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• 69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
• 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected.
• 856 – Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
• 880 – Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
• 1135 – Stephen of Blois becomes King of England
• 1216 – Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
• 1622 – Bucaramanga, Colombia is founded.
• 1769 – Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.
• 1788 – Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
• 1790 – The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• 1807 – The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
• 1808 – Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
• 1851 – India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
• 1864 – Savannah, Georgia falls to the forces of General Sherman.
• 1885 – Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1890 – Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
• 1891 – Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
• 1894 – The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
• 1920 – The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
• 1921 – Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
• 1937 – The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
• 1939 – Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
• 1940 – World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
• 1942 – World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
• 1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge – German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
• 1944 – World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
• 1948 – Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
• 1951 – The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
• 1963 – The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
• 1964 – The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
• 1965 – In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
• 1968 – Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
• 1974 – Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
• 1974 – The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
• 1978 – The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
• 1984 – Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
• 1987 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
• 1989 – Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
• 1989 – Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
• 1990 – Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.
• 1990 – Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
• 1997 – Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
• 1997 – Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
• 2001 – Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
• 2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
• 2008 – An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m³) of coal fly ash slurry.
• 2010 – The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Births[edit]

• 244 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (d. 311)
• 1095 – Roger II of Sicily (d. 1154)
• 1178 – Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
• 1183 – Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1242)
• 1459 – Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (d. 1495)
• 1546 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1604)
• 1550 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)
• 1591 – Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666)
• 1639 – Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (d. 1699)
• 1666 – Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)
• 1694 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)
• 1696 – James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (d. 1785)
• 1723 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (d. 1787)
• 1765 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)
• 1799 – Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist (d. 1864)
• 1805 – John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)
• 1807 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)
• 1819 – Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (d. 1870)
• 1819 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
• 1839 – John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician (d. 1917)
• 1850 – Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico (d. 1916)
• 1853 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
• 1853 – Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)
• 1853 – Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)
• 1856 – Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
• 1858 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)
• 1865 – Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)
• 1868 – Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
• 1869 – Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1931)
• 1869 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (d. 1935)
• 1872 – Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
• 1874 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)
• 1876 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
• 1878 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)
• 1883 – Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)
• 1885 – Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)
• 1888 – J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (d. 1972)
• 1889 – George Hutson, English runner and soldier (d. 1914)
• 1892 – Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)
• 1898 – Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (d. 1963)
• 1900 – Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1901 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
• 1905 – Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Danny O'Dea, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)
• 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
• 1922 – Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
• 1924 – Frank Corsaro, American actor and director
• 1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)
• 1929 – Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1930 – Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)
• 1931 – Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach
• 1931 – Carlos Graça, São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1933 – John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
• 1934 – David Pearson, American race car driver
• 1935 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author
• 1936 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
• 1937 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000)
• 1937 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright
• 1937 – Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright
• 1938 – Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec
• 1938 – Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet
• 1940 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
• 1940 – Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator
• 1942 – Jerry Koosman, American baseball player
• 1942 – Dick Parry, English saxophonist
• 1943 – Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
• 1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
• 1944 – Mary Archer, English chemist and academic
• 1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1944 – Barry Jenkins, English drummer
• 1945 – Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
• 1945 – Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
• 1946 – Roger Carr, English businessman
• 1946 – C. Eugene Steuerle, American economist and author
• 1947 – Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1947 – Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer
• 1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1948 – Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author
• 1948 – Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Chris Old, English cricketer and coach
• 1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Ray Guy, American football player
• 1951 – Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist
• 1951 – Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic
• 1951 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Anglo-Irish Territorial Army general, landowner, businessman, philanthropist, and hereditary peer (d. 2016)
• 1951 – Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer
• 1952 – Sandra Kalniete, Russian-Latvian politician and diplomat, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 – Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver
• 1954 – Derick Parry, Nevisian cricketer
• 1955 – Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower
• 1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
• 1955 – Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 – Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
• 1957 – Stephen Conway, English bishop
• 1957 – Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician
• 1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1958 – David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1959 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988)
• 1960 – Mark Brydon, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1960 – Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor
• 1961 – Andrew Fastow, American businessman
• 1961 – Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor
• 1963 – Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach
• 1963 – Russell Lewis, British television writer and former child actor
• 1963 – Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator
• 1963 – Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
• 1964 – Simon Kirby, English businessman and politician
• 1964 – Mike Jackson, American baseball player
• 1965 – David S. Goyer, American screenwriter
• 1965 – Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
• 1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1966 – Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1966 – David Wright, English lawyer and politician
• 1967 – Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1967 – Stéphane Gendron, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1967 – Rebecca Harris, English businesswoman and politician
• 1967 – Paul Morris, Australian race car driver and businessman
• 1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Emre Aracı, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian
• 1968 – Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1969 – Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
• 1969 – Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
• 1970 – Ted Cruz, American lawyer and politician
• 1971 – Ajeenkya Patil, Indian economist and academic
• 1972 – Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 – Michael Barron, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1975 – Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist
• 1975 – Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Marcin Mięciel, Polish footballer
• 1975 – Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
• 1976 – Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1977 – Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
• 1978 – Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
• 1979 – Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1981 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
• 1982 – Rodney Martin, American sprinter
• 1983 – Drew Hankinson, American wrestler
• 1983 – Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner
• 1984 – Basshunter, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
• 1987 – Johannes Ahun, Estonian windsurfer
• 1987 – Garfield Darien, French hurdler
• 1988 – Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
• 1989 – Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 – Jharal Yow Yeh, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
• 1990 – Josef Newgarden, American race car driver
• 1991 – Paul Alo-Emile, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 – David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1994 – Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 69 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15)
• 1100 – Bretislav II of Bohemia (b. 1060)
• 1530 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (b. 1470)
• 1603 – Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
• 1646 – Peter Mogila, Moldavian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
• 1660 – André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
• 1666 – Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)
• 1681 – Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 – John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 – Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 – William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1867 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 – George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1899 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1917 – Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 – Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 – Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1960 – Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
• 1965 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)
• 1968 – Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)
• 1971 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 1974 – Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1988 – Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
• 1989 – Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893)
• 1993 – Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1995 – James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
• 2001 – Walter Newton Read, American lawyer and second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (b. 1918)
• 2002 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929)
• 2002 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
• 2009 – Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976)
• 2012 – Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Hans Hækkerup, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Ed Herrmann, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
• 2014 – John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)

