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Acontecimientos (51)

1. 338 a. C.A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
2. 216 a. C.The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
3. 49 a. C.Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river.
4. 47 a. C.Julius Caesar defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus in the battle of Zela.
5. 461Western Roman Emperor Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer.
6. 932After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March.
7. 1274Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
8. 1343After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
9. 1377Russian troops are defeated by forces of the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha in the Battle on Pyana River.
10. 1415Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the Southampton Plot.
11. 1492The Jews are expelled from Spain: 40,000–200,000 leave. Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire, learning of this, dispatches the Ottoman Navy to bring the Jews safely to Ottoman lands, mainly to the cities of Thessaloniki (in modern-day Greece) and İzmir (in modern-day Turkey).
12. 1610During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
13. 1776American Revolution: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress takes place.
14. 1784The first British mail coach service runs from Bristol to London.
15. 1790The first United States Census is conducted.
16. 1798French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
17. 1830July Revolution: Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
18. 1858The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
19. 1869Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
20. 1870Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
21. 1873The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
22. 1897Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
23. 1903The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
24. 1909End of the Tragic Week in Barcelona, a series of antiwar and antigovernment protests in Spain and especially in Barcelona.
25. 1914World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins.
26. 1916World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
27. 1918The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
28. 1922A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
29. 1923U.S. Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
30. 1932The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
31. 1934Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
32. 1937The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
33. 1939Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
34. 1943The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
35. 1943World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
36. 1944ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
37. 1944World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
38. 1945World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.
39. 1947A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
40. 1968An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
41. 1973A flash fire kills 50 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
42. 1980A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
43. 1982The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.
44. 1985Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
45. 1989Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
46. 1989A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
47. 1990Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
48. 1991Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
49. 1999The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
50. 2005Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
51. 2014At least 146 people are killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.

Nacimientos (256)

