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December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; three days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 418 – A papal election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.[1]
- 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
- 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
- 893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
- consecrated.[2]
- 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
1601–1900
- Battle of Kolhapur.
- 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
- 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
- 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
- 1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
- 1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
- 1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
- 1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
- Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
- 1885 – Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
- 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1901–present
- first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
- Mercalli intensityof XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
- 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
- 1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.
- Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
- deportation of the Kalmyk nationto Siberia and Central Asia.
- 1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
- 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
- NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Miami.
- situation.
- 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.
- 1967 – American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.[3]
- Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.[4]Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
- Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
- 1978 – United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport, killing 10 people.[5]
- 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
- Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishuunopposed.
- Day of Ashura.
- Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
- 2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1461 – Louise of Savoy, French nun (d. 1503)
- 1510 – Nicholas Bacon, English politician (d. 1579)
- 1535 – Martin Eisengrein, German theologian (d. 1578)
1601–1900
- 1619 – Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (d. 1688)
- 1635 – Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)
- 1651 – Johann Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1735)
- 1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698)
- George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire(d. 1716)
- 1722 – Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)
- 1724 – Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (d. 1805)[6]
- 1763 – John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (d. 1836)
- 1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)
- Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d. 1867)[7]
- 1798 – Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844)[8]
- 1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic (d. 1897)
- 1842 – Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)
- 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1865 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (d. 1925)
- 1870 – Charles Bennett, English runner (d. 1949)
- 1882 – Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)[9]
- 1882 – Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (d. 1931)[10]
- 1887 – Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic (d. 1946)
- 1888 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931)
- 1890 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)
- 1895 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright (d. 1981)[11]
- 1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)
- 1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
- 1900 – Ted Lyons, American baseball player (d. 1986)[12]
1901–present
- 1902 – Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
- 1902 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
- 1903 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1983)[13]
- 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1957)
- 1907 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1910 – Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972)
- 1911 – Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
- 1914 – Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (d. 1974)
- 1914 – Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)
- 1919 – Emily Cheney Neville, American author (d. 1997)
- 1920 – Tufty Mann, South African cricketer (d. 1952)
- 1920 – Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Al Wistert, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
- 1921 – Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Lionel Bowen, Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2012)[14]
- 1922 – Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (d. 2018)[13]
- President of Ethiopia(d. 2018)
- 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (d. 2002)
- 1925 – Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee (d. 2016)
- 1928 – Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2001)
- 1929 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (d. 1994)
- 1929 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1970)
- 1929 – Maarten Schmidt, Dutch astronomer (d. 2022)[15]
- 1930 – Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian illustrator and academic (d. 2010)
- 1931 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (d. 1994)
- 1931 – Martin Milner, American actor (d. 2015)[13]
- 1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (d. 2002)
- 1932 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
- 1932 – Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary
- 1932 – Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
- 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress (d. 2022)[16]
- 1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentine author and playwright (d. 1990)
- 1933 – John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (d. 2022)
- 1934 – Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress[17]
- 1936 – Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer
- 1937 – Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist
- 1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (d. 2008)
- 1939 – Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group[13]
- 1939 – Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1939 – Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator (d. 2006)
- 1940 – A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
- 1940 – Don Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
- 1941 – Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
- 1942 – Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
- 1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
- 1943 – David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
- 1943 – Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician
- 1944 – Sandra Faber, American astronomer and academic
- 1944 – Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and politician (d. 2021)
- 1944 – Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
- 1944 – Gordon Taylor, English footballer
- 1945 – Birendra, King of Nepal (d. 2001)
- 1945 – Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author
- Governor of Arkansas
- 1946 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (d. 2009)
- 1946 – Hubert Green, American golfer (d. 2018)
- 1946 – Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician
- 1946 – Barbara, Lady Judge, American-English lawyer and businesswoman (d. 2020)
- 1946 – Bill Lee, American baseball player and author
- 1946 – Laffit Pincay Jr., Panamanian jockey
- 1946 – Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[18]
- 1947 – Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player
- 1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
- 1948 – Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer
- 1950 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer
- 1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic
- 1952 – Arun Jaitley, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 2019)
- 1952 – Bridget Prentice, Scottish educator and politician[19]
- 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist
- 1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
- 1953 – Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author
- 1953 – Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter
- 1954 – Gayle King, American television journalist[18]
- 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer[18]
- 1954 – Tony Ables, American serial killer[20]
- 1955 – Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)[13]
- 1956 – Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
- 1958 – Terry Butcher, English footballer and manager
- 1958 – Curt Byrum, American golfer
- 1958 – Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer
- 1959 – Hansjörg Kunze, German runner and sportscaster
- 1959 – Daniel Léo Simpson, American composer
- 1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1960 – Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster[21]
- 1960 – Chad McQueen, American actor[18]
- 1960 – Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1961 – Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
