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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[461]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Majorian]] is beheaded near the river [[Staffora|Iria]] in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' [[Ricimer]].<ref>John of Antioch, ''Historia chronike'', fragment 203; Marcellinus, ''sa'' 461; ''[[Fasti vindobonenses priores]]'', No 588. [[Procopius]] (VII.14–15) does not mention the Emperor's return from Hispania and said that Majorian died of [[dysentery]]: it is possible that the news has been put about by [[Ricimer]] (Fik Meijer, ''Emperors Do not Die in Bed'', Routledge, 2004, {{ISBN|0-415-31201-9}}, p. 155). [[Victor of Tonnena]] erroneously claims that Majorian reached Rome and was killed there, and puts this event in 463 (''Chronica'', ''s.a.'' 463).</ref>
* [[626]] &ndash; The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avar]] and [[Slavs|Slav]] armies leave the [[siege of Constantinople (626)|siege of Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kaegi| first1 = Walter Emil| author1-link=Walter Kaegi| title  = Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium| date= 2003|page=137| publisher= CUP| isbn  = 978-0521814591| url  = https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC}}</ref>
* [[768]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen III]] is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mann|first= Horace K.|title= The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule, Part 2 |date=1903|page=371}}</ref>
* [[936]] &ndash; Coronation of King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I of Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reuter|first= Timothy|title= Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056|year= 1991|isbn= 978-0-582-49034-5|page=148|publisher= Longman}}</ref>
*[[1461]] &ndash; The [[Ming dynasty]] [[Military history of China before 1912|Chinese military general]] Cao Qin [[Rebellion of Cao Qin|stages a coup]] against the [[Zhengtong Emperor|Tianshun Emperor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Robinson |first=David M. |title=Politics, Force and Ethnicity in Ming China: Mongols and the Abortive Coup of 1461 |journal=Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies |volume=59 |issue=1 |year=1999 |pages=79&ndash;123 |doi= 10.2307/2652684|jstor=2652684 }}</ref>
*[[1479]] &ndash; [[Battle of Guinegate (1479)|Battle of Guinegate]]: French troops of King [[Louis XI]] were defeated by the Burgundians led by [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg]].<ref name="Hans Delbruck">{{cite book|last=Delbruck|first=Hans|title=History of the Art of War Volume IV: The Dawn of Modern Warfare|year=1985|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|isbn=0-8032-6586-7|pages=4–7}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1679]] &ndash; The [[brigantine]] ''[[Le Griffon]]'' becomes the first ship to sail the upper [[Great Lakes]] of North America.<ref name="Our Inland Seas">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2QGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Our+Inland+Seas:+Their+Shipping+%26+Commerce+for+Three+Centuries%22&pg=PR3 | title=Our Inland Seas: Their Shipping & Commerce for Three Centuries | publisher=A. C. McClurg & Co. | access-date=8 February 2011 | last=Mills | first=James Cooke | year=1910 | location=Chicago, Illinois | pages=36, 37, 40, 43, 50–56, 59–64, 112, 193| isbn=9780722201176 }}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Gangut]]: The first important victory of the [[Russian Navy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattila |first1=Tapani |title=Meri maamme turvana |trans-title=Sea safeguarding our country |year=1983 |publisher=K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö |location=Jyväskylä |language=fi |pages=41–43|isbn=951-99487-0-8 }}</ref>
*[[1743]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Åbo]] ended the [[Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)|1741–1743 Russo-Swedish War]].<ref>[http://militera.lib.ru/h/shirokorad1/5_04.html Shirokorad A.B. ''Northern Wars of Russia''. Moscow, 2001] (in Russian)</ref><ref>Merovuo, Jenni. "‘Divided and validated’? The institutionalization of the Russo-Swedish border region in the 1743 peace treaty." ''Hungarian Geographical Bulletin'' 66.4 (2017): pp. 283-293.</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] orders the creation of the [[Badge of Military Merit]] to honor soldiers wounded in battle.<ref name= "LOC">{{cite web |title = The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741–1799 | work = George Washington, August 7, 1782, General Orders | date = August 7, 1782 | url = http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mgw:@field(DOCID+@lit(gw240544)) |access-date =October 1, 2006 }}</ref> It is later renamed to the more poetic [[Purple Heart]].
