1987

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter D), the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2ndÂ millennium, the 87th year of the 20thÂ century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

Events

January

January 1 â€" Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit.
January 2 â€" Chadianâ€"Libyan conflict â€" Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
January 3 â€" Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
January 4 â€" 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, killing 16.
January 5 â€" U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.
January 8 â€" The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes for the first time above 2,000, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.
January 13 â€" New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.
January 16 â€" LeÃ³n Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
January 20 â€" Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).
January 22 â€" Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself with a revolver during a televised press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.
January 29 â€" William J. Casey ends his term as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
January 31 â€" The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.

February

February 11
- British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
- The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
February 20 â€" A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store, injuring the owner.
February 23 â€" SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.
February 25
- Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in Estonian SSR.
- St. Kitts and Nevis recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
February 26 â€" Iranâ€"Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.
February 27 â€" Antigua and Barbuda recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

March

March 2 â€" American Motors is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.
March 4 â€" U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iranâ€"Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.

March 6 â€" Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry MSÂ Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 180 drown.
March 9 â€" The Irish rock band U2 releases their studio album The Joshua Tree.
March 18 â€" Woodstock of physics: The marathon session of the American Physical Societyâ€™s meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
March 20 â€" AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
March 24 â€" Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign the agreement to construct the 4,800 acres (19Â km²) Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-VallÃ©e in Paris, France.
March 29 â€" The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces WrestleMania III from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium.
March 31 â€" Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is given a 45-minute interview on television in the Soviet Union.

April

April 3 â€" Showboat Casino Hotel first opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
April 13 â€" The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.
April 19 â€" The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.

April 27 â€" The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
April 30 â€" Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

May

May 9 â€" A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.
May 11 â€" Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
May 14 â€" Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
May 17 â€" USSÂ Stark is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 47 sailors.
May 22
- The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
- The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
May 28 â€" Eighteen-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3, 1988).

June

June 3 â€" The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
June 8 â€" The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.
June 11 â€" The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
June 12 â€" During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
June 17 â€" With the death of the last individual, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
June 19
- Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
- Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.
June 27 â€" A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio City, Philippines, killing 50.
June 28
- Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons.
- An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.
June 29 â€" South Korean president Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement.
June 30 â€" Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "Loonie".

July

July 1
- The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.
- U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate.
July 3
- In the Soviet Union, Vladimir Nikolayev is sentenced to death for cannibalism.
- Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
July 4 â€" A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
July 11
- Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term.
- World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
July 12 â€" Konami releases Metal Gear (video game) in Japan for the MSX2.
July 17 â€" The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
July 22 â€" Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
July 25
- The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom.
- United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. dies in a rodeo accident at a California ranch.
July 31
- Four hundred Iranian pilgrims are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.
- Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Elizabeth II.
- An F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.

August

August 4
- The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.
- The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
August 7 â€" The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
August 9 â€" Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.
August 14
- All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
August 16
- Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just west of Detroit killing all but one (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board.
- The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world.
August 17 â€" Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.
August 19
- ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
- The Order of the Garter is opened to women.
August 23 â€" The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Estonian SSR, in commemoration of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
August 31 â€" Michael Jackson releases his hit album Bad.

September

September 2 â€" In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
September 3 â€" In a coup d'Ã©tat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
September 7 â€" September 21 â€" The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
September 13 â€" Scavengers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in GoiÃ¢nia, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
September 17 â€" At a small rally in New York City's Harlem district, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.
September 28 â€" The second Star Trek TV series The Next Generation premieres in syndication.

October

October 3 â€" The Canadaâ€"United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA.
October 7 â€" Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India.
October 11 â€" The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
October 14â€"October 16 â€" The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.

October 15â€"October 16 â€" Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people.
October 19
- Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
- U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.
October 22 â€" The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.
October 23
- Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for 3 years after being convicted of tax evasion.
- On a vote of 58â€"42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court because of the Saturday Night Massacre in 1973.
October 26 â€" The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points.

November

November 1 â€" InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 238Â km/h (147.88Â mph).
November 7
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.
- Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island.
November 8 â€" Enniskillen bombing: Eleven people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
November 12 â€" The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.
November 15 â€" In BraÈ™ov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae CeauÈ™escu.
November 16 â€" The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
November 17 â€" A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.
November 18
- The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
- Iranâ€"Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
November 22 â€" Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion â€" unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20Â seconds, and WTTW for about 90Â seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
November 25 â€" Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 miles per hour (266Â km/h) winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
November 28 â€" South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
November 29 â€" Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.

