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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[32nd century BC|3114 BC]] &ndash; The [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]], used by several [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] [[Mesoamerica]]n civilizations, notably the [[Maya civilization|Maya]], begins.
*[[25th century BC|2492 BC]] &ndash; Traditional date of the defeat of [[Bel (mythology)|Bel]] by [[Hayk]], progenitor and founder of the [[Armenians|Armenian]] nation.
*[[AD 106|106]] &ndash; The south-western part of [[Dacia]] (modern [[Romania]]) becomes a [[Roman province]]: [[Roman Dacia]].
*[[AD 117|117]] &ndash; [[Hadrian]] is proclaimed [[Roman emperor]], two days after [[Trajan]]'s death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian |title=Biography of Hadrian - Britannica |date=11 March 2024 | access-date=28 March 2024 }}</ref>
* [[355]] &ndash; [[Claudius Silvanus]], accused of treason, proclaims himself [[Roman emperor|Roman Emperor]] against [[Constantius II]].
* [[490]] &ndash; Battle of Adda: The [[Goths]] under [[Theodoric the Great]] and his ally [[Alaric II]] defeat the forces of [[Odoacer]] on the [[Adda River, Italy|Adda River]], near [[Milan]].
* [[923]] &ndash; The [[Qarmatians]] of [[Bahrayn (historical region)|Bahrayn]] [[Sack of Basra (923)|capture and pillage]] the city of [[Basra]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | authorlink = Heinz Halm | title = Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden | language = German | trans-title = The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids | publisher = C. H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 1991 | isbn = 3-406-35497-1 | page =226}}</ref>
*[[1315]] &ndash; The [[Great Famine of 1315–1317|Great Famine of Europe]] becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edwardthesecond.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-famine-1315-to-1317.html |title=Edward II: The Great Famine, 1315 to 1317 |work=Edward II |first=Kathryn |last=Warner |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708034436/http://edwardthesecond.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-famine-1315-to-1317.html |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=live |date=28 January 2009 }}</ref>
*[[1332]] &ndash; [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]: [[Battle of Dupplin Moor]]: Scots under [[Domhnall II, Earl of Mar]] are routed by [[Edward Balliol]].
*[[1473]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Otlukbeli]]: [[Mehmed the Conqueror]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] decisively defeats [[Uzun Hassan]] of [[Aq Qoyunlu]].
*[[1492]] &ndash; Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name [[Pope Alexander VI]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Norwich |first=John Julius |title=Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |year=2012 |location=United States}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Franco-Dutch War]]: Forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] defeat the [[France|French]] in the [[Battle of Konzer Brücke]].
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Morean War]]: The 49-day [[Siege of Coron (1685)|Siege of Coron]] ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book | last=Setton | first=Kenneth Meyer | author-link=Kenneth Setton | title=Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century | publisher=The American Philosophical Society | location=Philadelphia | year=1991 | isbn=0-87169-192-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XN51y209fR8C | page = 296}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; Captain [[Francis Light]] establishes the British colony of [[Penang]] in [[Malaysia]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] assumes the title of first [[Emperor of Austria]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: French troops engage [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Portugal|Portuguese]] forces in the [[Battle of Majadahonda]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; In [[Colombia]], Juan del Corral declares the independence of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; The [[Eiger]] in the [[Bernese Alps]] is ascended for the first time by [[Charles Barrington (mountaineer)|Charles Barrington]] accompanied by [[Christian Almer]] and [[Peter Bohren]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; An [[Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion|explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket]], England, killing 28.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Don |title=Abiding mystery of the Stowmarket gun cotton explosion |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/1871-tragedy-which-cost-23-lives-1214184 |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=5 May 2018 |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=P |first1=H. B. |title=The Gun-Cotton Explosion at Stowmarket |journal=Nature |pages=309 |language=en |doi=10.1038/004309a0 |date=1 August 1871|volume=4 |issue=94 |bibcode=1871Natur...4..309H |s2cid=4062485 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: American troops enter the city of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]].

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] ends.
