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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1 BC]] &ndash; [[Wang Mang]] consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. [[Emperor Ai of Han]], who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* [[942]] &ndash; Start of the four-day [[Battle of al-Mada'in]], between the [[Hamdanids]] of [[Mosul]] and the Baridis of [[Basra]] over control of the [[Abbasid]] capital, [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{cite book | editor1-last = Amedroz | editor1-first = Henry F. |  editor1-link = Henry Frederick Amedroz | editor2-last = Margoliouth | editor2-first = David S. | title = The Eclipse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Original Chronicles of the Fourth Islamic Century, Vol. V: The concluding portion of The Experiences of Nations by Miskawaihi, Vol. II: Reigns of Muttaqi, Mustakfi, Muzi and Ta'i | publisher = Basil Blackwell | location = Oxford | year = 1921 | url = https://archive.org/details/eclipseofabbasid05ameduoft | pages=30–32}}</ref>
* [[963]] &ndash; [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] is crowned emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
*[[1328]] &ndash; The [[House of Gonzaga]] seizes power in the [[Duchy of Mantua]], and will rule until 1708.
*[[1513]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Spurs]] (Battle of Guinegate): King [[Henry VIII of England]] and his [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial allies]] defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oman |first=Sir Charles W. C. |year=1998 |title=History of the Art of War in the 16th Century |edition=reprint |publisher=Greenhill Books |isbn=0-947898-69-7|page=293}}</ref>
*[[1570]] &ndash; The [[Principality of Transylvania (1570-1711)|Principality of Transylvania]] is established after [[John II Zápolya]] renounces his claim as [[King of Hungary]] in the [[Treaty of Speyer (1570)|Treaty of Speyer]].<ref name="MacCulloch">Diarmaid MacCulloch, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rE7uAAAAMAAJ The Reformation], Viking, 2004, p. 443</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plymouth]]: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of [[Michiel de Ruyter]] and [[George Ayscue]] in the [[First Anglo-Dutch War]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The Americans led by General [[John Stark]] rout British and [[Duchy of Brunswick|Brunswick]] troops under [[Friedrich Baum]] at the [[Battle of Bennington]] in [[Walloomsac, New York]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: [[Battle of Camden]]: The British defeat the Americans near [[Camden, South Carolina]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] presents the petition of the [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|Commune of Paris]] to the [[Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly]], which demanded the formation of a [[Revolutionary Tribunal|revolutionary tribunal]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: A [[levée en masse]] is decreed by the [[National Convention]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: American General [[William Hull]] surrenders [[Fort Shelby (Michigan)|Fort Detroit]] [[Siege of Detroit|without a fight]] to the British Army.
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Peterloo Massacre]]: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in [[cavalry]] charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, [[Manchester]], England.
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John Tyler]] vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the [[Second Bank of the United States]]. Enraged [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] members riot outside the [[White House]] in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
*[[1844]] &ndash; Governor-general of the Philippines [[Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa|Narciso Claveria]], signs a decree to reform the country's calendar by skipping Tuesday, [[December 31]], as a solution to anomalies that had existed since [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s arrival in [[1521]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thephilippinestoday.com/claverias-reform/|title=Claveria's Reform|publisher=The Philippines Today|author=Berto|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=March 18, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; U.S. President [[James Buchanan]] inaugurates the new [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] by exchanging greetings with [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]] formally deposes the exiled [[House of Lorraine]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Restoration War]] begins when [[Gregorio Luperón]] raises the [[Flag of the Dominican Republic|Dominican flag]] in [[Santo Domingo]] after Spain had recolonized the country.
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Battle of Acosta Ñu]]: A [[Paraguay]]an battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the [[Brazilian Army]] during the [[Paraguayan War]].<ref>Hooker, T.D., 2008, The Paraguayan War, Nottingham: Foundry Books, {{ISBN|1901543153}} p. 104</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle of Mars-la-Tour]] is fought, resulting in a [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] victory.
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'', the penultimate opera in his ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring]]'' cycle, is premiered at the [[Bayreuth Festspielhaus]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2008 |title=Richard Wagner |url=http://opera.stanford.edu/Wagner/main.html |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=OperaGlass}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; The [[Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila]], the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Keish|Skookum Jim Mason]], [[George Carmack]] and [[Dawson Charlie]] discover gold in a tributary of the [[Klondike River]] in Canada, setting off the [[Klondike Gold Rush]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Elands River (1900)|Battle of Elands River]] during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The 8.2 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1906 Valparaíso earthquake|Valparaíso earthquake]] hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
*[[1913]] &ndash; Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day [[Tohoku University]]) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
*  1913   &ndash; Completion of the [[Royal Navy]] [[battlecruiser]] {{HMS|Queen Mary}}.
