December 12
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Art and culture
- 1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan.
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Births
- 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
- 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944)
- 1902 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003)
- 1903 - Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese film director (d. 1963)
- 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979)
- 1929 - John Osborne, British dramatist (d. 1994)
- 1933 - Manu Dibango Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player (Soul Mokassa).
- 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
- 1943 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (d. 1999)
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Deaths
- 1889 - Robert Browning, British poet (Porphyria's Lover) (b. 1812)
- 1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (Le Diable au corps) (b. 1903)
- 1926 - Jean Richepin, French poet (b. 1849)
- 1963 - Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese film director (b. 1903)
- 1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1996 - Vance Packard, American author (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923)
- 2001 - André Balland, French publisher. (b. 1925)
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