On This Day in Music: December
December caps the musical year — career-defining releases, chart finales, and the birthdays of icons, alongside the milestones that closed out music history each year. Explore what happened on every day of December.
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Standout moments of December
- Pelé December 29 Pelé died
- Brigitte Bardot December 28 Brigitte Bardot died
- Ichirō Mizuki December 6 Ichirō Mizuki died
- Betty White December 31 Betty White died
- Frank Gehry December 5 Frank Gehry died
- Chris Rea December 22 Chris Rea died
- Sophie Kinsella December 10 Sophie Kinsella died
- Abraham Louis Niedermeyer December 30 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
- Adrian Willaert December 12 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
- Alberto Franchetti December 26 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)