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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[686]] – The [[Ummayad]] forces suffer a deceisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under [[Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar]] in the [[battle of Khazir]].<ref>{{EI2|article=Al-Khazir|volume=4|page=1186}}</ref> *[[1284]] – The [[Republic of Pisa]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Meloria (1284)|Battle of Meloria]] by the [[Republic of Genoa]], thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.<ref>{{cite book|author=Maurice Keen|title=Medieval Warfare: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPeWPiUc-4QC&pg=PA309|date=1999|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-164738-3|pages=309}}</ref> *[[1538]] – [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], is founded by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Enzo Carli|title=Pre-conquest Goldsmiths' Work of Colombia in the Museo Del Oro, Bogotá|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CP5rAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=London; Milano printed|page=10}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1661]] – The [[Treaty of The Hague (1661)|Treaty of The Hague]] is signed by Portugal and the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan H. Verzijl|title=International Law in Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPKRmSk_8PsC&pg=PA493|date= 1972|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-286-0022-1|pages=493}}</ref> *[[1777]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The bloody [[Battle of Oriskany]] prevents American relief of the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=US Army Military History Research Collection|author2=Joyce L. Eakin|title=Colonial America and the War for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmPLVUtqnWIC&pg=PA105|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Army Military History Research Collection|pages=105}}</ref> *[[1787]] – Sixty proof sheets of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]] are delivered to the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. *[[1806]] – [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Craig M. White|title=The Great German Nation: Origins and Destiny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXPz0dzGjf0C&pg=PA144|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4343-2549-5|pages=144|publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Norwich University]] is founded in [[Vermont]] as the first private military school in the United States. *[[1824]] – [[Peruvian War of Independence]]: Patriot forces led by [[Simón Bolívar]] defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the [[Battle of Junín]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |pages=90–91 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref> *[[1825]] – The [[Bolivian Declaration of Independence]] is proclaimed. *[[1861]] – Britain imposes the [[Lagos Treaty of Cession]] to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] {{Ship|CSS|Arkansas}} is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering catastrophic engine failure near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. *[[1870]] – [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle of Spicheren]] is fought, resulting in a German victory. * 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The [[Battle of Wörth]] results in a decisive German victory. *[[1890]] – At [[Auburn Correctional Facility|Auburn Prison]] in New York, murderer [[William Kemmler]] becomes the first person to be [[Capital punishment|executed]] by [[electric chair]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Kiowa]] land in [[Oklahoma]] is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous [[Indian reservation|reservation]]. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: [[U-boat campaign]]: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German [[U-boat]]s leave their base in [[Heligoland]] to attack [[Royal Navy]] warships in the [[North Sea]]. * 1914 – World War I: [[Serbia]] declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia. *[[1915]] – World War I: [[Battle of Sari Bair]]: The [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at [[Suvla|Suvla Bay]]. *[[1917]] – World War I: [[Battle of Mărășești]] between the [[Romania]]n and German armies begins. *[[1926]] – [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim across the [[English Channel]]. *[[1926]] – First public screening using the [[Vitaphone]] process<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Thompson |last2=Bordwell |last3=Smith |first1=Kristin |first2=David |first3=Jeff |title=Film History: An Introduction |publisher=McGrawHill |year=2022 |edition=5th |pages=170}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Estonia]] is annexed by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Aklaev1993">{{cite book|author=Airat R. Aklaev|title=Ethnic Conflicts in the Former USSR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsQHAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Peace Research Institute|page=63}}</ref> *[[1942]] – Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the [[United States Congress]]. *[[1944]] – The [[Warsaw Uprising]] occurs on [[August 1]]. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the [[Kraków Uprising (1944)|Kraków Uprising]], that was planned but never carried out. *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: [[Hiroshima]], Japan is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when the [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] "[[Little Boy]]" is dropped by the United States [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] ''[[Enola Gay]]''. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and [[Acute radiation syndrome|radiation poisoning]]. *[[1956]] – After going bankrupt in [[1955]], the American broadcaster [[DuMont Television Network]] makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from [[St. Nicholas Rink|St. Nicholas Arena]] in New York in the ''[[Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena]]'' series. *[[1958]] – [[Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy]], outlawing the [[Communist Party of Chile]] and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,<ref>Adam Feinstein, ''Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=cakCaq8pKCsC url]</ref> is repealed in Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=178249&idVersion=1958-08-06|title=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | Ley Chile}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Cuba]] nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation. *[[1962]] – [[Jamaica]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |title=JAMAICA ERLANGT ONAFHANKELIJKHEID |url=https://www.dloc.com/UF00101447/07770/pdf |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=Amigoe di Curacao |issue=11095 |date=6 August 1962 |page=8 |language=Dutch}}</ref> *[[1965]] – US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] into law. *[[1986]] – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the [[New South Wales]] coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on [[Sydney|Sydney, New South Wales]], Australia. *[[1990]] – [[Gulf War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] orders a global [[Embargo|trade embargo]] against [[Iraq]] in response to Iraq's invasion of [[Kuwait]]. *[[1991]] – [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the [[World Wide Web]]. