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===Pre-1600===
* [[537]] – The second [[Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eckersley|first=Tracey|chapter=Building of the Second Church Dedicated to the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople (AD 537)|title=Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History|editor-last1=Curta|editor-first1=Florin|editor-last2=Holt|editor-first2=Andrew|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2017|isbn=9781610695657|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgF9DQAAQBAJ|page=299}}</ref>
*[[1512]] – The Spanish Crown issues the [[Laws of Burgos]], governing the conduct of settlers with regard to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native Indians]] in the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Kendall|chapter=Laws of Burgos|title=Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Vol. 2: D—M|editor1-link=J. Michael Francis|editor-last=Francis|editor-first=J. Michael|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2005|isbn=9781851094219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMNoS-g1h8cC|page=647}}</ref>
*[[1521]] – The [[Zwickau prophets]] arrive in [[Wittenberg]], disturbing the peace and preaching the [[Apocalypse]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Loewen|first=Harry|title=Ink Against the Devil: Luther and His Opponents|___location=Waterloon, Ont.|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press|date=2015|isbn=9781771121354|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zfn-CgAAQBAJ|page=36}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1655]] – [[Second Northern War]]/the [[Deluge (history)|Deluge]]: Monks at the [[Jasna Góra Monastery]] in [[Częstochowa]] are successful in fending off a [[Siege of Jasna Góra|month-long siege]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dabrowski|first=Patrice M.|title=Poland: The First Thousand Years|___location=DeKalb, Ill.|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780875807560|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK68DwAAQBAJ|pages=203–204}}</ref>
*[[1657]] – The [[Flushing Remonstrance]] articulates for the first time in North American history that [[freedom of religion]] is a fundamental right.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haefeli|first=Evan|title=New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty|___location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2012|isbn=9780812244083|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6REAYXK1HmMC|page=169}}</ref>
*[[1703]] – Portugal and England sign the [[Methuen Treaty]] which allows Portugal to export [[wine]]s to England on favorable trade terms.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ratliff|first=William G.|chapter=Treaty of Methuen|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|___location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=620}}</ref>
*[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: The destruction of the schooner {{USS|Carolina|1812|6}} brings to an end Commodore [[Daniel Patterson (naval officer)|Daniel Patterson]]'s makeshift fleet, which fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to [[Andrew Jackson]]'s victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=Henley, John Dandridge|title=The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History. Vol. 1: A—K|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781851099566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVSrJBQYAk8C|pages=338–339}}</ref>
*[[1831]] – [[Charles Darwin]] embarks on [[Second voyage of HMS Beagle|his journey]] aboard {{HMS|Beagle}}, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of [[evolution]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=''Beagle'', Voyage of (1831-1836)|title=The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 2|editor-last=Doyle|editor-first=Mark|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781440841972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fJgDwAAQBAJ|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1836]] – The worst ever [[Lewes avalanche|avalanche]] in England occurs at [[Lewes]], [[Sussex]], killing eight people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Adam|last2=Cameron|first2=Iain|title=Cool Britannia: Snowier Times in 1580-1930 Than Since|___location=Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, UK|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=2010|isbn=9781907611469|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2ISsNcZFNEC|page=51}}</ref>
*[[1845]] – [[Diethyl ether|Ether]] [[anesthetic]] is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in [[Jefferson, Georgia|Jefferson]], Georgia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Raper|first=Howard R.|title=A Review of the Crawford W. Long Centennial Anniversary Celebrations|journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine|date=March 1943|page=343|issn=0007-5140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-IHAQAAMAAJ&q=+%22december+27%22|accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
* 1845 – Having coined the phrase "[[manifest destiny]]" the previous July, journalist [[John L. O'Sullivan]] argued in his newspaper ''New York Morning News'' that the United States had the right to claim the entire [[Oregon Country]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clary|first=David A.|title=Eagles and Empire: The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent|___location=New York|publisher=Bantam Books|date=2009|isbn=9780553806526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJasmxZqUBYC|pages=48–49|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Melillo|first=Edward D.|title=Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection|___location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2015|isbn=9780300206623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjmbCgAAQBAJ|page=78}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1911]] – "[[Jana Gana Mana]]", the [[national anthem]] of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the [[Indian National Congress]].
*[[1918]] – The [[Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19)|Great Poland Uprising]] against the Germans begins.
* 1918 – [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine]] occupies [[Yekaterinoslav]] and seizes seven airplanes from the [[Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet|UPRAF]], establishing an [[Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine|Insurgent Air Fleet]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Alexander|last1=Belash|first2=Victor|last2=Belash|title=Дороги Нестора Махно|year=1993|language=ru|___location=Kiev|publisher=RVC "Proza"|page=50}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō}} becomes the first purpose-built [[aircraft carrier]] to be commissioned in the world.
*[[1927]] – Kern and Hammerstein's musical play ''[[Show Boat]]'', considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
*[[1929]] – [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet General Secretary]] [[Joseph Stalin]] orders the "[[Dekulakization|liquidation of the kulaks as a class]]".
*[[1932]] – [[Radio City Music Hall]], "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
*[[1935]] – [[Regina Jonas]] is ordained as the first female [[rabbi]] in the history of [[Judaism]].
*[[1939]] – The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1939 Erzincan earthquake|Erzincan earthquake]] shakes eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''). At least 32,700 people were killed.
* 1939 – [[Winter War]]: Finland holds off a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] attack in the [[Battle of Kelja]].
*[[1945]] – The [[International Monetary Fund]] is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
*[[1949]] – [[Indonesian National Revolution]]: The Netherlands officially recognizes [[Indonesia]]n independence. End of the [[Dutch East Indies]].
*[[1966]] – The [[Cave of Swallows]], the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in [[Aquismón]], [[San Luis Potosí]], Mexico.
*[[1968]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 8]] splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.
*1968 – [[North Central Airlines Flight 458]] crashes at [[O'Hare International Airport]], killing 28.<ref name="NTSB-AAR-70-27 Final Report">{{cite web |date=November 12, 1970 |title=Aircraft Accident Report, North Central Airlines, Inc., Convair 580, N2045, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, December 27, 1968 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7027.pdf |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB-AAR-70-27}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-27.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]]</ref>
*[[1978]] – Spain [[Spanish transition to democracy|becomes a democracy]] after 40 years of fascist [[dictatorship]].
*[[1983]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] visits [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] in [[Rebibbia]]'s prison and personally forgives him for the [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|1981 attack]] on him in [[St. Peter's Square]].
