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Acontecimientos (52)

  1. 683The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.
  2. 1071The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
  3. 1278Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
  4. 1303Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.
  5. 1346Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
  6. 1366The Byzantine Empire retakes Gallipoli with the help of the Savoyard Crusade.
  7. 1444Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
  8. 1542A year and a half after leaving Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, Francisco de Orellana finishes his overland journey across South America and reaches the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
  9. 1642Dutch–Portuguese War: Second Battle of San Salvador: The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day Keelung, Taiwan) to surrender, ending the short-lived Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with a new Dutch administration.
  10. 1648The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
  11. 1748The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
  12. 1767Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
  13. 1768Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board , starting his first voyage of discovery.
  14. 1778The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
  15. 1789The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
  16. 1791John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
  17. 1810The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
  18. 1813War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
  19. 1814Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
  20. 1833The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, killing a total of 500 people.
  21. 1849President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti.
  22. 1863The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposes the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
  23. 1883The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  24. 1914World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I.
  25. 1914World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  26. 1920The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
  27. 1922Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
  28. 1936Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.
  29. 1940World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
  30. 1942The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
  31. 1944World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  32. 1966The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
  33. 1969Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.
  34. 1970The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
  35. 1972The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.
  36. 1977The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
  37. 1978Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
  38. 1980After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
  39. 1981Aeropesca Flight 221 crashes in Colombia's Huila Department, killing all 50 people on board.
  40. 1993Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.
  41. 1997Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
  42. 1998The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.
  43. 1999Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  44. 2003A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
  45. 2009Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, are apprehended.
  46. 2011The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
  47. 2014The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
  48. 2015Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
  49. 2018Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
  50. 2021During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
  51. 2023Exactly five years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving three people dead.
  52. 2026A series of large flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal–Tibet border and the Trishuli River, believed to have been caused by glacier collapse, stuck and destroyed numerous settlements, including the Gyirong checkpoint, and killed over 1,400 people, with over 5,800 reported missing.

Nacimientos (201)

