December 30

December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; one day remains until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

  • 534 The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
  • 999 Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
  • 1066 Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
  • 1419 Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
  • 1460 Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.

1601–1900

  • 1702 Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
  • 1813 War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
  • 1816 The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
  • 1825 The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
  • 1853 Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
  • 1890 Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.[2]
  • 1896 Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
  • 1896 Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
  • 1897 The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • AD 39 Titus, Roman emperor (probable;[5] d. 81)
  • 159 Empress Dowager Bian, second wife of Cao Cao, mother of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi (d. 230)
  • 1204 Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
  • 1371 Vasily I of Moscow (d. 1425)
  • 1490 Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman lawyer and jurist (d. 1574)
  • 1548 David Pareus, German theologian (d. 1622)
  • 1578 Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1624)

1601–1900

  • 1642 Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
  • 1673 Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736)
  • 1678 William Croft, English organist and composer (d. 1727)
  • 1722 Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
  • 1724 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (d. 1805)
  • 1757 Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (d. 1826)[6]
  • 1760 Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829)
  • 1792 Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (d. 1861)
  • 1819 Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
  • 1819 John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
  • 1825 Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (d. 1891)
  • 1842 Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter (d. 1910)
  • 1849 John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
  • 1851 Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)[7]
  • 1853 André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)[8]
  • 1857 Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer (d. 1944)[9]
  • 1865 Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)[10]
  • 1869 Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d. 1944)
  • 1869 Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
  • 1873 Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944)
  • 1878 William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, seventh Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)
  • 1879 Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)
  • 1883 Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician (d. 1966)
  • 1883 Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
  • 1884 Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
  • 1886 Austin Osman Spare, English artist and occultist (d. 1956)[11]
  • 1887 William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach (d. 1967)
  • 1887 K.M.Munshi, Indian politician, writer and educationist, founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (d. 1971)[12]
  • 1890 Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973)[13]
  • 1897 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (d. 1976)
  • 1899 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (d. 2001)

1901–present

  • 1904 Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987)
  • 1905 Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
  • 1906 Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (d. 1997)
  • 1906 Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
  • 1910 Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
  • 1911 Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
  • 1913 Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
  • 1913 Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
  • 1914 Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host (d. 1992)
  • 1917 Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
  • 1919 Dick Spooner, English cricketer (d. 1997)
  • 1919 David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1921 Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
  • 1922 Jane Langton, American author and illustrator (d. 2018)
  • 1923 Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician (d. 1977)
  • 1924 Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013)
  • 1925 Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director (d. 2002)[14]
  • 1926 Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1927 Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1928 Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
  • 1929 Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1930 Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
  • 1930 Red Rhodes, American pedal steel guitarist (d. 1995)
  • 1930 Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (d. 2005)[15]
  • 1930 Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1931 Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1931 John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author (d. 2020)
  • 1931 Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1933 Timité Bassori, Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer[16]
  • 1934 John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
  • 1934 Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
  • 1934 Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster
  • 1934 Joseph P. Hoar, American general
  • 1934 Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
  • 1934 Russ Tamblyn, American actor
  • 1935 Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
  • 1935 Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster[17]
  • 1935 Jack Riley, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1937 Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
  • 1937 John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
  • 1937 Jim Marshall, American football player
  • 1937 Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1938 Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
  • 1939 Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
  • 1939 Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1983)
  • 1940 James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1941 Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
  • 1942 Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist (d. 2019)
  • 1942 Guy Edwards, English race car driver
  • 1942 Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2021)
  • 1942 Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
  • 1942 Robert Quine, American guitarist (d. 2004)
  • 1942 Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
  • 1942 Fred Ward, American actor (d. 2022)
  • 1944 William J. Fallon, American admiral
  • 1944 Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher (d. 2017)
  • 1945 Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
  • 1945 Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
  • 1945 Paola Pigni, Italian runner (d. 2021)
  • 1945 Concetta Tomei, American actress
  • 1946 Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter
  • 1946 Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
  • 1946 Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
  • 1947 James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  • 1947 Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1947 Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
  • 1948 Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
  • 1949 David Bedford, English runner
  • 1949 Jerry Coyne, American biologist and author[18][19]
  • 1949 Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
  • 1950 Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
  • 1950 Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
  • 1950 Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
  • 1950 Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
  • 1951 Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
  • 1951 Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
  • 1951 Nick Rose, English runner
  • 1952 June Anderson, American soprano and actress
  • 1953 Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
  • 1953 Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
  • 1953 Graham Vick, English director and producer
  • 1953 Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
  • 1954 Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
  • 1956 Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1956 Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1956 Patricia Kalember, American actress
  • 1956 Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
  • 1957 Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor
  • 1957 Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor
  • 1958 Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
  • 1958 Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
  • 1959 Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
  • 1959 Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
  • 1959 Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
  • 1959 Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • 1960 Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
  • 1961 Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
  • 1961 Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 1961 Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
  • 1961 Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
  • 1961 Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1963 Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
  • 1963 Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
  • 1963 Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player[20]
  • 1964 Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
  • 1964 Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
  • 1964 George Newbern, American actor
  • 1965 Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
  • 1966 Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
  • 1966 Bennett Miller, American director and producer
  • 1967 Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
  • 1968 Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1968 Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
  • 1968 Sandra Glover, American hurdler
  • 1968 Albano Mucci, Australian activist
  • 1969 Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
  • 1969 Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
  • 1969 Jay Kay, British singer-songwriter and lead singer of Jamiroquai[21]
  • 1969 Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
  • 1969 Michelle McGann, American golfer
  • 1969 Meredith Monroe, American actress
  • 1971 Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1971 C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
  • 1971 Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1971 Manuela Schmermund, German Paralympic sport shooter[22]
  • 1972 Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
  • 1972 Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
  • 1972 Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
  • 1972 Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer
  • 1973 Jason Behr, American actor
  • 1973 Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
  • 1974 Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1975 Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
  • 1975 Tiger Woods, American golfer
  • 1976 Kastro, American rapper
  • 1976 Patrick Kerney, American football player
  • 1976 A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1977 Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
  • 1977 Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
  • 1977 Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
  • 1977 Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
  • 1977 Scott Lucas, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1977 Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
  • 1977 Lucy Punch, English actress
  • 1977 Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
  • 1978 Devin Brown, American basketball player
  • 1978 Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1978 Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
  • 1978 Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
  • 1978 Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
  • 1979 Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1979 Yelawolf, American rapper, singer, songwriter and producer
  • 1980 Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
  • 1980 D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
  • 1980 Alison McGovern, British politician
  • 1981 Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
  • 1981 Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
  • 1981 Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1981 Matt Ulrich, American football player
  • 1982 Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
  • 1982 Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
  • 1982 Dawan Landry, American football player
  • 1982 Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
  • 1983 Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
  • 1983 Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
  • 1983 Nick Symmonds, American runner
  • 1983 Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
  • 1984 Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1984 Andra Day, American singer and songwriter[23]
  • 1984 LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman[24]
  • 1985 Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
  • 1985 Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
  • 1986 Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
  • 1986 Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1986 Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
  • 1986 Caity Lotz, American actress
  • 1989 Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
  • 1989 Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player[25]
  • 1990 Joe Root, English cricketer
  • 1990 Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
  • 1991 Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player[26]
  • 1992 Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
  • 1992 Carson Wentz, American football player
  • 1995 V, South Korean singer and actor[27]
  • 1996 Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 274 Pope Felix I[28]
  • 717 Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester
  • 903 Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (b. 858)
  • 925 Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (b. 862)
  • 1115 Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
  • 1331 Bernard Gui, inquisitor (b. 1261 or 1262)
  • 1435 Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (b. 1362)
  • 1436 Louis III, Elector Palatine (b. 1378)
  • 1460 Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443)
  • 1460 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (b. 1411)
  • 1525 Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459)
  • 1572 Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512)
  • 1573 Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504)
  • 1591 Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)[29]