*[[1985]] – [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] guerrillas [[Rome and Vienna airport attacks|kill eighteen people]] inside the airports of [[Rome]], Italy, and [[Vienna]], Austria.
*[[1989]] – The [[Romanian Revolution]] concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, [[Bucharest]].
*[[1991]] – [[Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751]] crashes in [[Gottröra]] in the [[Norrtälje Municipality]] in [[Sweden]], injuring 92.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) OY-KHO Gottröra|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19911227-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216072730/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19911227-0 |archive-date=2005-12-16 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Taliban]] forces retake the strategic [[Bagram Airfield]] which solidifies their buffer zone around [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]].
*[[1997]] – Protestant paramilitary leader [[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]] is assassinated in [[Northern Ireland]], United Kingdom.
*[[1999]] – [[Burger King]] and the [[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]] order a [[Burger King Pokémon container recall|recall]] of plastic [[Gameplay of Pokémon|Poké Ball]] containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.<ref name="boston">{{cite news |date=1999-12-28 |title=Burger King recalling Pokémon toys' containers |url=http://www.boston.com/news/daily/28/pokemon.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314233953/http://www.boston.com/news/daily/28/pokemon.htm |archive-date=2009-03-14 |access-date=2009-03-04 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
*[[2002]] – [[2002 Grozny truck bombing|Two truck bombs]] kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], Russia.
*[[2004]] – [[Radiation]] from an explosion on the [[magnetar]] [[SGR 1806-20]] reaches Earth. It is the brightest [[extrasolar]] event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
*[[2007]] – Former Pakistani [[prime minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] [[Assassination of Benazir Bhutto|is assassinated]] in a shooting incident.
* 2007 – Riots erupt in [[Mombasa, Kenya]], after [[Mwai Kibaki]] is declared the winner of the [[Kenyan presidential election, 2007|presidential election]], triggering a [[2007–08 Kenyan crisis|political, economic, and humanitarian crisis]].
*[[2008]] – [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Operation Cast Lead]]: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
*[[2009]] – [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|Iranian election protests]]: On the [[Day of Ashura]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], government security forces [[Ashura protests|fire upon]] demonstrators.
*[[2019]] – [[Bek Air Flight 2100]] crashes during takeoff from [[Almaty International Airport]] in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], killing 13.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hradecky|first=Simon|title=Accident: Bek F100 at Almaty on Dec 27th 2019, lost height shortly after takeoff and impacted building after two tailstrikes |url=http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4d127dc6&opt=0|access-date=2020-12-26 |website=www.avherald.com |publisher=[[The Aviation Herald]]}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1350]] – [[John I of Aragon]] (died 1395)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=John I {{!}} King of Valencia, Conqueror of Sardinia & Sicily |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-king-of-Aragon |accessdate=September 28, 2023 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928203845/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-king-of-Aragon|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1390]] – [[Anne de Mortimer]], claimant to the English throne (died 1411)<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Tout |first=T. F. |display=Mortimer, Roger (VI) de, fourth Earl of March |wstitle=Mortimer, Roger de (1374-1398) |volume=39 |page=146 |authorlink=Thomas Frederick Tout}}</ref>
*[[1459]] – [[John I Albert]], [[King of Poland]] (died 1501)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-Albert|title=John I Albert {{pipe}} Grand Duchy, Lithuania, Lithuania-Poland Union|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928204437/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-Albert|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1481]] – [[Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]], Margrave of Bayreuth (died 1527)<ref>{{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|4|43|53|Kasimir (Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach)|Theodor Hirsch|ADB:Kasimir}}</ref>
*[[1493]] – [[Johann Pfeffinger]], German theologian (died 1573)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theonlineportraitgallery.com/portrait/johann-pfeffinger/|title=Portrait of Johann Pfeffinger (1493 - 1573)|publisher=The Online Portrait Gallery|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1566]] – [[Jan Jesenius]], Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher (died 1621)<ref>Kachlik, D., Vichnar, D., Kachlikova, D., Musil, V., Szabo, K., & Stingl, J. (2013). The life and work of Jan Jesensky (1566–1621), the physician of a dying time. Journal of Medical Biography, 21(3), 153–163. {{doi|10.1177/0967772013479736}}</ref>
*[[1571]] – [[Johannes Kepler]], German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1630)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Kepler|title=Johannes Kepler|author=Robert S. Westman|publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1572]] – [[Johannes Vodnianus Campanus]], Czech poet, playwright, and composer (died 1622)
*[[1584]] – [[Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania]] (died 1625)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de:8008/index.php?id=12421|title=Herzog Philipp Julius von Pommern-Wolgast (1584-1625) |publisher=[[University of Greifswald]], Faculty of Arts|accessdate=2009-07-28|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103256/https://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de:8008/index.php?id=12421|archivedate=2011-07-19}}</ref>
*[[1595]] – [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], hetman of Ukraine (died 1657)
===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] – [[Teofil Rutka]], Polish philosopher (died 1700)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021110936.html|title=Rutka, Teofil, 1622-1700 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926181139/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021110936.html |archive-date=September 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1633]] – [[Jean de Lamberville]], French missionary (died 1714)<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lamberville_jean_de_2E.html Jaenen, C. J., "Lamberville, Jean de", ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003]</ref>
*[[1636]] – [[William Whitelock]], English gentleman, Member of Parliament (died 1717)<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/whitlock-%28whitelocke%29-sir-william-1636-1717 | title= Whitlock, (Whitelocke), Sir William (1636-1717), of Phyllis Court, Henley, Oxon.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1660-1690)| accessdate = 25 July 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1637]] – [[Petar Kanavelić]], Venetian writer (died 1719)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=176|work=Hrvatski Biografski Leksikon|title=Kanavelić, Petar |language=hr|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[1645]] – [[Giovanni Antonio Viscardi]], Swiss architect (died 1713)<ref name="Penguin Dictionary p. 301">Fleming, John, et al. (1972) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture''; 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 301</ref>