*[[1786]] &ndash; The first federal [[Indian reservation|Indian Reservation]] is created by the [[United States]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Native North American Almanac|last=Champagne|first=Duane|publisher=Gale Group|year=2001|isbn=0787616559|location=Farmington Hills, MI}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of War]] is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35480|title=The Establishment of the Department of War - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|work=house.gov|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; American troops destroy the [[Miami people|Miami]] town of [[Battle of Kenapacomaqua|Kenapacomaqua]] near the site of present-day [[Logansport, Indiana]] in the [[Northwest Indian War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Harry M. |title=Charles Scott and the "Spirit of '76" |publisher=University Press of Virginia |location=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/charlesscottsp00ward/page/116 116] |year=1988 |isbn=0-8139-1152-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/charlesscottsp00ward/page/116 }}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] George Washington invokes the [[Militia Acts of 1792]] to suppress the [[Whiskey Rebellion]] in [[western Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Slaughter|first= Thomas P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hym2U_4C5fYC |title=The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution|publisher= Oxford University Press|date= 1986|isbn=0-19-505191-2| page=196}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Simón Bolívar]] triumphs over Spain in the [[Battle of Boyacá]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Boyaca|title=Battle of Boyacá {{!}} Latin America [1819]|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; The first [[Australian rules football]] match is played between [[Melbourne Grammar]] and Scotch College.<ref name="piesse">{{Cite book| author=Ken Piesse| author-link=Ken Piesse| title=The Complete Guide to Australian Football | publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia | year=1995 | isbn=0-330-35712-3 }} p303.</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Anna Månsdotter]], found guilty of the 1889 [[Yngsjö murder]], became the last woman to be executed in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monaper.se/Yngsjomordet.htm|title=Yngsjömordet|website=monaper.se|access-date=28 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812020556/http://www.monaper.se/Yngsjomordet.htm|archive-date=2010-08-12|url-status=dead|language=sv}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=According to this webpage, it's based on Wikipedia. “Källa:Wikipedia,den fria encyklopedin” translates as “Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”.|date=April 2019}}
===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Alice Huyler Ramsey]] and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, [[New York (state)|New York]] to [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]].<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite journal |first=Marina Koestler |last=Ruben |title=Alice Ramsey's Historic Cross-Country Drive |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/womens-history/The-Centennial-of-Alice-Ramseys-Drive.html |quote=In 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey made history as the first woman to drive across the United States |journal= [[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |publisher= [[Smithsonian Institution]] |date= June 5, 2009 |access-date=September 5, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Peace Bridge]] opens between [[Fort Erie, Ontario]] and [[Buffalo, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peacebridge.com/news.php?action=viewStory&id=21|title=Peace Bridge Authority|date=7 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307215156/http://www.peacebridge.com/news.php?action=viewStory&id=21|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; The last confirmed [[lynching]] of black people in the Northern United States occurs in [[Marion, Indiana]]; two men, [[Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith]], are killed.<ref name="Bradley">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/anatomy-murder/|author= David Bradley|title=Anatomy of a Murder: Review of Cynthia Carr's ''Our Town''|website=The Nation|date= May 24, 2006|access-date=Feb 4, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Iraq]] [[Simele massacre|slaughters]] over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as ''Martyrs Day'' or ''National Day of Mourning'' by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shapira|first=Aprim|title=Why is the 7th of August an Assyrian Martyrs' Day?|url=http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html|publisher=Beth Suryoyo Assyrian|access-date=23 September 2011|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923112153/http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Guadalcanal Campaign|Battle of Guadalcanal]] begins as the [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]] initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on [[Guadalcanal]] and [[Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo|Tulagi]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McGee|first= William L.|title= The Solomons Campaigns, 1942–1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville – Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2. |publisher=Santa Barbara, CA: BMC Publications|date= 2002| isbn=0-9701678-7-3 |oclc=49317834|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[IBM]] dedicates the first program-controlled [[calculator]], the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the [[Harvard Mark I]]).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Proposed automatic calculating machine (Abstract)|journal=IEEE Spectrum|date=August 1964 |volume=1|issue=8|pages=62–69|doi=10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500770|publisher=IEEE Xplore|s2cid=51652725 |issn=0018-9235}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The government of the [[Soviet Union]] presented a note to its [[Turkey|Turkish counterparts]] which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the [[Turkish Straits]], thus beginning the [[Turkish Straits crisis]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rozakes |first=Chrestos |title=Turkish Straits |year=1987 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |location=Dordrecht |page=43}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s [[Ochroma pyramidale|balsa wood]] raft, the ''[[Kon-Tiki]]'', smashes into the [[reef]] at [[Raroia]] in the [[Tuamotus|Tuamotu Islands]] after a 101-day, {{Convert|7000|km|mi}} journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.<ref name="arrlDec1947">{{cite journal |journal=QST |title=Kon-Tiki Communications – Well Done! |date=December 1947 |author=Anonymous |pages=69, 143–48 |publisher=The [[American Radio Relay League]]}}([http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=28028&pub=qst pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410014312/http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=28028&pub=qst |date=2022-04-10 }})</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; The [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|Bombay Municipal Corporation]] formally takes over the [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|Bombay Electric Supply and Transport]] (BEST).<ref name="Motor Bus">{{cite web|url=http://bestundertaking.com/his_chap03.asp |title=Motor-Bus Appears |publisher=BEST Undertaking |access-date=12 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115024212/http://bestundertaking.com/his_chap03.asp |archive-date=15 January 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Explorer program]]: ''[[Explorer 6]]'' launches from the [[Eastern Range|Atlantic Missile Range]] in [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/registry/dsp_DetailView.cfm?id=12 |title= Details of Explorer 6 (S-2) |access-date  = 2008-02-03 |publisher=U.S. Space Objects Registry |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924043243/http://usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/registry/dsp_DetailView.cfm?id=12 |archive-date = 2006-09-24}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Ivory Coast]] becomes independent from France.