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Migratory Bird Treaty]] between Canada and the United States is signed.
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Lake Baikal]] was fought between the [[Czechoslovak Legion]] and the [[Red Army]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]] of the [[Cleveland Indians]] is hit on the head by a [[fastball]] thrown by [[Carl Mays]] of the [[New York Yankees]]. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a [[Major League Baseball]] game.
*  1920   &ndash; The congress of the [[Communist Party of Bukhara]] opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
*  1920   &ndash; [[Polish–Soviet War]]: The [[Battle of Radzymin (1920)|Battle of Radzymin]] concludes; the Soviet [[Red Army]] is forced to turn away from [[Warsaw]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; The United Kingdom gives the name "[[Ross Dependency]]" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]] of the [[Dominion of New Zealand]] its administrator.
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Dole Air Race]] begins from [[Oakland, California]], to [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
*[[1929]] &ndash; The [[1929 Palestine riots]] break out in [[Mandatory Palestine]] between [[Palestinians|Palestinian Arabs]] and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
*[[1930]] &ndash; The first color sound [[cartoon]], ''[[Fiddlesticks (1930 film)|Fiddlesticks]]'', is released by [[Ub Iwerks]].
*  1930   &ndash; The first [[Commonwealth Games|British Empire Games]] are opened in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], by the [[Governor General of Canada]], the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Viscount Willingdon]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Christie Pits riot]] takes place in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref>Cyril H. Levitt and William Shaffir, ''The Riot at Christie Pits'', Toronto: Lester & Orpen Denys, 1987</ref> 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Navy|US Navy]] [[L-class blimp]] [[L-8]] drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in [[Daly City, California]]. The two-man crew cannot be found.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: 317 Greek civilians are [[Massacre of Kommeno|murdered]] by soldiers of the German [[1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|1st Mountain Division]] in the village of [[Kommeno]], Greece.<ref name="Mazower">{{cite book|last=Mazower|first=Mark|chapter=Anatomy of a Massacre: 16 August 1943|title=Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941–44|year=1995|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-08923-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/insidehitlersgre00mark}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; First flight of a jet with [[forward-swept wing]]s, the [[Junkers Ju 287]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current [[National Assembly of Vietnam]], convenes in [[Sơn Dương]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Direct Action Day|Mass riots]] in [[Kolkata]] begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
*  1946   &ndash; The [[All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress]] is founded in [[Secunderabad]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' is published. 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cyprus]] gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
*  1960   &ndash; [[Joseph Kittinger]] parachutes from a balloon over [[New Mexico]], United States, at {{convert|102800|ft|m}}, setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, [[free fall]], and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: A ''[[coup d'état]]'' replaces [[Dương Văn Minh]] with General [[Nguyễn Khánh]] as President of [[South Vietnam]]. A new [[constitution]] is established with aid from the [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|U.S. Embassy]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; Vietnam War: The [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] begins investigations of Americans who have aided the [[Viet Cong]]. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
*[[1972]] &ndash; In an unsuccessful [[coup d'état]] [[1972 Moroccan coup attempt|attempt]], the [[Royal Moroccan Air Force]] fires upon [[Hassan II of Morocco]]'s plane while he is traveling back to [[Rabat]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; Australian Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] symbolically hands over land to the [[Gurindji people]] after the eight-year [[Wave Hill walk-off]], a landmark event in the history of [[Indigenous land rights in Australia]], commemorated in a 1991 song by [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]] and an annual celebration.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web | last1=Lawford | first1=Elliana | last2=Zillman | first2=Stephanie | title=Timeline: From Wave Hill protest to land handbacks | website=ABC News | date=18 August 2016 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-18/timeline-of-wave-hill-land-rights/7760300 | access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Northwest Airlines Flight 255]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82|McDonnell Douglas MD-82]], crashes after takeoff in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
*[[1989]] &ndash; A [[solar particle event]] affects computers at the [[Toronto Stock Exchange]], forcing a halt to trading.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com//article/mg12316812.400-solar-storms-halt-stock-market-as-computers-crash|title=Solar storms halt stock market as computers crash|last=Dayton|first=Leigh|date=1989-09-09|website=New Scientist|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Indian Airlines Flight 257]], a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]], crashes during approach to [[Imphal Airport]], killing all 69 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910816-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82|McDonnell Douglas MD-82]], crashes in [[Machiques]], [[Venezuela]], killing all 160 people on board.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)|Trump International Hotel and Tower]] in Chicago is topped off at {{convert|1389|ft|m}}, at the time becoming the world's highest [[Dwelling|residence]] above ground-level.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[AIRES Flight 8250]] crashes at [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport]] in [[San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia]], Colombia, killing two people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-73V (WL) HK-4682 San Andres Island-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Airport (ADZ) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100816-0 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[South African Police Service|South African police]] fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an [[Marikana miners' strike|industrial dispute]] at Marikana near [[Rustenburg]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; The ferry [[MV St. Thomas Aquinas|''St. Thomas Aquinas'']] collides with a cargo ship and sinks at [[Cebu]], [[Philippines]], killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
*[[2015]] &ndash; More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a [[2015 Douma market massacre|series of air-raids]] by the [[Syrian Arab Air Force]] on the [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|rebel]]-held market town of [[Douma, Syria|Douma]].
