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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[654]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene I]] elected to succeed Martinus I.
* [[955]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|Battle of Lechfeld]]: [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] defeats the [[Magyars]], ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* [[991]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maldon]]: The English, led by [[Byrhtnoth]], [[Ealdorman]] of [[Essex]], are defeated by a band of inland-raiding [[Vikings]] near [[Maldon, Essex]].
*[[1030]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Azaz (1030)|Battle of Azaz]] ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, [[Romanos III Argyros]], against the [[Mirdasid]] rulers of [[Aleppo]]. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fatimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language = de | trans-title = The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher = C. H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 2003 | isbn = 3-406-48654-1 | pages=341–342}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Shepard | first=J. | author-link= Jonathan Shepard | chapter=Azaz, Battle near | editor-last=Rogers | editor-first=C. | editor-link=Clifford J. Rogers | title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 1 | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2010 | page=102 | chapter-url={{Google Books|mzwpq6bLHhMC|page=102|plainurl=y}} | isbn=978-0-19-533403-6}}</ref>
*[[1270]] &ndash; [[Yekuno Amlak]] takes the [[Emperor of Ethiopia|imperial throne]] of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]], restoring the [[Solomonic dynasty]] to power after a 100-year [[Zagwe dynasty|Zagwe]] [[interregnum]].
*[[1316]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Athenry]] takes place near [[Athenry]] during the [[Bruce campaign in Ireland]].
*[[1346]] &ndash; [[Jaume Ferrer]] sets out from [[Mallorca]] for the "River of Gold", the [[Senegal River]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Channu|first2=Katharine|last2=Bertram|title=European expansion in the later Middle Ages|location=Amsterdam|publisher=North-Holland Publishing|year=1979|pages=83–84|isbn=978-0-44485-132-1}}</ref>
*[[1512]] &ndash; The naval [[Battle of Saint-Mathieu]], during the [[War of the League of Cambrai]], sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship ''La Cordelière'' and the English ship ''The Regent''.
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s five ships set sail from [[Seville]] to circumnavigate the globe. The [[Basques|Basque]] second-in-command [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]] will complete the expedition after [[Ferdinand Magellan#Death in the Philippines|Magellan's death]] in the [[Philippines]].
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Battle of St. Quentin (1557)|Battle of St. Quentin]]: Spanish victory over the French in the [[Italian War of 1551–59]].
*[[1585]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nonsuch]] signed by [[Elizabeth I]] of England and the [[Dutch Revolt|Dutch Rebels]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; The Swedish warship ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'' sinks on her maiden voyage off [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cederlund|first=Carl Olof|title=Vasa I, The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628|pages=53–54|editor=Fred Hocker|year=2006|publisher=National Maritime Museums of Sweden |isbn=91-974659-0-9}}</ref>
*[[1641]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of London (1641)|Treaty of London]] between England and Scotland, ending the [[Bishops' Wars]], is signed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bcw-project.org/church-and-state/crisis-in-scotland/treaty-of-london |title=The Treaty of London, 1641 |website=BCW Project |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1680]] &ndash; The [[Pueblo Revolt]] begins in [[New Mexico]].
*[[1741]] &ndash; King [[Marthanda Varma]] of [[Travancore]] defeats the [[Dutch East India Company]] at the [[Battle of Colachel]], effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India. <!--The first "major" defeat of a European colonial military power in India-->
*[[1755]] &ndash; Under the direction of [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]], the British begin to [[Expulsion of the Acadians|forcibly deport]] the [[Acadians]] from [[Nova Scotia]] to the [[Thirteen Colonies]] and [[Kingdom of France|France]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[10 August (French Revolution)|Storming of the Tuileries Palace]]: [[Louis XVI]] is arrested and taken into custody as his [[Swiss Guard]]s are massacred by the Parisian mob.
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Swedish forces led by General [[Georg Carl von Döbeln|von Döbeln]] defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the [[Battle of Kauhajoki]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Ruismäki | first =  Liisa | title = Kauhajoen historia: esihistoriasta vuoteen 1918 | page = 398 | year = 1987 | location = Jyväskylä | publisher = Kauhajoen kunta ja seurakunta | isbn = 951-99888-2-3 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[P. T. Barnum]] begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting [[Joice Heth]], an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was [[George Washington]]'s [[nursemaid]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Washington|first=Harriet|title=Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Anchor Books|date=2008|isbn=9780767915472|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apGhwRt6A7QC|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The [[1856 Last Island hurricane|Last Island hurricane]] strikes [[Louisiana]], resulting in over 200 deaths.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]]: A mixed force of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]], [[Missouri State Guard]], and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces in the southwestern part of the state.
*[[1864]] &ndash; After Uruguay's governing [[National Party (Uruguay)|Blanco Party]] refuses Brazil's demands, [[José Antônio Saraiva]] announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the [[Uruguayan War]].

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901|U.S. Steel recognition strike]] by the [[Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers]] begins.
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]] between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
*[[1905]] &ndash; Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Second Balkan War]]: Delegates from [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]], and Greece sign the [[Treaty of Bucharest (1913)|Treaty of Bucharest]], ending the war.
