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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[48 BC]] &ndash; [[Caesar's Civil War]]: [[Battle of Pharsalus]]: [[Julius Caesar]] decisively defeats [[Pompey]] at [[Farsala|Pharsalus]] and Pompey flees to [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Eggenberger|title=An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSEnw1HuWUoC&pg=PA331|date= 1985|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-24913-1|page=331}}</ref>
* [[378]] &ndash; [[Gothic War (376–382)|Gothic War]]: [[Battle of Adrianople]]: A large [[Roman Empire|Roman]] army led by Emperor [[Valens]] is defeated by the [[Visigoths]]. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last1=Brodribb |first1=William Jackson |last2=Besant |first2=Walter |title=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453 |date=1879 |publisher=Seeley, Jackson & Halliday |pages=50–51 |wslink=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453/Chapter 3}}</ref>
*[[1173]] &ndash; Construction of the [[campanile]] of the [[Cathedral of Pisa]] (now known as the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
*[[1329]] &ndash; [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon|Quilon]], the first [[Christianity in India|Indian Christian Diocese]], is erected by [[Pope John XXII]]; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
*[[1428]] &ndash; Sources cite biggest [[Caravan (travellers)|caravan trade]] between [[Podvisoki]] and [[Republic of Ragusa]]. [[Vlachs]] committed to [[Ragusan nobility|Ragusan]] lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 [[horse]]s deliver 1,500 [[Ancient Roman units of measurement#Dry measure|modius]] of [[salt]]. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt.<ref>"Crainich Miochouich et Stiepanus Glegieuich ad meliustenendem super se et omnia eorum bona se obligando promiserunt ser Thome de Bona presenti et acceptanti conducere et salauum dare in Souisochi in Bosna Dobrassino Veselcouich nomine dicti ser Thome modia salis mille quingenta super equis siue salmis sexcentis. Et dicto sale conducto et presentato suprascripto Dobrassino in Souisochi medietatem illius salis dare et mensuratum consignare dicto Dobrassino. Et aliam medietatem pro eorum mercede conducenda dictum salem pro ipsius conductoribus retinere et habere. Promittentes vicissim omnia et singularia suprascripta firma et rata habere et tenere ut supra sub obligatione omnium suorum bonorum. Renuntiando" (9 August 1428), State archive, Ragusa Republic, Series: Diversa Cancellariae, no. XLV, p. 31 verso.</ref>
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)]]: The Ottomans capture [[Methoni, Messenia]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Powhatan Wars|First Anglo-Powhatan War]] begins in [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] annexes [[Westphalia]] as part of the [[First French Empire]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Creek people|Creek]] sign the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]], giving up huge parts of [[Alabama]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Louis Philippe]] becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X.
*[[1842]] &ndash; The [[Webster–Ashburton Treaty]] is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the [[Rocky Mountains]].
*[[1854]] &ndash; American [[Transcendentalism|Transcendentalist]] philosopher [[Henry David Thoreau]] publishes his memoir ''[[Walden]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Witherell |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Dubrulle |first2=Elizabeth |title=Reflections on Walden |url=https://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/thoreau_walden.html |website=The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Åland War]]: The [[Battle of Suomenlinna]] begins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nolan |first1=Edward Henry |title=The History of the War Against Russia, Volume 7 |pages=397–399 |date=1855 |publisher=Virtue |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwaragai07nola/page/397/mode/1up |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Cedar Mountain]]: At [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Cedar Mountain, Virginia]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Stonewall Jackson]] narrowly defeats [[Union Army|Union]] forces under General [[John Pope (general)|John Pope]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Big Hole]]: A small band of [[Nez Perce people|Nez Percé Indians]] clash with the [[United States Army]].
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a [[patent]] for a two-way [[Telegraphy|telegraph]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; The first [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] is held in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1897-08-01|title=The International Congress of Mathematicians|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=56|issue=1452|pages=395|doi=10.1038/056395a0|bibcode=1897Natur..56Q.395. |s2cid=3967488 |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Edward VII]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark]] are [[Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra|crowned King and Queen]] of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward VII |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/edward-vii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=7 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; The first [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|encampment]] concludes at [[Brownsea Island]] in southern England.
*[[1925]] &ndash; A [[Kakori train robbery|train robbery]] takes place in [[Kakori]], near [[Lucknow]], India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against the British government.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[1936 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]: [[Jesse Owens]] wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Savo Island]]: [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] are surprised and defeated by an [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] cruiser force.
