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Acontecimientos (48)

  1. 1099First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon: Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
  2. 1121Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
  3. 1164Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
  4. 1204The Republic of Venice acquires the right to Crete from Boniface I of Montferrat.
  5. 1323The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
  6. 1376Andronikos IV Palaiologos enters Constantinople by force and captures his father, emperor John V Palaiologos, and his younger brothers during the Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379.
  7. 1492Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
  8. 1499First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
  9. 1624Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
  10. 1676Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
  11. 1687Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
  12. 1765Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
  13. 1788The Anjala conspiracy is signed.
  14. 1793The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
  15. 1806Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
  16. 1831French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
  17. 1851Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
  18. 1865Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs the first antiseptic surgery.
  19. 1883The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  20. 1898The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States where it is formally recognized as Hawaii.
  21. 1914World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
  22. 1914World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets, a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  23. 1944World War II: Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
  24. 1944World War II: Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
  25. 1944World War II: Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, becoming the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
  26. 1948Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police.
  27. 1950Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
  28. 1952The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
  29. 1953Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
  30. 1953The 7.2 Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
  31. 1960Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
  32. 1964South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  33. 1969Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
  34. 1976Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
  35. 1977The first free flight of the .
  36. 1977The Sri Lanka Riots, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
  37. 1981The IBM Personal Computer is released.
  38. 1984An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
  39. 1985Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.
  40. 1990Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  41. 1992Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  42. 1994Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
  43. 2000The Russian Navy submarine explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  44. 2015At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
  45. 2016Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
  46. 2017The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to three deaths and injuring nearly 50 more.
  47. 2018Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.
  48. 2021Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010.

Nacimientos (230)

