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Acontecimientos (103)

  1. 636Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
  2. 717Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
  3. 718Arab–Byzantine wars: The Arabs abandon the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople due to failure to secure enough supplies, defeat of their relief army by the Byzantines and an outbreak of plague in the camp.
  4. 747Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
  5. 778The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.
  6. 805Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising.
  7. 838The Arabs under Caliph al-Mu'tasim storm and sack the city of Amorium, killing half the population and enslaving the other.
  8. 927The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
  9. 982Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
  10. 1018Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
  11. 1038King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
  12. 1057King Macbeth of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
  13. 1070The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
  14. 1096Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II.
  15. 1136Seljuk Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud enters Baghdad after he besieged it for fifty days and the flight of Abbasid caliph al-Rashid Billah the day before.
  16. 1185The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
  17. 1209Albigensian Crusade: The Cathar stronghold of Carcassonne falls to the crusaders.
  18. 1224The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade.
  19. 1237Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Crown of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory.
  20. 1248The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
  21. 1261Michael VIII Palaiologos leads a triumphal procession into Constantinople following its recapture and is crowned Byzantine emperor.
  22. 1281Mongol invasions of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
  23. 1310The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
  24. 1430Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
  25. 1461The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David of Trebizond is exiled and later murdered.
  26. 1483Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
  27. 1511Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
  28. 1517Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
  29. 1519Panama City, Panama is founded.
  30. 1534Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
  31. 1537Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
  32. 1540Arequipa, Peru is founded.
  33. 1549Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
  34. 1592Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Ŏkki, and Wŏn Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.
  35. 1599Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
  36. 1645A Royalist army under the Marquess of Montrose defeats a Covenanter army in the battle of Kilsyth.
  37. 1684Emperor Leopold I and French king Louis XIV agree to an armistice in the truce of Ratisbon.
  38. 1695French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
  39. 1760Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  40. 1814War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie.
  41. 1824The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
  42. 1843The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
  43. 1843Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  44. 1863The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
  45. 1882Start of the second part of the Montceau-les-Mines troubles by the Black Band, groups of anarchist miners.
  46. 1893Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty was signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan, with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  47. 1899Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.
  48. 1907Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  49. 1914A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.
  50. 1914The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship .
  51. 1914World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  52. 1914World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  53. 1915A story in the New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
  54. 1920Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
  55. 1935Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
  56. 1939Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
  57. 1939The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
  58. 1940An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
  59. 1941Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower.
  60. 1942World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
  61. 1943World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
  62. 1944World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
  63. 1945Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan.
  64. 1947India gains independence from British rule after nearly 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  65. 1947Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
  66. 1948The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
  67. 1950Measuring 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.
  68. 1952A flash flood devastates the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
  69. 1954Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
  70. 1959American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board.
  71. 1960Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
  72. 1961Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
  73. 1962James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
  74. 1963Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
  75. 1963President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
  76. 1965The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
  77. 1969The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
  78. 1970Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
  79. 1971President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
  80. 1971Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  81. 1973Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends.
  82. 1974Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee.
  83. 1975Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
  84. 1975Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
  85. 1976SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.
  86. 1977The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  87. 1984The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh.
  88. 1985Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
  89. 1989China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board.
  90. 1995In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
  91. 1995Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
  92. 1998Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
  93. 1998Apple introduces the iMac computer.
  94. 1999Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
  95. 2005Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  96. 2005The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia is signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
  97. 2007An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru, killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
  98. 2013At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
  99. 2013The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
  100. 2015North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8 hours ahead of UTC.
  101. 2020Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
  102. 2021Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
  103. 2025US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Nacimientos (234)

