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December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 18 days remain until the end of the year.
1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit .1545 – The Council of Trent begins.1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth , England, on his round-the-world voyage.1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians . This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States .1642 – Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.1643 – English Civil War : The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire .1758 – The English transport ship Duke William 1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock , with a royal charter from King George III , on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth .1818 – Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.1862 – American Civil War : At the Battle of Fredericksburg , Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside .1867 – A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell , London, killing six.1928 – George Gershwin 's An American in Paris 1936 – An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).[1] 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War : Battle of Nanking : The city of Nanjing , defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi , falls to the Japanese . This is followed by the Nanking Massacre , in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.1938 – The Holocaust : The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg , Germany.1939 – World War II : Battle of the River Plate : Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter , HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles .1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem .1959 – Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus .1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen , Emperor.1962 – NASA launches Relay 1 satellite in orbit.1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels .1968 – Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus .1972 – Apollo program : Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17 1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations .1974 – North Vietnam launched the Spring Offensive collapse of South Vietnam .[2] 1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport , killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team , support staff, and boosters of the team.1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity 1982 – The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva , Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.1989 – The Troubles : Attack on Derryard checkpoint : The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland . Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.2001 – Sansad Bhavan , the building housing the Indian Parliament , is attacked by terrorists . Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.2002 – European Union enlargement : The EU announces that Cyprus , the Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Malta , Poland , Slovakia , and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.2003 – Iraq War : Operation Red Dawn : Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit .2007 – The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of the European Union .2011 – A murder–suicide in Liège , Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market .2018 – A high-speed train crashes in Ankara , Turkey, killing at least nine people and injuring 84.[3] 1272 – King Frederick III of Sicily (d. 1337)1363 – Jean Gerson , chancellor of the University of Paris (d. 1429)[4] 1476 – Lucy Brocadelli , Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (d. 1544)[5] 1484 – Paul Speratus , German Lutheran (d. 1551)[6] 1491 – Martín de Azpilcueta , Spanish theologian and economist (d. 1586)1499 – Justus Menius , German Lutheran pastor (d. 1558)1521 – Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)1533 – Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)1553 – Henry IV of France (d. 1610)1560 – Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully , 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1641)1585 – William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet (d. 1649)1640 – Robert Plot , English chemist and academic (d. 1696)1662 – Francesco Bianchini , Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1729)1678 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)1720 – Carlo Gozzi , Italian playwright (d. 1804)1724 – Franz Aepinus , German astronomer and philosopher (d. 1802)1769 – James Scarlett Abinger , English judge (d. 1844)1780 – Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner , German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp (d. 1849)1784 – Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864)1797 – Heinrich Heine , German journalist, poet, and critic (d. 1856)1804 – Joseph Howe , Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1873)1814 – Ana Néri , Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (d. 1880)1816 – Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (d. 1892)1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln , 16th First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)1830 – Mathilde Fibiger , Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist (d. 1892)1836 – Franz von Lenbach , German painter and academic (d. 1904)1854 – Herman Bavinck , Dutch philosopher, theologian, and academic (d. 1921)1856 – Svetozar Boroević , Croatian-Austrian field marshal (d. 1920)1860 – Lucien Guitry , French actor (d. 1925)1864 – Emil Seidel , American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)1867 – Kristian Birkeland , Norwegian physicist and author (d. 1917)1870 – Edward LeSaint , American actor and director (d. 1940)1871 – Emily Carr , Canadian painter and author (d. 1945)1874 – Josef Lhévinne , Russian pianist and educator (d. 1944)1882 – Jane Edna Hunter , African-American social worker (d. 1971)[7] 1883 – Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian and bibliographer (d. 1950)[8] 1884 – Aimilios Veakis , Greek actor, director, and playwright (d. 1951)1885 – Annie Dale Biddle Andrews , American mathematician (d. 1940)1887 – George Pólya , Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1985)1887 – Alvin C. York , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964) 1897 – Albert Aalbers , Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (d. 1961)1897 – Drew Pearson , American journalist and author (d. 1969) 1900 – Jonel Perlea , Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970)1901 – Olev Roomet , Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player (d. 1987)1902 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos , Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1986)1902 – Talcott Parsons , American sociologist and academic (d. 1979) 1903 – Ella Baker , American activist (d. 1986)1903 – Carlos Montoya , Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1993) 1905 – Ann Barzel , American writer and dance critic (d. 2007)[9] 1906 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (d. 1968)1906 – Laurens van der Post , South African-English soldier and author (d. 1996) 1908 – Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira , Brazilian historian and activist (d. 1995)1908 – Van Heflin , American actor (d. 1971) 1908 – Elizabeth Alexander , British geologist, academic, and physicist (d. 1958) 1911 – Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)1911 – Kenneth Patchen , American poet and painter (d. 1972) 1912 – Luiz Gonzaga , Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1989)1913 – Arnold Brown , English-Canadian missionary, 11th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2002)1914 – Alan Bullock , English historian and author (d. 2004)1914 – Larry Noble , English comedian and actor (d. 1993) 1915 – B. J. Vorster , South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (d. 1983)1916 – Archie Moore , American boxer (d. 1998)1916 – Leonard Weisgard , American author and illustrator (d. 2000) 1918 – Bill Vukovich , Serbian-American race car driver (d. 1955)1919 – Hans-Joachim Marseille , German captain and pilot (d. 1942)1920 – George P. Shultz , American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State 1921 – Turgut Demirağ , Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1987)1923 – Philip Warren Anderson , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)1923 – Terence Beckett , English businessman (d. 2013) 1923 – Edward Bede Clancy , Australian cardinal (d. 2014) 1923 – Larry Doby , American baseball player and manager (d. 2003) 1925 – Dick Van Dyke , American actor, singer, and dancer1926 – Carl Erskine , American major-league baseball player1926 – George Rhoden , Jamaican runner 1927 – James Wright , American poet and academic (d. 1980)1929 – Christopher Plummer , Canadian actor and producer1930 – Robert Prosky , American actor (d. 2008)1933 – Doug Mohns , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)1934 – Richard D. Zanuck , American film producer (d. 2012)1934 – Antoinette Rodez Schiesler , American chemist (d. 1996) 1935 – Joe Christopher , Virgin Islander baseball player1935 – Kenneth Hall , American football player 1935 – Lindy McDaniel , American baseball player 1935 – Türkan Saylan , Turkish physician and academic (d. 2009) 1935 – Arthur Summons , Australian rugby player 1936 – Prince Karim al-Husayn Shāh, Aga Khan IV ,[10] 1936 – J. C. Martin , American baseball player and sportscaster 1937 – Rob Houwer , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter1937 – Ulf G. Lindén , Swedish businessman (d. 2009) 1938 – Gus Johnson , American basketball player (d. 1987)[11] 1938 – Tom Shaw , American golfer 1940 – Sanjaya Lall , Indian economist and academic (d. 2005)1941 – John Davidson , American actor and game show host1942 – Howard Brenton , English playwright and screenwriter1942 – Anna Eshoo , American lawyer and politician 1943 – Ferguson Jenkins , Canadian baseball and basketball player1943 – Marti Webb , British actress and singer 1944 – Hwang Jang-lee , Japanese-South Korean martial artist and actor1945 – Herman Cain , American businessman and political activist (d. 2020)1948 – Jeff Baxter , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1948 – Lillian Board , South African-English sprinter (d. 1970) 1948 – Ted Nugent , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1948 – Brian Wilson , Scottish journalist and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1949 – Robert Lindsay , English actor and