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; the

1999 İzmit earthquake On the 17th of August, 1999 at 3:01 AM local time, a catastrophic magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Kocaeli Province of Turkey, causing monumental damage and 17,127–18,373 deaths. Named for the quakes proximity to the northeastern city of I ...

kills over 17,000 people in

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; the

Columbine High School massacre On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. ...

, one of the first major

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in the

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; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the

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opens in

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; online music downloading platform

Napster Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing application. It originally launched on June 1, 1999, with an emphasis on digital audio file distribution. Audio songs shared on the service were typically encoded in the MP3 format. It was founded by Sha ...

is launched, soon a source of online piracy;

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...

loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed

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near

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during the

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1999 was designated as the

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Events

January

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– The

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currency is established and the

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assumes its full powers. *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– The Mars Polar Lander is launched by

. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

– The 6.2 Armenia, Colombia earthquake hits western

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...

, killing at least 1,900.

February

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1301 &nda ...

– Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of trans-Neptunian object, bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the S ...

moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than

Neptune Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 time ...

. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. * 1429 – English forces und ...

– U.S. President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...

is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...

. *

February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...

** In

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

, an apparent

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attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe,

Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...

ish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after

arrests one of their rebel leaders. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...

ish rebel leader

Abdullah Öcalan Abdullah Öcalan ( ; ; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish and Kurdish for "uncle"), is a political prisoner and founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Öcalan was based in Syria from ...

is charged with

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey. **

1999 Galtür avalanche The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria. At high and traveling at , the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, ...

: An

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destroys the village of Galtür, Austria, killing 31. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

– While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.

March

March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...

** One of four bombs detonated in

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was about 3.3 millio ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

, destroys the

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n Embassy. **

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

Hutu The Hutu (), also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the p ...

rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead,

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. ** The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force. *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. *1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the C ...

– Former

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republi ...

members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two N ...

. *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...

– The Santer Commission of the EU resigns over allegations of corruption. * March 21 **

Bertrand Piccard Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was ...

and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. ** The 71st Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...

with '' Shakespeare in Love'' winning Best Picture. * March 24 **

launches air strikes against the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state. ** A

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in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years. *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...

– The Melissa worm attacks the Internet. * March 27 –

: A U.S.

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is shot down by Yugoslav forces. * March 29 – For the first time, the

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...

closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.

April

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Ko ...

–

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' ...

, an

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territorie ...

homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

to become Canada's third

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. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...

** Two

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

ns suspected of bringing down

Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. The transatlantic leg of the route was operated by ''Clipper Maid of the Seas'', a Boein ...

in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The

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suspends sanctions against Libya. ** In

Laramie, Wyoming Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was estimated 32,711 in 2019, making it the third-largest city in Wyoming after Cheyenne and Casper. Located on the Laramie River in southeaster ...

, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to

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and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible

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conviction for the apparent

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killing of

Matthew Shepard Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Pou ...

. * April 7 –

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...

's main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent Kosovar Albanians from leaving. *

April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...

– Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, president of

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesApril 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor O ...

–

: NATO warplanes repeatedly bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between Đakovica and Dečani in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees. * April 20 –

: Two

Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Stati ...

, teenagers,

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Harris and Klebol ...

, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves. *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). *1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

– Namibian Economic Society is founded. * April 26 ** Sultan

Salahuddin of Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born o ...

becomes the 11th

Yang di-Pertuan Agong The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The o ...

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. ** British TV presenter Jill Dando, 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswor ...

, London. * April 30 –

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...

joins the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, mi ...

(ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.

May

May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...

– 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: a devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, hits southern and eastern

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, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: . * May 7 **

: in the

, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and twenty others wounded when a

B-2 aircraft bombs the Chinese Embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...

. ** In

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. * May 12 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern

Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyr ...

. * May 13 –

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician and banker who was the prime minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and the president of Italy from 1999 to 2006. Biography Education Ciampi was born ...

is elected President of Italy. * May 17 –

Ehud Barak Ehud Barak ( he-a, אֵהוּד בָּרָק, Ehud_barak.ogg, link=yes, born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until Jan ...

is elected prime minister of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. *

May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...

** The

Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct ...

launches an attack on intruding

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Army troops and

mujahideen ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...

militants in

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

. ** The

1999 UEFA Champions League Final The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champ ...

takes place at the

Camp Nou Camp Nou (, meaning ''new field'', often referred to in English as the Nou Camp), officially branded as Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship and financial reasons, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. It has been the home stadium of FC Bar ...

Stadium,

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, in which the English side

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defeats the German side

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2–1. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– The

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

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indicts

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

and four others for war crimes and

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committed in

. * May 28 ** Two Swedish police officers are wounded by bank robbers armed with automatic firearms, and later executed with their own service pistols in

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. ** After 22 years of restoration work,

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's ''

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'' is placed back on display in

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, Italy. *

May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under ...

