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1988
Calendar year
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII ) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium , the 88th year of the 20th century , and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.
1988
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet --it was the year of the first well-known computer virus , the 1988 Internet worm . The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (NSFNET ) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat .[1] The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988.[2]
The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution . The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the West.[3] The first extrasolar planet , Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2002) was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio .
In the 20th century , the year 1988 has the most Roman numeral digits (11).
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
June 10 -14 - Spontaneous 100,000 strong mass night-singing demonstrations in Estonian SSR eventually give name to the Singing Revolution .
June 10 -25 - West Germany hosts the UEFA Euro 1988 football tournament, which is won by the Netherlands .
June 11 - Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela .
June 12 - Rusty Wallace wins the last Nascar Winston Cup Series Budweiser 400 auto race at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California .
June 14 - A small wildfire starts in Montana just north of the boundary for Yellowstone National Park . The Storm Creek fire expands into the park, then merges with dozens of other drought-inspired fires. Eventually, over 750,000 acres (3,000 km2 ) of Yellowstone - 36% of the park's area - burns before firefighters gain control in late September.
June 23 - NASA scientist James Hansen testifies to the U.S. Senate that man-made global warming has begun.
June 27 - The Gare de Lyon rail accident occurs in Paris, France as a commuter train headed inbound to the terminal crashes into a stationary outbound train, killing 56 and injuring 57.
June 30 - Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrates four bishops at Écône , Switzerland for his apostolate , along with Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer , without a papal mandate.July
August
August 5 - The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis culminates in the ouster of the Lord President of Malaysia , Salleh Abas .
August 6 -7 - Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City: A riot erupts in Tompkins Square Park when police attempt to enforce a newly passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists are caught up in the police action that takes place during the night of August 6 and early into August 7 .
August 8 - 8888 Uprising : Thousands of protesters in Burma , now known as Myanmar , are killed during anti-government demonstrations .
August 11 - Al-Qaeda is formed by Osama bin Laden .
August 17 - Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan , Arnold Lewis Raphel , are among those killed when a plane crashes and explodes near Bahawalpur .[16]
August 20 - A ceasefire effectively ends the Iran-Iraq War , with an estimated one million lives lost.[17]
August 21 - The 6.9 Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal-India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), leaving 709-1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
August 28 - Seventy-five people are killed and 346 injured in one of the worst air show disasters in history at Germany's Ramstein Air Base , when three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori , collide, sending one of the aircraft crashing into the crowd of spectators.[18] September
September 5 - With the United States' largest thrift institution , American Savings and Loan Association, entering receivership, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy its good assets with US$1.7 billion in federal aid (completed December).
September 11 - Singing Revolution : In the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic , 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
September 12 - Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica ; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
September 15 - The International Olympic Committee awards Lillehammer the right to host the 1994 Winter Olympics .
September 17 -October 2 - The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul , South Korea.
September 20 - Margaret Thatcher , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , gives her "Bruges speech ", opposing moves to transition the European Economic Community into a federal Europe .[19]
September 22 - The Ocean Odyssey drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea (see also July 6).
September 29 - STS-26 : NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster , with Space Shuttle Discovery .October
November
November 2 - The Morris worm , the first computer worm distributed via the Internet , written by Robert Tappan Morris , is launched from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.[21]
November 3 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom 's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
November 8 - The United States Vice-President and Republican nominee George H. W. Bush , defeats the Democratic nominee and Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis , in the 1988 United States Presidential Election .
November 10 - The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in a Pentagon press conference.
