December 28
Day of the year
December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; three days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1659 – The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur .1768 – King Taksin 's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.1795 – Construction of Yonge Street , formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto ).1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty .
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state .1879 – Tay Bridge disaster : The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee , Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.1885 – Indian National Congress , a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency , British India.1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines .1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation , which later will be known as x-rays .
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeat the New York Philadelphians , 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden .1908 – The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing between about 80,000.[ 3] 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco .1918 – Constance Markievicz , while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons .1941 – World War II : Operation Anthropoid , the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich , commences.1943 – Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting , the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona .
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey .1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 Miami .1956 – Chin Peng , David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling , Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played" : The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.1967 – American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange .[ 4] 1972 – The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System . Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman 's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.[ 5] 1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon .1978 – United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport , killing 10 people.[ 6] 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia, killing 13 people.2006 – War in Somalia : The militaries of Somalia 's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi , Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura .2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore , killing all 162 people aboard.2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto , in the Adriatic Sea , in Italian waters.
Births
Pre-1600
1619 – Antoine Furetière , French author and scholar (d. 1688)1635 – Elizabeth Stuart , second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)1651 – Johann Krieger , German organist and composer (d. 1735)1655 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (d. 1698)1665 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716)1722 – Eliza Lucas , Caribbean-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)1724 – Christoph Franz von Buseck , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (d. 1805)[ 7] 1763 – John Molson , English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (d. 1836)1775 – Jean-Gabriel Eynard , Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)1789 – Catharine Maria Sedgwick , American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d. 1867)[ 8] 1798 – Thomas Henderson , Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844)[ 9] 1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius , German chemist and academic (d. 1897)1842 – Calixa Lavallée , Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)1856 – Woodrow Wilson , American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)1865 – Félix Vallotton , Swiss/French painter (d. 1925)1870 – Charles Bennett , English runner (d. 1949)1882 – Arthur Eddington , English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)[ 10] 1882 – Lili Elbe , Danish model and painter (d. 1931)[ 11]
1887 – Werner Kolhörster , German physicist and academic (d. 1946)1888 – F. W. Murnau , German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931)1890 – Quincy Wright , American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)1895 – Carol Ryrie Brink , American author and playwright (d. 1981)[ 12] 1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby , Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)1898 – Shigematsu Sakaibara , Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1900 – Ted Lyons , American baseball player (d. 1986)[ 13]
1902 – Mortimer J. Adler , American philosopher and author (d. 2001)1902 – Shen Congwen , Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
1903 – Earl Hines , American pianist and bandleader (d. 1983)[ 14] 1903 – John von Neumann , Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1957)
1907 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim , Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (d. 2013)1908 – Lew Ayres , American actor (d. 1996)1910 – Billy Williams , American singer (d. 1972)1911 – Wil van Beveren , Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003)1913 – Lou Jacobi , Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)1914 – Bidia Dandaron , Russian author and educator (d. 1974)1914 – Pops Staples , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1917 – Ellis Clarke , Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010)1919 – Emily Cheney Neville , American author (d. 1997)1920 – Tufty Mann , South African cricketer (d. 1952)1920 – Bruce McCarty , American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (d. 2013)
