the winner. December December 14 – The world's tallest bridge, the Millau Viaduct over the Tarn in the Massif Central mountains, France, is officially opened. December 21 – Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people. December 26 – The 9.1–9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, killing over 200,000 people. December 27 – Astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching near Munich measure the strongest burst from a magnetar. At 21:30:26 UT Earth is hit by a huge wave front of gamma and X-rays. It is the strongest flux of high-energetic gamma radiation measured so far. December 30 – A fire in the República Cromañón nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. December 31 – Taipei 101, at the time the tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of , officially opens. Date unknown Metrocable (Medellín) Line K opens, the first modern urban transit cable car. Births January 6 – Roméo Lavia, Belgian footballer January 7 – Sofia Wylie, American actress and dancer January 15 – Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter January 21 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway January 28 – Shafali Verma, Indian woman cricketer February 19 – Millie Bobby Brown, English actress and producer March 13 – Coco Gauff, American tennis player March 28 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater April 9 – TommyInnit, English YouTuber and Twitch streamer May 1 – Charli D'Amelio, American dancer and social media personality May 3 – Mel Maia, Brazilian actress May 17 – Victoria Lee, American mixed martial artist (d. 2022) May 22 – Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress June 4 – Mackenzie Ziegler, American singer, dancer and actress August 5 – Gavi, Spanish footballer August 31 – Jang Wonyoung, South Korean singer and model (IVE) September 18 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Uzbek chess grandmaster October 3 – Noah Schnapp, Canadian-American actor October 6 – Bronny James, American basketball player October 10 – Zain Al Rafeea, Syrian-born actor October 12 – Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist November 20 – Youssoufa Moukoko, German footballer Deaths January January 4 – Joan Aiken, English writer (b. 1924) January 5 – Charles Dumas, American Olympic high jumper (b. 1937) January 6 –