August 6

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Events

Pre-1600

686 – The Ummayad forces suffer a deceisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar in the battle of Khazir.<ref>Template:EI2</ref>
1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1806 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1824 – Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of Junín.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1825 – The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
1861 – Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad Template:Ship is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a German victory.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive German victory.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1901–present

1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1914 – World War I: U-boat campaign: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 – First public screening using the Vitaphone process<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union.<ref name="Aklaev1993">Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
1958 – Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,<ref>Adam Feinstein, Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life url</ref> is repealed in Chile.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
1572 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze emir (d. 1635)

1601–1900

1605 – Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (d. 1675)
1609 – Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter (d. 1677)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1622 – Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral (d. 1666)
1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1651 – François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (d. 1715)
1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 1747)
1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician (d. 1813)
1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (d. 1847)
1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (d. 1915)
1835 – Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (d. 1900)
1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
1848 – Susie Taylor, American writer and first black Army nurse (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (d. 1888)
1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
1877 – Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1952)
1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Louella Parsons, American journalist (d. 1972)
1883 – Constance Georgina Adams, South African botanist (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1883 – Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (d. 1983)
1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic (d. 1971)
1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver (d. 1957)
1889 – George Kenney, Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957)
1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
1895 – Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (d. 1978)
1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003)

1901–present

1901 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (d. 1935)
1903 – Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 – Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
1910 – Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (d. 1982)
1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2001)
1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 – Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001)
1919 – Pauline Betz, American tennis player (d. 2011)
1920 – John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)
1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
1923 – Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 2021)
1924 – Samuel Bowers, American white supremacist, co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
1924 – Ella Jenkins, American folk singer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor (d. 2016)
1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (d. 1987)
1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American soldier and author
1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer and author
1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (d. 2014)
1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
1938 – Bert Yancey, American golfer (d. 1994)
1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
1947 – Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1954 – Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player
1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist and author
1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 – Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
1959 – Joyce Sims, American singer (d. 2022)<ref name="obi">Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010, p. 75</ref>
1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
1965 – Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver
1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer
1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1972 – Jason O'Mara, Irish actor<ref name="AP"/>
1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress<ref name="AP" />
1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress<ref name="AP" />
1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
1981 – Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
1984 – Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Hunter Greene, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Nessa Barrett, American singer-songwriter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

258 – Pope Sixtus II<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
523 – Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
750 – Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688)
1027 – Richard III, Duke of Normandy
1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
1195 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
1272 – Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
1384 – Francesco I of Lesbos
1412 – Margherita of Durazzo, Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1530 – Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (b. 1458)
1553 – Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
1588 – Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578–1588) (b. 1554)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1628 – Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
1637 – Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
1666 – Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)

1901–present

1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
1906 – George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1915 – Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
1925 – Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)<ref>The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, among other periodicals, all carried prominent front page stories about Bong's death on August 7, 1945, despite the prevalence of the news on the first atomic bombing. "Jet plane explosion kills Major Bong, Top U.S. Ace," The New York Times (August 7, 1945), p. 1; "Major Bong, top air ace, killed in crash of Army P-80 jet-fighter," The Washington Post (August 6, 1945), p.1; "Jet plane explosion kills Maj. Bong; Ace's 'Shooting Star' blows up in test flight over north Hollywood", Los Angeles Times (August 6, 1945), p.1.</ref>
1945 – Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
1968 – Ye Gongchuo, Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, co-created 60 Minutes (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928)
1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Adhar Kumar Chatterji, Indian Naval officer (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Creme Puff, tabby domestic cat, oldest recorded cat (b. 1967)<ref name=G2010>Template:Cite book</ref>
2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017 – Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017 – Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Joël Robuchon, French Chef (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – Margaret Heckler, American politician (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (b. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Billy Bean, American baseball player (b. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian holidays and observances
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)

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