–

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terminates military rule, and the

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is established with

Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

June

June 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...

–

, a music downloading service, is created; it would later inspire other file-sharing sites such as

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, LimeWire, Gnutella, Kazaa, Morpheus, BearShare, and uTorrent 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second Golden Age of Piracy". * June 2 – The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee. *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. *1288 & ...

– The Islamic Salvation Army, the armed wing of the

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, agrees in principle to disband in

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. *

June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

– The government of

announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its

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. * June 9 –

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and

sign a

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities; a surre ...

to end their hostilities. * June 10 – Kosovo War:

suspends its

air strike An airstrike, air strike or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps, balloons, fighters, heavy bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters and drones. The offici ...

s after

agrees to withdraw Yugoslav forces from

. *

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...

– Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian/''Operation Agricola'' begins:

-led

peacekeeping forces

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enter Kosovo, Yugoslavia. * June 16 –

Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki KStJ (; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who was the second president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC ...

is inaugurated as the second

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, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive power in the country's post-democratization history. * June 18 – The J18 international anti-globalization protests are organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots. * June 19 –

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, Italy, is awarded the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

. * June 24 – Kosovo War: NATO marines shoot three gunmen in Kosovo, Yugoslavia after being attacked by the latter, killing one of them and injuring the other two. * June 25 –

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...

gets a new national anthem. *

June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...

– Twenty-three people die in a fire at the Sealand Youth Training Center in South Korea.

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...

– Europol (short for European Police Office) the

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's criminal intelligence agency becomes fully operational. * July 7 – In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded, at 3:43.13. *

July 10 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince ...

– American soccer player

Brandi Chastain Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 ...

scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup. *

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...

– India recaptures

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, forcing the

i army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict. * July 20 ** Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 – piloted by Gus Grissom in

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

– is raised from the Atlantic Ocean. ** Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China under

Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as p ...

. * July 23 ** NASA's

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is launched. ** Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes king upon the death of his father Hassan II. **Fourteen Kosovar Serb villagers are killed by ethnic Albanian gunmen in the village of Staro Gračko. *

July 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. * 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Ste ...

– Twenty-one people die in a canyoning disaster at the Saxetenbach Gorge near Interlaken, Switzerland. *

July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (T ...

–

intentionally crashes the

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spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, ...

into the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.

August

* August 7 – Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North Ca ...

, triggering a short war. * August 10 – The Atlantique incident occurs as an intruding

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'') , type ...

plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the

Kargil War The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referre ...

. *

August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and foun ...

– A total solar eclipse is seen in Europe and Asia. *

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...

–

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approved Putin as Prime Minister *

August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...

– The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern

with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known ...

– In

, tens of thousands of Yugoslavs rally to demand the resignation of

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. * August 26 – The

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

begins * August 30 –

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-w ...

votes for independence from

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

(which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in a referendum.

September

September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of t ...

– 1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8. * September 7 – The 6.0 Athens earthquake hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless. * September 8 – The first of a series of Russian apartment bombings occurs. Subsequent bombings occur on September 13 and 16, while a bombing on September 22 fails. * September 12 – Under international pressure to allow an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announces that he will do so. * September 14 –

Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
''The Wor ...

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and

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

join the

. *

September 21 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. *1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. *1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...

– The 921 earthquake, also known as the Jiji earthquake (magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale), kills about 2,400 people in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

October

* October ** Conacami, Peruvian indigenous rights organization is founded. **

loses one of its probes, the '' Mars Climate Orbiter''. * October 1 – Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hongqiao. * October 5 – Thirty-one people die in the

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, west of London, England. * October 12 –

i Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...

attempts to dismiss Army Chief General

Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...

, who is out of the country. The generals lead a

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, ousting Sharif's administration, and Musharraf takes control of the government. * October 27 – Gunmen open fire in the

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n Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six other members. * October 29 – A super cyclonic storm impacts Orissa, India, killing approximately 10,000 people. * October 30 – : A pub catches fire in Inchon, South Korea, killing 56 people. * October 31 ** EgyptAir Flight 990, travelling from New York City to

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

, crashes off the coast of

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, killing all 217 on board. **

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and several

Lutheran Church Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, attempting to resolve a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of

faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people ofte ...

and

salvation Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its ...

November

* November 6 – Australians defeat a

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proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic. * November 12 – The 7.2 Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern

with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured. *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henr ...

–

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launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft. * November 23 – The

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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Ku ...

revokes a 1985 law that granted women's suffrage. * November 26 – The 7.5 Ambrym earthquake shakes

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of ...

and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40. *

November 27 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. * 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...

– The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the

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, with leader

Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...

becoming the second female

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

in New Zealand's history.

