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Acontecimientos (53)

  1. 684Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
  2. 707Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei.
  3. 1136Following the surrender of Baghdad, Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud replaces Abbasid caliph Al-Rashid Billah with his uncle Al-Muqtafi.
  4. 1304The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
  5. 1487The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
  6. 1492The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
  7. 1572The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France.
  8. 1590John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
  9. 1612The trials of the Pendle witches and Samlesbury witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begin at the Lancaster Assizes.
  10. 1634Father Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
  11. 1721The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
  12. 1759Beginning of the battle of Lagos, in which a British fleet defeats a French fleet trying to slip through Gibraltar.
  13. 1783A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
  14. 1809The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
  15. 1826Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
  16. 1838The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
  17. 1864American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
  18. 1868French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
  19. 1870Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
  20. 1877American astronomer Asaph Hall discovers Phobos, one of Mars's moons.
  21. 1891A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
  22. 1903German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  23. 1917A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  24. 1920The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  25. 1923The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain.
  26. 1933The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the 'eighth great power'.
  27. 1937A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program.
  28. 1938The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  29. 1940World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain, takes place. At that point, it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
  30. 1945Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
  31. 1945Soviet-Japanese War: Battle of Shumshu: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on Shumshu Island and launch the Battle of Shumshu; the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands commences.
  32. 1949Kemi strike: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland.
  33. 1950Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists.
  34. 1958Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
  35. 1958Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors.
  36. 1963Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
  37. 1965Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
  38. 1966Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
  39. 1971Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  40. 1973Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight.
  41. 1976The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
  42. 1976The Soviet Union's robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon.
  43. 1977Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  44. 1983Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
  45. 1989Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
  46. 1993American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members.
  47. 2003One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
  48. 2005A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
  49. 2008The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, resigns under threat of impeachment.
  50. 2008War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
  51. 2011A terrorist attack on Israel's Highway 12 near the Egyptian border kills 16 and injures 40.
  52. 2017The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.
  53. 2019One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2).

Nacimientos (213)

