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{{other uses}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[636]] – [[Arab–Byzantine wars]]: The [[Battle of Yarmouk]] between the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] begins. * [[717]] – Arab–Byzantine wars: [[Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik]] begins the [[Second Arab Siege of Constantinople]], which will last for nearly a year. * [[718]] – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the [[Second Arab Siege of Constantinople]]. *[[AD 747|747]] – [[Carloman (mayor of the palace)|Carloman]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]], renounces his position as ''[[majordomo]]'' and retires to a [[monastery]] near Rome. His brother, [[Pepin the Short]], becomes the sole ruler (''[[de facto]]'') of the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]]. * [[778]] – The [[Battle of Roncevaux Pass]] takes place between the army of [[Charlemagne]] and a Basque army.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswarsto1000/p/roncevaux.htm|title=Charlemagne: Battle of Roncevaux Pass|last=Hickman|first=Kennedy|publisher=Military History|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224163706/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswarsto1000/p/roncevaux.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[805]] – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the [[Bavaria]]n town of [[Dachau, Bavaria|Dachau]] to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Diocese of Freising]] * [[927]] – The [[Saracen]]s conquer and destroy [[Taranto]]. * [[982]] – [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]] is defeated by the [[Saracen]]s in the [[Battle of Capo Colonna]], in [[Calabria]]. *[[1018]] – Byzantine general [[Eustathios Daphnomeles]] blinds and captures [[Ivats|Ibatzes of Bulgaria]] by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor [[Basil II]]'s [[Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria|conquest of Bulgaria]]. *[[1038]] – King [[Stephen I of Hungary|Stephen I]], the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, [[Peter Orseolo]], succeeds him. *[[1057]] – King [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]] is killed at the [[Battle of Lumphanan]] by the forces of [[Malcolm III of Scotland|Máel Coluim mac Donnchada]]. *[[1070]] – The [[Pavia]]n-born [[Benedictine]] [[Lanfranc]] is appointed as the new [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in England. *[[1096]] – Starting date of the [[First Crusade]] as set by [[Pope Urban II]].<ref>{{citation|last=Hallam|first=Elizabeth|year=1989|title=Chronicles of the Crusades: Eye-witness Accounts of the Wars Between Christianity and Islam|publisher=Bramley|isbn=9781858335896|page=63}}</ref> *[[1185]] – The cave city of [[Vardzia]] is consecrated by Queen [[Tamar of Georgia]]. *[[1224]] – The [[Livonian Brothers of the Sword]], a Catholic military order, [[Siege of Tartu (1224)|occupy Tarbatu]] (today [[Tartu]]) as part of the [[Livonian Crusade]].<ref>Tarvel, Enn (ed.). ''Henriku Liivimaa kroonika. Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae.'' Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1982. (in Estonian)</ref><ref>Vahtre, Sulev. ''Muinasaja loojang Eestis : vabadusvõitlus 1208–1227.''Tallinn: Olion, 1990. (in Estonian)</ref> *[[1237]] – [[Spanish Reconquista]]: The [[Battle of the Puig]] between the [[Al-Andalus|Moorish]] forces of [[Taifa of Valencia]] against the [[Kingdom of Aragon]] culminates in an Aragonese victory. *[[1248]] – The [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] of [[Cologne Cathedral]], built to house the [[Shrine of the Three Kings|relics]] of the [[Biblical Magi|Three Wise Men]], is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in [[1880]].) *[[1261]] – [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]] is crowned as the first [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperor]] in fifty-seven years. *[[1281]] – [[Mongol invasions of Japan|Mongol invasion of Japan]]: The [[Mongol Empire|Mongolian]] fleet of [[Kublai Khan]] is destroyed by a "[[kamikaze (typhoon)|divine wind]]" for the second time in the [[Battle of Kōan]]. *[[1310]] – [[Rhodes (city)|The city of Rhodes]] surrenders to the forces of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St. John]], completing [[Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes|their conquest of Rhodes]]. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of Rhodes]]. *[[1430]] – [[Francesco I Sforza|Francesco Sforza]], lord of [[Milan]], conquers [[Lucca]]. *[[1461]] – The [[Empire of Trebizond]] surrenders to the forces of Sultan [[Mehmed II]]. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Emperor [[David of Trebizond|David]] is exiled and later murdered. *[[1483]] – [[Pope Sixtus IV]] consecrates the [[Sistine Chapel]]. *[[1511]] – [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] of Portugal [[Capture of Malacca (1511)|conquers]] [[Malacca]], the capital of the [[Malacca Sultanate]]. *[[1517]] – Seven Portuguese armed [[Watercraft|vessels]] led by [[Fernão Pires de Andrade]] meet Chinese officials at the [[Pearl River Delta|Pearl River estuary]]. *[[1519]] – [[Panama City, Panama]] is founded. *[[1534]] – [[Ignatius of Loyola]] and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the [[Society of Jesus]] in September 1540. *[[1537]] – [[Asunción, Paraguay]] is founded. *[[1540]] – [[Arequipa, Peru]] is founded. *[[1549]] – [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest [[Francis Xavier]] comes ashore at [[Kagoshima]] (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: 22 July 1549). *[[1592]] – [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)|Imjin War]]: At the [[Battle of Hansan Island]], the Korean Navy, led by [[Yi Sun-sin]], [[Yi Eok-gi]], and [[Won Gyun]], decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by [[Wakisaka Yasuharu]].<ref>{{citation|last=Hawley|first=Samuel|year=2005|title=The Imjin War|publisher=The Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch/UC Berkeley Press|isbn=89-954424-2-5 |page=239}}</ref> *[[1599]] – [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]: [[Battle of Curlew Pass]]: Irish forces led by [[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]] successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir [[Conyers Clifford]], sent to relieve Collooney Castle. ===1601–1900=== *[[1695]] – French forces end the [[Bombardment of Brussels (1695)|bombardment of Brussels]]. *[[1760]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Liegnitz (1760)|Battle of Liegnitz]]: [[Frederick the Great]]'s victory over the [[Austrians]] under [[Ernst Gideon von Laudon]]. *[[1824]] – The [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]], the last surviving French general of the [[American Revolutionary War]], arrives in New York and begins a [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States|tour of 24 states]]. *[[1843]] – The [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace]] in [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu]], it is the oldest [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]] in continuous use in the United States. * 1843 – [[Tivoli Gardens]], one of the oldest still intact [[amusement park]]s in the world, opens in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. *[[1863]] – The [[Bombardment of Kagoshima|Anglo-Satsuma War]] begins between the [[Satsuma Domain]] of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 2, 1863). *[[1893]] – [[Ibadan]] area becomes a British [[Protectorate]] after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the [[Olubadan|Baale of Ibadan]] with the British acting Governor of [[Lagos Colony|Lagos]], George C. Denton. *[[1899]] – [[Fratton Park]] football ground in [[Portsmouth]], [[England]] is officially first opened.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aroundthegrounds.org/grounds-hub/fratton-park/|title = Fratton Park the home of Portsmouth}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. [[Raphael Morgan]], the first African-American [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. *[[1914]] – A servant of American [[architect]], [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's [[Wisconsin]] home, [[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]], and murders seven people there. * 1914 – The [[Panama Canal]] opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship {{SS|Ancon|1901|6}}. * 1914 – [[World War I]]: The [[1st Army (Russian Empire)|First Russian Army]], led by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]], enters [[East Prussia]]. * 1914 – World War I: Beginning of the [[Battle of Cer]], the first [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] victory of World War I. *[[1915]] – A story in ''New York World'' newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and [[Great Phenol Plot|diverted it]] to Bayer for aspirin production. *[[1920]] – [[Polish–Soviet War]]: [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|Battle of Warsaw]], so-called Miracle at the Vistula. *[[1935]] – [[Will Rogers]] and [[Wiley Post]] are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in [[Barrow, Alaska]]. *[[1939]] – Twenty-six [[Junkers Ju 87]] bombers commanded by [[Walter Sigel]] meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at [[Świętoszów|Neuhammer]]. Thirteen of them crash and burn. * 1939 – ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite web | title= No Place Like Home: 'Wizard of Oz' premiered here 70 years ago | url= http://host.madison.com/article_5c61ec86-41d1-5eef-a2da-e2ad874a4aeb.html | date= August 18, 2009 | first= Katjusa | last= Cisar | publisher= Madison.com | access-date= October 21, 2011 | archive-date= August 25, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170825104341/http://host.madison.com/article_5c61ec86-41d1-5eef-a2da-e2ad874a4aeb.html | url-status= live }}</ref> *[[1940]] – An [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] submarine torpedoes and sinks the {{ship|Greek cruiser|Elli|1912|6}} at [[Tinos]] harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the [[Greco-Italian War]] in October. *[[1941]] – Corporal [[Josef Jakobs]] is executed by firing squad at the [[Tower of London]] at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for [[espionage]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Operation Pedestal]]: The oil tanker {{SS|Ohio}} reaches the island of [[Malta]] barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. *[[1943]] – World War II: [[Battle of Trahili]]: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[Operation Dragoon]]: Allied forces land in [[southern France]]. *[[1945]] – [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]] [[Hirohito surrender broadcast|broadcasts his declaration of surrender]] following the effective [[surrender of Japan]] in [[World War II]]; [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]] gains [[National Liberation Day of Korea|independence]] from the [[Empire of Japan]]. *[[1947]] – [[India]] gains [[Indian independence movement|independence]] from [[British Raj|British rule]] after near 190 years of [[Company rule in India|British company]] and [[British Raj|crown rule]] and joins the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. * 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] is sworn in as first [[Governor-General of Pakistan]] in [[Karachi]]. *[[1948]] – The [[First Republic of Korea]] (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula. *[[1950]] – Measuring {{M|w|link=y}} 8.6, the [[1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake|largest earthquake on land]] occurs in the [[India–Myanmar border|Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border]], killing 4,800.<ref>{{cite web |title=M 8.6 – 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19500815140934_30/executive |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=USGS |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Lynmouth Flood|A flash flood]] drenches the town of [[Lynmouth]], England, killing 34 people. *[[1954]] – [[Alfredo Stroessner]] begins his dictatorship in [[Paraguay]]. *[[1959]] – [[American Airlines Flight 514]], a [[Boeing 707]], crashes near the [[Calverton Executive Airpark]] in [[Calverton, New York]], killing all five people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-123 N7514A Calverton-Peconic River Airport, NY (CTO) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590815-0 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Republic of the Congo]] ([[Brazzaville]]) becomes independent from [[French Fourth Republic|France]]. *[[1961]] – Border guard [[Conrad Schumann]] flees from [[East Germany]] while on duty guarding the construction of the [[Berlin Wall]]. *[[1962]] – [[James Joseph Dresnok]] defects to [[North Korea]] after running across the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]]. Dresnok died in 2016. *[[1963]] – Execution of [[Henry John Burnett]], the last man to be hanged in [[Scotland]]. * 1963 – President [[Fulbert Youlou]] is overthrown in the [[Republic of the Congo]], after a [[Trois Glorieuses (1963)|three-day uprising]] in the capital. *[[1965]] – [[The Beatles]] play to nearly [[The Beatles' 1965 US tour|60,000 fans at Shea Stadium]] in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of [[arena rock|stadium rock]]. *[[1969]] – The [[Woodstock|Woodstock Music & Art Fair]] opens in [[Bethel, New York]], featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. *[[1970]] – [[Patricia Palinkas]] becomes the first woman to play professionally in an [[American football]] game. *[[1971]] – President [[Richard Nixon]] completes the break from the [[gold standard]] by [[Nixon Shock|ending]] convertibility of the [[United States dollar]] into gold by foreign investors. * 1971 – [[Bahrain]] gains [[Independence Day (Bahrain)|independence]] from the United Kingdom. *[[1973]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The USAF [[Operation Freedom Deal|bombing of Cambodia]] ends. *[[1974]] – [[Yuk Young-soo]], [[First Lady]] of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Chung Hee]]. *[[1975]] – [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. * 1975 – [[Takeo Miki]] makes the first official pilgrimage to [[Yasukuni Shrine]] by an incumbent [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]] on the anniversary of the end of World War II. *[[1976]] – [[SAETA Flight 011 (1976)|SAETA Flight 011]] crashes into the [[Chimborazo]] volcano in [[Ecuador]], killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 785D Viscount HC-ARS Chimborazo Volcano|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760815-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109171533/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19760815-0 |archive-date=2005-11-09 }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Ohio State University Radio Observatory|The Big Ear]], a [[radio telescope]] operated by [[Ohio State University]] as part of the [[Search for extraterrestrial intelligence|SETI]] project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "[[Wow! signal]]" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. *[[1984]] – The [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] in [[Turkey]] starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] with an [[1984 PKK attacks|attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh]]. *[[1985]] – Signing of the [[Assam Accord]], an agreement between representatives of the [[Government of India]] and the leaders of the [[Assam Movement]] to end the movement. *[[1989]] – [[China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510]] crashes after takeoff from [[Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport]], killing 34 of the 40 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24RV B-3417 Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport (SHA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890815-1 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1995]] – In [[South Carolina]], [[Shannon Faulkner]] becomes the first female [[cadet]] matriculated at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]] (she drops out less than a week later). * 1995 – [[Tomiichi Murayama]], Prime Minister of Japan, releases the [[Murayama Statement]], which formally expresses remorse for [[Japanese war crimes]] committed during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/press/pm/murayama/9508.html|title=MOFA: Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama "On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war's end" (15 August 1995)|website=www.mofa.go.jp|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Northern Ireland]]: [[Omagh bombing]] takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Omagh bomb: Bell tolls to mark 20th anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45144511 |website=BBC News |access-date=2 February 2023 |date=15 August 2018}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] introduces the [[iMac]] computer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Fast Facts|website=CNN|date=July 2014|access-date=January 12, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/business/apple-fast-facts/index.html}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Béni Ounif|Beni Ounif massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with [[Morocco]]. *[[2005]] – [[Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip|Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] to evict all [[Israelis]] from the [[Gaza Strip]] and from four [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] in the northern [[West Bank]] begins. * 2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the [[Free Aceh Movement]] and the [[Government of Indonesia]] was signed, ending [[Insurgency in Aceh|almost three decades of fighting]]. *[[2007]] – An [[2007 Peru earthquake|8.0-magnitude earthquake]] off the Pacific coast devastates [[Ica Region|Ica]] and various regions of [[Peru]] killing 514 and injuring 1,090. *[[2013]] – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an [[August 2013 Beirut bombing|explosion]] in southern [[Beirut]] near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group [[Hezbollah]] in Lebanon. A previously unknown [[Syria]]n [[Sunni]] group claims responsibility in an online video. * 2013 – The [[Smithsonian]] announces the discovery of the [[olinguito]], the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. *[[2015]] – [[North Korea]] moves its clock back half an hour to introduce [[Time in North Korea|Pyongyang Time]], 8{{frac|1|2}} hours ahead of [[UTC]]. *[[2020]] – Russia begins production on the [[Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia Fast Facts|website=CNN|date=29 October 2013|access-date=January 11, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/world/russia-fast-facts/index.html}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Kabul]] [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|falls]] into the hands of the [[Taliban]] as [[Ashraf Ghani]] flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the [[Afghanistan|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]]. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1013]] – [[Princess Teishi|Teishi]], empress of Japan (d. 1094) *[[1171]] – [[Alfonso IX of León|Alfonso IX]], king of León and Galicia (d. 1230) *[[1195]] – [[Anthony of Padua]], Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231) *[[1385]] – [[Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford]], English commander (d. 1417)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ross |first1=James |title=Vere, Richard de, eleventh earl of Oxford (1385–1417), magnate and soldier |date=5 January 2012 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/101270}}</ref> *[[1432]] – [[Luigi Pulci]], Italian poet (d. 1484) *[[1455]] – [[George, Duke of Bavaria|George]], duke of Bavaria (d. 1503) *[[1507]] – [[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], German prince (d. 1553) *[[1575]] – [[Bartol Kašić]], Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650) *[[1589]] – [[Gabriel Báthory]], Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613) ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – [[Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg|Herman IV]], landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658) *[[1608]] – [[Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. 