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Acontecimientos (70)

  1. 79Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
  2. 406The Western Roman army under Stilicho corners and defeats the Ostrogothic army in the battle of Faesulae.
  3. 476Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
  4. 1244Siege of Jerusalem: The city surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya, ending Christian control of Jerusalem for the next 672 years.
  5. 1268The Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Prince Conradin is nearly destroyed by Charles of Anjou, ending Hohenstaufen control over the Kingdom of Sicily and leaving the Angevins in control.
  6. 1305William Wallace is put on trial and subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered.
  7. 1328Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
  8. 1382The Golden Horde, led by Khan Tokhtamysh, begins the Siege of Moscow, which ends four days later with the storming of the city and the death of Muscovite Prince Ostei.
  9. 1514The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
  10. 1521Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
  11. 1541French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
  12. 1572French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
  13. 1595Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
  14. 1600Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
  15. 1628George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
  16. 1655Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  17. 1703Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
  18. 1775American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
  19. 1782British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish.
  20. 1784Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
  21. 1799Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
  22. 1813At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
  23. 1831Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed.
  24. 1839The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
  25. 1864American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
  26. 1866The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
  27. 1873The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
  28. 1898The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  29. 1904The automobile tire chain is patented.
  30. 1914World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  31. 1914World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  32. 1921British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  33. 1923Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  34. 1927Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
  35. 1929Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
  36. 1939World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".
  37. 1942World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
  38. 1943World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
  39. 1944World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
  40. 1944World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
  41. 1944Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
  42. 1945World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
  43. 1946Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
  44. 1948The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
  45. 1954The first flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft takes place.
  46. 1954The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.
  47. 1958Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
  48. 1966Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
  49. 1970Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
  50. 1973A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
  51. 1975The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.
  52. 1975The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, northwest of Detroit, Michigan.
  53. 1977Waylon Jennings arrested in a drug raid.
  54. 1985Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
  55. 1989Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
  56. 1990Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  57. 1990Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  58. 1990West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
  59. 1991The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
  60. 1994Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
  61. 2000Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
  62. 2006Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
  63. 2007The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
  64. 2010The Manila hostage crisis occurs near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines, killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.
  65. 2011A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD.
  66. 2011Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
  67. 2012A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
  68. 2013A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
  69. 2023Chandrayaan-3 mission initiates first Moon landing in Indian history.
  70. 2023A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on board.

Nacimientos (250)