1920 – Steve Van Buren , Honduran-American football player (d. 2012)
1920 – Al Wistert , American football player and coach (d. 2016)
1921 – Johnny Otis , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)1922 – Lionel Bowen , Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2012)[ 15] 1922 – Stan Lee , American publisher, producer, and actor (d. 2018)[ 14]
1924 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis , Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (d. 2018)1925 – Hildegard Knef , German actress and singer (d. 2002)1925 – Milton Obote , Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1926 – Donald Carr , German-English cricketer and referee (d. 2016)1928 – Moe Koffman , Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2001)1929 – Brian Redhead , English journalist and author (d. 1994)1929 – Terry Sawchuk , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1929 – Maarten Schmidt , Dutch astronomer (d. 2022)[ 16]
1930 – Mariam A. Aleem , Egyptian illustrator and academic (d. 2010)1931 – Guy Debord , French theorist and author (d. 1994)1931 – Martin Milner , American actor (d. 2015)[ 14]
1932 – Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (d. 2002)1932 – Dorsey Burnette , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1932 – Roy Hattersley , English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary
1932 – Harry Howell , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
1932 – Nichelle Nichols , American actress (d. 2022)[ 17]
1932 – Manuel Puig , Argentine author and playwright (d. 1990)
1933 – John Y. Brown Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (d. 2022)1934 – Rudi Faßnacht , German footballer and manager (d. 2000)1934 – Maggie Smith , English actress[ 18] [ 19]
1936 – Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)1936 – Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, director, and producer
1937 – Ratan Tata , Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2024)[ 20] 1938 – Dick Sudhalter , American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (d. 2008)1939 – Philip Anschutz , American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group [ 14] 1939 – Frank McLintock , Scottish footballer and manager
1939 – Michelle Urry , American journalist and illustrator (d. 2006)
1940 – A. K. Antony , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence 1940 – Don Francisco , Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
1941 – Intikhab Alam , Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach1942 – Roger Swerts , Belgian cyclist1943 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne , Peruvian cardinal1943 – David Peterson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
1943 – Joan Ruddock , Welsh politician
1944 – Sandra Faber , American astronomer and academic1944 – Johnny Isakson , American sergeant and politician (d. 2021)
1944 – Kary Mullis , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1944 – Gordon Taylor , English footballer
1945 – Birendra , King of Nepal (d. 2001)1945 – Max Hastings , English journalist, historian, and author
1946 – Mike Beebe , American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas 1946 – Pierre Falardeau , Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (d. 2009)
1946 – Hubert Green , American golfer (d. 2018)
1946 – Tim Johnson , American lawyer and politician (d. 2024)[ 21]
1946 – Barbara, Lady Judge , American-English lawyer and businesswoman (d. 2020)
1946 – Bill Lee , American baseball player and author
1946 – Laffit Pincay Jr. , Panamanian jockey
1946 – Edgar Winter , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[ 22]
1947 – Dick Diamonde , Dutch-Australian rock bass player (d. 2024)1947 – Aurelio Rodríguez , Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
1948 – Ziggy Modeliste , American drummer1950 – Alex Chilton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)1950 – Clifford Cocks , English mathematician and cryptographer
1950 – Rainer Maria Latzke , German-American painter and academic
1952 – Arun Jaitley , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 2019)1952 – Bridget Prentice , Scottish educator and politician[ 23]
1953 – Richard Clayderman , French pianist1953 – Tatsumi Fujinami , Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
1953 – Charlie Pierce , American journalist and author
1953 – Martha Wash , American singer-songwriter
1954 – Tony Ables , American serial killer[ 24] 1954 – Gayle King , American television journalist[ 22]
1954 – Denzel Washington , American actor, director, and producer[ 22]
1955 – Stephen Frost , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter1955 – Liu Xiaobo , Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)[ 14]
1956 – Nigel Kennedy , English violinist1958 – Terry Butcher , English footballer and manager1958 – Curt Byrum , American golfer
1958 – Zoran Gajić , Serbian volleyball trainer
1959 – Hansjörg Kunze , German runner and sportscaster1959 – Daniel Léo Simpson , American composer
1959 – Ana Torroja , Spanish singer-songwriter
1960 – Ray Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player1960 – John Fitzgerald , Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster[ 25]
1960 – Chad McQueen , American actor and race car driver[ 22] [ 26]
1960 – Melvin Turpin , American basketball player (d. 2010)