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the [[Internet]]. * 1991 – [[Takako Doi]], chair of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]], becomes Japan's first female speaker of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]. *[[1996]] – [[NASA]] announces that the [[Allan Hills 84001|ALH 84001]] meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms. *[[1997]] – [[Korean Air Flight 801]] crashed at [[Nimitz Hill (geography)|Nimitz Hill]], [[Guam]], killing 229 of the 254 people on board.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 13, 2000|title=Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0001.pdf|access-date=October 19, 2015|website=ntsb.gov|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|location=Washington D.C.|id=NTSB/AAR-00/01}}</ref><!--Resulted in notable deaths--> *[[2001]] – [[Erwadi fire incident]]: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at [[Erwadi]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bearak |first1=Barry |author1-link=Barry Bearak |title=25 Inmates Die, Tied to Poles, In Fire in India In Mental Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/07/world/25-inmates-die-tied-to-poles-in-fire-in-india-in-mental-home.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 August 2001}}</ref> *[[2008]] – A military junta led by [[Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz]] stages a [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Mauritania]], overthrowing president [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]]. *[[2010]] – [[2010 Ladakh floods|Flash floods]] across a large part of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people. *[[2011]] – [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]: [[2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan|A United States military helicopter is shot down]], killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan. *[[2012]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'' rover]] [[Mars Science Laboratory|lands]] on the surface of [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Curiosity Has Landed |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/20060/curiosity-has-landed/ |website=NASA Mars Exploration |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2015]] – A [[2015 Abha mosque bombing|suicide bomb attack]] kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of [[Abha]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |first1=Kareem |title=Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/06/suicide-bomber-attacks-mosque-in-saudi-arabia |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 August 2015}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1180]] – [[Emperor Go-Toba]] of Japan (d. 1239) *[[1504]] – [[Matthew Parker]], English archbishop (d. 1575) *[[1572]] – [[Fakhr-al-Din II]], Druze emir (d. 1635) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]], English lawyer (d. 1675) *[[1609]] – [[Richard Bennett (governor)|Richard Bennett]], English-American politician, [[Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (d. 1675) *[[1619]] – [[Barbara Strozzi]], Italian composer and singer-songwriter (d. 1677)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the American Musicological Society: Volume XXXi 1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EdWi3WCNdQC|year=1978|page=241}}</ref> *[[1622]] – [[Tjerk Hiddes de Vries]], Dutch admiral (d. 1666) *[[1638]] – [[Nicolas Malebranche]], French priest and philosopher (d. 1715) *[[1644]] – [[Louise de La Vallière]], French mistress of [[Louis XIV of France]] (d. 1710)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexandre Dumas|title=Louise de la Vallière|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE7kE4psOFEC&pg=PT1146|date=21 May 1998|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-161110-0|pages=1146}}</ref> *[[1651]] – [[François Fénelon]], French archbishop and poet (d. 1715) *[[1656]] – [[Claude de Forbin]], French general (d. 1733) *[[1666]] – [[Maria Sophia of Neuburg]] (d. 1699) *[[1667]] – [[Johann Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician (d. 1748) *[[1697]] – [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1745) *[[1715]] – [[Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues]], French author (d. 1747) *[[1765]] – [[Petros Mavromichalis]], Greek general and politician, 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1848) *[[1766]] – [[William Hyde Wollaston]], English chemist and physicist (d. 1828) *[[1768]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French general and politician (d. 1813) *[[1775]] – [[Daniel O'Connell]], Irish lawyer and politician, [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] (d. 1847) *[[1809]] – [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], English poet (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Turner|title=Tennyson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qTTxowHbrkC&pg=PA3|year=1976|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=3}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Thomas Alexander Browne]], English-Australian author (d. 1915) *[[1835]] – [[Hjalmar Kiærskou]], Danish botanist (d. 1900) *[[1844]] – [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA39 |language=en}}</ref> * 1844 – [[James Henry Greathead]], South African-English engineer (d. 1896) *[[1848]] – [[Susie Taylor]], American writer and first black Army nurse (d. 1912)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackpast.org/aah/taylor-susan-susie-baker-king-1848-1912|title=Taylor, Susan (Susie) Baker King (1848-1912) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|website=blackpast.org|date=26 February 2007 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[Anna Haining Bates]], Canadian-American giant (d. 1888) *[[1868]] – [[Paul Claudel]], French poet and playwright (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Flower|title=Historical Dictionary of French Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kd6tAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA141|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7945-4|pages=141}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Charles Fort]], American author (d. 1932) *[[1877]] – [[Wallace H. White Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1952) *[[1880]] – [[Hans Moser (actor)|Hans Moser]], Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964) *[[1881]] – [[Leo Carrillo]], American actor (d. 1961) * 1881 – [[Alexander Fleming]], Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Fleming | Biography, Education, Discovery, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Fleming |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1881 – [[Louella Parsons]], American journalist (d. 1972) *[[1883]] – [[Constance Georgina Adams]], South African botanist (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book |last=Rall |first=Maureen |title=Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years| location=Kimberley, South Africa |publisher=Kimberley Africana Library |year=2002 |page=117 |isbn=978-0-62027-613-9}}</ref> * 1883 – [[Scott Nearing]], American economist and educator (d. 1983) *[[1886]] – [[Edward Ballantine]], American