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Acontecimientos (72)

  1. 986Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
  2. 1186Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
  3. 1386Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania, forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
  4. 1424Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
  5. 1488Konrad Bitz, the Bishop of Turku, marks the date of his preface to Missale Aboense, the oldest known book of Finland.
  6. 1498Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
  7. 1549Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
  8. 1560The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
  9. 1585Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
  10. 1585A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
  11. 1597Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
  12. 1648The Parliamentarians defeat a English Royalist and Scottish army in the battle of Preston.
  13. 1668The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
  14. 1717Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
  15. 1723Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
  16. 1740Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
  17. 1784Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
  18. 1798The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
  19. 1807Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
  20. 1808The Finnish War: The Battle of Alavus is fought.
  21. 1827Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord.
  22. 1836British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths.
  23. 1862American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
  24. 1862American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  25. 1863American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
  26. 1864American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
  27. 1866The Grand Duchy of Baden announces its withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
  28. 1876Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
  29. 1883The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
  30. 1896Bridget Driscoll becomes the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
  31. 1907Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.
  32. 1914World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
  33. 1915Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia, USA after his death sentence is commuted by Governor John M. Slaton.
  34. 1915A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at .
  35. 1916World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  36. 1918Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
  37. 1942World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
  38. 1943World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
  39. 1943World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
  40. 1943World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
  41. 1943World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
  42. 1945Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
  43. 1945The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
  44. 1945Evacuation of Manchukuo: At Talitzou by the Sino-Korean border, Puyi, then the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, formally renounces the imperial throne, dissolves the state, and cedes its territory to the Republic of China.
  45. 1947The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  46. 1949The 6.7 Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320–450 dead.
  47. 1949Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge.
  48. 1950Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war are massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.
  49. 1953First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
  50. 1955Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina; it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  51. 1958Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
  52. 1959Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
  53. 1960Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34.
  54. 1962Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
  55. 1969Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
  56. 1970Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
  57. 1976A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.
  58. 1977The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
  59. 1978Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
  60. 1985The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota.
  61. 1988President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
  62. 1991Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots and kills seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
  63. 1998Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
  64. 1999The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
  65. 2004The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
  66. 2005The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
  67. 2005Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
  68. 2008American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
  69. 2009An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
  70. 2015A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
  71. 2017Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
  72. 2019A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.

Nacimientos (222)