*  1942   &ndash; [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s 7th symphony [[Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7|premiers]] in a [[Siege of Leningrad|besieged Leningrad]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Michael |title=Leningrad: State of Siege |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-465-01153-7 |page=261}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[United States Forest Service]] and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring [[Smokey Bear]] for the first time.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Continuation War]]: The [[Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive]], the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Nagasaki]] is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]], ''[[Fat Man]]'', is dropped by the United States [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] ''[[Bockscar]]''. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
*  1945   &ndash; The [[Red Army]] [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|invades]] Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[South Kasai]] secedes from the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Singapore]] is [[History of the Republic of Singapore#Independence from Malaysia|expelled]] from [[Malaysia]] and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Tate–LaBianca murders]]: Followers of [[Charles Manson]] murder pregnant actress [[Sharon Tate]] (wife of [[Roman Polanski]]), [[coffee]] heiress [[Abigail Folger]], Polish actor [[Wojciech Frykowski]], men's hairstylist [[Jay Sebring]] and recent high-school graduate [[Steven Parent]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[LANSA Flight 502]] crashes after takeoff from [[Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport]] in [[Cusco]], [[Peru]], killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700809-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188A Electra OB-R-939 Cuzco Airport (CUZ)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: In [[Northern Ireland]], the British authorities launch [[Operation Demetrius]]. The operation involves the mass arrest and internment without trial of individuals suspected of being affiliated with the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Irish Republican Army]] (PIRA). Mass riots follow, and thousands of people flee or are forced out of their homes.<ref>Coogan, Tim Pat. ''The Troubles: Ireland's ordeal 1966–1996 and the search for peace''. London: Hutchinson. p. 126 [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/intern/sum.htm Internment – Summary of Main Events]</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Mars 7]] is launched from the USSR.
*[[1974]] &ndash; As a direct result of the [[Watergate scandal]], [[Richard Nixon]] becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[Gerald Ford]] becomes president.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The Italian prosecuting magistrate [[Antonino Scopelliti]] is murdered by the [['Ndrangheta]] on behalf of the [[Sicilian Mafia]] while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the [[Maxi Trial]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan]] loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Aviateca Flight 901]] crashes into the [[San Vicente (volcano)|San Vicente volcano]] in [[El Salvador]], killing all 65 people on board.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2H6 N125GU San Salvador |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950809-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304040937/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19950809-1 |archive-date=4 March 2006 |access-date=2020-01-22 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; Russian President [[Boris Yeltsin]] fires his Prime Minister, [[Sergei Stepashin]], and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
*[[2006]] &ndash; At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot]] that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, [[Birmingham]], and [[High Wycombe]] in an overnight operation.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Air Moorea Flight 1121]] crashes after takeoff from [[Moorea Airport]] in [[French Polynesia]], killing all 20 people on board.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 F-OIQI Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070809-0 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Shannon Eastin]] becomes the first woman to officiate an [[NFL]] game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-09 |title=Shannon Eastin breaks barrier|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/trainingcamp12/story/_/id/8253836/shannon-eastin-officially-becomes-first-female-referee-nfl-game|archive-date=2022-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911024410/https://www.espn.com/nfl/trainingcamp12/story/_/id/8253836/shannon-eastin-officially-becomes-first-female-referee-nfl-game}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Gunmen [[9 August 2013 Quetta shooting|open fire]] at a [[Sunni]] mosque in the city of [[Quetta]] killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in [[Ferguson, Missouri]], is [[Killing of Michael Brown|shot and killed]] by a [[Ferguson Police Department (Missouri)|Ferguson]] police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking [[Ferguson unrest|protests and unrest]] in the city.