November 15
November 16
Singing Revolution : The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR adopts the Estonian Sovereignty Declaration in which the laws of the Estonian SSR are declared supreme over those of the Soviet Union. The USSR declares it unconstitutional on November 26. It is the first declaration of sovereignty from Moscow of any Soviet or Eastern Bloc entity.[23]
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister . Elections are held as planned despite head of state Zia-ul-Haq's death earlier in August.[24]
November 22 - In Palmdale, California , the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
November 23 - Former Korean president Chun Doo-hwan makes a formal apology for corruption during his presidency, announcing he will go into exile.[25] December
Date unknown
Births
January
January 3 - Jonny Evans , Northern Irish footballer[27]
January 5 - Azizulhasni Awang , Malaysian professional track cyclist[28]
January 7
January 8 - Alex Tyus , American-Israeli basketball player[30]
January 12
January 15 - Skrillex , American musician and DJ
January 16
January 17 - Will Genia , Australian rugby union player
January 18 - Angelique Kerber , German tennis player[32]
January 21
January 24 - Jade Ewen , English singer, songwriter, actress and former member of the Sugababes
January 26 - Mia Rose , Portuguese and British singer-songwriter
January 27 - Liu Wen , Chinese model[35]
January 29
February
February 1 - Fatimih Dávila , Uruguayan model and beauty queen (d. 2019 )
February 3
February 4 - Carly Patterson , American gymnast[37]
February 6 - Anna Diop , Senegalese-born American actress
February 7
February 8 - Andreína Tarazón , Venezuelan politician
February 11 - Li Chun , Chinese singer
February 12
February 13 - Aston Merrygold , English singer[40]
February 14
February 15 - Jessica De Gouw , Australian actress
February 16
February 17 - Natascha Kampusch , Austrian television hostess and kidnapping victim
February 18
February 20
February 21 - Matthias de Zordo , German javelin thrower
February 22
February 22 - Nicolás Gaitán , Argentinian footballer
February 28 - Markéta Irglová , Czech songwriter
February 29
March
March 2 - Matthew Mitcham , Australian diver
March 3 - Rafael Muñoz , Spanish swimmer
March 4 - Gal Mekel , Israeli basketball player
March 6
March 10 - Ivan Rakiti? , Croatian and Swiss footballer[41]
March 11 - Fábio Coentrão , Portuguese footballer[42]
March 12 - Sebastian Brendel , German canoeist
March 14
March 15
March 16 - Jhené Aiko , American singer-songwriter[44]
March 17 - Grimes , Canadian artist musician and music video director[ ]
March 18 - Soukaina Boukries , Moroccan singer
March 19 - Zhou Lulu , Chinese weightlifter[45]
March 21 - Josepmir Ballón , Peruvian footballer
March 22 - Tania Raymonde , American actress
March 23 - Jason Kenny , British cyclist[46]
March 24 - Finn Jones , English actor
March 25
March 27
March 28 - Lacey Turner , English actress[48]
March 30 - Richard Sherman , American football playerApril
April 2 - Jesse Plemons , American film and television actor
April 3 - Tim Krul , Dutch footballer
April 5 - Daniela Luján , Mexican pop singer and actress
April 7 - Ed Speleers , British actor
April 8 - Stephanie Cayo , Peruvian actress, singer, songwriter and model
April 10 - Haley Joel Osment , American actor[49]
April 12 - Jessie James Decker , American country pop singer and songwriter
April 14
April 15 - Eliza Doolittle , English singer and songwriter
April 18
April 21
April 23
April 25
April 27
April 28 - Juan Mata , Spanish footballer[56]
April 29 - Jonathan Toews , Canadian ice hockey player[57]
April 30 - Ana de Armas , Cuban actressMay
May 1
May 4 - Radja Nainggolan , Belgian footballer
May 5
May 11
May 12 - Marcelo Vieira , Brazilian footballer
May 16 - Behati Prinsloo , Namibian model[61]
May 17 - Nikki Reed , American actress
May 18 - Taeyang , South Korean recording artist and model
May 21 - Park Gyu-ri , South Korean idol singer
May 25 - Cameron van der Burgh , South African Olympic swimmer[62]
May 26
May 27 - Geoffrey Couët , French actor and comedian
May 28 - Cheng Fei , Chinese gymnast
May 29 - Tobin Heath , American women's soccer player[63] June
June 2
June 4 - Li Man , Chinese actress
June 5 - Nuh Omar , Pakistani writer and director
June 7
June 9
June 11 - Claire Holt , Australian actress[68]
June 12 - Eren Derdiyok , Swiss footballer
June 14 - Kevin McHale , American actor, dancer and singer[69]
June 16
June 17 - Stephanie Rice , Australian swimmer[71]
June 18
June 22
June 23
June 24 – Nichkhun Horvejkul , Thai singer
June 25 – Therese Johaug , Norwegian cross-country skier[78]
June 27 – Matthew Spiranovic , Australian soccer player[79]