*  2015   &ndash; [[Trigana Air Flight 267]], an [[ATR 42]], crashes in [[Oksibil|Oksibl]], [[Bintang Mountains Regency]], killing all 54 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150816-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-300 PK-YRN Oksibil Airport (OKL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; The [[August Complex fire]] in California burns more than one million acres of land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news/tuesday-update-on-the-august-complex-fire-in-mendocino-county|title=Tuesday update on the August Complex in Mendocino County|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020|website=abc7 KRCR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/12/18/more-acres-burned-on-usfs-lands-this-year-since-1910-says-agency-chief/|title=More acres burned on USFS lands this year since 1910, says agency Chief|website=Wildfire Today|date=18 December 2020 |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1355]] &ndash; [[Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster]] (d. 1382)
*[[1378]] &ndash; [[Hongxi Emperor]] of China (d. 1425)
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut]] (d. 1436)
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Agostino Carracci]], Italian painter and etcher (d. 1602)
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany]] (d. 1637)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland]] (d. 1598)
===1601–1900===
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen]] (d. 1706)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Jean de La Bruyère]], French philosopher and author (d. 1696)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Coronelli]], Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1682-1712)|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]] (d. 1712)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Pierre Méchain]], French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Yevstigney Fomin]], Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[John Bosco]], Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Octavia Taylor]], daughter of [[Zachary Taylor]] (d. 1820)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Sara Prinsep]], British salon organiser (d. 1959)<ref name=sadrb>{{Citation |last=Dakers |first=Caroline |title=Prinsep [née Pattle], Sara Monckton (1816–1887), creator and host of the Little Holland House salon |date=2024-05-09 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000382464 |access-date=2024-11-06 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000382464 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Andrew Rainsford Wetmore]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d. 1892)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Arthur Cayley]], English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[John Chisum]], American cattle baron (d. 1884)<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas State Historical Society: Chisum, John Simpson (1824–1884) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpsom |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=11 May 2024}}https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpson</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[John Jones Ross]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1901)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Wundt]], German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Jakob Rosanes]], Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Lippmann]], Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1921)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Sukhomlinov]], Russian general (d. 1926)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[James McGowen]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1922)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Aparicio Saravia]], Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Arthur Achleitner]], German author (d. 1927)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke]], English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Jules Laforgue]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (d. 1887)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Elsie Inglis]], Scottish surgeon and suffragette (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elsie Inglis: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/i/elsieinglis.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Mary Gilmore]], Australian socialist, poet and journalist (d. 1962)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Bernarr Macfadden]], American bodybuilder and publisher, founded [[Macfadden Publications]] (d. 1955)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bilibin]], Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Roque Ruaño]], Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Désiré Mérchez]], French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Hugo Gernsback]], Luxembourger-American author and publisher (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[T. E. Lawrence]], British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (d. 1935)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Armand J. Piron]], American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Hal Foster]], Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Otto Messmer]], American cartoonist and animator, co-created ''[[Felix the Cat]]'' (d. 1983)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[George Meany]], American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Albert Cohen (novelist)|Albert Cohen]], Greek-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1981)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Liane Haid]], Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Arthur Rose Eldred]], First Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html |title=The BSA's First Eagle Scout Arthur Rose Eldred |last=Twite |first=Greg |date=February 2005 |website=BSA's First Eagle Scout |publisher=EagleScout.org |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ida Browne]], Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1 |year=2000 | location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41592-039-1 |page=191}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Popular Writers|publisher=St. James Press|year=1997|isbn=9781558622166|page=197}}</ref>
*  1902  &ndash; [[Wallace Thurman]], American author and playwright (d. 1934)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Minoru Genda]], Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
*  1904 &ndash; [[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], American biochemist and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1971)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Orlando Cole]], American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
