146701 | December 29 | Death | 2013 – Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933) |
146702 | December 29 | Death | 2013 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier and multiple Olympic champion (b. 1937) |
146703 | December 29 | Death | 2014 – Saiyid Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (b. 1920) |
146704 | December 29 | Death | 2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922) |
146705 | December 29 | Death | 2014 – Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1945) |
146706 | December 29 | Death | 2014 – Jenny Pat, Hong Kong illustrator and art dealer (b. 1981) |
146707 | December 29 | Death | 2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933) |
146708 | December 29 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:David, King and prophet (Catholic, Lutheran)Thomas BecketTrophimus of ArlesDecember 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
146709 | December 29 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Ireland) |
146710 | December 29 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day (Mongolia) |
146711 | December 29 | Holiday and observance | The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity) |
146712 | December 30 | Event | 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. |
146713 | December 30 | Event | 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. |
146714 | December 30 | Event | 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. |
146715 | December 30 | Event | 1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. |
146716 | December 30 | Event | 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed. |
146717 | December 30 | Event | 1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. |
146718 | December 30 | Event | 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. |
146719 | December 30 | Event | 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines. |
146720 | December 30 | Event | 1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5. |
146721 | December 30 | Event | 1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. |
146722 | December 30 | Event | 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605. |
146723 | December 30 | Event | 1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. |
146724 | December 30 | Event | 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan. |
146725 | December 30 | Event | 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita. |
146726 | December 30 | Event | 1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student. |
146727 | December 30 | Event | 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed. |
146728 | December 30 | Event | 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. |
146729 | December 30 | Event | 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike. |
146730 | December 30 | Event | 1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. |