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Acontecimientos (57)

  1. 410The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
  2. 1172Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
  3. 1232Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.
  4. 1353War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war: The Battle of Alghero results in a crushing victory of the allied Aragonese and Venetian fleet over the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.
  5. 1557The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
  6. 1593Pierre Barrière fails in an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
  7. 1597Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Wŏn Kyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang.
  8. 1600Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army commences the Siege of Fushimi Castle, which is lightly defended by a much smaller Tokugawa garrison led by Torii Mototada.
  9. 1689The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
  10. 1776American Revolutionary War: British forces under General William Howe flank and defeat the Continental Army under General George Washington during the Battle of Long Island, with the 1st Maryland Regiment sustaining heavy casualties to cover retreating American troops.
  11. 1791French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.
  12. 1793French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
  13. 1798Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
  14. 1810Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
  15. 1813French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
  16. 1828Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo.
  17. 1832Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
  18. 1859Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
  19. 1881The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
  20. 1883Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa, with a combination of tsunamis and pyroclastic flows killing more than 36,000. Climate effects are observed worldwide.
  21. 1893The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
  22. 1895Japanese invasion of Taiwan: Battle of Baguashan: The Empire of Japan decisively defeats a smaller Formosan army at Changhua, crippling the short-lived Republic of Formosa and leading to its surrender two months later.
  23. 1896Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40) occurs, between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
  24. 1908The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
  25. 1914World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
  26. 1914World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of German Tsingtao, initiating the Siege of Tsingtao.
  27. 1915Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona, by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  28. 1916World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  29. 1918Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas as part of the Mexican Border War.
  30. 1922Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
  31. 1927Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  32. 1928The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  33. 1933The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
  34. 1939First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
  35. 1942The Holocaust: first day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by German military forces.
  36. 1943World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  37. 1943World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
  38. 1955The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
  39. 1956The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
  40. 1962The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
  41. 1963An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.
  42. 1964South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
  43. 1971An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
  44. 1975The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  45. 1979The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
  46. 1980South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
  47. 1982Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian genocide.
  48. 1985Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
  49. 1985Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.
  50. 1991The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
  51. 1991Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
  52. 1992Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes in Lebyazhy Lug during approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.
  53. 2003Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing distant.
  54. 2003The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
  55. 2006Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
  56. 2009Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
  57. 2011Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.

Nacimientos (271)

