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Acontecimientos (53)

  1. 3114 a. C.The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
  2. 2492 a. C.Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
  3. 106The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
  4. 117Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.
  5. 355Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
  6. 490Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
  7. 923The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.
  8. 1315The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.
  9. 1332Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
  10. 1473The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
  11. 1492Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI.
  12. 1675Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
  13. 1685Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.
  14. 1786Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
  15. 1804Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
  16. 1812Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
  17. 1813In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
  18. 1858The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
  19. 1871An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.
  20. 1898Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  21. 1918World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
  22. 1919Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
  23. 1920The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.
  24. 1920The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  25. 1929Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
  26. 1934The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
  27. 1942Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi.
  28. 1945Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
  29. 1952Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
  30. 1959Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
  31. 1960Chad declares independence from France.
  32. 1961The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  33. 1962Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
  34. 1965Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
  35. 1969The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
  36. 1972Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  37. 1973At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.
  38. 1975East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
  39. 1979Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
  40. 1982A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
  41. 1984"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
  42. 1988A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.
  43. 1991Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.
  44. 1992The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time, it is the largest shopping mall in the United States.
  45. 1995The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills three and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.
  46. 1996The killing of Tassos Isaac by Turkish nationalists of the Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
  47. 2000An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
  48. 2003NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
  49. 2003Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
  50. 2006The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
  51. 2012At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
  52. 2017At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
  53. 2023Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Nacimientos (209)

