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What happened in history on this day: December 16?
On December 16 in ...
- 714 - Pippin II of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies.
- 875 - Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about age 75.
- 882 - John VIII dies, ending his reign as Italian Catholic Pope (872-82).
- 882 - Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 999 - Adelheid the Saint German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about age 68.
- 1404 - Albrecht of Bavaria duke of Bavaria, dies at about age 74.
- 1431 - King Henry VI of England crowned king of France.
- 1485 - Birth of Catherine of Aragon Spanish princess/first wife of Henry VIII.
- 1538 - King François I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants.
- 1577 - Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king István Báthory.
- 1617 - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Río de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay).
- 1622 - Birth of Kurt S Adeler Danish admiral/ship builder.
- 1631 - Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts, destroys six villages and kills 4,000.
- 1652 - Birth of Giovanni Maria Casini composer.
- 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1659 - General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland.
- 1670 - Dorothy first English marquis of Halifax, dies.
- 1672 - John II Casimir Vasa cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63.
- 1673 - Juan de Padilla composer, dies at age 68.
- 1685 - Birth of Charles Cressent France, cabinetmaker (Régence).
- 1689 - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution.
- 1719 - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at age 78.
- 1725 - Birth of William Douglas, Earl of March and Ruglen, 4th Duke of Queensberry, in Peebles, Scotland; notable gambler.
- 1740 - Prussian Libya falls to Silezie.
- 1742 - Birth of Gebhard Leberecht Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt German fieldmarshal.
- 1761 - Russian army occupies Kolberg.
- 1767 - Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premieres.
- 1770 - Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn (Germany), composer (Ode to Joy).
- 1773 - In Boston Harbor, a group of 116 Massachusetts colonists disguised as Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor, in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, greatly lowering the tea tax on the East India Company.
- 1774 - François Quesnay French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at age 80.
- 1775 - Birth of Jane Austen in England; novelist (Pride and Prejudice).
- 1783 - Death of Johann Adolf Hasse at age 84; Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate).
- 1809 - Birth of Peter P van Bosse; Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance.
- 1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by the French Senate.
- 1811 - New Madrid, Missouri is the epicenter of a massive earthquake 7.2-8.1 magnitude, felt as far away as New York and Florida. Likely cause is overhead explosion of comet fragments, as the comet had been observed earlier.
- 1812 - Birth of William Grose; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1900).
- 1817 - Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon.
- 1819 - Birth of Robert Selden Garnett; Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) (dies 1861).
- 1821 - Claire countess the Rémusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at age 41.
- 1824 - Great North Holland Canal opens.
- 1825 - Birth of Henry Heth; Major General (Confederate Army) (dies 1899).
- 1828 - Birth of John Beatty; US Brigadier-General (US volunteers) (dies 1914).
- 1830 - Birth of John Frederick Hartranft; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1889).
- 1834 - Birth of Léon Walras; French economist (border use theory).
- 1835 - Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City, New York.
- 1838 - Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa.
- 1850 - Birth of Fred Morley; cricket player (legendary Notts and England bowler 1880-83).
- 1851 - Birth of Theodoor H de Meester; Dutch premier (1905-08).
- 1852 - Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at age 59.
- 1857 - Birth of Edward Emerson Barnard in Tennessee, USA; astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite).
- 1857 - In Naples, Italy, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. 11,000 dead.
- 1858 - Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island.
- 1858 - Richard Bright, British doctor (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at age 69.
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, writer (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at age 73.
- 1862 - Birth of Eugène Demolder; Belgian writer (Sous la robe).
- 1862 - Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution.
- 1863 - Birth of George Santayana in Spain; philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan).
- 1863 - Birth of Ralph Adams Cram; US gothic architect (Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City).
- 1869 - Birth of Albert F Pollard; British historian (Dictionary of natural biography).
- 1871 - Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at age 73.
- 1879 - Birth of William Duncan in Scotland; actor (Thunder Trail).