December

* December 3 ** After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles),

Tori Murden Victoria Murden McClure (born March 6, 1963) is an athlete, adventurer, chaplain, lawyer, and university administrator who was the first woman and the first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, which she did in 1999. She was also the fir ...

becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone, when she reaches

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label= Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and ...

from the

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. **

loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. * December 5 – Bolivian municipal elections, the first election contested by Evo Morales' Movement for Socialism. * December 18 – NASA launches the Terra platform into orbit, carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES,

MISR Misr or MISR may refer to: * Misr, the romanized Arabic name for Egypt * misr, singular of Arabic ''amsar'', which were early Arabic "garrison towns" * Misr (domain name), a top-level Internet domain name * Misr, a variant of the AKM assault rifle ...

MODIS The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-based sensor used for earth and climate measurements. There are two MODIS sensors in Earth orbit: one on board the Terra ( EOS AM) satellite, launched by NASA in 19 ...

and MOPITT. * December 20 – The

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

is transferred from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese settlement. * December 26 –

Cyclones Lothar and Martin Cyclone Lothar is regarded as the worst European windstorm recorded during the 20th century. Crossing France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany between 25 December and 27 December 1999, Cyclone Lothar resulted in 110 fatalities (inc ...

kill 140 people as they cross France, southern Germany, and Switzerland. * December 27 – Storm Martin causes damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant. * December 31 –

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

resigns as

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, leaving

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

as the acting president.

Births

January–February

** Gianluca Scamacca, Italian football player ** Diamond White, American actress, voice artist, and singer *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engl ...

Daniel Arzani Daniel Arzani ( fa, دانیال ارزانی; born 4 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for A-League Men club Macarthur FC. Born in Iran, he represents the Australia national team. Clu ...

, Australian footballer ** Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player **

Collin Sexton Collin Darnell Sexton (born January 4, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. In January 2017 Sexton was sel ...

, American basketball player *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

Polo G Taurus Tremani Bartlett (born January 6, 1999), known professionally as Polo G, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence with his singles " Finer Things" and "Pop Out" (featuring Lil Tjay). His debut album '' Die a Legend'' (2019) peaked at ...

, American rapper ** Elena Radionova, Russian figure skater *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an inv ...

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Damiano David Damiano David (; born 8 January 1999) is an Italian singer. He is the frontman of the rock band Måneskin, which won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representing Italy with the song "Zitti e buon ...

, Italian singer-songwriter *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin ...

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Li Zhuhao Li Zhuhao (born January 9, 1999) is a Chinese competitive swimmer, specializing in butterfly. At the 2014 Asian Games, he won the silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly and the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting the Asian Games ...

, Chinese swimmer *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. * 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already rei ...

** Nicolás Schiappacasse, Uruguayan footballer **

Xavier Tillman Xavier Justis Tillman Sr. (born January 12, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. Early life In h ...

, American basketball player *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. *1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chin ...

– Karan Brar, American actor *

– Jai Waetford, Australian singer *

– Bea Miller, American actress, singer, and songwriter *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 *1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

– Tiffany Espensen, Chinese-American actress *

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Andriy Lunin Andriy Oleksiyovych Lunin ( ua, Андрій Олексійович Лунін; born 11 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Ukraine national team. Club career Lun ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis t ...

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Tyler Adams Tyler Shaan Adams (born February 14, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Premier League club Leeds United and captains the United States national team. Primarily a midfielder, Adams is capable of playing as a fullbac ...

, American soccer player *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. * 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotlan ...

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Lea van Acken Lea van Acken (born 20 February 1999) is a German actress. Career Lea van Acken had her first appearance on stage at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg in 2011. She was the leading actress in the 2014 drama film ''Stations of the Cross'' ...

, German actress *

February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...

– Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer *

February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...

– Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian footballer *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 * 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. * 1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is execut ...

– Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player

March–April

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March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...

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Abdullah Al-Qwabani Abdullah Al-Qwabani (born 2 March 1999) is a male Yemeni long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. In 2017, he competed in the junior men's race at the 2017 IAAF ...

, Yemeni long-distance runner *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. *1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...

** Madison Beer, American singer **

Yeri Yeri may refer to: * Yeri, Cyprus * Yeri, Tajikistan *Yeri (singer) Kim Ye-rim (; born March 5, 1999), known by her stage name Yeri, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet. Early life Kim ...

, South Korean singer * March 6 –

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is a Japanese athlete specialising in sprinting events. Sani Brown has a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian Dagomba father. Sani Brown won the 100 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics setting a championship record of 10.28 (� ...

, Japanese athlete *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. *1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Hugu ...

– Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player *

March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...

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Antonis Stergiakis Antonis Stergiakis ( gr, Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club Panetolikos. Club career Slavia Sofia After spending time at Aris' academi ...

, Greek footballer * March 19 – Jack Higgins, Australian rules footballer *

March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthelr ...

