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Acontecimientos (52)

  1. 959Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
  2. 1140The Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by the Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
  3. 1169Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin.
  4. 1192Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. Under the traditional Japanese calendar, it was on the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era.
  5. 1331King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
  6. 1415Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.
  7. 1673The Dutch fleet defeats an Anglo-French fleet under Prince Rupert in the Battle of Texel.
  8. 1680Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
  9. 1689The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
  10. 1716Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
  11. 1772King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
  12. 1778American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
  13. 1791Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, led by Dutty Boukman, held a Vodou ceremony that became a pivotal act of resistance. This gathering sparked a mass uprising against slavery, marking the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.
  14. 1808Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat the French forces under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
  15. 1810Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
  16. 1821Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
  17. 1831Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, claiming the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
  18. 1852Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
  19. 1858The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
  20. 1862The Stadtpark, the first public park in Vienna, opens to the public.
  21. 1863Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
  22. 1878The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
  23. 1879The locals of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland report their having seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The apparition is later named "Our Lady of Knock" and the spot transformed into a Catholic pilgrimage site.
  24. 1883An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  25. 1888The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  26. 1901Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
  27. 1911The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  28. 1914World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  29. 1918World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
  30. 1942World War II: During the Guadalcanal campaign, American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
  31. 1944Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
  32. 1944World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
  33. 1945Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  34. 1957The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
  35. 1959United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the Union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
  36. 1963Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
  37. 1965The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution.
  38. 1968Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  39. 1968James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
  40. 1971A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
  41. 1982Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
  42. 1983Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
  43. 1986Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a range.
  44. 1988The 6.9 Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
  45. 1991Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
  46. 1991Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
  47. 1993NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
  48. 1994Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
  49. 1995Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
  50. 2000American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
  51. 2013Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
  52. 2017A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.

Nacimientos (228)

