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Acontecimientos (56)

  1. 392Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
  2. 851Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
  3. 1138Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
  4. 1153Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon is surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.
  5. 1485The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII.
  6. 1559Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.
  7. 1614Fettmilch uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
  8. 1639Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
  9. 1642Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
  10. 1654Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
  11. 1703A janissary revolt forces the deposition of Ottoman sultan Mustafa II.
  12. 1711Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
  13. 1717Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
  14. 1770James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
  15. 1777British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
  16. 1780James Cook's ship returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  17. 1791The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
  18. 1798French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
  19. 1827José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
  20. 1846The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
  21. 1849Passaleão incident: João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, the governor of Portuguese Macau, is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days later.
  22. 1851The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
  23. 1864Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
  24. 1875The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
  25. 1894Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
  26. 1902The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  27. 1902Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  28. 1902At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
  29. 1922Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
  30. 1934Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  31. 1942Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  32. 1944World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
  33. 1949The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  34. 1953The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
  35. 1962The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
  36. 1963X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program ( (354,200 feet)).
  37. 1965Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.
  38. 1966Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
  39. 1968Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
  40. 1971J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
  41. 1972Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
  42. 1973The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  43. 1978Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
  44. 1978The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
  45. 1981Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
  46. 1985British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
  47. 1989Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
  48. 1991Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  49. 1992FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
  50. 1999China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
  51. 2003Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
  52. 2004Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  53. 2006Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
  54. 2006Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  55. 2007The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
  56. 2012Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

Nacimientos (215)

