Anniversaries

18th December 1879 (133 Years)

Paul Klee, Swiss-German artist whose style was influenced by movements that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism, was born.

18th December 1913 (99 Years)

Willy Brandt, German Chancellor, is born.

18th December 1916 (96 Years)

Betty Grable, American musical film actress and pin-up girl from the 1930's and 40's, is born.

19th December 1848 (164 Years)

Emily Brontë, English author and poet, died.

19th December 1915 (97 Years)

Édith Piaf, French singer and icon also known as “The Little Sparrow,” is born.

19th December 1996 (16 Years)

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross, Italian film actor, died in Paris.

20th December 1968 (44 Years)

John Steinbeck, American author, Nobel Prize laureate, died.

21st December 1118 (894 Years)

Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint, was born.

22nd December 1867 (145 Years)

Théodore Rousseau, French painter, dies.

22nd December 1960 (52 Years)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist and one of the most significant painters of the 20th century, was born.

23rd December 1888 (124 Years)

Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear.

23rd December 1918 (94 Years)

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, statesman who served as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982, was born.

23rd December 1929 (83 Years)

Chet Baker, American Jazz musician and vocalist, was born.

23rd December 1989 (23 Years)

Nancy Graves, conceptual sculpture based artist, was born.

24th December 1863 (149 Years)

William Makepeace Thackeray, writer, died.

Christmas Day Truce, where on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day during World War I, many soldiers from both sides independently ventured into "no man's land", where they mingled, exchanging food and cigarettes.

24th December 1914 (98 Years)

John Muir, the American naturalist and preservationist, dies.

24th December 1922 (90 Years)

Ava Lavinia Gardner, American actress and singer, was born.

24th December 1942 (70 Years)

General François Darlan of France is assassinated.

25th December 1066 (946 Years)

William the Conqueror is crowned King of England.

25th December 1642 (370 Years)

Sir Isaac Newton, mathematician and scientist, was born.

25th December 1763 (249 Years)

Claude Chappe, French engineer, created the first practical telecommunications system, is born.

25th December 1889 (123 Years)

Humphrey Bogart, American film and stage actor, was born.

25th December 1918 (94 Years)

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt, was born.

25th December 1977 (35 Years)

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film, died.

25th December 1983 (29 Years)

Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor, died.

26th December 1890 (122 Years)

Heinrich Schliemann, archeologist who uncovered the city of Troy, dies.

26th December 1893 (119 Years)

Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionist and politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was born.

26th December 1909 (103 Years)

Frederic Remington, American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer, died.

26th December 1972 (40 Years)

Harry S. Truman, American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, died.

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