- 1880 - Republic of South Africa forms.
- 1882 - Birth of John Berry Hobbs in England; first cricket player knighted (1953).
- 1882 - Birth of Walther Meissner; German physicist (Meissner effect).
- 1882 - Birth of Zoltán Kodály in Kecskemét, Hungary; composer (Psalmus Hungaricus).
- 1883 - Birth of Max Linder in Caverne, France; actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain).
- 1884 - Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State.
- 1884 - Opening of World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Opened by touch of telegraphic key installed in White House, by President Chester Arthur. The exposition takes place on 245 acres of land, with main building covering 31 acres.
- 1886 - Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie".
- 1888 - Birth of Alexander in Montenegro; King Alexander I.
- 1890 - Birth of Harlan Sanders; founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken).
- 1892 - Birth of Cameron Prud'Homme in Auburn, California, USA; actor (Rainmaker).
- 1892 - Commencement of first Sheffield Shield cricket game, South Africa versus New South Wales.
- 1893 - Birth of Vladimir Golschmann in Paris, France; conductor with Immortal Downbeat.
- 1895 - Birth of Lidj Jasu; emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1897 - First submarine with an internal combustion engine is demonstrated.
- 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at age 57.
- 1897 - Birth of Jacobus Petrus Duminy; cricket player (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29).
- 1897 - Birth of Paul Neuhuys; Belgian playwright (Le Canari et le Cerise).
- 1899 - Birth of Noel Coward; playwright (In Which We Serve - 1942 Academy Award).
- 1900 - Birth of Victor S Pritchett; literary critic/author (Myth Makers).
- 1900 - Boer army under General Kritzinger takes Cape colony.
- 1901 - Birth of Margaret Mead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa).
- 1903 - Birth of Hardie Albright in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter).
- 1903 - Birth of Rafael Alberti; Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado).
- 1904 - Birth of Norbert E Fonteyne; Flemish writer (Guest house Vivès).
- 1905 - Variety magazine, covering all phases of show business, is first published.
- 1906 - Birth of Lord Margadale; English Conservative parliament leader/large landowner.
- 1907 - Birth of Ray C Bliss; Ohio State Republican Chairman.
- 1907 - Birth of Syd Curnow; cricket player (South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32).
- 1907 - Eugene H Farrar is first to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York).
- 1907 - The U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet of 28 warships is launched from Hampton Roads, Virginia, on an around-the-world voyage.
- 1908 - First credit union in US forms (Manchester, New Hampshire).
- 1909 - Birth of Lall Singh; cricket player (scored 15 and 29 in India's first Test match).
- 1909 - US pressure forces Nicaraguan President José Santos Zelaya from office.
- 1912 - Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia.
- 1914 - French offensive in Artois (Pétain).
- 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity".
- 1916 - Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, is murdered at age 45.
- 1917 - Birth of Arthur Charles Clarke; sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End).
- 1918 - Jack Dempsey knocks out Carl Morris in 14 seconds.
- 1919 - Birth of Cornelis Pieters AKA Manke Nelis; Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy).
- 1920 - Birth of George Schaefer in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; director (almost 100 television productions).
- 1920 - Ma Mua-Ming-Hsin the Benovelent, Chinese Muslim rebel (holy war), dies.
- 1920 - Over 180,000 die when 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 square miles (Kansu, China).
- 1921 - Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at age 86.
- 1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (December 7-16, 1922), is assassinated.
- 1922 - Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes.
- 1922 - New South Wales all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket.
- 1923 - Birth of Tip [Silvio A] Marugg; Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage).
- 1923 - Birth of Chester L. Krause; American numismatic publisher.
- 1926 - Birth of James McCracken in Gary, Indiana, USA; dramatic tenor (Rodolfo - La Bohéme).
- 1926 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis renews 7-years as baseball commissioner.
- 1927 - Birth of G Randall P D Garrett; American sci-fi writer (Takeoff!, Takeoff Too!).