  1. 1305Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese Shōgun (died 1358)
  2. 1450Marko Marulić, Croatian poet and author (died 1524)
  3. 1458Lorenzo Pucci, Catholic cardinal (died 1531)
  4. 1497Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (died 1543)
  5. 1542Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (died 1601)
  6. 1579Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (died 1640)
  7. 1587Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, first child born to English parents in the Americas (date of death unknown)
  8. 1596Jean Bolland, Flemish priest and hagiographer (died 1665)
  9. 1605Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (died 1660)
  10. 1606Maria Anna of Spain (died 1646)
  11. 1629Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (died 1672)
  12. 1657Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (died 1743)
  13. 1685Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (died 1731)
  14. 1692Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (died 1740)
  15. 1700Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire (died 1740)
  16. 1720Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (died 1760)
  17. 1750Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (died 1825)
  18. 1754François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (died 1833)
  19. 1774Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician (died 1809)
  20. 1792John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1878)
  21. 1803Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (died 1881)
  22. 1807B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (died 1893)
  23. 1819Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1876)
  24. 1822Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (died 1862)
  25. 1830Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria from 1848-1916 (died 1916)
  26. 1831Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (died 1931)
  27. 1834Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (died 1906)
  28. 1841William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1919)
  29. 1855Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator (died 1942)
  30. 1856Ahad Ha'am, Hebrew essayist and journalist and pre-state Zionist thinker (died 1927)
  31. 1857Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary (died 1926)
  32. 1866Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)
  33. 1869Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator (died 1959)
  34. 1870Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer (died 1918)
  35. 1879Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (died 1970)
  36. 1885Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (died 1964)
  37. 1887John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining (died 1957)
  38. 1890Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1960)
  39. 1893Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
  40. 1893Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (died 1973)
  41. 1896Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director (died 1933)
  42. 1898Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver (died 1955)
  43. 1900Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge (died 1987)
  44. 1900Ruth Norman, American religious leader (died 1993)
  45. 1902Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (died 1968)
  46. 1902Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (died 2003)
  47. 1903Lucienne Boyer, French singer (died 1983)
  48. 1904Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (died 1996)
  49. 1905Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (died 1978)
  50. 1906Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (died 1996)
  51. 1906Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer (died 1971)
  52. 1908Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France (died 1988)
  53. 1908Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener (died 1994)
  54. 1908Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (died 1977)
  55. 1909Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (died 2005)
  56. 1910Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2001)
  57. 1910Robert Winters, Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Public Works (died 1969)
  58. 1911Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (died 2015)
  59. 1911Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (died 1963)
  60. 1911Maria Ulfah Santoso, Indonesian politician and women's rights activist (died 1988)
  61. 1912Otto Ernst Remer, German general (died 1997)
  62. 1913Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1983)
  63. 1914Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist (died 2017)
  64. 1915Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)
  65. 1916Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (died 2018)
  66. 1916Moura Lympany, English pianist (died 2005)
  67. 1917Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2006)
  68. 1918Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1961)
  69. 1919Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (died 2010)
  70. 1920Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (died 1999)
  71. 1920Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
  72. 1920Shelley Winters, American actress (died 2006)
  73. 1921Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (died 1943)
  74. 1921Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (died 2015)
  75. 1922Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (died 2008)
  76. 1923Katherine Victor, American actress (died 2004)
  77. 1925Brian Aldiss, English author and critic (died 2017)
  78. 1925Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic (died 2006)
  79. 1925Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author (died 2011)
  80. 1927Rosalynn Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States (died 2023)
  81. 1928Marge Schott, American businesswoman (died 2004)
  82. 1928Sonny Til, American R&B singer (died 1981)
  83. 1929Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
  84. 1930Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic (died 2007)
  85. 1930Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (died 2014)
  86. 1931Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army (died 2019)
  87. 1931Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2010)
  88. 1931Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor (died 1985)
  89. 1932Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
  90. 1933Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager (died 2023)
  91. 1933Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
  92. 1933Frank Salemme, American gangster and hitman (died 2022)
  93. 1934Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (died 2015)
  94. 1934Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (died 1972)
  95. 1934Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
  96. 1934Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor (died 2020)
  97. 1934Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
