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December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian
calendar. 19 days remain until the end of the year.

Contents
  1Events
 2Births
 3Deaths
 4Holidays and observances
 5References
 6External links

Events
 627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under
Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau
II's Persian forces, commanded by General
Rhahzadh.[1]
 884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident.
[2]

 1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos

and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.[3]
 1862 – American Civil War: USS  Cairo sinks on
the Yazoo River.[4]
 1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in
England kills 361 miners and rescuers.[5]
 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South
Carolina becomes the second black U.S.
congressman.[6]
 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first
transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse
Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.[7]
 1917 – Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys
Town as a farm village for wayward boys.[8]
 1935 – Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction
program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.[9]
 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese
War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb
and sink U.S. gunboat USS  Panay on
the Yangtze river in China.[10]
 1939 – HMS  Duchess sinks after a collision
with HMS  Barham off the coast of Scotland with the
loss of 124 men.[11]
 1941 – World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M
Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús
Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them
off; César Basa is killed.[12]
  1941 – The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler declares the
imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in
the Reich Chancellery.[13]
 1945 – The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed
in the South, by order of the United States Army
Military Government in Korea.[14]
 1946 – United Nations Security Council Resolution
13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to
the United Nations is adopted.[15]
 1956 – United Nations Security Council Resolution
121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United
Nations is adopted.[16]
 1979 – The 8.2 Mw  Tumaco
earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a
maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing
300–600, and generating a large tsunami.[17]
 1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas
DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander,
Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board,
including 236 members of the United States
Army's 101st Airborne Division.[18]
 1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-
five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three
commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in
the United Kingdom.[19]
 2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases
its decision in Bush v. Gore.[20]
 2001 – Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn
Khải announces the decision on upgrading the
Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national
park, providing information on projects for the
conservation and development of the park and
revised maps.[21]
 2012 – North Korea successfully launches its first
satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.[22]
 2015 – The Paris Agreement relating to United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change is adopted.[23][24]

Births
 1526 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz,
Spanish admiral (d. 1588)[25]
 1685 – Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and
composer (d. 1743)[26]
 1724 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English
admiral and politician (d. 1816)[27]
 1786 – William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge,
and politician, 21st United States Secretary of
State (d. 1857)[28]
 1799 – Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)[29]
 1805 – Henry Wells, American businessman, co-
founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d.
1878)[30]
 1806 – Stand Watie, American general (d. 1871)[31]
 1812 – John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer
and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872)[32]
 1821 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (d. 1880)[33]
 1830 – Joseph Orville Shelby, Confederate general
(d. 1897)[34]
 1842 – Adolf Bötticher, German journalist and
historian (d. 1901)[35]
 1845 – Bruce Price, American architect, designed
the American Surety Building and Bank of the
Metropolis (d. 1903)[36]
 1866 – Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)[37]
 1870 – Walter Benona Sharp, American
businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d.
1912)[38]
 1876 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and
runner (d. 1928)[39]
 1881 – Louise Thuliez, French school teacher,
resistance fighter during World War I and World War
II and author (d. 1966)[40]
 1893 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d.
1973)[41]
 1901 – Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (d.
1942)[42]
 1907 – Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer
(d. 2015)[43]
 1912 – Henry Armstrong, American boxer (d. 1988)[44]
 1915 – Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and
producer (d. 1998)[45]
 1918 – Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (d.
1999)[46]
 1920 – Josef Doležal, Czech race walker (d. 1999)[47]
 1923 – Bob Barker, American game show host and
producer[48]
 1923 – Bob Dorough, American musician, composer,
and producer (d. 2018)[49]
 1925 – Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
(d. 2009)[50]
 1925 – Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (d. 1985)[51]
 1925 – Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist
and composer (d. 2017)[52]
 1927 – Robert Noyce, American inventor and
businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (d.
1990)[53]
 1928 – Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and
academic (d. 2011)[54]
 1929 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and
composer[55]
 1932 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player and
coach[56]
 1933 – Christa Stubnick, German sprinter[57]
 1934 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and
politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012)[58]
 1936 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and
educator (d. 2016)[59]
 1937 – Philip Ledger, English pianist, composer, and
academic (d. 2012)[60]
 1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian
Minister of Agriculture[61]
 1943 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-
songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999) [62]
 1945 – Tony Williams, American drummer,
composer, and producer (d. 1997)[63]
 1947 – Chris Mullin, English journalist and
politician[64]
 1948 – Colin Todd, English football player and
coach[65]
 1949 – Bill Nighy, English actor[66]
 1949 – Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy
businessman and politician, President of
Madagascar[67]
 1950 – Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist[68]
 1950 – Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and
academic[69]
 1950 – Gorman Thomas, American baseball player[70]
 1950 – Rajinikanth, Indian actor[71]
 1950 – Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player,
coach, and manager[72]
 1951 – Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani
Minister of Interior[73]
 1952 – Cathy Rigby, American gymnast[74]
 1953 – Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and
politician[75]
 1953 – Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football
player[76]
 1955 – Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist[77]
 1956 – Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist[78]
 1960 – Martina Hellmann, German discus thrower[79]
 1961 – Andrey Perlov, Russian race walker[80]
 1962 – Tracy Austin, American tennis player and
sportscaster[81]
 1962 – Arturo Barrios, Mexican-American runner[82]
 1962 – Mike Golic, American football player and
radio host[83]
 1963 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican
businessman and politician[84] (d. 2012)
 1964 – Haywood Jeffires, American football player
and coach[85]
 1967 – John Randle, American football player[86]
 1968 – Sašo Udovič, Slovenian footballer[87]
 1969 – Wilfred Kirochi, Kenyan runner[88]
 1969 – Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper[89]
 1969 – Michael Möllenbeck, German discus
thrower[90]
 1971 – Sammy Korir, Kenyan runner[91]
 1972 – Nicky Eaden, English footballer and coach[92]
 1972 – Craig Field, Australian rugby league player[93]
 1972 – Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner[94]
 1972 – Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter[95]
 1974 – Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-American runner[96]
 1974 – Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer and
manager[97]
  1975 – Craig Moore, Australian footballer and
manager[98]
 1977 – Yoel Hernández, Cuban hurdler[99]
 1977 – Dean Macey, English decathlete and
bobsledder[100]
 1977 – Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player[101]
 1979 – Nate Clements, American football player[102]
 1979 – John Salmons, American basketball player[103]
 1980 – Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner (d. 2010)
[104]