  1. 1482Cho Kwangjo, Korean philosopher (died 1520)
  2. 1486Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (died 1566)
  3. 1498Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (died 1500)
  4. 1524François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (died 1590)
  5. 1579Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (died 1625)
  6. 1623Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (died 1675)
  7. 1724Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (died 1796)
  8. 1741Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (died 1788)
  9. 1754Louis XVI of France (died 1793)
  10. 1768Astley Cooper, British surgeon and anatomist (died 1841)
  11. 1769Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (died 1832)
  12. 1783William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (died 1852)
  13. 1785Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (died 1819)
  14. 1800Evangelos Zappas, Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (died 1865)
  15. 1805Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (died 1893)
  16. 1814James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (died 1877)
  17. 1829Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (died 1920)
  18. 1843William Southam, Canadian publisher (died 1932)
  19. 1846Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (died 1923)
  20. 1847Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (died 1927)
  21. 1849William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (died 1903)
  22. 1850John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (died 1929)
  23. 1852Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (died 1918)
  24. 1852Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (died 1913)
  25. 1852Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (died 1883)
  26. 1854Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (died 1925)
  27. 1864Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
  28. 1867Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (died 1948)
  29. 1868Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (died 1950)
  30. 1872Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (died 1957)
  31. 1875William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (died 1966)
  32. 1875Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (died 1946)
  33. 1877István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (died 1959)
  34. 1880Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (died 1932)
  35. 1882Volin, Russia anarchist intellectual (died 1945)
  36. 1883Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1953)
  37. 1884Will Cuppy, American author and critic (died 1949)
  38. 1884Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1937)
  39. 1890Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1971)
  40. 1891Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (died 1944)
  41. 1891Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (died 1932)
  42. 1894John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (died 1959)
  43. 1897Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (died 1958)
  44. 1900Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (died 2001)
  45. 1900Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (died 1991)
  46. 1900Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (died 1978)
  47. 1901Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
  48. 1901John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 1991)
  49. 1904William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (died 1982)
  50. 1905Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (died 1982)
  51. 1905Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (died 1951)
  52. 1906Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (died 2017)
  53. 1908Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (died 2008)
  54. 1909Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (died 1970)
  55. 1910Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (died 2009)
  56. 1910Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (died 1979)
  57. 1911Betty Robinson, American sprinter (died 1999)
  58. 1911J.V. Cunningham, American poet, literary critic, and translator (died 1985)
  59. 1912Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
  60. 1912Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (died 2008)
  61. 1913Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (died 1993)
  62. 1917Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1985)
  63. 1919Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (died 1984)
  64. 1921Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
  65. 1921Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (died 1996)
  66. 1922Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (died 2007)
  67. 1922Jean Darling, American actress and singer (died 2015)
  68. 1922George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)
  69. 1923Wynona Carr, American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriter (died 1976)
  70. 1924Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (died 2005)
  71. 1924Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (died 2024)
  72. 1924Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
  73. 1925Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (died 2008)
  74. 1926Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (died 2006)
  75. 1926Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2005)
  76. 1927Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (died 2017)
  77. 1927Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (died 2006)
  78. 1927Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer (died 2024)
  79. 1928Marian Seldes, American actress (died 2014)
  80. 1929Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (died 2009)
  81. 1929Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (died 1997)
  82. 1929Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (died 2018)
  83. 1930Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (died 2016)
  84. 1930Vera Miles, American actress
  85. 1931Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
  86. 1931Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
  87. 1932Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (died 1978)
  88. 1932Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (died 2013)
  89. 1932Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist (died 2023)
  90. 1933Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
  91. 1933Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator (died 2020)
  92. 1933Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
  93. 1934Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2026)
  94. 1935Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
  95. 1936Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (died 1964)
  96. 1936Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (died 2001)
  97. 1938Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (died 2014)
  98. 1938Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
  99. 1940Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (died 2002)
  100. 1940Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
  101. 1940Thomas A. Steitz, American biochemist best known for his work on the ribosome (died 2018)
  102. 1941Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
  103. 1942Nancy Richey, American tennis player
  104. 1943Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
  105. 1943Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author (died 2024)
  106. 1943Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
  107. 1943Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
  108. 1943Rodney Alcala, American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper (died 2021)
  109. 1944Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
  110. 1945Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach (died 2022)
  111. 1946Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1978)
  112. 1947David Robb, Scottish actor
  113. 1947Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
  114. 1947Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
