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Acontecimientos (51)

1. 8Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
2. 435Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
3. 881Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
4. 908Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
5. 1031Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
6. 1057Frederick of Lorraine elected as Pope Stephen IX.
7. 1342The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
8. 1347The city of Calais surrenders after a protracted siege to the English following the English defeat of a French relief fleet in the battle of Crotoy. It will remain in English hands for more than 200 years.
9. 1492Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
10. 1527The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
11. 1601Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
12. 1645Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
13. 1678Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
14. 1692British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque against a French army under the duke of Luxembourg, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.
15. 1778The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
16. 1795Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
17. 1811First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
18. 1829The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
19. 1852Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
20. 1859The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
21. 1889An Anglo-Egyptian army defeats a Mahdist-Sudanese army in the battle of Toski.
22. 1900The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
23. 1903Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
24. 1907Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
25. 1914World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
26. 1921Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
27. 1936Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
28. 1936A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
29. 1940World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
30. 1946Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
31. 1948Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
32. 1949The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
33. 1958The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
34. 1959Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
35. 1960Niger gains independence from France.
36. 1972The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
37. 1975A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
38. 1977Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
39. 1981Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
40. 1997Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
41. 1997Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand opens after two-and-a-half years of construction, becoming the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.
42. 2004The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
43. 2005President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
44. 2007Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
45. 2010Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
46. 2014A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
47. 2014The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
48. 2018Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
49. 2019Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
50. 2019Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
51. 2023Major floods hit parts of Slovenia.

Nacimientos (219)