  1. 1452Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (died 1515)
  2. 1503Christian III of Denmark (died 1559)
  3. 1506Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
  4. 1591Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity (died 1660)
  5. 1599Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (died 1678)
  6. 1604Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651)
  7. 1626Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (died 1690)
  8. 1629Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess (died 1685)
  9. 1644Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (died 1704)
  10. 1686John Balguy, English philosopher and author (died 1748)
  11. 1696Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (died 1755)
  12. 1762George IV, King of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
  13. 1773Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (died 1853)
  14. 1774Robert Southey, English poet and author (died 1843)
  15. 1801John Cadbury, British Quaker and businessman who founded the Cadbury chocolate company (died 1889)
  16. 1831Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (died 1891)
  17. 1833William P. Sanders, American army officer (died 1863)
  18. 1852Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus (died 1890)
  19. 1856Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1917)
  20. 1857Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (died 1924)
  21. 1859Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died 1929)
  22. 1860Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died 1907)
  23. 1866Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
  24. 1866Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (died 1907)
  25. 1867Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (died 1963)
  26. 1870Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist (died 1925)
  27. 1871Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia (died 1939)
  28. 1876Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright (died 1958)
  29. 1877Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1960)
  30. 1880Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (died 1943)
  31. 1880Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
  32. 1881Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (died 1959)
  33. 1883Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress and playwright (died 1974)
  34. 1883Marion Lorne, American actress (died 1968)
  35. 1885Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (died 1959)
  36. 1885Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (died 1952)
  37. 1885Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1959)
  38. 1887Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
  39. 1889Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (died 1981)
  40. 1891C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (died 1953)
  41. 1891John McDermott, American golfer (died 1971)
  42. 1892Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (died 1977)
  43. 1897Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (died 1981)
  44. 1897Otto Struve, Russian-American astronomer (discoveries in stellar spectroscopy at Yerkes observatory) (died 1963)
  45. 1899Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (died 1963)
  46. 1902Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian statesman, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (died 1980)
  47. 1904Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (died 1997)
  48. 1904Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (died 2009)
  49. 1904Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918)
  50. 1906Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (died 1985)
  51. 1906Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 1972)
  52. 1907Gladys Bentley, American blues singer (died 1960)
  53. 1907Joe Besser, American actor (died 1988)
  54. 1907Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer (died 1975)
  55. 1907Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (died 1981)
  56. 1909Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (died 1991)
  57. 1910Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (died 1970)
  58. 1910Jane Wyatt, American actress (died 2006)
  59. 1911Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (died 1993)
  60. 1912Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1997)
  61. 1913Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
  62. 1914Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (died 2001)
  63. 1914Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (died 1981)
  64. 1915Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (died 2007)
  65. 1916Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (died 2012)
  66. 1916Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (died 2020)
  67. 1917Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (died 2008)
  68. 1917Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (died 2009)
  69. 1918Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013)
  70. 1918Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)
  71. 1919Margaret Burbidge, English-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2020)
  72. 1919Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (died 1971)
  73. 1920Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian (died 1985)
  74. 1920Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1984)
  75. 1922Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (died 1987)
  76. 1922Miloš Jakeš, Czech communist politician (died 2020)
  77. 1923John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (died 1997)
  78. 1924Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2007)
  79. 1924Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (died 1988)
  80. 1925Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016)
  81. 1925Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986)
  82. 1925Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004)
  83. 1925Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004)
  84. 1925Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975)
  85. 1925George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006)
  86. 1926Douglas Croft, American child actor (died 1963)
  87. 1926John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died 1998)
  88. 1926Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
  89. 1927Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
  90. 1928Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018)
  91. 1928Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001)
  92. 1928Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006)
  93. 1929Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
  94. 1930Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (died 1996)
  95. 1930George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management
  96. 1930Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (died 2010)
  97. 1930Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 2021)
  98. 1931William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018)
  99. 1932Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
  100. 1932Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (died 2010)
  101. 1932Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand (died 2025)
  102. 1933Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
  103. 1933Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (died 2013)
  104. 1934Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic (died 2024)
  105. 1935John Cazale, American actor (died 1978)
  106. 1936Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter (died 2017)
  107. 1936John Poindexter, American naval officer, and National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan
  108. 1937Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (died 2014)
  109. 1938Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (died 2016)
  110. 1939George Hamilton, American actor
  111. 1939David Jacobs, American television writer and producer (died 2023)
  112. 1939S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician, 4th Senior Minister of Singapore
  113. 1939Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete
  114. 1939David King, South African chemist and academic
  115. 1939Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (died 2016)
  116. 1939Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
  117. 1940Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005)
  118. 1940John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018)
  119. 1941Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright (died 2017)
  120. 1941Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (died 2025)
  121. 1941Dana Ivey, American actress
  122. 1942Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
  123. 1943Javeed Alam, Indian academician (died 2016)
  124. 1945Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic
  125. 1945Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter
  126. 1947John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (died 2002)
  127. 1948Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
  128. 1948Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
  129. 1949Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
  130. 1949Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  131. 1949Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)
  132. 1949Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
  133. 1949Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
  134. 1950Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  135. 1950August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
  136. 1950Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (died 2026)
  137. 1950George McGinnis, American basketball player (died 2023)
  138. 1951Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player
  139. 1952Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
  140. 1952Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024)
  141. 1953Peter Ostroushko, American fiddler, mandolin player, and composer (A Prairie Home Companion) (died 2021)
  142. 1954Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
  143. 1954Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
  144. 1954Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
  145. 1954François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
  146. 1954Sam J. Jones, American actor
  147. 1954Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
  148. 1956Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
  149. 1956Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
  150. 1957Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
  151. 1958Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter
  152. 1960Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (died 2010)
  153. 1961Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
  154. 1963Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna (died 2019)
  155. 1963Campbell Newman, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Queensland
  156. 1964Txiki Begiristain, Spanish footballer
  157. 1964Michael Hagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
  158. 1965Peter Krause, American actor
  159. 1966Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician
  160. 1967Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
  161. 1967Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
  162. 1967Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
  163. 1968Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
  164. 1969Tanita Tikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter
  165. 1970Aleksandar Đurić, Bosnian footballer
  166. 1971Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  167. 1971Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
  168. 1971Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
  169. 1971Pete Sampras, American tennis player
  170. 1972Demir Demirkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
  171. 1972Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
  172. 1972Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
  173. 1972Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
  174. 1972Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper
  175. 1973Jonathan Coachman, American sportscaster and wrestler
  176. 1973Grey DeLisle, American country singer-songwriter, autoharp player, voice actress and comedienne
  177. 1973Mark Iuliano, Italian footballer and manager
  178. 1975Casey Affleck, American actor
  179. 1976Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
  180. 1976Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist
  181. 1976Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
  182. 1976Antoine Walker, American basketball player
  183. 1977Plaxico Burress, American football player
  184. 1977Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
  185. 1977Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor (died 2010)
  186. 1978Chris Chambers, American football player
  187. 1978Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
  188. 1979Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
  189. 1979Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
  190. 1980Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
  191. 1980Maggie Lawson, American actress
  192. 1980Dominique Swain, American actress
  193. 1980Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  194. 1981Tony Capaldi, Norwegian–Northern Irish footballer
  195. 1981Djibril Cissé, French footballer
  196. 1982Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer
  197. 1982Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
  198. 1983Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
  199. 1983Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer
  200. 1983Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
  201. 1985Danny Graham, English footballer
  202. 1986Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer
  203. 1986Kyle Arrington, American football player
  204. 1987Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
  205. 1988Tyson Fury, English boxer
  206. 1988Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
  207. 1989Tom Cleverley, English footballer
  208. 1989Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer
  209. 1989Sunye, South Korean singer
  210. 1990Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
  211. 1991Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
  212. 1991Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
  213. 1991Khris Middleton, American basketball player
  214. 1991LaKeith Stanfield, American actor and musician
  215. 1992Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
  216. 1992Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
  217. 1992Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
  218. 1993Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
  219. 1993Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
  220. 1994Ian Happ, American baseball player
  221. 1996Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress
  222. 1996Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer
  223. 1996Samuel Moutoussamy, Congolese footballer
  224. 1998Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
  225. 1999Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
  226. 1999Dream, American YouTuber
  227. 1999Jule Niemeier, German tennis player
  228. 1999GK Barry, social media star and presenter
  229. 2000Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver
  230. 2001Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer

Fallecimientos (118)