composer and academic (d. 1971) *[[1887]] – [[Dudley Benjafield]], English racing driver (d. 1957) *[[1889]] – [[George Kenney]], Canadian-American general (d. 1977) * 1889 – [[John Middleton Murry]], English poet and author (d. 1957) *[[1891]] – [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim]], English field marshal and politician, 13th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (d. 1970) *[[1895]] – [[Frank Nicklin]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1978) *[[1900]] – [[Cecil Howard Green]], English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded [[Texas Instruments]] (d. 2003) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Dutch Schultz]], American gangster (d. 1935) *[[1903]] – [[Virginia Foster Durr]], American civil rights activist (d. 1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1574|title=Virginia Foster Durr|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Jean Dessès]], Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970) * 1904 – [[Henry Iba]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1993) *[[1906]] – [[Vic Dickenson]], American trombonist (d. 1984) *[[1908]] – [[Maria Ludwika Bernhard]], Polish [[classical archaeologist]] and a member of WWII Polish resistance (d. 1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Bernhard_Maria%20Ludwika.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Bernhard_Maria%20Ludwika.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Maria Ludwika Bernhard|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Helen Jacobs]], American tennis player and commander (d. 1997) * 1908 – [[Lajos Vajda]], Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941) *[[1909]] – [[Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle]] (d. 2013) *[[1910]] – [[Adoniran Barbosa]], Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (d. 1982) * 1910 – [[Charles Crichton]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) *[[1911]] – [[Lucille Ball]], American actress, television producer and businesswoman (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucille Ball |url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucille-ball |website=National Women's History Museum |access-date=2 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1911 – [[Norman Gordon]], South African cricketer (d. 2014) * 1911 – [[Constance Heaven]], English author and actress (d. 1995) *[[1912]] – [[Richard C. Miller]], American photographer (d. 2010) *[[1914]] – [[Gordon Freeth]], Australian lawyer and politician, 24th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (d. 2001) *[[1916]] – [[Richard Hofstadter]], American historian and academic (d. 1970) * 1916 – [[Dom Mintoff]], Maltese journalist and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (d. 2012) *[[1917]] – [[Barbara Cooney]], American author and illustrator (d. 2000) * 1917 – [[Robert Mitchum]], American actor (d. 1997) *[[1918]] – [[Norman Granz]], American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001) *[[1919]] – [[Pauline Betz]], American tennis player (d. 2011) *[[1920]] – [[John Graves (author)|John Graves]], American author (d. 2013) * 1920 – [[Ella Raines]], American actress (d. 1988) *[[1922]] – [[Freddie Laker]], English businessman, founded [[Laker Airways]] (d. 2006) * 1922 – [[Dan Walker (politician)|Dan Walker]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[Governor of Illinois]] (d. 2015) *[[1923]] – [[Jess Collins]], American painter (d. 2004) * 1923 – [[Paul Hellyer]], Canadian engineer and politician, 16th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Defence]] (d. 2021) *[[1924]] – [[Samuel Bowers]], American [[White supremacy|white supremacist]], co-founded the [[White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] (d. 2006) *1924 – [[Ella Jenkins]], American folk singer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peed |first=Mike |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Ella Jenkins, Musician Who Found an Audience in Children, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/obituaries/ella-jenkins-dead.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Elisabeth Beresford]], English journalist and author (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elisabeth-beresford-children-s-author-who-created-the-wombles-2174490.html |website=The Independent |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en |date=3 January 2011}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Frank Finlay]], English actor (d. 2016) * 1926 – [[Clem Labine]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2007) * 1926 – [[János Rózsás]], Hungarian author (d. 2012) * 1926 – [[Norman Wexler]], American screenwriter (d. 1999) *[[1928]] – [[Herb Moford]], American baseball player (d. 2005) * 1928 – [[Andy Warhol]], American painter, photographer and film director (d. 1987) *[[1929]] – [[Mike Elliott (saxophonist)|Mike Elliott]], Jamaican saxophonist * 1929 – [[Roch La Salle]], Canadian politician, 42nd [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Public Works]] (d. 2007) *[[1930]] – [[Abbey Lincoln]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010) *[[1931]] – [[Chalmers Johnson]], American scholar and author (d. 2010) *[[1932]] – [[Michael Deeley]], English screenwriter and producer * 1932 – [[Howard Hodgkin]], English painter (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNay |first1=Michael |title=Sir Howard Hodgkin obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/09/sir-howard-hodgkin-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=9 March 2017}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Wood obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/07/charles-wood-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en |date=7 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[A. G. Kripal Singh]], Indian cricketer (d. 1987) *[[1934]] – [[Piers Anthony]], English-American soldier and author * 1934 – [[Chris Bonington]], English mountaineer and author * 1934 – [[Billy Boston]], Welsh rugby player and soldier *[[1935]] – [[Fortunato Baldelli]], Italian cardinal (d. 2012) * 1935 – [[Octavio Getino]], Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012) *[[1937]] – [[Baden Powell de Aquino]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000) * 1937 – [[Charlie Haden]], American bassist and composer (d. 2014) * 1937 – [[Barbara Windsor]], English actress (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dame Barbara Windsor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24954672 |website=BBC News |access-date=11 December 2020 |date=11 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Paul Bartel]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000) * 1938 – [[Peter Bonerz]], American actor and director * 1938 – [[Bert Yancey]], American golfer (d. 1994) *[[1940]] – [[Mukhu Aliyev]], Russian philologist and politician, 2nd [[President of Dagestan]] * 1940 – [[Egil Kapstad]], Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017) * 1940 – [[Louise Sorel]], American actress *[[1941]] – [[Ray Culp]], American baseball player *[[1942]] – [[Byard Lancaster]], American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012) *[[1943]] – [[Jon Postel]], American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998) *[[1944]] – [[Inday Badiday]], Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003) * 1944 – [[Michael Mingos]], English