1652)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Goodwin |first1=Gordon |last2=Peacey |first2=J. T. |title=Howard, Henry Frederick, fifteenth earl of Arundel, fifth earl of Surrey, and second earl of Norfolk (1608–1652), nobleman |date=28 September 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13915}}</ref> *[[1613]] – [[Gilles Ménage]], French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692) *[[1615]] – [[Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise|Marie de Lorraine]], duchess of Guise (d. 1688) *[[1652]] – [[John Grubb]], American politician (d. 1708) *[[1702]] – [[Francesco Zuccarelli]], Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Shearer |title=Zuccarelli, Francesco |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T093658|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> *[[1717]] – [[John Metcalf (civil engineer)|Blind Jack]], English engineer (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hallas |first1=Christine S. |title=Metcalf, John [called Blind Jack of Knaresborough] (1717–1810), road builder and surveyor |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18616}}</ref> *[[1736]] – [[Johann Christoph Kellner]], German organist and composer (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Fellerer |first1=Karl Gustav |title=Kellner, Johann Christoph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14851}}</ref> *[[1740]] – [[Matthias Claudius]], German poet and author (d. 1815) *[[1769]] – [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]], French general and emperor (d. 1821)<ref>{{cite book |title=Bonaparte |first1=Eugene Viktorovich |last1=Tarlé |page=13 |date=1937 |publisher=Knight Publications |location=New York |translator-first1=John |translator-last1=Cournos |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/bonaparte00tarl |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1771]] – [[Walter Scott]], Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Clive |title=Scott, Sir Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077153}}</ref> *[[1785]] – [[Thomas De Quincey]], English journalist and author (d. 1859)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Lindop |first1=Grevel |title=Quincey, Thomas Penson De (1785–1859), essayist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7524}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[Eliza Lee Cabot Follen]], American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860)<ref name="Hannan2008">{{cite book|last=Hannan|first=Caryn|title=Massachusetts Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ntj6SFIEKoEC&pg=PA165|date=2008|publisher=State History Publications|isbn=978-1-878592-66-8|pages=165–}}</ref> *[[1798]] – [[Sangolli Rayanna]], Indian warrior (d. 1831) *[[1807]] – [[Jules Grévy]], French lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of the French Republic]] (d. 1891) *[[1810]] – [[Louise Colet]], French poet (d. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Colet {{!}} French writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-Colet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1824]] – [[John Chisum]], American businessman (d. 1884) *[[1839]] – [[Antonín Petrof]], Czech piano maker (d. 1915) *[[1844]] – [[Thomas-Alfred Bernier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908) *[[1845]] – [[Walter Crane]], English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newall |first1=Christopher |title=Crane, Walter |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T020135}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Keir Hardie]], Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Morgan |first1=Kenneth O. |title=Hardie, (James) Keir [formerly James Kerr] (1856–1915), founder of the Labour Party |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33696}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Albert Ballin]], German businessman (d. 1918) *[[1858]] – [[E. Nesbit]], English author and poet (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Briggs |first1=Julia |title=Nesbit [married name Bland], Edith (1858–1924), writer |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31919}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Charles Comiskey]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lindberg |first1=Richard C. |title=Comiskey, Charles Albert (1859–1931), professional baseball player and team owner |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900263}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Florence Harding]], American publisher, 31st [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gutin |first1=Myra G. |title=Harding, Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe (1860–1924), first lady of the United States |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600764}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Aleksey Krylov]], Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945) *[[1865]] – [[Mikao Usui]], Japanese spiritual leader, founded [[Reiki]] (d. 1926) *[[1866]] – [[Italo Santelli]], Italian fencer (d. 1945) *[[1872]] – [[Sri Aurobindo]], Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950) *[[1873]] – [[Ramaprasad Chanda]], Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942) *[[1875]] – [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]], English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Banfield |first1=Stephen |title=Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel |date=16 October 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248993}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Stylianos Gonatas]], Greek colonel and politician, 111th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1966) *[[1877]] – [[Tachiyama Mineemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1941) *[[1879]] – [[Ethel Barrymore]], American actress (d. 1959) *[[1881]] – [[Alfred Wagenknecht]], German-American activist and politician (d. 1956) *[[1882]] – [[Marion Bauer]], American composer and critic (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Edwards |first1=J. Michele |title=Bauer, Marion Eugénie |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02353}}</ref> * 1882 – [[Gisela Richter]], English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972) *[[1883]] – [[Ivan Meštrović]], Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mikuž |first1=Jure |title=Meštrović, Ivan |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T057367}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Edna Ferber]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1994|page=191|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Bill Whitty]], Australian cricketer (d. 1974) *[[1890]] – [[Jacques Ibert]], French composer and educator (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Laederich |first1=Alexandra |title=Ibert, Jacques |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13675}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Louis de Broglie]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abragam |first1=Anatole |title=Louis Victor Pierre Raymond De Broglie, 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=December 1988 |volume=34 |pages=21–41 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1988.0002}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Abraham Wachner]], New Zealand politician, 35th [[Mayor of Invercargill]] (d. 1950) *[[1893]] – [[Leslie Comrie]], New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950) *[[1896]] – [[Gerty Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Ihde |first1=Aaron J. |title=Cori, Carl Ferdinand (1896–1984), biochemists |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302062}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Catherine Doherty]], Russian-Canadian activist, founded the [[Madonna House Apostolate]] (d. 1985) * 1896 – [[Paul Outerbridge]], American photographer and educator (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fontanella |first1=Lee |journal=Oxford Art Online |title=Outerbridge, Paul (Everard), jr |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T064301}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Jan Brzechwa]], Polish author and poet (d. 1966) *[[1900]] – [[Estelle Brody]], American silent film actress (d. 1995) * 1900 – [[Jack Tworkov]], Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bryant |first1=Edward |title=Tworkov, Jack |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T086738}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Arnulfo Arias|Arnulfo Arias Madrid]], Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (d. 1988) * 1901 – [[Pyotr Novikov]], Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975) *[[1902]] – [[Jan Campert]], Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943) *[[1904]] – [[George Klein (inventor)|George Klein]], Canadian inventor, invented the [[motorized wheelchair]] (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bourgeois-Doyle |first1=Richard I. |title=George J. Klein: The Great Inventor |date=2004 |publisher=NRC Press |location=Ottawa |isbn=9780660193229 |page=13}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Hugo Winterhalter]], American composer and bandleader (d. 1973) *[[1912]] – [[Julia Child]], American chef and author (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Deutsch |first1=Tracey |title=Child, Julia (1912–2004), cookbook author and television chef |date=October 2013 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603573}}</ref> * 1912 – [[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dame Wendy Hiller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/16/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=16 May 2003}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barlow |first1=Margaret |title=Rand, Paul |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T070729}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Signe Hasso]], Swedish-American actress (d. 2002) *[[1916]] – [[Aleks Çaçi]], Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989) *[[1917]] – [[Jack Lynch]], Irish footballer and politician, 5th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (d. 1999) * 1917 – [[Óscar Romero]], Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) *[[1919]] – [[Huntz Hall]], American actor (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Huntz Hall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-huntz-hall-1068351.