- 1927 - Birth of Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson in Zambia; sci-fi author (Heartsease).
- 1927 - Cricket first-class debut of Donald Bradman, New South Wales versus South Australia.
- 1928 - Birth of Philip K[indred] Dick; American sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner).
- 1929 - First NHL game at Chicago Stadium; Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1.
- 1930 - Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award.
- 1931 - German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism.
- 1931 - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at age 82.
- 1932 - Birth of Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin in Moscow, USSR; composer (Humpback Horse).
- 1932 - Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu, China, 70,000 killed.
- 1935 - Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies at age 30.
- 1937 - Birth of Jim Glaser in Spalding, Nebraska, USA; singer (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "Getting to Me Again").
- 1937 - Birth of Joyce Bulifant in Newport News, Virginia, USA; actress (Marie - Mary Tyler Moore Show, Match Game).
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Greer in Durham, North Carolina, USA; actor (Bobby Gentry Show).
- 1938 - Donald Bradman scores 143 South Australia versus New South Wales, 11 fours 91 singles.
- 1939 - Birth of Liv Ullman in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats).
- 1939 - Donald Bradman scores 251 South Africa versus New South Wales in cricket, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes.
- 1940 - British air raid on Mannheim.
- 1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Al McCoy in six rounds for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1940 - M Eugène F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies.
- 1941 - Birth of Lesley Stahl in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; White House correspondent (CBS-TV, 60 Minutes).
- 1941 - Birth of Vittoria Mezzogiorno; Italian actor (L'homme blessé, Tre fratelli).
- 1941 - Sarawak is occupied by the Japanese.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkans.
- 1943 - "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200.
- 1943 - Birth of Anthony Hicks; rock guitarist (Hollies - The Air That I Breathe).
- 1943 - Birth of Steven Bochco; producer (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, St. Elsewhere, NYPD Blue).
- 1944 - (0530 hours) Adolf Hitler launches Operation Autumn Mist (Herbstnebel). A short (30 minutes) artillery burst commences prior to troop movement. A German force of 20-22 divisions attacks along a 60-mile front from Monschau to Echternach through the Ardennes, in a surprise attack on the West. 200,000 German tank and infantry troops take part in the offensive versus 83,000 along the American line.
- 1944 - A German V-2 rocket hits the Rex Theatre in Antwerp, Belgium, killing 492-567, the worst missile attack of the war.
- 1944 - US 2nd Infantry division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid.
- 1945 - Birth of Patti Deutsch; comedienne (Ace Trucking Co, Laugh-in, Match Game).
- 1945 - Cleveland Rams win NFL championship.
- 1945 - Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister (1937-39, 1940-41), commits harakiri.
- 1946 - Birth of Adriaan van Dis; Dutch TV host/writer (Promised Country).
- 1946 - Birth of Benny Andersson in Stockholm, Sweden; singer (ABBA - "Money! Money! Money!", "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo", "Mamma Mia").
- 1946 - Birth of Fred Borgman; Dutch second chamber member (CDA).
- 1947 - Birth of Ben Cross in England; actor (Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions, Dark Shadows, The Citadel).
- 1947 - Birth of Vincent Matthews; American 400-metre dash (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1949 - Birth of Billy Gibbons in Houston, Texas, USA; jazz guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top).
- 1949 - Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, with Mokammed Hatta as premier.
- 1949 - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, is executed.
- 1950 - Birth of Caroline Munro Windsor; actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad).
- 1950 - Birth of Ieremia Tabai; President of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) (1979-91).
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism".
- 1951 - Birth of Bill Bateman; rock musician (The Blasters).
- 1951 - NBC-TV airs a special preview of Dragnet on Chesterfield Sound Off Time.
- 1952 - Birth of Elayne Boosler; comedienne (Night Court, Balderdash, Comic Relief).
- 1952 - Birth of Joel Garner; cricket player (two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87).
- 1953 - First White House Press Conference (President Dwight Eisenhower and 161 reporters).
