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Acontecimientos (69)

  1. 1 a. C.Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
  2. 942Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.
  3. 963Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire, swearing to protect the two sons of the previous emperor Romanos II, who are already crowned co-emperors.
  4. 965Nikephoros II Phokas captures the city of Tarsus, finalising the Byzantine conquest of Cilicia.
  5. 1328The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
  6. 1513Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French forces who are then forced to retreat.
  7. 1550Rabbi Moses Isserles issues his ruling in the Bragadin-Giustiniani dispute, one of the earliest instances of a copyright suit over any book.
  8. 1570The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the Treaty of Speyer.
  9. 1652Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
  10. 1685Great Turkish War: An imperial coalition army under Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman army that had been besieging Esztergom.
  11. 1717Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): An imperial coalition army under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats an Ottoman army under Haji Halil Pasha, leading to the surrender of the Ottoman garrison of Belgrade a few days later.
  12. 1777American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
  13. 1780American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
  14. 1792Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
  15. 1793French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
  16. 1812War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
  17. 1819Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
  18. 1837Three African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – Daaga, Edward Coffin and Maurice Ogston – are executed for their role in the St. Joseph Mutiny in the British colony of Trinidad.
  19. 1841U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
  20. 1844Governor-general of the Philippines Narciso Claveria signs a decree to reform the country's calendar by skipping Tuesday, December 31, as a solution to anomalies that had existed since Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in 1521.
  21. 1858U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
  22. 1859The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
  23. 1863The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
  24. 1869Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
  25. 1870Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  26. 1876Richard Wagner's Siegfried, the penultimate opera in his Ring cycle, is premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
  27. 1891The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
  28. 1896Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  29. 1900The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  30. 1906The 8.2 Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  31. 1913Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
  32. 1913Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser .
  33. 1914German admiral Wilhelm Souchon hands over the two warships under his command to the Ottomans and becomes commander of the Turkish navy, leading later to the entry of the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
  34. 1916The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  35. 1918The Battle of Lake Baikal is fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
  36. 1920Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
  37. 1920The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  38. 1920Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  39. 1923The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
  40. 1927The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  41. 1929The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
  42. 1930The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  43. 1930The first British Empire Games are opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
  44. 1933Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
  45. 1942World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
  46. 1943World War II: 317 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Kommeno, Greece.
  47. 1944First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
  48. 1945The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
  49. 1946Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
  50. 1946The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
  51. 1954The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
  52. 1960Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  53. 1960Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico, United States, at , setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
  54. 1964Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
  55. 1966Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
  56. 1972In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
  57. 1975Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
  58. 1986A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Friendship is shot down near Malakal in present day South Sudan, killing 60.
  59. 1987Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  60. 1989A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
  61. 1991Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
  62. 2005West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
  63. 2008The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at , at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  64. 2010AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
  65. 2012South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  66. 2013The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
  67. 2015More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
  68. 2015Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
  69. 2020The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.