*[[1919]] &ndash; Germany's [[Weimar Constitution]] is signed into law.<ref>Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p762 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Cork hunger strike]] begins which eventually results in the deaths of three [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republicans]] including the Lord Mayor of Cork [[Terence MacSwiney]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 October 1920|title=Hunger Striker Dies in Cork Jail After 68-Day Fast|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/10/18/102903151.pdf|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; The [[Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty]], which relinquished [[Russia]]'s authority and pretenses to [[Latvia]], is signed, ending the [[Latvian War of Independence]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Babe Ruth]] becomes the first [[baseball]] player to hit [[500 home run club|500]] [[home run]]s in his career with a home run at [[League Park]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
*[[1934]] &ndash; The first civilian prisoners arrive at the [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary|Federal prison]] on [[Alcatraz Island]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; Actress [[Hedy Lamarr]] and composer [[George Antheil]] receive a patent for a [[Frequency-hopping spread spectrum]] communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and [[Wi-Fi]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; Poles in [[Kraków]] engage in [[Kraków pogrom|a pogrom]] against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein bin Talal]] is proclaimed King of [[Jordan]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Chad]] declares independence from France.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The former Portuguese territories in [[India]] of [[Dadra DNH|Dadra]] and [[Nagar Haveli DNH|Nagar Haveli]] are merged to create the [[Union Territory]] [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vostok 3]] launches from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] and cosmonaut [[Andrian Nikolayev]] becomes the first person to float in [[Micro-g environment|microgravity]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; Race riots (the [[Watts Riots]]) begin in the [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] area of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Apollo 11]] astronauts are released from a three-week [[quarantine]] following their liftoff from the Moon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ertel |first1=Ivan D. |last2=Newkirk |first2=Roland W. |last3=Brooks |first3=Courtney G. |title=The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Vol. IV. Part 3 (1969 3rd quarter) |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4009/v4p3e.htm |website=NASA History Program Office |publisher=NASA |access-date=October 24, 2017 |page=312 |year=1978}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The last United States ground combat unit leaves [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; At the [[1520 Sedgwick Avenue]] apartment building in [[The Bronx]], New York, [[DJ Kool Herc]] hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] culture and music. <ref>{{Citation |title=1520 Sedgwick Avenue |date=2024-11-17 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520_Sedgwick_Avenue |access-date=2024-11-24 |language=en}}</ref> DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of [[beat juggling]] and [[Coke La Rock]] performs a new style of vocal performance called [[rapping]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[East Timor]]: Governor [[Mário Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a coup by the [[Timorese Democratic Union]] (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; Two [[Aeroflot]] [[Tupolev Tu-134]]s [[1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] city of [[Kamianske|Dniprodzerzhynsk]] and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
*[[1982]] &ndash; A bomb explodes on [[Pan Am Flight 830]], en route from [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]] to [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
*[[1984]] &ndash; "[[We begin bombing in five minutes]]": [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on [[NPR|National Public Radio]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; A meeting between [[Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]], and leaders of [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] in [[Afghanistan]] culminates in the formation of [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2008-05-23 |title=The Rebellion Within |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-rebellion-within |access-date=2022-08-11 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nickelodeon]]'s first line of “[[Nicktoons]]” ([[Doug (TV series)|Doug]], [[Rugrats]] & [[The Ren & Stimpy Show|Ren & Stimpy]]) premiere on the channel.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Mall of America]] in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mallofamerica.com/about|title=About|website=Mall of America|access-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; An [[air rage]] incident occurs on board [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1763]] when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-death-on-descent/|title=A Death On Descent|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=21 September 2000 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[NATO]] takes over command of the [[International Security Assistance Force|peacekeeping force]] in [[Afghanistan]], marking its first major operation outside [[Europe]] in its 54-year-history.
*  2003   &ndash; [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] leader [[Riduan Isamuddin]], better known as Hambali, is arrested in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[oil tanker]] MT ''Solar 1'' sinks off the coast of [[Guimaras]] and [[Negros (island)|Negros]] Islands in the [[Philippines]], causing the country's [[Guimaras oil spill|worst oil spill]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in [[2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes|a pair of earthquakes]] near [[Tabriz|Tabriz, Iran]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains [[Alexandria train collision|collide]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]].