  1. 1013Teishi, empress of Japan (died 1094)
  2. 1171Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (died 1230)
  3. 1195Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (died 1231)
  4. 1385Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (died 1417)
  5. 1432Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (died 1484)
  6. 1455George, duke of Bavaria (died 1503)
  7. 1507George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (died 1553)
  8. 1575Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (died 1650)
  9. 1589Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (died 1613)
  10. 1607Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (died 1658)
  11. 1608Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1652)
  12. 1613Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (died 1692)
  13. 1615Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (died 1688)
  14. 1652John Grubb, American politician (died 1708)
  15. 1702Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (died 1788)
  16. 1717Blind Jack, English engineer (died 1810)
  17. 1736Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1803)
  18. 1740Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (died 1815)
  19. 1769Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (died 1821)
  20. 1771Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1832)
  21. 1785Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (died 1859)
  22. 1787Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (died 1860)
  23. 1798Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (died 1831)
  24. 1807Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1891)
  25. 1810Louise Colet, French poet (died 1876)
  26. 1824John Chisum, American businessman (died 1884)
  27. 1839Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (died 1915)
  28. 1844Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1908)
  29. 1845Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (died 1915)
  30. 1856Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (died 1915)
  31. 1857Albert Ballin, German businessman (died 1918)
  32. 1858E. Nesbit, English author and poet (died 1924)
  33. 1859Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (died 1931)
  34. 1860Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924)
  35. 1863Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 1945) juliano y gregoriano
  36. 1865Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926)
  37. 1866Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (died 1945)
  38. 1872Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (died 1950)
  39. 1873Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (died 1942)
  40. 1875Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1912)
  41. 1876Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1966)
  42. 1877Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (died 1941)
  43. 1879Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959)
  44. 1881Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (died 1956)
  45. 1882Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (died 1955)
  46. 1882Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (died 1972)
  47. 1883Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962)
  48. 1885Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1968)
  49. 1886Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (died 1974)
  50. 1890Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (died 1962)
  51. 1892Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
  52. 1892Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (died 1950)
  53. 1893Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (died 1950)
  54. 1896Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
  55. 1896Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (died 1985)
  56. 1896Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (died 1958)
  57. 1898Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (died 1966)
  58. 1900Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died 1995)
  59. 1900Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (died 1982)
  60. 1901Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (died 1988)
  61. 1901Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1975)
  62. 1902Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (died 1943)
  63. 1904Bil Baird, American puppeteer (died 1987)
  64. 1904George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992)
  65. 1909Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (died 1973)
  66. 1912Julia Child, American chef and author (died 2004)
  67. 1912Wendy Hiller, English actress (died 2003)
  68. 1914Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (died 1996)
  69. 1915Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (died 2002)
  70. 1916Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (died 1989)
  71. 1917Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1999)
  72. 1917Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (died 1980)
  73. 1919Huntz Hall, American actor (died 1999) las demás fuentes: 15 ago 1920
  74. 1919Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (died 2007)
  75. 1920Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (died 2008)
  76. 1921August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (died 2012)
  77. 1922Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (died 2000)
  78. 1922Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (died 2005)
  79. 1922Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1988)
  80. 1923Rose Marie, American actress and singer (died 2017)
  81. 1924Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1995)
  82. 1924Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (died 2016)
  83. 1924Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (died 2009)
  84. 1924Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (died 2016)
  85. 1925Mike Connors, American actor and producer (died 2017)
  86. 1925Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (died 1998)
  87. 1925Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2007)
  88. 1925Bill Pinkney, American singer (died 2007)
  89. 1925Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (died 2014)
  90. 1926Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (died 1969)
  91. 1926Eddie Little Sky, American actor (died 1997)
  92. 1926Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (died 2024)
  93. 1926John Silber, American philosopher and academic (died 2012)
  94. 1926Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (died 2016)
  95. 1927Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (died 2011)
  96. 1927Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge (died 2024)
  97. 1928Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (died 2013)
  98. 1928Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports team owner (died 2014)
  99. 1928Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (died 2018)
  100. 1929Eugene Braunwald, Austrian-American cardiologist known as "The Father of Modern Cardiology" (died 2026)
  101. 1931Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (died 2014)
  102. 1931Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
  103. 1932Abby Dalton, American actress (died 2020)
  104. 1932Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (died 2002)
  105. 1932Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (died 2014)
  106. 1932Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (died 2017)
  107. 1933Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)
  108. 1933Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (died 1984)
  109. 1933Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (died 2009)
  110. 1934Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007)
  111. 1934Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (died 2024)