*[[2021]] &ndash; The [[Tampere light rail]] officially starts operating.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Liikenne {{!}} Tampereen ratikka aloittaa liikennöinnin – Näin hanke pysyi jatkuvasti jopa aikataulua edellä ja alitti budjetin |trans-title=Traffic {{!}} The Tampere streetcar starts operating – This way, the project was constantly even ahead of schedule and under budget |url=https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000008166608.html |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Voepass Flight 2283|Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283]] crashes near [[Vinhedo]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 August 2024 |title=Avião com 62 pessoas a bordo cai em Vinhedo e não há sobreviventes |trans-title=Plane with 62 people on board crashes in Vinhedo and there are no survivors |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2024/08/09/acidente-aviao-vinhedo.ghtml |access-date=9 August 2024 |publisher=g1 globo |language=pt}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1201]] &ndash; [[Arnold Fitz Thedmar]], English historian and merchant (d. 1274)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Francesco Barozzi]], Italian [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]] (d. 1604)<ref>{{cite book|author=Κωνσταντίνος Στάικος|title=Βιβλιοθήκες από την αρχαιότητα έως την αναγέννηση και σημαντικές ουμανιστικές και μοναστηριακές βιβλιοθήκες (3000 π. Χ. – 1600 μ. Χ.): Μουσείον Αλεξάνδρου Σούτζου, κατάλογος έκθεσης 10 Οκτωβρίου 1997 – 5 Ιανουαρίου 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HtYLAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Aristide D. Caratzas|isbn=978-960-90253-2-4}}</ref>
*[[1544]] &ndash; [[Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania]] (d. 1606)
*[[1590]] &ndash; [[John Webster (governor)|John Webster]], colonial settler and governor of Connecticut (d. 1661)
===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Johannes Cocceius]], German-Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1669)
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Henry of Nassau-Siegen (1611–1652)|Henry of Nassau-Siegen]], German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (b. 1611)<ref>{{aut|Menk, Friedhelm}} (2004). "Die Fürstengruft zu Siegen und die darin von 1669 bis 1781 erfolgten Beisetzungen". In: {{aut|Burwitz, Ludwig}} u.a. (Redaktion), ''Siegener Beiträge. Jahrbuch für regionale Geschichte'' (in German). Vol.&nbsp;9. Siegen: Geschichtswerkstatt Siegen – Arbeitskreis für Regionalgeschichte e.V. p.&nbsp;191; {{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F.&nbsp;&&nbsp;B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome&nbsp;III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=254 }}</ref>
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Johann Michael Bach]], German composer (d. 1694)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Malcolm Boyd|author2=John Butt|title=J.S. Bach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6sCAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-866208-2|page=36}}</ref>
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[John Oldham (poet)|John Oldham]], English poet and translator (d. 1683)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein]] (d. 1772)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Prince Augustus William of Prussia]] (d. 1758)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sophie Marie Voss (Gräfin von)|author2=Emily Stephenson|title=Sixty-nine Years at the Court of Prussia: From the Recollections of the Mistress of the Household|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B45FAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|year=1876|publisher=R. Bentley & Son|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cetti]], Italian priest, [[zoologist]], and [[mathematician]] (d. 1778)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Bernhard Schott]], German music publisher (d. 1809)<ref>{{NDB |23|486|487|Schott, Peter Bernhard|Brück, Marion|118610546}}</ref>
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton]], American humanitarian; wife of [[Alexander Hamilton]] (d. 1854)
*  1757   &ndash; [[Thomas Telford]], Scottish architect and engineer, designed the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] (d. 1834)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Amedeo Avogadro]], Italian physicist and chemist (d. 1856)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia]] (d. 1801)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Adoniram Judson]], American missionary and [[lexicographer]] (d. 1850)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Charles Robert Malden]], English lieutenant and surveyor (d. 1855)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Joseph Locke]], English engineer and politician (d. 1860)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[André Bessette]], Canadian saint (d. 1937)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo]], French-Italian wife of [[Amadeo I of Spain]] (d. 1876)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Alfred David Benjamin]], Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. (d. 1900)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Klumpke]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1942)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Evelina Haverfield]], Scottish nurse and activist (d. 1920)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Archduke Joseph August of Austria]] (d. 1962)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Reynaldo Hahn]], Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Albert Ketèlbey]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1959)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Eileen Gray]], Irish architect and furniture designer (d. 1976)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[John Willcock]], Australian politician, 15th [[Premier of Western Australia]], (d. 1956)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza]], Brazilian prince (d. 1918)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Eino Kaila]], Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (d. 1958)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Erich Hückel]], German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist and philosopher (d. 1980)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[P. L. Travers]], Australian-English author and actress (d. 1996)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Charles Farrell]], American actor and singer (d. 1990)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Zino Francescatti]], French violinist (d. 1991)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Panteleimon Ponomarenko]], Russian general and politician (d. 1984)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Leo Genn]], British actor and barrister (d. 1978)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Vinayaka Krishna Gokak]], Indian scholar, author, and academic (d. 1992)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Willa Beatrice Player]], American educator, first Black woman college president (d. 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crdl.usg.edu/people/p/player_willa_b/?Welcome|title=Player, Willa B.|website=crdl.usg.edu|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>
*  1909   &ndash; [[Adam von Trott zu Solz]], German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[William Alfred Fowler]], American astronomer and astrophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Laureate]] (d. 1996)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Eddie Futch]], American boxer and trainer (d. 2001)