- 1953 - Birth of Filip Bolluyt; Dutch actor (Daybreak).
- 1953 - Charles E Yeager flies over 2,575 kph (1,650 mph) in Bell X-1A (first man to fly at nearly two and one-half times the speed of sound).
- 1954 - Birth of Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith in Barbados; 4X400 metre hurdler (Olympics-bronze-1980).
- 1955 - Birth of Carol M Browner; US Administrator (EPA).
- 1955 - Birth of Graeme Stevenson; cricket player (England medium pacer 1980-81).
- 1956 - Fanny closes at Majestic Theater in New York City after 888 performances.
- 1958 - Birth of Bart Oates; NFL center (New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers).
- 1958 - Bogotá, Colombia, warehouse fire kills 82.
- 1959 - Birth of Alison La Placa in New Jersey, USA; actress (Duet, Catherine - John Larroquette Show, Tom, Jackie Thomas Show).
- 1959 - Birth of Steven Irvine; rock drummer (Lloyd Cole and The Commotions).
- 1959 - Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48.
- 1960 - 134 die as United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York City, New York.
- 1960 - Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at age 63.
- 1961 - Birth of Sam Robards; actor (The West Wing, Spin City, TV 101).
- 1961 - Birth of Jon Tenney; actor (The Closer, The Division, Brooklyn South).
- 1962 - Birth of Maruschka Detmers in Schoonebeek, Holland; actress (Devil in the Flesh).
- 1962 - Birth of Melanie Smith in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Emily - As the World Turns, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1962 - Birth of William "The Refrigerator" Perry; NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears).
- 1962 - Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nepál adopts new constitution.
- 1962 - New York Giants' Y.A. Tittle sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with six touchdowns versus Dallas Cowboys (41-31).
- 1963 - Birth of Benjamin Bratt in California, USA; actor (Detective Reynaldo Curtis - Law and Order, The Cleaner, E-Ring).
- 1963 - Birth of Brian Clark in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morden Pro-Am).
- 1963 - Birth of Cathy Johnston-Forbes in High Point, North Carolina, USA; LPGA golfer (1990 du Maurier).
- 1963 - Birth of Silvio Diliberto; WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1964 - Birth of Billy Ripken in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA; second baseman (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers).
- 1964 - Birth of Evelyn Conley in San Francisco, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-7th-1989).
- 1964 - Birth of Gail Harris in Dewsbury, England; actress (Virtual Desire).
- 1964 - Birth of Heike Drechsler in Gera, German Democratic Republic; sprinter (1988 world record).
- 1964 - US performs nuclear test in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1965 - Birth of Brent Franklin in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-second).
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Jones in Utica, New York, USA; outfielder (New York Mets).
- 1965 - Birth of Cynthia Lynne White in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Miss Oklahoma-America (1991-top 10).
- 1965 - Birth of Moe Elewonibi; NFL/Canadian Football League tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, British Columbia Lions).
- 1965 - Birth of Page Dunlap in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Women's-8th).
- 1965 - Birth of Romallis Ellis in Washington DC; lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1988).
- 1965 - Gemini 6 returns to Earth.
- 1965 - Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit.
- 1965 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV becomes King of Tonga.
- 1965 - William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge, Of Human Bondage), dies at age 91.
- 1966 - Birth of Clifford Robinson; NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers).
- 1967 - Birth of Donovan Bailey in Manchester, Jamaica; Canada 100-metre runner (Olympics-2 gold-1996).
- 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points versus Chicago Bulls.
- 1968 - Birth of Darryll Lewis; NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1968 - Birth of Paul Scherrer; actor (Children of the Corn II, Free Spirit).
- 1968 - Birth of Wendy Doolan in Sydney, Australia; LPGA golfer (1991 British Amateur Champion-second).
- 1969 - Birth of Charles Mincy; NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1969 - Birth of Craig White; cricket player (England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate).