  1. 1465Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (died 1482)
  2. 1473Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (died 1483)
  3. 1501Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1529)
  4. 1556Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (died 1581)
  5. 1578Francesco Albani, Italian painter (died 1660)
  6. 1578Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (died 1638)
  7. 1582John Matthew Rispoli, Maltese philosopher (died 1639)
  8. 1586Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (died 1654)
  9. 1603Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (died 1651)
  10. 1629John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king (died 1696)
  11. 1686Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (died 1768)
  12. 1753Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (died 1828)
  13. 1768Louis Desaix, French general (died 1800)
  14. 1786Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (died 1836)
  15. 1786Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1861)
  16. 1801Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (died 1865)
  17. 1828Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (died 1897)
  18. 1840Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (died 1922)
  19. 1845Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist (died 1909)
  20. 1849William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (died 1919)
  21. 1863Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (died 1924)
  22. 1865Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (died 1950)
  23. 1866Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)
  24. 1873John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (died 1946)
  25. 1877Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (died 1923)
  26. 1878Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (died 1911)
  27. 1880Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (died 1948)
  28. 1885Ernest Dezentjé, Dutch-Indonesian painter (died 1972)
  29. 1887Charles I of Austria (died 1922)
  30. 1887Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (died 1940)
  31. 1888Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (died 1963)
  32. 1888Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (died 1957)
  33. 1889Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian singer and actress (died 1967)
  34. 1890Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (died 1920)
  35. 1890Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1946)
  36. 1893John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (died 1982)
  37. 1893Mae West, American stage and film actress (died 1980)
  38. 1894William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (died 1964)
  39. 1896Leslie Groves, American general and engineer, head of the Manhattan Project (died 1970)
  40. 1896Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1991)
  41. 1896Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (died 1970)
  42. 1899Janet Lewis, American poet and novelist (died 1998)
  43. 1900Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (died 1957)
  44. 1900Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (died 1991)
  45. 1904Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (died 1984)
  46. 1904Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (died 1991)
  47. 1909Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1985)
  48. 1909Wilf Copping, English footballer (died 1980)
  49. 1911Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (died 1995)
  50. 1911Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (died 2010)
  51. 1913Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2008)
  52. 1913Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (died 1989)
  53. 1913Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (died 1970)
  54. 1914Bill Downs, American journalist (died 1978)
  55. 1914Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1988)
  56. 1916Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (died 2012)
  57. 1918Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (died 1985)
  58. 1918Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (died 1963)
  59. 1918Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (died 2015)
  60. 1919Georgia Gibbs, American singer (died 2006)
  61. 1920Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (died 2015)
  62. 1920Lida Moser, American photographer and author (died 2014)
  63. 1921Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (died 1994)
  64. 1922Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (died 2011)
  65. 1923Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (died 2019)
  66. 1923Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (died 2002)
  67. 1924Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (died 2013)
  68. 1926Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (died 2012)
  69. 1926Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (died 2022)
  70. 1927Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2009)
  71. 1927F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (died 2015)
  72. 1928T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
  73. 1928Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (died 2011)
  74. 1929Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (died 1977)
  75. 1930Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
  76. 1930Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (died 1998)
  77. 1931Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic (died 2022)
  78. 1932V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
  79. 1932Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980)
  80. 1932Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (died 2022)
  81. 1933Mark Dinning, American pop singer (died 1986)
  82. 1934João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2023)
  83. 1934Ron Henry, English footballer (died 2014)
  84. 1936Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2020)
  85. 1936Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner (died 2026)
  86. 1938Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2023)
  87. 1939Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (died 1997)
  88. 1939Cleve Moler, American mathematician, creator of the MATLAB interface (died 2026)
  89. 1940Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (died 2006)
  90. 1940Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
  91. 1941Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (died 2013)
  92. 1941Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
  93. 1941Boog Powell, American baseball player
  94. 1942Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter
  95. 1943Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
  96. 1943Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
  97. 1943John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
  98. 1943Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
  99. 1944Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
  100. 1944Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor (died 2026)
  101. 1945Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator (died 2023)
  102. 1946Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
  103. 1946Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  104. 1946Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2016)
  105. 1947Mohamed Abdelaziz, Sahrawi politician, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (died 2016)
  106. 1947Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
  107. 1948Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (died 2014)
  108. 1949Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
  109. 1949Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
  110. 1949Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
  111. 1949Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (died 2017)
  112. 1950Geraint Jarman, Welsh musician, poet and television producer (died 2025)
  113. 1951Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer (died 1992)
  114. 1951Robert Joy, Canadian actor
  115. 1952Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2012)
  116. 1952Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
  117. 1952Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
  118. 1952Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
  119. 1953Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
  120. 1953Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
  121. 1953Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (died 2015)
  122. 1953Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  123. 1953Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut (STS 78)
  124. 1954Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  125. 1954Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
  126. 1955Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
  127. 1956Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
  128. 1956Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
  129. 1957Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
  130. 1957Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
  131. 1957Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
  132. 1958Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
  133. 1958Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
  134. 1958Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
  135. 1959Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
  136. 1959Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
  137. 1959Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
  138. 1959David Koresh, American cult leader (died 1993)
  139. 1960Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
  140. 1960Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
  141. 1962Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  142. 1962Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
  143. 1963Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
  144. 1963Jackie Walorski, American politician (died 2022)
  145. 1964Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  146. 1964Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter
  147. 1964Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
  148. 1965Steve Gorman, American drummer
  149. 1965Dottie Pepper, American golfer
  150. 1966Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
  151. 1966Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
  152. 1966Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  153. 1967David Conrad, American actor
  154. 1967Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager
  155. 1968Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
  156. 1968Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
  157. 1968Helen McCrory, English actress (died 2021)
  158. 1969Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
  159. 1969Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer
  160. 1969Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
  161. 1970Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
  162. 1970Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
  163. 1970Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
  164. 1971Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
  165. 1971Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  166. 1971Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
  167. 1972Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
  168. 1974Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and television personality
  169. 1974Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
  170. 1976Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
  171. 1976Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director
  172. 1976Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)
  173. 1977Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
  174. 1977William Gallas, French footballer
  175. 1977Thierry Henry, French footballer
  176. 1977Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist
  177. 1977Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
  178. 1979Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
  179. 1979Nicole Sunitsch, Austrian politician
  180. 1980Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
  181. 1980Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
  182. 1980Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
  183. 1980Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  184. 1982Phil Jagielka, English footballer
  185. 1982Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
  186. 1982Mark Salling, American actor and musician (died 2018)
  187. 1983Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
  188. 1984Dee Brown, American basketball player
  189. 1984Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
  190. 1984Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist
  191. 1984Garrett Wolfe, American football player
  192. 1985Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model
  193. 1986Rudy Gay, American basketball player
  194. 1986Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
  195. 1988Brady Corbet, American actor and director
  196. 1988Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (died 2015)
  197. 1988Joyner Lucas, American rapper
  198. 1988Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  199. 1988Erika Toda, Japanese actress
  200. 1989Lil B, American rapper
  201. 1989Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer
  202. 1990Rachel Hurd-Wood, English actress
  203. 1991Austin Butler, American actor
  204. 1992Saraya Bevis, English wrestler
  205. 1992Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (died 2013)
  206. 1992Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
  207. 1992Maru Teferi, Israeli marathon runner
  208. 1993Kevin Byard, American football player
  209. 1993Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
  210. 1993Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
  211. 1993Xie Zhenye, Chinese athlete
  212. 1994Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
  213. 1994Jack Conklin, American football player
  214. 1994Taissa Farmiga, American actress
  215. 1995Gracie Gold, American figure skater
  216. 1995Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
  217. 1996Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
  218. 1998Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Japanese baseball player
  219. 2000Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
  220. 2003Rayan Cherki, French footballer
  221. 2003Nastasja Schunk, German tennis player
  222. 2003The Kid Laroi, Australian rapper and songwriter