  1. 1412Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (died 1464)
  2. 1570Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)
  3. 1599Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (died 1636)
  4. 1601Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)
  5. 1624Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (died 1701)
  6. 1647Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
  7. 1679Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (died 1758)
  8. 1760Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
  9. 1764Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
  10. 1771Henry Maudslay, English engineer (died 1831)
  11. 1773Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
  12. 1778James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)
  13. 1800Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)
  14. 1818Rudolf von Jhering, German jurist (died 1892)
  15. 1827Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
  16. 1834Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
  17. 1836Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (died 1918)
  18. 1844George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)
  19. 1845William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1924)
  20. 1847John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)
  21. 1848Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (died 1929)
  22. 1854Milan I of Serbia (died 1901)
  23. 1857Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
  24. 1860Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (died 1940)
  25. 1860Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (died 1940)
  26. 1862Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
  27. 1867Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (died 1939)
  28. 1867Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (died 1934)
  29. 1868Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)
  30. 1873Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (died 1928)
  31. 1874Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928)
  32. 1880Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died 1916)
  33. 1880George Herriman, American cartoonist (died 1944)
  34. 1881Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (died 1934)
  35. 1881James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)
  36. 1882Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (died 1919)
  37. 1887Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1977)
  38. 1890Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)
  39. 1891Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983)
  40. 1891Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (died 1973)
  41. 1893Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (died 1977)
  42. 1893Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967)
  43. 1893Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (died 1992)
  44. 1895László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
  45. 1895Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)
  46. 1896Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (died 1995)
  47. 1897Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1965)
  48. 1900Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
  49. 1902Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (died 1973)
  50. 1902Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003)
  51. 1902Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (died 1982)
  52. 1903Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died 1990)
  53. 1904Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)
  54. 1908Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (died 2004)
  55. 1908Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (died 1993)
  56. 1909Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)
  57. 1909Mel Hein, American football player and coach (died 1992)
  58. 1913Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (died 2008)
  59. 1913Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
  60. 1914Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (died 1992)
  61. 1914Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (died 1989)
  62. 1915David Dellinger, American activist (died 2004)
  63. 1915James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (died 2007)
  64. 1915Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)
  65. 1917John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
  66. 1918Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)
  67. 1920Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012)
  68. 1920Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (died 2016)
  69. 1921Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)
  70. 1921Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)
  71. 1922Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)
  72. 1922Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)
  73. 1922Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)
  74. 1924James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (died 1989)
  75. 1924Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (died 1995)
  76. 1925Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died 2020)
  77. 1926Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (died 2023)
  78. 1926Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (died 2011)
  79. 1928Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)
  80. 1928Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)
  81. 1929Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (died 1991)
  82. 1929Roy Clay, American computer scientist (died 2024)
  83. 1929Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (died 2017)
  84. 1930Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
  85. 1932Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)
  86. 1933Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (died 1994)
  87. 1934Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012)
  88. 1935Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
  89. 1936Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
  90. 1936John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)
  91. 1936Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
  92. 1936Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
  93. 1938Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
  94. 1939Valerie Harper, American actress (died 2019)
  95. 1939Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
  96. 1940Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (died 2025)
  97. 1941Thomas Lovejoy, American conservation biologist who coined the term "biodiversity"
  98. 1941Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
  99. 1943Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
  100. 1943Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
  101. 1944Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
  102. 1945David Chase, American screenwriter and producer
  103. 1945Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
  104. 1947Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead and Elvis Presley)
  105. 1947Cindy Williams, American actress and producer (died 2023)
  106. 1948David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  107. 1948Carolyn L. Mazloomi, American art historian and quilter
  108. 1949Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman
  109. 1949Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
  110. 1950Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
  111. 1950Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
  112. 1952Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
  113. 1953Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
  114. 1955Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
  115. 1956Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
  116. 1956Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
  117. 1957Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
  118. 1957Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
  119. 1958Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
  120. 1958Stevie Ray, American wrestler
  121. 1958Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter
  122. 1959Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  123. 1959Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
  124. 1959Mark Williams, English actor
  125. 1960Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
  126. 1960Collin Raye, American country music singer
  127. 1960Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright
  128. 1961Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  129. 1961Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician
  130. 1962Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
  131. 1963Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  132. 1963James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
  133. 1964Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
  134. 1965Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
  135. 1965David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (died 2004)
  136. 1966GZA, American rapper and producer
  137. 1966Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
  138. 1967Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor
  139. 1967Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
  140. 1967Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  141. 1967Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (died 2002)
  142. 1968Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  143. 1968Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
  144. 1968Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
  145. 1968Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (died 2008)
  146. 1970Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
  147. 1970Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
  148. 1970Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
  149. 1971Richard Armitage, English actor
  150. 1971Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  151. 1971Rick Yune, American actor
  152. 1972Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
  153. 1972Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
  154. 1972Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
  155. 1973Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter
  156. 1973Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
  157. 1973Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  158. 1973Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
  159. 1974Cory Gardner, American politician
  160. 1974Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
  161. 1974Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
  162. 1975Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
  163. 1975Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
  164. 1976Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
  165. 1976Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
  166. 1976Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
  167. 1976Jeff Weaver, American baseball player
  168. 1976Randy Wolf, American baseball player
  169. 1977Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
  170. 1977Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
  171. 1978James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
  172. 1978Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
  173. 1979Brandon Adams, American actor
  174. 1979Steve Kornacki, American political journalist, writer and TV presenter (NBC)
  175. 1979Matt Walters, American football player
  176. 1980Roland Benschneider, German footballer
  177. 1980Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
  178. 1980Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
  179. 1981Alex Holmes, American football player
  180. 1981Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (died 2012)
  181. 1981Christina Obergföll, German javelin athlete
  182. 1982Sean Rash, American bowler
  183. 1983Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
  184. 1983Jahri Evans, American football player
  185. 1984Lee Camp, English footballer
  186. 1984Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
  187. 1985Luke Russert, American journalist
  188. 1985Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
  189. 1985Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
  190. 1985Salih Yoluç, Turkish race car driver
  191. 1986Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
  192. 1986Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
  193. 1987Apollo Crews, American wrestler
  194. 1989Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
  195. 1989Aleksandra Gajewska, Polish politician and businessperson
  196. 1990Randall Cobb, American football player
  197. 1990Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
  198. 1990Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
  199. 1990Adam Thielen, American football player
  200. 1991Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
  201. 1991Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
  202. 1992Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
  203. 1993Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete (died 2025)
  204. 1993Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist
  205. 1994Israel Broussard, American actor
  206. 1994Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
  207. 1995Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
  208. 1996Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
  209. 1996Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter
  210. 1997Maxx Crosby, American football player
  211. 1997Fanum, American streamer
  212. 1997Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
  213. 2001LaMelo Ball, American basketball player
  214. 2003Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer
  215. 2005Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

Fallecimientos (123)