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]]'s representatives sign the [[Treaty of Sèvres]] that divides up the [[Ottoman Empire]] between the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Regional Defence Council of Aragon]] is dissolved by the [[Second Spanish Republic]].<ref Name="Gacetarepublica">{{cite news| url = http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1937/223/B00573-00573.pdf | title = Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros: Decretos | publisher = Gaceta de la República: Diario Oficial | issue = 223 | date = August 11, 1937 | language = es}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Guam (1944)|Battle of Guam]] comes to an effective end.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Narva (1944)|Battle of Narva]] ends with a defensive German victory.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the [[Potsdam Declaration]] provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."<ref>"On War.com, August 1945" | https://www.onwar.com/wwii/chronology/194508.html</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; ''[[Candid Camera]]'' makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as ''[[The Candid Microphone]]''.
*[[1949]] &ndash; An amendment to the [[National Security Act of 1947]] enhances the authority of the [[United States Secretary of Defense]] over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: The [[French Union]] withdraws its forces from [[Operation Camargue]] against the [[Viet Minh]] in central [[Vietnam]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; At [[Massena, New York]], the groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] is held.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The U.S. Army begins [[Operation Ranch Hand]], spraying an estimated {{convert|20|e6USgal|m3}} of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the [[Viet Cong]] of food and vegetation cover.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001329797/-1/-1/0/AFD-100928-054.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001329797/-1/-1/0/AFD-100928-054.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=dead |title=Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia 1961–1971 |first=William A. Jr. |last=Buckingham |publisher=Office of Air Force History |year=1982 |page=11}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Heron Road Bridge]] collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both [[Ottawa]] and [[Ontario]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; A day after murdering [[Sharon Tate]] and four others, members of [[Charles Manson]]'s cult kill [[Leno and Rosemary LaBianca]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Society for American Baseball Research]] is founded in [[Cooperstown, New York]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; In [[Yonkers, New York]], 24-year-old postal employee [[David Berkowitz]] ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a [[serial killer|series of killings]] in the New York City area over the period of one year.
*[[1978]] &ndash; Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the [[Ford Pinto]] [[Ford Pinto#Recall|litigation]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Murder of Adam Walsh]]: The head of [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]]'s son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' and the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Japanese American internment]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs the [[Civil Liberties Act of 1988]], providing $20,000 payments to [[Japanese Americans]] who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Magellan (spacecraft)|Magellan space probe]] reaches [[Venus]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Two [[List of earthquakes in New Zealand|earthquakes affect New Zealand]]. A 7.0 {{M|w}} shock (intensity VI (''Strong'')) in the [[South Island]] was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 {{M|w}} event (intensity VII (''Very strong'')) in the North Island.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Oklahoma City bombing]]: [[Timothy McVeigh]] and [[Terry Nichols]] are indicted for the bombing. [[Michael and Lori Fortier|Michael Fortier]] pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
*[[1997]] &ndash; Sixteen people are killed when [[Formosa Airlines Flight 7601]] crashes near [[Beigan Airport]] in the [[Matsu Islands]] of [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-212 B-12256 Matsu Airport (MFK)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970810-0|access-date=2020-06-11|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; HRH Prince [[Al-Muhtadee Billah]] is proclaimed the [[crown prince]] of [[Brunei]] with a Royal Proclamation.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting]].<ref>"Shooting suspect gives up White supremacist held in L.A. attack." ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]''. August 11, 1999. p. A-1</ref><ref>[http://apalc.org/iletoevent/iletomurder.php The Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218175134/http://apalc.org/iletoevent/iletomurder.php |date=December 18, 2005 }}</ref><ref name=hate1>"Joined Against Hate Crimes Families of Victims Speak Out About Gun Violence". ''Daily News''. August 11, 2004. p. N4</ref><ref name=CNN3>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/12/california.shooting.03//|date=August 12, 1999|title=L.A. shooting suspect charged with hate crimes |work=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[2001 Angola train attack]] occurred, causing 252 deaths.
*  2001   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-105]] to the [[International Space Station]], carrying the astronauts of [[Expedition 3]] to replace the crew of [[Expedition 2]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-105|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-105.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011162657/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-105.html |archive-date=2006-10-11 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Okinawa Urban Monorail]] is opened in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; Twenty people are killed in [[Handlová]], [[Trenčín Region]], in the deadliest [[2009 Handlová mine blast|mining disaster]] in [[Slovakia]]'s history.
