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Acontecimientos (55)

  1. 29 a. C.Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
  2. 523John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
  3. 554Emperor Justinian I issues a Pragmatic Sanction in which he organises the renewed Roman rule over the recently re-conquered Italy. All privileges granted to Romans under the Gothic rule until 538 are confirmed, confiscated estates restored and the participation of the Roman Church in civil government increased.
  4. 582Maurice is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire by the dying emperor Tiberius.
  5. 871Emperor Louis II of Italy and Empress Engelberga are captured by Prince Adelchis of Benevento.
  6. 900Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
  7. 1099Election of Pope Paschal II following the death of pope Urban II in the previous month.
  8. 1415The English invasion of France begins when English king Henry V lands in France.
  9. 1516The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
  10. 1521After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
  11. 1532Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
  12. 1536Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.
  13. 1553Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
  14. 1624The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
  15. 1645Sweden and Denmark sign the Peace of Brömsebro.
  16. 1650Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
  17. 1704War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
  18. 1724Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, a chorale cantata on a famous tune.
  19. 1779American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  20. 1792King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
  21. 1806Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
  22. 1814The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands, is signed in London, England.
  23. 1868The 8.5–9.0 Arica earthquake strikes southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin-wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
  24. 1876A performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold opens the first Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival.
  25. 1889William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
  26. 1898Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  27. 1898Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  28. 1900The steamer Deutschland of Hamburg America Lines sets a new record for the eastward passage when it docks in Plymouth, England, five days, 11 hours and 45 minutes after sailing from New York, breaking by three hours, six minutes its previous mark in its maiden voyage in July.
  29. 1905Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  30. 1906The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  31. 1913First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
  32. 1918Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
  33. 1918Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is established as a public company in Germany.
  34. 1920Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  35. 1937Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
  36. 1940World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force.
  37. 1942Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
  38. 1944World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
  39. 1954Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
  40. 1960The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
  41. 1961Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
  42. 1964Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
  43. 1967Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
  44. 1968Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
  45. 1969The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  46. 1973Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground.
  47. 1977Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
  48. 1978One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
  49. 1990A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  50. 1997The animated TV comedy South Park airs its very first episode.
  51. 2004One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
  52. 2008Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
  53. 2014A Cessna Citation Excel crashes in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil killing all seven people aboard, including Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.
  54. 2015At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
  55. 2020Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.

Nacimientos (216)