December

December 1
- NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
- Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
December 2 â€" Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
December 7 â€" Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.
December 8
- Israeliâ€"Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
- Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor.
- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
December 9
- General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
- Microsoft releases Windows 2.0.
December 17
- GustÃ¡v HusÃ¡k resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
- Mega Man is released in Japan.
December 18
- Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.
- The Perl programming language is created by Larry Wall.
December 20 â€" In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV DoÃ±a Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
December 21 â€" Turgut Ã–zal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government).
December 30 â€" Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (On Social Concern).

Date unknown

Birth rates begin to fall in the Soviet Union as the country's government began to collapse.
The Pendolino train makes its debut in Italy.
Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max.
Shoko Asahara founds the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.
Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications.
Barry Minkow's ZZZZ Best fraud unravels.
Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite, is found in the U.S.
The first Starbucks Coffee stores outside Seattle are opened in Vancouver and Chicago.
BiCE Ristorante opens in New York, New York.

In fiction

The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:

Film:
- 13 Going on 30 (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place in New Jersey on May 26, 1987.
- American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the DVD commentary, the film is set around the end of 1987. Patrick Bateman is seen reading Zagat's Survey of this year as well.
- Fargo (1996): The film takes place in Minnesota, 1987
- Adventureland (2009): The film takes place in Pittsburgh, summer 1987
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009): The film takes place in Harlem, New York 1987.
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004): There is a picture of a fat White Goodman with the caption "White Goodman â€" 1987" on it.
- Rock of Ages (2012): The film takes place in Los Angeles 1987
- Dirty Girl (2010 film) The film takes place in Oklahoma 1987
- McFarland, USA (2015) The film takes place in McFarland, California 1987 based on a true story.
- Chasing Mavericks (2012) The scene where Jay is 8 years old takes place in Santa Cruz, California 1987
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) The scene at the start with Jordan Belfort takes place in New York City 1987
Television:
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes, the Space Shuttle Ranger 3, which is piloted by Captain William "Buck" Rogers.
- Set in 1987: the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day", 2005 takes place on November 7.
- Space: 1999 episode "The Rules of Luton" we learn that a world war, likely World War III, began sometime in 1987. It was described as 'The war to end all wars'.
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Bye Bye Nerdy", Bloo insists that Mac purchase from a store named "1987 Store", however the plan backfires.

Births

January

January 1
- Meryl Davis, American figure skater
January 2
- Shelley Hennig, American actress
- Lauren Storm, American actress
January 5 â€" Kristin Cavallari, American reality television star
January 6 â€" Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
January 7
- Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- Sirusho, Armenian singer
January 8 â€" Freddie Stroma, English actor
January 9 â€" Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player
January 10 â€" CÃ©sar Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
January 12 â€" Naya Rivera, American actress
January 13 â€" Jack Johnson, American hockey player
January 15
- Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league footballer
- Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler
- Michael Seater, Canadian actor
- Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner
January 16 â€" Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
January 18 â€" Stefan FilipoviÄ‡, Montenegrin pop singer
January 24
- Luis SuÃ¡rez, Uruguayan football player
- Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress
January 26 â€" Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player
January 27
- Hannah Teter, American snowboarder
- Lily Donaldson, British model
- Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter
January 29 â€" Ksenia Kahnovich, Russian model
January 30
- Lance Franklin, Australian rules footballer
- Arda Turan, Turkish footballer

February

February 1
- Giuseppe Rossi, Italian-American football player
- Heather Morris, American actress
February 2
- Gerard PiquÃ©, Barcelona and Spanish footballer
- Victoria Song, Chinese pop singer (f(x)) and model
- Athena Imperial, Miss Philippines Earth 2011 winner
February 3 â€" Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect
February 5
- Darren Criss, American singer and actor
- Richard Rawson, English rapper and song-writer
- Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
February 7
- Kerli KÃµiv, Estonian singer
- Monika Brodka, Polish singer
February 8 â€" Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
February 10
- Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist
- Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer
February 11 â€" Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion
February 14 â€" Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
February 16
- Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008)
- Ryan Follese, American singer; lead singer of pop-rock band Hot Chelle Rae
February 20
- Miles Teller, American actor
February 21
- Ashley Greene, American actress
- Ellen Page, Canadian actress
February 25
- Natalie Dreyfuss, American actress
- Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
- Eva Avila, Canadian singer/songwriter
February 26 â€" Julia Bond, American pornographic actress