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[Marikana killings|Marikana massacre]] begins near [[Rustenburg]], South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Forty people are killed when [[Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915]] crashes at Tehran's [[Mehrabad International Airport]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Horizon Air]] employee Richard Russell [[2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident|hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff]] on a [[Horizon Air]] [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|Bombardier Dash 8 Q400]] plane at [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport]] in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on [[Ketron Island, Washington|Ketron Island]] in [[Puget Sound]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Ashley|date=August 10, 2018|title=Alaska Air Horizon plane crashes after being stolen by airline employee|work=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/10/horizon-jet-crashes-after-being-stolen-by-sea-tac.html|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; An [[2017–2019 Romanian protests#August 2018|anti-government rally turns into a riot]] when members of the [[Romanian Gendarmerie]] attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the [[Victoria Palace]], leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45156598 | title=Romania protests: Thousands hold fresh rallies after clashes | work=BBC News | date=11 August 2018 }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as [[Typhoon Lekima (2019)|Typhoon Lekima]] makes landfall in [[Zhejiang]], China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{citation|website=Business Insider|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=Devastating photos show the damage of Typhoon Lekima, which left at least 32 people dead and forced 1 million to evacuate in China|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/typhoon-lekima-photos-china-evacuations-flight-cancellations-landslide-2019-8}}</ref>
*2019 &ndash; Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the [[Bærum mosque shooting]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hammer |first1=Anders |title=Terroristen Philip Manshaus' stemor advarer: – Ikke vent med å slå alarm |url=https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/terroristen-philip-manshaus_-stemor-advarer_-_-ikke-vent-med-a-sla-alarm-1.15538323 |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=NRK |date=24 June 2021 |language=nb}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[August 2020 Midwest derecho|Derecho]] in [[Iowa]] becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Henson|first=Bob|date=17 October 2020|title=Iowa derecho in August was most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/17/iowa-derecho-damage-cost/}}</ref> 
*[[2024]]  –  [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel]] strikes [[Al-Tabaeen school attack|Al-Tabaeen school]] in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-10-august-2024-f33867d7596ebb70c1cb3a77fd4437cc |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[941]] &ndash; [[Lê Hoàn]], Vietnamese emperor (d. 1005)
*[[1267]] &ndash; [[James II of Aragon]] (d. 1327)
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[John of Bohemia]] (d. 1346)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UoFRAAAAYAAJ|year=1897|publisher=W. R. Chambers|page=344}}</ref>
*[[1360]] &ndash; [[Francesco Zabarella]], Italian cardinal (d. 1417)
*[[1397]] &ndash; [[Albert II of Germany]] (d. 1439)
*[[1439]] &ndash; [[Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter]], Duchess of York (d. 1476)
*[[1449]] &ndash; [[Bona of Savoy]], Duchess of Savoy (d. 1503)
*[[1466]] &ndash; [[Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua]] (d. 1519)
*[[1489]] &ndash; [[Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck]], German lawyer and politician (d. 1553)
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Madeleine of Valois]] (d. 1537)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0OAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4069-9|page=292}}</ref>
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. 1584)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (d. 1619)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Hieronymus Praetorius]], German organist and composer (d. 1629)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hieronymus Praetorius|title=Polychoral Motets, Part 1: Six Motets for Two Choirs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DV_9RPgHlwAC&pg=PR7|date=1974|publisher=A-R Editions, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89579-052-1|page=7}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Gilles de Roberval]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1675)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Eusebio Kino]], Italian priest and missionary (d. 1711)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[Naungdawgyi]], Burmese king (d. 1763)<ref>{{cite book | last=Maung Maung Tin | first=U | title=Konbaung Hset Maha Yazawin | volume=1 |page=263 | orig-year=1905 | year=2004 | publisher=Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon | location=Yangon | language=my}}</ref>
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Anton Losenko]], Russian painter and academic (d. 1773)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Samuel Arnold (composer)|Samuel Arnold]], English organist and composer (d. 1802)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles]], daughter of [[Madame de Pompadour]] (d. 1754)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Narayan Rao]], fifth [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] (d. 1773)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Vicente Guerrero]], Mexican insurgent leader and [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1831)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Toldy]], German-Hungarian historian and critic (d. 1875)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[John Kirk Townsend]], American ornithologist and explorer (d. 1851)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour]], Italian soldier and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1861)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orsi |first1=Pietro |title=Cavour and the Making of Modern Italy, 1810–1861 |date=1914 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=53}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Henri Nestlé]], German businessman, founded [[Nestlé]] (d. 1890)
*  1814   &ndash; [[John C. Pemberton]], [[United States Army|United States]] soldier and [[Confederate Army|Confederate]] general (d. 1881)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Jay Cooke]], American financier, founded [[Jay Cooke & Company]] (d. 1905)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Hugh Stowell Brown]], English minister and reformer (d. 1886)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[István Türr]], Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the [[Corinth Canal]] (d. 1908)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Lovro Toman]], Slovenian lawyer and politician (d. 1870) 