*  1911   &ndash; [[John McQuade]], Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician (d. 1984)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Wilbur Norman Christiansen]], Australian astronomer and engineer (d. 2007)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Fricsay]], Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director (d. 1963)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Tove Jansson]], Finnish author and illustrator (d. 2001)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Joe Mercer]], English footballer and manager (d. 1990)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Mareta West]], American astronomer and geologist (d. 1998)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Kermit Beahan]], American colonel (d. 1989)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]], Irish soldier and playwright (d. 1966)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Albert Seedman]], American police officer (d. 2013)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Joop den Uyl]], Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 1987)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Ralph Houk]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Enzo Biagi]], Italian journalist and author (d. 2007)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Ernest Angley]], American evangelist and author (d. 2021)
*  1921   &ndash; [[J. James Exon]], American soldier and politician, 33rd [[Governor of Nebraska]] (d. 2005)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Philip Larkin]], English poet and novelist (d. 1985)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Mathews Mar Barnabas]], Indian metropolitan (d. 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Frank Martínez (artist)|Frank Martínez]], American soldier and painter (d. 2013)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[David A. Huffman]], American computer scientist, developed [[Huffman coding]] (d. 1999)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Denis Atkinson]], Barbadian cricketer (d. 2001)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Daniel Keyes]], American short story writer and novelist (d. 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 1978)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Bob Cousy]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Camilla Wicks]], American violinist and educator (d. 2020)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Dolores Wilson]], American soprano and actress (d. 2010)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Abdi İpekçi]], Turkish journalist and activist (d. 1979)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Milt Bolling]], American baseball player and scout (d. 2013)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Jacques Parizeau]], Canadian economist and politician, 26th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 2015)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Chuck Essegian]], American baseball player and lawyer
*  1931   &ndash; [[James Freeman Gilbert]], American geophysicist and academic (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Paula Kent Meehan]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[Redken]] (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Mário Zagallo]], Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fonseca |first1=Pedro | last2=Downie | first2=Andrew  |title=Mario Zagallo, Brazil soccer legend, dies at 92|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/mario-zagallo-brazil-soccer-legend-dies-92-2024-01-06/ |website=Reuters |access-date=January 6, 2024 |language=en |date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Tam Dalyell]], Scottish academic and politician (d. 2017)
*  1932   &ndash; [[John Gomery]], Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2021)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Tetsuko Kuroyanagi]], Japanese actress, talk show host, and author
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress (d. 2008)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Julián Javier]], Dominican-American baseball player
*  1936   &ndash; [[Patrick Tse]], Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Leonid Kuchma]], Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd [[President of Ukraine]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Rod Laver]], Australian tennis player and coach
*  1938   &ndash; [[Otto Rehhagel]], German footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Hércules Brito Ruas]], Brazilian footballer
*  1939   &ndash; [[Vincent Hanna]], Northern Irish journalist (d. 1997)
*  1939   &ndash; [[The Mighty Hannibal]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]], American singer (d. 2007)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Bulle Ogier]], French actress and screenwriter
*  1939   &ndash; [[Romano Prodi]], Italian academic and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Butch Warren]], American bassist (d. 2013)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Linda Keen]], American mathematician and academic
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[David Steinberg]], Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ken Norton]], American boxer and actor (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ken Norton|author2=Marshall Terrill|author3=Mike Fitzgerald|title=Going the Distance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_dlbrAHB4cC&pg=PA6|year=2000|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58261-225-6|pages=6}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[George Armstrong (footballer)|George Armstrong]], English footballer (d. 2000)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Patrick Depailler]], French racing driver (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite book|title=Road & Track|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBxQAAAAYAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Bond Publishing Company|page=14}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Sam Elliott]], American actor and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/21648/Sam-Elliott/biography|title=Movies & TV: Sam Elliott Biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127172928/https://movies.nytimes.com/person/21648/Sam-Elliott/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2011|archive-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Patricia McKissack]], American soldier, engineer, and author (d. 2017)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Barbara Delinsky]], American author
*  1945   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Gorelik]], Russian figure skater and sportscaster (d. 2012)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Posy Simmonds]], English author and illustrator
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Rinus Gerritsen]], Dutch rock bass player
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Roy Hodgson]], English footballer and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Barbara Mason]], American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]], American author
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Bill Campbell (baseball)|Bill Campbell]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2023)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Kellerman]], American psychologist and author
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ted Simmons]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[James Naughtie]], Scottish journalist and radio host