  1. 1086Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1125)
  2. 1384Yolande of Aragon (died 1442)
  3. 1472Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (died 1537)
  4. 1510Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (died 1566)
  5. 1673Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (died 1754)
  6. 1718Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (died 1791)
  7. 1722Richard Brocklesby, English physician (died 1797)
  8. 1748Joseph Schuster, German composer (died 1812)
  9. 1778Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)
  10. 1794James B. Longacre, American engraver (died 1869)
  11. 1807David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)
  12. 1808William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (died 1892)
  13. 1816Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (died 1882)
  14. 1833Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1899)
  15. 1833Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (died 1877)
  16. 1836Warren Brown, American historian and politician (died 1919)
  17. 1837Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)
  18. 1855John Hodges, Australian cricketer (died 1933)
  19. 1858Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
  20. 1860Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)
  21. 1870Tom Richardson, English cricketer (died 1912)
  22. 1874Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (died 1953)
  23. 1877Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (died 1954)
  24. 1878Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (died 1955)
  25. 1881Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1920)
  26. 1884Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (died 1962)
  27. 1885Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (died 1958)
  28. 1891Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (died 1962)
  29. 1891Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (died 1944)
  30. 1892Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (died 1978)
  31. 1892Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (died 1962)
  32. 1897Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)
  33. 1897Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (died 1970)
  34. 1898Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1968)
  35. 1900Charley Paddock, American sprinter (died 1943)
  36. 1900Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994)
  37. 1902Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (died 1986)
  38. 1902Lloyd Nolan, American actor (died 1985)
  39. 1902Christian de Castries, French general (died 1991)
  40. 1905Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (died 2002)
  41. 1905Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (died 1998)
  42. 1907Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1989)
  43. 1908Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (died 1978)
  44. 1908Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (died 1999)
  45. 1909Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (died 1989)
  46. 1909Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (died 1985)
  47. 1911Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2004)
  48. 1912Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (died 1954)
  49. 1912Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
  50. 1913Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (died 1976)
  51. 1913Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
  52. 1913Angus Wilson, English author and academic (died 1991)
  53. 1915Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
  54. 1916Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (died 1956)
  55. 1919Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (died 2017)
  56. 1920Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (died 2006)
  57. 1920Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
  58. 1921Alex Haley, American historian and author (died 1992)
  59. 1922Mavis Gallant, Canadian short story writer (died 2014)
  60. 1922John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (died 2013)
  61. 1923Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (died 2015)
  62. 1925Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2006)
  63. 1925Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)
  64. 1926Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
  65. 1927Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor (died 2019)
  66. 1927Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (died 2007)
  67. 1929Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer (died 1992)
  68. 1932Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
  69. 1932Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (died 2003)
  70. 1932Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
  71. 1932Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
  72. 1932John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
  73. 1933Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (died 2007)
  74. 1933Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (died 1999)
  75. 1933Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor (died 2026)
  76. 1934Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (died 2015)
  77. 1936Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (died 1999)
  78. 1936Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
  79. 1936Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic (died 2021)
  80. 1937Anna Massey, English actress (died 2011)
  81. 1937Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (died 2014)
  82. 1939James Mancham, first President of Seychelles (died 2017)
  83. 1939Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (died 2003)
  84. 1940Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)
  85. 1941John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
  86. 1942Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
  87. 1942Otis Taylor, American football player (died 2023)
  88. 1943Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
  89. 1943Kenny Gamble, American songwriter, and "Philadelphia Soul" producer, with Leon Huff
  90. 1943Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)
  91. 1943Denis Payton, English saxophonist (died 2006)
  92. 1944Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
  93. 1944Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)
  94. 1944Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
  95. 1946John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
  96. 1946Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
  97. 1947Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
  98. 1947Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
  99. 1947Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter
  100. 1948Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
  101. 1949Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
  102. 1949Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
  103. 1949Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)
  104. 1950Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
  105. 1950Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (died 2003)
  106. 1950Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
  107. 1952Reid Blackburn, American photographer (died 1980)
  108. 1952Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
  109. 1953Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (died 2025)
  110. 1953Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
  111. 1954Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
  112. 1954Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (died 2012)
  113. 1954Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
  114. 1954Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
  115. 1954Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire (died 2021)
  116. 1955Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
  117. 1955Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
  118. 1956Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
  119. 1957Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
  120. 1957Masayoshi Son, Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
  121. 1958Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
  122. 1958Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
  123. 1959Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)
  124. 1959Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
  125. 1959Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2005)
  126. 1959Richard Scudamore, English businessman
  127. 1959László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
  128. 1961David Brooks, American journalist and author
  129. 1961Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
  130. 1961Suniel Shetty, Indian actor and film producer
  131. 1962Brian Azzarello, American author
  132. 1962Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
  133. 1962John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
  134. 1962Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
  135. 1963Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
  136. 1964Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
  137. 1964Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
  138. 1965Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  139. 1965Embeth Davidtz, American actress
  140. 1965Viola Davis, American actress
  141. 1966Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
  142. 1966Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
  143. 1967Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager
  144. 1967Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  145. 1967Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
  146. 1967Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
  147. 1968Anna Gunn, American actress
  148. 1968Veda Hille, Canadian experimental pop singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and accordionist
  149. 1968Sophie Okonedo, British actress
  150. 1968Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  151. 1970Andy Bell, British musician and songwriter
  152. 1970Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
  153. 1970Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer
  154. 1971Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
  155. 1971Tommy Mooney, English footballer
  156. 1973Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
  157. 1974Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
  158. 1974Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
  159. 1974Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (died 2002)
  160. 1974Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
  161. 1975Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
  162. 1976Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
  163. 1976Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
  164. 1976Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
  165. 1976Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  166. 1976Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
  167. 1977Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
  168. 1977Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
  169. 1978Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
  170. 1978Charlotte Leslie, British politician
  171. 1978Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
  172. 1978Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
  173. 1979Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
  174. 1980Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
  175. 1980Lee Suggs, American football player
  176. 1981Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
  177. 1982Andy Lee, American football player
  178. 1983Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
  179. 1983Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
  180. 1983Pavel 183, Russian painter (died 2013)
  181. 1984Mojtaba Abedini, Iranian Olympic fencer
  182. 1984Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
  183. 1984Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
  184. 1985Jacqueline Fernandez, Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress
  185. 1985Asher Roth, American rapper
  186. 1986Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
  187. 1986Hélène Defrance, French sailor
  188. 1986Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
  189. 1987Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
  190. 1987Drew Storen, American baseball player
  191. 1988Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
  192. 1988Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
  193. 1988Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
  194. 1989Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (died 2013)
  195. 1989Sebastian Huke, German footballer
  196. 1990Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
  197. 1991Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
  198. 1992Tomi Lahren, American conservative political commentator
  199. 1993Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer
  200. 1994Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
  201. 1994Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
  202. 1994Joseph Barbato, French footballer
  203. 1994Song I-han, South Korean singer
  204. 1995Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer
  205. 1997Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer
  206. 1999Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Indonesian badminton player
  207. 1999Changbin, South Korean rapper
  208. 2001Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player
  209. 2002Marvin Harrison Jr., American football player

Fallecimientos (109)