June 29 – Éver Banega , Argentine footballerJuly
July 1 - Aleksander Lesun , Russian modern pentathlete[80]
July 2 - Lee Chung-yong , South Korean footballer
July 4 - Angelique Boyer , French-Mexican actress and singer
July 8
July 10
July 13
July 14 - Conor McGregor , Irish mixed martial artist
July 15 - Aimee Carrero , American actress
July 16
July 18 - Elvin Mammadov , Azerbaijani footballer
July 19 - Shane Dawson , American YouTube comedian and actor
July 20 - Julianne Hough , American ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress
July 21 - DeAndre Jordan , American basketball player
July 22 - Noriko Senge , Japanese princess[82]
July 24 - Han Seung-yeon , South Korean singer and actress
July 25 - Sarah Geronimo , Filipina singer and actress
July 31 - Charlie Carver , American actorAugust
August 1 - Max Carver , American actor
August 2 - Golden Tate , American football player
August 3
DRAM , American rapper, singer, and songwriter
Weyes Blood , American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter
August 5 - Federica Pellegrini , Italian swimmer
August 8
August 9 - Willian , Brazilian footballer
August 11 - Irfan Bachdim , Indonesian footballer
August 12
August 13 - MØ , Danish singer
August 15 - Zaira Nara , Argentine model
August 17 - Natalie Sandtorv , Norwegian jazz musician
August 18 - G-Dragon , South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and fashion icon
August 19 - Veronica Roth , American novelist and short story writer
August 21
August 25 - Alexandra Burke , English singer
August 27 - Alexa PenaVega , American actress and singer
August 28 - Rosie MacLennan , Canadian trampoline gymnast[85]
August 29 - Bartosz Kurek , Polish volleyball playerSeptember
September 1 - Simona de Silvestro , Swiss racing driver
September 2 - Ishant Sharma , Indian cricketer[86]
September 3 - Jérôme Boateng , German footballer
September 5
September 6 - Sargun Mehta , Indian model, comedian, dancer, presenter and actress.
September 7 - Kevin Love , American basketball player[88]
September 10 - Coco Rocha , Canadian fashion model[89]
September 11 - Lee Yong-dae , South Korean male badminton player
September 12 - Prachi Desai , Indian film and television actress[90]
September 14 - Martin Fourcade , French biathlete[91]
September 15
September 17 - Pavel Mamayev , Russian footballer
September 18
September 19 - Katrina Bowden , American actress
September 20
September 21 - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari , Pakistani politician[92]
September 23 - Juan Martín del Potro , Argentine tennis player[93]
September 26
September 27 - Alma , French singer and songwriter
September 28
Caio César , Brazilian actor, voice actor and police officer (d. 2015 )
Hana Mae Lee , American actress, model, comedian, and fashion designer
September 29 - Kevin Durant , American basketball playerOctober
November
November 1 - Scott Arfield , Scottish footballer[99]
November 2 - Julia Görges , German professional tennis player[100]
November 5 - Virat Kohli , Indian international cricketer
November 6
November 7
November 8 - Jessica Lowndes , Canadian actress and singer
November 12 - Russell Westbrook , American basketball player
November 15 - B.o.B. , American rapper, singer, record producer, and conspiracy theorist
November 19 - Patrick Kane , American ice hockey player
November 20 - Du?an Tadi? , Serbian footballer
November 21 - Len Väljas , Canadian cross-country skier
November 24 - Sabi , American pop singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
November 25
November 26 - Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson , Icelandic professional strongman and actor
November 28 - Scarlett Pomers , American actress
November 29 - Russell Wilson , American football player
November 30
December
Deaths
January
January 2 - E. B. Ford , British geneticist (b. 1901 )
January 3
January 5 - Pete Maravich , American basketball player (b. 1947 )
January 7 - Trevor Howard , English actor (b. 1913 )
January 9 - Peter L. Rypdal , Norwegian fiddler and folk music composer (b. 1909 )
January 11
January 13 - Chiang Ching-kuo , Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (b. 1910 )
January 14 - Georgy Malenkov , Soviet politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1902 )
January 15 - Seán MacBride , Irish Republican Army leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904 )
January 16 - Ballard Berkeley , British actor (b. 1904 )
January 18 - Cataldo Agostinelli , Italian mathematician (b. 1894 )
January 20 - Philippe de Rothschild , French vineyard owner (b. 1902 )
January 21 - Vincent Lingiari , Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1908 )