1. 1442Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (died 1499)
2. 1486Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (died 1512)
3. 1491Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman (died 1543)
4. 1509Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (died 1546)
5. 1622Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal (died 1698)
6. 1692John Henley, English minister and poet (died 1759)
7. 1724Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral (died 1790)
8. 1766Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (died 1844)
9. 1770Frederick William III of Prussia (died 1840)
10. 1803Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (died 1865)
11. 1808Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (died 1893)
12. 1811Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (died 1861)
13. 1817Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (died 1895)
14. 1823Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (died 1867)
15. 1823Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spanish clarinetist, composer, and musicologist (died 1894)
16. 1832Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (died 1914)
17. 1837Julien Reverchon, French botanist (died 1905)
18. 1840John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (died 1929)
19. 1850Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (died 1926)
20. 1856Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (died 1919)
21. 1860William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (died 1935)
22. 1863Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (died 1922)
23. 1867Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1947)
24. 1871Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (died 1929)
25. 1872Haakon VII of Norway (died 1957)
26. 1886Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1964)
27. 1887Rupert Brooke, English poet (died 1915)
28. 1887August Wesley, Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (died ?)
29. 1890Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (died 1974)
30. 1894Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1951)
31. 1895Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (died 1942)
32. 1896Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (died 1997)
33. 1899Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (died 1979)
34. 1900Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
35. 1900John T. Scopes, American educator (died 1970)
36. 1901John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (died 1995)
37. 1901Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (died 1981)
38. 1902Regina Jonas, German rabbi (died 1944)
39. 1902David Buttolph, American film composer (died 1983)
40. 1903Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (died 2000)
41. 1904Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (died 1983)
42. 1904Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (died 1988)
43. 1905Franz König, Austrian cardinal (died 2004)
44. 1907Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (died 1988)
45. 1907Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (died 1996)
46. 1907Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and President of China (died 1998)
47. 1909Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (died 1971)
48. 1911Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (died 1990)
49. 1912Fritz Hellwig, German politician (died 2017)
50. 1913Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)
51. 1916Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1970)
52. 1916José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1978)
53. 1917Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1995)
54. 1918James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (died 2014)
55. 1918Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (died 1999)
56. 1918Larry Haines, American actor (died 2008)
57. 1918Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
58. 1920Norman Dewis, English test driver and engineer (died 2019)
59. 1920Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (died 2012)
60. 1920P. D. James, English author (died 2014)
61. 1920Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (died 1971)
62. 1920Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (died 2013)
63. 1921Richard Adler, American composer and producer (died 2012)
64. 1921Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (died 2008)
65. 1921Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (died 1972)
66. 1922John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2013)
67. 1923Jean Hagen, American actress (died 1977)
68. 1923Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (died 2012)
69. 1924Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter (disappeared 1974)
70. 1924Leon Uris, American soldier and author (died 2003)
71. 1925Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
72. 1925Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (died 2017)
73. 1926Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (died 2013)
74. 1926Tony Bennett, American singer and actor (died 2023)
75. 1926Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (died 2004)
76. 1926Gordon Scott, American actor (died 2007)
77. 1926Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (died 1980)
78. 1928Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
79. 1928Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (died 2012)
80. 1930James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
81. 1933Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (died 2009)
82. 1934Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (died 1989)
83. 1934Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (died 2005)
84. 1934Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
85. 1935John Erman, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
86. 1935Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 1997)
87. 1935Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2019)
88. 1936Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (died 2013)
89. 1936Edward Petherbridge, English actor
90. 1937Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
91. 1937Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
92. 1937Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
93. 1938Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television host (died 2016)
94. 1939Jimmie Nicol, English drummer
95. 1939Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer (died 2013)
96. 1940Lance Alworth, American football player
97. 1940Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
98. 1940James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2010)
99. 1941Juanita Helms, American politician (died 2009)
100. 1941Beverly Lee, American singer
101. 1941Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
102. 1943Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
103. 1943Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
104. 1943Steven Millhauser, American novelist and short story writer
105. 1944Morris Berman, American historian and social critic
106. 1944Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (died 1973)
107. 1945Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
108. 1946Robert Ayling, English businessman
109. 1946Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
110. 1946John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
111. 1947Ralph Wright, English footballer (died 2020)
112. 1948Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
113. 1949Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
114. 1949B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2021)
115. 1949Sue Slipman, English politician
116. 1950Linda Howard, American author
117. 1950John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
118. 1950Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
119. 1950Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
120. 1951Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
121. 1951Jay North, American actor (died 2025)
122. 1952Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
123. 1953Ian Bairnson, Scottish guitarist, songwriter and saxophonist (died 2023)
124. 1953Marlene Dumas, South African painter
125. 1954Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
126. 1954Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
127. 1956Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
128. 1956Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
129. 1956Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
130. 1956Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
131. 1956Ian Crichton, Canadian guitarist
132. 1957Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
133. 1957Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
134. 1958Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
135. 1958Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
136. 1959Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer
137. 1959Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
138. 1959John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
139. 1959Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
140. 1960Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
141. 1960Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
142. 1961Molly Hagan, American actress
143. 1961Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
144. 1961Lee Rocker, American bassist
145. 1963Tasmin Archer, English pop singer
146. 1963Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
147. 1963James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
148. 1963David Knox, Australian rugby player
149. 1963Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
150. 1963Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
151. 1963Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
152. 1964Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (died 2007)
153. 1964Ralph Knibbs, British rugby union player
154. 1964Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
155. 1964Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
156. 1964Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
157. 1966Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
158. 1966Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
159. 1966Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
160. 1966Robert Laimer, Austrian politician
161. 1967Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
162. 1967Skin, English singer and guitarist
163. 1968Rod Beck, American baseball player (died 2007)
164. 1969Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
165. 1970Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
166. 1970Gina G, Australian singer-songwriter
167. 1970Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer
168. 1971Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (died 2007)
169. 1971DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
170. 1972Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
171. 1973Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
172. 1973Michael Ealy, American actor
173. 1975Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
174. 1975Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
175. 1976Troy Glaus, American baseball player
176. 1977Tom Brady, American football player
177. 1977Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
178. 1978Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
179. 1978Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
180. 1978Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
181. 1979Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
182. 1980Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter
183. 1980Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
184. 1980Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
185. 1981Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
186. 1981Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
187. 1982Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier
188. 1982Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
189. 1983Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
190. 1984Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer
191. 1984Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
192. 1984Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
193. 1985Georgina Haig, Australian actress
194. 1985Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer
195. 1985Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
196. 1985Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
197. 1986Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
198. 1986Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete
199. 1987Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer and dancer
200. 1989Jules Bianchi, French racing driver (died 2015)
201. 1989Tyrod Taylor, American football player
202. 1989Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer
203. 1990Jourdan Dunn, English model
204. 1990Kang Min-kyung, South Korean singer
205. 1992Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
206. 1992Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
207. 1992Karlie Kloss, American fashion model
208. 1994Kwon Alexander, American football player
209. 1994Esther Earl, American author, vlogger, and online personality (died 2010)
210. 1994Younghoe Koo, South Korean-born American football player
211. 1995Zac Gallen, American baseball player
212. 1995Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
213. 1996Alec Bohm, American baseball player
214. 1996Bokondji Imama, Canadian ice hockey player
215. 1996Derwin James, American football player
216. 1997Luis Robert Jr., Cuban baseball player
217. 1999Zach Wilson, American football player
218. 1999Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer
219. 1999Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer

Fallecimientos (111)