  1. 985Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (died 1021)
  2. 1311Alfonso XI, king of Castile and León (died 1350)
  3. 1567Samuel de Champlain, French explorer (died 1635)
  4. 1584Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (died 1640)
  5. 1592William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (died 1642)
  6. 1625Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (died 1698)
  7. 1662Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1748)
  8. 1666William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (died 1727)
  9. 1700Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (died 1763)
  10. 1717Louis François, Prince of Conti (died 1776)
  11. 1756James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (died 1815)
  12. 1764Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (died 1813)
  13. 1790William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (died 1872)
  14. 1803Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (died 1869)
  15. 1814Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (died 1874)
  16. 1818Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist (died 1893)
  17. 1819Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (died 1903)
  18. 1820George Grove, English musicologist and historian (died 1900)
  19. 1823Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (died 1910)
  20. 1824John J. Robison, American politician in Michigan (died 1897)
  21. 1831Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (died 1902)
  22. 1841Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (died 1891)
  23. 1842Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd (died 1914)
  24. 1849Leonora Barry, Irish-born American social activist (died 1930)
  25. 1851Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (died 1933)
  26. 1860Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died 1926)
  27. 1866Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A. (died 1945)
  28. 1867George Luks, American painter and illustrator (died 1933)
  29. 1871Karl Liebknecht, German politician, co-founded Communist Party of Germany (died 1919)
  30. 1872Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1942)
  31. 1879John Ireland, English composer and educator (died 1962)
  32. 1884Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (died 1957)
  33. 1888John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (died 1946)
  34. 1888Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (died 1975)
  35. 1889Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (died 1958)
  36. 1895István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (died 1948)
  37. 1895Bert Lahr, American actor (died 1967)
  38. 1898Jean Borotra, French tennis player (died 1994)
  39. 1898Regis Toomey, American actor (died 1991)
  40. 1899Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (died 1980)
  41. 1899José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama (died 1964)
  42. 1902Felix Wankel, German engineer (died 1988)
  43. 1904Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (died 1999)
  44. 1904Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (died 2001)
  45. 1906Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (died 2003)
  46. 1906Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (died 1967)
  47. 1907Alfried Krupp, German arms manufacturer, convicted war criminal, and Olympic yacht competitor (died 1967)
  48. 1907Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (died 1976)
  49. 1908Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot (died 1998)
  50. 1909Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader (died 1983)
  51. 1911William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (died 1982)
  52. 1912Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)
  53. 1912Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1997)
  54. 1912Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
  55. 1912Big Chief Russell Moore, Pima-American jazz trombonist (Lionel Hampton; Louis Armstrong), and composer (died 1983)
  56. 1913Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (died 1977)
  57. 1913Fred Davis, English snooker player (died 1998)
  58. 1913Anna Mae Winburn, African American jazz singer and bandleader of all-female, racially integrated big band (died 1999)
  59. 1914Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic (died 1996)
  60. 1917Sid Gordon, American baseball player (died 1975)
  61. 1918Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2006)
  62. 1918Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
  63. 1919Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (died 2007)
  64. 1919George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (died 2011)
  65. 1920Neville Brand, American actor (died 1992)
  66. 1921Louis Frémaux, French conductor (died 2017)
  67. 1921Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)
  68. 1921Mary Lee, Scottish singer (died 2022)
  69. 1922Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (died 2011)
  70. 1925Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (died 2005)
  71. 1925José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (died 2013)
  72. 1926Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (died 2016)
  73. 1928William Bright, American linguist and toponymist (died 2006)
  74. 1928John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host (died 2019)
  75. 1929Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (died 2016)
  76. 1930Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
  77. 1930Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (died 2007)
  78. 1930Bernard Manning, English comedian (died 2007)
  79. 1930Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (died 1999)
  80. 1930Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (died 2014)
  81. 1933Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
  82. 1935Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (died 2001)
  83. 1935Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
  84. 1938Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer (died 2022)
  85. 1938Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1968)
  86. 1940Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (died 2000)
  87. 1942Hissène Habré, Chadian politician and war criminal, 5th president of Chad (died 2021)
  88. 1942Son Seals, American electric blues guitarist and singer (died 2004)
  89. 1943Fred Hill, American football player
  90. 1943Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
  91. 1943Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient (died 1971)
  92. 1944Kevin Tighe, American actor
  93. 1945Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
  94. 1945Gary Gregor, American basketball player
  95. 1945Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2020)
  96. 1945Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (died 2016)
  97. 1946Janet Yellen, American economist, 78th United States secretary of the treasury
  98. 1947Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
  99. 1947John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
  100. 1947Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
  101. 1948Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