January 25 - Colleen Moore , American actress (b. 1899 )
January 27 - Kemal Faruki , Turkish football player (b. 1910 )
January 28 - Klaus Fuchs , German-British physicist and spy (b. 1911 )February
February 1 - Heather O'Rourke , American child actress (b. 1975 )
February 3 - Robert Duncan , American poet (b. 1919 )
February 5 - Emeric Pressburger , Hungarian-British film producer (b. 1902 )
February 6 - Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás , widow of Francisco Franco (b. 1900 )
February 12 - S. Nadarajah , Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician
February 13
February 14 - Frederick Loewe , Austrian-American composer (b. 1901 )
February 15 - Richard Feynman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918 )
February 16
February 17 - Alexander Bashlachev , Soviet poet and rock musician (b. 1960 )
February 19
February 25
February 28 - Harvey Kuenn , American baseball player and coach (b. 1930 )March
March 1 - Joe Besser , American actor and comedian (b. 1907 )
March 3 - Lois Wilson , American actress (b. 1894 )
March 5
March 6 - Jeanne Aubert , French singer and actress (b. 1900 )
March 7
March 8
March 9 - Kurt Georg Kiesinger , German politician, 28th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany ) (b. 1904 )
March 10
March 11
March 13
March 16
March 18
March 20 - Gil Evans , American jazz pianist (b. 1912 )
March 21 - Edd Roush , American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds ) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1893 )
March 22 - Lester Rawlins , American stage and screen director (b. 1924 )
March 23 - Reg Lye , Australian actor (b. 1912 )
March 25 - Robert Joffrey , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1930 )
March 29 - Dulcie September , South African ANC activist (b. 1935 ; assassinated).[111]
March 30 - Edgar Faure , French politician, 69th Prime Minister of France (b. 1908 )
March 31 - William McMahon , Australian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908 )April
April 1 - Jim Jordan , American actor (b. 1896 )
April 3 - Milton Caniff , American cartoonist (b. 1907 )
April 5
April 6 - John Clements , British actor (b. 1910 )
April 9 - Dave Prater , American rhythm and blues singer (b. 1937 )
April 11 - Jesse L. Lasky Jr. , American screenwriter (b. 1910 )
April 12
April 15 - Kenneth Williams , British actor and raconteur (b. 1926 )
April 17
April 18 - Pierre Desproges , French humorist (b. 1939 )
April 21
April 22 - Irene Rich , American actress (b. 1891 )
April 23 - Michael Ramsey , British Anglican bishop, 100th Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1904 )
April 25 - Carolyn Franklin , American singer (b. 1944 )
April 26
April 28 - Fenner Brockway , British politician and anti-war activist (b. 1888 )May
May 1 - Paolo Stoppa , Italian actor and dubber (b. 1906 )
May 2 - Premendra Mitra , Indian poet, writer and film director (b. 1904 )
May 3 - Lev Pontryagin , Russian mathematician (b. 1908 )
May 5 - George Rose , English actor (b. 1920 )
May 8 - Robert A. Heinlein , American science fiction author (b. 1907 )
May 10
May 11 - Kim Philby , British spy (b. 1912 )
May 12 - Chet Baker , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929 )
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 18 - Daws Butler , American voice actor (b. 1916 )
May 21
May 23 - Aya Kit? , Japanese diarist (b. 1962 )
May 24 - Gustav Åkerman , Swedish army officer (b. 1901 )
May 25 - Ernst Ruska , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906 )
May 27 - Florida Friebus , American actor (b. 1909 )
May 29
May 30 - Ella Raines , American actress (b. 1920 )
May 31 - Arthur Olliver , Australian footballer (b. 1916 )June
June 2 - Raj Kapoor , Indian actor, producer and director (b. 1924 )
June 5 - Michael Barrington , British actor (b. 1924 )
June 6 - Chandra Fernando , Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and venerable (assassinated) (b. 1942 )
June 8
June 9 - Karl Kraus , German theoretical physicist (b. 1938 )
June 10 - Louis L'Amour , American writer (b. 1908 )
June 11
June 22
June 23 - Henry Murray , American psychologist (b. 1893 )
June 24 - Marta Abba , Italian actress (b. 1900 )
June 25 - Hillel Slovak , Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers ) (b. 1962 )
June 26 - Hans Urs von Balthasar , Swiss theologian and Catholic priest (b. 1905 )
June 27 - Aparicio Méndez , former President of Uruguay (b. 1904 )July
July 2 - Bede Morris , Australian immunologist (b. 1927 )
July 3 - Gabriel Dell , American actor (b. 1919 )
July 4
July 8
July 12 - Joshua Logan , American stage and film director (b. 1908 )
July 13 - Phil Monroe , American animator and director (b. 1916 )
July 17 - Bruiser Brody , American professional wrestler (b. 1946 )