Fallecimientos (98)

  1. 754Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia
  2. 949Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor
  3. 1153Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (born 1130)
  4. 1304Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (born 1243)
  5. 1324Irene of Brunswick (born 1293)
  6. 1338Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (born 1301)
  7. 1424John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (born c. 1381)
  8. 1510Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1462)
  9. 1510Richard Empson, English statesman
  10. 1547Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (born 1478)
  11. 1673Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1641)
  12. 1676Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (born 1621)
  13. 1720Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (born 1654)
  14. 1723Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (born 1668)
  15. 1768Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (born 1703)
  16. 1785Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (born 1710)
  17. 1786Frederick the Great, Prussian king (born 1712)
  18. 1809Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (born 1728)
  19. 1814John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (born 1732)
  20. 1834Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (born 1802)
  21. 1838Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (born 1749)
  22. 1850José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (born 1778)
  23. 1861Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (born 1806)
  24. 1870Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (born 1818)
  25. 1875Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (born 1827)
  26. 1897William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (born 1821)
  27. 1901Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (born 1842)
  28. 1903Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (born 1825)
  29. 1908Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (born 1873)
  30. 1909Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (born 1883)
  31. 1918Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (born 1873)
  32. 1920Ray Chapman, American baseball player (born 1891)
  33. 1924Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1851)
  34. 1925Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (born 1848)
  35. 1935Adam Gunn, American decathlete (born 1872)
  36. 1935Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (born 1860)
  37. 1936José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (born 1880)
  38. 1940Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (born 1911)
  39. 1945Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (born 1919)
  40. 1949Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (born 1891)
  41. 1958Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (born 1878)
  42. 1966Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (born 1918)
  43. 1969Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
  44. 1970Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (born 1908)
  45. 1971Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (born 1914)
  46. 1971Wilhelm List, German field marshal (born 1880)
  47. 1973Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (born 1889)
  48. 1973Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (born 1928)
  49. 1973Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (born 1939)
  50. 1977Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (born 1904)
  51. 1979John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (born 1907)
  52. 1979Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (born 1909)
  53. 1983Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (born 1896)
  54. 1987Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (born 1924)
  55. 1987Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (born 1894)
  56. 1987Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
  57. 1988Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (born 1924)
  58. 1988Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1914)
  59. 1988Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (born 1935)
  60. 1990Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (born 1918)
  61. 1993Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1920)
  62. 1994Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (born 1901)
  63. 1994Jack Morrison, Australian rugby league player (born 1905)
  64. 1994Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (born 1902)
  65. 1995Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1902)
  66. 1995Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (born 1933)
  67. 1998Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (born 1940)
  68. 1998Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (born 1950)
  69. 2000Jack Walker, English businessman (born 1929)
  70. 2004Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (born 1925)
  71. 2005John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1934)
  72. 2006Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (born 1929)
  73. 2007Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (born 1913)
  74. 2007Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born 1982)
  75. 2008Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (born 1926)
  76. 2010Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (born 1928)
  77. 2012Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (born 1915)
  78. 2012Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (born 1933)
  79. 2012Patrick Ricard, French businessman (born 1945)
  80. 2012John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
  81. 2013Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (born 1938)
  82. 2013Jack Harshman, American baseball player (born 1927)
  83. 2013John Hollander, American poet and critic (born 1929)
  84. 2013David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (born 1924)
  85. 2013Frank Martínez, American painter (born 1924)
  86. 2013Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (born 1912)
  87. 2014Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (born 1937)
  88. 2014Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (born 1921)
  89. 2014Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1917)
  90. 2014Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (born 1928)
  91. 2014Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (born 1937)
  92. 2015Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (born 1937)
  93. 2015Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (born 1933)
  94. 2015László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (born 1927)
  95. 2016Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
  96. 2024Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, British countess (born 1933)
  97. 2024Silvio Santos, Brazilian media mogul and television host (born 1930)
  98. 2025Terence Stamp, English actor (born 1938)

Celebraciones (2)

  1. Engineer's Day (Colombia)
  2. Independence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.

Santoral (9)

  1. Saint Beatrice of Silva
  2. Saint Clare of Montefalco
  3. Elias of Enna
  4. Saint Hyacinth of Poland
  5. Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
  6. Saint Jeanne Delanoue
  7. Saint Mammes of Caesarea
  8. Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
  9. August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)