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 February 1999}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Benedict Kiely]], Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pine |first1=Richard |last2=Gillan |first2=P. J. |title=Benedict Kiely |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/12/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=12 February 2007}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Judy Cassab]], Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008) *[[1921]] – [[August Kowalczyk]], Polish actor and director (d. 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Leonard Baskin]], American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jaffe |first1=Irma B. |title=Baskin, Leonard |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T006734}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Giorgos Mouzakis]], Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005) * 1922 – [[Sabino Barinaga]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988) *[[1923]] – [[Rose Marie]], American actress and singer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Rose Marie obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/02/rose-marie-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2018}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Robert Bolt]], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calder |first1=John |title=Obituary : Robert Bolt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-bolt-1574410.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=23 February 1995}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Hedy Epstein]], German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Hedy Epstein, Rights Activist and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/hedy-epstein-rights-activist-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-91.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 2016}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Yoshirō Muraki]], Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009) * 1924 – [[Phyllis Schlafly]], American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Phyllis Schlafly, 'First Lady' of a Political March to the Right, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/obituaries/phyllis-schlafly-conservative-leader-and-foe-of-era-dies-at-92.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 2016}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Mike Connors]], American actor and producer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grode |first1=Eric |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2017}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Rose Maddox]], American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wadey |first1=Paul |title=Obituary: Rose Maddox |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rose-maddox-1161000.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=5 May 1998}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Oscar Peterson]], Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Dobbins |first1=Bill |title=Peterson, Oscar |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21443}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (d. 2007) * 1925 – [[Erik Schmidt (painter)|Erik Schmidt]], Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014) *[[1926]] – [[Julius Katchen]], American pianist and composer (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Morrison |first1=Bryce |title=Katchen, Julius |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14758}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Eddie Little Sky]], American actor (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |pages=192–193}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Sami Michael]], Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/books/sami-michael-idead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 2024}}</ref> * 1926 – [[John Silber]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=John Silber Dies at 86; Led Boston University |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/us/john-r-silber-who-led-boston-universitys-renaissance-dies-at-86.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 2012}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]], Greek lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of Greece]] (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Greek President Constantine Stephanopoulos dies at 90 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/20/former-greek-president-stephanopoulos-dies-at-90/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Denver Post |agency=The Associated Press |date=21 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Eddie Leadbeater]], English cricketer (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frith |first1=David |title=Eddie Leadbeater obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/09/eddie-leadbeater-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2011}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Oliver Popplewell]], English cricketer and judge (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowcott |first1=Owen |title=Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jun/11/sir-oliver-popplewell-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=11 June 2024}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Carl Joachim Classen]], German scholar and academic (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Malcolm Glazer]], American businessman (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Malcolm Glazer, Owner of Buccaneers and Manchester United, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/sports/malcolm-glazer-owner-of-buccaneers-and-manchester-united-is-dead-at-85.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 2014}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Nicolas Roeg]], English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baxter |first1=Brian |title=Nicolas Roeg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/25/nicolas-roeg-obituary |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2018}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ernest C. Brace]], American captain and pilot (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Ernest Brace, Civilian Pilot Held as P.O.W. in Vietnam, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/us/ernest-brace-civilian-pilot-held-as-pow-in-vietnam-dies-at-83.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2014}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Richard F. Heck]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Colacot |first1=Thomas |title=Richard F. Heck (1931–2015) |journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |date=21 December 2015 |volume=54 |issue=52 |pages=15611–15612 |doi=10.1002/anie.201510300|pmid=26644371 }}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Abby Dalton]], American actress (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Abby Dalton, Actress on 'Falcon Crest' and 'The Joey Bishop Show,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abby-dalton-dead-actress-falcon-crest-joey-bishop-show-was-88-1305960/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 November 2020}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Robert L. Forward]], American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Benford|first1=Gregory|last2=Benford|first2=James|date=2003-08-01|title=Robert Lull Forward|journal=Physics Today|volume=56|issue=8|pages=66–67|doi=10.1063/1.1611362|bibcode=2003PhT....56h..66B|issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Jim Lange]], American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=2014-02-28|title=Jim Lange, Genial Host of 'Dating Game,' Dies at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html|access-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064111/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/arts/television/jim-lange-genial-host-of-dating-game-dies-at-81.html?_r=0|archive-date=2014-04-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn]], South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Childs |first1=Martin |title=Lord Steyn: Judge who opposed Tony Blair and George Bush over Iraq war and Guantanamo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-steyn-died-judge-who-opposed-iraq-war-and-guantanamo-blair-bush-a8089426.