*  1908   &ndash; [[William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.]], American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Paul Callaway]], American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Gloria Blondell]], American actress (d. 1986)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Mae Clarke]], American actress (d. 1992)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[E. F. Schumacher]], German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Ted Drake]], English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Menachem Begin]], Belarusian-Israeli politician, [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite web |title=Menachem Begin {{!}} prime minister of Israel |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Menachem-Begin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Al Hibbler]], American baritone singer (d. 2001)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Iggy Katona]], American race car driver (d. 2003)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Matt Christopher]], American author (d. 1997)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Roque Cordero]], Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Karl-Heinz Euling]], German captain (d. 2014)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Charles Bukowski]], German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Bukowski {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Bukowski |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[James Casey (variety artist)|James Casey]], English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Ernie Freeman]], American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Millôr Fernandes]], Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Fess Parker]], American actor (d. 2010)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Inez Voyce]], American baseball player (d. 2022)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Willie Jones (third baseman)|Willie Jones]], American baseball player (d. 1983)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Mal Waldron]], American pianist and composer (d. 2002)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Lois Nettleton]], American actress (d. 2008)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Ann Blyth]], American actress and singer
*  1928   &ndash; [[Eydie Gormé]], American singer (d. 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Ara Güler]], Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 2018)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Eddie Kirkland]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Wyatt Tee Walker]], American pastor, theologian, and activist (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Bill Evans]], American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (d. 2003)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Fritz Von Erich]], American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Robert Culp]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Frank Gifford]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Leslie Manigat]], Haitian educator and politician, 43rd [[President of Haiti]] (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Flor Silvestre]], Mexican singer and actress (d. 2020)<ref name="border crossing" >{{cite web|title=Guillermina Jimenez-Chabolla, 'United States, Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903–1957'|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLGT-DZ5|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=30 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Reiner Kunze]], German poet and translator
*  1933   &ndash; [[Tom Maschler]], English author and publisher (d. 2020)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Julie Newmar]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Stuart Roosa]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Angela Buxton]], British tennis player (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html|title=Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Diana Wynne Jones]], English author (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana Wynne Jones {{!}} British writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-Wynne-Jones |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Douglas Kirkland]], Canadian-American photographer (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/arts/douglas-kirkland-dead.html|title=Douglas Kirkland, Who Took Portraits of Movie Stars, Dies at 88|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 9, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Ketty Lester]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Pierre Richard]], French actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1934   &ndash; [[John Standing]], English actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK4KawdOUDMC|year=1968|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=1800}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Sam Trimble]], Australian cricketer (d. 2019)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Cliff Fletcher]], Canadian businessman 
*  1935   &ndash; [[Andreas Stamatiadis]], Greek footballer and coach
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Anita Gillette]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Alan Hodgkinson]], English footballer and coach (d. 2015)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[David Anderson (British Columbia politician)|David Anderson]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
*  1937   &ndash; [[David Behrman]], American composer and producer
*  1937   &ndash; [[Ian Deans]], Canadian politician (d. 2016)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Boris Rõtov]], Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Seán Brady  (bishop)|Seán Brady]], Irish cardinal
*  1939   &ndash; [[Trevor McDonald]], Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
*  1939   &ndash; [[Billy Joe Shaver]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Eric Weissberg]], American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Bruce Beresford]], Australian director and producer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Lesley Turner Bowrey]], Australian tennis player
*  1942   &ndash; [[Barbara George]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Robert Squirrel Lester]], American soul singer (d. 2010) 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Woody Peoples]], American football player (d. 2010)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Kevin Ayers]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Bob Balaban]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Russell Brookes]], English race car driver (d. 2019)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Suzanne Farrell]], American ballerina and educator<ref name="AP"/>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Gary Loizzo]], American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Nigel Terry]], British stage and film actor (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nigel Terry, actor – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 May 2015|access-date=18 August 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11592626/Nigel-Terry-actor-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11592626/Nigel-Terry-actor-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Masoud Barzani]], Iranian-Kurdish politician, [[President of Iraqi Kurdistan]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Lesley Ann Warren]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Carol Moseley Braun]], American lawyer and politician, [[United States Ambassador to New Zealand]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Katharine Hamnett]], English fashion designer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Earl Blumenauer]], American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
*  1948   &ndash; [[Barry Hay]], Indian-born Dutch rock musician
*  1948   &ndash; [[Mike Jorgensen]], American baseball player and manager
*  1948   &ndash; [[Pierre Reid]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Joey Spampinato]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Scott Asheton]], American drummer (d. 2014)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Paul Pasqualoni]], American football player and coach