<ref name="CIA">{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Cote Divoire|access-date=8 August 2008 |year=2008}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; Canadian-born American pharmacologist [[Frances Oldham Kelsey]] is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize [[thalidomide]].<ref name="jfk">{{citation |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=8807 |last=Kennedy |first=John F. |author-link=John F. Kennedy |year=1962 |title=Remarks Upon Presenting the President's Awards for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service |access-date = May 1, 2006}}.</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] giving U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] broad war powers to deal with [[North Vietnam]]ese attacks on American forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s481|title=Senate Vote #481 in 1964 (88th Congress)|website=GovTrack|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h197|title=House Vote #197 in 1964 (88th Congress)|website=GovTrack|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Richard Nixon]] appoints Luis R. Bruce, a [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]-[[Oglala Lakota|Oglala]] Sioux and co-founder of the [[National Congress of American Indians]], as the new commissioner of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]].<ref name=":0" />
*[[1970]] &ndash; California judge [[Harold Haley]] is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]] from police custody.<ref name=time>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909547-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913023405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909547-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |title=Justice: A Bad Week for the Good Guys |access-date=2008-06-04 |date = August 1970|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Philippe Petit]] performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] {{Convert|1368|ft|m}} in the air.<ref name="grace">{{cite news|first=Grace|last=Lichtenstein|title=Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/08/archives/stuntman-eluding-guards-walks-a-tightrope-between-trade-center.html?sq=%2522Philippe+Petit%2522&scp=7&st=p|quote=Combining the cunning of a second-story man with the nerve of an [[Evel Knievel]], a French high-wire artist sneaked past guards at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade center]], ran a cable between the tops of its twin towers and tightrope-walked across it yesterday morning.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 August 1974|access-date=18 April 2008 }}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Viking program]]: ''[[Viking 2]]'' enters orbit around [[Mars]].<ref name="NASA-20061218">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=David R. Dr. |title=Viking Mission to Mars |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html |date=December 18, 2006 |work=[[NASA]] |access-date=February 2, 2014 }}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] declares a federal emergency at [[Love Canal]] due to [[toxic waste]] that had been disposed of negligently.<ref>{{cite book|last=Blum|first=Elizabeth D.|title=Love Canal Revisited : Race, Class, and Gender in Environmental Activism|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=2008|location=Kansas|isbn=978-0-7006-1560-5|page=28}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; ''[[The Washington Star]]'' ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.<ref>{{cite web|first=Edwin|last= Yoder|url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1993/autumn/yoder-star-wars-adventures/|title= Star Wars: Adventures in Attempting to Save a Failing Newspaper|website=Virginia Quarterly Review}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Takao Doi]], [[Mamoru Mohri]] and [[Chiaki Mukai]] are chosen to be Japan's first [[astronaut]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08072011.html|title=ISS On-Orbit Status 08/07/11|website=NASA|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Lynne Cox]] becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the [[Soviet Union]], crossing the [[Bering Strait]] from [[Little Diomede Island]] in Alaska to [[Big Diomede]] in the Soviet Union.<ref name="history.com">{{cite web|title=Lynne Cox swims into communist territory|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lynne-cox-swims-into-communist-territory|publisher=History|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; U.S. Congressman [[Mickey Leland]] (D-[[Texas|TX]]) and 15 others die in a [[Aviation accidents and incidents|plane crash]] in [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hiltzik|first= Michael A.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=diJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5803,4680798&dq=mickey+leland+crash&hl=en|title= Leland crash leaves no survivors|website= [[Los Angeles Times]] at the [[Boca Raton News]]|date= August 14, 1989}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Timeline |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2000/n08082000_20008088.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526135240/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=45404 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |access-date=30 June 2010}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ada Deer]], a [[Menominee]] activist, is sworn in as the head of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]].<ref name=":0" />
*[[1995]] &ndash; The Chilean government declares [[state of emergency]] in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the [[White Earthquake]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armada.cl/armada/en-el-radar/la-armada-de-chile-a-25-anos-del-terremoto-blanco/2020-08-14/100532.html|title=La Armada de Chile a 25 años del "Terremoto Blanco"|date=2020-08-14|access-date=2021-02-23|website=armada.cl|publisher=[[Chilean Navy]]|language=Spanish}}</ref>  
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program|Space Shuttle Program]]: The [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' launches on [[STS-85]] from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in Cape Canaveral, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-85.html|title=NASA - STS-85|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA |access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Fine Air Flight 101]] crashes after takeoff from [[Miami International Airport]], killing five people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970807-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61F N27UA Miami International Airport, FL (MIA)|last1=Ranter|first1=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[1998 United States embassy bombings|Bombings at United States embassies]] in [[Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]] and [[Nairobi|Nairobi, Kenya]] kill approximately 212 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism/embassy_bombings.html |title=U.S. Embassy Bombings |publisher=U.S. Department of State website |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805035833/http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism/embassy_bombings.html |archive-date=August 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[Chechnya]]-based [[Islamic International Brigade]] [[War of Dagestan|invades]] neighboring [[Dagestan]].