1. 908Burchard, duke of Thuringia
2. 908Egino, duke of Thuringia
3. 908Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg
4. 925Cao, Chinese empress dowager
5. 979Thietmar, margrave of Meissen
6. 1003At-Ta'i, Abbasid caliph (born 929)
7. 1355Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, English nobleman
8. 1460James II, king of Scotland (born 1430)
9. 1527Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
10. 1530Francesco Ferruccio, Italian captain (born 1489)
11. 1546Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (born 1484)
12. 1546Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (born 1509)
13. 1604Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (born 1540)
14. 1621Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (born 1556)
15. 1712Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (born 1654)
16. 1720Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (born 1641)
17. 1721Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (born 1648)
18. 1761Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (born 1691)
19. 1773Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1700)
20. 1780Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (born 1715)
21. 1792Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (born 1732)
22. 1797Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717)
23. 1805Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (born 1724)
24. 1835Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1767)
25. 1839Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (born 1763)
26. 1857Eugène Sue, French author and politician (born 1804)
27. 1866Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (born 1804)
28. 1867August Böckh, German historian and scholar (born 1785)
29. 1877William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
30. 1879Joseph Severn, English painter (born 1793)
31. 1894George Inness, American painter (born 1825)
32. 1913William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (born 1844)
33. 1916Roger Casement, executed Irish poet and activist (born 1864)
34. 1917Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
35. 1920Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (born 1883)
36. 1922Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1851)
37. 1924Joseph Conrad, British novelist (born 1857)
38. 1925William Bruce, Australian cricketer (born 1864)
39. 1929Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1851)
40. 1929Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (born 1857)
41. 1936Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (born 1873)
42. 1942Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
43. 1943Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
44. 1949Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (born 1869)
45. 1954Colette, French novelist and journalist (born 1873)
46. 1958Peter Collins, English race car driver (born 1931)
47. 1959Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (born 1887)
48. 1961Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (born 1884)
49. 1963Signe Salén, Swedish doctor (born 1871)
50. 1964Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (born 1925)
51. 1966Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1925)
52. 1968Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (born 1896)
53. 1969Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (born 1889)
54. 1972Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (born 1913)
55. 1973Richard Marshall, American general (born 1895)
56. 1974Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (born 1888)
57. 1975Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (born 1901)
58. 1977Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (born 1913)
59. 1977Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (born 1892)
60. 1979Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
61. 1979Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (born 1907)
62. 1983Carolyn Jones, American actress (born 1930)
63. 1992Wang Hongwen, Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1935)
64. 1995Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (born 1918)
65. 1995Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (born 1933)
66. 1996Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (born 1939)
67. 1997Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
68. 1998Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (born 1934)
69. 1999Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (born 1953)
70. 1999Byron Farwell, American historian and author (born 1921)
71. 2000Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1921)
72. 2001Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (born 1922)
73. 2003Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
74. 2004Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (born 1908)
75. 2005Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (born 1920)
76. 2006Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)
77. 2006Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (born 1915)
78. 2007John Gardner, English author (born 1926)
79. 2007Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
80. 2008Skip Caray, American sportscaster (born 1939)
81. 2008Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
82. 2008Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
83. 2009Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
84. 2010Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
85. 2011William Sleator, American author (born 1945)
86. 2011Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (born 1945)
87. 2012Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
88. 2012Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (born 1927)
89. 2012Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (born 1915)
90. 2012John Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1927)
91. 2012George Shanard, American politician and agribusinessman (born 1926)
92. 2013John Coombs, English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (born 1922)
93. 2013Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
94. 2013Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (born 1920)
95. 2014Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (born 1928)
96. 2014Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (born 1923)
97. 2014Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (born 1916)
98. 2014Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (born 1958)
99. 2014Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (born 1944)
100. 2015Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)
101. 2015Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)
102. 2015Coleen Gray, American actress (born 1922)
103. 2015Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)
104. 2015Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (born 1926)
105. 2015Jef Murray, American artist and author (born 1960)
106. 2020John Hume, Northern Irish politician (born 1937)
107. 2022Jackie Walorski, American politician (born 1963)
108. 2023Mark Margolis, American actor (born 1939)
109. 2023Bram Moolenaar, Dutch software engineer (born 1961)
110. 2024Yamini Krishnamurthy, Indian dancer (born 1940)
111. 2025Loni Anderson, American actress (born 1945)

Celebraciones (6)

1. Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
2. Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
3. Flag Day (Venezuela)
4. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.
5. Arbor Day (Niger)
6. National Guard Day (Venezuela)

Santoral (9)

1. Blessed Augustin Kažotić
2. George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church)
3. Lydia of Thyatira
4. Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church)
5. Nicodemus
6. Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
7. Stephen (Discovery of the relic)
8. Waltheof of Melrose
9. August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)