*  1951   &ndash; [[Steve Swisher]], American baseball player and manager
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Prateep Ungsongtham Hata]], Thai activist and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kay Stenshjemmet]], Norwegian speed skater
*  1953   &ndash; [[Jean Tirole]], French economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ray Jennings]], South African cricketer and coach
*  1954   &ndash; [[Pete Thomas (drummer)|Pete Thomas]], English drummer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[John E. Sweeney]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gordon Singleton]], Canadian Olympic cyclist (d. 2024)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Melanie Griffith]], American actress and producer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Amanda Bearse]], American actress, comedian and director
*  1958   &ndash; [[Calie Pistorius]], South African engineer and academic
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Kurtis Blow]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*  1959   &ndash; [[Michael Kors]], American fashion designer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Brad Gilbert]], American tennis player and sportscaster
*  1961   &ndash; [[John Key]], New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite news |title=John Key celebrates birthday |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10664823 |access-date=5 August 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=9 August 2010 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Louis Lipps]], American football player and radio host
*  1962   &ndash; [[Kevin Mack]], American football player
*  1962   &ndash; [[John "Hot Rod" Williams]], American basketball player (d. 2015)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Whitney Houston]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Caroline |title=Whitney Houston obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/12/whitney-houston-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=12 February 2012}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Jay Leggett]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Barton Lynch]], Australian surfer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Brett Hull]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
*  1964   &ndash; [[Hoda Kotb]], American journalist and television personality<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai]], Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Remembering Nitin Chandrakant Desai |magazine=Filmfare |date=August 2023 |page=108 |volume=72 |issn=0971-7277}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Vinny Del Negro]], American basketball player and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Linn Ullmann]], Norwegian journalist and author
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Deion Sanders]], American football and baseball player<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Gillian Anderson]], American-British actress, activist and writer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Eric Bana]], Australian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Sam Fogarino]], American drummer
*  1968   &ndash; [[McG]], American director and producer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Troy Percival]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rod Brind'Amour]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1970   &ndash; [[Chris Cuomo]], American lawyer and journalist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Thomas Lennon]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/birthday-thomas-lennon/image_ce105a72-792e-11e7-958f-6fcee614db9d.html|title = Birthday: Thomas Lennon| date=4 August 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Juanes]], Colombian singer and songwriter<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://allmusic.com/artist/juanes-p451494/biography|title=Juanes Biography|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|work=AllMusic}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Filippo Inzaghi]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Kevin McKidd]], Scottish actor and director<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Gene Luen Yang]], American author and illustrator
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Derek Fisher]], American basketball player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Stephen Fung]], Hong Kong actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
*  1974   &ndash; [[Lesley McKenna]], Scottish snowboarder<ref>{{cite web |title=Lesley McKenna |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/lesley-mckenna/O3LvE8rqIaerBZ2jj92wx |website=teamgb.com |access-date=28 August 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Matt Morris (baseball)|Matt Morris]], American baseball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Kirill Reznik]], American lawyer and politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Raphaël Poirée]], French biathlete
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mahesh Babu]], Indian actor and producer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Valentin Kovalenko]], Uzbek football referee
*  1975   &ndash; [[Mike Lamb]], American baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Robbie Middleby]], Australian soccer player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Rhona Mitra]], English actress and singer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Audrey Tautou]], French model and actress
*  1976   &ndash; [[Jessica Capshaw]], American actress
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Jason Frasor]], American baseball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Chamique Holdsclaw]], American basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ravshan Irmatov]], Uzbek football referee
*  1977   &ndash; [[Adewale Ogunleye]], American football player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ime Udoka]], American basketball player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mikaël Silvestre]], French footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Dorin Chirtoacă]], Moldavian lawyer and politician, [[Mayor of Chișinău]]
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ana Serradilla]], Mexican actress and producer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Wesley Sonck]], Belgian footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Michael Kingma]], Australian basketball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Kliff Kingsbury]], American football coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Kliff Kingsbury Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/KingKl0.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2024}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Lisa Nandy]], British politician
*  1979   &ndash; [[Tony Stewart (American football)|Tony Stewart]], American football player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Jarvis Hayes]], American basketball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Li Jiawei]], Singaporean table tennis player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Joel Anthony]], American basketball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Tyson Gay]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite book|author=Jessie Carney Smith|title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture &#91;4 volumes&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PA578|year= 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35797-8|page=578}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Yekaterina Samutsevich]], Russian singer and activist