<ref name="mdb.cast.ru">{{cite news|author=Alexander Pashin|url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/|title=Russian Army Operations and Weaponry During Second Military Campaign in Chechnya|work=[[Moscow Defense Brief]]|publisher=Mdb.cast.ru|issue=#3|date=2002|access-date=2015-02-23|archive-date=2009-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129141108/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; At [[AT&T Park]], [[Barry Bonds]] hits his 756th career [[home run]] to surpass [[Hank Aaron]]'s 33-year-old record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/sports/baseball/08bonds.html |title=Bonds Hits No. 756 to Break Aaron's Record |author=Jack Curry |work=The New York Times |date=August 8, 2007}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; The start of the [[Russo-Georgian War]] over the territory of [[South Ossetia]].<ref name="Karlsson">{{cite web |url=http://www.fhs.se/Documents/Externwebben/forskning/Forskningsprojekt/Statsvet/Forbe/US-RussianRelationsKarlsson160912Def.pdf |title=Competing Powers: U.S.-Russian Relations, 2006–2016 |author=Håkan Karlsson |publisher=Swedish Defence University |date=12 September 2016 |page=50 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122135733/http://www.fhs.se/Documents/Externwebben/forskning/Forskningsprojekt/Statsvet/Forbe/US-RussianRelationsKarlsson160912Def.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2017 }}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Air India Express Flight 1344]] overshoots the runway at [[Calicut International Airport]] in the [[Malappuram district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]], and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8HG (WL) VT-AXH Kozhikode-Calicut Airport (CCJ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200807-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816003703/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200807-0 |archive-date=2020-08-16 }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[317]] &ndash; [[Constantius II]], Roman emperor (d. 361)
*[[1282]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Rhuddlan]] (d. 1316)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Ercilla]], Spanish soldier and poet (d. 1595)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (d. 1614)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Thomas Lupo the elder|Thomas Lupo]], English [[viol]] player and composer (d. 1627)
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Robert Dudley (explorer)|Robert Dudley]], English explorer and cartographer (d. 1649)
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Georg Stiernhielm]], Swedish poet and linguist (d. 1672)
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz]], Dutch stadtholder (d. 1664)
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Shah]], Mughal emperor of India (d. 1748)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[James Bowdoin]], American banker and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1790)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Nathanael Greene]], American general (d. 1786)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange]] (d. 1820)
*  1779   &ndash; [[Carl Ritter]], German geographer and academic (d. 1859)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[August Ahlqvist]], Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the [[Finno-Ugric languages]], author, and literary critic (d. 1889)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/3105|title=Ahlqvist, August (1826-1889)|publisher=  kansallisbiografia|author=  H. K. Riikonen |accessdate=July 6, 2021|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Auguste Michel-Lévy]], French geologist and author (d. 1911)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Henri Le Sidaner]], French painter (d. 1939)
*  1862   &ndash; [[Victoria of Baden]] (d. 1931)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Emil Nolde]], Danish-German painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus Bortkiewicz]], Russian-German economist and statistician (d. 1931)
*  1868   &ndash; [[Huntley Wright]], English actor (d. 1941)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Mary Frances Winston Newson|Mary Frances Winston]],  American mathematician (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite book | first=Betsey S. | last=Whitman | chapter=Mary Frances Winston Newson | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/161 161] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/161 }}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Mata Hari]], Dutch dancer and spy (d. 1917)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Johannes Kotze]], South African cricketer (d. 1931)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Billie Burke]], American actress and singer (d. 1970)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Nikolai Triik]], Estonian painter and illustrator (d. 1940) 
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Anna Elisabet Weirauch]], German author and playwright (d. 1970)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]], American author and activist (d. 1964)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ann Harding]], American actress and singer (d. 1981)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Louis Leakey]], Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (d. 1972)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Ralph Bunche]], American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apsanet.org/DIVERSITY/Ralph-Bunche-Summer-Institute/About-Dr-Ralph-J-Bunche|title=About Dr. Ralph J. Bunche|website=American Political Science Association|access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Albert Kotin]], Belarusian-American soldier and painter (d. 1980)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[István Bibó]], Hungarian lawyer and politician (d. 1979)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Nicholas Ray]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1979)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Kermit Love]],  American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (d. 2008)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[C. Buddingh']], Dutch poet and translator (d. 1985)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Gordon Zahn]], American sociologist and author (d. 2007)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Manitas de Plata]], French guitarist (d. 2014)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Karel Husa]], Czech-American composer and conductor (d. 2016)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant|Felice Bryant]], American songwriter (d. 2003)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Stan Freberg]], American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (d. 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Edwin Edwards]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th [[Governor of Louisiana]] (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heil |first1=Emily |title=Edwin Edwards, roguish Louisiana governor, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/edwin-edwards-dead/2021/07/12/c475ef5e-c22c-11e1-99f6-7f2e755d43fd_story.html |access-date=July 30, 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 12, 2021}}</ref>   
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Betsy Byars]], American author and academic (d. 2020)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Owen Luder]], English architect, designed [[Tricorn Centre]] and [[Trinity Square, Gateshead|Trinity Square]] (d. 2021)