chemist and academic * 1944 – [[Martin Wharton]], English bishop *[[1945]] – [[Ron Jones (television director)|Ron Jones]], English director and production manager (d. 1993) *[[1946]] – [[Allan Holdsworth]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017) *[[1947]] – [[Radhia Cousot]], French computer scientist and academic (d. 2014) *[[1949]] – [[Dino Bravo]], Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993) *[[1950]] – [[Dorian Harewood]], American actor *[[1951]] – [[Catherine Hicks]], American actress * 1951 – [[Daryl Somers]], Australian television host and singer *[[1952]] – [[Pat MacDonald (musician)|Pat MacDonald]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – [[David McLetchie]], Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013) * 1952 – [[Ton Scherpenzeel]], Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer *[[1954]] – [[Mark Hughes (rugby league, born 1954)|Mark Hughes]], English-Australian rugby league player *[[1956]] – [[Bill Emmott]], English journalist and author *[[1957]] – [[Bob Horner]], American baseball player * 1957 – [[Jim McGreevey]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[Governor of New Jersey]] * 1958 – [[Randy DeBarge]], American singer-songwriter and bass player *[[1959]] – [[Rajendra Singh (environmentalist)|Rajendra Singh]], Indian environmentalist * 1959 – [[Joyce Sims]], American singer (d. 2022)<ref name="obi">{{cite web|url=https://www.bucklandfuneralhome.com/obituary/Joyce-Sims|title=Joyce Sims August 6, 1959 ~ October 13, 2022 (age 63) Obituary|date=|accessdate=October 22, 2022|website=Buckland Funeral Home}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Dale Ellis]], American basketball player *[[1961]] – [[Mary Ann Sieghart]], English journalist and radio host<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Ann Corinna Howard SIEGHART|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/15028/Mary-Ann-Corinna-Howard-SIEGHART |website=[[Debrett's People of Today]]|accessdate=2 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140806055238/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/15028/Mary-Ann-Corinna-Howard-SIEGHART|archivedate=6 August 2014}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Michelle Yeoh]], Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac'' 2010, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 p. 75]</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Charles Ingram]], English soldier, author, and game show contestant * 1963 – [[Kevin Mitnick]], American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Traub |first1=Alex |title=Kevin Mitnick, Once the 'Most Wanted Computer Outlaw,' Dies at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/kevin-mitnick-dead-hacker.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=20 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo]], Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist *[[1965]] – [[Stéphane Peterhansel]], French racing driver * 1965 – [[Yuki Kajiura]], Japanese pianist and composer * 1965 – [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], American basketball player and lieutenant<ref>{{cite magazine |title=David Robinson's Hall of Fame Career |url=https://www.si.com/nba/2009/09/11/11david-robinsons-hall-of-fame-career |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=2 August 2020 |language=en-us |date=11 September 2009}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Jack de Gier]], Dutch footballer *[[1969]] – [[Simon Doull]], New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster * 1969 – [[Elliott Smith]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) *[[1970]] – [[M. Night Shyamalan]], Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1972]] – [[Geri Halliwell]], English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress * 1972 – [[Jason O'Mara]], Irish actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1973]] – [[Vera Farmiga]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1973 – [[Stuart O'Grady]], Australian cyclist *[[1975]] – [[Jason Crump]], English-Australian motorcycle racer * 1975 – [[Renate Götschl]], Austrian skier * 1975 – [[Víctor Zambrano]], Venezuelan baseball player *[[1976]] – [[Soleil Moon Frye]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Melissa George]], Australian-American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1977]] – [[Leandro Amaral]], Brazilian footballer * 1977 – [[Jimmy Nielsen]], Danish footballer and manager * 1977 – [[Luciano Zavagno]], Argentinian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Francesco Bellotti]], Italian cyclist * 1979 – [[Jaime Correa (footballer)|Jaime Correa]], Mexican footballer * 1979 – [[Travis Reed]], American basketball player *[[1981]] – [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 6, 2022 includes celebrities Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Yeoh |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-6-2022-includes-celebrities-leslie-odom-jr-michelle-yeoh.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=5 August 2023 |date=6 August 2022}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Diána Póth]], Hungarian figure skater *[[1983]] – [[Robin van Persie]], Dutch footballer *[[1984]] – [[Vedad Ibišević]], Bosnian footballer * 1984 – [[Maja Ognjenović]], Serbian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Maja Ognjenović |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112093 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Jesse Ryder]], New Zealand cricketer<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryder's return: Cricketer's amazing comeback from a coma |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/24904315 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Mickaël Delage]], French cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=GROUPAMA - FDJ |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/10534/1000562/231 |website=UCI |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Bafétimbi Gomis]], French footballer<ref>{{cite news |title=Newcastle agree deal for Gomis |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23556257 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Garrett Weber-Gale]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Garrett WEBER-GALE - Olympic Swimming | United States of America |url=https://www.olympic.org/garrett-weber-gale |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en |date=20 November 2016}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Raphael Pyrasch]], German rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rafael Pyrasch |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/102194.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304132445/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/102194.