  112. 1934Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (died 2019)
  113. 1934Darrell K. Sweet, American illustrator (died 2011)
  114. 1934Valentin Varlamov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 1980)
  115. 1935Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer
  116. 1935Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (died 2014)
  117. 1935Vernon Jordan, American businessman and civil rights activist (died 2021)
  118. 1936Pat Priest, American actress
  119. 1936Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (died 2014)
  120. 1938Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  121. 1938Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer
  122. 1938Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (died 2014)
  123. 1938Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
  124. 1938Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (died 1985)
  125. 1939Hardial Bains, Canadian politician, founded CPC(M-L) (died 1997)
  126. 1939Norma Waterson, British folk music revivalist, and singer-songwriter (died 2022)
  127. 1940Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (died 1977)
  128. 1941Jim Brothers, American sculptor (died 2013)
  129. 1941Don Rich, American country musician (died 1974)
  130. 1942Pete York, English rock drummer
  131. 1943Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  132. 1944Linda Ellerbee, American broadcast journalist
  133. 1944Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health (died 2019)
  134. 1945Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 2025)
  135. 1946Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  136. 1947Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress
  137. 1948Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  138. 1948Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  139. 1949Phyllis Smith, American actress
  140. 1950Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
  141. 1950Tess Harper, American actress
  142. 1950Tom Kelly, American baseball player
  143. 1950Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
  144. 1951Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
  145. 1951Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
  146. 1951John Childs, English cricketer
  147. 1952Chuck Burgi, American drummer
  148. 1953Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
  149. 1953Mark Thatcher, English businessman
  150. 1953Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
  151. 1954Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2004)
  152. 1956Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
  153. 1956Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
  154. 1956Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
  155. 1957Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
  156. 1958Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
  157. 1958Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  158. 1958Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (died 2009)
  159. 1958Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
  160. 1958Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
  161. 1959Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  162. 1961Ed Gillespie, American political strategist fecha discutida
  163. 1961Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
  164. 1961Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
  165. 1961Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
  166. 1962Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
  167. 1962Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager
  168. 1962Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer
  169. 1962Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician
  170. 1963Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker
  171. 1963Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
  172. 1963Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach
  173. 1964Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician
  174. 1964Melinda French Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Gates Foundation
  175. 1965Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  176. 1966Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
  177. 1966Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
  178. 1967Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach
  179. 1967Peter Hermann, American actor
  180. 1968Debra Messing, American actress
  181. 1969Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
  182. 1969Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer
  183. 1970Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
  184. 1970Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
  185. 1971Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
  186. 1972Ben Affleck, American actor and filmmaker
  187. 1972Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (died 2007)
  188. 1972Mikey Graham, Irish singer
  189. 1974Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
  190. 1974Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
  191. 1975Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
  192. 1975Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
  193. 1975Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
  194. 1975Kara Wolters, American basketball player
  195. 1976Robert Macfarlane, English nature writer
  196. 1976Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
  197. 1977Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
  198. 1977Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
  199. 1978Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host
  200. 1978Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
  201. 1978Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
  202. 1978Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
  203. 1979Carl Edwards, American race car driver
  204. 1980Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer
  205. 1981Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
  206. 1981Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
  207. 1982Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
  208. 1982David Harrison, American basketball player
  209. 1983Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
  210. 1983Rachel Haot, American businesswoman
  211. 1984Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player
  212. 1984Emily Kinney, American actress and singer-songwriter las demás fuentes: 15 ago 1985
  213. 1985Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (died 2019)
  214. 1987Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
  215. 1987Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
  216. 1987Sean McAllister, English footballer
  217. 1988Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
  218. 1988Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player
  219. 1989Joe Jonas, American singer, songwriter, and actor
  220. 1989Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
  221. 1989Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer
  222. 1989Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
  223. 1990Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer
  224. 1991Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
  225. 1992Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
  226. 1992Matthew Judon, American football player
  227. 1993Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
  228. 1993Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
  229. 1994Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
  230. 1994Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
  231. 1995Chief Keef, American rapper
  232. 1995Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player
  233. 1999Paola Reis, BMX rider
  234. 2003Juanlu Sánchez, Spanish footballer