– Mick Schumacher, German racing driver * March 24 – Arina Openysheva, Russian swimmer *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to v ...

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Jin Ji-hee Jin Ji-hee (born March 25, 1999) is a South Korean actress. Career She began her career as a child actress, and is best known for her roles in the relationship drama '' Alone in Love'' (2006), the horror fairytale ''Hansel and Gretel'' (2007) ...

, South Korean actress *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &ndas ...

– Sheku Kanneh-Mason, British cellist *

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Maria Astashkina Maria Astashkina (russian: Мария Асташкина), (born 5 April 1999 in Penza, Russia) is a Russian swimmer. She won 4 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m, 50m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley) at the 2015 European Games. Career In 2014, ...

, Russian swimmer *

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...

** CiCi Bellis, American tennis player ** José Gomes, Portuguese footballer *

– Lil Nas X, American rapper, singer, and songwriter *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor O ...

– Chase Young, American football player *

April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...

– Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player * April 16 – Wendell Carter Jr., American basketball player *

April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. *1428 – Peace of Ferrara bet ...

– Michael Andrew, American swimmer *

April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...

– Corentin Moutet, French tennis player * April 20 – Carly Rose Sonenclar, American actress and singer * April 30 –

Jorden van Foreest Jhr. Jorden van Foreest (born 30 April 1999) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was Dutch Chess Champion in 2016, and won the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. Van Foreest is the No. 2 ranked Dutch player behind Anish Giri. Chess career Introduced ...

, Dutch chess grandmaster

May–June

* May 5 **

Justin Kluivert Justin Dean Kluivert (born 5 May 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Valencia, on loan from Serie A club Roma. He also represents the Netherlands national team. The son of former Dutch international ...

, Dutch footballer ** Nathan Chen, American figure skater *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...

Maykel Massó Maykel Demetrio Massó Bavastro (born 8 May 1999) is a Cuban long jumper. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also ...

, Cuban long jumper ** Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian artistic gymnast *

May 11 Events 1601–1900 * 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. * 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route acr ...

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Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and had a recurring role on Fox's short-li ...

, American actress, singer, and songwriter * May 18 –

Teo Halm Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. Halm's notable production credits include the Rosalía singles " Con Altura" with J Balvin and "TKN" with Travis Scott, the former which won a Latin ...

, American actor and singer *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *11 ...

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Camren Bicondova Camren Renee Bicondova (born May 22, 1999) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Selina Kyle / Catwoman on the Fox television crime-drama '' Gotham'' (2014–2019). Life and career Bicondova was born in San Di ...

, American actress and dancer *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus ...

– Charlie Plummer, American actor * May 25 –

Ibrahima Konaté Ibrahima Konaté (born 25 May 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team. Starting off with Sochaux, Konaté moved to RB Leipzig in 2017. After four years ...

, French footballer *

** Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model ** Maria Kameneva, Russian swimmer *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometre ...

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Sean Giambrone Sean Giambrone (born May 30, 1999) is an American actor. His on-screen roles include Adam F. Goldberg in the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' and Ron Stoppable in the Disney Channel film ''Kim Possible''. His voice acting credits include Yumyulack Solar ...

, American actor *

– Dmitri Aliev, Russian figure skater * June 11 ** Kai Havertz, German footballer **

Saxon Sharbino Saxon Paige Sharbino (born June 11, 1999) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Amelia Robbins in the Fox series ''Touch'' and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of ''Poltergeist.'' Early life Sharbino was born in Lewisville, Texas, ...

, American actress * June 14 – Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

– Elena Rybakina, Russian–Kazakh tennis player * June 18 – Trippie Redd, American rapper *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). *1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...

– Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress * June 24 – Mads Roerslev, Danish footballer * June 27 – Chandler Riggs, American actor *

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...

– Nikita Volodin, Russian pair skater

July–August

* July 2 – Nicolò Zaniolo, Italian footballer *

July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...

– Moa Kikuchi, Japanese singer and dancer * July 6 – Denis Khodykin, Russian pair skater *

April Ivy Mariana Barreiros Dos Santos Gonçalves (born 10 July 1999), better known for her stage name, April Ivy, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. Since the age of 9, she has been getting a taste of the artistic world, either giving voice to Disney ch ...

, Portuguese singer and composer **

Matthew Real Matthew Joseph Real (born July 10, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as left-back for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. Club career Bethlehem Steel FC Real signed an amateur deal to play with United Soccer Lea ...

, Brazilian-American soccer player *

July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine I ...

– Nur Dhabitah Sabri, Malaysian diver * July 13 –

Leong Jun Hao Leong Jun Hao (; born 13 July 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles champion at the 2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Boys' Singles, 2017 Asia Junior Championships. This achievement was followed by a silver m ...

, Malaysian badminton player * July 15 –

Seda Tutkhalyan Seda Gurgenovna Tutkhalyan (russian: Седа Гургеновна Тутхалян, hy, Սեդա Գուրգենի Թութխալյան; born 15 July 1999) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Individual All-arou ...