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Leanne Crichton]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Leanne Crichton | Scotland | Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=40664&lid=2 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Wilmer Flores]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilmer Flores |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/wilmer-flores-527038 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Jiao Liuyang]], Chinese swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Liuyang JIAO - Olympic Swimming | People's Republic of China |url=https://www.olympic.org/liuyang-jiao-1 |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en |date=25 June 2016}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Rebecca Peterson]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Peterson | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317771/rebecca-peterson |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Hunter Greene (baseball)|Hunter Greene]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hunter Greene #21 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hunter-greene-668881 |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]]}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Rebeka Masarova]], Spanish-Swiss tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebeka Masarova | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322087/rebeka-masarova |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * [[2002]] – [[Nessa Barrett]], American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nessa Barrett: 15 facts about the singer and TikTok star you should know|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/internet/nessa-barrett/|website=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|language=en}}</ref> * [[2004]] – [[Takhmina Ikromova]], Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 World Championships Result Book |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000150001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF05 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |format=PDF}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, 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=== * [[258]] – [[Pope Sixtus II]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Marianne E. Kalinke|title=The Book of Reykjahólar: The Last of the Great Medieval Legendaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhBVs4qFYTYC&pg=PA119|date=1 January 1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7814-8|pages=119}}</ref> * [[523]] – [[Pope Hormisdas]] (b. 450)<ref>{{cite book|title=The United States Catholic Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA707|year=1844|publisher=J. Murphy|pages=707}}</ref> * [[750]] – [[Marwan II]], Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688) *[[1027]] – [[Richard III, Duke of Normandy]] *[[1162]] – [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona]] (b. 1113) *[[1195]] – [[Henry the Lion]], Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gospels of Henry the Lion, Count of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria: Helmarshausen Abbey, C. 1173-1175|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWvsAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sotheby's|page=7}}</ref> *[[1221]] – [[Saint Dominic]], Spanish priest, founded the [[Dominican Order]] (b. 1170) *[[1272]] – [[Stephen V of Hungary]] (b. 1239) *[[1384]] – [[Francesco I Gattilusio|Francesco I of Lesbos]] *[[1412]] – [[Margherita of Durazzo]], Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles III |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106912/Charles-III |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> *[[1414]] – [[Ladislaus of Naples]] (b. 1377) *[[1458]] – [[Pope Callixtus III]] (b. 1378) *[[1530]] – [[Jacopo Sannazaro]], Italian poet (b. 1458) *[[1553]] – [[Girolamo Fracastoro]], Italian physician (b. 1478) *[[1588]] – [[Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]], Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578–1588) (b. 1554)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haarmann |first=Torsten |title=Das Haus Waldeck und Pyrmont. Mehr als 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolge |language=de |location=Werl |publisher=Börde-Verlag |date=2014 |series=Deutsche Fürstenhäuser |volume=Heft 35 |pages=24, 48 |isbn=978-3-981-4458-2-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hoffmeister |first=Jacob Christoph Carl |title=Historisch-genealogisches Handbuch über alle Grafen und Fürsten von Waldeck und Pyrmont seit 1228 |language=de |location=Cassel |publisher=Verlag Gustav Klaunig |date=1883 |pages=50 |url=https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-474762 }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1628]] – [[Johannes Junius]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1573) *[[1637]] – [[Ben Jonson]], English poet and playwright (b. 1572) *[[1645]] – [[Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex]], English merchant and politician (b. 1575) *[[1657]] – [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st [[Hetman of Zaporizhian Host]] (b. 1595) *[[1660]] – [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599) *[[1666]] – [[Tjerk Hiddes de Vries]], Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622) *[[1679]] – [[John Snell]], Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the [[Snell Exhibition]] (b. 1629) *[[1694]] – [[Antoine Arnauld]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612) *[[1695]] – [[François de Harlay de Champvallon]], French archbishop (b. 1625) *[[1753]] – [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]], Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711) *[[1757]] – [[Ádám Mányoki]], Hungarian painter (b. 1673) *[[1794]] – [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1714) *[[1815]] – [[James A. Bayard (elder)|James A. Bayard]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1767) *[[1828]] – [[Konstantin von Benckendorff]], Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785) *[[1850]] – [[Edward Walsh (poet)|Edward Walsh]], Irish poet (b. 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=Walsh, Edward | Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/walsh-edward-a8871 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[John Mason Neale]], English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818) *[[1881]] – [[James Springer White]], American religious leader, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Death of Elder James White. |journal=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=7 August 1881 |page=4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/117673295 |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Eduard Hanslick]], Austrian author and critic (b. 1825) *[[1906]] – [[George Waterhouse (politician)|George Waterhouse]], English-New Zealand politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060384b.htm|publisher=Australian National Biography|title=Waterhouse, George Marsden|chapter=Waterhouse, George Marsden (1824–1906) |access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier]], American physician (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/54520599 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=7 August 1915 |page=12}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite news |title=Katastrofa lotnicza. |url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200357/BibliographicResource_3000095233022 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=[[Kurier Warszawski]] |issue=217 |date=7 August 1920 |page=7 |language=Polish}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Surendranath Banerjee]], Indian academic and politician (b. 1848) * 1925 – [[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]], Italian mathematician (b. 1853) *[[1931]] – [[Bix Beiderbecke]], American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite news |title="Bix" Beiderbecke, Davenport Boy And Former Star Cornetist With Paul Whiteman, Dies in New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/302875140 |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=[[Quad-City Times|The Daily Times]] |date=7 August 1931 |pages=1–2}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Richard Bong]], American soldier and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1920)<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', among other periodicals, all carried prominent front page stories about Bong's death on August 7, 1945, despite the prevalence of the news on the first atomic bombing. "Jet plane explosion kills Major Bong, Top U.S. Ace," ''The New York Times'' (August 7, 1945), p. 1; "Major Bong, top air ace, killed in crash of Army P-80 jet-fighter," ''The Washington Post'' (August 6, 1945), p.1; "Jet plane explosion kills Maj. Bong; Ace's 'Shooting Star' blows up in test flight over north Hollywood", ''Los Angeles Times'' (August 6, 1945), p.1.