*[[1655]] – [[Abstrupus Danby]], English politician (died 1727)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Abstrupus Danby, Of an Ancient Yorkshire Family - Twickenham Museum |url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.php?aid=170&cid=15 |website=www.twickenham-museum.org.uk |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1660]] – [[Veronica Giuliani]], Italian Capuchin mystic (died 1727)<ref name=pope>[https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101215.html Pope Benedict XVI, "Saint Veronica Giuliani", General audience, December 15, 2010] ''w2.vatican.va'', accessed 17 November 2019</ref>
*[[1663]] – [[Johann Melchior Roos]], German painter (died 1731)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/artists/johann-melchior-roos|title=JOHANN MELCHIOR ROOS 1663–1731|publisher=Liechtenstein The Princely Collections|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926022804/https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/artists/johann-melchior-roos|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1683]] – [[Conyers Middleton]], English priest and theologian (died 1750)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Middleton, Conyers}}</ref>
*[[1689]] – [[Jacob August Franckenstein]], Encyclopedia editor, professor (died 1733)<ref name=Nowosadtko>{{cite web|url= http://www.zedleriana.de/zredfranckenstein.htm |title=Jacob August Franckenstein|author=Jutta Nowosadtko|work=Zedleriana|access-date=2011-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926030113/https://www.zedleriana.de/zredfranckenstein.htm |archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
*(baptised) [[1692]] – [[Francis Blake Delaval (Royal Navy officer)|Francis Blake Delaval]], British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament (died 1752)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/delaval-francis-1692-1752 |title=DELAVAL, Francis (1692-1752), of Ford Castle, Seaton Delaval and Dissington, Northumb., and Doddington, Lincs.|publisher=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=24 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[1697]] – [[Sollom Emlyn]], Irish legal writer (died 1754)<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Emlyn, Sollom}}</ref>
*[[1705]] – [[Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau]], German prince of the House of Ascania (died 1781)<ref>{{cite book|author=Eduard Lange|title=Die soldaten Friedrich's des Grossen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139|year=1853|publisher=H. Mendelssohn|page=139}}</ref>
*[[1713]] – [[Giovanni Battista Borra]], Italian architect and engineer (died 1770)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.italianartsociety.org/2015/12/giovanni-battista-borra-was-born-on-27-december-1713-in-the-piedmont-town-of-dogliani-about-37-miles-from-turin-where-he-would-spend-much-of-his-career/ |title=This Day in History: December 27|author=Anne Leader|accessdate=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928203325/https://www.italianartsociety.org/2015/12/giovanni-battista-borra-was-born-on-27-december-1713-in-the-piedmont-town-of-dogliani-about-37-miles-from-turin-where-he-would-spend-much-of-his-career/|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1714]] – [[George Whitefield]], English preacher and saint (died 1770)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Whitefield|title=George Whitefield |publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1715]] – [[Philippe de Noailles]], French general (died 1794)
*[[1721]] – [[François Hemsterhuis]], Dutch philosopher and author (died 1790){{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=264}}
*(baptised) [[1761]] – [[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly]], Russian field marshal and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (died 1818)<ref>
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*[[1773]] – [[George Cayley]], English engineer and politician (died 1857)<ref>{{cite web|title= Sir George Cayley (British Inventor and Scientist)|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/100795/Sir-George-Cayley-6th-Baronet|publisher=Britannica|access-date=26 July 2009}}</ref>
*[[1776]] – [[Nikolay Kamensky]], Russian general (died 1811)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%91%D0%A1/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_2-%D0%B9,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87|title=Каменский 2-й, Николай Михайлович|language=Russian|year=1897|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1797]] – [[Ghalib]], Indian poet (died 1869)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mīrzā Asadullāh Khān Ghālib |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mirza-Asadullah-Khan-Ghalib |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
* 1797 – [[Charles Hodge]], American theologian (died 1878)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Hodge|title=Charles Hodge|publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1803]] – [[François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier]], Canadian activist (died 1839)<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3507 Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']</ref>
*[[1809]] – [[Alexandros Rizos Rangavis]], Greek poet and politician, [[List of foreign ministers of Greece|Foreign Minister of Greece]] (died 1892)
*[[1822]] – [[Louis Pasteur]], French chemist and microbiologist (died 1895)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Pasteur, Louis |volume= 20|last= Roscoe |first= Henry Enfield |author-link= Henry Roscoe (chemist) |pages=892-894 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[1823]] – [[Mackenzie Bowell]], English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (died 1917)<ref>{{Canadabio|ID=7231}}</ref>
*[[1827]] – [[Stanisław Mieroszewski]], Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (died 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|title='''Mieroszewski''' (Mieroszowski) Stanisław|work=[[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon]]|language=de|access-date=Sep 12, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1832]] – [[Pavel Tretyakov]], Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Tretyakov Gallery]] (died 1897)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tretyakovgallerymagazine.com/news/happy-birthday-pavel-tretyakov|title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAVEL TRETYAKOV!|date=27 December 2014 |publisher=Tretyakov Gallery Magazine |accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1838]] – [[Lars Oftedal (born 1838)|Lars Oftedal]], Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (died 1900)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Lars Oftedal (prest) |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |___location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1858]] – [[Juan Luis Sanfuentes]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th [[President of Chile]] (died 1930)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Richard B. |first2=Frederick R. |last2=Kirwin |title=Presidential Succession in Chile: 1817-1966 |journal=Journal of Inter-American Studies |volume=11 |issue=1 |date=1969 |pages=144–159 |doi=10.2307/165408|jstor=165408 }}</ref>
*[[1863]] – [[Louis Lincoln Emmerson]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[Governor of Illinois]] (died 1941)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GE_iAAAAMAAJ&q=louis+lincoln+emmerson+politician|title=Annual Conclave|year=1941}}</ref>
*[[1864]] – [[Hermann-Paul]], French painter and illustrator (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|title=L'Estampe Originale: A Catalogue Raisonné|author1=Donna Stein|author2=Donald H. Karshan|year=1970}}</ref>
*[[1878]] – [[Kalle Korhonen]], Finnish politician (died 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Korhonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318010448/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |archive-date=18 March 2019 |___location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1879]] – [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English-American actor (died 1954)<ref>{{cite book| last1=Donnelley| first1=Paul| title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries| year=2003| publisher=Omnibus| isbn=978-0-7119-9512-3| page=295| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=%22Sydney+Hughes+Greenstreet%22&pg=PA295| access-date=November 24, 2021| language=en}}</ref>