*  1928   &ndash; [[James Randi]], Canadian-American stage magician and author (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Paul W. |title=James Randi, magician and stage artist devoted to debunking the paranormal, dies at 92 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-randi-magician-and-stage-artist-devoted-to-debunking-the-paranormal-dies-at-92/2020/10/21/b6e1da3e-13ee-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html |access-date=October 22, 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=October 21, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Don Larsen]], American baseball player (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web|author=Richard Goldstein|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/obituaries/don-larsen-dead.html|title=Don Larsen, Yankee Who Pitched Only Perfect Game in World Series History, Dies at 90|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Togrul Narimanbekov]], Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (d. 2013)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Veljo Tormis]], Estonian composer and educator (d. 2017)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Abebe Bikila]], Ethiopian runner (d. 1973)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Edward Hardwicke]], English actor (d. 2011)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Rien Poortvliet]], Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1995)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Maurice Rabb, Jr.]], American ophthalmologist and academic (d. 2005)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Eddie Firmani]], South African footballer and manager
*  1933   &ndash; [[Elinor Ostrom]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Jerry Pournelle]], American journalist and author (d. 2017)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Alberto Romulo]], Filipino politician and diplomat
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Sándor Simó]], Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Lee Corso]], American college football coach and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Corso NFL Stats - Pro Football Archives |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerc/cors00400.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.profootballarchives.com}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Rahsaan Roland Kirk]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Zoltán Berczik]], Hungarian table tennis player and coach (d. 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]], English cricketer and coach (d. 2012)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]], Italian automotive designer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comunemonteargentario.gov.it/territorio/percorso-turistico.html|title= Comune Monte argentario|access-date= 2020-05-03}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jean-Luc Dehaene]], French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 2014)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Uwe Nettelbeck]], German record producer, journalist and film critic (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2011628,00.html |title=Obituary: Uwe Nettelbeck |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=J |last=Boyd |access-date=10 June 2021 | location=London |date=13 February 2007}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting]], English publisher and politician (d. 2016)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Garrison Keillor]], American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
*  1942   &ndash; [[Carlos Monzón]], Argentinian boxer and actor (d. 1995)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Caetano Veloso]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Richard Sykes (microbiologist)|Richard Sykes]], English biochemist and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [[B. J. Thomas]], American singer (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news|title=B.J. Thomas, who sang 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,' dies at 78|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bj-thomas-dead/2021/05/29/9c46fe42-8cad-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html|first=Harrison|last=Smith|date=May 29, 2021|access-date=May 29, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Badie]], Egyptian religious leader
*  1943   &ndash; [[Lana Cantrell]], Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
*  1943   &ndash; [[Alain Corneau]], French director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]], American actor 
*  1944   &ndash; [[Robert Mueller]], American soldier and lawyer, 6th [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Kenny Ireland]], Scottish actor and director (d. 2014)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Alan Page]], American football player and jurist
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Franciscus Henri]], Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Sofia Rotaru]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Marty Appel]], American businessman and author
*  1948   &ndash; [[Greg Chappell]], Australian cricketer and coach
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Walid Jumblatt]], Lebanese journalist and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [[Matthew Parris]], South African-English journalist and politician
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Rodney Crowell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Alan Keyes]], American politician and diplomat, 16th [[Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs]]
*  1950   &ndash; [[S. Thandayuthapani]], Sri Lankan educator and politician
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Caroline Aaron]], American actress and producer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Eamonn Darcy]], Irish golfer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Kees Kist]], Dutch footballer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Alexei Sayle]], English comedian, actor, and author
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Anne Fadiman]], American journalist and author
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Valery Gazzaev]], Russian footballer, manager and politician
*  1954   &ndash; [[Jonathan Pollard]], Israeli spy<!-- renounced U.S. citizenship -->
*  1954   &ndash; [[Alan Reid (politician)|Alan Reid]], Scottish politician
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Wayne Knight]], American actor, comedian and voice actor
*  1955   &ndash; [[Greg Nickels]], American lawyer and politician, 51st [[Mayor of Seattle]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Vladimir Sorokin]], Russian author and playwright
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Daire Brehan]], Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (d. 2012)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Alexander Dityatin]], Russian gymnast and colonel
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Russell Baze]], Canadian-American jockey
*  1958   &ndash; [[Bruce Dickinson]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1958   &ndash; [[Alberto Salazar]], Cuban-American runner and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Koenraad Elst]], Belgian orientalist and author
*  1959   &ndash; [[Ali Shah]], Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[David Duchovny]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Brian Conley]], English actor and singer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Yelena Davydova]], Russian gymnast
*  1961   &ndash; [[Walter Swinburn]], English jockey and trainer (d. 2016)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Carlos Vives]], Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor<ref>[http://www.biografias.es/famosos/carlos-vives-kmj.html biografías.es]</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Alison Brown]], American banjo player, songwriter, and producer 
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Paul Dunn (rugby league)|Paul Dunn]], Australian rugby league player
*  1963   &ndash; [[Nick Gillespie]], American journalist and author
*  1963   &ndash; [[Marcus Roberts]], American pianist and educator
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[John Birmingham]], English-Australian journalist and author
*  1964   &ndash; [[Ian Dench]], English guitarist and songwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Peter Niven]], Scottish jockey
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Raul Malo]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Manley]], Canadian figure skater
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[David Cairns (politician)|David Cairns]], Scottish laicised priest and politician, [[Minister of State for Scotland]] (d. 2011)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Shobna Gulati]], British actress