Fallecimientos (109)

  1. 398Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan
  2. 423Honorius, Roman emperor (born 384)
  3. 465Libius Severus, Roman emperor (born 420)
  4. 698Theodotus of Amida, Syrian Orthodox holy man
  5. 767Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (born 699)
  6. 778Roland, Frankish military leader
  7. 873Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (born 833)
  8. 874Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim
  9. 912Han Jian, Chinese warlord (born 855)
  10. 932Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (born 899)
  11. 955Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain (harka)
  12. 955Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain
  13. 955Súr, Hungarian tribal chieftain
  14. 978Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang fecha discutida
  15. 986Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot
  16. 1022Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
  17. 1038Stephen I, Hungarian king (born 975)
  18. 1057Macbeth, King of Scotland
  19. 1118Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1048)
  20. 1196Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (born 1173)
  21. 1224Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (born 1198)
  22. 1257Saint Hyacinth of Poland
  23. 1274Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (born 1201)
  24. 1275Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
  25. 1328Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty (born 1293)
  26. 1369Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (born 1314)
  27. 1388Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (born circa 1320)
  28. 1399Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (born 1358)
  29. 1496Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (born 1428)
  30. 1506Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (born c. 1445)
  31. 1507John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1439)
  32. 1528Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (born 1485)
  33. 1552Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (born 1477)
  34. 1594Thomas Kyd, English playwright (born 1558) las demás fuentes: 16 jul 1594
  35. 1621John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (born 1582)
  36. 1666Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (born 1591)
  37. 1714Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (born 1654) juliano y gregoriano
  38. 1728Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656)
  39. 1758Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (born 1698)
  40. 1799Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (born 1729)
  41. 1844José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (born 1733)
  42. 1852Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (born 1760)
  43. 1859Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (born 1777)
  44. 1907Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1831)
  45. 1909Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (born 1866)
  46. 1917Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1831)
  47. 1925Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (born 1878)
  48. 1928Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (born 1854)
  49. 1935Wiley Post, American pilot (born 1898)
  50. 1935Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1879)
  51. 1935Paul Signac, French painter and author (born 1863)
  52. 1936Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
  53. 1942Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (born 1892)
  54. 1945Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (born 1887)
  55. 1945Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1923)
  56. 1951Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (born 1882)
  57. 1953Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (born 1875)
  58. 1962Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (born 1940)
  59. 1967René Magritte, Belgian painter (born 1898)
  60. 1971Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (born 1894)
  61. 1974Clay Shaw, American businessman (born 1913)
  62. 1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (born 1920)
  63. 1975Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (born 1942)
  64. 1977Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (born 1910)
  65. 1981Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (born 1895)
  66. 1981Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (born 1896)
  67. 1982Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (born 1905)
  68. 1982Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (born 1954)
  69. 1982Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
  70. 1989Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (born 1904)
  71. 1989Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (born 1897)
  72. 1990Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (born 1962)
  73. 1992Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947)
  74. 1994Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (born 1929)
  75. 1995John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (born 1906)
  76. 1997Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (born 1905)
  77. 1999Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (born 1910)
  78. 2000Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (born 1915)
  79. 2001Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1970)
  80. 2001Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (born 1972)
  81. 2001Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (born 1919)
  82. 2004Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
  83. 2004Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1941)
  84. 2005Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (born 1927)
  85. 2006Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand Māori queen (born 1931)
  86. 2006Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (born 1955)
  87. 2006Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1923)
  88. 2007Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (born 1944)
  89. 2007John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (born 1918)
  90. 2007Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (born 1908)
  91. 2007Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (born 1925)
  92. 2008Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (born 1929)
  93. 2008Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (born 1917)
  94. 2009Mary Catherine Lamb, American textile artist (born 1949)
  95. 2011Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)
  96. 2012Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956)
  97. 2012Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (born 1924)
  98. 2012Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
  99. 2013Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (born 1944)
  100. 2013Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (born 1930)
  101. 2013Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1942)
  102. 2013August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (born 1936)
  103. 2014Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909)
  104. 2015Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (born 1940)
  105. 2015Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936)
  106. 2017Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925)
  107. 2020Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (born 1948)
  108. 2021Gerd Müller, German footballer (born 1945)
  109. 2024Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926)

Celebraciones (17)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Poland)
  2. Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
  3. Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
  4. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
  5. Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
  6. Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
  7. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947
  8. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960
  9. International Apostrophe Day
  10. National Day (Liechtenstein)
  11. National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
  12. The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
  13. The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
  14. Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)
  15. Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of Kabul
  16. Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
  17. End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)

Santoral (17)

  1. Altfrid
  2. Alypius of Thagaste
  3. Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
  4. Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
  5. Ferragosto (Italy)
  6. Māras (Latvia)
  7. Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
  8. National Acadian Day (Acadians)
  9. Navy Day (Romania)
  10. Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
  11. Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero
  12. Blessed Giuliana Puricelli
  13. Blessed Isidore Bakanja
  14. San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
  15. Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
  16. Tarcisius
  17. August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)