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Events in December 2025 17
1929 – 2025Frank Gehry (1929-2025)Died 5 December 2025, aged 96Canadian-American architect whose sculptural, audacious buildings, among them the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall, won worldwide renown.
1934 – 2025Annette Dionne (1934-2025)Died 24 December 2025, aged 91Canadian children's rights activist, the last surviving of the Dionne quintuplets, whose childhood exploitation eventually brought a settlement from the Ontario government.
1934 – 2025Brigitte BardotCinema IconActress and fashion model who became a world-renowned sex symbol and later an animal rights activist.
1942 – 2025Lou Gerstner (1942-2025)Died 27 December 2025, aged 83American businessman who as chief executive from 1993 to 2002 turned around an ailing IBM, one of the most studied corporate revivals in business history.
1946 – 2025Khaleda Zia (1946-2025)Died 30 December 2025, aged 80Bangladeshi politician who served as prime minister in 1991-96 and 2001-06, the first woman to hold the office in Bangladesh.
1947 – 2025Rob Reiner (1947-2025)Died 14 December 2025, aged 78American actor and director, Michael Stivic in All in the Family and the director of This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally. He and his wife Michele died in a violent attack at their home.
1950 – 2025Formula 1 World ChampionsEvery World Drivers' Champion since 1950A year-by-year record of every Formula One World Drivers' Champion from the inaugural 1950 season to the present day. The championship has been won by 35 different drivers from 15 countries, with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton sharing the record of seven titles each. The sport has evolved from gentleman amateurs racing on public roads to a global spectacle watched by hundreds of millions, but the title of World Champion remains the ultimate prize in motorsport.
1990 – 2025Tatiana Schlossberg (1990-2025)Died 30 December 2025, aged 35American environmental journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy. She died of a rare form of leukaemia.
20252025: Lando NorrisMcLarenBritish driver Norris won his first World Championship at the age of 26, clinching the title by just two points from Max Verstappen at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. He became the eighth McLaren driver to win the Drivers' Championship.
2025A Savage Art DocumentaryThe documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant was released, chronicling his career across five decades and ten US presidents.
2025Vagabond MemoirPublished Vagabond, his memoir, which became an instant New York Times bestseller and a USA Today bestseller. The book was a celebration of his life's work and a testament to his impact on the entertainment industry.
2025Inter Miami win their first MLS CupLionel Messi lifts the trophyInter Miami CF, led by Lionel Messi, won the club's first Major League Soccer Cup on 6 December 2025.
2025Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction AwardReceived the Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award from the Center for Fiction in New York, presented by his friend Patti Smith. Previous recipients included Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie.
2025Australia bans social media for under-sixteensTen platforms covered by the new lawA social media ban for those under sixteen took effect in Australia on 10 December 2025, covering ten sites including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok.
2025Bondi Beach shootingThe deadliest terrorist attack in Australian historyA father and son opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on 14 December 2025, killing 15 people and injuring more than 40. One gunman was fatally shot by police. It was the deadliest terrorist incident in Australia's history.
2025250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birthTwo and a half centuries since 1775The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth was marked on 16 December 2025.
2025Brigitte Bardot dies in Saint-TropezShe dies at 91 at La Madrague. President Macron calls her a legend of the century.