Nacimientos (212)

  1. 1355Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (died 1382)
  2. 1378Hongxi Emperor of China (died 1425)
  3. 1401Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (died 1436)
  4. 1557Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1602)
  5. 1565Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (died 1637)
  6. 1573Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (died 1598)
  7. 1637Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (died 1706)
  8. 1645Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (died 1696)
  9. 1650Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (died 1718)
  10. 1682Louis, Duke of Burgundy (died 1712)
  11. 1744Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (died 1804)
  12. 1761Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1800)
  13. 1815John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (died 1888)
  14. 1816Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (died 1820)
  15. 1816Sara Prinsep, British salon organiser (died 1887)
  16. 1820Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (died 1892)
  17. 1821Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (died 1895)
  18. 1824John Chisum, American cattle baron (died 1884)
  19. 1831John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (died 1901)
  20. 1832Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (died 1920)
  21. 1842Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (died 1922)
  22. 1845Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1921)
  23. 1848Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (died 1926)
  24. 1855James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (died 1922)
  25. 1856Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (died 1904)
  26. 1858Arthur Achleitner, German author (died 1927)
  27. 1860Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (died 1938)
  28. 1860Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (died 1887)
  29. 1862Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (died 1965)
  30. 1864Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (died 1917)
  31. 1865Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (died 1962)
  32. 1868Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (died 1955)
  33. 1876Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (died 1942)
  34. 1877Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (died 1935)
  35. 1882Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (died 1968)
  36. 1884Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher (died 1967)
  37. 1888T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (died 1935)
  38. 1888Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (died 1943)
  39. 1892Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (died 1982)
  40. 1892Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (died 1983)
  41. 1894George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (died 1980)
  42. 1895Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (died 1981)
  43. 1895Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (died 2000)
  44. 1895Arthur Rose Eldred, First Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (died 1951)
  45. 1900Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1976)
  46. 1902Georgette Heyer, English author (died 1974)
  47. 1902Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright (died 1934)
  48. 1904Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (died 1989)
  49. 1904Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
  50. 1905Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1st to break German Enigma code) (died 1980)
  51. 1908Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (died 2010)
  52. 1908William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2000)
  53. 1909Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (died 1995)
  54. 1910Gloria Blondell, American actress (died 1986)
  55. 1910Mae Clarke, American actress (died 1992)
  56. 1911E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (died 1977)
  57. 1912Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (died 1995)
  58. 1913Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
  59. 1915Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (died 2001)
  60. 1916Iggy Katona, American race car driver (died 2003)
  61. 1917Matt Christopher, American author (died 1997)
  62. 1917Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (died 2008)
  63. 1919Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (died 2014)
  64. 1920Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1994)
  65. 1922James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (died 2011)
  66. 1922Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (died 2001)
  67. 1923Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (died 2012)
  68. 1924Fess Parker, American actor (died 2010)
  69. 1924Inez Voyce, American baseball player (died 2022)
  70. 1925Willie Jones, American baseball player (died 1983)
  71. 1925Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (died 2002)
  72. 1927Lois Nettleton, American actress (died 2008)
  73. 1927Ann Blyth, American actress and singer (died 2026)
  74. 1928Eydie Gormé, American singer (died 2013)
  75. 1928Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist (died 2018)
  76. 1928Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
  77. 1928Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist (died 2018)
  78. 1929Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (died 1980)
  79. 1929Helmut Rahn, German footballer (died 2003)
  80. 1929Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer (died 1997)
  81. 1930Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
  82. 1930Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)
  83. 1930Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (died 2014)
  84. 1930Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress (died 2020)
  85. 1933Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator
  86. 1933Julie Newmar, American actress
  87. 1933Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1994)
  88. 1934Angela Buxton, British tennis player (died 2020)
  89. 1934Diana Wynne Jones, English author (died 2011)
  90. 1934Douglas Kirkland, Canadian-American photographer (died 2022)
  91. 1934Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
  92. 1934Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  93. 1934John Standing, English actor
  94. 1934Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (died 2019)
  95. 1935Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman (died 2026)
  96. 1935Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
  97. 1936Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
  98. 1936Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (died 2015)
  99. 1937David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
  100. 1937David Behrman, American composer and producer
  101. 1937Ian Deans, Canadian politician (died 2016)
  102. 1937Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (died 1987)
  103. 1939Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
  104. 1939Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
  105. 1939Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
  106. 1939Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (died 2020)
  107. 1940Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
  108. 1942Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
  109. 1942Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2006)
  110. 1942Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (died 2010)
  111. 1943Woody Peoples, American football player (died 2010)
  112. 1944Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
  113. 1944Russ Titelman, American Grammy Award-winning record producer (Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Winwood, Randy Newman)
  114. 1945Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer
  115. 1945Russell Brookes, English race car driver (died 2019)
  116. 1945Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator
  117. 1945Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (died 2016)
  118. 1945Nigel Terry, British stage and film actor (died 2015)
  119. 1946Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
  120. 1946Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
  121. 1946Moria Casán, Argentinian actress and TV personality.