  1. 408Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)
  2. 1155Emperor Konoe of Japan (born 1139)
  3. 1241Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143)
  4. 1280Pope Nicholas III (born 1225)
  5. 1304John II, Count of Holland (born 1247)
  6. 1338William II, Duke of Athens (born 1312)
  7. 1350Philip VI of France (born 1293)
  8. 1358Isabella of France, Queen Consort of England (born 1295)
  9. 1425Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (born 1423)
  10. 1456Vladislav II of Wallachia
  11. 1485Richard III of England (born 1452)
  12. 1485James Harrington, Yorkist knight
  13. 1485John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (born 1430)
  14. 1485Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
  15. 1485William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (born 1426)
  16. 1532William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)
  17. 1545Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)
  18. 1553John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1504)
  19. 1572Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)
  20. 1584Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
  21. 1599Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1553)
  22. 1607Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (born 1572)
  23. 1652Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (born 1583)
  24. 1664Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)
  25. 1680John George II, Elector of Saxony (born 1613)
  26. 1681Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
  27. 1701John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)
  28. 1711Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)
  29. 1752William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)
  30. 1773George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)
  31. 1793Louis de Noailles, French general (born 1713)
  32. 1797Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (born 1724)
  33. 1806Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (born 1732)
  34. 1818Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (born 1732)
  35. 1828Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (born 1758)
  36. 1850Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (born 1802)
  37. 1861Xianfeng, Emperor of China (born 1831)
  38. 1888Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1817)
  39. 1891Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834)
  40. 1903Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)
  41. 1904Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (born 1850)
  42. 1909Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (born 1846)
  43. 1914Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (born 1859)
  44. 1918Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (born 1868)
  45. 1920Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)
  46. 1922Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890)
  47. 1926Charles William Eliot, American academic (born 1834)
  48. 1933Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
  49. 1937Pedro Durruti, Spanish anarchist and Falangist revolutionary (born 1911)
  50. 1940Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (born 1851)
  51. 1940Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1861)
  52. 1942Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1880)
  53. 1946Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1883)
  54. 1950Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (born 1888)
  55. 1951Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
  56. 1953Jim Tabor, American baseball player (born 1916)
  57. 1958Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
  58. 1960Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)
  59. 1963William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (born 1877)
  60. 1966Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)
  61. 1967Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (born 1903)
  62. 1970Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (born 1895)
  63. 1971Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (born 1888)
  64. 1974Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
  65. 1976Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)
  66. 1976Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)
  67. 1977Sebastian Cabot, English actor (born 1918)
  68. 1977Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (born 1891)
  69. 1977Rex Connor, Australian politician (born 1907)
  70. 1978Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
  71. 1979James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (born 1904)
  72. 1980James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (born 1899)
  73. 1981Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (born 1910)
  74. 1985Charles Gibson, historian of Mexico and its Indians, president of the American Historical Association (born 1920)
  75. 1986Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)
  76. 1987Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (born 1909)
  77. 1989Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (born 1933)
  78. 1989Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (born 1942)
  79. 1991Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (born 1924)
  80. 1991Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (born 1937)
  81. 1994Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1931)
  82. 1994Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (born 1914)
  83. 1995Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)
  84. 2000Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (born 1938)
  85. 2003Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (born 1914)
  86. 2004Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
  87. 2004Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
  88. 2004Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
  89. 2005Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)
  90. 2005Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)
  91. 2007Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (born 1922)
  92. 2008Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)
  93. 2009Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (born 1908)
  94. 2009Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (born 1926)
  95. 2010Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1923)
  96. 2011Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
  97. 2011Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (born 1950)
  98. 2011Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (born 1922)
  99. 2011Yao Yuanjun, Chinese border police officer (born 1993)
  100. 2012Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)
  101. 2012Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)
  102. 2012Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
  103. 2013Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (born 1921)
  104. 2014U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
  105. 2014Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)
  106. 2014Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)
  107. 2014Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)
  108. 2014John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (born 1921)
  109. 2014John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)
  110. 2015Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)
  111. 2015Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)
  112. 2015Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)
  113. 2016S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (born 1924)
  114. 2016Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (born 1922)
  115. 2017Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)
  116. 2018Ed King, American musician (born 1949)
  117. 2018Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)
  118. 2021Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)
  119. 2023Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
  120. 2023Alexandra Paul, Canadian ice dancer (born 1991)
  121. 2024Arthur J. Gregg, American military officer (born 1928)
  122. 2026Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer (born 1944)
  123. 2026Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1948)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
  2. Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.
  3. Flag Day (Russia)
  4. Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)

Santoral (5)

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)
  2. John Kemble
  3. Queenship of Mary
  4. Blessed Symeon Lukach
  5. August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)