</ref> * 1945 – [[Hiram Johnson]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Governor of California]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Ends Career of Sen. Johnson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380676995 |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=7 August 1945 |pages=1, 6}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Tony Lazzeri]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jordan Sprechman|author2=Bill Shannon|title=This Day in New York Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJgqTXTelsC&pg=PA219|year=1998|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-254-4|pages=219}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Betty Allan]], Australian statistician and [[biometrician]] (b. 1905)<ref>{{Citation|last=Heyde|first=C. C.|title=Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allan-frances-elizabeth-betty-9330|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Preston Sturges]], American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Preston Sturges Dies in Hotel |journal=[[Republican Herald]] |date=6 August 1959 |page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-and-herald-obituary-for-prest/70622355/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Cedric Hardwicke]], English actor and director (b. 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Ye Gongchuo]], Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite news |work=The Paper |title=纪念｜叶恭绰逝世五十周年：衣被满天下 谁能识其恩 |trans-title=Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ye Gongchuo's Death: Who Can Recognize His Kindness When His Clothes and Bedding Are All Over the World? |language=zh |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 |last=Qijie |first= |author1-mask=Qijie (奇洁) |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=24 September 2024 |archive-date=24 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924202118/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 }}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Theodor W. Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Nikos Tsiforos]], Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912) *[[1973]] – [[Fulgencio Batista]], Cuban colonel and politician, 9th [[List of Presidents of Cuba|President of Cuba]] (b. 1901) *[[1976]] – [[Gregor Piatigorsky]], Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903) *[[1978]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite news |title=Pope Paul VI who died 40 years ago underscored the centrality of man |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2018-08/pope-paul-vi-40-death-anniversary-marrazzo-postulator.html |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=Vatican News |date=6 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pope Paul VI dead |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1978/08/06/Pope-Paul-VI-dead/5081501733885/ |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=UPI |date=6 August 1978 |language=en}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Edward Durell Stone]], American architect, designed [[Radio City Music Hall]] and the [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Architect Edward Stone Is Claimed |journal=[[The Advocate-Messenger]] |date=7 August 1978 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-advocate-messenger-obituary-for-will/90112381/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911) *[[1983]] – [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944) *[[1985]] – [[Forbes Burnham]], Guyanese politician, 2nd [[President of Guyana]] (b. 1923) *[[1986]] – [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Ira C. Eaker]], American general (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=EAKER, IRA C |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgVlYWtlchIDaXJhGgFD/ |website=[[United States Army]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Gen. Ira Eaker Dies |journal=[[The Paris News]] |date=7 August 1987 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news/48709167/ |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Jacques Soustelle]], French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912) *[[1991]] – [[Shapour Bakhtiar]], Iranian soldier and politician, 74th [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Geist |first1=Dan |title='A Darker Horizon': The Assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/08/a-darker-horizon-the-assassination-of-shapour-bakhtiar.html |website=FRONTLINE |publisher=Tehran Bureau, PBS.org |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Roland Michener]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Right Honourable Daniel Roland Michener |url=https://archive.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/michener_e.asp |website=archive.gg.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Harry Reasoner]], American journalist, co-created ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Journalist Reasoner laid to rest in Iowa town where he grew up |journal=[[Dayton Daily News]] |date=13 August 1991 |page=32 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-obituary-for-harry-rea/129305341/ |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Leszek Błażyński]], Polish boxer (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kalemba |first1=Tomasz |title=Mija 20 lat od śmierci Leszka Błażyńskiego |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/boks/mija-20-lat-od-smierci-leszka-blazynskiego/jcj78g7 |website=[[Przegląd Sportowy]] |access-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208210837/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/boks/mija-20-lat-od-smierci-leszka-blazynskiego/jcj78g7 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pl |date=5 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Tex Hughson]], American baseball player (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Former All Star died in San Marcos |journal=[[New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung]] |date=8 August 1993 |page=11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-braunfels-herald-zeitung/2770053/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Domenico Modugno]], Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928) *[[1997]] – [[Shin Ki-ha]], South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=In Seoul, Anger Explodes At the Lack of Information |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/06/world/in-seoul-anger-explodes-at-the-lack-of-information.