- 1969 - Birth of Martin Ulrich; hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998).
- 1969 - British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty.
- 1970 - New Jersey State Lottery begins sale of 50-cent tickets in a weekly lottery on a drawn 6-digit number.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan.
- 1971 - Birth of Catherine "Cathy" Symon in Washington DC, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Kristen Kane in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Michael S McCary [Boss] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rapper (Boyz II Men).
- 1972 - Miami Dolphins become first undefeated NFL team (14-0-0).
- 1973 - Birth of Kristie Boogert in Rotterdam, Netherlands; tennis star (1996 Paris).
- 1973 - O J Simpson becomes first NFL player to rush 2,000 yard in a season.
- 1973 - Syd Barnes, cricket player (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies.
- 1973 - American kidnapping victim Paul Getty III freed.
- 1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1975 - CBS TV debuts the sitcom One Day at a Time.
- 1975 - Bill Veeck buys 80 percent of Chicago White Sox from John Allyn.
- 1976 - Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to United Nations.
- 1976 - George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies.
- 1976 - US government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis.
- 1978 - Train 87 from Nanjing to Xining collides with train 368 from Xi'an to Xuzhou near Yangzhuang railway station in China, killing 106, injuring 218.
- 1978 - Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of People's Republic of China.
- 1979 - 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0).
- 1979 - Birth of Nicole Werra; Miss Wisconsin Teen USA (1996).
- 1979 - Quarterback Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys.
- 1980 - Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at age 90 (born 1890).
- 1980 - During a summit on the island of Bali, OPEC decides to raise the price of petroleum by ten percent.
- 1980 - US President-elect Ronald Reagan announces Alexander Haig as Secretary of State.
- 1981 - Dutch Van Agt's second government falls.
- 1982 - In the Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. 450 people killed.
- 1982 - Death of Colin Chapman, British designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, at age 54 (born 1928).
- 1982 - Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with New York Mets.
- 1983 - Replacing Billy Martin, Yogi Berra is hired for the second time to manage the New York Yankees.
- 1983 - Kusan Sunim, founded Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at age 74.
- 1983 - Riverside, California judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital.
- 1983 - Spokesperson for rock band The Who announces the group is disbanding.
- 1985 - Dick Pollard, cricket player (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies.
- 1985 - Merv Waite, cricket player (two Tests for Australia 1938, one wicket average 190), dies.
- 1985 - In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family.
- 1987 - Birth of Hallee Hirsh; actress (ER, JAG).
- 1987 - Albert P Morano, American politician (Representative-Republican-Connecticut, 1951-59), dies at age 79.
- 1987 - Roh Tae Woo wins presidential election in South Korea.
- 1988 - Birth of Anna Popplewell; actress (Love in a Cold Climate, Daniel Deronda).
- 1988 - H "Stork" Hendry, cricket player (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies.
- 1988 - American political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud.
- 1988 - MGM releases the film Rain Man to theaters.
- 1989 - Death of Lee Van Cleef at age 64 after a heart attack; actor (The Adventures of Kit Carson, Schlitz Playhouse, Lawman, The Rifleman, Laramie, The Lone Ranger, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sabata).
- 1989 - Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies.
- 1989 - Commencement of first Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (versus Sierra Leone).
- 1989 - Geoff Marsh completes 355 for Western Australia against South Australia.
- 1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at age 59 (born 1930).
- 1990 - Reverend Jean-Betrand Aristide is elected President of Haiti, ending three decades of military rule.
- 1991 - Florida Marlins sign their first player, 16-year-old pitcher Clemente Nunez.
- 1991 - Fred D Scott, actor (Two Gun Troubador), dies.
- 1991 - United Nations reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote.
- 1991 - The Federal Republic of Germany recognizes Croatia and Slovenia (former parts of Yugoslavia).
- 1992 - Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at age 80.
- 1992 - Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity.
- 1992 - Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies.
- 1993 - Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at age 46.
- 1993 - Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at age 75.