*  1949   &ndash; [[Bill Spooner]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Hasely Crawford]], Trinidadian runner
*  1950   &ndash; [[Marshall Manesh]], Iranian-American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jeff Thomson]], Australian cricketer
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]], Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th [[President of Nigeria]] (d. 2010)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Reginald VelJohnson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kathie Lee Gifford]], American talk show host, singer, and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1953   &ndash; [[James "J.T." Taylor]], American R&B singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[James Cameron]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1954   &ndash; [[George Galloway]], Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Jeff Perry (American actor)|Jeff Perry]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[James Reilly (Irish politician)|James Reilly]], Irish surgeon and politician, [[Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Minister for Children and Youth Affairs]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Vahan Hovhannisyan]], Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Laura Innes]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1957   &ndash; [[R. R. Patil]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2015)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Madonna]], American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morley |first1=Paul |title=Madonna and Prince hit 50 this year. No need not to celebrate, says Paul Morley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/16/features.musicmonthly23 |website=The Observer |access-date=28 June 2020 |date=16 March 2008}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Angela Bassett]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Anne L'Huillier]], French physicist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne L'Huillier – Facts |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2023/lhuillier/facts/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[José Luis Clerc]], Argentinian tennis player and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Marc Sergeant]], Belgian cyclist and manager
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Rosita Baltazar]], Belizean choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor (d. 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/iconic-belizean-dancer-rosita-baltazar-55-laid-rest-friday/|title=Iconic Belizean dancer, Rosita Baltazar, 55, to be laid to rest Friday|date=2015-07-10|website=Amandala Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Timothy Hutton]], American actor, producer and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Franz Welser-Möst]], Austrian-American conductor and director
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Christian Okoye]], American football player
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Steve Carell]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Aloísio Pires Alves]], Brazilian footballer and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[Christine Cavanaugh]], American voice artist (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayward, Anthony |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Christine Cavanaugh: Voice Actor Behind the Eponymous Pig in "Babe" and the Worrisome Toddler Chuckie in "Rugrats" |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/christine-cavanaugh-voice-actor-behind-the-enponymous-pig-in-babe-and-the-worrisome-chuckie-9957883.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Arias]], American tennis player and sportscaster
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Eddie Olczyk]], American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Mark Coyne (rugby league)|Mark Coyne]], Australian rugby league player
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ulrika Jonsson]], Swedish journalist, actress, and author
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Arvind Kejriwal]], Indian civil servant and politician, 7th [[Chief Minister of Delhi]]
*  1968   &ndash; [[Andy Milder]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Mateja Svet]], Slovenian skier
*  1968   &ndash; [[Wolfgang Tillmans]], German photographer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Bernstein]], American journalist and sportscaster
*  1970   &ndash; [[Manisha Koirala]], Nepalese actress in Indian films
*  1970   &ndash; [[Seth Peterson]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Stefan Klos]], German footballer 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Stan Lazaridis]], Australian footballer<ref>{{NFT player|id=444}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Emily Strayer]], American singer and musician<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]], Guyanese cricketer<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = Steven | title = The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012 | publisher = Bloomsbury Pub | location = London | year = 2011 | isbn = 9781408165300 | page=34}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Didier Cuche]], Swiss skier<ref>{{Citation|title=Behind the scenes with Didier Cuche {{!}} FIS Alpine|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/videos/2021/8/behind-the-scenes-with-didier-cuche-fis-alpine-KW8C1z4Hvqw|language=en|access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Didier CUCHE|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/didier-cuche|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Krisztina Egerszegi]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1063728/krisztina-egerszegi/profile|title=Krisztina Egerszegi profile|website=FINA|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Iván Hurtado]], Ecuadorian footballer and politician<ref>{{NFT|2038}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ryan Longwell]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Longwell |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1328 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Didier Agathe]], French footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jonatan Johansson (footballer)|Jonatan Johansson]], Finnish footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{NFT player|id=2372}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[George Stults]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Taika Waititi]], New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with 'Boy' writer/director/actor Taika – YTread |url=https://youtuberead.com/interview-boy-writer-director-actor-taika-waititi |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=youtuberead.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Paul Gallacher]], Scottish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ian Moran (cricketer)|Ian Moran]], Australian cricketer 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vanessa Carlton]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 16, 2022 includes celebrities James Cameron, Steve Carell |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-16-2022-includes-celebrities-james-cameron-steve-carell.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=16 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Bob Hardy (bassist)|Bob Hardy]], English bass player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Emerson Ramos Borges]], Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Piet Rooijakkers]], Dutch cyclist 
