December 10

Pre-1600 • 1317 – The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. • 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. • 1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. • 1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. 1601–1900 • 1652 – Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy. • 1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter. • 1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley. • 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. • 1799 – France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. • 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. • 1861 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 12th state of the Confederacy. • 1861 – Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha ''L'Esperance''. • 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia. • 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria. • 1896 – Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance. • 1898 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines. 1901–present • 1901 – The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. • 1902 – The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. • 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field. • 1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers. • 1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. • 1932 – Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. • 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication. • 1941 – World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships and are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya. • 1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon. • 1942 – World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations. • 1948 – The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations. • 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan. • 1953 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature. • 1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah. • 1963 – An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more. • 1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo. • 1978 – Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. • 1979 – Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested. • 1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. • 1984 – United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture. • 1989 – Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union. • 1991 – The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence. • 1991 – Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan. • 1991 – The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan. • 1992 – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices. • 1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages. • 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down. • 1995 – The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord. • 1996 – The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela. • 1999 – Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election. • 2005 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people. • 2014 – Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah. • 2015 – Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria. • 2016 – Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others. • 2017 – ISIL is defeated in Iraq. • 2019 – The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator. • 2021 – A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers. ==Births==

Pre-1600 • 553 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (died 604) • 1376 – Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (died 1409) • 1452 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1531) • 1472 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481) • 1489 – Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (died 1512) • 1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (died 1637) 1601–1900 • 1610 – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (died 1685) • 1654 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (died 1719) • 1658 – Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (died 1743) • 1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (died 1747) • 1751 – George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (died 1813) • 1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (died 1848) • 1783 – María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (died 1873) • 1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (died 1851) • 1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (died 1851) • 1805 – William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (died 1879) • 1805 – Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (died 1881) • 1811 – Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (died 1894) • 1815 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1852) • 1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (died 1877) • 1822 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (died 1890) • 1824 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (died 1905) • 1827 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1913) • 1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (died 1886) • 1851 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931) • 1866 – Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (died 1930) • 1870 – Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (died 1958) • 1870 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (died 1933) • 1870 – Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (died 1925) • 1878 – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (died 1972) • 1878 – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (died 1931) • 1882 – Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (died 1945) • 1882 – Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1950) • 1883 – Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (died 1968) • 1885 – Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (died 1973) • 1885 – Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (died 1967) • 1886 – Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (died 1959) • 1889 – Ray Collins, American actor (died 1965) • 1890 – László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1946) • 1891 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969) • 1891 – Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1967) • 1891 – Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970) • 1896 – Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (died 1948) 1901–present • 1903 – Una Merkel, American actress (died 1986) • 1904 – Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975) • 1906 – Harold Adamson, American lyricist (died 1980) • 1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (died 1973) • 1907 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (died 1998) • 1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (died 2005) • 1907 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (died 1979) • 1908 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (died 1992) • 1909 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (died 1990) • 1910 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (died 1996) • 1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (died 1974) • 1912 – Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (died 1976) • 1912 – Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (died 1988) • 1912 – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (died 1990) • 1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (died 1988) • 1913 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1996) • 1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (died 1987) • 1913 – Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (died 1976) • 1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (died 1996) • 1915 – Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006) • 1916 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (died 2013) • 1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (died 2003) • 1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995) • 1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (died 2008) • 1920 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (died 1977) • 1920 – Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (died 2002) • 1921 – Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2012) • 1922 – Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (died 2016) • 1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (died 2010) • 1923 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (died 2013) • 1924 – Ken Albers, American singer and musician (died 2007) • 1924 – Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 1997) • 1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (died 2014) • 1926 – Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959) • 1927 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (died 2015) • 1927 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (died 2013) • 1928 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (died 1976) • 1930 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2013) • 1930 – Ray Felix, American basketball player (died 1991) • 1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food • 1931 – Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (died 2016) • 1933 – Philip R. Craig, American author (died 2007) • 1933 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (died 2006) • 1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994) • 1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer (died 2024) • 1935 – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2001) • 1936 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (died 2014) • 1938 – Bill Dunk, Australian golfer • 1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (died 2023) • 1939 – Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee • 1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic • 1941 – Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008) • 1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer • 1960 – Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor • 1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter • 1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer and actress • 1964 – Stephen Billington, English actor • 1964 – Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior • 1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef and author • 1968 – Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress • 1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach • 1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive • 1970 – Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) • 1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach • 1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist • 1972 – Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter • 1973 – Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach • 1973 – Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress • 1974 – Meg White, American drummer • 1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist • 1981 – Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer • 1981 – Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player • 1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer • 1982 – Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter • 1982 – Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person • 1983 – Patrick Flueger, American actor • 1985 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer • 1985 – Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player • 1985 – Matt Forte, American football player • 1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer • 1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer • 1990 – Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress • 1991 – Dion Waiters, American basketball player • 1992 – Carlos Rodón, American baseball player • 1992 – Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress • 1996 – Joe Burrow, American football player • 1996 – Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur • 1997 – Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer • 1998 – Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player • 1999 – Reiss Nelson, English footballer • 2000 – Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer ==Deaths==