*  1982   &ndash; [[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]], Belarusian cyclist
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dan Levy (Canadian actor)|Dan Levy]], Canadian actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shatto |first1=Rachel |title=Dan Levy's Birthday Inspired Fans to Raise $50K for a Great Cause |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2021/8/10/dan-levys-birthday-inspired-fans-raise-50k-great-cause |website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |access-date=30 July 2022 |date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Hamilton Masakadza]], Zimbabwean cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamilton Masakadza|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55608.html|access-date=2020-08-09|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Shane O'Brien (ice hockey)|Shane O'Brien]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Alicja Smietana]], Polish-English violinist
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Paul Gallagher (footballer)|Paul Gallagher]], Scottish footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Luca Filippi]], Italian racing driver
*  1985   &ndash; [[Filipe Luís]], Brazilian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Anna Kendrick]], American actress and singer<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Hayley Peirsol]], American swimmer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Vivek Ramaswamy]], American entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kolhatkar |first=Sheelah |date=December 12, 2022 |title=The C.E.O. of Anti-Woke, Inc. |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/19/vivek-ramaswamy-the-ceo-of-anti-woke-inc |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X |access-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004112346/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/19/vivek-ramaswamy-the-ceo-of-anti-woke-inc |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[JaMarcus Russell]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Chandler Williams]], American football player (d. 2013)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Michael Lerchl]], German footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Daniel Preussner]], German rugby player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Tyler Smith (musician)|Tyler Smith]], American singer-songwriter and bass player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Marek Niit]], Estonian sprinter
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Anthony Castonzo]], American football player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Willian (footballer, born 1988)|Willian]], Brazilian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Vasilios Koutsianikoulis]], Greek footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jason Heyward]], American baseball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Stefano Okaka]], Italian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Kento Ono]], Japanese actor and model
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[İshak Doğan]], Turkish footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Sarah McBride]], American LGBT activist
*  1990   &ndash; [[Stuart McInally]], Scottish rugby player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Brice Roger]], French skier
*  1990   &ndash; [[D'Arcy Short]], Australian cricketer <ref>{{Cite web|title=D'Arcy Short|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/308798.html|access-date=2020-08-09|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Bill Skarsgård]], Swedish actor<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 9: Bill Skarsgard, Eric Bana |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2020/08/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-9-Bill-Skarsgard-Eric-Bana/2921596809701/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=7 August 2023 |date=9 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alice Barlow]], English actress
*  1991   &ndash; [[Alexa Bliss]], American bodybuilder and wrestler
*  1991   &ndash; [[Hansika Motwani]], Indian actress <ref>{{Cite web|title=Happy Birthday Hansika Motwani: These pictures of the star prove she has exceptional sense of style & elegance |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/happy-birthday-hansika-motwani-these-pictures-star-prove-she-has-exceptional-sense-style-elegance-466739|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.pinkvilla.com|date=9 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Farahnaz Forotan]], Afghan journalist<ref>{{cite web|last1=Omid|first1=Jawid|title=Tale of an Afghan female journalist|url=http://english.sina.com/world/2015/0126/777227.html|accessdate=March 27, 2015|website=english.sina.com|publisher=English Sina}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jun.Q]], South Korean singer and actor
*  1993   &ndash; [[Dipa Karmakar]], Indian gymnast<ref>{{Cite web|title=Happy Birthday Dipa Karmakar: Check out rare photos of India's first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/sport/2019/aug/09/happy-birthday-dipa-karmakar-check-out-rare-photos-of-indias-first-woman-gymnast-to-qualify-for-th-102462.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The New Indian Express|date=9 August 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Kelli Hubly]], American soccer player
*  1994   &ndash; [[King Von]], American rapper (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=King Von's Estate Drops 'Get It Done' Video For His 28th Birthday |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/videos/king-vons-posthumous-get-it-done-video-1234685304/ |publisher=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=7 August 2023 |date=14 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Eli Apple]], American football player
*  1995   &ndash; [[Justice Smith]], American actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Hwang Min-hyun]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|title='UNVEIL' 황민현, 참으로 빛나는도다 [Oh!쎈 레터]|url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/music/2023/08/07/NQX4VGTJSQIM3IX7EIEGV3YYOI/|work=Osen|date=7 August 2023|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Sanya Lopez]], Filipino actress and model
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Deniss Vasiļjevs]], Latvian figure skater
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Aidan Hutchinson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aidan Hutchinson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HutcAi00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 7, 2024}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Arlo Parks]], British singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anais Oluwatoyin Estelle MARINHO (born August 2000)|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/2ug9XJYgNulNpBDz7pNwqbPRP0w/appointments|access-date=5 June 2020|website=[[Companies House]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva]], Andorran tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/330352/victoria-jimenez-kasintseva |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[378]] &ndash; [[Traianus (magister peditum)|Traianus]], Roman general
*   378   &ndash; [[Valens]], Roman emperor (b. 328)