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Luna 25]] launches from the [[Vostochny Cosmodrome]].<ref name="tass-20230605">{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/17932551 |title=Запуск первой в истории современной России миссии на Луну запланировали на 11 августа |trans-title=The launch of the first mission to the Moon in the history of modern Russia was scheduled for August 11 |language=ru |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=TASS}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1086]] &ndash; [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1125)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry V {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-V-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1384]] &ndash; [[Yolande of Aragon]] (d. 1442)
*[[1472]] &ndash; [[Nikolaus von Schönberg]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)
*[[1510]] &ndash; [[Margaret Paleologa]], Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)
===1601–1900===
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Richard Mead]], English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Frederick Haldimand]], Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd [[Governor of Quebec]] (d. 1791)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Richard Brocklesby]], English physician (d. 1797)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Joseph Schuster (composer)|Joseph Schuster]], German composer (d. 1812)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]], Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[James B. Longacre]], American engraver (d. 1869)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[David Rice Atchison]], American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[William W. Chapman]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Frederick Innes]], Scottish-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1882)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Robert G. Ingersoll]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
*  1833   &ndash; [[Kido Takayoshi]], Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Warren Brown (politician)|Warren Brown]], American historian and politician (d. 1919)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], French engineer and politician, 4th [[President of the French Republic]] (d. 1894)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[John Hodges (cricketer)|John Hodges]], Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Christiaan Eijkman]], Dutch physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1930)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Ottó Bláthy]], Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Tom Richardson (cricketer)|Tom Richardson]], English cricketer (d. 1912)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg]] (d. 1953)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Adolph M. Christianson]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Oliver W. F. Lodge]], English poet and author (d. 1955)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Aberg]], Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Hermann Wlach]], Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Stephen Butterworth]], English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Stancho Belkovski]], Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Edgar Zilsel]], Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Hugh MacDiarmid]], Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Eiji Yoshikawa]], Japanese author (d. 1962)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Enid Blyton]], English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Greenfield|title=Enid Blyton|location=Oxford|publisher=Isis|year=1999|page=1|isbn=978-0-75310-720-1}}</ref>
*  1897   &ndash; [[Louise Bogan]], American poet and critic (d. 1970)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Peter Mohr Dam]], Faroese educator and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (d. 1968)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Charley Paddock]], American sprinter (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Paddock|url=https://www.olympic.org/charles-paddock|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Philip Phillips (archaeologist)|Philip Phillips]], American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Alfredo Binda]], Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Lloyd Nolan]], American actor (d. 1985)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Christian de Castries]], French general (d. 1991) 
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Erwin Chargaff]], Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Ernst Jaakson]], Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Ted a'Beckett]], Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Don Freeman]], American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Torgny T:son Segerstedt]], Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Yūji Koseki]], Japanese composer (d. 1989)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Uku Masing]], Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], Thai field marshal and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (d. 2004)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]], German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Raphael Blau]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Paul Dupuis]], Canadian actor (d. 1976)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Bob Scheffing]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Angus Wilson]], English author and academic (d. 1991)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Morris Weiss]], American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Johnny Claes]], English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Luis Olmo]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Mike Douglas]], American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Chuck Rayner]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Alex Haley]], American historian and author (d. 1992)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[John "Mule" Miles]], American baseball player (d. 2013)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Stan Chambers]], American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Floyd Curry]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Arlene Dahl]], American actress, businesswoman and writer (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Wendell|date=2021-11-29|title=Arlene Dahl, Movie Star Turned Entrepreneur, Is Dead at 96|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/movies/arlene-dahl-dead.html|access-date=2021-11-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Aaron Klug]], Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Klug (1926 - 2018) |url=https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/aaron-klug-1926-2018/ |publisher=MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |access-date=5 August 2020 |date=21 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Raymond Leppard]], English [[harpsichord]] player and conductor (d. 2019)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Stuart Rosenberg]], American director and producer (d. 2007)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Fernando Arrabal]], Spanish actor, director, and playwright