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Independent |date=3 December 2017}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Bobby Helms]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) * 1933 – [[Stanley Milgram]], American social psychologist (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Russell |first1=Nestar John Charles |title=Milgram's obedience to authority experiments: Origins and early evolution |journal=British Journal of Social Psychology |date=March 2011 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=140–162 |doi=10.1348/014466610X492205|pmid=21366616 }}</ref> * 1933 – [[Mike Seeger]], American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Allen |first1=Ray |title=Seeger, Mike |date=31 January 2014 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258158}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Bobby Byrd]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clayson |first1=Alan |title=Bobby Byrd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2007}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Purushottam Upadhyay]], Indian musician, singer and composer (d. 2024)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mule |first=Balkrishna Madhavrao |title=ઉપાધ્યાય, પુરુષોત્તમ |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AF-%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%AE/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2024-12-11 |title=Legendary Gujarati singer Purushottam Upadhyay passes away at 90, PM Narendra Modi expresses condolences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/music/legendary-gujarati-singer-purushottam-upadhyay-passes-away-at-90-pm-narendra-modi-expresses-condolences/articleshow/116223361.cms |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Reginald Scarlett]], Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019) * 1934 – [[Darrell K. Sweet]], American illustrator (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweet, Darrell|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sweet_darrell}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Valentin Varlamov]], Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=70 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Jim Dale]], English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer<ref>{{cite web|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|title=Dale, Jim (1935-)|website=BFI Screenonline|date=2014|access-date=18 August 2018|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/471643/index.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Blackwell|first=Earl|title=Earl Blackwell's Celebrity Register|location=Detroit, Mich.|publisher=Gale Research|date=1990|isbn=9780810368750|page=[https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107 107]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/earlblackwellsce0000unse/page/107}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Régine Deforges]], French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Régine Deforges – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10909581/Regine-Deforges-obituary.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=18 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Pat Priest (actress)|Pat Priest]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1936 – [[Rita Shane]], American soprano and educator (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Ellison |first1=Cori |title=Shane, Rita |date=2002 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009241}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Stephen Breyer]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1938 – [[Stix Hooper]], American jazz drummer<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Mattingly |first1=Rick |title=Hooper, Stix |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J207200}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Pran Kumar Sharma]], Indian cartoonist (d. 2014) * 1938 – [[Maxine Waters]], American educator and politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=W000187 |name=WATERS, Maxine |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Janusz Zajdel]], Polish engineer and author (d. 1985) *[[1940]] – [[Gudrun Ensslin]], German militant leader, founded [[Red Army Faction]] (d. 1977) *[[1941]] – [[Jim Brothers]], American sculptor (d. 2013) * 1941 – [[Don Rich]], American country musician (d. 1974) *[[1942]] – [[Pete York]], English rock drummer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1943]] – [[Eileen Bell]], Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd [[Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly]] *[[1944]] – [[Dimitris Sioufas]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Greece)|Greek Minister of Health]] (d. 2019) *[[1945]] – [[Khaleda Zia]], Bangladeshi politician, [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/khaleda-zia |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Jimmy Webb]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Simonot |first1=Colette |title=Webb, Jimmy |date=20 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289683}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Rakhee Gulzar]], Indian film actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/features/you-will-be-amazed-to-know-the-controversial-off-screen-life-of-this-on-screen-mother/|title = You will be amazed to know the controversial off-screen life of this on-screen mother|date = 28 September 2015}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Patsy Gallant]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actress * 1948 – [[Tom Johnston (musician)|Tom Johnston]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1949]] – [[Phyllis Smith]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1950]] – [[Tommy Aldridge]], American drummer * 1950 – [[Tess Harper]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1950 – [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]], American baseball player * 1950 – [[Anne, Princess Royal]] of the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-queen-elizabeth-ii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Ann Biderman]], American screenwriter and producer * 1951 – [[Bobby Caldwell]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Bobby Caldwell, Silky-Voiced R&B Crooner, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/arts/music/bobby-caldwell-dead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1951 – [[John Childs (cricketer)|John Childs]], English cricketer *[[1952]] – [[Chuck Burgi]], American drummer *[[1953]] – [[Carol Thatcher]], English journalist and author * 1953 – [[Mark Thatcher]], English businessman * 1953 – [[Wolfgang Hohlbein]], German author *[[1954]] – [[Stieg Larsson]], Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004) *[[1956]] – [[Lorraine Desmarais]], Canadian pianist and composer<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Desmarais, Lorraine |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J554000}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Freedom Neruda]], Ivorian journalist * 1956 – [[Robert Syms]], English businessman and politician *[[1957]] – [[Željko Ivanek]], Slovenian-American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1958]] – [[Simon Baron-Cohen]], English-Canadian psychiatrist and author * 1958 – [[Craig MacTavish]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1958 – [[Simple Kapadia]], Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009) * 1958 – [[Victor Shenderovich]], Russian journalist and radio host * 1958 – [[Rondell Sheridan]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1959]] – [[Scott Altman]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut *[[1961]] – [[Ed Gillespie]], American political strategist * 1961 – [[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1961 – [[Gary Kubiak]], American football player and coach * 1961 – [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], Indian actress and screenwriter *[[1962]] – [[Tom Colicchio]], American chef and author * 1962 – [[Rıdvan Dilmen]], Turkish footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Inês Pedrosa]], Portuguese writer * 1962 – [[Vilja Savisaar-Toomast]], Estonian lawyer and politician *[[1963]] – [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]], Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1963 – [[Simon Hart]], Welsh soldier and politician * 1963 – [[Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)|Jack Russell]], England cricketer and coach *[[1964]] – [[Jane Ellison]], English lawyer and politician * 1964 – [[Melinda Gates]], American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the [[Gates Foundation]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Profile: Melinda Gates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2006 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Rob Thomas (writer)|Rob Thomas]], American author, screenwriter, and producer *[[1966]] – [[Scott Brosius]], American baseball player and coach * 1966 – [[Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]], Greek basketball player and coach *[[1967]] – [[Tony Hand]], Scottish ice hockey player and coach * 1967 – [[Peter Hermann (actor)|Peter Hermann]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 15–21 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/celebrity-birthdays-week-aug-15-21-79362885 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Debra Messing]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1969]] – [[Bernard Fanning]], Australian singer-songwriter * 1969 – [[Carlos Roa]], Argentine footballer *[[1970]] – [[Anthony Anderson]], American comedian, actor, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1970 – [[Ben Silverman]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded [[Electus|Electus Studios]] *[[1971]] – [[Adnan Sami]], Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor *[[1972]] – [[Ben Affleck]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1972 – [[Jennifer Alexander]], Canadian ballerina (d. 2007) * 1972 – [[Michael Graham (singer)|Mikey Graham]], Irish singer<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-08-15|title=Today in History |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816034628/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/15/metro/today-history/|archive-date=2021-08-16|access-date=2021-08-16|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Natasha Henstridge]], Canadian model and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1974 – [[Tomasz Suwary]], Polish footballer *[[1975]] – [[Bertrand Berry]], American football player and radio host * 1975 – [[Vijay Bharadwaj]], Indian cricketer and coach * 1975 – [[Brendan Morrison]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – [[Kara Wolters]], American basketball player *[[1976]] – [[Boudewijn Zenden]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1977]] – [[Martin Biron]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – [[Anthony Rocca]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1978]] – [[Waleed Aly]], Australian journalist and television host<ref>[https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html Waleed Aly, profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903094158/https://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/aly_waleed,15569.html |date=2018-09-03 }}, Gallery of Australian Biographies, Civics and Citizenship Education, Education Services Australia; [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/waleed-aly-why-all-the-haters/news-story/231adcd9faf13e305af52c03a5d5e0d5 "Waleed Aly: why all the haters?"] by John Lyons, ''[[The Australian]]'', 23 April 2016</ref> * 1978 – [[Lilia Podkopayeva]], Ukrainian gymnast * 1978 – [[Stavros Tziortziopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1978 – [[Kerri Walsh Jennings]], American volleyball player *[[1979]] – [[Carl Edwards]], American race car driver *[[1980]] – [[Fiann Paul]], Icelandic explorer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youngest person to row three different oceans|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/527576-youngest-person-to-row-three-different-oceans|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Guinness World Records|date=5 June 2016 |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Brendan Hansen]], American swimmer * 1981 – [[Óliver Pérez]], American baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Casey Burgener]], American weightlifter * 1982 – [[Germán Caffa]], Argentine footballer * 1982 – [[David Harrison (basketball)|David Harrison]], American basketball player *[[1983]] – [[Siobhan Chamberlain]], English association football goalkeeper * 1983 – [[Rachel Haot]], American businesswoman<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/rachel-haot.html |title=The CNBC Next List: Rachel Haot |date=October 6, 2014 |publisher=CNBC}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Jarrod Dyson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarrod Dyson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jarrod-dyson-502481 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Emily Kinney]], American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 15, 2022 includes celebrities Jennifer Lawrence, Joe Jonas |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-15-2022-includes-celebrities-jennifer-lawrence-joe-jonas.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=15 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Nipsey Hussle]], American rapper (d. 2019) *[[1987]] – [[Ryan D'Imperio]], American football player * 1987 – [[Michel Kreder]], Dutch cyclist * 1987 – [[Sean McAllister (footballer, born 1987)|Sean McAllister]], English footballer *[[1988]] – [[Oussama Assaidi]], Moroccan footballer *[[1989]] – [[Joe Jonas]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1989 – [[Ryan McGowan]], Australian footballer * 1989 – [[Carlos PenaVega]], American actor and singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rentería|first=Melissa|date=2009-11-25|title=Plans change as Pena lands co-starring role in Nickelodeon's 'Big Time Rush'|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702212459/https://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/Plans-change-as-Pena-lands-co-starring-role-in-857714.phpChange-Last-Name.htm|archive-date=2019-07-02|access-date=2021-06-14|website=mySA|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Jordan Rapana]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1990]] – [[Jennifer Lawrence]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1991]] – [[Petja Piiroinen]], Finnish snowboarder *[[1992]] – [[Baskaran Adhiban]], Indian chess player * 1992 – [[Matthew Judon]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Judon |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3961466/matthew-judon |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Rieah Holder]], Barbadian netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Rieah Holder – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004125-rieah-holder.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Clinton N'Jie]], Cameroonian footballer * 1993 – [[Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain]], English footballer *[[1994]] – [[Lasse Vigen Christensen]], Danish footballer * 1994 – [[Kosuke Hagino]], Japanese swimmer *[[1995]] – [[Chief Keef]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last=Buyanovsky |first=Dan |date=May 6, 2013 |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/from-the-mag-chief-keef-at-home/ |title=From The Mag: Chief Keef At Home |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Setyana Mapasa]], Indonesian-Australian badminton player<ref>{{cite web|title=Setyana MAPASA I Profile|url=https://bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com/player/77441/setyana-mapasa|website=BWF World Tour Finals|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation|BWF]]|access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> <!-- please archive this --> *[[1999]] – [[Paola Reis]], BMX rider<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling BMX {{!}} Athlete Profile: Reis Paola – Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/cycling-bmx/athlete-profile-n1144541-reis-paola.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “this year in history” websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[398]] – [[Lan Han]], official of the [[Xianbei]] state [[Later Yan]] * [[423]] – [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]], Roman emperor (b. 384) * [[465]] – [[Libius Severus]], Roman emperor (b. 420) * [[698]] – [[Theodotus of Amida]], Syrian Orthodox holy man<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Jack |last=Tannous |title=Theodotos of Amid |encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=[[Sebastian P. Brock]] |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=[[George A. Kiraz]] |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/entry/Theodotos-of-Amid |publisher=Gorgias Press |year=2011 |postscript=. Published online by Beth Mardutho in 2018.}}</ref> *[[AD 767|767]] – [[Abu Hanifa]], Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.islamicinformationcentre.co.uk/alsunna.htm |title=Understanding the Ahle al-Sunnah: Traditional Scholarship & Modern Misunderstandings |last=Ammar |first=Abu |publisher=Islamic Information Centre |year=2001 |chapter=Criticism levelled against Imam Abu Hanifah |access-date=2018-06-13 |chapter-url=http://www.islamicinformationcentre.co.uk/alsunna7.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://habibur.com/hijri/150/7/ |title=Islamic Hijri Calendar For Rajab - 150 Hijri |website=habibur.com |access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> * [[778]] – [[Roland]], Frankish military leader * [[873]] – [[Emperor Yizong of Tang|Yi Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 833) * [[874]] – [[Altfrid]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim|Hildesheim]] * [[912]] – [[Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)|Han Jian]], Chinese warlord (b. 855) * [[932]] – [[Ma Xisheng]], Chinese governor and king (b. 899) * [[955]] – [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]], Hungarian tribal chieftain (''[[Horka (title)|harka]]'')<ref name="kristo1985">{{cite book |last=Kristó |first=Gyula |year=1985 |title=Az augsburgi csata ''[The Battle of Augsburg]'' |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=963-05-3838-5|language=hu |page=94}}</ref> * 955 – [[Lehel]], Hungarian tribal chieftain<ref name="kristo1985"/> * 955 – [[Súr (chieftain)|Súr]], Hungarian tribal chieftain<ref name="kristo1985"/> * [[978]] – [[Li Yu (Southern Tang)|Li Yu]], ruler ('king') of [[Southern Tang]] * [[986]] – [[Minnborinus of Cologne|Minnborinus]], Irish missionary and abbot<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hogan |first1=J.F. |title=Irish Monasteries in Germany |date=1898 |publisher=Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, Vol. 3 |pages=526–535}}</ref> *[[1022]] – [[Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos]], Byzantine rebel *[[1038]] – [[Stephen I of Hungary|Stephen I]], Hungarian king (b. 975) *[[1057]] – [[Macbeth, King of Scotland]] *[[1118]] – [[Alexios I Komnenos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1048) *[[1196]] – [[Conrad II, Duke of Swabia]] (b. 1173) *[[1224]] – [[Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant]] (b. 1198) *[[1257]] – Saint [[Hyacinth of Poland]] *[[1274]] – [[Robert de Sorbon]], French theologian and educator, founded the [[College of Sorbonne]] (b. 1201) *[[1275]] – [[Lorenzo Tiepolo]], Doge of Venice *[[1328]] – [[Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)|Yesün Temür]], emperor of the [[Yuan dynasty]] (b. 1293) *[[1369]] – [[Philippa of Hainault]], Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314) *[[1388]] – [[Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemian]] theologian and rector of the [[University of Paris]] (b. circa 1320) *[[1399]] – [[Ide Pedersdatter Falk]], Danish noblewoman (b. 1358) *[[1496]] – [[Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile|Infanta Isabella of Portugal]], Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428) *[[1506]] – [[Alexander Agricola]], Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Wegman |first1=Rob C. |last2=Fitch |first2=Fabrice |last3=Lerner |first3=Edward R. |title=Agricola [Ackerman], Alexander |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.52210}}</ref> *[[1507]] – [[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (b. 1439) *[[1528]] – [[Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec]], French general (b. 1485) *[[1552]] – [[Hermann of Wied]], German archbishop (b. 1477) *[[1594]] – [[Thomas Kyd]], English playwright (b. 1558) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[John Barclay (poet)|John Barclay]], Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Royan |first1=Nicola |title=Barclay, John (1582–1621), writer |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1342}}</ref> *[[1666]] – [[Johann Adam Schall von Bell]], German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacDonnell |first1=Joseph F. |chapter=Schall von Bell, Johann Adam |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=1017–1018 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1225|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}</ref> *[[1714]] – [[Constantin