March

March 1 â€" Kesha, American singer
March 3
- Elnur HÃ¼seynov, Azerbaijani singer
- Siddharth Bhardwaj, Indian VJ, model and actor
March 4 â€" Tamzin Merchant, English actress
March 5 â€" Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player
March 6
- Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
March 7 â€" Hatem Ben Arfa, Tunisian-French footballer
March 9 â€" Bow Wow, African-American rapper
March 10
- Emeli SandÃ©, Scottish recording artist and songwriter
- Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
March 12
- Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
- Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
March 13 â€" Marco Andretti, American IRL driver
March 14 â€" Aravane RezaÃ¯, Iranian-French tennis player
March 17 â€" Robert Kardashian Jr., American television personality, model, and talent manager
March 19
- AJ Lee, American professional wrestler
- Josie Loren, American actress
March 20
- Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
- JoÃ£o Alves de Assis Silva (JÃ´), Brazilian soccer player
March 22 â€" Ike Davis, American baseball player
March 23 â€" Alan Toovey, Australian Rules Football Premiership player
March 24 â€" Josh Zeid, American baseball player
March 25 â€" Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
March 26 â€" YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter
March 31 â€" Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster

April

April 1 â€" Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
April 2 â€" Molly Smitten-Downes, British singer-songwriter
April 3 â€" Park Jung-min, Korean singer (SS501)
April 4
- Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
- OcÃ©ane Zhu, Chinese actress
April 6 â€" Hilary Rhoda, American model
April 8 â€" Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
April 9
- Jesse McCartney, American singer and actor
- Jazmine Sullivan, American recording artist
April 10
- Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
- Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
April 11
- Joss Stone, English musician
- Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician
April 12
- Brendon Urie, American musician
- Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress
April 15 â€" Iyaz, British Virgin Islands singer
April 16 â€" Aaron Lennon, English footballer
April 18 â€" Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel
April 19
- Courtland Mead, American actor
- Joe Hart, English footballer
- Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
- Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
April 20
- John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
- Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter
April 21
- Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
- Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer
April 22 â€" John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer
April 27
- William Moseley, English actor
- Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress
April 28 â€" Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian film actress and model
April 29
- Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
- Alicia Morton, American actress and singer

May

May 1
- Matt Di Angelo, English actor
- Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
- Emilia Clarke, English actress
May 2 â€" Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
May 4
- Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
- Cesc FÃ bregas, Spanish football player
- Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
- Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
May 6 â€" Moon Geun-young, Korean actress
May 7 â€" Asami Konno, Japanese singer
May 11
- Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician
- EnikÅ' Mihalik, Hungarian model
May 13
- Hunter Parrish, American actor
- Candice Accola, American actress and singer
- Misha Gabriel, American dancer
May 15 â€" Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
May 16 â€" Can Bonomo, Turkish-Jewish singer
May 17 â€" Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
May 20 â€" Fra Fee, Northern Irish actor and singer
May 22 â€" Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
May 25 â€" Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer
May 26 â€" Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
May 29 â€" Alessandra Torresani, American actress
May 29 â€" Ak'Sent, American female rapper

June

June 2 â€" Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
June 3
- Lalaine, American actress and singer
- Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
- Michelle Keegan, British actress
June 4
- Luisa Zissman, British TV personality
- Mollie King, British singer
June 5 â€" Charlie Clements, British actor
June 6 â€" Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China 2011 4th runner-up and model
June 9 â€" Rheagan Wallace, American actress
June 11
- Dappy, English rapper
- Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
June 12 â€" Abbey Lee Kershaw, Australian model
June 14 â€" Cameron Russell, American model
June 16
- Kelly Blatz, American actor and singer
- Diana DeGarmo, American singer and Broadway actress
June 17 â€" Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer
June 19 â€" Miho Fukuhara, Japanese singer
June 20 â€" Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host
June 22 â€" Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and model
June 24 â€" Lionel Messi, Argentine football player
June 26 â€" Samir Nasri, French footballer
June 27 â€" Ed Westwick, English actor