  1. 223Jia Xu, Chinese politician and strategist (born 147)
  2. 353Magnentius, Roman usurper (born 303)
  3. 449Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
  4. 632Rusticula, abbess of Arles
  5. 919Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt
  6. 979Gero, Count of Alsleben
  7. 991Byrhtnoth, English soldier (born 956)
  8. 1044Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (born 1001)
  9. 1204Guttorm of Norway (born 1199)
  10. 1253Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)
  11. 1259Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1208)
  12. 1268Agnes of Faucigny, Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
  13. 1332Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
  14. 1332Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
  15. 1332Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
  16. 1332Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
  17. 1332Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
  18. 1456John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (born 1387)
  19. 1464Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)
  20. 1465Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (born 1433)
  21. 1486William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (born c. 1398)
  22. 1494Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (born 1430)
  23. 1519Johann Tetzel, German preacher (born 1465)
  24. 1556John Bell, English bishop
  25. 1563Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (born 1500)
  26. 1578Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (born 1502)
  27. 1596Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (born 1585)
  28. 1614Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (born 1552)
  29. 1656Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (born 1599)
  30. 1725Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (born 1723)
  31. 1774Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (born 1722)
  32. 1813Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (born 1745)
  33. 1851Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (born 1779)
  34. 1854Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (born 1798)
  35. 1868Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1815)
  36. 1886Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1843)
  37. 1890John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (born 1801)
  38. 1892Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1813)
  39. 1903Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (born 1839)
  40. 1908Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (born 1889)
  41. 1919Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (born 1835)
  42. 1921Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (born 1828)
  43. 1936Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (born 1885)
  44. 1937Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (born 1862)
  45. 1939Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (born 1909)
  46. 1939Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (born 1872)
  47. 1945Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (born 1883)
  48. 1953Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1892)
  49. 1956Jackson Pollock, American painter (born 1912)
  50. 1961Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (born 1910)
  51. 1963Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (born 1879)
  52. 1965Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897)
  53. 1969Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (born 1885)
  54. 1972Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
  55. 1974Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (born 1887)
  56. 1977Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (born 1911)
  57. 1978Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (born 1878)
  58. 1979J. G. Farrell, English author (born 1935)
  59. 1980Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (born 1910)
  60. 1982Tom Drake, American actor and singer (born 1918)
  61. 1984Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (born 1892)
  62. 1984Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (born 1916)
  63. 1986János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (born 1948)
  64. 1988Anne Ramsey, American actress (born 1929)
  65. 1989John Meillon, Australian actor (born 1934)
  66. 1991J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (born 1938)
  67. 1994Peter Cushing, English actor (born 1913)
  68. 1995Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
  69. 1996Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (born 1914)
  70. 1996Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (born 1910)
  71. 2000Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (born 1916)
  72. 2001Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (born 1909)
  73. 2002Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (born 1940)
  74. 2003Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)
  75. 2003Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)
  76. 2006Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (born 1920)
  77. 2008George Furth, American actor and playwright (born 1932)
  78. 2008Dursun Karataş, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (born 1952)
  79. 2009Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (born 1921)
  80. 2010James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (born 1920)
  81. 2012Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (born 1931)
  82. 2012Michael Dokes, American boxer (born 1958)
  83. 2012Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
  84. 2012Sid Waddell, British Sports commentator, television presenter, producer, writer & director (born 1940)
  85. 2013Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (born 1943)
  86. 2013Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (born 1919)
  87. 2013David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (born 1937)
  88. 2014Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1928)
  89. 2014Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (born 1952)
  90. 2014Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (born 1917)
  91. 2014Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (born 1951)
  92. 2014Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (born 1937)
  93. 2015Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (born 1923)
  94. 2015Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (born 1941)
  95. 2015Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (born 1920)
  96. 2017Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (born 1903)
  97. 2017Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (born 1946)
  98. 2018V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
  99. 2018Terry A. Davis, American computer programmer, creator of TempleOS (born 1969)
  100. 2019Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1931)
  101. 2020Trini Lopez, American singer and guitarist (born 1937)
  102. 2020Sumner Redstone, American billionaire businessman (born 1923)
  103. 2022Anne Heche, American actress (born 1969)
  104. 2022Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (born 1926)
  105. 2023Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (born 1942)
  106. 2024Ángel Salazar, Cuban-American comedian and actor (born 1956)
  107. 2024Noël Treanor, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (born 1950)
  108. 2025Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian precandidate to presidency (born 1986)
  109. 2025Danielle Spencer, American actress (born 1965)

Celebraciones (3)

  1. Flag Day (Pakistan)
  2. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.
  3. Mountain Day (Japan)

Santoral (11)

  1. Athracht
  2. Clare of Assisi
  3. Gaugericus
  4. John Henry Newman (Church of England)
  5. Blessed John Sandys and Stephen Rowsham
  6. Blessed Maurice Tornay
  7. Philomena
  8. Susanna
  9. Taurinus of Évreux
  10. Tiburtius and Chromatius
  11. August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)