July 18 - Nico , German rock musician, fashion model, actress and Warhol socialite (b. 1938 )
July 21 - Jack Clark , American television personality and game show host (b. 1921 )
July 22 - Patrick Newell , British actor (b. 1932 )
July 25
July 27 - Frank Zamboni , American inventor (b. 1901 )
July 31 - Trinidad Silva , American actor (b. 1950 )August
August 1
August 2 - Raymond Carver , American short-story writer and poet (b. 1938 )
August 5
August 6
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11 - Anne Ramsey , American actress (b. 1929 )
August 12 - Jean-Michel Basquiat , American musician/graffiti painter (b. 1960 )
August 14
August 17
August 18 - Felix Maria Davídek , Czechoslovak Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1921 )
August 20 - Lazarus Salii , 3rd President of Palau (b. 1936 )
August 21 - Ray Eames , American artist, designer and filmmaker (b. 1912 )
August 24 - Leonard Frey , American actor (b. 1938 )
August 27
August 28
August 30 - Jack Marshall , 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912 )
August 31 - Edgar Elbakyan , Soviet actor (b. 1928 )September
September 1 - Luis Walter Alvarez , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
September 5 - Gert Fröbe , German actor (b. 1913 )
September 6 - Harold Rosson , American cinematographer (b. 1895 )
September 7 - Abdul Haq , Pakistani Islamic scholar (b. 1912 )
September 11 - John Sylvester White , American actor (b. 1919 )
September 12
September 16 - Dick Pym , English footballer (b. 1893 )
September 17 - Nellie Beer , British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1966-67) (b. 1900 )
September 18
September 21
September 25 - Billy Carter , American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician (b. 1937 )
September 27 - Teofilo Camomot , Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop and servant of God (b. 1914 )
September 28
September 30
October
October 1
October 2
October 3 - Franz Josef Strauss , German politician (b. 1915 )
October 7 - Billy Daniels , American singer (b. 1915 )
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12
October 13 - Melvin Frank , American screenwriter and director (b. 1913 )
October 15 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji , English composer, music critic, pianist, and writer (b. 1892 )
October 18 - Frederick Ashton , English dancer and choreographer (b. 1904 )
October 19 - Son House , American musician (b. 1902 )
October 22 - Henry Armstrong , American boxer (b. 1912 )
October 23 - Asashio Tar? III , Sumo wrestler (b. 1929 )
October 27 - Charles Hawtrey , English actor (b. 1914 )
October 28 - Pietro Annigoni , Italian painter (b. 1910 )
October 29 - Thomas Cooray , Sri Lankan Roman Catholic archbishop and servant of God (b. 1901 )
October 31 - John Houseman , Romanian-American actor and producer (b. 1902 )November
November 1 - George J. Folsey , American cinematographer (b. 1898 )
November 4 - Hermann Graf , German fighter ace (b. 1912 )
November 7
November 9
November 11 - William Ifor Jones , Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900 )
November 12
November 13 - Antal Doráti , Hungarian conductor (b. 1906 )
November 14 - Takeo Miki , Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1907 )
November 15
November 16 - Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge , British politician (b. 1904 )
November 17 - Sheilah Graham , English-born gossip columnist (b. 1904 )
November 19 - Christina Onassis , American shipping magnate (b. 1950 )
November 20 - Irene Bianucci , Italian-born American painter (b. 1903 )
November 21
November 22
November 23 - Gamal Abdel-Rahim , Egyptian composer (b. 1924 )
November 25
November 26 - Antonio Estévez , Venezuelan composer (b. 1916 )
November 27
November 28 - Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover (b. 1955 )December
December 2
December 4 - Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist (b. 1899 )
December 6
December 7 - Dorothy Jordan , American actress (b. 1906 )
December 10
December 13 - Roy Urquhart , British general (b. 1901 )
December 17 - Jerry Hopper , American film and television director (b. 1907 )
December 20 - Max Robinson , American broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor (b. 1939 )
December 21
December 22 - Francisco Alves Mendes Filho , Brazilian environmental activist (murdered) (b. 1944 )
December 23 - Carlo Scorza , Italian Fascist politician (b. 1897 )
December 24 - Noel Willman , Northern Irish actor and theatre director (b. 1918 )
December 26
December 27
December 30 - Isamu Noguchi , Japanese-American artist (b. 1904 )Nobel Prizes
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