July

July 2 â€" Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)
July 3
- Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver
- Chad Broskey, American actor
July 6
- Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
- Kate Nash, British singer/songwriter
- Matt O'Leary, American actor
July 7 â€" Julianna Guill, American actress
July 12
- Adam Gregory, Canadian singer
- Matthew "Mdot" Finley, American R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, musician, actor and record producer
July 13 â€" Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer
July 16
- AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
- Evelina SaÅ¡enko, Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent
July 17 â€" Jeremih, American recording artist and producer
July 19 â€" Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player
July 24 â€" Mara Wilson, American actress
July 25
- Michael Welch, American actor
- Alan Dawa Dolma (better known as "Alan"), Chinese singer
- Gor Sujyan, Armenian rock singer, lead singer of Dorians
July 27 â€" Marek HamÅ¡Ãk, Slovakian football player
July 28
- Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009)
- Pedro RodrÃguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer
July 29 â€" Dyana Liu, American actress
July 31
- Michael Bradley, American soccer player
- Juelz Ventura, American pornographic actress

August

August 2 â€" Jessie Daniels, American actress, songwriter, and Christian musician
August 3 â€" Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer, DJ (SS501)
August 4
- Jon Lilygreen, Welsh singer
- Philip Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer
August 5 â€" Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress, model, and host
August 6
- Aditya Narayan, Bollywood actor and singer
- Charley Chase, American pornographic actress
- Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murder suspect

August 7
- Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
- Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player
August 8 â€" Katie Leung, Scottish actress
August 14
- James Buckley, English actor
- Tim Tebow, American football player
August 18 â€" Mika Boorem, American actress
August 19 â€" Nico HÃ¼lkenberg, German racing driver
August 20 â€" CÄƒtÄƒlina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
August 21
- Cody Kasch, American actor
- Kim Kibum, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
August 24 â€" AnÅ¾e Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player
August 25
- Blake Lively, American actress
- Rona Nishliu, Albanian Kosovar singer, radio presenter and humanitarian
- Liu Yifei, Chinese actress
- Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- Johanna Braddy, American film actress
- Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
- Justin Upton, American Major League Baseball right fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks

September

September 2
- Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater
- Spencer Smith, American musician
September 3 â€" James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
September 4 â€" Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
September 7
- Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
- Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
September 8 â€" Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
September 9
- Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer
- Nicole Aniston, American pornographic actress
- Milan StankoviÄ‡, Serbian pop-folk singer
September 11
- Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
September 15 â€" Clare Maguire, British singer-songwriter
September 16 â€" Anthony Padilla, Internet comedian
September 19 â€" Danielle Panabaker, American actress
September 22 â€" Tom Felton, English actor
September 23 â€" Skylar Astin, American actor
September 24
- Matthew Connolly, English footballer
- Brit Morgan, American film and television actress
September 25 â€" Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
September 28 â€" Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
September 29 â€" Kyle Riabko, Canadian pop singer, guitarist
September 30
- Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player
- Elanne Kong, Hong Kong actress and singer

October

October 2
- Phil Kessel, American professional ice hockey forward
- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., American stock car driver
October 3 â€" Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006
October 4 â€" Marina Weisband, German politician
October 8 â€" Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
October 12 â€" Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer
October 15 â€" Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer
October 16 â€" Seungho, Korean pop singer, member of MBLAQ
October 18
- Zac Efron, American actor
- Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
October 20 â€" Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008
October 22 â€" Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
October 23 â€" Miyuu Sawai, Japanese actress
October 24 â€" Charlie White, American figure skater
October 27
- Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
- Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed)
October 28 â€" Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer
October 29
- Jessica DubÃ©, Canadian figure skater
- Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer

November

November 3
- Elizabeth Smart, American kidnap survivor
- Gemma Ward, Australian model
- Colin Kaepernick, American National Football League player, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers
November 4
- Tim Douwsma, Dutch singer
- T.O.P, Korean rapper
November 5 â€" Kevin Jonas, American singer/songwriter
November 6
- Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- G.O (singer), Korean singer (MBLAQ)
November 7 â€" Rachele Brooke Smith, American actress and dancer
November 8 â€" Samantha Droke, American actress
November 11 â€" Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)
November 12 â€" Jason Day, Australian golfer
November 17 â€" Kat DeLuna, American singer
November 18 â€" Jake Abel, American actor
November 23
- Kasia Struss, Polish model
- Snooki, American television personality
November 24 â€" Elena Satine, American film actress and singer
November 25 â€" Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)
November 28 â€" Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
November 30
- Dougie Poynter, English musician (McFly)
- Ian Hecox, Internet comedian