Brâncoveanu]], Romanian prince (b. 1654) *[[1728]] – [[Marin Marais]], French viol player and composer (b. 1656)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Gorce |first1=Jérôme De La |last2=Milliot |first2=Sylvette |title=Marais, Marin |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17702}}</ref> *[[1758]] – [[Pierre Bouguer]], French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Débarbat |first1=Suzanne |chapter=Bouguer, Pierre |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=154–155 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_186|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Giuseppe Parini]], Italian poet and author (b. 1729) *[[1844]] – [[José María Coppinger]], governor of [[East Florida|Spanish East Florida]] (b. 1733)<ref name="Cortadellas1979">{{cite book|author=Rafael Nieto y Cortadellas|title=Genealogías Habaneras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6azEkZpg7v8C|access-date=7 July 2013|date=1 January 1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04474-9|pages=214–215}}</ref> *[[1852]] – [[Johan Gadolin]], Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760) *[[1859]] – [[Nathaniel Claiborne]], American farmer and politician (b. 1777)<ref>{{CongBio |id=C000405 |name=CLAIBORNE, Nathaniel Herbert |inline=YES}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Joseph Joachim]], Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Borchard |first1=Beatrix |title=Joachim, Joseph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14322}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Euclides da Cunha]], Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866) *[[1917]] – [[Thomas J. Higgins]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1831) *[[1925]] – [[Konrad Mägi]], Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kuznetsov |first1=Sergey |title=Mägi, Konrad |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T053121}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Anatole von Hügel]], Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge]] (b. 1854) *[[1935]] – [[Wiley Post]], American pilot (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Norris |first1=Vincent P. |title=Post, Wiley (1899-1935), aviator |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2000813}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Will Rogers]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Rollins |first1=Peter C. |title=Rogers, Will (04 November 1879–15 August 1935), entertainer and social commentator |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800998}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Paul Signac]], French painter and author (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rapetti |first1=Rodolphe |title=Signac, Paul |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T078644}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Grazia Deledda]], Italian novelist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=Sharon |title=The Challenge of the Modern: Essays on Grazia Deledda |date=2007 |publisher=Troubador publ |location=Leicester |isbn=9781906221676 |page=31}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Mahadev Desai]], Indian activist and author (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Desai |first1=Narayan |title=Mahadev Desai: "Mahadev, Arise Mahadev!" |journal=Indian Literature |date=2004 |volume=48 |issue=1 (219) |pages=114–124 |jstor=23341431 |issn=0019-5804}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Korechika Anami]], Japanese general and politician, 54th [[Ministry of War of Japan|Japanese Minister of the Army]] (b. 1887) * 1945 – [[Fred Hockley]], English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923) *[[1951]] – [[Artur Schnabel]], Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Glock |first1=William |last2=Plaistow |first2=Stephen |title=Schnabel, Artur |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24970}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Ludwig Prandtl]], German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Busemann |first1=A. |title=Ludwig Prandtl, 1875-1953 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1960 |volume=5 |pages=193–205 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1960.0015}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Lei Feng]], Chinese soldier (b. 1940) *[[1967]] – [[René Magritte]], Belgian painter (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wijnbeek |first1=Anneke E. |title=Magritte, René(-François-Ghislain) |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T053159}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Paul Lukas]], Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Lukas, 1943 Oscar Winner, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/17/archives/paul-lukas-1943-oscarwinne-des.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1971}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Clay Shaw]], American businessman (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bird |first1=David |title=Clay Shaw Is Dead at 60; Freed in Kennedy 'Plot' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/16/archives/clay-shaw-is-dead-at-60-freed-in-kennedy-plot-new-orleans.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1974}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], Bangladeshi politician, 1st [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |title=Who was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? Architect of independent Bangladesh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/who-was-sheikh-mujibur-rahman-architect-of-independent-bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-protest-unrest-resignation/articleshow/112306676.cms |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=6 August 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Harun Karadeniz]], Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942) *[[1981]] – [[Carol Ryrie Brink]], American author (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bernice E.|last1=Cullinan|first2=Diane Goetz|last2=Person|title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature|location=New York|publisher=Continuum|year=2005|page=112|isbn=978-0-82641-778-7}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Jørgen Løvset]], Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896) *[[1982]] – [[Ernie Bushmiller]], American cartoonist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Daley |first1=Suzanne |title=ERNIE BUSHMILLER, 76, IS DEAD; DREW 'NANCY' FOR HALF CENTURY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/obituaries/ernie-bushmiller-76-is-dead-drew-nancy-for-half-century.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1982}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Jock Taylor]], Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news |title=Motorcyclist Dies Of Crash Injuries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/16/sports/motorcyclist-dies-of-crash-injuries.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1982}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Hugo Theorell]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dalziel |first1=Keith |title=Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell, 6 July 1903 - 15 August 1982 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1983 |volume=29 |pages=584–621 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1983.0021}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Minoru Genda]], Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=GENERAL MINORU GENDA, 84, DIES: PLANNED ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/17/obituaries/general-minoru-genda-84-dies-planned-attack-on-pearl-harbor.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1989}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos]], Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897) *[[1990]] – [[Viktor Tsoi]], Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watrous |first1=Peter |title=Viktor Tsoi, Singer And Songwriter, 28; Star of Soviet Rock |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/22/obituaries/viktor-tsoi-singer-and-songwriter-28-star-of-soviet-rock.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 August 1990}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Linda Laubenstein]], American physician and academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Linda Laubenstein, 45, Physician And Leader in Detection of AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/17/nyregion/linda-laubenstein-45-physician-and-leader-in-detection-of-aids.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1992}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Wout Wagtmans]], Dutch cyclist (b. 1929) *[[1995]] – [[John Cameron Swayze]], American journalist and actor (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=John Cameron Swayze, 89, Journalist and TV Pitchman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/obituaries/john-cameron-swayze-89-journalist-and-tv-pitchman.