*  1966   &ndash; [[Kristin Hersh]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jimmy Wales]], American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Wikipedia]]
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jason Grimsley]], American baseball player
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Francesca Gregorini]], Italian-American director and screenwriter
*  1968   &ndash; [[Trevor Hendy]], Australian surfer and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Sophie Lee]], Australian actress and author
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Markus Bundi]], Swiss writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bibliomedia.ch/de/autoren/Bundi_Markus/1135.html|title=Bundi Markus|publisher={{ill|Bibliomedia Schweiz|de}}|date=2016|accessdate=April 18, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404122452/http://bibliomedia.ch/de/autoren/Bundi_Markus/1135.html|archivedate=April 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Paul Lambert]], Scottish footballer and manager
*  1969   &ndash; [[Dana G. Peleg]], Israeli writer and LGBT activist
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Eric Namesnik]], American swimmer (d. 2006)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Dominic Cork]], England cricketer and sportscaster
*  1971   &ndash; [[Rachel York]], American actress and singer
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Gerry Peñalosa]], Filipino boxer and promoter
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Gorsheniov]], Russian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Danny Graves]], Vietnamese-American baseball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Kevin Muscat]], English-Australian footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Chico Benymon]], American actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Michael Shannon]], American actor
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Koray Candemir]], Turkish singer-songwriter
*  1975   &ndash; [[Gerard Denton]], Australian cricketer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Megan Gale]], Australian model and actress
*  1975   &ndash; [[Ray Hill (American football)|Ray Hill]], American football player (d. 2015)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Rebecca Kleefisch]], American journalist and politician, 44th [[Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin]]
*  1975   &ndash; [[Édgar Rentería]], Colombian baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Charlize Theron]], South African actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/charlize-theron |website=Biography.com |date=9 October 2019 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/charlize-theron |website=www.goldenglobes.com |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos]], Greek footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [[Shane Lechler]], American football player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Ronson]], English fashion designer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Samantha Ronson]], English singer-songwriter and DJ
*  1977   &ndash; [[Justin Brooker]], Rugby League Player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Aja]], French director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jamey Jasta]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1978   &ndash; [[Mark McCammon]], English-Barbadian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Cirroc Lofton]], American actor
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Eric Johnson (actor)|Eric Johnson]], American actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Miguel Llera]], Spanish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Birgit Zotz]], Austrian anthropologist and author
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Carsten Busch]], German footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Aurélie Claudel]], French model and actress
*  1980   &ndash; [[Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz]], Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Seiichiro Maki]], Japanese footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[David Testo]], American soccer player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Randy Wayne]], American actor and producer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ángeles Balbiani]], Argentine actress and singer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Abbie Cornish]], Australian actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Juan Martín Hernández]], Argentine rugby player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Marquise Hill]], American football player (d. 2007)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Vassilis Spanoulis]], Greek basketball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Martin Vučić]], Macedonian singer and drummer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Christian Chávez]], Mexican singer-songwriter and actor 
*  1983   &ndash; [[Murat Dalkılıç]], Turkish singer-songwriter
*  1983   &ndash; [[Danny (footballer)|Danny]], Portuguese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Andriy Hrivko]], Ukrainian cyclist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mark Pettini]], English cricketer and journalist
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Stratos Perperoglou]], Greek basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Tooba Siddiqui]], Pakistani model and actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Yun Hyon-seok]], South Korean poet and author (d. 2003) 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Paul Biedermann]], German swimmer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Valter Birsa]], Slovenian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Altaír Jarabo]], Mexican model and actress
*  1986   &ndash; [[Juan de la Rosa]], Mexican boxer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Sidney Crosby]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Mustapha Dumbuya]], Sierra Leonean footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Ryan Lavarnway]], American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Rouven Sattelmaier]], German footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Bernier]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Mohamed Coulibaly (footballer, born 1988)|Mohamed Coulibaly]], Senegalese footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Anisa Mohammed]], West Indian cricketer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Melody Oliveria]], American blogger
*  1988   &ndash; [[Erik Pieters]], Dutch footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Beanie Wells]], American football player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[DeMar DeRozan]], American basketball player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jake Allen (ice hockey)|Jake Allen]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jake Allen |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/jake-allen-8474596 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Josh Franceschi]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Luis Salom]], Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 2016)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Mitchell te Vrede]], Dutch footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Adam Yates]], English cyclist
*  1992   &ndash; [[Simon Yates (cyclist)|Simon Yates]], English cyclist
*  1992   &ndash; [[Wout Weghorst]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |page=20 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Francesca Eastwood]], American actress and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 7, 2022 includes celebrities David Duchovny, Charlize Theron |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-7-2022-includes-celebrities-david-duchovny-charlize-theron.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |date=7 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Martti Nõmme]], Estonian ski jumper
*  1993   &ndash; [[Karol Zalewski]], Polish sprinter