* [[803]] &ndash; [[Irene of Athens]], Byzantine ruler (b. 752)<ref>{{cite web |title=Irene {{!}} Byzantine empress [752-803] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Irene-Byzantine-empress-752-803 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=28 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[833]] &ndash; [[Al-Ma'mun]], Iraqi [[caliph]] (b. 786)
*[[1048]] &ndash; [[Pope Damasus II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Damasus II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Damasus-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1107]] &ndash; [[Emperor Horikawa]] of Japan (b. 1079)
*[[1173]] &ndash; [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]], Kurdish soldier and politician
*[[1211]] &ndash; [[William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber]], exiled Anglo-Norman baron (b. 1144/53)
*[[1260]] &ndash; [[Walter of Kirkham]], Bishop of Durham
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[Hugh, Count of Brienne]], French crusader
*[[1341]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Anjou]], queen consort of Sicily (b. 1289)
*[[1354]] &ndash; [[Stephen, Duke of Slavonia]], Hungarian prince (b. 1332)
*[[1420]] &ndash; [[Pierre d'Ailly]], French theologian and cardinal (b. 1351)
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[Hieronymus Bosch]], Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450)
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cajetan]], Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470)
*[[1580]] &ndash; [[Metrophanes III of Constantinople]] (b. 1520)
===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Michael the Brave]], Romanian prince (b. 1558)
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[William Noy]], English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Simon Ockley]], English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire]] (b. 1673)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Johann August Apel]], German jurist and author (b. 1771)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Vincent Novello]], English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Samuel Ferguson]], Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Huo Yuanjia]], Chinese martial artist, co-founded the [[Chin Woo Athletic Association]] (b. 1868)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Samuel Griffith]], Welsh-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1845)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[John Charles Fields]], Canadian mathematician, founder of the [[Fields Medal]] (b. 1863)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Richard Goss (Irish Republican)|Richard Goss]], Executed [[Irish Republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonncha |first=Micheal |date=13 August 2020 |title=Seán Russell and the IRA of the 1940s |url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/27898 |work=An Phoblacht |location= |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Edith Stein]], German nun and saint (b. 1891)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Chaïm Soutine]], Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Robert Hampton Gray]], Canadian lieutenant and pilot, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1917)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Harry Hillman]], American runner and coach (b. 1881)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Bert Vogler]], South African cricketer (b. 1876)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Hugo Boss (fashion designer)|Hugo Boss]], German fashion designer, founded [[Hugo Boss]] (b. 1885)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Edward Thorndike]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Carl Clauberg]], German [[Nazi]] physician (b. 1898)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Hermann Hesse]], German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1877)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Patrick Bouvier Kennedy]], American son of [[John F. Kennedy]] (b. 1963)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Joe Orton]], English author and playwright (b. 1933)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Wojciech Frykowski]], Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Sharon Tate]], American model and actress (b. 1943)
*  1969   &ndash; [[C. F. Powell]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)]], lifelong militant and editor (b. 1907)<ref>Coogan, Tim, (1981),''The IRA'', William Collins & Sons Ltd, Glasgow, UK, pg 208.</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Sıddık Sami Onar]], Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Bill Chase]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[James Gould Cozzens]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Walter O'Malley]], American businessman (b. 1903)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Raymond Washington]], American gang leader, founded the [[Crips]] (b. 1953)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline Cochran]], American pilot (b. 1906)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Ruby Hurley]], American civil rights activist (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ware |first1=Susan |title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century |date=2004 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01488-6 |page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&pg=PA318 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Max Hoffman]], Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Clive Churchill]], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Eoin McNamee (Irish republican)]], [[Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army]] (b. 1914)<ref name="IrishCentral">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/eoin-mcnamee-ira |title=The IRA Chief of Staff who was 'unbought, unconquered, and unpurchasable to the last' |last=Hegarty-Thorne |first=Kathleen |date=25 July 2019 |website=IrishCentral.com |access-date=17 April 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[M. Carl Holman]], American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/08/11/m-carl-holman-dies-at-69/d7fb8c4a-f816-4df4-af1c-fe9aafa5a1df/ "M. Carl Holman Dies at 69"], ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Giacinto Scelsi]], Italian composer (b. 1905)<ref>{{BrahmsOnline|2871|title=Giacinto Scelsi|quote=Italian composer and poet born 8 January 1905 in La Spezia; died 9 August 1988 in Rome|access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Joe Mercer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Fereydoun Farrokhzad]], Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jerry Garcia]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Frank Whittle]], English soldier and engineer, invented the [[jet engine]] (b. 1907)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Helen Rollason]], English sports journalist and sportscaster (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Helen Rollason |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220818/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-helen-rollason-1111811.html |archive-date=2022-08-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=14 October 2020 |language=en |date=10 August 1999}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Fouad Serageddin]], Egyptian journalist and politician (b. 1910)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Murder of Nicholas Markowitz|Nicholas Markowitz]], American murder victim (b. 1984)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Paul Samson]], English guitarist (b. 1953)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jacques Deray]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Ray Harford]], English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Gregory Hines]], American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
