Historical Anniversaries this Week

December 6

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (died 1946)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (died 1941)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1675 – John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (born 1602)

December 7

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Max Zaslofsky, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)^[23]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Mia Love, American politician (died 2025)^[34]

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1725 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661)

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1775 – Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (born 1897)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Hardie Albright, American actor (born 1903)

December 8

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (died 1925)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1990)^[32]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1972)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (died 2000)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jimmy Smith, American organist (died 2005)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Kevin Harvick, American race car driver

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (born 1948)

December 9

 Events (250 years ago today): 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops and Loyalists, misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge, ending British rule in Virginia.^[7]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Harry Miller, American engineer (died 1943)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1625 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (born 1547)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1896)

Commemorations:
International Anti-Corruption Day

December 10

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (died 2008)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress^[41]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 925 – Sancho I, king of Pamplona

 Deaths (550 years ago today): 1475 – Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397)

Commemorations:
Human Rights Day

December 11

 Events (350 years ago today): 1675 – Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.^[9]

 Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

 Births (550 years ago today): 1475 – Pope Leo X (died 1521)^[19]

 Births (300 years ago today): 1725 – George Mason, American lawyer and politician (died 1792)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (died 1962)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – James Sullivan, American politician (died 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Nihal Ats?z, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1905)

Commemorations:
International Mountain Day

December 12

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2009)^[63]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (died 1985)^[64]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (died 2017)^[65]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Mayim Bialik, American actress, neuroscientist, and author^[127]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Craig Moore, Australian footballer and manager^[128]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (born 1884)^[190]

Commemorations:
The International Day Of Heavy Metal