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Dani Ceballos]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/es-ES/futbol/primer-equipo-masculino/plantilla/daniel-ceballos-fernandez|title=Dani Ceballos|website=[[Real Madrid CF]]|access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Matty Cash]], Polish footballer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.11v11.com/players/matty-cash-251428/ |title=Matty Cash Football Player Statistics |website=11v11.com |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Kyler Murray]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Root |first1=Jess |title=Colt McCoy sent Kyler Murray a Cameo birthday message without knowing |url=https://cardswire.usatoday.com/2021/08/07/kyler-murray-birthday-colt-mccoy-cameo-arizona-cardinals/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=25 October 2022 |date=7 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Barbu]], Italian diver
*  1998   &ndash; [[María Belén Bazo]], Peruvian windsurfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sailing {{!}} Athlete Profile: BAZO Maria - Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1148555-bazo-maria.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Jalen Hurts]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jalen Hurts |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4040715/jalen-hurts |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone]], American hurdler and sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Sydney McLaughlin, world record 400m hurdler at Tokyo Olympics |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/23/meet-sydney-mclaughlin-usa-hurdler-tokyo-olympics/8031081002/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Lauren Hemp]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Players |url=https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/y2ggt9oloxrz5synr6vy.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170144/https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/y2ggt9oloxrz5synr6vy.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2018 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=29 July 2024 |page=3 }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[461]] &ndash; [[Majorian]], Roman emperor (b. 420)
*[[AD 707|707]] &ndash; [[Li Chongjun]], Chinese prince
*[[1028]] &ndash; [[Alfonso V of León|Alfonso V]], king of León (b. 994)
*[[1106]] &ndash; [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
*[[1234]] &ndash; [[Hugh Foliot]], bishop of Hereford (b. c. 1155)
*[[1272]] &ndash; [[Richard Middleton (Lord Chancellor)|Richard Middleton]], English [[Lord Chancellor]]
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[Heinrich II von Rotteneck]], prince-bishop of Regensburg
*[[1385]] &ndash; [[Joan of Kent]], mother of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] (b. 1328)
*[[1485]] &ndash; [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany|Alexander Stewart]], duke of Albany (b. 1454)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Saint Cajetan|Cajetan]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Thomas Fleming (judge)|Thomas Fleming]], English judge and politician, [[Lord Chief Justice of England]] (b. 1544)
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], Italian architect, designed [[Teatro Olimpico]] (b. 1548)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford]], English soldier (b. 1575)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Spee]], German poet and academic (b. 1591)
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Martin van den Hove]], Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Jin Shengtan]], Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Francis Blackburne (priest)|Francis Blackburne]], English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French economist and politician (b. 1739)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Joseph Marie Jacquard]], French weaver and inventor, invented the [[Jacquard loom]] (b. 1752)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]], Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848) |journal=Nature |date=1 August 1948 |volume=162 |issue=4110 |pages=210 |doi=10.1038/162210b0 |bibcode=1948Natur.162R.210. |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Mariano Arista]], Mexican general and politician, 19th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1802)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Li Xiucheng]], Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Alfredo Catalani]], Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Jacob Maris]], Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Liebknecht]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[François-Alphonse Forel]], Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Edwin Harris Dunning]], South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1861)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Charles Bryant (actor)|Charles Bryant]], English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Abner Powell]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Foreman Lewis]], American author and educator (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Commire|title=Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale|year=1978|page=243|isbn=978-0-81030-073-6}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Luis Ángel Firpo]], Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Ramon Vila Capdevila]], last of the [[Spanish Maquis]], holding out after the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|last=Téllez|first=Antonio|title=Sabaté: Guerrilla Extraordinary|date=October 2000|isbn=1-902593-10-3|page=119|publisher=Elephant Editions }}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Bracco]], Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jean Bastien]], French professional footballer (b. 1915)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Joseph Kosma]], Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Harold Haley]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Jonathan P. Jackson]], American bodyguard and kidnapper (b. 1953)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Joi Lansing]], American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Jack Gregory]], Australian cricketer (b. 1895)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Rosario Castellanos]], Mexican poet and author (b. 1925)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Sylvio Mantha]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Eddie Calvert]], English trumpeter (b. 1922)    
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Uusi]], Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Grayson Hall]], American actress (b. 1922)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Camille Chamoun]], Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Lebanon]] (b. 1900)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Mickey Leland]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Larry Martyn]], English actor (b. 1934)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Brigid Brophy]], English author and critic (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Brigid Brophy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigid-brophy-1595286.html |work=The Independent |date=8 August 1995 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Algirdas Lauritėnas]], Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[K. D. Arulpragasam]], Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Mickey McDermott]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Red Adair]], American firefighter (b. 1915)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Colin Bibby]], English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Peter Jennings]], Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)