- 1993 - Death of Moses Gunn at age 64 of asthma; actor (Roots, Good Times, The Cowboys, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy).
- 1993 - Ratu Penaia Ganilau, President of Fiji (1987-93), dies at age 75.
- 1993 - Richard Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at age 68.
- 1993 - Brazil's Supreme Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello may not hold elected office again until 2000 due to corruption.
- 1994 - New Line releases the film Dumb and Dumber to theaters.
- 1995 - Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of UNSCOM, dredge the Tigris River near Baghdad. The divers find over 200 prohibited Russian-made missile instruments and components.
- 1996 - Sotheby's sells at auction Sam Bloomfield's USA 1907 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold coin, Ultra High Relief, Roman Numerals, Proof, for US$825,000.
- 1997 - Death of Nicolette Larson at age 45 from brain swelling; singer ("Lotta Love").
- 1997 - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at age 52.
- 1998 - U.S. President Bill Clinton orders American and British airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
- 2000 - Death of David Lewis at age 84; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital).
- 2003 - Miguel Tejada agrees to a six-year $72 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles making it the largest deal in the history of the franchise.
- 2003 - Death of Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1914).
- 2003 - The United Kingdom announces plans to build a new runway at Stansted Airport in Essex and a short-haul runway at Heathrow Airport, sparking anger from environmental groups.
- 2003 - Death of Madlyn Rhue at age 68 from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; character actress (Murder She Wrote).
- 2004 - The House of Lords rules that the British Government breaches human rights legislation by detaining without trial foreign nationals suspected of being terrorists.
- 2004 - Information technology security company Symantec Corp signs a definitive agreement to merge with Veritas Software Corp, valued at $13.5 billion, in an all-stock transaction.
- 2005 - The 43rd Mersenne prime is found, 230,402,457 - 1. It was discovered with the GIMPS project by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone, professors at Central Missouri State University.
- 2005 - Death of John Spencer at age 58 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The West Wing TV show).
- 2007 - Turkish aircraft bomb Kurdish rebel positions deep inside northern Iraq, and 300 troops cross the border in pursuit of fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
- 2007 - The Caribbean Forum of fifteen member states signs a trade agreement with the European Union.
- 2007 - British military hands over control of Basra province to Iraqi security forces.
- 2007 - Death of Dan Fogelberg at age 56 of prostate cancer at his home in Maine, USA; singer, songwriter ("Leader of the Band", "Same Old Lang Syne").
- 2008 - Ruins of an ancient Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.
- 2008 - The U.S. Federal Reserve cuts the country's federal funds interest rate to a target range of zero to 0.25 percent, the lowest level on record in the United States for the rate.
- 2008 - Florida police announce that Ottis Toole was the killer of 6-year-old Adam Walsh in Hollywood in 1981. Toole had confessed to hundreds of murders, but police determined that most were untrue. The murder lead father John Walsh to create the TV show America's Most Wanted, and lead to advances in police searches for missing kids, such as faces on milk cartons, fingerprinting programs, increased security at schools and stores, and national legislation to create a national database and toll-free phone number.
- 2008 - Death of Gaetano Lo Presti, at age 52, of an apparent suicide in Palermo's Paglarelli jail in Italy.
- 2009 - Astronomers discover GJ1214b, the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.
- 2009 - Death of Roy E. Disney; American businessman (Walt Disney Company) (born 1930).
- 2011 - Tropical Storm Washi causes 1,257 flash flood fatalities in the Philippines with 85 people officially listed as missing.
- 2011 - Paramount releases the film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol to theaters.
- 2016 - Buena Vista releases the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to theaters.
- 2020 - Death of Flavio Cotti, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1939).
- 2021 - Typhoon Rai hits the Philippines, making land fall in Siargao, with sustained 195kph winds and gusts to 240kph. The strongest storm to hit the Philippines in 2021. 500,000 homes damaged, 4.2 million people affected, 400 killed, 1100 injured.
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