, Russian artistic gymnast * July 17 –

Lisandro Cuxi Lisandro Monteiro Furt (born 17 July 1999), better known by his stage name Lisandro Cuxi, is a Portuguese-French singer-songwriter and dancer. In 2017, Cuxi won the sixth season of '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' as part of Team M. Pokora. ...

, Portuguese-French singer *

July 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. * 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is ...

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Kim So-hye Kim So-hye (; born July 19, 1999), known mononymously as Sohye, is a South Korean actress and singer signed under S&P Entertainment. She is best known for finishing fifth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show ''Produce 101'' and for being a ...

, South Korean actress and singer * July 20 ** Princess Alexandra of Hanover ** Ellie Downie, British artistic gymnast *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. * 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. * 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...

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Joey King Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Ramona Quimby in the comedy film ''Ramona and Beezus'' (2010) and has since gained wider recognition for her lead role in ''The Kissing Booth ...

, American actress *

August 2 Events Pre-1600 * 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. * 216 BC – The Carthaginian ...

– Emma Bale, Belgian singer * August 3 –

Yoo Yeon-jung Yoo Yeon-jung (; born August 3, 1999), known mononymously as Yeonjung, is a South Korean singer signed under Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment. She is best known for being a member of the South Korean-Chinese girl group WJSN, an ...

, South Korean singer * August 7 –

Sydney McLaughlin Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (, born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with a world record time of 50 ...

, American hurdler and sprinter * August 9 – Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater *

** Kevin Knox, American basketball player ** Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canadian swimmer * August 12 – Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer *

– Karen Chen, American figure skater * August 22 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor * August 26 –

Leonie Kullmann Leonie Kullmann (born 26 August 1999) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is attending and competing in swimming at the University of Alabama. She qualified to r ...

, German swimmer * August 27 **

Mitchell van Bergen Mitchell van Bergen (born 27 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Reims. Club career Vitesse In July 2015, Van Bergen joined Vitesse on a three–year deal from Eredivisie side Willem II as a ...

, Dutch footballer **

Mile Svilar Mile Svilar ( sr-cyr, Миле Свилар; born 27 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Roma and the Serbia national team. Club career Early career and Anderlecht Svilar is a product of ...

, Belgian footballer *

August 28 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...

– Prince Nikolai of Denmark * August 31 – Miomir Kecmanović, Serbian tennis player

September–October

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Rich Brian Brian Imanuel Soewarno (born 3 September 1999), known professionally as Rich Brian, is an Indonesian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his viral debut single " Dat $tick", which was first released in March 2016 o ...

, Indonesian rapper * September 4 – Ellie Darcey-Alden, English actress * September 5 –

Alexey Erokhov Alexey Valeryevich Erokhov (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Ерохов; born 5 September 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 Junior World champion, the 2017 JGP Belarus champion, the 2017 JGP Poland champion, and t ...

, Russian figure skater * September 7 – Michelle Creber, Canadian actress and singer * September 8 –

Shubman Gill Shubman Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket as a right-handed opening batsman. He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team for 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He got awa ...

, Indian cricketer * September 13 –

Ekaterina Borisova Ekaterina Sergeyevna Borisova, (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Борисова, born 13 September 1999) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Dmitry Sopot, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 Wo ...

, Russian pair skater * September 16 –

Mao Yi Mao Yi (; born 16 September 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the silver medal with the team in 2015 World Gymnastic Championships. She competed in the 2016 Olympic Games, where she and her teammates won a bronze medal in the team ev ...

, Chinese gymnast *

September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Emp ...

– Daniel Huttlestone, English actor *

Alexander Isak Alexander Isak (; born 21 September 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team. Starting off his professional career with AIK in 2016, Isak represente ...

, Swedish footballer ** Wang Junkai, Chinese singer * September 22 ** Kim Yoo-jung, South Korean actress **

Erin Pitt Erin Michelle Pitt (born September 22, 1999) is a Canadian actress, known for her trio of roles in the horror film '' Silent Hill: Revelation'', where she played Dark Alessa, Alessa Gillespie, and the younger Sharon DaSilva. Pitt's first lea ...

, Canadian actress * September 30 – Flávia Saraiva, Brazilian artistic gymnast * October 1 – Christopher Taylor, Jamaican sprinter *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. *1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...

** Wu Yibing, Chinese tennis player ** Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast *

October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. *12 ...

** Bailee Madison, American actress **

Alexei Sancov Alexei Sancov (born 15 October 1999) is a Moldovan competitive swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed 34th with a time of 1:48.85. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career On ...

, Moldovan swimmer **

Ben Woodburn Benjamin Luke Woodburn (born 15 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Preston North End and the Wales national team. Woodburn joined the football academy of Liverpool when he was seven years old. Nearly a deca ...