Pre-1600 • 925 – Sancho I, king of Pamplona • 949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia • 990 – Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht • 1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (born 1010) • 1081 – Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002) • 1113 – Radwan, ruler of Aleppo • 1310 – Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1271) • 1454 – Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. • 1475 – Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397) • 1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451) • 1541 – Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (born 1514) • 1541 – Francis Dereham, English courtier (born c. 1513) • 1561 – Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer 1601–1900 • 1618 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1551) • 1626 – Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (born 1581) • 1665 – Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594) • 1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663) • 1791 – Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (born 1726) • 1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (born 1770) • 1850 – Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (born 1794) • 1850 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787) • 1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (born 1790) • 1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836) • 1896 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833) 1901–present • 1909 – Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (born 1822) • 1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (born 1817) • 1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823) • 1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868) • 1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (born 1852) • 1926 – Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845) • 1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (born 1868) • 1929 – Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (born 1898) • 1932 – Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857) • 1936 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (born 1857) • 1936 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867) • 1939 – John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879) • 1941 – Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (born 1915) • 1944 – John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922) • 1945 – Theodor Dannecker, German captain (born 1913) • 1946 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887) • 1946 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884) • 1948 – Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896) • 1951 – Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (born 1869) • 1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872) • 1956 – David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891) • 1957 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (born 1891) • 1958 – Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864) • 1963 – K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894) • 1967 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941) • 1968 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (born 1886) • 1968 – George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921) • 1968 – Thomas Merton, American monk and author (born 1915) • 1970 – Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892) • 1972 – Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894) • 1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922) • 1974 – Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (born 1890) • 1977 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (born 1901) • 1978 – Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) • 1979 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (born 1911) • 1982 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899) • 1987 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901) • 1988 – Richard S. Castellano, American actor (born 1933) • 1988 – Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (born 1911) • 1988 – Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (born 1895) • 1990 – Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898) • 1991 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901) • 1992 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908) • 1993 – Alice Tully, American soprano (born 1902) • 1994 – Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918) • 1994 – Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905) • 1995 – Darren Robinson, American rapper (born 1967) • 1996 – Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932) • 1999 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943) • 1999 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922) • 1999 – Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (born 1912) • 2000 – Marie Windsor, American actress (born 1919) • 2001 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911) • 2002 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945) • 2002 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925) • 2003 – Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (born 1924) • 2004 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (born 1955) • 2005 – Mary Jackson, American actress (born 1910) • 2005 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916) • 2005 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940) • 2006 – Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (born 1908) • 2006 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915) • 2007 – Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913) • 2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925) • 2010 – John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917) • 2010 – J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913) • 2010 – MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921) • 2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931) • 2012 – Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930) • 2012 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (born 1942) • 2013 – Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936) • 2013 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (born 1930) • 2013 – Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (born 1923) • 2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(born 1946) • 2014 – Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (born 1923) • 2014 – Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931) • 2014 – Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925) • 2014 – Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (born 1944) • 2014 – Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (born 1944) • 2015 – Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (born 1948) • 2015 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (born 1940) • 2015 – Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989) • 2015 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928) • 2017 – Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937) • 2017 – Max Clifford, British publicist (born 1943) • 2017 – Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (born 1950) • 2017 – Curtis W. Harris, American minister (born 1924) • 2019 – Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964) • 2019 – Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922) • 2019 – Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932) • 2020 – Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958) • 2020 – Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938) • 2020 – Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944) • 2020 – Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937) • 2021 – Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942) • 2023 – Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931) • 2024 – Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933) • 2024 – Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940) • 2024 – Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935) • 2024 – S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932) • 2025 – Jeffery Garcia, American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975) ==Holidays and observances==

• Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden) • Christian feast day: • Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church) • Eulalia of Mérida • Gregory III ==References==