  1. 1548Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (died 1612)
  2. 1582Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1637)
  3. 1596Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (died 1632)
  4. 1676Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
  5. 1694Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (died 1755)
  6. 1695Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (died 1791)
  7. 1728Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1777)
  8. 1736Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1790)
  9. 1740Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (died 1810)
  10. 1743Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (died 1794)
  11. 1751Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (died 1825)
  12. 1775William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (died 1851)
  13. 1783Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (died 1817)
  14. 1792Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (died 1857)
  15. 1797Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (died 1879) juliano y gregoriano
  16. 1819Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (died 1861)
  17. 1824Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (died 1885)
  18. 1842Heinrich Quincke, German internist and surgeon (introduced lumbar puncture) (died 1922)
  19. 1854Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (died 1932)
  20. 1856Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (died 1939)
  21. 1862Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (died 1926)
  22. 1865Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946)
  23. 1873Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (died 1961)
  24. 1874Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1938)
  25. 1875John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (died 1940)
  26. 1880Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918)
  27. 1882James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
  28. 1882Sam Hardy, English footballer (died 1966)
  29. 1885Jules Romains, French author and poet (died 1972)
  30. 1888Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (died 1974)
  31. 1891Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (died 1960)
  32. 1894Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (died 1989)
  33. 1896Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (died 1990)
  34. 1897Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (died 1990)
  35. 1898Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (died 1979)
  36. 1900Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970)
  37. 1900Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980)
  38. 1901Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (died 1985)
  39. 1901Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (died 1945)
  40. 1901Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (died 1972)
  41. 1901Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (died 1987)
  42. 1901Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 1972)
  43. 1903Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (died 1992)
  44. 1904Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (died 1986)
  45. 1904Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (died 1991)
  46. 1905Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (died 1982)
  47. 1906Bunny Austin, English tennis player (died 2000)
  48. 1906Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (died 1993)
  49. 1908Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (died 1967)
  50. 1908Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (died 1999)
  51. 1909Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (died 1976)
  52. 1909Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981)
  53. 1909Gene Moore, American baseball player (died 1978)
  54. 1910Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
  55. 1911Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (died 1974)
  56. 1912John Tinniswood, British supercentenarian (died 2024)
  57. 1914Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (died 1984)
  58. 1914Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (died 2008)
  59. 1915Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (died 1982)
  60. 1918Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
  61. 1919Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (died 2012)
  62. 1920Brant Parker, American illustrator (died 2007)
  63. 1920Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2019)
  64. 1921Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (died 1994)
  65. 1921Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (died 2014)
  66. 1922Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (died 2009)
  67. 1923Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (died 2013)
  68. 1924Alex Kellner, American baseball player (died 1996)
  69. 1925Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (died 2005)
  70. 1925Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999)
  71. 1925Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013)
  72. 1925Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018)
  73. 1925Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (died 2010)
  74. 1926Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999)
  75. 1926Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (died 2011)
  76. 1928Peter Appleyard, British-Canadian jazz vibraphonist (died 2015)
  77. 1928Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (died 2015)
  78. 1929Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (died 1996)
  79. 1930Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach (died 2023)
  80. 1931Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (died 2009)
  81. 1932Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (died 2014)
  82. 1934Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
  83. 1934Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
  84. 1935Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
  85. 1935Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (died 2007)
  86. 1936Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (died 2015)
  87. 1937Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
  88. 1938Jet Black, English drummer (died 2022)
  89. 1939Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (died 2007)
  90. 1939Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
  91. 1939Bill White, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
  92. 1940Michael Cockerell, English journalist
  93. 1940Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
  94. 1940Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter (died 2022)
  95. 1941Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (died 2005)
  96. 1941Barbara Ehrenreich, American activist, journalist and author (died 2022)
  97. 1941Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
  98. 1941Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
  99. 1942Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)
  100. 1942Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018)
  101. 1942Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
  102. 1943Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  103. 1944Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
  104. 1944Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
  105. 1944Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
  106. 1944Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
  107. 1945Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
  108. 1946Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
  109. 1946Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter fecha discutida
  110. 1946Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (died 2025)
  111. 1946Alison Steadman, English actress
  112. 1947Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)
  113. 1949Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
  114. 1949Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2019)
  115. 1951Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (died 2014)
  116. 1951Bill Whitaker, American journalist
  117. 1951Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
  118. 1952Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
  119. 1952Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
  120. 1952Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
  121. 1953David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia
  122. 1953Andrea Saltelli, Italian statistician and sociologist
  123. 1953Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
  124. 1954Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster
  125. 1955Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator
  126. 1956Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
  127. 1956Brett Cullen, American actor
  128. 1957Dr. Alban, Swedish musician
  129. 1957Rick Hansen, Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities
  130. 1958Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
  131. 1959Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
  132. 1959Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
  133. 1960Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
  134. 1960Ola Ray, American model and actress
  135. 1961Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)
  136. 1962Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
  137. 1964Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
  138. 1964Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager
  139. 1964Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
  140. 1964Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
  141. 1964Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO
  142. 1965Chris Burke, American actor
  143. 1966Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach
  144. 1966Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
  145. 1967Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
  146. 1968Chris Boardman, English cyclist
  147. 1969Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter
  148. 1970Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
  149. 1970Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
  150. 1971Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
  151. 1973Richard Evatt, English boxer (died 2012)
  152. 1974Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
  153. 1974Meredith Eaton, American actress
  154. 1975Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach
  155. 1976Mike Colter, American actor
  156. 1976Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter
  157. 1977Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
  158. 1977Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer
  159. 1977Simone Motta, Italian footballer
  160. 1977Morris Peterson, American basketball player
  161. 1980Macaulay Culkin, American actor
  162. 1980Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
  163. 1980Chris Pine, American actor
  164. 1981Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
  165. 1981Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
  166. 1981Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
  167. 1982Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
  168. 1982John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
  169. 1983Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
  170. 1983Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
  171. 1983Nicol David, Malaysian squash player
  172. 1985Hugo Duminil-Copin, French mathematician (Fields Medal 2022)
  173. 1985Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
  174. 1986Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
  175. 1986Saint Jhn, Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter
  176. 1986Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
  177. 1986Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model
  178. 1988Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
  179. 1988Evan Ross, American actor
  180. 1988Danielle Savre, American actress
  181. 1988Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
  182. 1988Lars Stindl, German footballer
  183. 1990Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player
  184. 1990Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player
  185. 1991Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier
  186. 1991Dylan O'Brien, American actor
  187. 1993Keke Palmer, American actress and singer
  188. 1994Alex Collins, American football player (died 2023)
  189. 1994Austin Gunn, American professional wrestler
  190. 1995Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player
  191. 1995Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player
  192. 1997Cordae, American rapper
  193. 1998Charlie Gillespie, Canadian actor and singer
  194. 1998Jeon Soyeon, Korean rapper and record producer
  195. 1999Rosa, former sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium
  196. 1999Naz Reid, American basketball player
  197. 1999Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler
  198. 2000Kyren Williams, American football player
  199. 2001Patrick Williams, American basketball player
  200. 2002Lil Tecca, American rapper
  201. 2006Victoria Mboko, Canadian tennis player

Fallecimientos (108)

