December 9

December 9 is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 22 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600
  • 1392 – Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)
  • 1447 – Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)
  • 1482 – Frederick II, Elector Palatine (d. 1556)
  • 1493 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (d. 1566)
  • 1508 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
  • 1561 – Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (d. 1629)
  • 1571 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
  • 1579 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
  • 1594 – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)

1601–1900
  • 1608 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)
  • 1610 – Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
  • 1617 – Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. 1657)
  • 1652 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
  • 1667 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)
  • 1717 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)
  • 1721 – Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
  • 1728 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (d. 1804)
  • 1742 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (d. 1786)
  • 1745 – Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
  • 1748 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
  • 1752 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)
  • 1787 – John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865)
  • 1779 – Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor (d. 1853)
  • 1806 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)
  • 1813 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
  • 1837 – Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)
  • 1842 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
  • 1845 – Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)
  • 1850 – Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)
  • 1861 – Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
  • 1867 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
  • 1868 – Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
  • 1870 – Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
  • 1870 – Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (d. 1932)[15]
  • 1871 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)
  • 1873 – George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1912)
  • 1875 – Harry Miller, American engineer (d. 1943)
  • 1876 – Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
  • 1882 – Elmer Booth, American actor (d. 1915)
  • 1882 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)
  • 1883 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
  • 1883 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
  • 1883 – Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (d. 1967)
  • 1886 – Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (d. 1956)
  • 1887 – Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)
  • 1889 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)
  • 1890 – Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)
  • 1891 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
  • 1892 – André Randall, French actor (d. 1974)
  • 1895 – Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)
  • 1895 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
  • 1897 – Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (d. 1987)
  • 1898 – Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (d. 1992)[16]
  • 1898 – Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (d. 1979)
  • 1899 – Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (d. 1937)
  • 1900 – Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (d. 1976)
  • 1900 – Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)

1901–present
  • 1901 – Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)
  • 1901 – Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938)
  • 1902 – Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (d. 1985)
  • 1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
  • 1905 – Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (d. 1976)
  • 1906 – Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992)[17]
  • 1906 – Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983)
  • 1909 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1910 – Vere Bird, first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (d. 1999)[18][19]
  • 1911 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 1911 – Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1912 – Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
  • 1912 – Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971)
  • 1914 – Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)
  • 1914 – Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)
  • 1914 – Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
  • 1915 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (d. 2000)
  • 1915 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)
  • 1916 – Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
  • 1916 – Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2020)
  • 1916 – Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)
  • 1917 – James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
  • 1917 – James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
  • 1919 – V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1919 – William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
  • 1920 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (d. 2016)
  • 1920 – Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2007)
  • 1922 – Redd Foxx, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 1925 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
  • 1926 – David Nathan, British journalist (d. 2001)
  • 1926 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995)
  • 1926 – Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)
  • 1927 – Pierre Henry, French composer (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Joan Blos, American author and educator (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
  • 1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1929 – Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2019)
  • 1930 – Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
  • 1930 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (d. 2016)
  • 1931 – Cliff Hagan, American basketball player-coach[20]
  • 1931 – William Reynolds, American actor
  • 1931 – Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1932 – Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1932 – Bill Hartack, American jockey (d. 2007)
  • 1932 – Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
  • 1933 – Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator
  • 1933 – Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Morton Downey Jr., American actor and talk show host (d. 2001)
  • 1933 – Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
  • 1934 – Judi Dench, English actress
  • 1934 – Alan Ridout, English composer and teacher (d. 1996)[21]
  • 1934 – Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1998)
  • 1938 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
  • 1938 – Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)
  • 1938 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1940 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
  • 1941 – Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)
  • 1941 – Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1941 – Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
  • 1942 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997)
  • 1942 – Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
  • 1942 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
  • 1942 – Fred Jones, Australian rugby league player
  • 1942 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1942 – William Turnage, American conservationist (d. 2017)[22]
  • 1943 – Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
  • 1943 – Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
  • 1943 – Kenny Vance, American singer-songwriter and music producer
  • 1944 – Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1944 – Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer
  • 1944 – Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006)
  • 1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor
  • 1946 – David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
  • 1946 – Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
  • 1946 – Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
  • 1946 – Nicholas Reade, English bishop
  • 1947 – Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
  • 1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
  • 1947 – Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
  • 1948 – Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
  • 1949 – Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
  • 1950 – Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1952 – Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
  • 1952 – Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
  • 1953 – Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
  • 1953 – World B. Free, American basketball player
  • 1953 – John Malkovich, American actor and producer
  • 1954 – Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • 1954 – Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host
  • 1955 – Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
  • 1956 – Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter
  • 1956 – Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
  • 1957 – Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer
  • 1957 – Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
  • 1957 – Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1959 – Susan Bullock, English soprano
  • 1960 – Stefen Fangmeier, American visual effects designer and director
  • 1960 – Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician
  • 1960 – Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician
  • 1960 – Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
  • 1961 – David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer
  • 1962 – Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor
  • 1963 – Empress Masako, Empress of Japan[23]
  • 1963 – Dave Hilton Jr., Canadian boxer
  • 1964 – Michael Foster, American drummer
  • 1964 – Ross Harrington, Australian rugby league player
  • 1964 – Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
  • 1964 – Les Kiss, Australian rugby league player
  • 1964 – Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
  • 1964 – Paul Landers, German guitarist
  • 1965 – Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
  • 1966 – Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician
  • 1966 – Dave Harold, English snooker player
  • 1966 – Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
  • 1966 – Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach
  • 1967 – Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor
  • 1967 – Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager
  • 1968 – Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1968 – Brent Price, American basketball player
  • 1969 – Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1969 – Saskia Garel, Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1969 – Lori Greiner, American businesswoman
  • 1969 – Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
  • 1969 – Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
  • 1970 – Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1970 – Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
  • 1971 – Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
  • 1971 – Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1972 – Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
  • 1972 – Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
  • 1972 – Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1972 – Saima Wazed Hossain, Bangladeshi psychologist[24]
  • 1972 – Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
  • 1973 – Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner
  • 1973 – Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano
  • 1974 – Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper
  • 1974 – Wendy Dillinger, American soccer player, coach, and manager
  • 1974 – Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1974 – Fiona MacDonald, Scottish curler[25]
  • 1976 – Chris Booker, American baseball player
  • 1977 – Shayne Graham, American football player
  • 1977 – Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1978 – Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player
  • 1978 – Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician
  • 1979 – Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
  • 1979 – Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
  • 1979 – Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier
  • 1980 – Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
  • 1980 – Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
  • 1980 – Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
  • 1981 – Mardy Fish, American tennis player
  • 1982 – Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
  • 1982 – Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner
  • 1982 – Ryan Grant, American football player
  • 1982 – Bastian Swillims, German sprinter
  • 1983 – Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer
  • 1983 – Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player
  • 1983 – Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
  • 1984 – Ángel Guirado, Spanish–Filipino footballer
  • 1984 – Leon Hall, American football player
  • 1985 – Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
  • 1987 – Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
  • 1987 – Mat Latos, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
  • 1988 – Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1990 – Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
  • 1991 – Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
  • 1993 – Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
  • 1993 – Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
  • 1995 – McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
  • 1996 – Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player[26]
  • 1996 – MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
  • 1999 – Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician
  • 2000 – Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