*[[1882]] – [[Mina Loy]], British modernist poet and artist (died 1966)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mina-Loy|title=Mina Loy|date=23 December 2023 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=December 23, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1883]] – [[Cyrus S. Eaton]], Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1979)<ref>{{cite news|author=Alden Whitman|author-link=Alden Whitman|title=Cyrus Eaton, Industrialist, 95, Dies. Cyrus Eaton Dies at 95. Cleveland Industrialist Urged Links With Communists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/11/archives/cyrus-eaton-industrialist-95-dies-cyrus-eaton-dies-at-95-cleveland.html|quote=Cyrus S. Eaton Sr., a multimillionaire industrialist who strongly advocated friendly relations with the Communist world, died Wednesday night at his home, Acadia Farm, near Cleveland. He was 95 years old.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 11, 1979|access-date=2014-12-15 }}</ref>
*[[1888]] – [[Thea von Harbou]], German actress, director, and screenwriter (died 1954)<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophsupp_gallery/50/|title=Thea von Harbou, 1888-1954 |journal=Author Gallery |date=27 June 2017 |accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1892]] – [[Alfred Edwin McKay]], Canadian captain and pilot (died 1917)<ref>Broad, G. (2017). One in a Thousand: The Life and Death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps. Canada: University of Toronto Press.</ref>
*[[1896]] – [[Louis Bromfield]], American author and theorist (died 1956)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Bromfield|title=Louis Bromfield|publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
* 1896 – [[Maurice De Waele]], Belgian cyclist (died 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8846 |title=Maurice De Waele |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>
* 1896 – [[Carl Zuckmayer]], German author and playwright (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/carlzuckmayersge0000fink|url-access=registration|quote=Carl Zuckmayer Goldschmidt.|title=Carl Zuckmayer's Germany|publisher=Haag + Herchen|author=Margot Finke|isbn=978-3-89228-577-9|year=1990}}</ref>
*[[1898]] – [[Inejiro Asanuma]], Japanese politician (died 1960)
*[[1900]] – [[Hans Stuck]], German racing driver (died 1978)<ref name=mem>{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Hans Stuck |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ct&n=450 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Marlene Dietrich]], German-American actress and singer (died 1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marlene-dietrich|title=Marlene Dietrich|author=Dr. Kelly A. Spring|year=2017|accessdate=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
* 1901 – [[Irene Handl]], English actress (died 1987)
*[[1904]] – [[René Bonnet (businessman)|René Bonnet]], French racing driver and engineer (died 1983)
*[[1905]] – [[Cliff Arquette]], American actor and comedian (died 1974)
*[[1906]] – [[Oscar Levant]], American pianist, composer, and actor (died 1972)
*[[1907]] – [[Asaf Halet Çelebi]], Turkish poet (died 1958)
* 1907 – [[Sebastian Haffner]], German journalist and author (died 1999)
* 1907 – [[Mary Howard (romance novelist)|Mary Howard]], English author (died 1991)
* 1907 – [[Conrad L. Raiford]], American baseball player and activist (died 2002)
* 1907 – [[Willem van Otterloo]], Dutch conductor and composer (died 1978)
*[[1909]] – [[James Riddell (skier)|James Riddell]], English skier and author (died 2000)
*[[1910]] – [[Charles Olson]], American poet and educator (died 1970)
*[[1911]] – [[Anna Russell]], English-Canadian singer and actress (died 2006)
*[[1913]] – [[Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)|Elizabeth Smart]], Canadian poet and novelist (died 1986)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-smart |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |title=Elizabeth Smart |date=December 6, 2021 |first=Alice |last=Van Wart |others=Updated by: Andrew McIntosh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228101325/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007466 |archive-date=2006-02-28 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1915]] – [[William Masters]], American gynecologist, author, and academic (died 2001)
* 1915 – [[Gyula Zsengellér]], Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager (died 1999)
*[[1916]] – [[Werner Baumbach]], German pilot (died 1953)
* 1916 – [[Cathy Lewis]], American actress (died 1968)
*[[1917]] – [[Buddy Boudreaux]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2015)
* 1917 – [[T. Nadaraja]], Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (died 2004)
* 1917 – [[Onni Palaste]], Finnish soldier and author (died 2009)
*[[1918]] – [[John Celardo]], American captain and illustrator (died 2012)
*[[1919]] – [[Charles Sweeney]], American general and pilot (died 2004)
*[[1920]] – [[Bruce Hobbs]], American jockey and trainer (died 2005)
*[[1921]] – [[John Whitworth (musician)|John Whitworth]], English countertenor (died 2013)
*[[1923]] – [[Bruno Bobak]], Polish-Canadian painter and educator (died 2012)
* 1923 – [[Lucas Mangope]], South African politician (died 2018)
*[[1924]] – [[Jean Bartik]], American computer scientist and engineer (died 2011)
* 1924 – [[James A. McClure]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2011)
*[[1925]] – [[Michel Piccoli]], French actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2020)
*[[1926]] – [[Jerome Courtland]], American actor, director, and producer (died 2012)
*[[1927]] – [[Antony Gardner]], English engineer and politician (died 2011)
* 1927 – [[Nityanand Swami (politician)|Nityanand Swami]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] (died 2012)
* 1927 – [[Audrey Wagner]], American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (died 1984)
*[[1930]] – [[Marshall Sahlins]], American anthropologist and academic (died 2021)
* 1930 – [[Wilfrid Sheed]], English-born American novelist and essayist (died 2011)
*[[1931]] – [[Scotty Moore]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2016)
*[[1933]] – [[Dave Marr]], American golfer (died 1997)
*[[1934]] – [[Larisa Latynina]], Ukrainian gymnast and coach
* 1934 – [[Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow]], English businessman
*[[1935]] – [[Michael Turnbull (bishop)|Michael Turnbull]], English bishop
*[[1936]] – [[James Harrison (blood donor)|James Harrison]], Australian blood plasma donor (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |date=March 4, 2025 |title=James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/obituaries/james-harrison-dead-blood.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*1936 – [[Phil Sharpe (cricketer)|Phil Sharpe]], English cricketer (died 2014)
* 1936 – [[Eve Uusmees]], Estonian swimmer and coach
*[[1939]] – [[John Amos]], American actor (died 2024)<ref name="AP" />
*[[1940]] – [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]], English cricketer and umpire (died 2009)
*[[1941]] – [[Miles Aiken]], American basketball player and coach
* 1941 – [[Mike Pinder]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2024)
* 1941 – [[Nolan Richardson]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1942]] – [[Byron Browne (baseball)|Byron Browne]], American baseball player
* 1942 – [[Thomas Menino]], American politician, 53rd [[Mayor of Boston]] (died 2014)