1. 1260Kyawswa of Pagan, last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (died 1299)
2. 1455John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1499)
3. 1533Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (died 1588)
4. 1549Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (died 1616)
5. 1612Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (died 1642)
6. 1627Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (died 1678)
7. 1630Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch (died 1704)
8. 1646Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer (died 1715)
9. 1672Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (died 1733)
10. 1674Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (died 1723)
11. 1696Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (died 1754)
12. 1702Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1769)
13. 1703Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1775)
14. 1740Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (died 1817)
15. 1754Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (died 1825)
16. 1788Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (died 1853)
17. 1815Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian (died 1894)
18. 1820John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (died 1893)
19. 1828Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (died 1895)
20. 1834Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (died 1904)
21. 1835Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (died 1901)
22. 1861Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic (died 1944)
23. 1865Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (died 1933)
24. 1865John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (died 1955)
25. 1867Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900)
26. 1868Constantine I of Greece (died 1923)
27. 1870Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (died 1954)
28. 1871John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator (died 1951)
29. 1872George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1946)
30. 1876Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (died 1963)
31. 1877Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (died 1956)
32. 1878Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (died 1956)
33. 1880Arthur Dove, American painter and educator (died 1946)
34. 1882Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (died 1936)
35. 1882Albert Bloch, American painter and academic (died 1961)
36. 1884Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (died 1969)
37. 1886John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1961)
38. 1887Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (died 1960)
39. 1889Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (died 1929)
40. 1891Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (died 1975)
41. 1891Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian (died 1971)
42. 1892Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (died 1978)
43. 1894Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (died 1976)
44. 1895Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (died 1970)
45. 1897Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (died 1945)
46. 1897Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1974)
47. 1898Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer (died 1977)
48. 1899Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter (died 1995)
49. 1900Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
50. 1900Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (died 1941)
51. 1902Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (died 1971)
52. 1902Mina Rees, American mathematician (died 1997)
53. 1905Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (died 1963)
54. 1905Myrna Loy, American actress (died 1993)
55. 1905Ruth Nelson, American actress (died 1992)
56. 1907Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (died 1984)
57. 1910Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1993)
58. 1911Ann Dvorak, American actress (died 1979)
59. 1912Palle Huld, Danish actor (died 2010)
60. 1912Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1977)
61. 1912Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (died 2001)
62. 1913Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (died 1980)
63. 1914Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (died 1988)
64. 1914Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)
65. 1914Beatrice Straight, American actress (died 2001)
66. 1915Gary Merrill, American actor (died 1990)
67. 1916Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (died 1990)
68. 1917Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (died 2003)
69. 1919Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (died 2022)
70. 1920Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author (died 1997)
71. 1920Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (died 2013)
72. 1921George Wilson, American comics artist (died 1998)
73. 1922Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite (died 2016)
74. 1922Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (died 1998)
75. 1922Len Murray, British trade union leader (died 2004)
76. 1923Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (died 2016)
77. 1923Ike Williams, American boxer (died 1994)
78. 1924James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (died 1987)
79. 1924Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (died 2005)
80. 1924Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
81. 1925K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (died 2004)
82. 1925John Dexter, English director and producer (died 1990)
83. 1925John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
84. 1925Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (died 2013)
85. 1926Annie Geeraerts, Belgian actress
86. 1926Geles Cabrera, Mexican sculptor (died 2026)
87. 1927Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic (died 2018)
88. 1928Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (died 1990)
89. 1929Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (died 2014)
90. 1929John Gale, English director and producer (died 2025)
91. 1929Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2013)
92. 1929David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda (died 2017)
93. 1929K. M. Peyton, British children's author (died 2023)
94. 1930Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (died 2003)
95. 1931Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic (died 2019)
96. 1931Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (died 2008)
97. 1931Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (died 2014)
98. 1931Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (died 2007)
99. 1932Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (died 2006)
100. 1932Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (died 2013)
101. 1933Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
102. 1934Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and cosmonaut (died 2019)
103. 1935Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
104. 1936Anthony Payne, English composer and author (died 2021)
105. 1937Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
106. 1937Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist (died 2018)
107. 1937María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
108. 1937Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
109. 1937Tim Bowden, Australian historian and television presenter (died 2024)
110. 1938Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2007)
111. 1938Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2019)
112. 1938Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (died 2006)
113. 1939Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (died 2017)
114. 1939Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
115. 1939John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
116. 1940Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop (died 2022)
117. 1940Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (died 2006)
118. 1940Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
119. 1941Doris Coley, American singer (died 2000)
120. 1941Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgish-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
