December 26

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Events

Births

  • 1194 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
  • 1532 – Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
  • 1536 – Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
  • 1542 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)
  • 1646 – Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
  • 1666 – Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism (d. 1708)
  • 1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755)
  • 1716 – Thomas Gray, English writer (d. 1771)
  • 1716 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)
  • 1723 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
  • 1737 – Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)
  • 1751 – Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
  • 1771 – Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
  • 1780 – Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
  • 1782 – Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
  • 1791 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
  • 1819 – E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
  • 1822 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
  • 1837 – George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
  • 1837 – Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
  • 1853 – RenĂ© Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
  • 1859 – William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
  • 1872 – Norman Angell, British politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
  • 1873 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
  • 1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
  • 1887 – Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
  • 1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
  • 1891 – Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
  • 1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
  • 1894 – Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
  • 1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
  • 1903 – Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
  • 1904 – Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
  • 1905 – William Loeb, American newspaper publisher, (d. 1981)
  • 1906 – Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1907 – Albert Gore Sr., American Politician (d. 1998)
  • 1911 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
  • 1913 – Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
  • 1914 – Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
  • 1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
  • 1918 – George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
  • 1921 – Steve Allen, American comedian (d. 2000)
  • 1922 – Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
  • 1924 – Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
  • 1926 – Gina PellĂłn, Cuban painter
  • 1927 – Alan King, American comedian (d. 2004)
  • 1927 – Stu Miller, American baseball player
  • 1927 – Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003)
  • 1929 – RĂ©gine, French singer and nightclub owner
  • 1930 – Donald Moffat, English-born actor
  • 1930 – Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
  • 1933 – Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
  • 1933 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
  • 1935 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)
  • 1935 – Norm Ullman, Canadian hockey player
  • 1937 – John Horton Conway, British mathematician
  • 1937 – Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
  • 1938 – Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
  • 1938 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
  • 1939 – Fred Schepisi, Australian film director
  • 1939 – Phil Spector, American music producer
  • 1940 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel laureate
  • 1940 – Ray Sadecki, American Major league baseball pitcher
  • 1941 – Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
  • 1942 – Marco Vinicio Cerezo ArĂ©valo, Guatemalan president
  • 1942 – Gray Davis, former Governor of California
  • 1944 – Jane Lapotaire, British actress
  • 1945 – John Walsh, American talk show host
  • 1947 – James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  • 1947 – Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
  • 1947 – Richard L. McCormick, President of Rutgers University
  • 1948 – Candy Crowley, American journalist
  • 1949 – JosĂ© Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
  • 1951 – Richard Skinner, British radio presenter
  • 1951 – John Scofield, American jazz guitarist
  • 1953 – Leonel Fernández, Dominican politician and current President of the Dominican Republic
  • 1953 – Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
  • 1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
  • 1954 – Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer
  • 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player
  • 1954 – Steve Steen, English actor
  • 1954 – Tony Rosato, Italian-Canadian actor
  • 1955 – Evan Bayh, American politician
  • 1956 – David Sedaris, American essayist
  • 1957 – Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
  • 1958 – Adrian Newey, British engineer
  • 1959 – Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
  • 1960 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
  • 1960 – Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
  • 1960 – Tina Wesson, Winner of
  • 1961 – Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
  • 1961 – John Lynch, Irish actor
  • 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
  • 1963 – Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
  • 1964 – Elizabeth Kostova, American author
  • 1966 – Tim Legler, American basketball player
  • 1966 – Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
  • 1968 – Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler
  • 1970 – James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
  • 1970 – Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
  • 1971 – Jared Leto, American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars)
  • 1971 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
  • 1971 – Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
  • 1972 – Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
  • 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English children's author
  • 1973 – Reichen Lehmkuhl, American television personality
  • 1974 – Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • 1974 – Joshua John Miller, American actor
  • 1975 – Marcelo RĂ­os, Chilean tennis player
  • 1976 – Simon Goodwin, Australian rules footballer
  • 1976 – Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
  • 1976 – Nadia Litz, Canadian actress
  • 1978 – Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
  • 1979 – Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1979 – Chris Daughtry, American singer
  • 1979 – Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
  • 1979 – Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
  • 1979 – Craig Wing, Australian Rugby League Player
  • 1980 – Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
  • 1982 – Kenneth Darby, American National Football League player
  • 1982 – Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model
  • 1982 – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
  • 1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
  • 1985 – Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol
  • 1987 – Adam Walker, British flautist
  • 1988 – Alistair Taylor, English Entrepreneur
  • 1989 – Jennica Garcia, Filipina actress
  • 1989 – Sergio PĂ©rez, Mexican racing driver
  • 1990 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
  • 1995 – Zach Mills, American actor

Deaths

  • 268 – Pope Dionysius
  • 418 – Pope Zosimus
  • 1350 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop
  • 1458 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
  • 1476 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444)
  • 1530 – Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)
  • 1574 – Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524)
  • 1624 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
  • 1731 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
  • 1771 – Claude Adrien HelvĂ©tius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
  • 1780 – John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
  • 1784 – Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
  • 1786 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
  • 1869 – Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)
  • 1890 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822)
  • 1909 – Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
  • 1923 – Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
  • 1931 – Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
  • 1933 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
  • 1933 – Henry Watson Fowler, English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language (b. 1858)
  • 1957 – Charles PathĂ©, French film and recording industries pioneer (b. 1863)
  • 1960 – Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
  • 1963 – George Wagner (Gorgeous George), American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915)
  • 1966 – Herbert Otto Gille, German SS officer (b. 1897)
  • 1970 – Lillian Board, British track and field athlete (b. 1948)
  • 1972 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
  • 1973 – Harold B. Lee, 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
  • 1974 – Farid al-Atrash, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
  • 1974 – Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)
  • 1977 – Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
  • 1980 – Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
  • 1981 – Savitri, Indian actress (b. 1937)
  • 1981 – Amber Reeves, feminist writer (b. 1887)
  • 1983 – Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
  • 1985 – Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
  • 1985 – Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
  • 1986 – Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
  • 1988 – Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
  • 1989 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
  • 1990 – Gene Callahan, American film art and production designer (b. 1923)
  • 1992 – Nikita Magaloff, Russian pianist (b. 1912)
  • 1994 – Parveen Shakir, Pakistani Woman Poet (b. 1952)
  • 1997 – Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922)
  • 1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
  • 1999 – Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
  • 2000 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
  • 2001 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
  • 2002 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
  • 2002 – Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
  • 2004 – Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman (b. 1928)
  • 2004 – Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
  • 2004 – Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African heart surgeon (b. 1959)
  • 2004 – Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician (b. 1959)
  • 2004 – Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
  • 2004 – Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician (b. 1962)
  • 2004 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-born Swedish musician (Nasum) (b. 1974)
  • 2004 – Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer (b. 1980)
  • 2004 – Khun Bhumi Jensen, Thai Royal Family member (b. 1983)
  • 2005 – Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
  • 2005 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
  • 2005 – Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
  • 2005 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
  • 2006 – Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
  • 2006 – Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
  • 2007 – John A. Garraty, American author (b. 1920)
  • 2007 – Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
  • 2007 – Joe Dolan, Irish entertainer (b. 1943)
  • 2008 – Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)

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