*  2003   &ndash; [[R. Sivagurunathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Robert Lecourt]], French lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of France]] (b. 1908)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Tony Mottola]], American guitarist and composer (b. 1918)
*  2004   &ndash; [[David Raksin]], American composer and educator (b. 1912)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Judith Rossner]], American author (b. 1935)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Philip E. High]], English author (b. 1914)
*  2006   &ndash; [[James Van Allen]], American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Joe O'Donnell (photojournalist)|Joe O'Donnell]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1922)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bernie Mac]], American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Calvin "Fuzz" Jones]], American singer and bass player (b. 1926)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Ted Stevens]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Carl Davis (record producer)|Carl Davis]], American record producer (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Gene F. Franklin]], American engineer, theorist, and academic (b. 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Al Freeman, Jr.]], American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Rakoff]], Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Carmen Belen Richardson]], Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mel Stuart]], American director and producer (b. 1928)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Harry Elliott (baseball)|Harry Elliott]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Eduardo Falú]], Argentinian guitarist and composer (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William Lynch, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[J. F. Ade Ajayi]], Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Andriy Bal]], Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Arthur G. Cohen]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Arlen Realty and Development Corporation]] (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ed Nelson]], American actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed Nelson: Veteran of Roger Corman's low-budget horror movies who |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edwin-stafford-nelson-veteran-of-roger-corman-s-lowbudget-horror-movies-who-later-appeared-in-every-episode-of-peyton-place-9692163.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220818/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edwin-stafford-nelson-veteran-of-roger-corman-s-lowbudget-horror-movies-who-later-appeared-in-every-episode-of-peyton-place-9692163.html |archive-date=2022-08-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=8 August 2022 |language=en |date=28 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Frank Gifford]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1930)
*  2015   &ndash; [[John Henry Holland]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Walter Nahún López]], Honduran footballer (b. 1977)
*  2015   &ndash; [[David Nobbs]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Kayyar Kinhanna Rai]], Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1915)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Fikret Otyam]], Turkish painter and journalist (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster]], third-richest British citizen (b. 1951)<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37029915 Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64][https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/world/europe/gerald-grosvenor-british-duke-and-billionaire-dies-at-64.html]</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Pat Hitchcock]], English actress and producer (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tapp|first=Tom|date=2021-08-11|title=Pat Hitchcock Dies: Daughter Of Alfred Hitchcock And Actress In 'Strangers On A Train,' 'Psycho,' Was 93|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/pat-hitchcock-dead-daughter-alfred-hitchcock-strangers-on-a-train-psycho-1234812667/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812092645/https://deadline.com/2021/08/pat-hitchcock-dead-daughter-alfred-hitchcock-strangers-on-a-train-psycho-1234812667/|archive-date=2021-08-12|access-date=2021-08-14|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Killer Kau]], South African rapper, dancer and record producer (b. 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/mzansi-still-shaken-over-passing-of-amapiano-stars-mpura-and-killer-kau-bd5113f6-9d5d-4d7c-9585-67a56dafbac3 |title=Mzansi still shaken over passing of amapiano stars Mpura and Killer Kau |website=iol.co.za |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Zairaini Sarbini]], Malaysian voice actress (b. 1972)<ref>[https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2021/08/740712/detektif-conan-derita-kanser-meninggal-dunia 'Detektif Conan' derita kanser meninggal dunia] {{in lang|ms}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Robbie Robertson]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/|title=Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80|last=Morris|first=Chris|website=Variety|date=August 9, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Susan Wojcicki]], Polish-American technology executive (b. 1968)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2024-08-10 |title=Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Influential Google Exec, Dies at 56 |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/susan-wojcicki-dead-youtube-ceo-google-exec-1236102629/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Days of Military Honour|Battle of Gangut Day]] ([[Russia]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Candida Maria of Jesus]]
**[[Edith Stein]] (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
**[[Firmus and Rusticus]]
**[[Herman of Alaska]] ([[Russian Orthodox Church]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|related congregations]]; [[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[John Vianney]] ([[General Roman Calendar of 1954#August|1950s – currently August 4]])
**[[Mary Sumner]] ([[Church of England]])
**[[Nath Í of Achonry]]
**[[Romanus Ostiarius]]
**[[Secundian, Marcellian and Verian]]
**[[August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Meyboom]] ([[Brussels]] and [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]])
*[[National Day (Singapore)|National Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Singapore]] from [[Malaysia]] in 1965.
*[[National Peacekeepers' Day]], celebrated on Sunday closest to the day ([[Canada]])
*[[National Women's Day (South Africa)]]
*Day of the [[Finnish art]], also birthday of [[Tove Jansson]] ([[Finland]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finlandiafoundation.org/event/tove-jansson-day-finnish-art-day/|title=Tove Jansson Day/Finnish Art Day – August 9|publisher=Finlandia Foundation|access-date=9 August 2024}}</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/9 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=09}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/9 |title=Historical Events on August 9 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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