  1. 865Rhazes, Persian polymath (died 925)
  2. 1407Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (died 1425)
  3. 1471George, Duke of Saxony (died 1539)
  4. 1487Anna of Brandenburg (died 1514)
  5. 1512Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (died 1564)
  6. 1542John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (died 1600)
  7. 1545Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1592)
  8. 1624Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (died 1662)
  9. 1637Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (died 1715)
  10. 1665John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died 1751)
  11. 1669Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia (died 1728)
  12. 1677Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (died 1748)
  13. 1724John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (died 1781)
  14. 1730Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author (died 1788)
  15. 1770Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (died 1831)
  16. 1785Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (died 1841)
  17. 1795Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (died 1885)
  18. 1803Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (died 1895)
  19. 1809Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (died 1891)
  20. 1812Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)
  21. 1822William Hayden English, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana and Democratic vice-presidential nominee (died 1896)
  22. 1827Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (died 1897)
  23. 1835Thomas Burberry, British fashion designer, founder of luxury brand Burberry, and inventor of gabardine (died 1926)
  24. 1845Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth (died 1914)
  25. 1845Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1909)
  26. 1856Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (died 1916)
  27. 1858Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932)
  28. 1864Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (died 1919)
  29. 1865James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (died 1935)
  30. 1865Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
  31. 1868Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (died 1943)
  32. 1870Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (died 1919)
  33. 1871Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (died 1945)
  34. 1874Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)
  35. 1875Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (died 1967)
  36. 1877Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1910)
  37. 1877Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1963)
  38. 1878Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (died 1928)
  39. 1884Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, President of the French Republic (died 1966)
  40. 1884Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition (died 1963)
  41. 1886Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (died 1979)
  42. 1890Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (died 1976)
  43. 1895Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (died 1981)
  44. 1896Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (died 1933)
  45. 1898Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1963)
  46. 1899C. S. Forester, English novelist (died 1966)
  47. 1904Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (died 1963)
  48. 1904Norah Lofts, English author (died 1983)
  49. 1904John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (died 1982)
  50. 1905Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (died 1945)
  51. 1906Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (died 1982)
  52. 1906Edmund Wojtyła, Polish doctor (died 1932)
  53. 1908Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager (died 2001)
  54. 1908Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (died 1973)
  55. 1909Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1966)
  56. 1909Charles Pozzi, French race car driver (died 2001)
  57. 1909Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1959)
  58. 1911Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer (died 2005)
  59. 1912Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (died 1980)
  60. 1915Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
  61. 1916Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (died 1991)
  62. 1916Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1993)
  63. 1916Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (died 1994)
  64. 1917Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1986)
  65. 1918Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
  66. 1919Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (died 1972)
  67. 1919Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)
  68. 1920Baptiste Manzini, American football player (died 2008)
  69. 1920James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (died 2015)
  70. 1921Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1996)
  71. 1921Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1998)
  72. 1922Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (died 2012)
  73. 1923Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (died 2013)
  74. 1924David Rowbotham, Australian journalist and poet (died 2010)
  75. 1924Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)
  76. 1925Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (died 2017)
  77. 1925Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (died 2011)
  78. 1925Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (died 2012)
  79. 1925Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (died 1989)
  80. 1925Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic (died 2015)
  81. 1925Carter Stanley, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
  82. 1926George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer (died 2008)
  83. 1926Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (died 2002)
  84. 1928Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
  85. 1928Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu (died 2023)
  86. 1928Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (died 2003)
  87. 1929Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (died 2007)
  88. 1929George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)
  89. 1930Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (died 2023)
  90. 1930Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician (died 1968)
  91. 1931Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet (died 2007)
  92. 1931Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach (died 2021)
  93. 1932Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2008)
  94. 1932Antonia Fraser, English historian and author
  95. 1935Ernie Broglio, American baseball player (died 2019)
  96. 1935Michael Holroyd, English author
  97. 1935Frank Yablans, American screenwriter and producer (died 2014)
  98. 1936Joel Kovel, American scholar and author (died 2018)
  99. 1936Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China
  100. 1937Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (died 2007)
  101. 1937J.D. Crowe, American bluegrass banjo player and bandleader (The New South) (died 2021)
  102. 1937Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
  103. 1939William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
  104. 1939Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
  105. 1939Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach (died 2025)
  106. 1940Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player (died 2008)
  107. 1940Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (died 1994)
  108. 1941Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (died 2011)
  109. 1941János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (died 2014)
  110. 1941Harrison Page, American actor
  111. 1942Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2019)
  112. 1942Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  113. 1943Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  114. 1943Bob Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient, 35th Governor of Nebraska
  115. 1943Tuesday Weld, American model and actress
  116. 1944G. W. Bailey, American actor
  117. 1944Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player (died 2021)
  118. 1945Douglas R. Campbell, Canadian lawyer and judge
  119. 1945Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress
  120. 1946Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager
  121. 1947Barbara Bach, American actress and model
  122. 1947Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
  123. 1947Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
  124. 1947Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)
  125. 1947John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