* 1942 – [[Ron Rothstein]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1943]] – [[Cokie Roberts]], American journalist and author (died 2019)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 27: Olivia Cooke, Timothee Chalamet |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-27-Olivia-Cooke-Timothee-Chalamet/7041672079746/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=26 December 2023 |date=27 December 2022}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Joan Manuel Serrat]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1943 – [[Peter Sinfield]], English songwriter and producer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amorosi |first=A. D. |date=2024-11-15 |title=Peter Sinfield, Surrealist Lyricist for King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dies at 80 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/peter-sinfield-lyricist-king-crimson-emerson-lake-palmer-dead-1236211448/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 1943 – [[Roy White]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1944]] – [[Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)|Mick Jones]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1946]] – [[Lenny Kaye]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1946 – [[Joe Kinnear]], Irish footballer and manager (died 2024)
* 1946 – [[Janet Street-Porter]], English journalist and producer
* 1946 – [[Polly Toynbee]], English journalist and author<ref>{{cite book|author=Ann Evory |title=Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6uQdVZ96IvEC|date=June 1983|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-8103-1938-7}}</ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Bill Eadie]], American wrestler and coach
* 1947 – [[Doug Livermore]], English footballer and manager
* 1947 – [[Willy Polleunis]], Belgian runner
*[[1948]] – [[Gérard Depardieu]], French-Russian actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6uBkAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|isbn=978-0-900925-21-4}}</ref>
*[[1949]] – [[Terry Ito]], Japanese director, producer, and critic
*[[1950]] – [[Haris Alexiou]], Greek singer-songwriter
* 1950 – [[Roberto Bettega]], Italian footballer and manager
* 1950 – [[Terry Bozzio]], American drummer and songwriter
*[[1951]] – [[Karla Bonoff]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1951 – [[Ernesto Zedillo]], Mexican economist and politician, 54th [[President of Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/2894/Ernesto%20Zedillo|title=Ernesto Zedillo |publisher=Busca Biografias |language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1952]] – [[Jay Hill (politician)|Jay Hill]], Canadian farmer and politician
* 1952 – [[David Knopfler]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1954]] – [[Kent Benson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent Benson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76154/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1954 – [[Mandie Fletcher]], English director, producer, and production manager
* 1954 – [[Teo Chee Hean]], Singaporean politician and 5th [[Senior Minister of Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pmo.gov.sg/cabinet/mr-teo-chee-hean|website=[[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office, Singapore]] |title=Mr TEO Chee Hean |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1955]] – [[Brad Murphey]], American race car driver
* 1955 – [[Barbara Olson]], American journalist and author (died 2001)
*[[1956]] – [[Doina Melinte]], Romanian runner
*[[1958]] – [[Steve Jones (golfer)|Steve Jones]], American golfer
*[[1959]] – [[Gerina Dunwich]], American astrologer, historian, and author
* 1959 – [[Andre Tippett]], American football player and coach
*[[1960]] – [[Maryam d'Abo]], English actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1960 – [[Donald Nally]], American conductor and academic
* 1960 – [[Terry Price (golfer)|Terry Price]], Australian golfer
*[[1961]] – [[Guido Westerwelle]], German lawyer and politician, 15th [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (died 2016)
*[[1962]] – [[Mark Few]], American basketball player and coach
* 1962 – [[John Kampfner]], Singaporean journalist and author
* 1962 – [[Bill Self]], American basketball player and coach
* 1962 – [[Sherri Steinhauer]], American golfer
*[[1963]] – [[Gaspar Noé]], Argentine-French director and screenwriter
*[[1964]] – [[Ian Gomez]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1964 – [[Theresa Randle]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1965]] – [[Salman Khan]], Indian film actor and producer
*[[1966]] – [[Marianne Elliott (director)|Marianne Elliott]], English director and producer
* 1966 – [[Bill Goldberg]], American football player, wrestler and actor
* 1966 – [[Eva LaRue]], American model and actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 27, 2022 includes celebrities Timothee Chalamet, Hayley Williams |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-27-2022-includes-celebrities-timothee-chalamet-hayley-williams.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=26 December 2023 |date=27 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1969]] – [[Jean-Christophe Boullion]], French racing driver
* 1969 – [[Chyna]], American professional wrestler and actress (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1969 – [[Sarah Vowell]], American author and journalist
* 1970 – [[Lorenzo Neal]], American football player and radio host
* 1970 – [[Naoko Yamazaki]], Japanese pilot and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |___location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=160}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[Duncan Ferguson]], Scottish footballer and coach
* 1971 – [[Guthrie Govan]], English guitarist and educator
* 1971 – [[Savannah Guthrie]], American television journalist<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1972]] – [[Colin Charvis]], Welsh rugby union player and coach
* 1972 – [[Kevin Ollie]], American basketball player and coach
* 1972 – [[Matt Slocum]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1973]] – [[Wilson Cruz]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1973 – [[Kristoffer Zegers]], Dutch pianist and composer
*[[1974]] – [[Tomáš Janků]], Czech high jumper
* 1974 – [[Masi Oka]], Japanese-American actor and visual effects designer<ref name="AP" />
* 1974 – [[Fumiko Orikasa]], Japanese voice actress and singer
* 1974 – [[Jay Pandolfo]], American ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{NHL profile| 8459454 | Jay Pandolfo}}</ref>
*[[1975]] – [[Aigars Fadejevs]], Latvian race walker and therapist
* 1975 – [[Heather O'Rourke]], American actress (died 1988)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1976]] – [[Nikolaos Georgeas]], Greek footballer
* 1976 – [[Piotr Morawski]], Polish mountaineer (died 2009)
* 1976 – [[Daimí Pernía]], Cuban basketball player and hurdler
* 1976 – [[Fernando Pisani]], Canadian-Italian ice hockey player
*[[1977]] – [[Jacqueline Pillon]], Canadian actress
* 1977 – [[Chris Tate (footballer)|Chris Tate]], English footballer
*[[1978]] – [[Deuce McAllister]], American football player
* 1978 – [[Lisa Jakub]], Canadian actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/999635/mrs-doubtfire-child-star-lisa-jakub-turns-40-see-the-cast-then-and-now|title=Mrs. Doubtfire's Lisa Jakub Turns 40: See Cast Then and Now|date=2018-12-27|website=E! Online|accessdate=2019-05-08}}</ref>
*[[1979]] – [[Pascale Dorcelus]], Canadian weightlifter<ref>{{cite web |title=Results |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8559 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=1 June 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302235756/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=8559 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1979 – [[David Dunn]], English footballer and manager
* 1979 – [[Carson Palmer]], American football player
*[[1980]] – [[Bernard Berrian]], American football player
* 1980 – [[Claudio Castagnoli]], Swiss wrestler
* 1980 – [[Dahntay Jones]], American basketball player
* 1980 – [[Meelis Kompus]], Estonian journalist
*[[1981]] – [[David Aardsma]], American baseball player
* 1981 – [[Emilie de Ravin]], Australian actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1981 – [[Jay Ellis]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1981 – [[Moise Joseph]], American-Haitian runner
* 1981 – [[Patrick Sharp]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1982]] – [[Erin E. Stead]], American illustrator
*[[1983]] – [[Anthony Boric]], New Zealand rugby union player