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527053408/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/06/world/in-seoul-anger-explodes-at-the-lack-of-information.html |archive-date=27 May 2015 |date=6 August 1997 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[André Weil]], French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burkhart |first1=Ford |title=Andre Weil, Who Reshaped Mathematics, Is Dead at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/10/nyregion/andre-weil-who-reshaped-mathematics-is-dead-at-92.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 1998}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Jorge Amado]], Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Branford |first1=Sue |last2=Treece |first2=David |title=Jorge Amado |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/09/guardianobituaries.books |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=9 August 2001}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]], Indian Naval officer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary Events in August 2001 |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/revents/04/20010408.htm |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130102340/http://hindu.com/thehindu/revents/04/20010408.htm |archive-date=30 November 2010}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Wilhelm Mohnke]], German general (b. 1911) * 2001 – [[Shan Ratnam]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=S. Shan Ratnam |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1405_2008-12-30.html |website=Infopedia |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Dorothy Tutin]], English actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Actress Dorothy Tutin dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/06/2 |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2001}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Edsger W. Dijkstra]], Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=World-renowned University of Texas at Austin computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra dies |url=https://news.utexas.edu/2002/08/07/world-renowned-university-of-texas-at-austin-computer-scientist-edsger-dijkstra-dies/ |website=UT News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2002}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Julius Baker]], American flute player and educator (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |author1-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Julius Baker, Principal Flutist Of Philharmonic, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/arts/julius-baker-principal-flutist-of-philharmonic-dies-at-87.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Rick James]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldenberg |first1=Suzanne |author1-link=Suzanne Goldenberg |title=Superfreak star Rick James dies, 56 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/07/arts.artsnews |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2004}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Donald Justice]], American poet and academic (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |title=Donald Justice, 78, a Poet Admired for Precise Beauty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/10/arts/donald-justice-78-a-poet-admired-for-precise-beauty.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 2004}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Robin Cook]], Scottish educator and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Brian |title=Robin Cook |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/aug/08/guardianobituaries.labour |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Creme Puff (cat)|Creme Puff]], [[tabby]] [[domestic cat]], [[List of longest-living cats|oldest recorded cat]] (b. 1967)<ref name=G2010>{{cite book |year=2010 |title=Guinness World Records 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLYzvUvPL3MC&pg=PA320 |publisher=Bantam; Reprint edition |page=320 |isbn=978-0-553-59337-2 |quote=The oldest cat ever was Creme Puff, who was born on August 3, 1967 and lived until August 6, 2005—38 years 3 days in total. }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Zsolt Daczi]], Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elhunyt Daczi Zsolt - a Bikini halasi származású volt gitárosa |url=https://www.baon.hu/kozelet-bacs-kiskun/2007/08/elhunyt-daczi-zsolt-a-bikini-halasi-szarmazasu-volt-gitarosa |website=BAON |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=Hungarian |date=7 August 2007}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Angelos Kitsos]], Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelos Kitsos |url=https://heritage.rizarios.gr/kitsos-en.html |website=[[Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens|Rizaris Institution]] |access-date=11 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211172124/https://heritage.rizarios.gr/kitsos-en.html |archive-date=11 February 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Riccardo Cassin]], Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Douglas |first1=Ed |title=Riccardo Cassin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/13/obituary-riccardo-cassin |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=13 August 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Willy DeVille]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cartwright |first1=Garth |title=Willy DeVille |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/11/obituary-willy-deville |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=11 August 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=A.O. |author1-link=A. O. Scott |title=The John Hughes Touch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/movies/08appraisal.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2009}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Fe del Mundo]], Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines' first national scientist dies |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/06/11/philippines-first-national-scientist-dies |website=ABS-CBN News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Richard Cragun]], American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cruickshank |first1=Judith |title=Richard Cragun obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/10/richard-cragun |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Marvin Hamlisch]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |author1-link=Adam Sweeting |title=Marvin Hamlisch obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2012/aug/08/marvin-hamlisch |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes]], Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNay |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael McNay |title=Robert Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/07/robert-hughes |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Bernard Lovell]], English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoyle |first1=Fred |title=Sir Bernard Lovell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/07/sir-bernard-lovell |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Mark O'Donnell]], American playwright (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grady |first1=Denise |title=Mark O'Donnell, 'Hairspray' Writer, Dies at 58 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/theater/mark-odonnell-hairspray-writer-dies-at-58.