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Roque Santa Cruz]], Paraguayan footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cam Gigandet]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Joleon Lescott]], English footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Nikolaos Zisis]], Greek basketball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Matteo Anesi]], Italian speed skater
*  1984   &ndash; [[Candice Dupree]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Candice Dupree at the EuroLeague Women 2018–19 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/18-19/player/Candice-Dupree |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Konstantin Vassiljev]], Estonian footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Cristin Milioti]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Yu Darvish]], Japanese baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Martín Maldonado]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martín Maldonado |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/martin-maldonado-455117 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Shawn Pyfrom]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Carey Price]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Carey Price {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/carey-price |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Eri Kitamura]], Japanese voice actress and singer.<ref name="doi1">{{Cite web |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |title=Kitamura Eri |work=Seiyuu Database |access-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406075638/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Ismaïl Aissati]], Moroccan footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ryan Kerrigan]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Kerrigan |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13973/ryan-kerrigan |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Rumer Willis]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cedric Alexander]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Cedric Alexander |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17598489/wwe-profile-page-cedric-alexander |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 August 2023 |date=20 December 2020}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Wang Hao (racewalker)|Wang Hao]], Chinese race walker
*  1989   &ndash; [[Moussa Sissoko]], French footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Godfrey Oboabona]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[José Eduardo de Araújo]], Brazilian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Evanna Lynch]], Irish actress<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6890000/newsid_6896300/6896311.stm|title=Harry Potter Actors: Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)|date=12 July 2007|work=[[Newsround|CBBC Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Young Thug]], American rapper, singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dailyrapfacts.com/15101/young-thug-announcing-slime-language-2/ |title=Young Thug deleted tweet announcing 'Slime Language 2,' August 16 |website=Daily Rap Facts |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Diego Schwartzman]], Argentinian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Diego Schwartzman  |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2324&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=EN}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Cameron Monaghan]], American actor and model<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in History |work=The Associated Press|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|url=http://www.ledger.news/news/today-in-history-august/article_87772480-a13a-11e8-b210-8fe911193901.html}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Caeleb Dressel]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Caeleb Dressel Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/caeleb-dressel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/caeleb-dressel-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Greyson Chance]], American musician<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956138/21-under-21-greyson-chance|title=21 Under 21: Greyson Chance|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=January 2, 2011}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Karen Chen]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen Chen – Olympic  |url=https://www.olympic.org/karen-chen |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |date=28 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jannik Sinner]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jannik Sinner {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 79]] &ndash; [[Empress Ma (Han dynasty)|Empress Ma]], Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40)
* [[856]] &ndash; [[Theutbald I (bishop of Langres)|Theutbald I]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres|Langres]]
* [[963]] &ndash; [[Marianos Argyros]], Byzantine general (b. 944)
*[[1027]] &ndash; [[George I of Georgia]] (b. 998)
*[[1153]] &ndash; [[Bernard de Tremelay]], fourth [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] 
*[[1225]] &ndash; [[Hōjō Masako]], Japanese regent and [[onna-bugeisha]] (b. 1156)
*[[1258]] &ndash; [[Theodore II Laskaris]], Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222)
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Count of Savoy]] (b. 1207)
*[[1297]] &ndash; [[John II of Trebizond]] (b. 1262)
*[[1327]] &ndash; [[Saint Roch|Roch]], French saint (b. 1295)
*[[1339]] &ndash; [[Azzone Visconti]], founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)
*[[1358]] &ndash; [[Albert II, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1298)
*[[1419]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia]] (b. 1361)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1434)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Silva]], Dominican nun<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concepcionistastoledo.org/Santa%20Beatriz.htm|title=Santa Beatriz de Silva: Aprobación de la Orden|work=Orden de la Inmaculada Concepción, Casa Madre OIC de Toledo|language=es|access-date=2018-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814010054/http://concepcionistastoledo.org/Santa%20Beatriz.htm|archive-date=2015-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1518]] &ndash; [[Loyset Compère]], French composer (b. 1445)
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[John, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1468)