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Stoletov]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 1896)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Abai Qunanbaiuli]], Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1904)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[William Harnett]], Irish-American painter and educator (d. 1892)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[William Willett]], English inventor, founded [[British Summer Time]] (d. 1915)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande]], Indian singer and musicologist (d. 1936)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Alexander Glazunov]], Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1936)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Hugo Eckener]], German pilot and businessman (d. 1954)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Laurence Binyon]], English poet, playwright, and scholar (d. 1943)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Trần Tế Xương]], Vietnamese poet and satirist (d. 1907)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[William Manuel Johnson]], American bassist (d. 1972)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Herbert Hoover]], American engineer and politician, 31st [[President of the United States]] (d. 1964)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Antanas Smetona]], Lithuanian jurist and politician, [[President of Lithuania]] (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current News on the Lithuanian Situation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sc0KAQAAMAAJ|year=1944|publisher=Lithuanian Legation}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Frank Marshall (chess player)|Frank Marshall]], American chess player and author (d. 1944)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Alfred Döblin]], Polish-German physician and author (d. 1957)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Robert L. Thornton]], American businessman and politician, [[Mayor of Dallas]] (d. 1964)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Panait Istrati]], Romanian journalist and author (d. 1935)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark]] (d. 1940)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Charles Darrow]], American game designer, created ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' (d. 1967)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Zofia Kossak-Szczucka]], Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (d. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zofiakossak.pl/aktualnosci/?nzw=info&nr=20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927181637/http://www.zofiakossak.pl/aktualnosci/?nzw=info&nr=20|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-27|title=Zofia Kossak|date=2007-09-27|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Angus Lewis Macdonald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1954)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[V. V. Giri]], Indian lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of India]] (d. 1980) 
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Hammy Love]], Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Charlie Daly]], Executed Irish Republican (d. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.finnvalley.ie/history/martyrs/charlie_daly/kerryman_who_died.html |title=The Story of the Drumboe Martyrs |access-date=17 May 2025 |archive-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329015037/http://www.finnvalley.ie/history/martyrs/charlie_daly/kerryman_who_died.html |url-status=dead }} by Seamus G O'Kelly</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[John W. Galbreath]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Darby Dan Farm]] (d. 1988)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Jack Haley]], American actor and singer (d. 1979)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt]], New Zealand physician and politician, 11th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (d. 1994)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Norma Shearer]], Canadian-American actress (d. 1983)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Curt Siodmak]], German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Arne Tiselius]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1971)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Ward Moore]], American author (d. 1978)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Era Bell Thompson]], American journalist and author (d. 1986)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Su Yu]], Chinese general and politician (d. 1984)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Rica Erickson]], Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Billy Gonsalves]], American soccer player (d. 1977)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Leo Fender]], American businessman, founded [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]] (d. 1991)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Richard J. Hughes]], American politician, 45th [[Governor of New Jersey]], and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (d. 1992)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Guy Mairesse]], French racing driver (d. 1954)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Leonidas Andrianopoulos]], Greek footballer (d. 2011)
*  1911   &ndash; [[A. N. Sherwin-White]], English historian and author (d. 1993)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Jorge Amado]], Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Noah Beery Jr.]], American actor (d. 1994) 
*  1913   &ndash; [[Kalevi Kotkas]], Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (d. 1983)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Wolfgang Paul]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1993)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Jeff Corey]], American actor and director (d. 2002)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Carlos Menditeguy]], Argentinian racing driver and polo player (d. 1973)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Ray Smith (cricketer)|Ray Smith]], English cricketer (d. 1996)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Eugene P. Wilkinson]], American admiral (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Red Holzman]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Holzman |url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/red-holzman |website=www.hoophall.com |publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=7 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Al Alberts]], American pop singer and composer (d. 2009)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Bill Doolittle]], American football player and coach (d. 2014)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Rhonda Fleming]], American actress (d. 2020)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Fred Ridgway]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 2015)
*  1923   &ndash; [[SM Sultan]], Bangladeshi painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Nancy Buckingham]], English author (d. 2022)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Martha Hyer]], American actress (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Harris M. | title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014 | place=Jefferson, NC | publisher=McFarland & Company | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-7864-7666-4 | page=168}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jean-François Lyotard]],  French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (d. 1998)<ref>Gratton, Peter, [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/lyotard/ Jean François Lyotard], The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[George Cooper (British Army officer)|George Cooper]], English general (d. 2020)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Marie-Claire Alain]], French organist and educator (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Commire | first1=Anne | title=Women of World History | place=Detroit | publisher=Gale | year=1999 | volume=1 | isbn= 978-0-7876-4080-4 | page=164}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Carol Karp|Carol Ruth Vander Velde]], American mathematician (d. 1972)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/86 86] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/86 }}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Martin]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Vernon Washington]], American actor (d. 1988)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Dean]], American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the [[Jimmy Dean (brand)|Jimmy Dean Food Company]]  (d. 2010)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Eddie Fisher]], American singer and actor (d. 2010)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Gerino Gerini (racing driver)|Gerino Gerini]], Italian racing driver (d. 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Gus Mercurio]], American-Australian actor (d. 2010)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Barry Unsworth]], English-Italian author and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Dolores Alexander]], American journalist and activist (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/Stories/T052208_Alexander_jal | title=Feminist leader dies at 76 | last=Lane | first=Julie | date=27 June 2008 | publisher=The Suffolk Times | access-date=24 August 2019 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003161111/http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/Stories/T052208_Alexander_jal | archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Tom Laughlin]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Alexander Goehr]], English composer and academic (d. 2024)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Gaudencio Rosales]], Filipino cardinal