singer1949 – R. A. MacAvoy , American computer programmer and author 1949 – Randy Owen , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 – Tom Verlaine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 – Linda Bellos , English businesswoman and politician1950 – Wendie Malick , American actress, model and comedian 1950 – Julia Slingo , English meteorologist and academic 1950 – Tom Vilsack , American lawyer and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Agriculture 1952 – Junkyard Dog , American football player and wrestler (d. 1998)1952 – John Francome , English jockey and sportscaster 1952 – Larry Kenon , American basketball player 1952 – Jean Rouaud , French author 1953 – Berton Averre , American guitarist and songwriter1953 – Ben Bernanke , American economist and academic 1953 – Bill Castro , Dominican baseball player and coach 1953 – Jim Davidson , English comedian, actor, and television host 1953 – Bob Gainey , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager 1953 – Thomas Kurzhals , German keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014) 1954 – John Anderson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1954 – Steve Forbert , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1954 – Harsh Vardhan , Indian otolaryngologist and politician, Indian Minister of Science and Technology 1955 – Joseph Mahmoud , Moroccan-French runner1956 – Dale Berra , American baseball player1956 – Phil Hubbard , American basketball player and coach 1956 – Jean-Marie Messier , French businessman 1957 – Steve Buscemi , American actor and director1957 – Eric Marienthal , American saxophonist 1959 – Heino Enden , Estonian basketball player and coach1959 – Staffan William-Olsson , Swedish guitarist and composer 1960 – Richard Dent , American football player1961 – Harry Gregson-Williams , English composer, conductor, and producer1961 – Irene Sáez , Venezuelan model and politician, Governor of Nueva Esparta 1961 – Gary Zimmerman , American football player 1962 – Roger Ilegems , Belgian cyclist1962 – Jamie Raskin , American lawyer, academic, and politician 1962 – Rex Ryan , American football player and coach 1962 – Rob Ryan , American football player and coach 1964 – hide , Japanese recording artist, the former lead guitarist of X Japan (d. 1998)1966 – Mike Tirico , American sportscaster1967 – Jamie Foxx , American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian1967 – Bo Pelini , American football player and coach 1969 – Sergei Fedorov , Russian ice hockey player and manager1970 – Tonja Buford-Bailey , American hurdler and coach1970 – Eoin Jess , Scottish footballer 1970 – Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner , Austrian mountaineer 1971 – Naomi Long , Northern Irish engineer and politician, 54th Lord Mayor of Belfast 1971 – Park Jin-young , South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and record executive 1971 – Scott Sattler , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster 1971 – Leanne Wood , Welsh academic and politician 1972 – Chris Grant , Australian footballer1972 – James Murdoch , Australian-American businessman, son of Rupert Murdoch 1974 – Sara Cox , English broadcaster1975 – Bates Battaglia , American ice hockey player1975 – Tom DeLonge , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1975 – Kostas Kiassos , Greek footballer 1975 – Matthew LeCroy , American baseball player and coach 1975 – Bahar Mert , Turkish volleyball player 1976 – Josh Fogg , American baseball player1976 – Søren Friis , Danish footballer 1976 – Radosław Sobolewski , Polish footballer 1976 – Rama Yade , Senegalese-French politician 1977 – Sascha Kindred , German-English swimmer1978 – Kaspars Kambala , Latvian basketball player1978 – B.J. Penn , American mixed martial artist and wrestler 1979 – Matjaž Smodiš , Slovenian basketball player1979 – Luke Steele , Australian singer-songwriter and musician 1980 – Patrik Antonius , Finnish tennis player, coach, and poker player1980 – Ryan France , English footballer 1980 – Danil Haustov , Estonian swimmer 1981 – Amy Lee , American singer-songwriter and pianist1981 – Mathis Bailey , American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer 1982 – Dan Hamhuis , Canadian ice hockey player1982 – Ayumi Kinoshita , Japanese actress and model 1982 – Ricky Nolasco , American baseball player 1982 – Tuka Rocha , Brazilian race car driver (d. 2019) 1982 – Koutaro Tanaka , Japanese actor 1982 – Dominik Werling , German footballer 1983 – Matt Deis , American bass player and songwriter1983 – Otylia Jędrzejczak , Polish swimmer 1983 – Janeth Jepkosgei , Kenyan runner 1984 – Santi Cazorla , Spanish footballer1984 – Hanna-Maria Seppälä , Finnish swimmer[12] 1985 – Michael Bumpus , American football player1985 – Laurence Leboeuf , Canadian actress 1985 – Alby Mathewson , New Zealand rugby player 1986 – Mathieu Gnanligo , Beninese sprinter1988 – Rickie Fowler , American golfer1988 – Olly Lancashire , English footballer 1988 – James Tamou , New Zealand-Australian rugby league player 1989 – Hellen Onsando Obiri , Kenyan runner[13] 1989 – Ben Ridge , Australian rugby league player 1989 – Taylor Swift , American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress 1991 – Sénah Mango , Togolese footballer1991 – Aaron Telitz , American race car driver 1996 – Gleyber