  1. 1165Philip II of France (died 1223)
  2. 1481Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (died 1550)
  3. 1535Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (died 1619)
  4. 1552Muhammad Qadiri, founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (died 1654)
  5. 1567Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (died 1622)
  6. 1579Henri, Duke of Rohan (died 1638)
  7. 1597Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (died 1672)
  8. 1625John Claypole, English politician (died 1688)
  9. 1643Afonso VI of Portugal (died 1683)
  10. 1660Hubert Gautier, French mathematician and engineer (died 1737)
  11. 1665Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729)
  12. 1670James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734)
  13. 1725Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (died 1805)
  14. 1754William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)
  15. 1754Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (died 1833)
  16. 1765William IV, King of the United Kingdom (died 1837)
  17. 1787John Owen, American governor of North Carolina (died 1841)
  18. 1789Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (died 1857)
  19. 1798Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (died 1874)
  20. 1800Hiram Walden, American general and politician (died 1880)
  21. 1801Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (died 1876)
  22. 1813Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (died 1891)
  23. 1816Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (died 1856)
  24. 1823Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer (died 1899)
  25. 1826Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and academic (died 1903)
  26. 1829Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907)
  27. 1840Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch bishop and missionary (died 1900)
  28. 1851Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
  29. 1854Frank Munsey, American publisher, banker, political financier and author (died 1925)
  30. 1856Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress (died 1921)
  31. 1858Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (died 1889)
  32. 1862Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (died 1911)
  33. 1869William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author (died 1963)
  34. 1872Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (died 1898)
  35. 1878Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (died 1963)
  36. 1879Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (died 1959)
  37. 1884Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (died 1936)
  38. 1885Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (died 1939)
  39. 1886Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988)
  40. 1887James Paul Moody, English sailor (died 1912)
  41. 1891Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)
  42. 1892Charles Vanel, French actor and director (died 1989)
  43. 1894Christian Schad, German painter (died 1982)
  44. 1895Blossom Rock, American actress (died 1978)
  45. 1897Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (died 1966)
  46. 1902Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (died 1972)
  47. 1903Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1984)
  48. 1904Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1984)
  49. 1905Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (died 1981)
  50. 1906Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (died 1995)
  51. 1907P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)
  52. 1908M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions) (died 2004)
  53. 1909Ethel Caterham, English supercentenarian
  54. 1909Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1992)
  55. 1912Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
  56. 1914Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach (died 1998)
  57. 1916Bill Lee, American actor and singer (died 1980)
  58. 1916Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
  59. 1917Leonid Hurwicz, Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008)
  60. 1918Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
  61. 1921Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014)
  62. 1922Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (died 2015)
  63. 1923Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
  64. 1924Jack Buck, American sportscaster (died 2002)
  65. 1924Jack Weston, American actor (died 1996)
  66. 1926Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (died 1999)
  67. 1927Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 2018)
  68. 1928Addison Farmer, American bassist (died 1963)
  69. 1928Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
  70. 1928Bud McFadin, American football player (died 2006)
  71. 1929Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
  72. 1929X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor (died 2026)
  73. 1929Ahmed Kathrada, South African politician and political prisoner (died 2017)
  74. 1930Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002)
  75. 1930Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
  76. 1932Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015)
  77. 1932Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)
  78. 1933Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
  79. 1933Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (died 1994)
  80. 1933Barry Norman, English author and critic (died 2017)
  81. 1933Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer (died 1992)
  82. 1934Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2001)
  83. 1934Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (died 2015)
  84. 1936Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (died 1999)
  85. 1936Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator
  86. 1937Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, first First Minister of Scotland (died 2000)
  87. 1937Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021)
  88. 1937Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (died 2015)
  89. 1938Steve Cowper, American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska
  90. 1938Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2020)
  91. 1938Mike Weston, English rugby player (died 2023)
  92. 1939James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist
  93. 1939Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, third President of Botswana (died 2026)
  94. 1939Clarence Williams III, American actor (died 2021)
  95. 1940Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (died 2013)
  96. 1940Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
  97. 1941Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
  98. 1943Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer (died 2022)
  99. 1943Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (died 2014)
  100. 1943Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (died 2014)
  101. 1943Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
  102. 1944Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas
  103. 1944Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  104. 1945Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor (died 2006)
  105. 1945Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
  106. 1945Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
  107. 1945Willie Lanier, American football player
  108. 1945Patty McCormack, American actress
  109. 1947Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician
  110. 1947Mary Simon, Canadian diplomat and Inuit rights advocate, the first indigenous Governor General of Canada
  111. 1949Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
  112. 1949Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
  113. 1950Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)
  114. 1950Arthur Bremer, American attempted assassin of George Wallace
  115. 1951Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
  116. 1951Glenn Hughes, English musician
  117. 1951Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
  118. 1951Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
  119. 1952Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
  120. 1952Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, sixth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
  121. 1952Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
  122. 1953Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
  123. 1954Archie Griffin, American football player
  124. 1954Steve Smith, American drummer
  125. 1954Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
  126. 1956Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress
  127. 1956Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
  128. 1957Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)
  129. 1958Steve Case, American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL)
  130. 1958Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach
  131. 1959Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach
  132. 1959Jim McMahon, American football player and coach
  133. 1961Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (died 2001)
  134. 1961V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2019)
  135. 1961Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (died 2018)
  136. 1962Cleo King, American actress
  137. 1962John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
  138. 1962Gilberto Santa Rosa, Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero
  139. 1962Pete Weber, American bowler
  140. 1963Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
  141. 1963Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
  142. 1964Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
  143. 1965Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
  144. 1966John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach
  145. 1967Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
  146. 1967Charb, French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)
  147. 1967Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
  148. 1967Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
  149. 1968Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
  150. 1968Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
  151. 1968Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author
  152. 1969Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
  153. 1969Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
  154. 1970Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
  155. 1970Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager
  156. 1970Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress
  157. 1971Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
  158. 1971Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
  159. 1971Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
  160. 1973Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
  161. 1973Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  162. 1974Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist and radio host
  163. 1974Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player and referee
  164. 1975Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager
  165. 1975Alicia Witt, American actress and musician
  166. 1976Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout
  167. 1976Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
  168. 1976Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player
  169. 1976Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
  170. 1978Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
  171. 1978Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
  172. 1978Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
  173. 1978Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach
  174. 1978Jason Marquis, American baseball player
  175. 1979Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author
  176. 1979Diego Klattenhoff, Canadian actor
  177. 1980Bryan Allen, Canadian ice hockey player
  178. 1980Burney Lamar, American race car driver
  179. 1980Paul Menard, American race car driver
  180. 1980Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player
  181. 1981Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (died 2018)
  182. 1981Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
  183. 1981Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
  184. 1981Ross Thomas, American actor
  185. 1982Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player
  186. 1982Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor
  187. 1983Brody Jenner, American television personality and model
  188. 1983Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
  189. 1984Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
  190. 1984Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player
  191. 1984Alizée, French singer
  192. 1985Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
  193. 1985Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
  194. 1986Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
  195. 1986Wout Brama, Dutch footballer
  196. 1986Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
  197. 1986Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thai politician and 31st Prime Minister of Thailand
  198. 1986Brooks Wheelan, American comedian and actor
  199. 1987DeWanna Bonner, American-Macedonian basketball player
  200. 1987Cody Kasch, American actor
  201. 1987J. D. Martinez, American baseball player
  202. 1987Jodie Meeks, American basketball player and coach
  203. 1988Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
  204. 1988Joanna Mitrosz, Polish rhythmic gymnast
  205. 1988Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  206. 1989Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
  207. 1989James Davey, English rugby league player
  208. 1989Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
  209. 1989Hayden Panettiere, American actress (died 2026)
  210. 1989Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer
  211. 1990Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet
  212. 1990Christian Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
  213. 1991Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
  214. 1991Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter
  215. 1992Brandon Drury, American baseball player
  216. 1992RJ Mitte, American actor (died 2026)
  217. 1992Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
  218. 1993Millie Bright, English footballer
  219. 1993Mike Evans, American football player
  220. 1994Alex Cooper, American podcaster
  221. 1994Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model
  222. 1995Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player
  223. 1996Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player
  224. 1999Maxim Knight, American actor
  225. 2000Corbin Carroll, American baseball player
  226. 2002Kenji Fan, Hong Kong model and actor
  227. 2002Zion Suzuki, Japanese footballer
  228. 2007Piper Rockelle, American model and singer