, British footballer * October 17 –

Gabrielle Fa'amausili Gabrielle Fa'amausili (born 17 October 1999) is a New Zealand Swimming (sport), swimmer. She competed in the Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke, women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World ...

, New Zealand swimmer * October 19 –

Carlotta Truman Carlotta Truman (born 19 October 1999) is a German singer and a finalist in season 3 of ''Das Supertalent'' 2009 and ''The Voice Kids'' 2014. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as part of the duo S!sters with the song ...

, German singer * October 20 – YoungBoy Never Broke Again, American rapper * October 27 –

Amy Tinkler Amy Tinkler (born 27 October 1999) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2015 British all-around champion. Junior career 2013 In late March, Tinkler competed at the 2013 Britis ...

, British artistic gymnast * October 30 – Wang Yan, Chinese gymnast

November–December

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settleme ...

– Karol Sevilla, Mexican actress and singer * November 10 ** Armand Duplantis, American-born Swedish pole vaulter ** João Félix, Portuguese footballer ** Kiernan Shipka, American actress *

November 11 Events Pre-1600 * 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the ...

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Fan Yilin Fan Yilin (; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars (2015, 2017) and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam. At the 2015 World Championships, she was ...

, Chinese artistic gymnast * November 12 – Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer and songwriter * November 13 – Lando Norris, British racing driver *

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battl ...

– Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater * November 26 –

Olivia O'Brien Olivia Gail O'Brien (born November 26, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter. In 2016, after she collaborated with Gnash on the single " I Hate U, I Love U", the pair peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States ...

, American singer * December 4 ** Kang Mi-na, South Korean singer and actress ** Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer * December 22 –

Ameer Idreis Ameer Idreis (born 1999) is a Canadian writer, who has published two books in his debut series ''The Ewald Series''. He has received various awards and recognition as a young novelist in Canada from the ''Hamilton Spectator''Natalie Paddon"Ancast ...

, Canadian author * December 29 – Nadine Joy Nathan, Singaporean artistic gymnast

Deaths

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Iron Eyes Cody Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor of Italian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as ''Chief Iron Eyes'' in Bob Hope's '' The Paleface'' (1948). ...

, Italian-American actor (b. 1904) *

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Michel Petrucciani Michel Petrucciani (; ; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplish ...

, French jazz pianist and composer (b. 1962) *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muha ...

Teuvo Aura Teuvo Ensio Aura (28 December 1912, in Ruskeala – 11 January 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland The prime minister of Finland ( f ...

, Finnish politician, 33rd

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(b.

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

) **

Fabrizio De André Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent ''cantautore'' of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political pr ...

, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1940) ** Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian writer (b.

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...

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Betty Lou Gerson Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 – January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly active in radio but also in film and television and as a voice actress. She is best known as the original voice of Cruella de Vil from the Disney anima ...

, American actress (b. 1914) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...

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Jerzy Grotowski Jerzy Marian Grotowski (; 11 August 1933 – 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today. He was born in Rze ...

, Polish theatre director (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

) *

January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when ...

– Susan Strasberg, American actress (b.

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...

) * January 22 – Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941) * January 23 – Joe D'Amato, Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) *

– Robert Shaw (conductor), Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)

February

Gene Siskel at the 61st Academy Awards cropped

* February 1 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television personality (b. 1943) * February 2 - Deborah Makepeace, English actress (b. 1957). * February 5 – Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (b. 1906) *

** King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935) ** Bobby Troup, American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1918) * February 8 – Dame Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1919) *

– Heinz Schubert (actor), Heinz Schubert, German actor and photographer (b. 1925) *

** Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b.

) ** John Ehrlichman, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1925) * February 15 ** Big L, American rapper (b. 1974) ** Henry Way Kendall, American physicist (b. 1926) *

– Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) * February 18 – Andreas Feininger, French-born photographer (b. 1906) *

** Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971) ** Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946) *

– Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist (b. 1918) *

– Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist (b.

) *

** Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet (b. 1900) ** Bill Talbert, American tennis player (b. 1918)

March

Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon (1975 publicity photo)

1939 Playball Joe Dimaggio (minus halftone)

– Dusty Springfield, English pop singer (b. 1939) * March 3 ** Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician (b. 1943) ** Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist (b. 1904) * March 4 ** Harry Blackmun, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1908) ** Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician, 79th President of Switzerland (b. 1917) *

– Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922) * March 6 ** Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b.

) ** Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain (b. 1931) * March 7 – Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (b. 1928) * March 8 ** Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (b. 1914) ** Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1924) ** Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914) * March 10 ** Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919) ** Kusumagraj, Indian poet, playwright and novelist (b.

) *

– Yehudi Menuhin, American violinist (b. 1916) * March 13 – Garson Kanin, American playwright and screenwriter (b.

) *

– Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910) * March 17 ** Ernest Gold (composer), Ernest Gold, Austrian-born composer (b.