Torres , Venezuelan baseball player[14] 558 – Childebert I , Frankish king (b. 496)769 – Du Hongjian , Chinese politician (b. 709)838 – Pepin I of Aquitaine (b. 797)859 – Angilbert II , archbishop of Milan 1124 – Pope Callixtus II (b. 1065)1126 – Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1075)1204 – Maimonides , Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)1250 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)[15] 1272 – Bertold of Regensburg , German preacher1404 – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1336)1466 – Donatello , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1386)1516 – Johannes Trithemius , German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462)1521 – Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)1557 – Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia , Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1499)1565 – Conrad Gessner , Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516)1621 – Katarina Stenbock , queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)1671 – Antonio Grassi , Italian Roman Catholic priest(b. 1592)1716 – Charles de La Fosse , French painter (b. 1640)1721 – Alexander Selkirk , Scottish sailor (b. 1676)1729 – Anthony Collins , English philosopher and author (b. 1676)1754 – Mahmud I , Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)1758 – Noël Doiron , Canadian Acadia leader (b. 1684)1769 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)1783 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin , Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717)1784 – Samuel Johnson , English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)1814 – Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne , Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)1837 – Herman of Alaska , Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)1849 – Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg , German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)1862 – Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb , American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)1863 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel , German poet and playwright (b. 1813)1868 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius , German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)1881 – August Šenoa , Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)1883 – Victor de Laprade , French poet and critic (b. 1812)1893 – Georg August Rudolph , German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)1895 – Ányos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)1908 – Augustus Le Plongeon , French photographer and historian (b. 1825)1919 – Woldemar Voigt , German physicist and academic (b. 1850)1922 – Arthur Wesley Dow , American painter and photographer (b. 1857)1922 – Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861) 1924 – Samuel Gompers , English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)1927 – Mehmet Nadir , Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)1930 – Fritz Pregl , Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)1931 – Gustave Le Bon , French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)1932 – Georgios Jakobides , Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)1935 – Victor Grignard , French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)1942 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski , Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)1942 – Robert Robinson Taylor , American architect (b. 1868) 1944 – Wassily Kandinsky , Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866)1945 – Irma Grese , German concentration camp guard (b. 1923)1945 – Josef Kramer , German concentration camp commandant (b. 1906) 1945 – Elisabeth Volkenrath , Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919) 1947 – Henry James , American lawyer and author (b. 1879)1947 – Nicholas Roerich , Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (b. 1874) 1950 – Abraham Wald , Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902)1954 – John Raymond Hubbell , American director and composer (b. 1879)1955 – Egas Moniz , Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)1960 – Dora Marsden , English author and activist (b. 1882)[16] 1961 – Grandma Moses , American painter (b. 1860)1962 – Harry Barris , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)1969 – Raymond A. Spruance , American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)1973 – Henry Green , English author (b. 1905)1974 – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu , Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)1975 – Cyril Delevanti , English-American actor (b. 1889)1977 – Oğuz Atay , Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)1979 – Jon Hall , American actor and director (b. 1915)1979 – Behçet Necatigil , Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916) 1983 – Alexander Schmemann , Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)1983 – Nichita Stănescu , Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933) 1986 – Heather Angel , British-American actress (b. 1909)1986 – Ella Baker , American activist (b. 1903) 1986 – Smita Patil , Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955) 1992 – K. C. Irving , Canadian businessman (b. 1899)1992 