  102. 1949Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
  103. 1949Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  104. 1949Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
  105. 1949Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (died 1973)
  106. 1950Jane Carr, English actress
  107. 1950Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  108. 1951Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
  109. 1952Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
  110. 1952Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
  111. 1952Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist
  112. 1952Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (died 2002)
  113. 1952Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
  114. 1952Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
  115. 1953Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
  116. 1953Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach
  117. 1953Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
  118. 1953Peter Wright, English historian and author
  119. 1954Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (died 2001)
  120. 1955Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
  121. 1955Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
  122. 1955Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter
  123. 1955Mulgrew Miller, American jazz pianist, (Duke Ellington; Betty Carter; Art Blakey),composer, and educator (died 2013)
  124. 1956Rohinton Fali Nariman, Judge of the Supreme Court of India
  125. 1958David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
  126. 1958Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
  127. 1958Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1993)
  128. 1959Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler
  129. 1959Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
  130. 1959Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
  131. 1960Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
  132. 1961Koji Kondo, Japanese composer and sound director
  133. 1961Dawnn Lewis, American actress
  134. 1961Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
  135. 1961Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter
  136. 1962John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  137. 1963Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist
  138. 1963Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
  139. 1963Sridevi, Indian actress (died 2018)
  140. 1964Jay Buhner, American baseball player and sportscaster
  141. 1964Debi Mazar, American actress
  142. 1964Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager
  143. 1965Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
  144. 1965Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
  145. 1966Scooter Barry, American basketball player
  146. 1966Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
  147. 1967Quinn Cummings, American actress, author, and entrepreneur
  148. 1967Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
  149. 1967Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
  150. 1968Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
  151. 1968Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
  152. 1968Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
  153. 1969Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
  154. 1970Will Clarke, American author
  155. 1970Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
  156. 1970Seana Kofoed, American actress
  157. 1970Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
  158. 1971Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
  159. 1971Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
  160. 1971Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
  161. 1972Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
  162. 1973Molly Henneberg, American journalist
  163. 1973Eric Medlen, American race car driver (died 2007)
  164. 1974Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach
  165. 1974Joe Perry, English snooker player
  166. 1974Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician and artist
  167. 1974Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player and coach
  168. 1975Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
  169. 1975Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  170. 1976Geno Carlisle, American basketball player
  171. 1976Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
  172. 1977Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer
  173. 1977Kenyan Weaks, American basketball player and coach
  174. 1978Dwight Smith, American football player
  175. 1979Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
  176. 1979Corey Patterson, American baseball player
  177. 1979Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
  178. 1982Ibram X. Kendi, American author and antiracist activist
  179. 1982Christopher Raeburn, English fashion designer
  180. 1982Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, American political consultant and press secretary
  181. 1982Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
  182. 1983Dallas Braden, American baseball player
  183. 1983Aleš Hemský, Czech ice hockey player
  184. 1983Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
  185. 1983Christian Müller, German footballer
  186. 1984Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
  187. 1984Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
  188. 1984Boone Logan, American baseball player
  189. 1984James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  190. 1985Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
  191. 1986Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist
  192. 1987Jose Lorenzo Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter
  193. 1987Devin McCourty, American football player
  194. 1987Jason McCourty, American football player
  195. 1987Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer
  196. 1988Keith Benson, American basketball player
  197. 1988Jerry Hughes, American football player
  198. 1988Brandon Workman, American baseball player
  199. 1989Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer
  200. 1989Justin Greene, American basketball player
  201. 1989Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer
  202. 1990DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
  203. 1990Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
  204. 1991Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  205. 1991Lesley Doig, Scottish lawn bowler
  206. 1992Katrina Gorry, Australian football player
  207. 1992Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
  208. 1992Alicja Tchórz, Polish swimmer
  209. 1992Taijuan Walker, American baseball player
  210. 1993Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (died 2024)
  211. 1993Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player
  212. 1994Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
  213. 1996Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
  214. 1998Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
  215. 1999Lennon Stella, Canadian singer and actress
  216. 2000Na Jaemin, South Korean rapper, singer, dancer and actor