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• 484 – Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign Christians are protected from persecution.
• 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
• 562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse.
• 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
• 679 – King Dagobert II is murdered while hunting.
• 962 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
• 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
• 1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
• 1783 – George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
• 1793 – The Battle of Savenay: a decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
• 1876 – First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 1893 – The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
• 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
• 1914 – World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
• 1916 – World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1919 – Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
• 1936 – Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1940 – World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
• 1941 – World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
• 1947 – The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
• 1948 – Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1954 – First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
• 1968 – The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
• 1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
• 1970 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
• 1972 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
• 1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having reportedly survived by cannibalism.
• 1979 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
• 1986 – Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
• 1990 – History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
• 2002 – A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
• 2003 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
• 2007 – An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
• 2010 – A monsoonal trough crosses the northeastern coast of Australia from the Coral Sea, bringing mass flooding across Queensland.

Births[edit]

• 1173 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
• 1513 – Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (d. 1577)
• 1582 – Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1663)
• 1597 – Martin Opitz, German poet and composer (d. 1639)
• 1613 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (d. 1676)
• 1621 – Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)
• 1621 – Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (d. 1678)
• 1689 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
• 1690 – Pamheiba, Indian emperor (d. 1751)
• 1713 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (d. 1749)
• 1732 – Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (d. 1792)
• 1750 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
• 1758 – Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician (d. 1834)
• 1777 – Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
• 1790 – Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (d. 1832)
• 1804 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic (d. 1869)
• 1805 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844)
• 1812 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (d. 1904)
• 1819 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (d. 1889)
• 1822 – Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875)
• 1839 – János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (d. 1917)
• 1843 – Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1924)
• 1854 – Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author (d. 1926)
• 1867 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (d. 1919)
• 1870 – John Marin, American architect and painter (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (d. 1972)
• 1885 – Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (d. 1994)
• 1896 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)
• 1900 – Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)
• 1902 – Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005)
• 1907 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader (d. 1942)
• 1908 – Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Kurt Meyer, German general (d. 1961)
• 1911 – James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1911 – Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1918 – José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1954)
• 1923 – Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host (d. 2008)
• 1923 – James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Rayner Unwin, English publisher (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Robert Bly, American poet and author
• 1926 – Harold Dorman, American rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Dick Weber, American professional bowler (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Akihito, Japanese emperor
• 1933 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster
• 1935 – Johnny Kidd, English rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1966)
• 1935 – Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Esther Phillips, American R&B singer (d. 1984)
• 1936 – Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 – Willie Wood, American football player
• 1937 – Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
• 1937 – Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
• 1939 – Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (d. 1995)
• 1940 – Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 – Robert Labine, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
• 1940 – Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Peter Davis, English businessman
• 1941 – Tim Hardin, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1980)
• 1942 – Quentin Bryce, Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
• 1943 – Ron Allen, American baseball player
• 1943 – Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic
• 1943 – Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
• 1943 – Queen Silvia of Sweden
• 1944 – Wesley Clark, American general
• 1945 – Ron Bushy, American rock drummer
• 1945 – Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
• 1945 – Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
• 1946 – Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 – Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1946 – John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Bill Rodgers, American runner
• 1947 – Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1948 – David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 – Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
• 1948 – Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
• 1948 – Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
• 1949 – Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 – Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician
• 1950 – Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general
• 1950 – Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator
• 1951 – Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, and political activist/pundit
• 1953 – Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
• 1953 – Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
• 1954 – Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
• 1955 – Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 1956 – Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 – Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Peter Wynn, Australian rugby league player and businessman
• 1958 – Joan Severance, American actress
• 1958 – Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian journalist and author
• 1961 – Ketan J. Patel, Kenyan-English biologist and academic
• 1961 – Carol Smillie, Scottish model and actress
• 1961 – Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress and producer
• 1962 – Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 – Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1962 – Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler and actor
• 1963 – Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Donna Tartt, American author
• 1963 – Ante Zelck, German businessman
• 1964 – Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 – Badi Assad, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
• 1967 – Tim Fountain, English author and playwright
• 1967 – Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager
• 1968 – Karyn Bryant, American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Barry Kooser, American painter and animator
• 1968 – Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Puerto Rican-American photographer
• 1968 – René Tretschok, German footballer and manager
• 1969 – Greg Biffle, American race car driver
• 1969 – Rodney Culver, American football player (d. 1996)
• 1970 – Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater and sportscaster
• 1970 – Raymont Harris, American football player
• 1970 – Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Jo Johnson, English banker, journalist, and politician
• 1971 – Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
• 1971 – Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model, actress, and author
• 1971 – Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2004)
• 1975 – Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Lady Starlight, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Joanna Hayes, American hurdler and coach
• 1976 – Brad Lidge, American baseball player
• 1976 – Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Uzbek-Greek footballer and manager
• 1976 – Jamie Noble, American wrestler and producer
• 1977 – Alge Crumpler, American football player
• 1977 – Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer
• 1977 – Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Paul Shirley, American basketball player and blogger
• 1978 – Esthero, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1978 – Andra Davis, American football player
• 1978 – Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
• 1979 – Abraham Chebii, Kenyan runner
• 1979 – Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Megan Mayhew Bergman, American author and educator
• 1979 – Kenny Miller, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Yukifumi Murakami, Japanese javelin thrower
• 1980 – Cody Ross, American baseball player
• 1981 – Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican-American swimmer
• 1981 – Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
• 1981 – Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (d. 2011)
• 1981 – Mario Santana, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Brad Nelson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist
• 1983 – Michael Chopra, English footballer
• 1983 – Lisa Dobriskey, English runner
• 1983 – Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Dudu Aharon, Israeli singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Josh Satin, American baseball player
• 1984 – Sebastian Werle, German rugby player
• 1985 – Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter
• 1986 – Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 – T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
• 1989 – Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
• 1992 – Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
• 1996 – Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 423 – Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (b. 392)
• 484 – Huneric, Vandal king
• 668 – Mor Gabriel, Turkish bishop and saint (b. 594)
• 679 – Dagobert II, Frankish king (b. 650)
• 761 – Gaubald, Frankish bishop (b. 700)
• 889 – Solomon II, bishop of Constance
• 910 – Saint Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar (b. 830)
• 918 – Conrad of Franconia (b. 890)
• 1230 – Berengaria of Navarre (b. 1165)
• 1556 – Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)
• 1568 – Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
• 1575 – Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
• 1588 – Henry I, Duke of Guise (b. 1550)
• 1631 – Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
• 1646 – François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
• 1652 – John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1675 – Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 – Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 – Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 – Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 – Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 – John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 – Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1912 – Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 – Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 – Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 – Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 – Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1954 – René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)
• 1961 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Kurt Meyer, German general (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)
• 1973 – Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)
• 1982 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1983 – Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1992 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)
• 1994 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2000 – Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930)
• 2004 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Charlie Drake, English actor (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Johnny Vincent, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2007 – William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)
• 2009 – Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2010 – K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Aydın Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979)
• 2013 – Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (b. 1954)
• 2013 – José Ortiz, Spanish illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2013 – G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Jeremy Lloyd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Don Howe, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1923)