) ** Humberto Fernández-Morán, Venezuelan research scientist (b. 1924) ** Hildegard Peplau, American nurse and theorist (b. 1909) * March 19 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924) * March 21 ** Jean Guitton, French philosopher (b. 1901) ** Ernie Wise, English comedian (b. 1925) *

– David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969) * March 24 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b. 1902) * March 29 – Joe Williams (jazz singer), Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918) * March 30 – Igor Netto, Soviet–Russian footballer (b. 1930) * March 31 – Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and epigrapher (b. 1922)

April

** Faith Domergue, American actress (b. 1924) ** Jumabek Ibraimov, 5th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b. 1944) ** Bob Peck, English actor (b. 1945) *

– Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerese military officer, 5th President of Niger (b. 1949) * April 10 – Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (b. 1919) * April 13 – Willi Stoph, German politician, 2-time Prime Minister of East Germany, Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (b. 1914) *

** Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911) ** Anthony Newley, English actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1931) *

– Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer and race car designer (b. 1944) * April 16 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer and songwriter (b. 1946) *

– Hermine Braunsteiner, German Nazi prison guard (b. 1919) * April 20 ** Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958) ** 15 people (13 victims and Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 2 perpetrators) who died in the

* April 21 – Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor (b. 1904) * April 22 – Bert Remsen, American actor (b. 1925) * April 25 ** Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Michael Morris, Irish journalist and 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1914) ** Roger Troutman, American funk musician (b. 1951) * April 26 – Jill Dando, British television journalist (b.

) * April 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1922) * April 28 ** Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922) ** Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist (b.

) ** Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)

May

* May 2 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b.

) *

** Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964) ** Dirk Bogarde, English actor (b.

) * May 10 – Shel Silverstein, American author and poet (b. 1930) * May 12 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born cartoonist (b. 1914) * May 13 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902) * May 17 – Henry Jones (actor), Henry Jones, American actor (b.

) * May 18 – Betty Robinson, American athlete (b. 1911) * May 19 – Candy Candido, American voice actor (b. 1913) * May 21 – Vanessa Brown, Austrian-born American actress (b. 1928) * May 23 – Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965) *

– Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)

June

– Christopher Cockerell, English engineer (b. 1910) *

– Mel Tormé, American singer (b. 1925) * June 9 – Andrew L. Stone, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1902) * June 11 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920) *

– Sergey Khlebnikov, Soviet speed skater (b. 1955) * June 16 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English politician (b. 1940) *

** Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923) ** Paul-Émile de Souza, Beninese army officer and political figure (b. 1930) * June 19 ** Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Henri, Count of Paris, French nobleman (b. 1908) ** Mario Soldati, Italian writer and film director (b. 1906) * June 25 ** Fred Trump, American real estate developer (b. 1905) ** Yevgeny Morgunov, Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer (b. 1927) * June 27 ** Siegfried Lowitz, German actor (b. 1914) ** Georgios Papadopoulos, 69th Prime Minister of Greece and 4th President of Greece (b. 1919) * June 28 – Vere Bird, 1st Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1910) *

– Édouard Boubat, French photojournalist and art photographer (b. 1923)

July

** Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1957) ** Edward Dmytryk, American film director (b. 1908) ** Guy Mitchell, American singer (b. 1927) ** Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1917) ** Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910) * July 2 – Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920) * July 3 – Mark Sandman, American rock musician and artist (b. 1952) * July 6 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901) * July 8 ** Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930) ** Frank Lubin, Lithuanian-American basketball player (b. 1910) ** Shafik Wazzan, 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1925) *

– Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (b. 1917) *

** Rajendra Kumar, Indian film actor, producer and director (b. 1929) ** Bill Owen (actor), Bill Owen, English actor (b. 1914) * July 14 ** Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor (b. 1928) ** Gar Samuelson, American drummer (b. 1958) * July 16 ** John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher (b. 1960) ** Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American actress and model (b. 1966) * July 20 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916) * July 21 – David Ogilvy (businessman), David Ogilvy, French Advertising executive (b. 1911) * July 23 – King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929) * July 26 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist (b. 1911) *

** Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist and philosopher (b.

) ** Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general, 5th President of Greece (b. 1917) * July 29 – Anatoliy Solovianenko, Soviet operatic tenor (b. 1932)

August

* August 1 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bengali writer (b. 1897) * August 4 – Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913) * August 7 – Brion James, American actor (b. 1945) * August 10 – Giuseppe Delfino, Italian fencer (b.

) *

– Henk Chin A Sen, 2nd Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1934) * August 13 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960) * August 14 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918) *

– Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (b. 1936) * August 22 – Aleksandr Demyanenko, Russian film and theater actor (b. 1937) * August 23 – James White (author), James White, Irish writer (b. 1928)

September

* September 6 – Lagumot Harris, 3rd President of Nauru (b.