1961 – Kent Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager1962 – Michel Petrucciani , French jazz pianist (d. 1999)1964 – Tex Perkins , Australian singer-songwriter1964 – Maite Zúñiga , Spanish runner
1965 – Allar Levandi , Estonian skier1967 – Chris Ware , American illustrator1968 – Akihiko Hoshide , Japanese engineer and astronaut[ 27] 1969 – Linus Torvalds , Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel [ 22] 1970 – Elaine Hendrix , American actress1970 – James Jett , American sprinter and football player
1970 – Brenda Schultz-McCarthy , Dutch tennis player[ 28]
1971 – Benny Agbayani , American baseball player1971 – Sergi Barjuán , Spanish footballer and manager
1971 – Anita Doth , Dutch singer-songwriter
1971 – William Gates , American basketball player
1972 – Roberto Palacios , Peruvian footballer1972 – Patrick Rafter , Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model[ 29]
1972 – Adam Vinatieri , American football player
1973 – Holger Blume , German sprinter1973 – Marc Blume , German sprinter
1973 – Seth Meyers , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host[ 22]
1973 – Ids Postma , Dutch speed skater
1974 – Jocelyn Enriquez , American singer1974 – Rob Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Markus Weinzierl , German footballer and manager
1975 – B. J. Ryan , American baseball player1976 – Brendan Hines , American actor and singer[ 22] 1976 – Joe Manganiello , American actor[ 30]
1976 – Trond Nymark , Norwegian race walker
1976 – Ben Tune , Australian rugby player
1976 – Igor Žiković , Croatian footballer
1977 – Derrick Brew , American sprinter1977 – Shane Elford , Australian rugby league player
1977 – Vanessa Ferlito , American actress[ 22]
1977 – Seun Ogunkoya , Nigerian sprinter
1978 – Chris Coyne , Australian footballer and manager1978 – John Legend , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor[ 22]
1979 – James Blake , American tennis player[ 31] 1979 – Senna Gammour , German singer-songwriter
1979 – Bill Hall , American baseball player
1979 – Zach Hill , American musician and artist
1979 – André Holland , American actor[ 22]
1979 – Noomi Rapace , Swedish actress[ 14]
1980 – Lomana LuaLua , Congolese footballer1980 – Ryta Turava , Belarusian race walker
1981 – Khalid Boulahrouz , Dutch footballer1981 – Elizabeth Jordan Carr , American journalist
1981 – Sienna Miller , American-British actress and fashion designer[ 22]
1981 – David Moss , American ice hockey player[ 32]
1981 – Narsha , South Korean singer and dancer
1981 – Frank Turner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Mika Väyrynen , Finnish footballer
1982 – Cedric Benson , American football player (d. 2019)[ 33] 1982 – Beau Garrett , American actress and model[ 22]
1982 – François Gourmet , Belgian decathlete[ 34]
1982 – Curtis Glencross , Canadian hockey player[ 35]
1984 – Martin Kaymer , German golfer[ 36] 1984 – Duane Solomon , American runner[ 37]
1986 – Tom Huddlestone , English footballer[ 38] 1987 – Thomas Dekker , American actor and musician[ 22] 1989 – Austin Barnes , American baseball player[ 39] 1989 – Mackenzie Rosman , American actress[ 22]
1990 – Ayele Abshero , Ethiopian runner[ 40] 1990 – Marcos Alonso , Spanish footballer[ 41]
1990 – David Archuleta , American singer[ 22]
1990 – John Henson , American basketball player[ 42]
1990 – Bastiaan Lijesen , Dutch swimmer[ 43]
1992 – Tomáš Jurčo , Slovak ice hockey player[ 44] 1994 – Adam Peaty , English swimmer[ 45] 1995 – Dylan Cease , American baseball player[ 46] 1995 – Mauricio Lemos , Uruguayan footballer[ 47]
1995 – Nahitan Nández , Uruguayan footballer[ 48]
1996 – Tanguy Ndombele , French footballer[ 49] 2001 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan , Canadian actress[ 14] 2002 – Tom Cannon , British-Irish footballer[ 50]
Deaths
Pre-1600
925 – Wang Zongbi , general of the Chinese state of Former Shu 1218 – Robert II, Count of Dreux (b. 1154)1297 – Hugh Aycelin , French cardinal (b. 1230)1326 – Sir David II Strathbogie , Earl of Atholl , Constable of Scotland , and Chief Warden of Northumberland 1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese shōgun (b. 1330)1394 – Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina , queen of Epirus (b. 1350)1446 – Antipope Clement VIII (b. 1369)1491 – Bertoldo di Giovanni , Italian sculptor (b. c. 1435)1503 – Piero the Unfortunate , Italian ruler (b. 1471)1538 – Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (b. 1455)[ 51] 1547 – Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)1558 – Hermann Finck , German organist and composer (b. 1527)
1622 – Francis de Sales , French bishop and saint (b. 1567)1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)1671 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius , German scholar and critic (b. 1611)1694 – Mary II of England (b. 1662)[ 52] 1706 – Pierre Bayle , French philosopher and author (b. 1647)1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)1715 – William Carstares , Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)[ 53] 1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor , Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)1736 – Antonio Caldara , Italian composer (b. 1670)1785 – Peter Ernst Wilde , Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (b. 1732)1795 – Eugenio Espejo , Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (b. 1747)1859 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay , English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)1872 – James Van Ness , American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)1890 – Dennis Miller Bunker , American painter (b. 1861)1897 – William Corby , American priest and academic (b. 1833)1900 – Alexandre de Serpa Pinto , Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