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Doyle Brunson]], American poker player (d. 2023)<ref name="Brunson">Schoen, David. [https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/poker/poker-legend-doyle-brunson-dies-at-89-2777279/ "Poker legend Doyle Brunson dies at 89"]. ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. May 14, 2023. Retrieved on 2023-05-14.</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss]], English lawyer and judge<ref>{{cite book | title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood | publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry | editor= Mosley, Charles | edition=107th | year= 2003 |isbn=978-0-9711-9662-9 | page=617}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Rocky Colavito]],  American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Rocky Colavito, All-Star Slugger for Cleveland, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/sports/baseball/rocky-colavito-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241211025713/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/sports/baseball/rocky-colavito-dead.html |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Keith Duckworth]], English engineer, founded [[Cosworth]] (d. 2005)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Tevfik Kış]], Turkish wrestler and trainer (d. 2019)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby]], English politician, [[Minister of State for the Armed Forces]] (d. 2018)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Ad van Luyn]], Dutch bishop
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Malene Schwartz]], Danish actress
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anatoly Sobchak]], Russian scholar and politician, [[Mayor of Saint Petersburg]] (d. 2000)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Tony Ross]], English author and illustrator
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Kate O'Mara]], English actress (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate O'Mara obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/30/kate-omara |website=the Guardian |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=en |date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Charlie Rose (congressman)|Charlie Rose]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Bobby Hatfield]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Sid Waddell]], English sportscaster (d. 2012)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Anita Lonsbrough]], English swimmer and journalist
*  1941   &ndash; [[Susan Dorothea White]], Australian painter and sculptor
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Speedy Duncan]], American football player (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news|first=Ivan|last=Lambert|title=Former Washington cornerback Leslie 'Speedy' Duncan dies at 79|date=December 11, 2021|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://washingtonfootballwire.usatoday.com/2021/12/11/former-washington-redskin-leslie-speedy-duncan-1942-2021/|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Betsey Johnson]], American fashion designer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Michael Pepper]], English physicist and engineer
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Louise Forestier]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
*  1943   &ndash; [[Jimmy Griffin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Michael Mantler]], American trumpet player and composer 
*  1943   &ndash; [[Shafqat Rana]], Indian-Pakistani cricketer
*  1943   &ndash; [[Ronnie Spector]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Ian Anderson]], Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Anwar Ibrahim]], Malaysian academic and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anwar-Ibrahim|title=Anwar Ibrahim|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[John Spencer (rugby union, born 1947)|John Spencer]], English rugby player and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Alan Ward (cricketer)|Alan Ward]], English cricketer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Nick Stringer]], English actor 
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Patti Austin]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Juan Manuel Santos]], Colombian businessman and politician, 59th [[President of Colombia]]
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]], American actor
*  1952   &ndash; [[Diane Venora]], American actress
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Peter Endrulat]], German footballer
*  1954   &ndash; [[Rick Overton]], American screenwriter, actor and comedian
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Thomas Kidd (illustrator)|Thomas Kidd]], American illustrator<ref>{{cite web|title=Kidd, Tom|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kidd_tom}}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jim Mees]], American set designer (d. 2013)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Mel Tiangco]], Filipino journalist and talk show host
*  1955   &ndash; [[Rainer Wimmer]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Rainer Wimmer |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/2013 |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |access-date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929195923/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/2013 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Dianne Fromholtz]], Australian tennis player
*  1956   &ndash; [[José Luis Montes]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Fred Ottman]], American wrestler
*  1956   &ndash; [[Charlie Peacock]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
*  1956   &ndash; [[Perween Warsi]], Indian-English businesswoman
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Fred Ho]], American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (d. 2014)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Andres Põime]], Estonian architect 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Aqeel Abbas Jafari]], Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Michael Dokes]], American boxer (d. 2012) 
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jack Richards (cricketer, born 1958)|Jack Richards]], English cricketer, coach, and manager
*  1958   &ndash; [[Rosie Winterton]], English nurse and politician, [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Rosanna Arquette]], American actress, director, and producer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Albert Owen]], Welsh sailor and politician
*  1959   &ndash; [[Mark Price (musician)|Mark Price]], English drummer 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Florent Vollant]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Antonio Banderas]], Spanish actor and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Antonio Banderas |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/antonio-banderas |website=Biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=7 August 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Annely Ojastu]], Estonian sprinter and long jumper
*  1960   &ndash; [[Kenny Perry]], American golfer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jon Farriss]], Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Suzanne Collins]], American author and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Julia Fordham]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Phoolan Devi]], Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Anton Janssen]], Dutch footballer and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Andrew Sullivan]], English-American journalist and author
*  1963   &ndash; [[Henrik Fisker]], Danish automotive designer and businessman<ref name="csquatriglia">{{Cite magazine |last=Squatriglia |first=Chuck |title=Henrik Fisker's 'Timeless' Automotive Designs |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/07/henrik-fisker-design-gallery/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Aaron Hall (singer)|Aaron Hall]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Kåre Kolve]], Norwegian saxophonist and composer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Hiro Takahashi]], Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Claudia Christian]], American actress, singer, writer, and director