) * September 8 – Moondog, American musician and composer (b. 1916) * September 9 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922) * September 10 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927) * September 11 – Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver), Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1972) * September 12 – Allen Stack, American swimmer (b. 1928) * September 14 – Charles Crichton, English film director (b. 1910) * September 20 – Raisa Gorbacheva, Soviet first lady (b. 1932) * September 22 – George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927) * September 24 – Ester Boserup, Danish economist (b. 1910) * September 25 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (b. 1930)

October

* October 2 – Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Albanian Islamic scholar (b. 1914) * October 3 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b.

) * October 4 ** Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928) ** Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1928) * October 6 ** Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler and announcer (b. 1937) ** Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer and actress (b. 1920) * October 9 ** Milt Jackson, American musician (b. 1923) ** Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani businessman (b. 1914) * October 11 – Galina Bystrova, Soviet athlete (b. 1934) * October 12 – Wilt Chamberlain, American professional basketball player (b. 1936) *

– Julius Nyerere, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922) * October 17 – Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American physicist (b. 1915) * October 19 – Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born Francophone lawyer and writer (b. 1900) * October 20 – Jack Lynch, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917) * October 21 – John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (b. 1918) * October 23 – András Hegedüs, Hungarian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1922) * October 24 – John Chafee, American politician (b. 1922) * October 25 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) * October 26 ** Hoyt Axton, American singer and actor (b.

) ** Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter and director (b. 1910) * October 27 ** Frank De Vol, American arranger, composer, and actor (b. 1911) ** Karen Demirchyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia (b. 1932) ** Robert Mills (physicist), Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927) ** Leonard Petrosyan, 3rd Prime Minister of Artsakh (b. 1953) ** Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian military commander and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Armenia (assassinated) (b. 1959) * October 28 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (b. 1902) * October 31 – Greg Moore (racing driver), Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)

November

* November 1 ** Bhekimpi Dlamini, 4th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1924) ** Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (b. 1925) ** Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) * November 2 – Demetrio B. Lakas, 27th President of Panama (b. 1925) * November 3 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928) * November 8 – Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (b. 1898) *

** Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b.

) ** Vivian Fuchs, English geologist (b. 1908) ** Jacobo Timerman, Argentine journalist and author (b. 1923) * November 12 – Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh (b.

) * November 16 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (b. 1928) * November 18 ** Paul Bowles, American novelist (b. 1910) ** Horst P. Horst, American photographer (b. 1906) ** Doug Sahm, American musician (b. 1941) *

– Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1908) * November 21 – Quentin Crisp, English writer (b. 1908)

December

* December 1 – Fritz Fischer, German historian (b. 1908) * December 2 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz musician and classical guitarist (b. 1925) * December 3 ** John Archer (actor), John Archer, American actor (b. 1915) ** Scatman John, American musician (b. 1942) ** Madeline Kahn, American actress, singer and comedian (b. 1942) * December 4 – Nilde Iotti, Italian politician (b. 1920) * December 5 – Nathan Jacobson, American mathematician (b. 1910) * December 7 – Darling Légitimus, French actress (b. 1907) * December 9 – Yakov Rylsky, Soviet sabre fencer (b. 1928) * December 10 ** Rick Danko, Canadian musician (b. 1943) ** Franjo Tuđman, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922) * December 12 ** Paul Cadmus, American artist (b. 1904) ** Joseph Heller, American novelist (b. 1923) * December 13 – Stane Dolanc, Yugoslav politician (b. 1925) * December 17 ** Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1920) ** Jürgen Moser, German-American mathematician (b. 1928) ** Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) * December 18 – Robert Bresson, French filmmaker (b. 1901) * December 19 – Desmond Llewelyn, British actor (b. 1914) * December 20 ** Irving Rapper, American film director (b. 1898) ** Riccardo Freda, Italian film director (b. 1909) ** Hank Snow, Canadian-American country musician (b. 1914) * December 23 ** John P. Davies, American diplomat (b. 1908) ** Wallace Diestelmeyer, Canadian skater (b. 1926) * December 24 ** Tito Guízar, Mexican singer and film actor (b. 1908) ** Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach, co-founder of Nike, Inc., Nike (b. 1911) ** Maurice Couve de Murville, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907) ** João Figueiredo, Brazilian military leader and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918) ** Grete Stern, German-Argentine photographer (b. 1904) * December 26 ** Curtis Mayfield, American musician and composer (b. 1942) ** Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of India (b. 1918) * December 27 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor (b. 1942) * December 28 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) * December 30 ** Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909) ** Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (b. 1880) * December 31 – Elliot Richardson, American politician and lawyer (b. 1920)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Gerardus 't Hooft and Martinus J. G. Veltman * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ahmed H. Zewail * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Günter Blobel * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Günter Grass * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Médecins Sans Frontières * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Mundell

New English words and terms

* ''blog'' * ''carbon footprint'' * ''dashcam'' * ''epigenomics'' *''metabolomics'' *''texting'' * ''vape''

References

External links

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