December

December 2 â€" Teairra MarÃ, American singer
December 3
- Michael Angarano, American actor
- Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
December 4
- Dree Hemingway, American model and actress
- Orlando Brown, American actor, singer, and comedian
December 7 â€" Aaron Carter, American singer and actor
December 8 â€" Susanne Riesch, German alpine skier
December 9 â€" Hikaru Nakamura Japanese American chess grandmaster
December 10 â€" Gonzalo HiguaÃn, Argentine footballer
December 12
- Lao Lishi, Chinese diver
- Kate Todd, Canadian actress
December 18
- Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
- Ayaka, Japanese singer
- Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
December 19
- Karim Benzema, French footballer
- Ronan Farrow, American activist
December 20
- Michihiro Yasuda, Japanese football player
- Alana Grace, American singer and actress
December 22 â€" Lisa Andreas, English singer of Cypriot descent
December 27 â€" Lily Cole, British model
December 28 â€" Thomas Dekker, American actor
December 30 â€" Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor
December 31
- Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
- Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player
- Ã‰milie Le Pennec, French gymnast

Deaths

January

January 6 â€" Harry D. Payne, American architect (b. 1891)
January 9 â€" Arthur Lake, American actor, Dagwood Bumstead in Blondie (1938 film) (b. 1905)
January 14 â€" Douglas Sirk, German-born film director, Hollywood melodramas Magnificent Obsession (1954 film), All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, Imitation of Life (1959 film) (b. 1897)
January 15 â€" Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer. Scarecrow (Oz) in The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) (b. 1904)
January 16
- Joyce Jameson, American actress, 'Skippy' in The Andy Griffith Show, and 'The Blonde' in The Apartment (b. 1932)
- Joseph Urner, American sculptor, painter and etcher born in Frederick, Maryland (b. 1898)
January 19 â€" Gerald Brenan, British writer and Hispanist (b. 1894)
January 21 â€" Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
January 22 â€" Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
January 25 â€" Nahuel Moreno, Argentine Trotskyist leader (b. 1924)
January 27
- Allan V. Cox, American geologist (b. 1926)
- Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director, Best Documentary Oscar winner Neighbours (1952 film) (b. 1914)
January 31 â€" Yves AllÃ©gret, French film director, Oscar nomination for The Proud and the Beautiful screenplay. Husband of Simone Signoret (b. 1905)

February

February 2
- Alistair MacLean, British writer (heart attack) (b. 1922)
- Carlos JosÃ© Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper (b. 1927)
February 3 â€" Donald Aronow, Creator of the Cigarette Boat (Assassinated) (b. 1927)
February 4 â€" Liberace, American pianist (b. 1919)
- February 5
- William Collier, Jr., American actor, Cimarron (1931 film), Little Caesar (film) (b. 1902)
- Otto WÃ¶hler, serving during World War I and World War II (b. 1894)
February 6 â€" William P. Murphy, American physician (b. 1892)
February 10 â€" Robert O'Brien, racing driver (b. 1908)
February 14 â€" Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)
February 20 â€" Lev Russov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
February 22
- David Susskind, American producer and host (b. 1920)
- Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer (b. 1928)
- Glenway Wescott, American novelist (b. 1901)
February 24 â€" Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940)
February 25
- James Coco, American actor, the unemployed actor in Only When I Laugh (film), and Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha (film) (b. 1930)
- Elisabeth Coit, American architect. (b. 1897)
- Florence Cayford, Labour politician in London. (b. 1897)
- John Collin, English actor, Detective Sergeant Haggar in Z-Cars (b. 1931)
- Edgar Nixon, African-American in civil leaders. (b. 1899)
February 27 â€" Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
February 28 â€" Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat and playboy (b. 1906)
(Date unknown) â€" Lou Darvas, American artist and cartoonist (b. 1913)

March

March 2 â€" Randolph Scott, American actor (b. 1898)
March 3 â€" Danny Kaye, American singer, actor, and comedian (b. 1918)
March 7 â€" Waldo Salt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
March 11 â€" Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
March 12 â€" Woody Hayes, football coach at Ohio State (b. 1913)
March 13 â€" Gerald Moore, English pianist (b. 1899)
March 15 â€" W. Sterling Cole, American politician, first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1904)
March 19 â€" Louis-Victor de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
March 21
- Dean Paul Martin, American actor (b. 1951)
- Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
March 22 â€" Joan Shawlee, American actress (b. 1926)
March 26
- Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
- Georg Muche, German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher. (b. 1895)
- Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
March 28
- Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905)
- Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)