* 1983 – [[Cole Hamels]], American baseball player
* 1983 – [[Jesse Williams (high jumper)|Jesse Williams]], American high jumper
*[[1984]] – [[Andrejs Perepļotkins]], Ukrainian-Latvian footballer
* 1984 – [[Gilles Simon]], French tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilles Simon {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gilles-simon/sd32/overview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Logan Bailly]], Belgian footballer
* 1985 – [[Jérôme d'Ambrosio]], Belgian racing driver
* 1985 – [[Adil Rami]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Rami|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/adil-rami/13635/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
* 1985 – [[Paul Stastny]], Canadian-American ice hockey player
*[[1986]] – [[Torah Bright]], Australian snowboarder
* 1986 – [[Jamaal Charles]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamaal Charles |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11307/jamaal-charles |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1986 – [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], Jamaican sprinter
*[[1987]] – [[Lily Cole]], English model
*[[1988]] – [[Jorge Gutiérrez (basketball)|Jorge Gutiérrez]], Mexican basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jorge Gutierrez |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203268/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Hera Hilmar]], Icelandic actress
* 1988 – [[Zavon Hines]], Jamaican-English footballer
* 1988 – [[Ok Taec-yeon]], South Korean singer and actor
* 1988 – [[Rick Porcello]], American baseball player
* 1988 – [[Hayley Williams]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1989]] – [[Ingrid Várgas Calvo]], Peruvian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billie Jean King Cup Profile: Ingrid Várgas Calvo |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800265022 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.billiejeankingcup.com |archive-date=2022-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021165656/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800265022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Max Lindholm]], Finnish figure skater
* 1990 – [[Jonathan Marchessault]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1990 – [[Milos Raonic]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milos Raonic {{!}} Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
* 1990 – [[Zelina Vega]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Zelina Vega |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/24394618/wwe-profile-page-zelina-vega |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 December 2023 |date=28 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Chloe Bridges]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
* 1991 – [[Michael Morgan (rugby league born 1991)|Michael Morgan]], Australian rugby league player
* 1991 – [[Beth Potter]], Scottish triathlete and long-distance runner<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beth Potter |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/130199 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Danny Wilson (footballer, born 1991)|Danny Wilson]], Scottish footballer
*[[1992]] – [[Joel Indermitte]], Estonian footballer
* 1992 – [[Maicel Uibo]], Estonian decathlete
*[[1993]] – [[Olivia Cooke]], English actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1994]] – [[Isi Palazón]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Isi Palazón|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/isaac-palazon-camacho/393726/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] – [[Timothée Chalamet]], French-American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1995 – [[Nick Chubb]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Chubb Bio |url=https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/nick-chubb-player-bio |work=[[Fox Sports]] |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>
* 1995 – [[Ghislain Konan]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghislain Konan|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ghislain-konan/435624/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
* 1995 – [[Mark Lapidus]], Estonian chess player
*[[1997]] – [[Mads Juel Andersen]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mads Andersen|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/44737/Mads-Andersen/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Vachirawit Chivaaree]], Thai actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2020 |title=HOTTIE ALERT: Thai-American heartthrob Bright Vachirawit |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/lifestyle/150551/bright-vachirawit-a721-20200402 |access-date=25 Dec 2020 |website=GMMTV |language=es}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Ana Konjuh]], Croatian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ana Konjuh {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320682/name |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Jang Gyu-ri]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web|title=[HAPPY B하인드] 12월 27일 오늘의 아이돌은? 프로미스나인(Promise9) '장규리'|url=https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/250930|work=[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] 연예|date=27 December 2018|access-date=15 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Luka Garza]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luka Garza |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630568/luka-garza |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Brock Purdy]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brock Purdy |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361741/brock-purdy |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Ander Barrenetxea (footballer)|Ander Barrenetxea]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ander Barrenetxea|url= https://int.soccerway.com/players/ander-barrenetxea-muguruza/587199/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[683]] – [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong of Tang]], 3rd emperor of the Chinese [[Tang dynasty]] (born 628)
* [[870]] – [[Aeneas of Paris]], Frankish bishop
* [[975]] – [[Balderic of Utrecht|Balderic]], bishop of Utrecht (born 897)
*[[1003]] – [[Emma of Blois]], French duchess and regent
*[[1005]] – [[Nilus the Younger]], Byzantine abbot (born 910)
*[[1076]] – [[Sviatoslav II of Kiev|Sviatoslav II]], Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1027)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Franklin |first1=Simon |title=The emergence of Rus, 750-1200 |date=1996 |publisher=Longman |isbn=978-0-582-49091-8 |page=259 |url=https://archive.org/details/emergenceofrus750000fran/page/258/mode/2up?q=Sviatoslav+died |access-date=26 December 2020 |quote=On 27 December 1076, Sviatoslav died.}}</ref>
*[[1087]] – [[Bertha of Savoy]], Holy Roman Empress (born 1051)
*[[1381]] – [[Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March]], English politician (born 1352)
*[[1518]] – [[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II]], sultan of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] (born c. 1470)
*[[1543]] – [[George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George]], margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (born 1484)
*[[1548]] – [[Francesco Spiera]], Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1502)
===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] – [[Thomas Cartwright (theologian)|Thomas Cartwright]], English minister and theologian (born 1535)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Cartwright, Thomas|volume=5}}</ref>
*[[1637]] – [[Vincenzo Giustiniani]], Italian banker (born 1564)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giustiniani.info/english.html|title=History of Giustiniani From Genova (Italy)|first=Enrico|last=Giustiniani|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926013842/http://www.giustiniani.info/english.html|archive-date=September 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1641]] – [[Francis van Aarssens]], Dutch diplomat (born 1572){{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