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899) 1993 – Vanessa Duriès , French author (b. 1972)1995 – Ann Nolan Clark , American author and educator (b. 1896)1996 – Edward Blishen , English author and educator (b. 1920)1997 – Don E. Fehrenbacher , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)1998 – Lew Grade , Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906)1998 – Richard Thomas , Royal Naval Officer (b. 1922) 1998 – Wade Watts , civil rights activist (b. 1919) 2001 – Michael Bradshaw , British-Canadian actor (b. 1933)2001 – Chuck Schuldiner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967) 2002 – Zal Yanovsky , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)2003 – Māris Čaklais , Latvian poet and journalist (b. 1940)2003 – William V. Roth, Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1921) 2004 – Andre Rodgers , Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)2004 – David Wheeler , English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927) 2005 – Stanley Williams , American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)2006 – Lamar Hunt , American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (b. 1932)2007 – Mark Partridge , Rhodesian lawyer and politician (b. 1922)2007 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman , American actor and activist (b. 1936) 2008 – John Drake , New Zealand rugby player and journalist (b. 1959)2010 – James Dibble , Australian journalist (b. 1923)2010 – Richard Holbrooke , American journalist and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1941) 2010 – Enrique Morente , Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1942) 2011 – T. J. Bass , American physician and author (b. 1932)2011 – Kabir Chowdhury , Bangladeshi author and academic (b. 1923) 2011 – Russell Hoban , American author and illustrator (b. 1925) 2012 – Ian Black , Scottish footballer (b. 1924)2013 – Marcel Cellier , Swiss organist and producer (b. 1925)2013 – Vivian Kellogg , American baseball player and manager (b. 1922) 2013 – Kim Kuk-tae , North Korean politician (b. 1924) 2013 – Harvey Littleton , American glass artist and educator (b. 1922) 2014 – Ernst Albrecht , German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (b. 1930)2014 – William E. May , American theologian and academic (b. 1928) 2014 – Phil Stern , American photographer (b. 1919) 2014 – Taitetsu Unno , Japanese scholar and author (b. 1929) 2015 – Benedict Anderson , Chinese-American political scientist and academic (b. 1936)2015 – John Bannon , Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (b. 1943) 2015 – Peter Ryan , Australian journalist and author (b. 1923) 2016 – Thomas Schelling , American economist and educator (b. 1921)2016 – David Strangway , Canadian geophysicist and university administrator (b. 1934) 2016 – Alan Thicke , Canadian-American actor and composer (b. 1947) 2017 – Warrel Dane , American singer (b. 1961)2018 – Noah Klieger , Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1926)[17] Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses:–1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)—Revised" (PDF) . eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2020-01-01 .^ Cao Văn Viên, General, The Final Collapse . Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History , 1983, pp. 59–60. ^ "Train Crash in Ankara, Turkey, Kills at Least 9 and Injures Dozens" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2018-12-15 .^ Guillaume Henri Marie Posthumus Meyjes (1999). Jean Gerson, Apostle of Unity: His Church Politics and Ecclesiology ISBN 90-04-11296-0 ^ Alban Butler; Paul Burns (1 January 1995). Butler's Lives of the Saints ISBN 978-0-86012-260-9 ^ Theodore Kübler (1865). Historical Notes to the Lyra Germanica: Containing Brief Memoirs of the Authors of the Hymns Therein Translated, and Notices of Remarkable Occasions on which Some of Them, Or Any of Their Verses, Have Been Used ; with Notices of Other German Hymn-writers Represented in Other English Collections 332 . ^ "HUNTER, JANE EDNA (HARRIS)" . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University . 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-10-02 .^ "Belle da Costa Greene | American librarian and bibliographer" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 13 July 2020 .^ Sawyers, June Skinner (2012). Chicago Portraits: New Edition ISBN 9780810126497 ^ "Aga Khan IV" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 January 2020 .^ "Gus Johnson" . The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 February 2020 .^ "Hanna-Maria SEPPALA - Olympic Swimming | Finland" . International Olympic Committee . 22 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2020 .^ "Hellen OBIRI | Profile" . worldathletics.org . Retrieved 13 July 2020 .^ "Gleyber Torres | MiLB" . m.milb.com . Retrieved 13 July 2020 .^ "Frederick II | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 29 September 2020 .^ Garner, Les (1990). A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960 . Aldershot: Avebury. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-56600-914-3 OCLC 924736140 . ^ "Journalist Noah Kliger passes away at 92" . Ynetnews . 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-13 . External links [ edit ] 
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