April

April 1 â€" Henri Cochet, French tennis champion (b. 1901)
April 2
- Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1914)
- Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (b. 1917)
- Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer (b. 1943)
April 3 â€" Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
April 4 â€" C. L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
April 11
- Erskine Caldwell, American writer (b. 1903)
- Kent Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
April 15 â€" Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese Karate Master (b. 1913)
April 17
- Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (b. 1950)
- Cornelius Van Til, Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist. (b. 1895)
- Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1924)
April 19
- Hugh Brannum, American actor (b. 1910)
- Milt Kahl, Animator for the Disney Studio (b. 1909)
- Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1908)
- Antonio Quarantotto, Italian freestyle swimmer (b. 1897)
April 24 â€" Josephine Bell, English physician and writer. (b. 1897)
April 26 â€" John Ernest Silkin, British politician (b. 1923)
April 28 â€" Ben Linder, American engineer (b. 1959)

May

May 1 â€" Paul Geidel, longest serving American prison inmate (b. 1894)
May 3 â€" Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
May 4
- Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942)
- Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
May 6 â€" William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)
May 7 â€" Colin Blakely, Irish actor (b. 1930)
May 8 â€" James Plimsoll, Australian public servant (b. 1917)
May 9 â€" Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor. (b. 1894)
May 14 â€" Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
May 17 â€" Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
May 19 â€" James Tiptree, Jr., American author (b. 1915)
May 21 â€" Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b. 1930)
May 24 â€" Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897)
May 26 â€" Emiliana de Zubeldia, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1888)
May 27 â€" John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891)

June

June 3 â€" Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933)
June 6 â€" Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor (b. 1922)
June 9 â€" Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891)
- June 10
- Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (suicide) (b. 1943)
- Gordon Fox Rule, First World War flying ace (b. 1898)
June 11 â€" Ralph Guldahl, American golf champion (b. 1911)
June 13
- Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright (b. 1899)
- Geraldine Page, American actor (b. 1924)
June 20 â€" Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist. (b. 1896)
June 22
- Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
- John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (b. 1907)
- Joseph Meyer, American songwriter (b. 1894)
June 24 â€" Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916)
- June 26
- Oluf Berntsen, Danish fencer. (b. 1891)
- Gerhard Wagner, German naval officer, and the last Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy. (b. 1898)
June 30 â€" Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist. (b. 1893)

July

July 2 â€" Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943)
July 3 â€" Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897)
July 4 â€" Edward Addison, electrical engineering (b. 1898)
July 10 â€" John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910)
July 12 â€" Joseph Burns (baseball), Major League Baseball outfielder. (b. 1889)
July 17
- Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
July 20 â€" Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
July 22 â€" Jack Lescoulie, American actor (b. 1917)
July 26
- Kenneth Muse, American animator (b. 1910)
- Hugh Wheeler, English playwright and librettist (b. 1912)
July 27 â€" Travis Jackson, American baseball player (New York Giants) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1904)
July 28 â€" Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909)
July 31 â€" Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b. 1905)

August

August 1 â€" Pola Negri, Polish born actress (b. 1897)
August 6
- LÃ©on NoÃ«l, French diplomat, politician and historian. (b. 1888)
- Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. 1896)
August 8 â€" Juan Antonio Yanes, Venezuelan professional baseball pioneer (b. 1902)
August 11 â€" Clara Peller, American actress (b. 1902)
August 16 â€" Nick Vanos, American basketball player (b. 1963)
August 17
- Clarence Brown, American film director (b. 1890)
- Rudolf Hess, Nazi Deputy FÃ¼hrer (b. 1894)
August 19
- Hayden Rorke, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (b. 1910)
- Bruno Vogel, German pacifist and writer.[ (b. 1898)
- Harold Sherman, American author, lecturer and psychical researcher.[ (b. 1898)
August 26 â€" Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
August 28 â€" John Huston, American film director and actor (b. 1906)
August 29 â€" Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)