  98. 1935Gail Fisher, American actress (died 2000)
  99. 1935Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Namibia
  100. 1936Robert Redford, American actor, director, and producer (died 2025)
  101. 1937Sheila Cassidy, English physician and author
  102. 1939Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
  103. 1939Robert Horton, English businessman (died 2011)
  104. 1939Johnny Preston, American pop singer (died 2011)
  105. 1940Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
  106. 1940Gil Whitney, American journalist (died 1982)
  107. 1942Henry G. Sanders, American actor
  108. 1943Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (died 2024)
  109. 1943Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
  110. 1943Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (died 2004)
  111. 1944Paula Danziger, American author (died 2004)
  112. 1944Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor and illustrator
  113. 1945Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2021)
  114. 1945Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician
  115. 1945Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (died 1994)
  116. 1948James Jones, English bishop
  117. 1948John Scarlett, English intelligence officer, former head of MI6
  118. 1949Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
  119. 1950Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
  120. 1952Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
  121. 1952Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (died 2009)
  122. 1952Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
  123. 1953Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
  124. 1953Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (died 2010)
  125. 1954Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
  126. 1955Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach
  127. 1955Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer
  128. 1956John Debney, American composer and conductor
  129. 1956Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach
  130. 1956Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
  131. 1956Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter
  132. 1956Rainer Woelki, German cardinal
  133. 1957Carole Bouquet, French actress
  134. 1957Tan Dun, Chinese composer
  135. 1957Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  136. 1957Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  137. 1958Didier Auriol, French race car driver
  138. 1958Madeleine Stowe, American actress
  139. 1959Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer
  140. 1960Mike LaValliere, American baseball player
  141. 1960Fat Lever, American basketball player and sportscaster
  142. 1961Huw Edwards, Welsh journalist and author
  143. 1961Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  144. 1961Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author
  145. 1962Felipe Calderón, Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th President of Mexico
  146. 1962Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  147. 1962Adam Storke, American actor
  148. 1964Craig Bierko, American actor and singer
  149. 1964Andi Deris, German singer and songwriter
  150. 1964Mark Sargent, Australian rugby league player
  151. 1964Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster
  152. 1965Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress
  153. 1966Gustavo Charif, Argentinian director and producer
  154. 1967Daler Mehndi, Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and record producer
  155. 1967Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator
  156. 1969Everlast, American singer, rapper, and musician
  157. 1969Masta Killa, American rapper
  158. 1969Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
  159. 1969Edward Norton, American actor
  160. 1969Christian Slater, American actor and producer
  161. 1970Jason Furman, American economist and politician
  162. 1970Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor and producer (died 2025)
  163. 1971Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
  164. 1971Richard David James, English musician and record producer
  165. 1974Nicole Krauss, American novelist and critic
  166. 1975Kaitlin Olson, American actress and comedian
  167. 1976Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer (died 2026)
  168. 1977Even Kruse Skatrud, Norwegian musician and educator
  169. 1978Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian
  170. 1979Stuart Dew, Australian footballer
  171. 1980Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer
  172. 1980Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver
  173. 1980Ryan O'Hara, Australian rugby league player
  174. 1980Bart Scott, American football player
  175. 1980Jeremy Shockey, American football player
  176. 1981César Delgado, Argentinian footballer
  177. 1981Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
  178. 1983Mika, Lebanese-born English recording artist and singer-songwriter
  179. 1983Cameron White, Australian cricketer
  180. 1984Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer
  181. 1984Robert Huth, German footballer
  182. 1985Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer
  183. 1985Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
  184. 1986Evan Gattis, American baseball player
  185. 1986Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
  186. 1987Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist
  187. 1987Justin Wilson, American baseball player
  188. 1988Jack Hobbs, English footballer
  189. 1988Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
  190. 1988G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
  191. 1989Anna Akana, American actress, comedian, musician, and YouTuber
  192. 1989Yu Mengyu, Singaporean table tennis player
  193. 1991Liz Cambage, Australian basketball player
  194. 1991Richard Harmon, Canadian actor
  195. 1992Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
  196. 1992Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
  197. 1992Frances Bean Cobain, American visual artist and model
  198. 1993Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
  199. 1993Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
  200. 1994Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber
  201. 1994Morgan Sanson, French footballer
  202. 1994Seiya Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
  203. 1995Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
  204. 1995Parker McKenna Posey, American actress
  205. 1997Josephine Langford, Australian actress
  206. 1997Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer
  207. 1998Brian To'o, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
  208. 1998Clairo, American singer-songwriter
  209. 1998Nick Fuentes, American far-right political commentator
  210. 1999Cassius Stanley, American basketball player
  211. 2002Bart Verbruggen, Dutch footballer
  212. 2004Kevin McGonigle, American baseball player
  213. 2006Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer

Fallecimientos (103)

  1. 353Decentius, Roman usurper
  2. 440Pope Sixtus III
  3. 472Ricimer, Roman general and politician (born 405)
  4. 670Fiacre, Irish hermit
  5. 673Kim Yu-shin, general of Silla (born 595)
  6. 849Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian (born 808)
  7. 911Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (born 859)
  8. 1095King Olaf I of Denmark
  9. 1211Narapatisithu, king of Burma (born 1150)
  10. 1258Theodore II Laskaris, emperor of Nicea (Byzantine emperor in exile)
  11. 1276Pope Adrian V (born 1220)
  12. 1318Clare of Montefalco, Italian nun and saint (born 1268)
  13. 1430Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (born 1406)
  14. 1500Alfonso of Aragon, Spanish prince (born 1481)
  15. 1502Knut Alvsson, Norwegian nobleman and politician (born 1455)
  16. 1503Pope Alexander VI (born 1431)
  17. 1550Antonio Ferramolino, Italian architect and military engineer
  18. 1559Pope Paul IV (born 1476)
  19. 1563Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (born 1530)
  20. 1600Sebastiano Montelupi, Italian businessman (born 1516)
  21. 1613Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (born 1540)
  22. 1620Wanli Emperor of China (born 1563)
  23. 1625Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (born 1556)
  24. 1634Urbain Grandier, French priest (born 1590)
  25. 1642Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (born 1575)
  26. 1648Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (born 1615)
  27. 1683Charles Hart, English actor (born 1625)
  28. 1707William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1640)
  29. 1712Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (born 1660)
  30. 1765Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1708)
  31. 1815Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (born 1759)
  32. 1823André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (born 1769)
  33. 1842Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (born 1779)
  34. 1850Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (born 1799)
  35. 1852James Finlayson, Scottish Quaker (born 1772)
  36. 1886Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (born 1795)
  37. 1890Mother Solomon, Wyandot activist (born 1816)
  38. 1919Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (born 1841)
  39. 1940Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (born 1875)
  40. 1942Erwin Schulhoff, Austro-Czech composer and pianist (born 1894)
  41. 1943Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (born 1865)
  42. 1944Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (born 1886)
  43. 1945Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (born 1897)
  44. 1946Che Yaoxian, Chinese communist (born 1894)
  45. 1946Luo Shiwen, Chinese communist (born 1904)
  46. 1949Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1900)
  47. 1950Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (born 1884)
  48. 1952Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (born 1901)
  49. 1961Learned Hand, American lawyer, jurist, and philosopher (born 1872)
  50. 1964Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (born 1927)
  51. 1968Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (born 1881)
  52. 1975Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (born 1897)
  53. 1979Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (born 1913)
  54. 1981Anita Loos, American author and screenwriter (born 1889)
  55. 1983Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (born 1902)
  56. 1986Harun Babunagari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist (born 1902)
  57. 1990B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (born 1904)
  58. 1994Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (born 1913)
  59. 1998Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (born 1948)
  60. 2001David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (born 1931)
  61. 2002Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (born 1918)
  62. 2003Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (born 1938)
  63. 2004Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (born 1922)
  64. 2004Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (born 1906)
  65. 2005Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (born 1982)
  66. 2006Fernand Gignac, French Canadian singer and actor (born 1934).
  67. 2006Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (born 1924)
  68. 2007Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1938)
  69. 2007Magdalen Nabb, English author (born 1947)
  70. 2009Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
  71. 2009Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (born 1910)
  72. 2009Robert Novak, American journalist and author (born 1931)
  73. 2010Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (born 1931)
  74. 2010Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (born 1911)
  75. 2012Harrison Begay, American painter (born 1917)
  76. 2012John Kovatch, American football player (born 1920)
  77. 2012Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
  78. 2012Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (born 1927)
  79. 2012Jesse Robredo, Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1958)
  80. 2013Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (born 1924)
  81. 2013Jean Kahn, French lawyer and activist (born 1929)
  82. 2013Albert Murray, American author and critic (born 1916)
  83. 2014Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930)
  84. 2014Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)
  85. 2014Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)
  86. 2014Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (born 1918)
  87. 2015Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (born 1932)
  88. 2015Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1943)
  89. 2015Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (born 1940)
  90. 2015Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
  91. 2015Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
  92. 2016Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923)
  93. 2017Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (born 1928)
  94. 2017Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (born 1944)
  95. 2018Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (born 1935)
  96. 2018Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1938)
  97. 2020Ben Cross, English stage and film actor (born 1947)
  98. 2023Lolita, the second-oldest orca in captivity (born ca. 1966)
  99. 2023Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (born 1923)
  100. 2024Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (born 1916)
  101. 2024Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor (born 1935)
  102. 2024Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (born 1935)
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Celebraciones (6)

  1. Arbor Day (Pakistan)
  2. Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)
  3. Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)
  4. Constitution Day (Indonesia)
  5. Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)
  6. National Science Day (Thailand)

Santoral (8)

  1. Agapitus of Palestrina
  2. Alberto Hurtado
  3. Daig of Inniskeen
  4. Evan (or Inan)
  5. Fiacre
  6. Florus and Laurus
  7. Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)
  8. August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)