Fallecimientos (105)

  1. 784Alberic, Archbishop of Utrecht
  2. 913Tang Daoxi, Chinese general
  3. 1131King Baldwin II of Jerusalem
  4. 1148William II, Count of Nevers (born c. 1089)
  5. 1157Alfonso VII of León and Castile (born 1105)
  6. 1245Alexander of Hales, English theologian
  7. 1271Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (born 1220)
  8. 1534Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1464)
  9. 1568Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1495)
  10. 1614Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560)
  11. 1622Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana, Spanish poet and politician (born 1582)
  12. 1627Jacques Mauduit, French composer and academic (born 1557)
  13. 1673Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (born 1599)
  14. 1689William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661)
  15. 1762Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689)
  16. 1763Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)
  17. 1775Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (born 1690)
  18. 1796John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)
  19. 1814Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)
  20. 1835John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (born 1773)
  21. 1836Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (born 1785)
  22. 1838Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (born 1781)
  23. 1853Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (born 1783)
  24. 1854Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
  25. 1867Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790)
  26. 1870Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (born 1821)
  27. 1888James Farnell, Australian politician, the eighth Premier of New South Wales (born 1825)
  28. 1905Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (born 1827)
  29. 1910Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835)
  30. 1911Mahboob Ali Khan, sixth Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1866)
  31. 1919Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (born 1875)
  32. 1935John Hartley, English tennis player (born 1849)
  33. 1940Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1882)
  34. 1940Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (born 1863)
  35. 1940Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (born 1879)
  36. 1943Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
  37. 1947Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881)
  38. 1951Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (born 1905)
  39. 1957Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (born 1879)
  40. 1957Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)
  41. 1957Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888)
  42. 1960David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886)
  43. 1964Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1893)
  44. 1968Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (born 1893)
  45. 1971George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (born 1941)
  46. 1974Buford Pusser, American police officer (born 1937)
  47. 1974Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (born 1894)
  48. 1978Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1907)
  49. 1979Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (born 1910)
  50. 1981Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi writer (born 1885)
  51. 1983Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932)
  52. 1988Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
  53. 1988Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1912)
  54. 1989Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1945)
  55. 1993Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (born 1938)
  56. 1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
  57. 1995Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (born 1919)
  58. 1996Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian Indigenous women's rights activist (born 1911)
  59. 2000Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1948)
  60. 2000Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, third Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930)
  61. 2000Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (born 1928)
  62. 2001Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)
  63. 2003John Coplans, British artist (born 1920)
  64. 2003Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (born 1946)
  65. 2004Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916)
  66. 2005Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (born 1957)
  67. 2005Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (born 1934)
  68. 2005Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (born 1936)
  69. 2005Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (born 1925)
  70. 2006Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (born 1916)
  71. 2006Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)
  72. 2007Frank Bowe, American academic (born 1947)
  73. 2007Siobhan Dowd, British author (born 1960)
  74. 2007Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (born 1918)
  75. 2008Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (born 1969)
  76. 2009Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930)
  77. 2010Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (born 1941)
  78. 2012Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence (born 1920)
  79. 2012J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (born 1926)
  80. 2012Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
  81. 2012Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (born 1931)
  82. 2012William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (born 1946)
  83. 2013Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
  84. 2013Sid Bernstein, American record producer (born 1918)
  85. 2013C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)
  86. 2013Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (born 1929)
  87. 2013Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (born 1932)
  88. 2014Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (born 1944)
  89. 2014Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925)
  90. 2014Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946)
  91. 2014Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937)
  92. 2014Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932)
  93. 2015Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938)
  94. 2015Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (born 1916)
  95. 2015Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (born 1924)
  96. 2017Bajram Rexhepi, the first Kosovan Prime Minister of the UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)
  97. 2018Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975)
  98. 2019Ifeanyi Chiejine, Nigerian footballer (born 1983)
  99. 2019Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953)
  100. 2024Nell McCafferty, Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (born 1944)
  101. 2024Bill Pascrell, American politician (born 1937)
  102. 2024John Amos, American actor (born 1939)
  103. 2026Sowcar Janaki, Indian actress (born 1931)
  104. 2026Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician (born 1932)
  105. 2026Zolani Tete, South African boxer (born 1988)

Celebraciones (3)

  1. Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
  2. Youth Day (Morocco)
  3. World Senior Citizen's Day

Santoral (10)

  1. Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  2. Bernard of Alzira
  3. Cyriaca
  4. Euprepius of Verona
  5. Maximilian of Antioch
  6. Our Lady of Knock
  7. Pope Pius X
  8. Sidonius Apollinaris
  9. Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo
  10. August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)