  122. 1947Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
  123. 1947Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
  124. 1948Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
  125. 1948Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician
  126. 1948Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
  127. 1948Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician (died 2021)
  128. 1948Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  129. 1949Scott Asheton, American drummer (died 2014)
  130. 1949Paul Pasqualoni, American football player and coach
  131. 1949Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter
  132. 1950Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
  133. 1950Stockwell Day, Canadian politician (Canadian Alliance, Conservatives)
  134. 1950Marshall Manesh, Iranian-American actor
  135. 1950Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
  136. 1951Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (died 2010)
  137. 1952Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
  138. 1953Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
  139. 1953James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
  140. 1954James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  141. 1954George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
  142. 1955Jeff Perry, American actor
  143. 1955James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
  144. 1956Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (died 2014)
  145. 1957Laura Innes, American actress and director
  146. 1957R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2015)
  147. 1958Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
  148. 1958Angela Bassett, American actress
  149. 1958Anne L'Huillier, French physicist
  150. 1958José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
  151. 1959Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager
  152. 1960Rosita Baltazar, Belizean choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor (died 2015)
  153. 1960Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director
  154. 1960Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor and director
  155. 1961Christian Okoye, American football player
  156. 1962Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  157. 1963Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
  158. 1963Christine Cavanaugh, American voice artist (died 2014)
  159. 1964Jimmy Arias, American tennis player and sportscaster
  160. 1966Eddie Olczyk, American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
  161. 1967Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
  162. 1967Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
  163. 1968Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
  164. 1968Andy Milder, American actor
  165. 1968Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
  166. 1968Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
  167. 1970Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist and sportscaster
  168. 1970Manisha Koirala, Nepalese actress in Indian films
  169. 1970Seth Peterson, American actor
  170. 1971Stefan Klos, German footballer
  171. 1972Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
  172. 1972Emily Strayer, American singer and musician
  173. 1974Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
  174. 1974Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
  175. 1974Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
  176. 1974Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
  177. 1974Ryan Longwell, American football player
  178. 1975Didier Agathe, French footballer
  179. 1975Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
  180. 1975George Stults, American actor
  181. 1975Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
  182. 1979Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
  183. 1979Ian Moran, Australian cricketer
  184. 1980Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter
  185. 1980Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
  186. 1981Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
  187. 1982Cam Gigandet, American actor
  188. 1982Joleon Lescott, English footballer
  189. 1983Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
  190. 1984Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
  191. 1984Candice Dupree, American basketball player
  192. 1984Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
  193. 1985Cristin Milioti, American actress
  194. 1987Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
  195. 1987Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer.
  196. 1988Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
  197. 1988Ryan Kerrigan, American football player
  198. 1988Rumer Willis, American actress
  199. 1989Cedric Alexander, American wrestler
  200. 1989Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
  201. 1989Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
  202. 1990Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
  203. 1991José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
  204. 1991Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
  205. 1991Young Thug, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  206. 1992Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
  207. 1993Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
  208. 1996Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player
  209. 1996Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
  210. 1997Greyson Chance, American musician
  211. 1999Karen Chen, American figure skater
  212. 2001Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player

Fallecimientos (111)

  1. 856Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
  2. 963Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (born 944)
  3. 1027George I of Georgia (born 998)
  4. 1153Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
  5. 1225Hōjō Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha (born 1156)
  6. 1258Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (born 1222)
  7. 1285Philip I, Count of Savoy (born 1207)
  8. 1297John II of Trebizond (born 1262)
  9. 1327Roch, French saint (born 1295)
  10. 1339Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (born 1302)
  11. 1358Albert II, Duke of Austria (born 1298)
  12. 1419Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (born 1361)
  13. 1443Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1434)
  14. 1492Beatrice of Silva, Dominican nun
  15. 1518Loyset Compère, French composer (born 1445)
  16. 1532John, Elector of Saxony (born 1468)
  17. 1661Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (born 1608)
  18. 1678Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (born 1621)
  19. 1705Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (born 1654)
  20. 1733Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (born 1657)
  21. 1791Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (born 1719)
