinian of Ramsey Island]]
**[[Nicetius|Nicetius (Nizier)]]
**[[Pelinus|Pelinus of Brindisi]]
**[[Sabbas the Sanctified]]
**[[December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Children's Day]] ([[Suriname]])
*[[Days of Military Honour|Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Discovery Day#Hispaniola|Discovery Day]] ([[Haiti]] and [[Dominican Republic]])
*[[International Volunteer Day|International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development]]<ref name=un>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Klozum]] ([[Schiermonnikoog]], [[Netherlands]])
*[[Saint Nicholas' Eve]] ([[Belgium]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]])
**[[Krampusnacht]] ([[Austria]])
*The [[King's Birthday (Thailand)|King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday]] ([[Thailand]]) 
*[[World Soil Day]]<ref name=un />

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/5 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=5}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/5 Historical Events on December 5]

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[[Category:Days of December]]