*  1932   &ndash; [[Izzy Asper]], Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded [[Canwest]] (d. 2003)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Cass]], English businessman
*  1932   &ndash; [[Peter Eisenman]], American architect, designed the [[City of Culture of Galicia]]
*  1932   &ndash; [[John Gorrie (director)|John Gorrie]], English director and screenwriter
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Jerry Falwell]], American minister and television host (d. 2007)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Jerzy Grotowski]], Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Tamás Vásáry]], Hungarian pianist and conductor
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Bob Hepple]], South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Andre Dubus]], American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Bill Monbouquette]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Jonathan Spence]], English-American historian and academic (d. 2021)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anna Massey]], English actress (d. 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Patrick Joseph McGovern]], American businessman, founded [[International Data Group]] (d. 2014)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[James Mancham]], first [[President of Seychelles]] (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|location=London|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|year=1994|isbn=978-1-88496-444-2|page=677}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ronnie Dawson (musician)|Ronnie Dawson]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Glenys Page]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[John Ellison]], American-Canadian musician and songwriter 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Mike Hugg]], English drummer and keyboard player 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]], American football player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/sports/football/otis-taylor-dead.html|title=Otis Taylor, Star Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dies at 80|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2023|access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jim Kale]], Canadian bass player 
*  1943   &ndash; [[Pervez Musharraf]], Pakistani general and politician, 10th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaikh |first1=Farzana |title=General Pervez Musharraf obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/05/general-pervez-musharraf-obituary |access-date=6 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=5 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Denis Payton]], English saxophonist (d. 2006)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Martin Linton]], Swedish-English journalist and politician
*  1944   &ndash; [[Frederick W. Smith]], American businessman, founded [[FedEx]]
*  1944   &ndash; [[Ian McDiarmid]], Scottish actor
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[John Conlee]], American singer-songwriter
*  1946   &ndash; [[Marilyn vos Savant]], American journalist and author
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Theo de Jong]], Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Georgios Karatzaferis]], Greek journalist and politician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Wilma van den Berg]], Dutch sprinter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/wilma-van-gool-14362430|title=Wilma VAN GOOL &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Don Boyd]], Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Eric Carmen]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Tim Hutchinson]], American lawyer and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ian Charleson]], Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Erik Brann]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Gennadiy Nikonov]], Russian engineer, designed the [[AN-94|AN-94 rifle]] (d. 2003)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Steve Wozniak]], American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded [[Apple Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Wozniak |url=https://www.biography.com/inventor/steve-wozniak |website=Biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Reid Blackburn]], American photographer (d. 1980)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bob Mothersbaugh]], American singer, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Hulk Hogan]], American wrestler 
*  1953   &ndash; [[Wijda Mazereeuw]], Dutch swimmer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Bryan Bassett]], American guitarist 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Vance Heafner]], American golfer and coach (d. 2012)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]], English singer-songwriter and musician
*  1954   &ndash; [[Tarmo Rüütli]], Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]], Indian cricketer and umpire (d. 2021)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Marc Bureau (politician)|Marc Bureau]], Canadian politician, 16th [[Mayor of Gatineau]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Sylvia Hermon]], Northern Irish academic and politician
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Louis Lions]], French mathematician and academic
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
*1957 &ndash; [[Masayoshi Son]], Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Steven Pokere]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jah Wobble]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Gustavo Cerati]], Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Yoshiaki Murakami]], Japanese businessman
*  1959   &ndash; [[Taraki Sivaram]], Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Richard Scudamore]], English businessman
*  1959   &ndash; [[László Szlávics, Jr.]], Hungarian sculptor
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]], American journalist and author
*  1961   &ndash; [[Craig Ehlo]], American basketball player and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Suniel Shetty]], Indian actor and film producer<ref name=mangalo>{{cite news |last=Pereira |first=Violet |title=Mangalore: A tete-a-tete with Suniel Shetty |url=http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=1793 |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=Mangalorean |date=29 March 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116201809/http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=1793 |archive-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Brian Azzarello]], American author
*  1962   &ndash; [[Charles Cecil]], English video game designer and co-founded [[Revolution Software]]
*  1962   &ndash; [[John Micklethwait]], English journalist and author
*  1962   &ndash; [[Rob Minkoff]], American director and producer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Hiromi Makihara]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jim Lee]], South Korean-American author and illustrator 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Grant Waite]], New Zealand golfer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Marc Bergevin]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager
*  1965   &ndash; [[Embeth Davidtz]], American actress
*  1965   &ndash; [[Viola Davis]], American actress 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Nigel Martyn]], English footballer and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Juan María Solare]], Argentinian pianist and composer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Massimiliano Allegri]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1967   &ndash; [[Enrique Bunbury]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1967   &ndash; [[Joe Rogan]], American actor, comedian, and television host
*  1967   &ndash; [[Petter Wettre]], Norwegian saxophonist and composer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Anna Gunn]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna Gunn |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/anna-gunn |website=[[Emmy Awards]] |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Sophie Okonedo]], British actress
*  1968   &ndash; [[Charlie Sexton]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Dirk Hannemann]], German footballer and manager
*  1970   &ndash; [[Gianluca Pessotto]], Italian footballer  
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Alejandra Barros]], Mexican actress and screenwriter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tommy Mooney]], English footballer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Kristin Armstrong]], American cyclist
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Marie-France Dubreuil]], Canadian figure skater
*  1974   &ndash; [[Hadiqa Kiani]], Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist  
*  1974   &ndash; [[Audrey Mestre]], French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Carolyn Murphy]], American model and actress
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Chris Cummings]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Iván Córdoba]], Colombian footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [[Bubba Crosby]], American baseball player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Will Friedle]], American actor and screenwriter
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ben Gibbard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ľubomír Višňovský]], Slovak ice hockey player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Gemma Hayes]], Irish singer-songwriter
*  1977   &ndash; [[Dênio Martins]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Spyros Gogolos]], Greek footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Charlotte Leslie]], British politician
*  1978   &ndash; [[Lillian Nakate]], Ugandan politician
*  1978   &ndash; [[Isy Suttie]], English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Walter Ayoví]], Ecuadorian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Daniel Lloyd (cyclist)|Daniel Lloyd]], English cyclist and sportscaster
*  1980   &ndash; [[Lee Suggs]], American football player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Daniel Poohl]], Swedish journalist
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Andy Lee (American football)|Andy Lee]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Lee |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/5713/andy-lee |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Chris Hemsworth]], Australian actor
*  1983   &ndash; [[Luke Lewis]], Australian rugby league player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Pavel 183]], Russian painter (d. 2013)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Mojtaba Abedini]], Iranian Olympic fencer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122837]|title=Mojtaba Abedini|website=Olympedia}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Melky Cabrera]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Melky Cabrera |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/melky-cabrera-466320 |website=[[MLB.com]] |access-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927064528/https://www.mlb.com/player/melky-cabrera-466320 |archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Lucas di Grassi]], Brazilian race car driver
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Fernandez]], Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Asher Roth]], American rapper<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 11, 2022 includes celebrities Viola Davis, Chris Hemsworth |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-11-2022-includes-celebrities-viola-davis-chris-hemsworth.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=11 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mokhtar Benmoussa]], Algerian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Hélène Defrance]], French sailor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hélène Defrance |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/130172 |website=Olympedia |access-date=21 March 2024 }}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Pablo Sandoval]], Venezuelan baseball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Dany N'Guessan]], French footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Drew Storen]], American baseball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Rabeh Al-Hussaini]], Filipino basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Patty Mills]], Australian basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Mustafa Pektemek]], Turkish footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Junior Heffernan]], Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Sebastian Huke]], German footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Lenka Juríková]], Slovak tennis player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Cristian Tello]], Spanish footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Tomi Lahren]], American conservative political commentator<ref>{{Cite tweet |user= TomiLahren|number= 631140090459205632|title=It's my birthday! 23 yrs old a lot more to say! Get me to 67k followers on Twitter & 38k on Instagram? Xoxo #TeamTomi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525020022/https://x.com/TomiLahren/status/631140090459205632 |archive-date= 25 May 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Alyson Stoner]], American actor, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Storm Sanders]], Australian tennis player
*  1994 &ndash; [[Anton Cooper]], New Zealand cross-country cyclist
*  1994 &ndash; [[Joseph Barbato]], French footballer
*  1994 &ndash; [[Song I-han]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=Song I-han| date=12 February 2021 |url=http://music-design.co.kr/?page_id=776|publisher=Music Design|access-date=November 1, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>