*  1965   &ndash; [[Pat Pitney]], American university leader and sport shooter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pat Spurgin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44591 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=25 March 2024 }}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Mike E. Smith]], American jockey and sportscaster
*  1965   &ndash; [[John Starks]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Charlie Dimmock]], English gardener and television host
*  1966   &ndash; [[Hansi Kürsch]], German singer-songwriter and bass player
*  1966   &ndash; [[Hossam Hassan]], Egyptian footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Hossam Hassan – Player Profile – Football |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/hossam-hassan_prs78946/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Philippe Albert]], Belgian footballer and sportscaster
*  1967   &ndash; [[Riddick Bowe]], American boxer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Todd Nichols (musician)|Todd Nichols]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1967   &ndash; [[Reinout Scholte]], Dutch cricketer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Michael Bivins]], American singer and producer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Greg Hawgood]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Emily Symons]], Australian actress
*  1969   &ndash; [[Brian Drummond]], Canadian voice actor
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Doug Flach]], American tennis player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Bret Hedican]], American ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1970   &ndash; [[Brendon Julian]], New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Steve Mautone]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Sal Fasano]], American baseball player and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Stephan Groth]], Danish singer-songwriter 
*  1971   &ndash; [[Roy Keane]], Irish footballer and manager
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mario Kindelán]], Cuban boxer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Paul Newlove]], English rugby player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kevin Randleman]], American mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kurchak |first1=Sarah |title=In Memoriam: The MMA Fighters Who Passed Away In 2016 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/in-memoriam-the-mma-fighters-who-passed-away-in-2016/ |website=Vice |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en |date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Justin Theroux]], American actor
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Dilana]], South African singer-songwriter and actress
*  1972   &ndash; [[Lawrence Dallaglio]], English rugby player and sportscaster
*  1972   &ndash; [[Angie Harmon]], American model and actress
*  1972   &ndash; [[Christofer Johnsson]], Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Lisa Raymond]], American tennis player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Javier Zanetti]], Argentinian footballer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Haifaa al-Mansour]], Saudi Arabian director and producer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Luis Marín Murillo|Luis Marín]], Costa Rican footballer and manager
*  1974   &ndash; [[Rachel Simmons]], American scholar and author
*  1974   &ndash; [[David Sommeil]], French footballer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[İlhan Mansız]], Turkish footballer and figure skater
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Roadkill (wrestler)|Roadkill]], American wrestler
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ian Murray (British politician)|Ian Murray]], Scottish businessman and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland]]
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Danny Griffin (footballer)|Danny Griffin]], Irish footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Matt Morgan (comedian)|Matt Morgan]], English comedian, actor, and radio host
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Danny Allsopp]], Australian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Marcus Fizer]], American basketball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Chris Read]], English cricketer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Dinusha Fernando]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*  1979   &ndash; [[JoAnna Garcia Swisher]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ted Geoghegan]], American author, screenwriter, and producer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Brandon Lyon]], American baseball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Rémy Martin (rugby union)|Rémy Martin]], French rugby player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Matjaž Perc]], Slovene physicist
*  1979   &ndash; [[Yannick Schroeder]], French racing driver
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Wade Barrett]], English boxer, wrestler, and actor
*  1980   &ndash; [[Aaron Staton]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Taufik Hidayat]], Indonesian badminton player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[John Alvbåge]], Swedish footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Josh Anderson (baseball)|Josh Anderson]], American baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Julia Melim]], Brazilian actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Shaun Murphy]], English snooker player<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174617/https://wst.tv/players/shaun-murphy/ Shaun Murphy] wst.tv</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Kyle Brown (soccer)|Kyle Brown]], American soccer player
*  1983   &ndash; [[C. B. Dollaway]], American mixed martial artist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Héctor Faubel]], Spanish motorcycle racer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Alexander Perezhogin]], Russian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mathieu Roy (ice hockey, born 1983)|Mathieu Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player 
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ryan Eggold]], American actor and composer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Mokomichi Hayami]], Japanese model and actor
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jigar Naik]], English cricketer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Matt Prater]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Prater Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PratMa20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Enrico Cortese]], Italian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Roy O'Donovan]], Irish footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Kakuryū Rikisaburō]], Mongolian sumo wrestler
*  1985   &ndash; [[Julia Skripnik]], Estonian tennis player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Andrea Hlaváčková]], Czech tennis player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jim Bakkum]], Dutch singer and actor
*  1987   &ndash; [[Ari Boyland]], New Zealand actor and singer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Sam Gagner]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Ben Sahar]], Israeli footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Brenton Thwaites]], Australian actor
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Cruze Ah-Nau]], Australian rugby player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Lee Sung-kyung]], South Korean model, actress, and singer<ref name="ize">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Ji-hye |date=September 17, 2014 |title=Spotlight 이성경:②이성경's story |trans-title=Spotlight Lee Sung-kyung: Lee Sung-kyung's story |url=http://ize.co.kr/articleView.html?no=2014091420077248312 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105221852/http://www.ize.co.kr/articleView.html?no=2014091420077248312 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |website=Ize |language=ko}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Lucas Till]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Dagný Brynjarsdóttir]], Icelandic footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Marcus Foligno]], American-Canadian ice hockey player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Nikos Korovesis]], Greek footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Chris Tremain (cricketer)|Chris Tremain]], Australian cricketer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Archie Bradley (baseball)|Archie Bradley]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Archie Bradley |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/archie-bradley-605151 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Michelle Khare]], American YouTuber and television host<ref>{{cite web|title=Michelle Khare|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/michelle-khare|website=Pro Cycling Stats|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Oliver Rowland]], English racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver Rowland |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/drivers/00098f8a-69be-4f84-a7ac-baedcc5f9e9c/oliver-rowland |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=[[Formula E|ABB FIA Formula E World Championship]]}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Andre Drummond]], American basketball player
