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Notable Births

Alexis Mac Allister

Alexis Mac Allister

b. 1998

Argentine footballer (born 1998)

Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra

b. 1997

Indian javelin thrower (born 1997)

William Contreras

William Contreras

b. 1997

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1997)

Anett Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit

b. 1995

Estonian tennis player (born 1995)

Fa'amanu Brown

Fa'amanu Brown

b. 1994

Samoa international rugby league footballer

Miguel Castro

Miguel Castro

b. 1994

Dominican baseball player (born 1994)

Matt Frawley

Matt Frawley

b. 1994

Australian rugby league footballer

Han Seung-woo

Han Seung-woo

b. 1994

South Korean singer (born 1994)

Davante Adams

Davante Adams

b. 1992

American football player (born 1992)

Serge Aurier

Serge Aurier

b. 1992

Ivorian footballer (born 1992)

Lara Michel

Lara Michel

b. 1991

Swiss tennis player

Eric Moreland

Eric Moreland

b. 1991

American basketball player (born 1991)

Louis Tomlinson

Louis Tomlinson

b. 1991

English singer-songwriter (born 1991)

Taylor Zakhar Perez

Taylor Zakhar Perez

b. 1991

American actor (born 1991)

Beloved Promise

Beloved Promise

b. 1990

American high jumper

Ryo Miyake

Ryo Miyake

b. 1990

Japanese fencer (born 1990)

Matt Calvert

Matt Calvert

b. 1989

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)

Stefanos Athanasiadis

Stefanos Athanasiadis

b. 1988

Greek footballer (born 1988)

Emre Özkan

Emre Özkan

b. 1988

Turkish footballer

Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

b. 1905

American aviator, aerospace engineer and business magnate (1905–1976)

Notable Deaths

Richard Perry

Richard Perry

d. 2024

American record producer (1942–2024)

Cheri Barry

Cheri Barry

d. 2023

American politician (died 2023)

Richard Bowes

Richard Bowes

d. 2023

American writer (1944–2023)

Troy Dargan

Troy Dargan

d. 2023

Cook Islands international rugby league footballer (1997–2023)

Martha Érika Alonso

Martha Érika Alonso

d. 2018

Mexican politician (1973–2018)

Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas

Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas

d. 2018

Mexican politician (1968–2018)

Jerry Kindall

Jerry Kindall

d. 2017

American baseball player (1935–2017)

Heather Menzies

Heather Menzies

d. 2017

Canadian actress (1949–2017)

Rick Parfitt

Rick Parfitt

d. 2016

British rock musician (1948–2016)

Richard Adams

Richard Adams

d. 2016

English writer (1920–2016)

Turid Birkeland

Turid Birkeland

d. 2015

Norwegian politician (1962–2015)

Letty Jimenez Magsanoc

Letty Jimenez Magsanoc

d. 2015

Filipina journalist and editor

Adriana Olguín

Adriana Olguín

d. 2015

Chilean lawyer and politician

Buddy DeFranco

Buddy DeFranco

d. 2014

American jazz clarinetist (1923–2014)

Edward Greenspan

Edward Greenspan

d. 2014

Canadian lawyer and author

Herbert Harris

Herbert Harris

d. 2014

American politician (1926–2014)

Krzysztof Krauze

Krzysztof Krauze

d. 2014

Polish film director (1953–2014)

Frédéric Back

Frédéric Back

d. 2013

Canadian animator

Allan McKeown

Allan McKeown

d. 2013

British television and stage producer (1946–2013)

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

d. 1993

American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent

On This Day in History

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Tatmadaw

2021

Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians.

Tatmadaw

2018 Puebla helicopter crash

2018

A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor.

2018 Puebla helicopter crash

Lord's Resistance Army

2008

The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

Lord's Resistance Army

Chad–Sudan relations

2005

Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of belligerence against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

Chad–Sudan relations

ETA (separatist group)

2003

The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.

ETA (separatist group)

Indian Airlines Flight 814

1999

Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).

Indian Airlines Flight 814

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1997

The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.

Sid El-Antri massacre

Learjet 35

1996

A Learjet 35 crashes into Smarts Mountain near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board.

Learjet 35

Air France Flight 8969

1994

Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

Air France Flight 8969

Aeroflot Flight 601

1983

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board.

Aeroflot Flight 601

Ariane 1

1979

The first Ariane 1 rocket is launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre.

Ariane 1

Cyclone Tracy

1974

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Cyclone Tracy

District of Columbia Home Rule Act

1973

District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

District of Columbia Home Rule Act

LANSA Flight 508

1971

LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91.

LANSA Flight 508

Umuahia

1969

Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.

Umuahia

Apollo program

1968

Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.

Apollo program

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736

1968

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashes on approach to Bradford Regional Airport, killing 20.

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736

Canadair CL-44

1966

A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 111.

Canadair CL-44

Vietnam War

1964

Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.

Vietnam War

Flying Tiger Line Flight 282

1964

Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.

Flying Tiger Line Flight 282