 1980 – Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer[105]

 1981 – Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer[106]
 1981 – Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer[107]
 1981 – Stephen Warnock, English footballer[108]
 1982 – Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player[109]
 1983 – Roni Porokara, Finnish footballer[110]
 1984 – Daniel Agger, Danish footballer[111]
 1985 – Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball
player[112]
 1986 – Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer[113]
 1986 – Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer[114]
 1986 – Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper[115]
 1986 – T. J. Ward, American football player[116]
 1988 – Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league
player[117]
 1990 – Nixon Chepseba, Kenyan runner[118]
 1990 – Dawin, American singer-songwriter[119][120]
 1991 – Joseph Leilua, Australian-Samoan rugby
league player[121]
 1993 – Zeli Ismail, English footballer[122]
 1994 – Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned
in North Korea (d. 2017)[123]

Deaths
 1296 – Isabella of Mar, first wife of Robert Bruce VII
(b. 1277)[124]
 1572 – Loredana Marcello, Dogaressa of Venice,
botanist, author[125]
 1751 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke,
English philosopher and politician, Secretary at
War (b. 1678)[126]
 1766 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German
philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)[127]
 1794 – Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author
(b. 1742)[128]
 1803 – Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)[129]
 1858 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and
politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)[130]
 1889 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian
mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)[131]
 1894 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian
lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of
Canada (b. 1845)[132]
 1913 – Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)[133]
 1921 – Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American
astronomer and academic (b. 1868)[134]
 1923 – Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet
(b. 1903)[135]
 1934 – Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)[136]
 1939 – Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)[137]
 1941 – César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b.
1915)[138]
 1951 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)[139]
 1958 – Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician,
1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
[140]

 1966 – Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b.

1880)[141]
 1968 – Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b.
1902)[142]
 1970 – Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b.
1889)[143]
 1975 – Richard Baggallay, English colonel and
cricketer (b. 1884)[144]
 1980 – Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912)[145]
 1985 – Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)[146]
 1993 – József Antall, Hungarian historian and
politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
[147]

 1994 – Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and

astronaut (b. 1933)[148]
 1996 – Vance Packard, American journalist, author,
and critic (b. 1914)[149]
 1997 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian
mathematician and academic (b. 1921)[150]
 1998 – Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and
politician, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930)[151]
 1998 – Morris Udall, American captain and politician
(b. 1922)[152]
 1999 – Paul Cadmus, American painter and
illustrator (b. 1904)[153]
 1999 – Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story
writer, and playwright(b. 1923)[154]
 2001 – Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer
(b. 1897)[155]
 2002 – Dee Brown, American historian and author
(b. 1908)[156]
 2003 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and
politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)[157]
 2005 – Robert Newmyer, American actor and
producer (b. 1956)[158]
 2005 – Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (b. 1936)
[159]

 2005 – Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and

politician (b. 1957)[160]
 2006 – Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b.
1928)[161]
 2006 – Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)[162]
 2006 – Alan Shugart, American engineer and
businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology (b.
1930)[163]
 2007 – François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (b. 1953)
[164]

 2007 – Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter,

guitarist, and producer (b. 1931)[165]
 2008 – Avery Dulles, American cardinal and
theologian (b. 1918)[166]
 2008 – Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)[167]
 2010 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver,
founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (b. 1946)[168][169]
 2012 – Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher,
and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton
Communications Company (b. 1924)[170]
  2012 – David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987)[171]
 2013 – Abdul Quader Molla, Bangladeshi journalist
and politician (b. 1948)[172]
 2013 – Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917)[173]
 2014 – Norman Bridwell, American author and
illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (b. 1928)
[174]

 2014 – Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English

mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1941) [175]
[176]

 2014 – Herb Plews, American baseball player (b.

1928)[177]
 2015 – Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (b. 1942)[178]
 2015 – Evelyn S. Lieberman, American
politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b.
1944)[179]
 2016 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American
novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1931)[180]
 2017 – Ed Lee, American politician and attorney,
43rd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1952)[181][182][183]
 2017 – Pat DiNizio, American singer and songwriter
(b. 1955)[184][185]
 2020 – John le Carré, English author (b. 1931)[186]

Holidays and observances

 Christian feast day:
o Abra of Poitiers
o Columba of Terryglass
o Corentin of Quimper
o Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet
o Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
o Finnian of Clonard
o Vicelinus
 Constitution Day (Russia)[187]
 Neutrality Day (Turkmenistan)[188]

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