Τα ψηλότερα χριστουγεννιάτικα δέντρα 

Δεν υπάρχει τίποτα πιο ταυτισμένο με την γιορτή των Χριστουγέννων από το χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο.
Με τις ρίζες του εθίμου να βρίσκονται στην κεντρική Ευρώπη, έγινε παγκόσμιο και πλέον το συναντά κανείς ακόμα και σε μη χριστιανικές χώρες.
Εκτός φυσικά από κάθε σπίτι, και οι πόλεις στολίζουν τα δικά τους δέντρα σε πλατείες και τοπόσημα τους, με έναν άτυπο ανταγωνισμό συχνά μεταξύ τους για το ποιο θα είναι το πιο εντυπωσιακό.
Αυτά είναι τα μεγαλύτερα χριστουγεννιάτικα δέντρα του κόσμου:
10. Ζυρίχη, 15 μέτρα
Μέσα στον κεντρικό σιδηροδρομικό σταθμό της πόλης, στολισμένο με κρύσταλλα Swarovski.

9. Λονδίνο, 20 μέτρα
Στην πλατεία Τράφαλγκαρ, το ελατο είναι ετήσιο δώρο της Νορβηγίας προς το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο ως ανταπόδοση της βοήθειας στον Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο.

8. Σίδνεϊ, 21 μέτρα
Από το 1937 οι κάτοικοι της πόλης υποδέχονται τα Χριστούγεννα με ένα μεγάλο δέντρο στολισμένο με 59.000 λαμπάκια.

7. Παρίσι, 21.3 μέτρα
Μέσα στο εμπορικό κέντρο που στεγάζεται στο μπελ επόκ κτίριο-κόσμημα, ένα λαμπρό δέντρο γεμάτο κρύσταλλα Swarovski περιμένει τους επισκέπτες.

6. Πράγα, 22 μέτρα
Μέσα σε μια απόλυτα χριστουγεννιάτικη πλατεία, το πανέμορφο δέντρο ξεχωρίζει με τον ιδιαίτερο στολισμό του.