  126. 1947Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002)
  127. 1948John Mehler, American drummer
  128. 1948Sgt. Slaughter, American wrestler
  129. 1948Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator
  130. 1948Philippe Vallois, French director and screenwriter
  131. 1949Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
  132. 1949Leah Jamieson, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
  133. 1949Ann Murray, Irish soprano
  134. 1950Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor
  135. 1950Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter
  136. 1950Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer and author
  137. 1951Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
  138. 1951Mack Brown, American football player and coach
  139. 1951Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
  140. 1952Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (died 2023)
  141. 1953Tom Berryhill, American businessman and politician (died 2020)
  142. 1953Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  143. 1953Joan Smith, English journalist and author
  144. 1953Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
  145. 1954John Lloyd, English tennis player and sportscaster
  146. 1954Rajesh Thakker, English physician and academic
  147. 1954Derek Warwick, English race car driver
  148. 1955Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
  149. 1955Diana Scarwid, American actress
  150. 1956Glen Matlock, English singer-songwriter and bass player
  151. 1957Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
  152. 1957Bernhard Langer, German golfer
  153. 1958Kathy Hochul, first female Governor of New York
  154. 1958Sergei Krikalev, Russian engineer and astronaut
  155. 1958Tom Lanoye, Belgian author, poet, and playwright
  156. 1958Hugh Orde, British police officer
  157. 1959Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
  158. 1959Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
  159. 1959Leila de Lima, Filipino politician, lawyer, human rights activist and law professor
  160. 1959Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (died 2006)
  161. 1959Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian pianist and composer
  162. 1959András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet
  163. 1959Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess
  164. 1959Jeanette Winterson, English journalist and novelist
  165. 1961Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress
  166. 1961Mark Curry, English television host and actor
  167. 1961Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director
  168. 1961Steve McDowall, New Zealand rugby player
  169. 1961Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer
  170. 1962Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
  171. 1963Nguyễn Phương Nga,Vietnamese diplomat
  172. 1964Stephan Elliott, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
  173. 1964Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and murderer
  174. 1965Scott Dibble, American lawyer and politician
  175. 1965Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
  176. 1965Ange Postecoglou, Greek-Australian footballer and coach
  177. 1966Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower
  178. 1966René Higuita, Colombian footballer
  179. 1966Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
  180. 1967Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  181. 1967Rob Burnett, American football player and sportscaster
  182. 1968Eric "Bobo" Correa, American musician
  183. 1968Daphne Koller, Israeli-American computer scientist and academic
  184. 1968Michael Long, New Zealand golfer
  185. 1968Matthew Ridge, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
  186. 1969Mark Ealham, English cricketer
  187. 1969Avril Haines, American lawyer, and 1st female Director of National Intelligence
  188. 1969Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author
  189. 1969Reece Shearsmith, English actor, comedian and writer
  190. 1969Chandra Wilson, American actress and director
  191. 1970Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and coach
  192. 1970Mark Ilott, English cricketer
  193. 1970Tony Kanal, British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer
  194. 1970Jim Thome, American baseball player and manager
  195. 1970Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (died 2008)
  196. 1971Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and manager
  197. 1971Kyung Lah, South Korean-American journalist
  198. 1971Hisayuki Okawa, Japanese runner
  199. 1971Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician
  200. 1972Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
  201. 1972The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler
  202. 1972Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
  203. 1972Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  204. 1972Pokwang, Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer
  205. 1973Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
  206. 1973Dietmar Hamann, German footballer and manager
  207. 1973Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter
  208. 1973Johan Norberg, Swedish historian and author
  209. 1974Aaron Downey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  210. 1974Manny Fernandez, Canadian ice hockey player
  211. 1974Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
  212. 1974José Vidro, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  213. 1974Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
  214. 1975Blake Adams, American golfer
  215. 1975Mase, American rapper, songwriter and pastor
  216. 1975Jonny Moseley, Puerto Rican-American skier and television host
  217. 1975Marko Rudan, Australian footballer and manager
  218. 1976Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
  219. 1976Audrey C. Delsanti, French astronomer and biologist
  220. 1976Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler
  221. 1976Carlos Moyá, Spanish-Swiss tennis player
  222. 1976Elena Reygadas, Mexican chef
  223. 1976Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
  224. 1977Deco, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
  225. 1977Justin Miller, American baseball player (died 2013)
  226. 1978Demetria McKinney, American actress and singer
  227. 1979Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist
  228. 1979Aaron Paul, American actor and producer
  229. 1979Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (died 2011)
  230. 1979Rusty Smith, American speed skater
  231. 1981Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
  232. 1981Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Brazilian footballer
  233. 1981Chantal Djotodia, Beninese-Central African nurse and politician
  234. 1981Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer
  235. 1981Karla Mosley, American actress
  236. 1983Joanna McGilchrist, English rugby player and physiotherapist
  237. 1984David Bentley, English footballer
  238. 1984Amanda Fuller, American actress
  239. 1984Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
  240. 1985Kayla Ewell, American actress
  241. 1985Kevan Hurst, English footballer
  242. 1985Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer
  243. 1985Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter and sculptor
  244. 1986Lana Bastašić, Serbian-Bosnian author and translator
  245. 1986Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
  246. 1986Mario, American singer and actor
  247. 1987Darren McFadden, American football player
  248. 1988Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer
  249. 1989Romain Amalfitano, French footballer
  250. 1989Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress
  251. 1990Tori Bowie, American athlete (died 2023)
  252. 1990Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
  253. 1991Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer
  254. 1992Blake Jenner, American actor and singer
  255. 1992Stephen Morris, American football player
  256. 1992Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter
  257. 1992Ayame Goriki, Japanese actress and singer
  258. 1993Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
  259. 1993Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist
  260. 1994Ellar Coltrane, American actor
  261. 1994Breanna Stewart, American basketball player
  262. 1995Jessie Mei Li, English actress
  263. 1995Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
  264. 1997Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian footballer
  265. 1998Kevin Huerter, American basketball player
  266. 1998Matheus Nunes, Portuguese footballer
  267. 1998Rod Wave, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
  268. 1998Brandon Hagel, Canadian ice hockey player
  269. 2001Franz Wagner, German basketball player
  270. 2006Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer
  271. 2007Ariana Greenblatt, American actress