Fallecimientos (106)

  1. 587Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (born 520)
  2. 604Wen, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 541)
  3. 612Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (born 580)
  4. 662Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine theologian
  5. 696Takechi, Japanese prince
  6. 900Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia (born 870)
  7. 908Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph
  8. 981Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (born 955)
  9. 1134Irene of Hungary, Byzantine empress (born 1088)
  10. 1297Nawrūz, Mongol emir
  11. 1311Pietro Gradenigo, doge of Venice
  12. 1382Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Castile (born 1358)
  13. 1447Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan (born 1392)
  14. 1523Gerard David, Flemish painter (born 1460)
  15. 1608Giambologna, Italian sculptor (born 1529)
  16. 1617Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (born 1540)
  17. 1667Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (born 1613)
  18. 1686Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (born 1610)
  19. 1721Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (born 1665)
  20. 1744John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (born 1678)
  21. 1749Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (born 1719)
  22. 1766Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (born 1726)
  23. 1795Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (born 1725)
  24. 1826René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (born 1781)
  25. 1863Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (born 1798)
  26. 1865Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (born 1818)
  27. 1900Collis Potter Huntington, American railway magnate (born 1821)
  28. 1910Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (born 1820)
  29. 1912Jules Massenet, French composer (born 1842)
  30. 1917Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
  31. 1934Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (born 1868)
  32. 1937Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (born 1902)
  33. 1946H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (born 1866)
  34. 1954Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (born 1886)
  35. 1958Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (born 1903)
  36. 1963Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (born 1881)
  37. 1965Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1899)
  38. 1971W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (born 1888)
  39. 1974Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (born 1888)
  40. 1975Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (born 1901)
  41. 1978Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (born 1944)
  42. 1979Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (born 1887)
  43. 1984Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (born 1929)
  44. 1986Helen Mack, American actress (born 1913)
  45. 1989Tim Richmond, American race car driver (born 1955)
  46. 1989Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician (born 1944)
  47. 1991James Roosevelt, American general and politician (born 1907)
  48. 1995Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (born 1963)
  49. 1995Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (born 1926)
  50. 1995Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1931)
  51. 1996António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1910)
  52. 1998Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
  53. 1998Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (born 1915)
  54. 1998Julien Green, American author (born 1900)
  55. 1998Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1947)
  56. 1999Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish religious leader (born 1927)
  57. 1999Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (born 1960)
  58. 2000Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer-songwriter (born 1965)
  59. 2001Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (born 1947)
  60. 2001Jim Hughes, American baseball player and manager (born 1923)
  61. 2001Betty Cavanna, American author (born 1909)
  62. 2003Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)
  63. 2004Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (born 1912)
  64. 2004Akku Yadav, Indian gangster and serial rapist (born 1971 or 1972)
  65. 2005Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
  66. 2005David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1942)
  67. 2006Tony Jay, English actor and singer (born 1933)
  68. 2006Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (born 1975)
  69. 2006Kermit L. Hall, American legal historian and university president (born 1944)
  70. 2007Brian Adams, American wrestler (born 1964)
  71. 2007Brooke Astor, American philanthropist and socialite (born 1902)
  72. 2007Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1917)
  73. 2008Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (born 1904)
  74. 2008Bill Gwatney, American politician (born 1959)
  75. 2008Jack Weil, American businessman (born 1901)
  76. 2009Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (born 1980)
  77. 2010Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (born 1976)
  78. 2010Lance Cade, American wrestler (born 1981)
  79. 2010Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (born 1919)
  80. 2011Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1957)
  81. 2011Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (born 1959)
  82. 2012Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (born 1926)
  83. 2012Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (born 1922)
  84. 2012Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1937)
  85. 2012Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (born 1919)
  86. 2012Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (born 1917)
  87. 2013Lothar Bisky, German politician (born 1941)
  88. 2013Aaron Selber, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)
  89. 2013Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (born 1930)
  90. 2014Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (born 1934)
  91. 2014Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (born 1965)
  92. 2014Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (born 1933)
  93. 2014Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1926)
  94. 2015Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (born 1952)
  95. 2015Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1920)
  96. 2015Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (born 1928)
  97. 2016Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (born 1934)
  98. 2016Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (born 1921)
  99. 2018Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (born 1955)
  100. 2021Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter (born 1953)
  101. 2024Richard Alatorre, American politician (born 1943)
  102. 2024Wally Amos, American entrepreneur, founder of Famous Amos (born 1936)
  103. 2024Sergio Donati, Italian screenwriter (born 1933)
  104. 2024Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)
  105. 2024Frank Selvy, American basketball player and coach (born 1932)
  106. 2026Prichard Colón, Puerto Rican boxer (born 1992)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
  2. International Lefthanders Day (International)
  3. Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)
  4. World Organ Donation Day

Santoral (18)

  1. Benedetto Sinigardi
  2. Benildus Romançon
  3. Cassian of Imola
  4. Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
  5. Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
  6. Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg
  7. Hippolytus of Rome
  8. Blessed Jakob Gapp
  9. Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
  10. John Berchmans
  11. Junian of Mairé
  12. Blessed Marco d'Aviano
  13. Maximus the Confessor
  14. Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)
  15. Pope Pontian
  16. Radegunde
  17. Wigbert
  18. August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)