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December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 875 – Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II.
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.
- 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
- 1508 – Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.
1601–1900
- 1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.[1]
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
- 1812 – USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
- 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
- 1845 – The United States annexes the Republic of Texas.[2]
- 1860 – The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
- 1874 – The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
- 1876 – The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
- 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
1901–present
- 1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
- 1911 – Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
- 1913 – Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
- 1916 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is first published as a book by American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after its serialization in The Egoist (1914–15).
- 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
- 1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
- 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
- 1940 – World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
- 1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
- 1972 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
- 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
- 1989 – Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1989 – The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.[3]
- 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
- 1994 – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.[4]
- 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
- 1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- 1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.
- 2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
- 2006 – The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
- 2012 – A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
- 2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
- 2013 – Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.[5]
- 2020 – A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.[6]
- 2020 – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing 7 people. [7]
Births
Pre-1600
- 765 – Ali al-Ridha, Arab scholar and imam (d. 818)
- 1019 – Munjong, Korean ruler (d. 1083)
- 1536 – Henry VI, German nobleman (d. 1572)
- 1550 – García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. 1624)
1601–1900
- 1633 – Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)
- 1709 – Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (d. 1762)
- 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (d. 1764)[8]
- 1746 – Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)
- 1766 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)[9]
- 1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)[10]
- 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)[11]
- 1808 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)[12]
- 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)[13]
- 1811 – Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (d. 1872)[14]
- 1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)[15]
- 1844 – Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (d. 1906)
- 1855 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
- 1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)[16]
- 1859 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
- 1874 – François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (d. 1949)
- 1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)[17]
- 1876 – Lionel Tertis, English violist (d. 1975)[18]
- 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)[19]
- 1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
- 1885 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)
- 1886 – Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (d. 1968)
- 1895 – Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (d. 1939)
- 1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)[20]
- 1899 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (d. 1992)
1901–present
- 1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
- 1903 – Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)
- 1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
- 1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)[21]
- 1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
- 1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)
- 1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)[22]
- 1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)[23]
- 1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)
- 1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)
- 1915 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)[24]
- 1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)[25]
- 1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)[26]
- 1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)[27]
- 1921 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)[28]
- 1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)
- 1923 – Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (d. 2017)
- 1923 – Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)[29]
- 1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)[30]
- 1923 – Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist
- 1924 – Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)[31]
- 1924 – Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d. 2014)
- 1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (d. 2020)[32]
- 1927 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)
- 1929 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor (d. 2022)[33]
- 1929 – Matt Murphy, American guitarist (d. 2018)
- 1931 – Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer
- 1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author
- 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1934 – Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian poet and filmmaker (d. 1967)
- 1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)[34]
- 1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)[35]
- 1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (d. 2018)[36]
- 1938 – Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
- 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer
- 1939 – Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2021)[37]
- 1941 – Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)[38]
- 1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012)[39]
- 1942 – Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
- 1943 – Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)[40]
- 1943 – Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
- 1943 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)[41]
- 1944 – Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
- 1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1946 – Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
- 1947 – Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
- 1947 – Ted Danson, American actor and producer
- 1947 – Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet[42]
- 1947 – Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)[43]
- 1947 – David Tanner, English rower and coach
- 1947 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)[44]
- 1948 – Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer
- 1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
- 1949 – David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)[45]
- 1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
- 1953 – Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
- 1953 – Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic
- 1953 – Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
- 1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)[46]
- 1953 – Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
- 1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
- 1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1955 – Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer
- 1956 – Katy Munger, American writer
- 1957 – Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)[47]
- 1957 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
- 1957 – Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach
- 1957 – Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1958 – Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
- 1959 – Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
- 1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress
- 1959 – Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
- 1959 – Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
- 1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
- 1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer
- 1960 – David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
- 1960 – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
- 1961 – Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)[48]