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1995}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Ida Gerhardt]], Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905) *[[1999]] – [[Hugh Casson]], English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Powers |first1=Alan |title=Casson, Sir Hugh |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T014611|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Lancelot Ware]], English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b. 1915)<ref name=Guardian18082000>{{Cite news|title=Obituary: Lancelot Ware|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/18/guardianobituaries|last=Barker|first=Dennis|date=18 August 2000|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Yavuz Çetin]], Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970) * 2001 – [[Richard Chelimo]], Kenyan runner (b. 1972)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Pete |title=Richard Chelimo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/29/guardianobituaries.athletics |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2001}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)|Kateryna Yushchenko]], Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Perevozchikova |first=O. L. |title=Ekaterina Logvinovna Yushchenko |journal=Cybernetics and Systems Analysis |volume=45 |number=6 | year=2009| page=843|doi=10.1007/s10559-009-9161-x |s2cid=116901283 }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Sune Bergström]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916) * 2004 – [[Amarsinh Chaudhary]], Indian politician, 8th [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cong leader Amarsinh Chaudhary dead |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cong-leader-amarsinh-chaudhary-dead/articleshow/815802.cms |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |agency=PTI |date=15 August 2004}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana]], Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rao |first1=G. Raghurama |title=Obituary-Prof. Dr. BV Satyanarayana (30-1-1927-15-8-2005). |journal=Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology |date=Nov–Dec 2005 |volume=71 |issue=6 |page=454}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Te Atairangikaahu]], New Zealand queen (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dame Te Atairangikaahu |url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2006/08/31/dame-te-atairangikaahu |access-date=14 August 2024 |newspaper=The Economist |date=31 August 2006}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Rick Bourke]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1955) * 2006 – [[Coenraad Bron]], Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937) * 2006 – [[Faas Wilkes]], Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Richard Bradshaw (conductor)|Richard Bradshaw]], English conductor and director (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Millington |first1=Barry |title=Richard Bradshaw |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/29/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=29 August 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – [[John Gofman]], American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearce |first1=Jeremy |title=John W. Gofman, 88, Scientist and Advocate for Nuclear Safety, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/us/26gofman.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=26 August 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Geoffrey Orbell]], New Zealand physician (b. 1908) * 2007 – [[Sam Pollock]], Canadian businessman (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadiens' architect Sam Pollock dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canadiens-architect-sam-pollock-dies-1.677254 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=CBC Sports |date=15 August 2007}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Vic Toweel]], South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929) * 2008 – [[Jerry Wexler]], American journalist and producer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/americas/15iht-obit.5.15340565.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=15 August 2008}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Rick Rypien]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Malcolm |last2=Labby |first2=Bryan |title=NHLer Rypien remembered at funeral |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhler-rypien-remembered-at-funeral-1.992850 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=CBC Sports |date=20 August 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Bob Birch]], American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Altamiro Carrilho]], Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]], American author and illustrator (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Harry Harrison obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/15/harry-harrison |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Rosalía Mera]], Spanish businesswoman, co-founded [[Inditex]] and [[Zara (retailer)|Zara]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eaude |first1=Michael |title=Rosalía Mera obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/aug/21/rosalia-mera |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Sławomir Mrożek]], Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Sławomir Mrozek obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/slawomir-mrozek |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Marich Man Singh Shrestha]], Nepali politician, 28th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Nepal PM Shrestha dies at age 71 |url=https://apnews.com/8cf580a64c2049f598c415b45ce33275 |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=AP News |date=15 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[August Schellenberg]], Canadian actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Uriel J.|date=2013-08-18|title=August Schellenberg, who acted in 'Free Willy' films, dies at 77|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/august-schellenberg-who-acted-in-free-willy-films-dies-at-77/2013/08/18/faa45a70-0759-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html|access-date=2021-05-07|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Licia Albanese]], Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blyth |first1=Alan |title=Licia Albanese obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/18/licia-albanese |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=18 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Julian Bond]], American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Roy |title=Julian Bond, Charismatic Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/us/julian-bond-former-naacp-chairman-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-75.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Hamid Gul]], Pakistani general (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Legg |first1=Paul |title=Hamid Gul obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/27/hamid-gul |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=27 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Gunnar Birkerts]], Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Gunnar Birkerts, Architect, Dies at 92; Gave Shape to the Unexpected |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/arts/design/architect-gunnar-birkerts-is-dead.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 2017}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Robert Trump]], American real-estate developer, business executive (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Karni|first=Annie|date=2020-08-16|title=Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/politics/robert-s-trump-dead.html|access-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819163842/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/politics/robert-s-trump-dead.html|archive-date=2020-08-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mustian|first=Jim|date=2020-08-15|title=Robert Trump, the president's brother, dead at 71|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/robert-trump-the-president-s-brother-dead-at-71-1.5066234|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-29|website=[[CTV News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816131157/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/robert-trump-the-president-s-brother-dead-at-71-1.5066234 |archive-date=2020-08-16 }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Gerd Müller]], German footballer (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|date=2021-08-15|title=Gerd Müller, 'the best striker in history,' dies at 75|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/gerd-mller-best-striker-history-dies-75-79469152|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815203244/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/gerd-mller-best-striker-history-dies-75-79469152 |archive-date=2021-08-15 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]], American game show host, performer, and singer (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2024-08-15 |title=Peter Marshall, Longtime Host of 'The Hollywood Squares,' Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815200213/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html |archive-date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *<!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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([[Tenerife]], [[Spain]]) **[[San La Muerte]] ([[Paraguay]]an [[Folk Catholicism]]) **[[Santa Muerte]] (Mexican [[Folk Catholicism]]) ** [[Tarcisius]] ** [[August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)]] * [[Founding of Asunción]] ([[Paraguay]]) * [[Gwangbokjeol|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Korea]] from [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] in 1945: ** [[Gwangbokjeol]], "Independence Day" ([[South Korea]]) ** [[Gwangbokjeol|Jogukhaebangui nal]], "Fatherland Liberation Day" ([[North Korea]]) * [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[India]] from the United Kingdom in 1947. * [[Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of the [[Republic of the Congo]] from France in 1960. * [[Public holidays in Liechtenstein|National Day]] ([[Liechtenstein]]) * [[National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)]] * The first day of [[Flooding of the Nile]], or ''Wafaa El-Nil'' ([[Egypt]] and [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]]) * The main day of [[Bon Festival]] ([[Japan]]), and its related observances: ** [[Awa Dance Festival]] ([[Tokushima Prefecture]]) * [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United Kingdom), and its related observances: ** [[Shūsen-kinenbi|End-of-war Memorial Day]], when the [[National Memorial Service for War Dead]] is held ([[Japan]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=15}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/15 |title=Historical Events on August 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 15}} [[Category:Days of August]]
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