September

September 3 â€" Rusty Wescoatt, American actor (b. 1911)
September 4
- Bill Bowes, British cricketer (b. 1908)
- Richard Marquand, Welsh film director (b. 1937)
September 11
- Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
- Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1944)
September 12 â€" John Qualen, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
September 13 â€" Mervyn LeRoy, American film producer and director (b. 1900)
September 15 â€" Trygve Dalseg, America Norwegian marketing agent. (b. 1898)
September 16 â€" Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. 1922)
September 17 â€" Harry Locke, British character actor (b. 1913)
September 19 â€" Einar Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
September 20 â€" Michael Stewart (playwright), American playwright and librettist for the stage (b. 1924)
September 21 â€" Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (b. 1951)
September 23
- Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director (b. 1927)
- Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (b. 1953)
September 25
- Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
- Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (b. 1912)
- Emlyn Williams, British actor (b. 1905)
September 29 â€" Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)
September 30 â€" Herbert Sobel, US Army officer, made famous by Band of Brothers (b. 1912)

October

October 2
- Madeleine Carroll, British actress (b. 1906)
- Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
October 3
- Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b. 1910)
- Hans GÃ¡l, composer, teacher and author. (b. 1890)
- Oskar Theodor, Israeli entomologist. (b. 1898)
- Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
October 7 â€" Cedric Phatudi, Chief Minister of Lebowa bantustan (b. 1912)
October 8 â€" Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer (b. 1893)
October 9
- Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright (b. 1903)
- William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)
October 12
- Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
- Fahri KorutÃ¼rk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
October 13
- Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- Kishore Kumar, Indian playback singer (b. 1929)
October 15 â€" Donald Wandrei, American writer (b. 1908)
October 20 â€" Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
October 22 â€" Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919)
October 24 â€" Kelvin Martin, New York Criminal (b. 1964)
October 29 â€" Woody Herman, American jazz musician (b. 1913)
October 30 â€" Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author (b. 1904)

November

November 5
- Eamonn Andrews, Television and Radio Presenter (b. 1922)
- Georges Franju, French filmmaker (b. 1912)
- November 6
- Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
- Jean Rivier, French composer of classical music. (b. 1896)
November 7 â€" Arne Borg, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1901)
November 8 â€" Matilde Cantos, Spanish feminist. (b. 1898)
November 16 â€" Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)
November 21 â€" Ivan Jandl, Czech actor (b. 1937)
November 24 â€" Anton Pieck, Dutch painter, artist and graphic artist. (b. 1895)
November 25 â€" Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
November 26 â€" Duncan Sandys, British politician (b. 1908)
November 27 â€" Henri FluchÃ¨re, chairman of the SociÃ©tÃ© FranÃ§aise Shakespeare and a notable literary critic (b. 1898)
November 30 â€" James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)

December

December 1 â€" Punch Imlach, Canadian NHL coach (b. 1918)
December 2
- Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
December 3 â€" Pierre Mollaret, American neurologist (b. 1898)
December 4 â€" Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1898)
December 10 â€" Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born violinist (b. 1901)
December 14 â€" Tim Dinsdale, British aeronautical engineer and Loch Ness Monster seeker (b. 1924)
December 15 â€" Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and civil rights activist (b. 1898)
December 17 â€" Linda Wong, porn star (b. 1951)
December 19 â€" Leo Jung, American rabbi (b. 1892)
December 21
- Ralph Nelson, American actor (b. 1916)
- Robert Paige, American actor (b. 1911)
- Joe Sherman, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1890)
December 22 â€" Alice Terry, American actress (b. 1899)
December 23 â€" Harald Johnsson, Swedish politician. (b. 1898)
December 24 â€" Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 until 1977 (b. 1919)
December 25 â€" Ruf Bonner, Soviet Jewish exilee (b. 1900)
December 27 â€" Priscilla Dean, American actress (b. 1896)
December 29 â€" Patrick Bissell, American dancer (b. 1957)

Date unknown

John Pierotti, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
Huang Yao, Chinese artist (b. 1917)
Syd Hartley, English professional association football player (b. 1914)
Otto Klemperer, German physicist (b. 1899)

Nobel Prizes

Physics â€" J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander MÃ¼ller
Chemistry â€" Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
Medicine â€" Susumu Tonegawa
Literature â€" Joseph Brodsky
Peace â€" Ã"scar Arias SÃ¡nchez
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel â€" Robert Solow

Right Livelihood Award

Johan Galtung, Chipko movement, Hans-Peter DÃ¼rr / Global Challenges Network, Institute for Food and Development Policy / Frances Moore-LappÃ© and Mordechai Vanunu

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