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Silva]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Dalvin Cook]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dalvin Cook |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116593/dalvin-cook |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Lauren Tait]], Scottish netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=LAUREN TAIT |url=https://sirensnetball.com/player/lauren-tait/ |website=Strathclyde Sirens |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819111521/https://sirensnetball.com/player/lauren-tait/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Kylie Jenner]], American television personality and businesswoman<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 10, 2022 includes celebrities Antonio Banderas, Kylie Jenner |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-10-2022-includes-celebrities-antonio-banderas-kylie-jenner.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
*1997   &ndash; [[Luca Marini]], Italian motorcycle rider<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luca Marini |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/luca-marini/5dfc20db-c3c4-4ecd-9c7c-f6cfd042031a |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=MotoGP.com}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Ja Morant]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ja Morant |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629630/ja-morant |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Ritomo Miyata]], Japanese racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 37宮田 莉朋 |url=https://superformula.net/sf3/driver/1345/ |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=Super Formula official web site |language=ja}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Nick Suzuki]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Suzuki Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/nick-suzuki-8480018 |website=NHL.com |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Sophia Smith (soccer, born 2000)|Sophia Smith]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sophia Smith|url=https://www.thorns.com/players/sophia-smith|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213021923/https://www.timbers.com/players/sophia-smith |archive-date=2020-02-13 |access-date=14 January 2021|website=Portland Timbers}}</ref>
*2000   &ndash; [[Jüri Vips]], Estonian racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jüri Vips |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Drivers/1172/Juri-Vips |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=[[FIA Formula 2 Championship]]}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[258]] &ndash; [[Lawrence of Rome]], Spanish-Italian deacon and saint (b. 225)
* [[794]] &ndash; [[Fastrada]], Frankish noblewoman (b. 765)
* [[796]] &ndash; [[Eanbald (died 796)|Eanbald]], archbishop of [[Diocese of York|York]]
* [[847]] &ndash; [[Al-Wathiq]], Abbasid caliph (b. 816)
* [[955]] &ndash; [[Conrad, Duke of Lorraine|Conrad]] ('the Red'), duke of [[Lotharingia|Lorraine]]
*[[1241]] &ndash; [[Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany]] (b. 1184)
*[[1250]] &ndash; [[Eric IV of Denmark]] (b. 1216)
*[[1284]] &ndash; [[Tekuder]], Khan of the [[Mongol]] [[Ilkhanate]] 
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Felim McHugh O'Connor|Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair]], King of Connacht
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[John of La Verna]], Italian ascetic (b. 1259)
*[[1410]] &ndash; [[Louis II, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1337)
*[[1535]] &ndash; [[Ippolito de' Medici]], Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Francis III, Duke of Brittany]], Dauphin of France, Brother of Henry II (b. 1518)

===1601–1900===
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Maarten Tromp]], Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar]], Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond]] (b. 1649)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Dubois]], French cardinal and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1656)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand VI of Spain]] (b. 1713)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]], Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Ignaz Anton von Indermauer]], Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Franz Aepinus]], German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Michael Haydn]], Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Hon'inbō Shūsaku]], Japanese [[Go (game)|Go]] player (b. 1829)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Karl Andree]], German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Arthur Böttcher]], German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[John Boyle O'Reilly]], Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Otto Lilienthal]], German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau]], French lawyer and politician, 68th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1846)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Johannes Linnankoski]], Finnish author (b. 1869)<ref>[http://authorscalendar.info/linnanko.htm Johannes Linnankoski (1869-1913) - pseudonym for Johannes Vihtori Peltonen]</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Henry Moseley]], English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[John J. Loud]], American inventor (b. 1844)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Erich Löwenhardt]], German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ádám Politzer]], Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Reginald Dunne]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]], executed for the killing of [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/09/17/mary-dunne-a-mothers-struggle-for-recognition/#.YvKhN_jMJPZ | title=Mary Dunne, A Mother's Struggle for Recognition – the Irish Story }}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Joseph O'Sullivan]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]], executed for the killing of [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Wilson]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2022/08/08/the-felons-cap-is-the-noblest-crown-an-irish-head-can-wear/ | title='The felon's cap is the noblest crown an Irish head can wear' | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref> 