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], American violinist and educator (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inglis |first1=Anne |title=Ruggiero Ricci obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/06/ruggiero-ricci |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Dan Roundfield]], American basketball player (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Roundfield drowns in Aruba |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/story/_/id/8243982/former-atlanta-hawks-star-dan-roundfield-drowns-aruba |website=ESPN |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Stan Lynde]], American author and illustrator (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Lynde dies at 81; created 'Rick O'Shay' comic strip |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2013-aug-12-la-me-stan-lynde-20130809-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=12 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Mava Lee Thomas]], American baseball player (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mava Lee Thomas |url=https://aagpbl.org/profiles/mava-lee-thomas-tommy/590 |website=AAGPBL |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jerry Wolman]], American businessman (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |title=Jerry Wolman, Eagles and Flyers Owner, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/sports/football/jerry-wolman-former-eagles-owner-dies-at-86.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Ralph Bryans]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph Bryans |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13177166.ralph-bryans/ |website=Herald Scotland |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=29 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ananda W.P. Guruge]], Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddhist scholar Ananda Guruge dies at 85 |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-scholar-ananda-guruge-dies-at-85/ |website=Lion's Roar |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[John Woodland Hastings]], American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slotnik |first1=Daniel |title=J. W. Hastings, 87, a Pioneer in Bioluminescence Research, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/science/j-w-hastings-87-a-pioneer-in-bioluminescence-research-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=9 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Ray Hill (American football)|Ray Hill]], American football player (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rexrode |first1=Joe |title=Former MSU cornerback Ray Hill passes away at 39 |url=https://eu.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2015/08/07/michigan-state-football-ray-hill/31298703/ |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Orna Porat]], German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yudilovitch |first1=Merav |title=Israel's leading theater diva dies at 91 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4688263,00.html |newspaper=Ynetnews |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Betty Cuthbert]], Australian sprinter (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia 'golden girl' Betty Cuthbert dies aged 79 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40846538 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Darren Daulton]], American baseball player (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Matt|title=Phillies legend Daulton passes away at 55: Wall of Fame catcher 'Dutch' battled brain cancer for 4 years|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/phillies-legend-darren-daulton-dies-at-55-c246955016|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=August 6, 2017|date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Joël Robuchon]], French Chef (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45082668|title=Joël Robuchon, Michelin star French chef, dies aged 73|date=2018-08-06|newspaper=BBC News World Europe}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Margaret Heckler]], American politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Health secretary who became popular ambassador to Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/health-secretary-who-became-popular-ambassador-to-ireland-1.3592256 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=11 August 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Anya Krugovoy Silver]], American poet (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Obituaries: Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 2018 |access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Billy Bean]], American baseball player (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=2024-08-07 |title=Billy Bean Dies at 60; Led Baseball on Diversity After Coming Out as Gay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/sports/baseball/billy-bean-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Connie Chiume]], South African actress and filmmaker (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Veteran actress Connie Chiume dies |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-08-06-veteran-actress-connie-chiume-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722957340-1 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=[[The Sowetan]] |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806153338/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-08-06-veteran-actress-connie-chiume-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722957340-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Do not add 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. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian holidays and observances **[[Transfiguration of Jesus]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Transfiguration | Christianity, Description, Importance, Meaning, Scripture, & Facts | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Transfiguration-Christianity |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> **[[Anna Maria Rubatto]] **[[Pope Hormisdas|Hormisdas]] **[[Justus and Pastor]] **[[August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]'s [[Accession Day]]. ([[United Arab Emirates]]) *[[Independence Day (Bolivia)]], celebrates the independence of [[Bolivia]] from Spain in 1825. *[[Independence Day (Jamaica)]], celebrates the independence of [[Jamaica]] from the United Kingdom in 1962. *[[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony]] ([[Hiroshima]], Japan)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yoneyama |first1=Lisa |title=Hiroshima Traces: Time, Space, and the Dialectics of Memory |date=16 May 1999 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-91489-6 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkPsVphLXqsC&pg=PA1 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] ([[Russia]]) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/6 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=06}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/6 |title=Historical Events on August 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 06}} [[Category:Days of August]]
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