===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Thomas Fuller]], English historian and author (b. 1608)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Andrew Marvell]], English poet and author (b. 1621)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Jacob Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Matthew Tindal]], English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec]], French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Marc-Antoine Parseval]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Henry Colburn]], English publisher (b. 1785)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Ranavalona I]], Queen consort of [[Kingdom of Madagascar]] and then sovereign (b. 1778)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKtBAAAAIAAJ|title=Madagascar: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island and Its Former Dependencies|date=1886|publisher=Macmillan|pages=87}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Richard Upjohn]], English-American architect (b. 1802)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]], Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Webster Paulson]], English civil engineer (b. 1837)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[John Pemberton]], American pharmacist and chemist, invented [[Coca-Cola]] (b. 1831)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Jean-Martin Charcot]], French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Robert Bunsen]], German chemist and academic (b. 1811)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Roscoe, Henry |author-link=Henry Roscoe (chemist) |title=Bunsen Memorial Lecture |journal=Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions |date=1900 |volume=77 |pages=513 |doi=10.1039/CT9007700513|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1874777 }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[José Maria de Eça de Queirós]], Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Prentiss Ingraham]], American soldier and author (b. 1843)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Patrick Francis Moran]], Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Carl Theodor Schulz]], German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[George Scott (footballer, born 1885)|George Scott]], English footballer (b. 1885)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Henry Daglish]], Australian politician, [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbney |first1=H. J. |title=Henry Daglish (1866–1920) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/daglish-henry-5862 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Peter I of Serbia]] (b. 1844)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Andrej Hlinka]], Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Robert Johnson (guitarist)|Robert Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Takijirō Ōnishi]], Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Babe Ruth]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Margaret Mitchell]], American journalist and author (b. 1900)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Lydia Field Emmet]], American painter and academic (b. 1866)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Bela Lugosi]], Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Irving Langmuir]], American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1881)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Jacob M. Lomakin]], Soviet Consul General in New York City,  journalist and economist (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/18/archives/jacob-m-lomakin-soviet-aide-dies-official-at-peiping-embassy-was.html |title=Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Aide, Dies Official at Peiping Embassy Was Consul Here in 1948 During Kasenkina Case |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 1958 |access-date=23 August 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[William Halsey, Jr.]], American admiral (b. 1882)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Wanda Landowska]], Polish-French [[harpsichord]] player (b. 1879)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)|Abdul Haq]], Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Joan Eardley]], British artist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=40309 |title=Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Spyros Skouras]], Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Selman Waksman]], Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]], American singer and actor  (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Michael |last2=Rumble |first2=John |last3=Kingsbury |first3=Paul |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-992083-9 |page=420 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PA420 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer]], Dutch soldier and politician, [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (b. 1888)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[John Diefenbaker]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1895)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Earl Averill]], American baseball player (b. 1902)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Duško Radović]], Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Aird]], English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jaime Sáenz]], Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Amanda Blake]], American actress (b. 1929)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]], New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Luigi Zampa]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mark Heard]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Stewart Granger]], English-American actor (b. 1913)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], Pakistani musician and [[Qawwali]] singer (b. 1948)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (b. 1914)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ahmadullah |first1=Hafez |title=মাশায়েখে চাটগাম |last2=Qadir |first2=Ridwanul |publisher=Ahmad Publication |year=2018 |isbn=978-984-92106-4-1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=162–185|language=bn |trans-title=Mashayekh-e Chatgam}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Phil Leeds]], American actor (b. 1916)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Dorothy West]], American journalist and author (b. 1907)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Abu Nidal]], Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Jeff Corey]], American actor (b. 1914)
*  2002   &ndash; [[John Roseboro]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Idi Amin]], Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd [[President of Uganda]] (b. 1928)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ivan Hlinka]], Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Balanadarajah Iyer]], Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Carl Mydans]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Robert Quiroga]], American boxer (b. 1969)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Vassar Clements]], American fiddler (b. 1928)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Tonino Delli Colli]], Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
*  2005   &ndash; [[William Corlett]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Frère Roger]], Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Alfredo Stroessner]], Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th [[President of Paraguay]] (b. 1912)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bahaedin Adab]], Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Dorival Caymmi]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ronnie Drew]], Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubliners-singer-ronnie-drew-dies-at-73-1.827387 |title=Dubliners singer Ronnie Drew dies at 73 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=16 August 2008 |access-date=23 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806165922/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubliners-singer-ronnie-drew-dies-at-73-1.827387 |archive-date=2020-08-06 }}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Masanobu Fukuoka]], Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]], Greek general (b. 1923)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Mihri Belli]], Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco]] (b. 1954)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Martine Franck]], Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Abune Paulos]], Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