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Pierre Fatou]], French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Aletta Jacobs]], Dutch physician (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Bonnie G.|editor-last=Smith|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History|volume=1|place=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19514-890-9|page=637}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Rin Tin Tin]], American acting dog (b. 1918)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Alf Morgans]], Welsh-Australian politician, 4th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1850)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Robert H. Goddard]], American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Andrew Brown (soccer)|Andrew Brown]], Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Montague Summers]], English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Homer Burton Adkins]], American chemist (b. 1892)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Robert Adair (actor)|Robert Adair]], American-born British actor (b. 1900)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frank Demaree]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Hamide Ayşe Sultan]], Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Julia Peterkin]], American author (b. 1880)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Estes Kefauver]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ernst Wetter]], Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[János Kodolányi]], Hungarian author (b. 1899)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Bert Oldfield]], Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Dick Foran]], American actor and singer (b. 1910)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Walter Gerlach]], German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Yahya Khan]], Pakistani general and politician, 3rd [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1917)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Anderson Bigode Herzer]], Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Nate Barragar]], American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas]], Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1893)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lưu Trọng Lư]], Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 1912)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Euronymous]], Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1968)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Lauzon]], Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Conlon Nancarrow]], American-Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1912)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Paterson]], English chef and television presenter (b. 1928)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Baldev Upadhyaya]], Indian historian, scholar, and critic (b. 1899)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Parkhouse]], Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1925)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Lou Boudreau]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Michael Houser]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Kristen Nygaard]], Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1925)
*  2007   &ndash; [[James E. Faust]], American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1920)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Jean Rédélé]], French race car driver and pilot, founded [[Alpine (automobile)|Alpine]] (b. 1922)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Tony Wilson]], English journalist, producer, and manager, co-founded [[Factory Records]] (b. 1950)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Isaac Hayes]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Markus Liebherr]], German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Adam Stansfield]], English footballer (b. 1978)
*  2010   &ndash; [[David L. Wolper]], American director and producer (b. 1928)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Billy Grammer]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Philippe Bugalski]], French race car driver (b. 1963)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ioan Dicezare]], Romanian general and pilot (b. 1916)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Irving Fein]], American producer and manager (b. 1911)
*  2012   &ndash; [[William W. Momyer]], American general and pilot (b. 1916)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Carlo Rambaldi]], Italian special effects artist (b. 1925)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[William P. Clark Jr.]], American judge and politician, 12th [[United States National Security Advisor]] (b. 1931)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jonathan Dawson (director)|Jonathan Dawson]], Australian historian and academic (b. 1941)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Eydie Gormé]], American singer and actress (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David C. Jones]], American general (b. 1921)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jody Payne]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Amy Wallace]], American author (b. 1955)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Jim Command]], American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Dotty Lynch]], American journalist and academic (b. 1945)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Kathleen Ollerenshaw]], English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, [[Lord Mayor of Manchester]] (b. 1912)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Bob Wiesler]], American baseball player (b. 1930)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Buddy Baker]], American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Endre Czeizel]], Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1935)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Knut Osnes]], Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1922)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Eriek Verpale]], Belgian author and poet (b. 1952)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Ruth Pfau]], German-Pakistani doctor and nun (b. 1929)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Jeffrey Epstein]], American financier (b. 1953)<ref name="nytimes suicide">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html |title = Jeffrey Epstein Dead in Suicide at Jail, Spurring Inquiries | first1= William K. |last1= Rashbaum | first2= Benjamin | last2= Weiser | first3=Michael | last3=Gold | date= August 10, 2019 | access-date = August 10, 2019 | work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Tony Esposito]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brehm|first=Mike|date=2021-08-10|title=Legendary Chicago Blackhawks goalie Tony Esposito dies at 78|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2021/08/10/tony-esposito-dies-78-chicago-blackhawks-hall-of-fame-goalie/5562319001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811013044/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2021/08/10/tony-esposito-dies-78-chicago-blackhawks-hall-of-fame-goalie/5562319001/|archive-date=2021-08-11|access-date=2021-08-11|website=USA Today|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Vesa-Matti Loiri]], Finnish actor, musician and comedian (b. 1945)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000007998459.html| title=Vesa-Matti Loiri on kuollut| access-date=10 August 2022| work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]| date=10 August 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Rachael Lillis]], American voice actress and scriptwriter (b. 1978)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2024-08-12 |title=Rachael Lillis Dies: 'Pokémon' Voice Actor For Misty & Jessie From Team Rocket Was 46 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/rachael-lillis-dead-pokemon-voice-misty-jessie-team-rocket-1236037939/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Peggy Moffitt]], American model and actress (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |date=2024-08-14 |title=Fashion model Peggy Moffitt has died |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2024-08-14/peggy-moffitt-dead |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Argentine Air Force Day]] ([[Argentina]])
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Saint Bessus|Bessus]]
** [[Saint Blane|Blane]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]])
** [[Geraint]] of [[Dumnonia]]
** [[Lawrence of Rome]]
** [[Nicola Saggio]]
** [[Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque]], Patroness of [[Parañaque]], [[Philippines]]
** [[August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Public holidays in Ecuador|Declaration of Independence of Quito]], proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the [[Battle of Pichincha]]. ([[Ecuador]])
* [[International Biodiesel Day]]
* [[Public holidays in Indonesia|National Veterans Day]] (Indonesia)
* [[World Lion Day]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaigns/sentience/animal-awareness-days/world-lion-day/ | title=World Lion Day | date=July 2022 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/10 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=10}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/10 |title=Historical Events on August 10 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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