  1. 787Arechis II, duke of Benevento
  2. 887Kōkō, emperor of Japan (born 830)
  3. 1214Michael IV of Constantinople
  4. 1278Ottokar II of Bohemia (born 1233)
  5. 1346Charles II, Count of Alençon (born 1297)
  6. 1346Louis I, Count of Flanders (born 1304)
  7. 1346Louis II, Count of Blois
  8. 1346Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320)
  9. 1346John of Bohemia (born 1296)
  10. 1349Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (born 1290)
  11. 1399Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (born 1333)
  12. 1462Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
  13. 1486Ernest, Elector of Saxony (born 1441)
  14. 1500Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (born 1449)
  15. 1551Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1516)
  16. 1572Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (born 1515)
  17. 1595António, Prior of Crato (born 1531)
  18. 1666Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (born 1580)
  19. 1714Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (born 1654) juliano y gregoriano
  20. 1714Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (born 1632)
  21. 1723Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (born 1632)
  22. 1778Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (born 1706)
  23. 1785George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1716)
  24. 1810Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (born 1753)
  25. 1813Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (born 1791)
  26. 1850Louis Philippe I of France (born 1773)
  27. 1865Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (born 1791)
  28. 1878Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1846)
  29. 1910William James, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1842)
  30. 1921Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (born 1875)
  31. 1921Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1848) juliano y gregoriano
  32. 1921Petro Petrenko, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1890)
  33. 1930Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
  34. 1943Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (born 1873)
  35. 1944Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (born 1909)
  36. 1945Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (born 1890)
  37. 1946Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (born 1887)
  38. 1956Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (born 1881)
  39. 1958Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (born 1872)
  40. 1966W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (born 1894)
  41. 1968Kay Francis, American actress (born 1905)
  42. 1972Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (born 1901)
  43. 1974Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (born 1902)
  44. 1975Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1885)
  45. 1976Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (born 1888)
  46. 1977H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (born 1898)
  47. 1978Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1899)
  48. 1978José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1916)
  49. 1979Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (born 1908)
  50. 1980Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (born 1874)
  51. 1980Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (born 1908)
  52. 1981Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (born 1884)
  53. 1981Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (born 1914)
  54. 1986Ted Knight, American actor (born 1923)
  55. 1987John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (born 1919)
  56. 1987Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
  57. 1988Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1957)
  58. 1989Irving Stone, American author (born 1903)
  59. 1990Tang Chang, Thai artist (born 1934)
  60. 1991Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (born 1905)
  61. 1992Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925)
  62. 1993Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (born 1923)
  63. 1995John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (born 1934) las demás fuentes: 25 ago 1995
  64. 1998Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
  65. 2000Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (born 1939)
  66. 2000Bunny Austin, English tennis player (born 1906)
  67. 2001Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1904)
  68. 2001Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1940)
  69. 2003Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (born 1937)
  70. 2004Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
  71. 2005Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (born 1960)
  72. 2005Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (born 1927)
  73. 2005Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (born 1949)
  74. 2006Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (born 1924)
  75. 2006Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926)
  76. 2006William Garnett, American landscape photographer (born 1916)
  77. 2007Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1928)
  78. 2009Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (born 1925)
  79. 2010Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (born 1918)
  80. 2011George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (born 1929)
  81. 2011Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (born 1935)
  82. 2011John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (born 1949)
  83. 2012Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929)
  84. 2012Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936)
  85. 2012Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943)
  86. 2012Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1940)
  87. 2013Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (born 1922)
  88. 2013John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921)
  89. 2013Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (born 1954)
  90. 2013Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
  91. 2013Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
  92. 2014Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (born 1954)
  93. 2014Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1950)
  94. 2014Caroline Kellett, English journalist (born 1960)
  95. 2014Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
  96. 2015Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)
  97. 2015Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)
  98. 2015P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)
  99. 2015Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)
  100. 2015Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)
  101. 2017Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943)
  102. 2018Neil Simon, American playwright and author (born 1927)
  103. 2020Joe Ruby, American animator (born 1933)
  104. 2023Bob Barker, American television game show host (born 1923)
  105. 2024Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1948)
  106. 2024Sid Eudy, American actor and professional wrestler (born 1960)
  107. 2026Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (born 1941)
  108. 2026Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright (born 1942)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. Heroes' Day (Namibia)
  2. International Dog Day, an observance promoting dog adoption and animal welfare (2004).
  3. Repentance Day (Papua New Guinea)
  4. Women's Equality Day (United States)

Santoral (11)

  1. Alexander of Bergamo (Roman Catholic Church)
  2. Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá
  3. Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages
  4. Blessed John Paul I
  5. Blessed Lavrentia Herasymiv
  6. Mariam Baouardy (Melkite Greek Catholic Church)
  7. Melchizedek
  8. Our Lady of Częstochowa
  9. Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus
  10. Teresa Jornet Ibars
  11. August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)