  115. 1948Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (died 1992)
  116. 1948Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  117. 1948Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
  118. 1948Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
  119. 1949Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
  120. 1949Shelley Long, American actress
  121. 1949Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  122. 1950Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
  123. 1951Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician
  124. 1951Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014)
  125. 1951Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)
  126. 1951Queen Noor of Jordan
  127. 1952Santillana, Spanish footballer
  128. 1952Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
  129. 1953Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
  130. 1954Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
  131. 1954Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
  132. 1955David Learner, British actor
  133. 1956Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (died 1991)
  134. 1956Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
  135. 1956Skipp Sudduth, American actor
  136. 1957Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
  137. 1958Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
  138. 1959Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  139. 1959George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
  140. 1960Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  141. 1961Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
  142. 1961Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
  143. 1961Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
  144. 1961Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
  145. 1961Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
  146. 1962Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
  147. 1962Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
  148. 1963Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
  149. 1963Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
  150. 1963Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
  151. 1963Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
  152. 1964Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster
  153. 1964Kong Hee, Singaporean minister and criminal
  154. 1965Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  155. 1966Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
  156. 1967Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
  157. 1967Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
  158. 1968Laura Claycomb, American soprano
  159. 1968Chris DiMarco, American golfer
  160. 1968Cortez Kennedy, American football player (died 2017)
  161. 1969Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (died 2014)
  162. 1969Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
  163. 1969Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
  164. 1969Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
  165. 1970Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
  166. 1970Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
  167. 1970Brad Mehldau, American jazz pianist
  168. 1970Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  169. 1970River Phoenix, American actor (died 1993)
  170. 1971Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
  171. 1971Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
  172. 1971Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan
  173. 1972Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
  174. 1972Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  175. 1972Anthony Calvillo, Canadian football player
  176. 1972Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
  177. 1972Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
  178. 1973Casey Blake, American baseball player
  179. 1973Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
  180. 1974Lexi Alexander, American film and television director
  181. 1974Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
  182. 1974Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
  183. 1974Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  184. 1974Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman
  185. 1975Eliza Carthy, English folk musician
  186. 1975Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
  187. 1975Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
  188. 1976Scott Caan, American actor
  189. 1976Pat Garrity, American basketball player and executive
  190. 1977Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
  191. 1977Jared Fogle, American spokesman and criminal
  192. 1978Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman (died 2020)
  193. 1978Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer
  194. 1978Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (died 2014)
  195. 1978Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
  196. 1979Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
  197. 1979Saskia Clark, English sailor
  198. 1979Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
  199. 1979Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
  200. 1980Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
  201. 1980Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author
  202. 1980Joanne Froggatt, English actress
  203. 1980Rex Grossman, American football player
  204. 1980Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
  205. 1981Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
  206. 1981Jaime Lee Kirchner, American actress
  207. 1981Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
  208. 1982Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
  209. 1982Scott Palguta, American soccer player
  210. 1982Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (died 2012)
  211. 1983James Collins, Welsh footballer
  212. 1983Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
  213. 1983Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
  214. 1983Tony Moll, American football player
  215. 1983Fiona Onasanya, British politician and criminal
  216. 1983Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
  217. 1984Glen Johnson, English footballer
  218. 1984Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
  219. 1985Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
  220. 1986Sky Blu, American rapper and DJ
  221. 1986Neil Cicierega, American comedian and musician
  222. 1986Ayron Jones, American musician
  223. 1986Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
  224. 1986Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
  225. 1987Darren Collison, American basketball player
  226. 1988Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
  227. 1988Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
  228. 1988Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
  229. 1988Kim Matula, American actress
  230. 1988Miles Mikolas, American baseball player
  231. 1989Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
  232. 1989Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer
  233. 1989Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
  234. 1989TeddyLoid, Japanese musician
  235. 1990Seth Curry, American basketball player
  236. 1990Mike Yastrzemski, American baseball player
  237. 1992Nicola Docherty, Scottish footballer
  238. 1992Will Toledo, American singer-songwriter
  239. 1993Taylor Decker, American football player
  240. 1993Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player
  241. 1993Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
  242. 1994August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017)
  243. 1994Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player
  244. 1995Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player
  245. 1995Cameron Norrie, British tennis player
  246. 1996Alejo Igoa, Argentine YouTuber
  247. 1997Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer
  248. 1998P. J. Washington, American basketball player
  249. 1999Saya Sakakibara, Australian cyclist
  250. 2000Boryana Kaleyn, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist

Fallecimientos (104)

  1. 30 a. C.Caesarion, Egyptian king (born 47 BC)
  2. 30 a. C.Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (born 47 BC)
  3. 93Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and politician (born AD 40)
  4. 406Radagaisus, Gothic king
  5. 634Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (born 573)
  6. 992Volkold, bishop of Meissen
  7. 1106Magnus, Duke of Saxony (born 1045)
  8. 1176Emperor Rokujō of Japan (born 1164)
  9. 1305William Wallace, Scottish knight and rebel leader (born c.1270)
  10. 1328Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)
  11. 1329Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1282)
  12. 1335Heilwige Bloemardinne, Christian mystic (born c. 1265)
  13. 1348John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
  14. 1363Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (born 1320)
  15. 1367Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (born 1310)
  16. 1478Johannes Pullois, Franco-Flemish composer (born c. 1420?)
  17. 1481Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (born c. 1407)
  18. 1498Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (born 1470)
  19. 1507Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (born 1435)
  20. 1519Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (born 1465)
  21. 1540Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (born 1467)
  22. 1568Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (born 1495)
  23. 1574Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1490)
  24. 1591Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (born 1527)
  25. 1618Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1585)
  26. 1628George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1592)
  27. 1652John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (born 1600)
  28. 1706Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1654)
  29. 1723Increase Mather, American minister and author (born 1639)
  30. 1806Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (born 1736)
  31. 1813Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (born 1766)
  32. 1819Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (born 1785)
  33. 1831Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1759)
  34. 1831August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (born 1760)
  35. 1845Thomas R. Gray, American author and diplomat (born 1800)
  36. 1853Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (born 1806)
  37. 1867Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (born 1796)
  38. 1880William Thompson, British boxer (born 1811)
  39. 1892Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (born 1827)
  40. 1900Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1840)
  41. 1924Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (born 1856)
  42. 1926Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (born 1895)
  43. 1927Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1891)
  44. 1927Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (born 1888)
  45. 1933Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (born 1870)
  46. 1937Albert Roussel, French composer (born 1869)
  47. 1944Abdülmecid II, Ottoman caliph (born 1868)
  48. 1944Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (born 1879)
  49. 1949Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (born 1858)
  50. 1954Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (born 1877)
  51. 1960Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (born 1895)
  52. 1962Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (born 1885)
  53. 1962Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1892)
  54. 1964Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (born 1883)
  55. 1966Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
  56. 1967Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (born 1918)
  57. 1967Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (born 1883)
  58. 1974Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (born 1888)
  59. 1975Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (born 1913)
  60. 1977Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (born 1890)
  61. 1982Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
  62. 1987Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (born 1952)
  63. 1989Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (born 1944)
  64. 1989R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (born 1927)
  65. 1990David Rose, American pianist and composer (born 1910)
  66. 1994Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (born 1917)
  67. 1995Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (born 1898)
  68. 1996Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (born 1904)
  69. 1997Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1922)
  70. 1997John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
  71. 1999Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (born 1926)
  72. 1999James White, Irish author (born 1928)
  73. 2000John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (born 1932)
  74. 2001Kathleen Freeman, American actress (born 1919)
  75. 2001Peter Maas, American journalist and author (born 1929)
  76. 2002Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (born 1922)
  77. 2003Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (born 1946)
  78. 2003Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (born 1913)
  79. 2003Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (born 1917)
  80. 2003Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (born 1944)
  81. 2005Brock Peters, American actor (born 1927)
  82. 2006Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (born 1928)
  83. 2008John Russell, English-American author and critic (born 1919)
  84. 2012Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (born 1934)
  85. 2012Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (born 1946)
  86. 2013Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (born 1955)
  87. 2013William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (born 1925)
  88. 2013Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (born 1924)
  89. 2013Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (born 1951)
  90. 2013Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (born 1987)
  91. 2013Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (born 1927)
  92. 2014Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (born 1989)
  93. 2014Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (born 1994)
  94. 2014Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1932)
  95. 2014Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (born 1949)
  96. 2015Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (born 1921)
  97. 2015Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (born 1930)
  98. 2015Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (born 1971)
  99. 2015Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
  100. 2021Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (born 1931)
  101. 2023Dmitry Utkin, Russian army officer, founder of Wagner Group (born 1970)
  102. 2023Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian businessman, chief of Wagner Group (born 1961)
  103. 2023Terry Funk, American professional wrestler (born 1944)
  104. 2026Klaus-Michael Kühne, German billionaire and businessman (born 1937)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
  2. Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
  3. European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances:
  4. Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)
  5. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  6. National Day for Physicians (Iran)
  7. The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) (Taiwan)

Santoral (12)

  1. Ascelina
  2. Asterius, Claudius, and Neon
  3. Éogan of Ardstraw
  4. Blessed Franciszek Dachtera
  5. Blessed Juan María de la Cruz
  6. Lupus (Luppus) of Novae
  7. Philip Benitius
  8. Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia
  9. Rose of Lima
  10. Tydfil
  11. Zacchaeus of Jerusalem
  12. August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)