  22. 1836Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (born 1755)
  23. 1855Henry Colburn, English publisher (born 1785)
  24. 1861Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (born 1778)
  25. 1878Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (born 1802)
  26. 1886Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (born 1836)
  27. 1887Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (born 1837)
  28. 1888John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (born 1831)
  29. 1893Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (born 1825)
  30. 1899Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (born 1811)
  31. 1900José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (born 1845)
  32. 1904Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (born 1843)
  33. 1911Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (born 1830)
  34. 1914Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (born 1835)
  35. 1916George Scott, English footballer (born 1885)
  36. 1920Henry Daglish, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (born 1866)
  37. 1921Peter I of Serbia (born 1844)
  38. 1938Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (born 1864)
  39. 1938Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1911)
  40. 1945Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (born 1891)
  41. 1948Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (born 1895)
  42. 1949Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1900)
  43. 1952Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (born 1866)
  44. 1956Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (born 1882)
  45. 1957Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
  46. 1958Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Consul General in New York City, journalist and economist (born 1904)
  47. 1959William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (born 1882)
  48. 1959Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (born 1879)
  49. 1961Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (born 1870)
  50. 1963Joan Eardley, British artist (born 1921)
  51. 1971Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (born 1893)
  52. 1972Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (born 1905)
  53. 1973Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
  54. 1977Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (born 1935)
  55. 1978Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1888)
  56. 1979John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1895)
  57. 1983Earl Averill, American baseball player (born 1902)
  58. 1984Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (born 1922)
  59. 1986Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (born 1902)
  60. 1986Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (born 1921)
  61. 1989Amanda Blake, American actress (born 1929)
  62. 1990Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (born 1925)
  63. 1991Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1905)
  64. 1992Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1951)
  65. 1993Stewart Granger, English-American actor (born 1913)
  66. 1997Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (born 1948)
  67. 1997Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (born 1914)
  68. 1998Phil Leeds, American actor (born 1916)
  69. 1998Dorothy West, American journalist and author (born 1907)
  70. 2002Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (born 1937)
  71. 2002Jeff Corey, American actor (born 1914)
  72. 2002John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (born 1933)
  73. 2003Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (born 1928)
  74. 2004Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (born 1950)
  75. 2004Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (born 1957)
  76. 2004Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (born 1907)
  77. 2004Robert Quiroga, American boxer (born 1969)
  78. 2005Vassar Clements, American fiddler (born 1928)
  79. 2005Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (born 1922)
  80. 2005William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (born 1938)
  81. 2005Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (born 1915)
  82. 2006Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (born 1912)
  83. 2007Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (born 1945)
  84. 2008Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1914)
  85. 2008Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (born 1934)
  86. 2008Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (born 1913)
  87. 2010Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (born 1923)
  88. 2011Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (born 1916)
  89. 2012Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (born 1954)
  90. 2012Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (born 1938)
  91. 2012Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (born 1935)
  92. 2012William Windom, American actor (born 1923)
  93. 2013David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (born 1918)
  94. 2014Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (born 1947)
  95. 2014Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (born 1930)
  96. 2014Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1960)
  97. 2014Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (born 1924)
  98. 2015Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1947)
  99. 2015Anna Kashfi, British actress (born 1934)
  100. 2015Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (born 1943)
  101. 2015Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (born 1947)
  102. 2016João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (born 1916)
  103. 2016John McLaughlin, American television personality (born 1927)
  104. 2018Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
  105. 2018Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)
  106. 2018Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (born 1924)
  107. 2019Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (born 1940)
  108. 2019Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (born 1933)
  109. 2021Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (born 1963)
  110. 2023Howard S. Becker, American sociologist (born 1928)
  111. 2026Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer (born 1989)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
  2. Children's Day (Paraguay)
  3. Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
  4. National Airborne Day (United States)
  5. Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
  6. The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
  7. Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Santoral (7)

  1. Ana Petra Pérez Florido
  2. Armel (Armagillus)
  3. Diomedes of Tarsus
  4. Roch
  5. Stephen I of Hungary
  6. Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  7. August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)