121. 1941François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter (died 2022)
122. 1942Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
123. 1942Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager (died 2025)
124. 1942Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
125. 1942Nell Irvin Painter, American author and historian
126. 1943Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (died 2013)
127. 1943Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach
128. 1943Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2014)
129. 1943Rose Tremain, English novelist and short story writer
130. 1944Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (died 2005)
131. 1944Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (died 2016)
132. 1945Joanna Cassidy, American actress
133. 1945Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
134. 1945Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
135. 1945Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach
136. 1946James Howe, American journalist and author
137. 1947Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
138. 1947Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
139. 1948Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
140. 1948Dennis Prager, American radio host and author
141. 1948Tapan Kumar Sarkar, Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (died 2021)
142. 1948James Street, American football and baseball player (died 2013)
143. 1948Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2013)
144. 1949James Fallows, American journalist and author
145. 1949Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut
146. 1950Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher
147. 1950Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate, diagnosed with ALS (died 1994)
148. 1950Ted Turner, British guitarist
149. 1950Alberto Iribarne, Argentine lawyer and politician (died 2026)
150. 1951Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
151. 1951Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
152. 1951Burgess Owens, American football player and politician
153. 1951Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
154. 1951Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
155. 1952Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager
156. 1953Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist
157. 1953Butch Patrick, American actor
158. 1953Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
159. 1954Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
160. 1955Caleb Carr, American historian and author (died 2024)
161. 1955Tony Godden, English footballer and manager
162. 1955Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
163. 1956Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
164. 1957Jacky Rosen, United States senator
165. 1959Jim Doughan, American actor
166. 1959Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
167. 1959Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
168. 1959Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress
169. 1960Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
170. 1960Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player
171. 1960David Yow, American singer-songwriter
172. 1961Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (died 1989)
173. 1961Cui Jian, Chinese singer-songwriter
174. 1962Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
175. 1962Cynthia Stevenson, American actress
176. 1963Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
177. 1963Uğur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager
178. 1964Frank Biela, German race car driver
179. 1964Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
180. 1965Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia
181. 1965Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
182. 1966Takashi Iizuka, Japanese wrestler
183. 1966Grainne Leahy, Irish cricketer
184. 1966Tim Wakefield, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
185. 1967Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
186. 1967Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter and producer
187. 1968Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster
188. 1968Chrystia Freeland, Canadian politician and journalist
189. 1969Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
190. 1969Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager
191. 1970Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach
192. 1970Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
193. 1970Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
194. 1971Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
195. 1971Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
196. 1972Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
197. 1972Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
198. 1973Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
199. 1973Miguel Mendonça, Zimbabwean journalist and author
200. 1973Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
201. 1974Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host
202. 1975Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
203. 1975Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player and coach
204. 1975Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player
205. 1976Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner
206. 1976Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach
207. 1976Michael Weiss, American figure skater
208. 1976Pritam Singh, Singaporean lawyer and politician
209. 1976Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer
210. 1976Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
211. 1977Edward Furlong, American actor
212. 1978Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
213. 1978Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
214. 1978Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer
215. 1978Dragan Vukmir, Serbian footballer
216. 1979Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
217. 1979Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
218. 1980Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
219. 1981Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
220. 1981Tim Murtagh, English-Irish cricketer
221. 1982Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
222. 1982Kerry Rhodes, American football player
223. 1982Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
224. 1983Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
225. 1983Huston Street, American baseball player
226. 1984Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
227. 1984JD Vance, American politician, 50th vice president of the United States
228. 1985Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
229. 1985David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
230. 1986Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
231. 1986Lily Gladstone, American actress
232. 1988Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
233. 1988Golden Tate, American football player
234. 1989Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
235. 1990Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
236. 1990Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player
237. 1990Skylar Diggins, American basketball player
238. 1991Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player
239. 1992Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter
240. 1993Gael Bussa, Congolese politician
241. 1993Joey Florez, American scholar and cultural critic
242. 1994Emil Krafth, Swedish footballer
243. 1994Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
244. 1994Laremy Tunsil, American football player
245. 1994MoistCr1tikal, American YouTuber and streamer
246. 1995Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
247. 1995Vikkstar123, English internet personality
248. 1996Keston Hiura, American baseball player
249. 1996Simone Manuel, American swimmer
250. 1997Austin Theory, American wrestler
251. 1999Anastasios Douvikas, Greek footballer
252. 1999Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer
253. 1999Joël Piroe, Dutch-Surinamese footballer
254. 2000Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player
255. 2000Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian footballer
256. 2006Héctor Fort, Spanish footballer