1601–1900

  • 1621 Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b. 1550)
  • 1640 John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)
  • 1643 Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566)
  • 1644 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
  • 1662 Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
  • 1769 Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
  • 1777 Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727)
  • 1788 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
  • 1803 Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
  • 1879 Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
  • 1885 Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (b. 1824)[30]
  • 1896 José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)

1901–present

  • 1906 Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
  • 1908 Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
  • 1916 Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
  • 1928 Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
  • 1937 Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
  • 1940 Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
  • 1941 El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
  • 1944 Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
  • 1945 Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
  • 1947 Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
  • 1947 Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
  • 1954 Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
  • 1955 Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
  • 1967 Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
  • 1968 Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
  • 1970 Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
  • 1971 Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
  • 1971 Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919)
  • 1979 Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)[31]
  • 1982 Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896)
  • 1983 Violette Cordery, English race car driver (b. 1900)
  • 1986 Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
  • 1988 Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b. 1925)
  • 1988 Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and landscaper (b. 1904)
  • 1990 Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929)
  • 1992 Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (b. 1928)[32]
  • 1993 İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1908)
  • 1993 Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907)
  • 1993 Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (b. 1907)
  • 1994 Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
  • 1995 Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
  • 1995 Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor (b. 1924)
  • 1996 Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
  • 1997 Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926)
  • 1998 Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)
  • 1999 Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (b. 1915)
  • 1999 Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909)
  • 1999 Des Renford, Australian swimmer (b. 1927)
  • 1999 Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (b. 1880)
  • 2000 Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
  • 2002 Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
  • 2002 Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1910)
  • 2002 Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
  • 2003 John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932)
  • 2004 Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
  • 2005 Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
  • 2005 Rona Jaffe, American novelist (b. 1932)
  • 2006 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (b. 1937)
  • 2006 Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938)
  • 2006 Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
  • 2009 Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959)
  • 2009 Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
  • 2010 Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba (b. 1949)
  • 2011 Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (b. 1920)
  • 2012 Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971)
  • 2012 Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923)
  • 2012 Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
  • 2012 Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928)
  • 2012 Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (b. 1948)
  • 2013 Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (b. 1929)
  • 2013 José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934)
  • 2013 Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
  • 2013 Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
  • 2013 Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
  • 2014 Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
  • 2014 Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1936)
  • 2014 Luise Rainer, German-born American-British actress (b. 1910)
  • 2015 Doug Atkins, American football player (b. 1930)
  • 2015 Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (b. 1956)
  • 2015 Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (b. 1929)
  • 2015 Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1934)
  • 2017 Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (b. 1990)[33]
  • 2020 Dawn Wells, American actress, (b. 1938)[34]

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Abraham the Writer
    • Anysia of Salonika
    • Egwin of Evesham
    • Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church)
    • Liberius of Ravenna
    • Pope Felix I
    • Ralph of Vaucelles
    • Roger of Cannae
    • December 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
  • Rizal Day (Philippines)
  • The fifth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
  • The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

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