*2005 &ndash; [[Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková]], Slovak painter (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková |url=https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/ester-simerova-martincekova/ |website=Secondary Archive |access-date=18 August 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Mary Anderson Bain]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Alonso]], Mexican actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Angus Tait]], New Zealand businessman, founded [[Tait Communications]] (b. 1919)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bernie Brillstein]], American talent agent and producer (b. 1931)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Andrea Pininfarina]], Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1957)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Louis E. Saavedra]], American educator and politician, 48th [[Mayor of Albuquerque]] (b. 1933)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Mike Seeger]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[John Nelder]], English mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Mark Hatfield]], American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th [[Governor of Oregon]] (b. 1922)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Nancy Wake]], New Zealand-English captain and spy (b. 1912)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Murtuz Alasgarov]], Azerbaijani academic and politician, [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan]] (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Judith Crist]], American critic and academic (b. 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Vladimir Kobzev]], Russian footballer and coach (b. 1959)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Anna Piaggi]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mayer Zald]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Dušan Zbavitel]], Czech indologist and author (b. 1925)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Samuel G. Armistead]], American linguist, historian, and academic (b. 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Almir Kayumov]], Russian footballer (b. 1964)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Anthony Pawson]], English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (b. 1952)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Margaret Pellegrini]], American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Meeli Truu]], Estonian architect (b. 1946)  
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alexander Yagubkin]], Russian boxer (b. 1961)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Víctor Fayad]], Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1955)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Perry Moss]], American football player and coach (b. 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Henry Stone]], American record producer (b. 1921)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Manuel Contreras]], Chilean general (b. 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Frances Oldham Kelsey]], Canadian pharmacologist and physician (b. 1914)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Louise Suggs]], American golfer, co-founded [[LPGA]] (b. 1923)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Bryan Clauson]], American racing driver (b. 1989)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Don Baylor]], American baseball player (b. 1949)
*  2017   &ndash; [[David Maslanka]], American composer (b. 1943)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[M. Karunanidhi]], Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (b. 1924)
*  2018   &ndash; [[Stan Mikita]], Slovak hockey player (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/24313004/blackhawks-legend-stan-mikita-dies-78|title=Blackhawks legend, Hall of Famer Mikita dies|work=ESPN.com|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[David Berman (musician)|David Berman]], American musician, singer, poet and [[cartoonist]] (b. 1967)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Coscarelli|first1=Joe|last2=Sisario|first2=Ben|date=2019-08-07|title=David Berman, Silver Jews Leader and Indie-Rock Poet, Dies at 52 |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/music/david-berman-silver-jews-dead.html|access-date=2020-08-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Lê Khả Phiêu]], Vietnamese politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Markie Post]], American actress (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For 'Night Court', 'The Fall Guy' & More Was 70|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/markie-post-dead-night-court-actress-was-70-1234811055/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Trevor Moore (comedian)|Trevor Moore]], American comedian (b. 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Trevor Moores Cause of death|url=https://people.com/tv/comedian-trevor-moores-cause-of-death-revealed//|access-date=2023-06-23|website=Peoples|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[David McCullough]], American historian and author (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ulaby |first=Neda |date=8 August 2022 |title=Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/1116337415/historian-david-mccullough-died |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[William Friedkin]], American film director (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection dies aged 87 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66434077 |website=bbc.com |date=7 August 2023 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Jon McBride]], American astronaut (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neale |first=Rick |title=Retired NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was a KSC Visitor Complex 'living legend,' passes away |url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/tech/science/space/2024/08/09/jon-mcbride-a-nasa-astronaut-who-piloted-space-shuttle-challenger-dies-at-age-80/74736111007/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daytona Beach News-Journal Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Assyrian Martyrs Day]] ([[Assyrian people|Assyrian community]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/8.10.04/index_tue.php#GoodMorningAssyria|title= Good Morning Assyria|website=[[Zinda Magazine]] |last=Abraham|first=Salim|date=August 10, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Boyacá Day]] ([[Colombia]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colombia Battle of Boyaca|url=http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/colombia-battle-boyaca/|website=Holidays Around the World|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Albert of Trapani]]
** [[Saint Cajetan|Cajetan of Thienna]]
** [[Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius|Carpophorus and companions]]
** [[Dometius of Persia]]
** [[Donatus of Arezzo]]
** [[Donatus of Besançon]]
** [[Saint Donatus of Muenstereifel|Donatus of Muenstereifel]]
** [[John Mason Neale]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
** [[Nantovinus]]
** [[Pope Sixtus II]]
** [[August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
** [[Filseta]] [[Orthodox Tewahedo|(Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filseta: The Fast of the Assumption of St. Mary – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department – Mahibere Kidusan|url=https://eotcmk.org/e/filseta-the-fast-of-the-assumption-of-st-mary/|access-date=2020-09-27}}</ref>
* [[Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)]]
* [[Republic Day (Ivory Coast)]]
* [[Youth Day]] ([[Kiribati]])
* National [[Purple Heart]] Day ([[United States]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milvets.nc.gov/events/2019/08/07/national-purple-heart-day|website=North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs|title=National Purple Heart Day|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806184905/https://www.milvets.nc.gov/events/2019/08/07/national-purple-heart-day|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=07}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/7 |title=Historical Events on August 7 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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