Fallecimientos (118)

1. 216 a. C.Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul
2. 216 a. C.Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general
3. 216 a. C.Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul
4. 257Pope Stephen I
5. 575Ahudemmeh, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East.
6. 640Pope Severinus
7. 686Pope John V
8. 855Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Arab theologian and jurist (born 780)
9. 924Ælfweard of Wessex (born 904)
10. 1075Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
11. 1100William II of England (born 1056)
12. 1222Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (born 1156)
13. 1277Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane, Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum
14. 1316Louis of Burgundy (born 1297)
15. 1330Yolande of Dreux, Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (born 1263)
16. 1332King Christopher II of Denmark (born 1276)
17. 1415Thomas Grey, English conspirator (born 1384)
18. 1445Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (born 1376)
19. 1451Elizabeth of Görlitz (born 1390)
20. 1511Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (born 1466)
21. 1512Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (born 1463)
22. 1589Henry III of France (born 1551)
23. 1605Richard Leveson, English admiral (born c. 1570)
24. 1611Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1562)
25. 1667Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (born 1599)
26. 1696Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (born 1630)
27. 1769Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1689)
28. 1788Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (born 1727)
29. 1799Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1745)
30. 1815Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (born 1763)
31. 1823Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, president of the National Convention (born 1753)
32. 1834Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (born 1793)
33. 1849Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (born 1769)
34. 1854Heinrich Clauren, German author (born 1771)
35. 1859Horace Mann, American educator and politician (born 1796)
36. 1876"Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (born 1837)
37. 1889Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (born 1851)
38. 1890Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (born 1813)
39. 1903Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (born 1847)
40. 1903Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (born 1850)
41. 1911Ioryi Mucitano, Aromanian revolutionary
42. 1913Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (born 1851)
43. 1915John Downer, Australian politician, 16th premier of South Australia (born 1843)
44. 1921Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (born 1873)
45. 1922Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (born 1847)
46. 1923Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (born 1865)
47. 1923Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died on hunger strike during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (born 1904)
48. 1934Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (born 1847)
49. 1937Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1900)
50. 1939Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (born 1883)
51. 1945Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (born 1863)
52. 1955Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1901)
53. 1955Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (born 1879)
54. 1963Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (born 1901)
55. 1967Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1886)
56. 1970Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (born 1891)
57. 1972Brian Cole, American bass player (born 1942)
58. 1972Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (born 1911)
59. 1972Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (born 1887)
60. 1973Ismail Abdul Rahman, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1915)
61. 1973Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
62. 1974Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (born 1893)
63. 1976László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (born 1905)
64. 1976Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890)
65. 1978Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (born 1899)
66. 1978Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (born 1890)
67. 1979Thurman Munson, American baseball player (born 1947)
68. 1981Kieran Doherty, Irish republican, died on hunger strike (born 1955)
69. 1981Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (born 1900)
70. 1983James Jamerson, American bass player (born 1936)
71. 1986Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
72. 1988Joe Carcione, American activist and author (born 1914)
73. 1988Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (born 1938)
74. 1990Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (born 1902)
75. 1990Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (born 1921)
76. 1992Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
77. 1996Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th prime minister of France (born 1912)
78. 1996Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1917)
79. 1996Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somali general and politician, 5th president of Somalia (born 1934)
80. 1996Sergey Golovkin, Russian serial killer and rapist, last person executed by Russia (born 1959)
81. 1997William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
82. 1997Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1905)
83. 1997Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
84. 1998Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (born 1933)
85. 1999Willie Morris, American writer (born 1934)
86. 2003Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (born 1924)
87. 2004Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1929)
88. 2004François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (born 1926)
89. 2004Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th prime minister of Estonia in exile (born 1911)
90. 2005Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (born 1955)
91. 2007Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (born 1950)
92. 2008Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (born 1935)
93. 2011José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1932)
94. 2012Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (born 1927)
95. 2012Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (born 1948)
96. 2012Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1930)
97. 2012John Keegan, English historian and journalist (born 1934)
98. 2012Bernd Meier, German footballer (born 1972)
99. 2012Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (born 1920)
100. 2013Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (born 1936)
101. 2013Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (born 1942)
102. 2013Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (born 1941)
103. 2014Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)
104. 2014Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)
105. 2014Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)
106. 2014James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)
107. 2015Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (born 1921)
108. 2015Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1922)
109. 2015Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (born 1936)
110. 2015Jack Spring, American baseball player (born 1933)
111. 2016Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (born 1930)
112. 2016David Huddleston, American actor (born 1930)
113. 2016Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (born 1927)
114. 2016Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)
115. 2017Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (born 1924)
116. 2020Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (born 1922)
117. 2022Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1927)
118. 2023Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (born 1965)

Celebraciones (6)

1. Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
2. Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)
3. Paratroopers Day (Russia)
4. Republic Day (North Macedonia)
5. Romani genocide-related observances, including:
6. Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament)

Santoral (12)

1. Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church).
2. Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church)
3. Ceferino Giménez Malla
4. Centola and Helen
5. Joan of Aza
6. Justin Russolillo
7. Peter Julian Eymard
8. Plegmund
9. Pope Stephen I
10. Portiuncola Indulgence ("Pardon of Assisi"), the plenary indulgence related to St. Francis of Assisi (Catholic Church).
11. Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church)
12. August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)