*  [[1995]] &ndash; [[Brad Binder]], South African motorcycle racer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Binder |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/brad-binder/ade5ef32-01ea-487c-95ca-491544a668ed |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=MotoGP.com}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Sarah Clelland]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Clelland - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/sarah-clelland_prs435888/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Gregoria Mariska Tunjung]], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/83802/gregoria-mariska-tunjung |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725050801/https://bwfbadminton.com/player/83802/gregoria-mariska-tunjung |archive-date=25 July 2021 |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=[[Badminton World Federation]]}}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Changbin (rapper)|Changbin]], South Korean rapper<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/629/0000312199 |title=韓·日 밝혔다…스트레이키즈 창빈, 생일 전광판 등장 |date=11 August 2024 |work=더팩트|language=ko |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Moyuka Uchijima]], Japanese tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moyuka Uchijima {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/327241/moyuka-uchijima |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wimbledon Player Profile: Moyuka Uchijima |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/players/overview/wta327241.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.wimbledon.com}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Marvin Harrison Jr.]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marvin Harrison Jr. Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarrMa09.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[223]] &ndash; [[Jia Xu]], Chinese politician and strategist (b. 147)
* [[353]] &ndash; [[Magnentius]], Roman usurper (b. 303)
* [[449]] &ndash; [[Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople]]
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Rusticula]], abbess of Arles<ref>Jo Ann McNamara, John E. Halborg and E. Gordon Whatley (eds.), ''Sainted Women of the Dark Ages'' (Duke University Press, 1992), pp. 133–134.</ref>
* [[919]] &ndash; [[Dhuka al-Rumi]], Abbasid governor of Egypt<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link = Heinz Halm | title = Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden | language = de | trans-title = The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids | publisher = C. H. Beck | location = Munich | year = 1991 | isbn = 3-406-35497-1 | page=189}}</ref>
* [[979]] &ndash; [[Gero, Count of Alsleben]]
* [[991]] &ndash; [[Byrhtnoth]], English soldier (b. 956)
*[[1044]] &ndash; [[Sokkate]], king of the [[Pagan dynasty]] of Burma (b. 1001)
*[[1204]] &ndash; [[Guttorm of Norway]] (b. 1199)
*[[1253]] &ndash; [[Clare of Assisi]], Italian follower of [[Francis of Assisi]] (b. 1194)
*[[1259]] &ndash; [[Möngke Khan]], Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
*[[1268]] &ndash; [[Agnes of Faucigny]], Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy 
*[[1332]] &ndash; [[Domhnall II, Earl of Mar]]
*  1332   &ndash; [[Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland]]
*  1332   &ndash; [[Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray]]
*  1332   &ndash; [[Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith]]
*  1332   &ndash; [[Robert Bruce (bastard)|Robert Bruce]], Lord of Liddesdale
*[[1456]] &ndash; [[John Hunyadi]], Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[Nicholas of Cusa]], German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
*[[1465]] &ndash; [[Kettil Karlsson (Vasa)|Kettil Karlsson]], regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)
*[[1486]] &ndash; [[William Waynflete]], English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Hans Memling]], German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Johann Tetzel]], German preacher  (b. 1465)
*[[1556]] &ndash; [[John Bell (bishop of Worcester)|John Bell]], English bishop
*[[1563]] &ndash; [[Bartolomé de Escobedo]], Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Pedro Nunes]], Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Hamnet Shakespeare]], son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Lavinia Fontana]], Italian painter (b. 1552)
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Ottavio Piccolomini]], Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy]] (b. 1723)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche]], French physician and author (b. 1722)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Henry James Pye]], English poet and politician (b. 1745)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Lorenz Oken]], German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Macedonio Melloni]], Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Halfdan Kjerulf]], Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Lydia Koidula]], Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[John Henry Newman]], English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Enrico Betti]], Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Eugenio María de Hostos]], Puerto Rican-American  sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Khudiram Bose]], Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Andrew Carnegie]], Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Carnegie Steel Company]] and [[Carnegie Hall]] (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Carnegie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/c/andrewcarnegie.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Mary Sumner]], English philanthropist, founded the [[Mothers' Union]] (b. 1828)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Blas Infante]], Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Edith Wharton]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jean Bugatti]], German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Siegfried Flesch]], Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Stefan Jaracz]], Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883) 
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Tazio Nuvolari]], Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jackson Pollock]], American painter (b. 1912)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Antanas Škėma]], Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Otto Wahle]], Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Bill Woodfull]], Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Miriam Licette]], English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Max Theiler]], South African-American virologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Vicente Emilio Sojo]], Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Frederic Calland Williams]], British co-inventor of the [[Williams tube|Williams-Kilborn tube]], used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Berta Ruck]], Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Ruck, Berta : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ruck_berta |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[J. G. Farrell]], English author (b. 1935)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Paul Robert (lexicographer)|Paul Robert]], French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Tom Drake]], American actor and singer (b. 1918)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Alfred A. Knopf Sr.]], American publisher, founded [[Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.]] (b. 1892)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Paul Felix Schmidt]], Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[János Drapál]], Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Anne Ramsey]], American actress (b. 1929)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[John Meillon]], Australian actor (b. 1934)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[J. D. McDuffie]], American race car driver (b. 1938)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Peter Cushing]], English actor (b. 1913)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Phil Harris]], American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Rafael Kubelík]], Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Ambrosio Padilla]], Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jean Papineau-Couture]], Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Percy Stallard]], English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Galen Rowell]], American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Armand Borel]], Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Herb Brooks]], American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Mike Douglas]], American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[George Furth]], American actor and playwright (b. 1932)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Dursun Karataş]], founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], American activist, founded the [[Special Olympics]]  (b. 1921)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[James Mourilyan Tanner]], British paediatric endocrinologist (b. 1920)<ref name=NYTObit>Weber, Bruce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/science/24tanner.html "Dr. James M. Tanner, an Expert in How Children Grow, Is Dead at 90"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 23 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Red Bastien]], American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Michael Dokes]], American boxer (b. 1958)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Lucy Gallardo]], Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Raymond Delisle]], French cyclist (b. 1943)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Zafar Futehally]], Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David Howard (ballet teacher)|David Howard]], English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Beara]], Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Raymond Gravel]], Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Kika Szaszkiewiczowa]], Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Robin Williams]], American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
*  2014 – [[Sam Hall (diver)|Sam Hall]], American diver, legislator, and mercenary (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-14 |title=Dayton native, Olympian Sam Hall has died {{!}} www.whio.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814021900/http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/dayton-native-olympian-sam-hall-has-died/ng2S8/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Serge Collot]], French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Harald Nielsen]], Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Richard Oriani]], Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Yisrael Kristal]], Polish-Israeli supercentenarian;  oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Segun Bucknor]], Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[V S Naipaul]], British writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/nobel-prize-winning-author-v-s-naipaul-dies-at-85|title= Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85|date=2018-08-12}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Sergio Obeso Rivera]], Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)<ref>{{citation|newspaper=El Diario de Morelos|location=Cuernavaca|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=Falleció el Arzobispo Emérito, Sergio Obeso Rivera|language=es|trans-title=Archbishop Emeritus, Sergio Obeso Rivera passes away|url=https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/falleci-el-arzobispo-em-rito-sergio-obeso-rivera}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Trini Lopez]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Sumner Redstone]], American billionaire businessman (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idINRTS30YSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406071021/https://in.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idINRTS30YSX|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-06|title=Notable deaths in 2020|website=Reuters|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Anne Heche]], American actress (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anne-heche-dead-catastrophic-brain-173639562.html | title=Anne Heche Dead After Catastrophic Brain Injury | date=12 August 2022 }}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Hanae Mori]], Japanese fashion designer (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |first1=Veronica |last1=Horwell |title=Hanae Mori obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/aug/23/hanae-mori-obituary |access-date=24 August 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Mike Ahern (Australian politician)|Mike Ahern]], Australian politician, 32nd [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1942)<ref name="abcdeath">{{Cite news |last=McKechnie and staff |first=Kirrin |date=11 August 2023 |title=Mike Ahern, former Queensland premier, dead at 81 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/former-qld-premier-mike-ahern-dead-aged-81/102718558 |access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Ángel Salazar]], Cuban-American comedian and actor (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuznikov |first=Selena |date=2024-08-12 |title=Ángel Salazar, ‘Scarface’ Actor, Dies at 68 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/angel-salazar-dead-scarface-1236104432/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Noël Treanor]], Irish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-12 |title=Archbishop Noël Treanor, Apostolic Nuncio to the EU, dies aged 73 - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-08/apostolic-nuncio-to-the-eu-archbishop-noel-treanor-dies-age-73.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
** [[Athracht]]
** [[Clare of Assisi]]
** [[Gaugericus]]
** [[John Henry Newman]] ([[Church of England]])
** [[Philomena]]
** [[Saint Susanna|Susanna]]
** [[Saint Taurinus|Taurinus of Évreux]]
** [[Saint Tiburtius|Tiburtius and Chromatius]]
** [[August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Flag Day]] ([[Pakistan]])
* [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Chad]] from [[France]] in 1960.
* [[Mountain Day]] ([[Japan]])

==References==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/11 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=11}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/11 |title=Historical Events on August 11 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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