- 1962 – Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (d. 1999)
- 1964 – Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
- 1965 – Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
- 1967 – Chris Ware, American illustrator
- 1968 – Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut[22]
- 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel[18]
- 1970 – Elaine Hendrix, American actress
- 1970 – James Jett, American sprinter and football player
- 1970 – Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player[23]
- 1971 – Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
- 1971 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1971 – Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter
- 1971 – William Gates, American basketball player
- 1972 – Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
- 1972 – Patrick Rafter, Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model[24]
- 1972 – Adam Vinatieri, American football player
- 1973 – Holger Blume, German sprinter
- 1973 – Marc Blume, German sprinter
- 1973 – Seth Meyers, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host[18]
- 1973 – Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater
- 1974 – Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer
- 1974 – Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Markus Weinzierl, German footballer and manager
- 1975 – B. J. Ryan, American baseball player
- 1976 – Brendan Hines, American actor and singer[18]
- 1976 – Joe Manganiello, American actor[25]
- 1976 – Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker
- 1976 – Ben Tune, Australian rugby player
- 1976 – Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
- 1977 – Derrick Brew, American sprinter
- 1977 – Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
- 1977 – Vanessa Ferlito, American actress[18]
- 1977 – Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
- 1978 – Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and manager
- 1978 – John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor[18]
- 1979 – James Blake, American tennis player[26]
- 1979 – Senna Gammour, German singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Bill Hall, American baseball player
- 1979 – Zach Hill, American musician and artist
- 1979 – André Holland, American actor[18]
- 1979 – Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress[13]
- 1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congolese footballer
- 1980 – Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker
- 1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist
- 1981 – Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer[18]
- 1981 – David Moss, American ice hockey player[27]
- 1981 – Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1981 – Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1981 – Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
- 1982 – Cedric Benson, American football player (d. 2019)[28]
- 1982 – Beau Garrett, American actress and model[18]
- 1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete[29]
- 1982 – Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player[30]
- 1984 – Martin Kaymer, German golfer[31]
- 1984 – Duane Solomon, American runner[32]
- 1986 – Tom Huddlestone, English footballer[33]
- 1987 – Thomas Dekker, American actor and musician[18]
- 1989 – Austin Barnes, American baseball player[34]
- 1989 – Mackenzie Rosman, American actress[18]
- 1990 – Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner[35]
- 1990 – David Archuleta, American singer[18]
- 1990 – John Henson, American basketball player[36]
- 1990 – Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer[37]
- 1992 – Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player[38]
- 1994 – Adam Peaty, English swimmer[39]
- 2001 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress[13]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 925 – Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu
- 1218 – Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154)
- 1297 – Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (b. 1230)
- Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland
- 1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (b. 1330)
- 1394 – Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (b. 1350)
- 1446 – Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)
- 1491 – Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)
- 1503 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (b. 1471)
- 1538 – Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (b. 1455)[40]
- 1547 – Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
- 1558 – Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (b. 1527)
1601–1900
- 1622 – Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
- 1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
- Mary II of England (b. 1662)[41]
- 1706 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
- 1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
- 1715 – William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)[42]
- 1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
- 1736 – Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
- 1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)
- 1795 – Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)
- Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War(b. 1800)
- 1872 – James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
- 1890 – Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
- 1897 – William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
- 1900 – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
1901–present
- 1907 – Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)[43]
- Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
- 1916 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)[44]
- 1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
- 1918 – Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
- 1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
- 1924 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
- 1932 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
- 1935 – Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)
- 1937 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
- 1938 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)
- 1942 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
- 1943 – Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
- 1945 – Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
- 1946 – Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy(b. 1869)
- 1949 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
- 1959 – Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
- 1960 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
- 1963 – Paul Hindemith, German violist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1967 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
- 1968 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
- 1971 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
- 1976 – Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
- 1981 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1983 – Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
- 1984 – Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 1984 – Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
- 1986 – John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
- 1989 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
- 1990 – Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
- 1992 – Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
- 1993 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)
- 2001 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (b. 1928)
- 2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (b. 1935)
- 2004 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
- 2004 – Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)
- 2010 – Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
- 2012 – IMAP(b. 1956)
- 2012 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
- 2013 – Andrew Jacobs, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
- 2014 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (b. 1956)
- 2014 – Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- 2014 – Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (b. 1997)
- 2015 – John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953)
- 2015 – Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands(b. 1949)
- 2015 – Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945)
- 2016 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)[45]
- 2016 – Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (b. 1947)
- 2017 – Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (b. 1923)[46]
- Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949)[47]
- 2021 – John Madden, American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (b. 1936)[48]
- 2021 – Senate majority leader (b. 1939)[49]
- 2023 – Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician (b. 1952)[50]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Coptic Church)
- Caterina Volpicelli
- Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks (inocentadas), similar to April Fools' Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church), and its related observances:
- Simon the Athonite
- December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
- Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
- Republic Day (South Sudan)
- The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
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