Deaths

Pre-1600
  • 638 – Sergius I of Constantinople
  • 730 – Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Arab general
  • 748 – Nasr ibn Sayyar, Umayyad general and politician (b. 663)
  • 933 – Li Congrong, prince of Later Tang
  • 1117 – Gertrude of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
  • 1165 – Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)
  • 1242 – Richard le Gras, Lord Keeper of England and Abbot of Evesham
  • 1268 – Vaišvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia, Grand Duke of Lithuania
  • 1299 – Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier
  • 1437 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)
  • 1544 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
  • 1565 – Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)[27]

1601–1900
  • 1603 – William Watson, English priest (b. 1559)
  • 1625 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
  • 1636 – Fabian Birkowski, Polish preacher and author (b. 1566)
  • 1641 – Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (b. 1599)
  • 1669 – Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
  • 1674 – Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
  • 1706 – Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
  • 1718 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
  • 1761 – Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)[28]
  • 1793 – Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
  • 1798 – Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
  • 1830 – Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
  • 1854 – Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
  • 1858 – Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
  • 1887 – Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader

1901–present
  • 1906 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
  • 1916 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
  • 1924 – Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
  • 1930 – Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
  • 1932 – Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
  • 1932 – Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
  • 1935 – Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
  • 1937 – Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
  • 1937 – Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
  • 1941 – Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
  • 1943 – Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
  • 1944 – Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
  • 1945 – Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
  • 1957 – Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
  • 1963 – Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
  • 1963 – Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
  • 1964 – Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)
  • 1965 – Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
  • 1967 – Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
  • 1968 – Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)
  • 1970 – Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)
  • 1970 – Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
  • 1971 – Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • 1971 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874)
  • 1971 – Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (b. 1886)
  • 1972 – Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (b. 1881)
  • 1975 – William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)
  • 1979 – Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (b. 1895)
  • 1982 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
  • 1991 – Berenice Abbott, American photographer (b. 1898)
  • 1992 – Vincent Gardenia, American actor (b. 1922)
  • 1993 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
  • 1995 – Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)
  • 1995 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)
  • 1996 – Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
  • 1996 – Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
  • 1996 – Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
  • 1996 – Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
  • 1998 – Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
  • 1998 – Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)
  • 2001 – Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)
  • 2002 – Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)
  • 2002 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
  • 2002 – Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)
  • 2003 – Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
  • 2003 – Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928)
  • 2005 – György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912)
  • 2005 – Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
  • 2006 – Georgia Gibbs, American singer (b. 1919)
  • 2007 – Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981)
  • 2007 – Gordon Zahn, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1918)
  • 2008 – Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)
  • 2008 – Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
  • 2009 – Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)
  • 2010 – James Moody, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1925)
  • 2010 – Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (b. 1924)
  • 2012 – Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1918)
  • 2012 – Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (b. 1923)
  • 2012 – Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1969)
  • 2012 – Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (b. 1953)
  • 2012 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (b. 1921)
  • 2013 – John Gabbert, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1909)
  • 2013 – Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Polish pianist and educator (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922)
  • 2013 – John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943)
  • 2014 – Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924)
  • 2014 – Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923)
  • 2014 – Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937)
  • 2014 – Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
  • 2014 – Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927)
  • 2015 – Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941)
  • 2015 – Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
  • 2015 – Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936)
  • 2021 – Speedy Duncan, American football player (b. 1942)[29]
  • 2021 – Demaryius Thomas, American football player (b. 1987)

Holidays and observances
  • Anna's Day, marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve, as well as a Swedish name day, celebrating all people named Anna. (Sweden and Finland)
  • Armed Forces Day (Peru)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne (Eastern Orthodox Church)
    • Juan Diego
    • Leocadia
    • Nectarius of Auvergne
    • Peter Fourier
    • December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Fatherland's Heroes Day (Russia)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tanganyika from Britain in 1961. (Tanzania)
  • International Anti-Corruption Day (United Nations)[30]
  • National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda)
  • Navy Day (Sri Lanka)

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