*[[1642]] – [[Herman op den Graeff]], Dutch bishop (born 1585)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Graeff,_op_den_(Opdegraf,_Updegrave,_Updegrove)_family |title=Graeff, op den (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove) family - GAMEO}}</ref>
*[[1656]] – [[Andrew White (Jesuit)|Andrew White]], English Jesuit missionary (born 1579)<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Andrew White}}</ref>
*[[1660]] – [[Hervey Bagot]], English politician (born 1591)<ref>{{cite web|first=Leigh |last=Rayment |title=Backhouse to Barratt |url= http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm|access-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191024070706/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1663]] – [[Christine of France]], Duchess of [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]] (born 1606)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orr |first=Clarissa Campbell |title=Queenship in Europe, 1660-1815: the role of the consort |date=2004 |publisher=Cambridge university press |isbn=978-0-521-81422-5 |___location=Cambridge |pages=21}}</ref>
*[[1672]] – [[Jacques Rohault]], French philosopher (born [[1618]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Copleston |first=Frederick Charles |author-link=Frederick Copleston |title=A history of philosophy |volume=4 |publisher=Continuum International |year=2003 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtDGtgARkzMC&pg=PA174| isbn=978-0-8264-6898-7}}</ref>
*[[1683]] – [[Maria Francisca of Savoy]], [[Queen consort of Portugal]] (born 1646)<ref>"Illness and death of Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy (1646-1683), queen of Portugal", Donne, Cultura e Società nel Panorama Lusitano e Internazionale (secoli XVI-XXI), Viterbo, Edizione Sette Città, 2017, pp. 73–91.</ref>
*[[1689]] – [[Gervase Bryan]], English clergyman (born 1622)<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Bryan, John (died1676) |first=Alexander|last=Gordon|authorlink=Alexander Gordon (Unitarian)|volume=7|page=}}</ref>
*[[1693]] – [[Henri de Villars (died 1693)|Henri de Villars]], French prelate (born 1621)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdvillh.html|title=Archbishop Henrie de Villars |website=catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927191710/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdvillh.html |archive-date=September 27, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1694]] – [[Henrik Span]], naval officer in the Dutch (born 1634)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=henrikspan|title=Henrik Span|language=Danish |publisher=gravsted.fk |accessdate=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927192039/https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=henrikspan|archive-date=September 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1704]] – [[Hans Albrecht von Barfus]], Prussian field marshal and politician (born 1635)
*[[1707]] – [[Jean Mabillon]], French monk and scholar (born 1632)<ref>Smith, W. (2008). Dom Jean Mabillon, 1632–1707 'Most Learned and Humble of Men' ~ Part I ~. The Downside Review, 126(442), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/001258060812644202</ref>
*1707 – [[Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale]], English earl, politician (born 1654)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/leke-robert-1654-1707|title=LEKE, Robert, Lord Deincourt (1654-1707), of Duke Street, Westminster. |accessdate=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928202658/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/leke-robert-1654-1707|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1737]] – [[William Bowyer (1663–1737)|William Bowyer]], English printer (born 1663)
*[[1743]] – [[Hyacinthe Rigaud]], French painter (born 1659)
*[[1771]] – [[Henri Pitot]], French engineer, invented the [[Pitot tube]] (born 1695)
*[[1776]] – [[Johann Rall]], Hessian colonel (born {{circa|1726}})
*[[1782]] – [[Henry Home, Lord Kames]], Scottish judge and philosopher (born 1697)
*[[1800]] – [[Hugh Blair]], Scottish minister and author (born 1718)
*[[1812]] – [[Joanna Southcott]], English religious leader (born 1750)
*[[1834]] – [[Charles Lamb]], English essayist and poet (born 1775)
*[[1836]] – [[Stephen F. Austin]], American soldier and politician (born 1793)
*[[1858]] – [[Alexandre Pierre François Boëly]], French pianist and composer (born 1785)
*[[1895]] – [[Eivind Astrup]], Norwegian explorer (born 1871)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eivind Astrup |first=Susan |last=Barr |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |___location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eivind_Astrup |language=no|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1896]] – [[John Brown (industrialist)|John Brown]], English businessman and politician (born 1816)
*[[1900]] – [[William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong]], English engineer and businessman, founded [[Armstrong Whitworth]] (born 1810)
===1901–present===
*[[1914]] – [[Charles Martin Hall]], American chemist and engineer (born 1863)
*[[1919]] – [[Achilles Alferaki]], Russian-Greek composer and politician, [[Governor of Taganrog]] (born 1846)
*[[1923]] – [[Gustave Eiffel]], French architect and engineer, co-designed the [[Eiffel Tower]] (born 1832)
*[[1924]] – [[Agda Meyerson]], Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (born 1866)
*[[1936]] – [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]], Turkish poet, academic, and politician (born 1873)
*[[1938]] – [[Calvin Bridges]], American geneticist and academic (born 1889)
* 1938 – [[Osip Mandelstam]], Polish-Russian poet and critic (born 1891)
* 1938 – [[Zona Gale]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1874)
*[[1939]] – [[Rinaldo Cuneo]], American painter (born 1877)
*[[1943]] – [[Ants Kurvits]], Estonian general and politician, 10th [[Estonian Minister of War]] (born 1887)
*[[1950]] – [[Max Beckmann]], German-American painter and sculptor (born 1884)
*[[1952]] – [[Patrick Joseph Hartigan]], Australian priest, author, and educator (born 1878)
*[[1953]] – [[Şükrü Saracoğlu]], Turkish soldier and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (born 1887)
* 1953 – [[Julian Tuwim]], Polish poet and author (born 1894)
*[[1955]] – [[Alfred Carpenter]], English admiral, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1881)
*[[1956]] – [[Lambert McKenna]], Irish priest and lexicographer (born 1870)
*[[1965]] – [[Edgar Ende]], German painter (born 1901)
*[[1972]] – [[Lester B. Pearson]], Canadian historian and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Canada]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1897)
*[[1974]] – [[Vladimir Fock]], Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1898)
* 1974 – [[Amy Vanderbilt]], American author (born 1908)
*[[1978]] – [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
* 1978 – [[Houari Boumediene]], Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd [[President of Algeria]] (born 1932)
* 1978 – [[Bob Luman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
*[[1979]] – [[Hafizullah Amin]], Afghan educator and politician, 2nd General Secretary of the [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] (born 1929)
*[[1981]] – [[Hoagy Carmichael]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1899)
*[[1982]] – [[Jack Swigert]], American pilot, astronaut, and politician (born 1931)
*[[1985]] – [[Jean Rondeau (racing driver)|Jean Rondeau]], French racing driver (born 1946)
*[[1986]] – [[George Dangerfield]], English-American historian and journalist (born 1904)
* 1986 – [[Dumas Malone]], American historian and author (born 1892)
*[[1987]] – [[Rewi Alley]], New Zealand writer and political activist (born 1897)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alley, Rewi |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4a10/alley-rewi |website=teara.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=26 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Hal Ashby]], American director and producer (born 1929)