*  2012   &ndash; [[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]], American actor (b. 1923)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[David Rees (mathematician)|David Rees]], Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Patrick Aziza]], Nigerian general and politician, [[List of Governors of Kebbi State|Governor of Kebbi State]] (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godwin |first=Ameh Comrade |date=2014-08-16 |title=Urhobo Union leader, General Patrick Aziza dies at 67 |url=https://dailypost.ng/2014/08/16/urhobo-union-leader-aziza-dies-67/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Vsevolod Nestayko]], Ukrainian author (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-31 |title=Beloved Ukrainian Children's Author Vsevolod Nestayko Would Be 89 |url=https://uatv.ua/en/vsevolod-nestayko-urns-89/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Freedom |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Mario Oriani-Ambrosini]], Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-16 |title=IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini dies |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-16-ifp-mp-mario-oriani-ambrosini-dies/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Peter Scholl-Latour]], German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middle East analyst dies – DW – 08/16/2014 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-middle-east-analyst-scholl-latour-dies/a-17858529 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Jacob Bekenstein]], Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-21 |title=Jacob Bekenstein, Physicist Who Revolutionized Theory of Black Holes, Dies at 68 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/science/space/jacob-bekenstein-physicist-who-revolutionized-theory-of-black-holes-dies-at-68.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis }}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Anna Kashfi]], British actress (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-25 |title=Anna Kashfi, Actress Who Was Brando's First Wife, Dies at 80 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/movies/anna-kashfi-actress-who-was-brandos-first-wife-dies-at-80.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce }}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Shuja Khanzada]], Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-16 |title=Punjab minister Shuja Khanzada killed in Pakistan blast |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33952413 |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Mile Mrkšić]], Serb general (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-18 |title=Mile Mrksic, a Serb Army Officer Convicted of War Crimes, Dies at 68 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/world/europe/mile-mrksic-a-serb-army-officer-convicted-of-war-crimes-dies-at-68.html |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[João Havelange]], Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ex-Fifa president Havelange dies at 100 |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37097423 |access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[John McLaughlin (host)|John McLaughlin]], American television personality (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-16 |title=Legendary Talk Show Host John McLaughlin Dies |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legendary-talk-show-host-john-mclaughlin-dies-n632131 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Aretha Franklin]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/entertainment/aretha-franklin-dead/index.html|title=Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died|newspaper=CNN|date=16 August 2018 |department=Obituraries|access-date=2020-01-28 }}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], Indian poet and 12th [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Modi Pays Last Respects to Atal Bihari Vajpayee at His Residence, Says Lost a Father Figure{{!}} Live Updates |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/modi-pays-last-respects-to-atal-bihari-vajpayee-at-his-residence-says-lost-a-father-figure-live-updates-1845937.html |website=news18.com |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Wakako Yamauchi]], American-Japanese writer (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 2018 |department=Obituraries|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Peter Fonda]], American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2019|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-storyl|title=Peter Fonda, star of Easy Rider, dies aged 79|website=BBC News|department=Obituraries|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]], Canadian-British animator (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haring|first=Bruce|date=2019-08-17|title=Richard Williams Dies: Animator For "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Was 86|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/richard-williams-dies-who-framed-roger-rabbit-1202670528/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Sean Lock]], English comedian and actor (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Marcus |date=2021-08-18 |title=Sean Lock, British comedian and '8 Out of 10 Cats' star, dies at 58 |url=https://ew.com/tv/sean-lock-dead-british-comedian-dies-58/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819124246/https://ew.com/tv/sean-lock-dead-british-comedian-dies-58/ |archive-date=2021-08-19 |access-date=2021-08-20}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Howard S. Becker]], American sociologist (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Un très grand sociologue nous quitte. Bye Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) |trans-title=A very great sociologist is leaving us. Bye Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) |url=https://twitter.com/afs_socio/status/1692093102150897935?s=20 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Twitter |language=fr}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Bennington Battle Day]] ([[Vermont|Vermont, United States]])
*[[Children's Day (Paraguay)]]
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Ana Petra Pérez Florido]]
** [[Saint Armel|Armel (Armagillus)]]
** [[Saint Diomedes|Diomedes of Tarsus]]
**[[Saint Roch|Roch]]
**[[Stephen I of Hungary]]
**Translation of the [[Image of Edessa|Acheiropoietos icon]] from Edessa to Constantinople. ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
**[[August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Gozan no Okuribi]] ([[Kyoto]], [[Japan]])
*[[National Airborne Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)]]
*The first day of the [[Public holidays in Gabon|Independence Days]], celebrates the independence of [[Gabon]] from France in 1960.
*[[Xicolatada]] ([[Palau-de-Cerdagne]], France)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/16 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
*{{NYT On this day|month=08|day=16}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/16 |title=Historical Events on August 16 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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