Fallecimientos (97)

  1. 542Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (born 470)
  2. 749Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general
  3. 827Pope Eugene II
  4. 923Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress
  5. 1146King Eric III of Denmark
  6. 1255Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)
  7. 1312Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (born 1261)
  8. 1394Emperor Chōkei of Japan (born 1343)
  9. 1450Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (born 1395)
  10. 1521Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (born 1450)
  11. 1545Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (born 1487)
  12. 1576Titian, Italian painter and educator (born 1488)
  13. 1590Pope Sixtus V (born 1521)
  14. 1611Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born c. 1548)
  15. 1635Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1562)
  16. 1664Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (born 1598)
  17. 1748James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (born 1700)
  18. 1782John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist (born 1754)
  19. 1828Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (born 1744)
  20. 1857Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (born 1815)
  21. 1865Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (born 1796)
  22. 1871William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (born 1794)
  23. 1875William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (born 1826)
  24. 1891Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (born 1816)
  25. 1903Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (born 1827)
  26. 1909Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (born 1842)
  27. 1922Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (born 1879)
  28. 1929Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (born 1892)
  29. 1931Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (born 1856)
  30. 1931Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (born 1860)
  31. 1931Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (born 1846)
  32. 1935Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (born 1859)
  33. 1944Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (born 1915)
  34. 1945Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (born 1894)
  35. 1948Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1862)
  36. 1950Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (born 1908)
  37. 1956Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (born 1894)
  38. 1958Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
  39. 1963W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (born 1868)
  40. 1963Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (born 1888)
  41. 1964Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (born 1895)
  42. 1965Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (born 1887)
  43. 1967Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (born 1934)
  44. 1968Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (born 1906)
  45. 1969Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (born 1884)
  46. 1969Erika Mann, German actress and author (born 1905)
  47. 1971Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (born 1898)
  48. 1971Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (born 1906)
  49. 1975Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (born 1892)
  50. 1978Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (born 1943)
  51. 1978Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (born 1897)
  52. 1978Helmi Üprus, Estonian art historian (born 1911)
  53. 1979Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (born 1900)
  54. 1980Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
  55. 1981Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1948)
  56. 1990Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (born 1899)
  57. 1990Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1954)
  58. 1992Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (born 1933)
  59. 1994Frank Jeske, German footballer (born 1960)
  60. 1996Greg Morris, American actor (born 1933)
  61. 1998Essie Summers, New Zealand author (born 1912)
  62. 1999Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (born 1909)
  63. 2001Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (born 1936)
  64. 2001Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (born 1938)
  65. 2002Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (born 1922)
  66. 2003Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (born 1920)
  67. 2004Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born 1946)
  68. 2005Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (born 1922)
  69. 2005Seán Purcell, Irish footballer (born 1929)
  70. 2006Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
  71. 2006Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (born 1969)
  72. 2007Emma Penella, Spanish actress (born 1930)
  73. 2009Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (born 1913)
  74. 2010Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (born 1934)
  75. 2010Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962)
  76. 2012Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)
  77. 2012Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (born 1931)
  78. 2012Art Heyman, American basketball player (born 1941)
  79. 2012Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926)
  80. 2012Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (born 1916)
  81. 2012Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (born 1925)
  82. 2013Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (born 1910)
  83. 2013Bill Peach, Australian journalist (born 1935)
  84. 2013Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (born 1934)
  85. 2014Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (born 1921)
  86. 2014Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)
  87. 2014Benno Pludra, German author (born 1925)
  88. 2015Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1939)
  89. 2015Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (born 1961)
  90. 2015Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1957)
  91. 2016Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (born 1933)
  92. 2024Bob Carr, American politician (born 1943)
  93. 2024Juan Izquierdo, Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)
  94. 2024Charlotte Kretschmann, German supercentenarian (born 1909)
  95. 2024Leonard Riggio, American businessman (born 1941)
  96. 2026Ratko Mladić, Bosnian Serb military officer and war criminal (born 1942)
  97. 2026Rukidi IV of Tooro, 13th Omukama of Tooro (born 1992)

Celebraciones (2)

  1. Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
  2. Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)

Santoral (18)

  1. Baculus of Sorrento
  2. Caesarius of Arles
  3. David Lewis
  4. Decuman
  5. Gebhard of Constance
  6. Euthalia
  7. John of Pavia
  8. Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)
  9. Máel Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland)
  10. Margaret the Barefooted
  11. Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
  12. Narnus
  13. Our Lady of La Vang
  14. Phanourios of Rhodes
  15. Rufus and Carpophorus
  16. Syagrius of Autun
  17. Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)
  18. August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)