- 1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 – Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
- 1962 – Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer
- 1962 – Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
- 1962 – Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and former president
- 1963 – Des Foy, English rugby player
- 1963 – Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
- 1963 – Sean Payton, American football player and coach
- 1963 – Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
- 1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor
- 1965 – Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
- 1965 – Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 – Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
- 1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
- 1966 – Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1966 – Jeff Luhnow, American businessman
- 1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
- 1967 – Evan Seinfeld, American bass player, actor, and director
- 1967 – Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer[49]
- 1968 – Ri Pun-hui, North Korean table tennis player
- 1969 – Jason Cook, English footballer[50]
- 1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress
- 1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist
- 1970 – Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager
- 1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
- 1970 – Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971 – Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player
- 1972 – Jude Law, English actor
- 1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman
- 1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
- 1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
- 1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
- 1974 – Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
- 1974 – Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (d. 2021)[51]
- 1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor
- 1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player
- 1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
- 1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
- 1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
- 1978 – Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
- 1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach[52]
- 1978 – Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist[53]
- 1978 – Steve Kemp, English drummer
- 1978 – Angelo Taylor, American athlete[54]
- 1979 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
- 1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
- 1979 – Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
- 1979 – George Parros, American ice hockey player
- 1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
- 1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player
- 1981 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
- 1982 – Alison Brie, American actress and singer
- 1982 – Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
- 1982 – Dale Morris, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver
- 1983 – Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 – James Kelly, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
- 1984 – Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
- 1985 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter
- 1986 – Joe Anyon, English footballer
- 1987 – Juliana Huxtable, American artist[55]
- 1987 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
- 1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
- 1988 – Eric Berry, American football player
- 1988 – Christen Press, American footballer
- 1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player[56]
- 1989 – Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player[57]
- 1991 – Steven Caulker, English footballer[58]
- 1993 – Travis Head, Australian cricketer
- 1993 – Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast[59]
- 1995 – Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
- 1996 – Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer[60]
- 1997 – Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
- 2000 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 721 – Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
- 1125 – Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b.c. 1090)
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)[61]
- 1208 – Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)
- 1380 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)[62]
- 1416 – Mathew Swetenham, bow bearer of Henry IV
- 1550 – Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)
- 1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
- 1565 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
1601–1900
- 1606 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)
- 1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
- 1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
- 1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)[63]
- 1720 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
- 1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)[64]
- 1737 – Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
- 1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
- 1807 – Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
- 1815 – Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
- 1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)[65]
- 1887 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
- 1890 – Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
- 1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)[66]
- 1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)[67]
- 1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)[68]
- 1900 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)[69]
1901–present
- 1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)[70]
- 1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)[71]
- 1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (b. 1865)[72]
- 1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)[73]
- 1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
- 1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)[74]
- 1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)[75]
- 1944 – Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)[76]
- 1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)[77]
- 1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)[78]
- 1959 – Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)[79]
- 1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)[80]
- 1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)[81]
- 1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)[82]
- 1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)[83]
- 1972 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)[84]
- 1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
- 1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)[85]
- 1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)[86]
- 1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)[87]
- 1986 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)[88]
- 1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)[89]
- 1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)[90]
- 1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)[91]
- 1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)[92]
- 2000 – Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
- 2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)[93]
- 2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)[94]
- 2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)[95]
- 2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
- 2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)[96]
- 2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)[97]
- 2009 – Steven Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- 2010 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)[98]
- 2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)[99]
- 2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
- 2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)[100]
- 2013 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)[101]
- 2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)[102]
- 2013 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (b. 1932)[103]
- 2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)[104]
- 2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)[105]
- 2015 – Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)[106]
- 2015 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)[107]
- 2016 – Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)[108]
- 2016 – LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)[109]
- 2020 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (b. 1922)[110]
- 2020 – Joe Louis Clark, American educator (b. 1937)[111]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- David, King and prophet (Catholic, Lutheran)
- Ebrulf[112]
- Jonathan, Prince of Israel and David's friend.[113]
- Thomas Becket[114]
- Trophimus of Arles[115]
- December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Ireland)
- Independence Day (Mongolia)
- The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
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