August 14

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Events

Pre-1600

74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1264 – After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Karlovy Vary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1592 – The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1784 – Russian colonization of North America: Awa'uq Massacre: The Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov storms a Kodiak Island Alutiit refuge rock on Sitkalidak Island, killing 500+ Alutiit.<ref name="Knechthaakansondickson">Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002). "Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago". In To the Aleutians and Beyond:, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, pp. 177–191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin.</ref>
1790 – The Treaty of Wereloe ended the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1791 – Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
1900 – Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1917 – World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1920 – The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; destroying Template:Convert of land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India.<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the Chamberlain Basin .<ref name="Ngeo">Template:Cite news</ref>
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Bahrain declares independence from Britain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1479 – Catherine of York (d. 1527)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1499 – John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1526)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1502 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (d. 1550)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1530 – Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1590)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1552 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer (d. 1623)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1599 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author (d. 1671)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (d. 1688)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1793)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1742 – Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (d. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (d. 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1814 – Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher (d. 1901)<ref name="Logan1912">Template:Cite book</ref>
1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (d. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – Ernest Thompson Seton, American author, artist, and naturalist (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1867 – John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1876 – Alexander I of Serbia (d. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1883 – Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic (d. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1886 – Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1889 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1890 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1894 – Frank Burge, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect (d. 1984)Template:Cn
1896 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (d. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1896 – Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref>
1900 – Margret Boveri, German journalist (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1910 – Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1913 – Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1914 – Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1915 – B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1916 – Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1925 – Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Giacomo Capuzzi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (d. 2021).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – Arthur Latham, British politician and Member of Parliament (d. 2016)<ref name="whoswho">Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1931 – Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – John Brodie, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Bennie Muller, Dutch footballer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1946 – Larry Graham, American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress<ref name=Chase2017>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and businessman (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Maddy Prior, English folk singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Danielle Steel, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Morten Olsen, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist<ref name=Chase2017 />
1951 – Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1951 – Carl Lumbly, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, American general<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver<ref name=Chase2017 />
1957 – Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Dead link</ref>
1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and radio host<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Mark Gubicza, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – José Cóceres, Argentinian golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Neal Anderson, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Paul Broadhurst, English golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Ben Bass, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1968 – Catherine Bell, English-American actress and producer<ref name=Chase2017 />
1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Jason Leonard, English rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American rock guitaristTemplate:R
1971 – Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Benito Carbone, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Peter Franzén, Finnish actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Haiti<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor<ref name="AP" />
1975 – Mike Vrabel, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Greg Rawlinson, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Peter Malinauskas, Australian politician, 47th Premier of South Australia<ref name="crouch">Template:Cite news</ref>
1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player, boxer, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Julius Jones, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Scott Lipsky, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress<ref name=Chase2017 />
1983 – Lamorne Morris, American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality<ref name="AP" />
1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref>
1984 – Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Johnny Gargano, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Richard Freitag, German ski jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Maya Jama, British TV presenter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Doechii, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000 – Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Marsai Martin, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

582 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1040 – Duncan I of Scotland<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1167 – Rainald of Dassel, Italian archbishop<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, second Shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate<ref>Template:Cite book: 7月18日［愚管抄］修善寺にて、また頼家入道をば指ころしてけり。とみにえとりつめざりければ、頸に緒をつけ、ふぐりを取などしてころしてけりと聞えき。人はいみじくたけきも力及ばぬことなりけり。ひきは其郡に父の党とて、みせやの大夫行時と云う者のむすめを妻にして、一万御前が母をばもうけたるなり。その行時は又兒玉党にしたるなり。</ref>
1433 – John I of Portugal (b. 1357)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1464 – Pope Pius II (b. 1405)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō (b. 1548)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1630)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1716 – Madre María Rosa, Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (b. 1660)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1727 – William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1784 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1852 – Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (b. 1788)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1854 – Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1860 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1870 – David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1890 – Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1891 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1905 – Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1909 – William Stanley, British engineer and author (b. 1829)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1922 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (b. 1846)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)<ref name="britannica.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1951 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1958 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1972 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1973 – Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1988 – Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945)Template:R
1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Alice Childress, American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Jack Germond, American journalist and author (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2014 – Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2014 – George V. Hansen, American politician (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2015 – Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2018 – Jill Janus, American singer (b. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Angela Buxton, British tennis player (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – James R. Thompson, American politician, Governor of Illinois (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Michael Aung-Thwin, American historian and scholar of Burmese and Southeast Asian history (b. 1946)<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 – Gena Rowlands, American actress (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Arnold of Soissons<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Eusebius of Rome<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Maximilian Kolbe<ref name="britannica.com"/>
National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.<ref name="BBC"/>
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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