1907 – Louise Granberg , Swedish playwright (b. 1812)[ 54] 1913 – Ahmet Mithat Efendi , Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)1916 – Eduard Strauss , Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)[ 55] 1917 – Alfred Edwin McKay , Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)1918 – Olavo Bilac , Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)1919 – Johannes Rydberg , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)1924 – Léon Bakst , Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)1932 – Jack Blackham , Australian cricketer (b. 1854)1935 – Clarence Day , American author and illustrator (b. 1874)1937 – Maurice Ravel , French pianist and composer (b. 1875)1938 – Florence Lawrence , Canadian actress (b. 1886)1942 – Alfred Flatow , German gymnast (b. 1869)1943 – Steve Evans , American baseball player (b. 1885)1945 – Theodore Dreiser , American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)1946 – Elie Nadelman , Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)1947 – Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)1949 – Jack Lovelock , New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)1959 – Ante Pavelić , Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)1960 – Philippe Panneton , Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)1963 – Paul Hindemith , German violist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)1967 – Katharine McCormick , American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)1968 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie , Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)1971 – Max Steiner , Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)1976 – Katharine Byron , American politician (b. 1903)1981 – Allan Dwan , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)1983 – Dennis Wilson , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)1984 – Sam Peckinpah , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)1984 – Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch , British politician and educator (b. 1903)
1986 – John D. MacDonald , American colonel and author (b. 1916)1986 – Jan Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter (b. 1922)
1989 – Hermann Oberth , Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)1990 – Warren Skaaren , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)1992 – Sal Maglie , American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)1993 – William L. Shirer , American journalist and historian (b. 1904)1994 – Jean-Louis Lévesque , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)1999 – Clayton Moore , American actor (b. 1914)2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith , American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919)2001 – William X. Kienzle , American priest and author (b. 1928)
2003 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker , American admiral (b. 1935)2004 – Jerry Orbach , American actor and singer (b. 1935)2004 – Susan Sontag , American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
2006 – Jamal Karimi-Rad , Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)2008 – Irene Lieblich , Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)2009 – Jimmy Sullivan , American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)2010 – Billy Taylor , American pianist and composer (b. 1921)2010 – Terry Peder Rasmussen , American serial killer (b. 1943)
2012 – Nicholas Ambraseys , Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)2012 – Mark Crispin , American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
2012 – Václav Drobný , Czech footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Frankie Walsh , Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
2013 – Halton Arp , American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)2013 – Esther Borja , Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
2013 – Andrew Jacobs, Jr. , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Alfred Marshall , American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919)
2013 – Joseph Ruskin , American actor and producer (b. 1924)
2013 – Ilya Tsymbalar , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
2014 – Leelah Alcorn , American transgender teenager (b. 1997)2014 – Vahan Hovhannisyan , Armenian politician (b. 1956)
2014 – Frankie Randall , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2015 – John Bradbury , English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953)2015 – Eloy Inos , Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
2015 – Lemmy , English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945)
2016 – Debbie Reynolds , American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)[ 56] 2016 – Jean-Christophe Victor , French political scientist (b. 1947)
2017 – Rose Marie , American actress and comedienne (b. 1923)[ 57] 2021 – Grichka Bogdanoff , French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949)[ 58] 2021 – John Madden , American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (b. 1936)[ 59]
2021 – Harry Reid , American lawyer, politician, and former Senate majority leader (b. 1939)[ 60]
2022 – Philomena Franz , German Romani author (b. 1922)[ 61] 2023 – Vijayakanth , Indian actor and politician (b. 1952)[ 62] 2024 – Charles Dolan , American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (b. 1926)[ 63]
Holidays and observances
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