*[[1992]] – [[Kay Boyle]], American novelist, poet, and educator (born 1902)
*[[1993]] – [[Feliks Kibbermann]], Estonian chess player and philologist (born 1902)
* 1993 – [[Evald Mikson]], Estonian footballer (born 1911)
* 1993 – [[André Pilette]], Belgian racing driver (born 1918)
*[[1994]] – [[Fanny Cradock]], English author and critic (born 1909)
* 1994 – [[J. B. L. Reyes]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1902)
*[[1995]] – [[Shura Cherkassky]], Ukrainian-American pianist (born 1909)
* 1995 – [[Genrikh Kasparyan]], Armenian chess player and composer (born 1910)
*[[1997]] – [[Brendan Gill]], American journalist and essayist (born 1914)
* 1997 – [[Billy Wright (loyalist)|Billy Wright]], Northern Irish loyalist leader (born 1960)
*[[1999]] – [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], American author and screenwriter (born 1950)
*[[2002]] – [[George Roy Hill]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
*[[2003]] – [[Alan Bates]], English actor (born 1934)
* 2003 – [[Iván Calderón (baseball)|Iván Calderón]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1962)
*[[2004]] – [[Hank Garland]], American guitarist (born 1930)
*[[2007]] – [[Benazir Bhutto]], Pakistani politician, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (born 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Benazir Bhutto |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/benazir-bhutto |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=15 February 2019}}</ref>
* 2007 – [[Jerzy Kawalerowicz]], Polish director and screenwriter (born 1922)
* 2007 – [[Jaan Kross]], Estonian author and poet (born 1920)
*[[2008]] – [[Delaney Bramlett]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1939)
* 2008 – [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]], Mexican-American sculptor (born 1938)
*[[2009]] – [[Isaac Schwartz]], Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (born 1923)
*[[2011]] – [[Catê]], Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1973)
* 2011 – [[Michael Dummett]], English soldier, philosopher, and academic (born 1925)
* 2011 – [[Helen Frankenthaler]], American painter and educator (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNay |first1=Michael |title=Helen Frankenthaler obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/dec/28/helen-frankenthaler |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 January 2020 |date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
* 2011 – [[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
*[[2012]] – [[Harry Carey, Jr.]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
* 2012 – [[Lloyd Charmers]], Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (born 1938)
* 2012 – [[Tingye Li]], Chinese-American physicist and engineer (born 1931)
* 2012 – [[Archie Roy]], Scottish astronomer and academic (born 1924)
* 2012 – [[Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.]], American general and engineer (born 1934)
* 2012 – [[Salt Walther]], American race car driver (born 1947)
*[[2013]] – [[Richard Ambler]], English-Scottish biologist and academic (born 1933)
* 2013 – [[Mohamad Chatah]], Lebanese economist and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Lebanon)|Lebanese Minister of Finance]] (born 1951)
* 2013 – [[Gianna D'Angelo]], American soprano and educator (born 1929)
* 2013 – [[John Matheson]], Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
* 2013 – [[Farooq Sheikh]], Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter (born 1948)
*[[2014]] – [[Ben Ammi Ben-Israel]], American-Israeli religious leader, founded the [[African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem]] (born 1939)
* 2014 – [[Ulises Estrella]], Ecuadorian poet and academic (born 1939)
* 2014 – [[Ronald Li]], Hong Kong accountant and businessman (born 1929)
* 2014 – [[Karel Poma]], Belgian bacteriologist and politician (born 1920)
*[[2015]] – [[Stein Eriksen]], Norwegian-American skier (born 1927)
* 2015 – [[Dave Henderson]], American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1958)
* 2015 – [[Ellsworth Kelly]], American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
* 2015 – [[Meadowlark Lemon]], American basketball player and minister (born 1932)
* 2015 – [[Alfredo Pacheco]], Salvadoran footballer (born 1982)
* 2015 – [[Stevie Wright (Australian singer)|Stevie Wright]], English-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1947)
*[[2016]] – [[Carrie Fisher]], American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)
* 2016 – [[Ratnasiri Wickremanayake]], Sri Lankan politician (born 1933)
*[[2018]] – [[Frank Blaichman]], Polish resistance fighter (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituary: Frank Blaichman died on December 27th|newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2019/02/02/obituary-frank-blaichman-died-on-december-27th|access-date=12 September 2020|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Remilia|Maria Creveling]], American ''League of Legends'' player (born 1995)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Jacob |title=Remilia, first woman to compete in LCS, dies at 24 |url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28383021/remilia-first-woman-compete-lcs-dies-24 |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=ESPN |date=December 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] – [[Lee Sun-kyun]], South Korean actor (born 1975)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=477&aid=0000466058|last=Jang|first=Jin-ri|date=December 27, 2023|language=ko|publisher=SpoTV News|script-title=ko:故이선균 측 "비통하고 참담...유가족·동료와 조용히 장례 치를것"[전문]|trans-title=The late Lee Sun-kyun said, "Heartbreaking and miserable... Hold a quiet funeral with the bereaved family and colleagues" [Full Text]|access-date=December 27, 2023|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>
*2023 – [[Gaston Glock]], Austrian firearm engineer and founder of [[Glock Ges.m.b.H.|Glock]] (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/obituary-gaston-glock-man-behind-gun-dies-aged-94-apa-2023-12-27/|last=Knolle|first=Kristi|publisher=Reuters|title=Obituary Gaston Glock, the man behind the gun, dies aged 94 |access-date=December 27, 2023|date=December 27, 2023|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Greg Gumbel]], American sportscaster (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=December 27, 2024 |title=Greg Gumbel, Longtime CBS Sports Broadcaster, Dies at 78 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/greg-gumbel-dead-cbs-sports-1236261024/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Olivia Hussey]], Argentinian-English actress (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rhoden-Paul |first=André |title=Olivia Hussey: Romeo and Juliet actress dies aged 73 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd6q5yzjq5o |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Charles Shyer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=December 27, 2024 |title=Oscar-Nominated Writer-Director Charles Shyer Dies: ‘Private Benjamin’, ‘Father Of The Bride’ Filmmaker Was 83 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/charles-shyer-father-of-the-bride-director-dead-1236243121/ |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Francesco Spoto]]
** [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Sára Salkaházi]]
** [[Saint Fabiola|Fabiola]]
** [[John the Apostle]]
** [[Pope Maximus of Alexandria]]
** [[Nicarete]]
** [[Theodorus and Theophanes]]
** [[December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Constitution Day (North Korea)]]
* [[Emergency Rescuer's Day]] (Russia)
* [[Saint Stephen's Day]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]; a public holiday in [[Romania]])
* The third of the [[Twelve Days of Christmas]] ([[Western Christianity]])
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=27}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/27 Historical Events on December 27]
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[[Category:Days of December]]
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