  1. 30 a. C.Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (born 69 BC)
  2. 792Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury
  3. 875Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 825)
  4. 960Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (born 903)
  5. 961Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (born 916)
  6. 1222Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia
  7. 1295Charles Martel, king of Hungary (born 1271)
  8. 1315Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman
  9. 1319Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (born 1274)
  10. 1335Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shōgun (born 1308)
  11. 1399Demetrius I Starshy, Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (born 1327)
  12. 1424Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (born 1360)
  13. 1484Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1414)
  14. 1546Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (born 1492)
  15. 1577Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
  16. 1588Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (born 1543)
  17. 1602Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (born 1551)
  18. 1612Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (born 1557)
  19. 1638Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (born 1557)
  20. 1674Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1602)
  21. 1689Pope Innocent XI (born 1611)
  22. 1778Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (born 1714)
  23. 1809Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (born 1738)
  24. 1810Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born 1725)
  25. 1822Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1769)
  26. 1827William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757)
  27. 1829Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (born 1760)
  28. 1848George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (born 1781)
  29. 1849Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1761)
  30. 1861Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (born 1793)
  31. 1864Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (born 1811)
  32. 1865William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (born 1785)
  33. 1891James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (born 1819)
  34. 1896Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (born 1841)
  35. 1900Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (born 1836)
  36. 1901Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (born 1832)
  37. 1904William Renshaw, English tennis player (born 1861)
  38. 1914John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed (born 1840)
  39. 1918William Thompson, American archer (born 1848)
  40. 1921Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (born 1836)
  41. 1922Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (born 1871)
  42. 1924Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (born 1863)
  43. 1928Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (born 1854)
  44. 1934Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (born 1856)
  45. 1935Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (born 1851)
  46. 1940Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1884)
  47. 1941Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (born 1866)
  48. 1941Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (born 1857)
  49. 1943Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (born 1859)
  50. 1944Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (born 1915)
  51. 1944Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (born 1873)
  52. 1952David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1884)
  53. 1955Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
  54. 1955James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
  55. 1959Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1877)
  56. 1964Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (born 1908)
  57. 1966Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923)
  58. 1967Esther Forbes, American historian and author (born 1891)
  59. 1973Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
  60. 1973Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
  61. 1976Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (born 1905)
  62. 1978John Williams, English motorcycle racer (born 1946)
  63. 1979Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
  64. 1982Henry Fonda, American actor (born 1905)
  65. 1982Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (born 1959)
  66. 1983Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (born 1892)
  67. 1984Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (born 1925)
  68. 1985Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1941)
  69. 1985Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born 1951)
  70. 1986Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (born 1911)
  71. 1988Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (born 1960)
  72. 1989Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (born 1917)
  73. 1989William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
  74. 1990Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (born 1903)
  75. 1992John Cage, American composer and theorist (born 1912)
  76. 1996Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (born 1908)
  77. 1996Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (born 1953)
  78. 1997Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (born 1914)
  79. 1999Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (born 1916)
  80. 2000Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (born 1955)
  81. 2000Loretta Young, American actress (born 1913)
  82. 2002Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
  83. 2004Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
  84. 2005John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (born 1946)
  85. 2006Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (born 1926)
  86. 2007Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (born 1925)
  87. 2007Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (born 1963)
  88. 2008Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (born 1954)
  89. 2008Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (born 1933)
  90. 2009Les Paul, American guitarist, songwriter, and inventor (born 1915)
  91. 2010Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (born 1949)
  92. 2010Guido de Marco, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th President of Malta (born 1931)
  93. 2010Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (born 1946)
  94. 2010André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (born 1935)
  95. 2011Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (born 1927)
  96. 2012Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (born 1933)
  97. 2012Jerry Grant, American race car driver (born 1935)
  98. 2012Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (born 1926)
  99. 2012Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician
  100. 2012Alf Morris, English politician and activist (born 1928)
  101. 2013Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (born 1915)
  102. 2013Hans-Ekkehard Bob, German soldier and pilot (born 1917)
  103. 2013Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (born 1938)
  104. 2013David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (born 1952)
  105. 2013Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (born 1930)
  106. 2014Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (born 1924)
  107. 2014Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1950)
  108. 2014Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)
  109. 2015Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (born 1929)
  110. 2015Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
  111. 2015Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (born 1921)
  112. 2015John Scott, English organist and conductor (born 1956)
  113. 2016Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (born 1958)
  114. 2017Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1942)
  115. 2019DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (born 1986)
  116. 2020Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (born 1927)
  117. 2021Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (born 1937)
  118. 2024Kim Kahana, American actor and stunt performer (born 1929)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
  2. HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)
  3. International Youth Day (United Nations)
  4. Russian Air Force Day (Russia)
  5. Sea Org Day (Scientology)
  6. World Elephant Day (International)

Santoral (11)

  1. Euplius
  2. Eusebius of Milan
  3. Herculanus of Brescia
  4. Pope Innocent XI
  5. Jænberht
  6. Jane Frances de Chantal
  7. Blessed Karl Leisner
  8. Muiredach (or Murtagh)
  9. Porcarius II
  10. Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina
  11. August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)