5. Νέα Υόρκη, 24 μέτρα
Πασίγνωστο από τις άπειρες ταινίες του Χολιγουντ, το δέντρο στo Rockfeller Center είναι γεμάτο και αυτό με Swarovski και πολύχρωμα λαμπάκια.

4. Βίλνιους, 25 μέτρα
Η εικόνα μιλάει από μόνη της. Στην βαλτική πρωτεύουσα η φαντασία έχει τον πρώτο λόγο και το αποτέλεσμα είναι σίγουρα μοναδικό.

3. Φίνιξ, 33.5 μέτρα
Στην πόλη της Αριζόντας βρίσκει κανείς το μεγαλύτερο φυσικό χριστουγεννάτικο δέντρο των ΗΠΑ, με οικολογική μάλιστα χροιά, καθώς για κάθε ένα που κόβεται φυτεύονται άλλα δώδεκα.

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Γιουσέφ Λατίφ 
1920 – 2013

 ο Γούλιαμ και η Κέιτ σπάνε το πρωτόκολλο 

Το βασιλικό πρωτόκολλο αποφάσισαν να «σπάσουν» η Κέιτ Μίντλετον και ο Πρίγκιπας Ουίλιαμ, απορρίπτοντας το κάλεσμα της βασίλισσας για να γιορτάσουν όλοι μαζί στο εξοχικό της οικογενείας στο Σάντριγχαμ και προτιμώντας να περάσουν ευχάριστες στιγμές με την οικογένεια της... Κέιτ.

Και μπορεί η παράδοση να θέλει την βασιλική οικογένεια, όλη μαζεμένη στο εξοχικό για τις γιορτές, ωστόσο η Κέιτ αποφάσισε να απέχει απ’ αυτό λόγω των παιδιών της, Πρίγκιπα Τζορτζ και Πριγκίπισσα Σάρλετ.

Συγκεκριμένα, σύμφωνα με τους ειδικούς, η απόφαση της Κέιτ είναι και η πιο σωστή, καθώς το αυστηρό περιβάλλον που θα επικρατούσε στο Σάντριγχαμ δεν θα ήταν ιδανικό για τα μικρά παιδιά.

«Είναι απολύτως σωστό το κάνει το ζεύγος πίσω σε κάποια θέματα που αφορούν το πρωτόκολλο, καθώς έτσι η ζωή της Σάρλοτ και του Τζορτζ θα είναι πιο φυσιολογική», ανέφεραν οικογενειακοί σύμβουλοι στην Daily Mail.

Τα Χριστούγεννα στο Σάντριγχαμ είναι σαν να βρίσκεσαι στο στρατό, καθώς το χρονοδιάγραμμα είναι αυστηρό από την ώρα που θα φάνε πρωινό, μέχρι που θα καθίσουν ξανά στο τραπέζι το μεσημέρι.

Από την άλλη, η Πίπα έχει περιγράψει τα Χριστούγεννα στους Μίντλετον ως πολύ ήρεμα και κεφάτα, με τον πατέρα της να φοράει αστείες στολές, όπως μία φορεσιά σούμο.

«Τα παιδιά είναι ακόμη πολύ μικρά για να καταλάβουν τους περιορισμούς που έχουν ως μέλη της βασιλικής οικογένειας, πράγμα που σημαίνει πως θα πρέπει να κάθονται ήσυχα σε αρκετές περιπτώσεις», αναφέρει σε εγχειρίδιο που έχει γράψει για τους γονείς μία ειδικός επισημαίνοντας πως αυτό που έχει πραγματικά νόημα για τα παιδιά τις γιορτινές μέρες είναι να δένονται με την οικογένειά τους, να λαμβάνουν δώρα και φυσικά αγάπη.

Πάντως να σημειωθεί πως ούτε η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ έχει πάει στο Σάντρινγκχαμ ακόμη, καθώς εκείνη και ο πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος είχαν κρυολόγημα.