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Acontecimientos (55)

1. 1056After a sudden gastric illness, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
2. 1218Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.
3. 1302Frederick III of Aragon and Charles, Count of Valois sign the Peace of Caltabellotta, which ends the War of the Sicilian Vespers and divides the old Kingdom of Sicily into an island portion and a peninsular portion.
4. 1314King Haakon V moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
5. 1420The 8.8–9.4 Caldera earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunami in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
6. 1422King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France and his son, Henry VI, becomes king at the age of nine months.
7. 1483Under the influence of the Ottoman government, patriarch Symeon I convenes a synod of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Constantinople which defines the ritual for admitting Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and condemns the church union of Ferrara-Florence.
8. 1776William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
9. 1795War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
10. 1798Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
11. 1813Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
12. 1864American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, the culmination of the Atlanta campaign, begins as Union forces under General William T. Sherman clash with Confederate troops under General William J. Hardee south of Atlanta.
13. 1876Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II.
14. 1886The 7.0 Charleston earthquake strikes southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 60 people and causing damage worth an estimated at $5 to $6 million.
15. 1888Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims, is murdered.
16. 1895German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
17. 1907Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
18. 1918World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
19. 1920Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
20. 1933The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage.
21. 1935In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
22. 1936Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
23. 1939Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
24. 1940Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
25. 1941World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
26. 1943, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
27. 1949The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
28. 1950TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.
29. 1957The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
30. 1959A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
31. 1962Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
32. 1963Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self-governance.
33. 1968Start of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.
34. 1972Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.
35. 1986Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
36. 1986The Soviet passenger liner sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
37. 1987Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
38. 1988Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
39. 1988CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.
40. 1991Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
41. 1993Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
42. 1994Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
43. 1994Argentina abolishes conscription after months of social backlash over the murder of a conscript.
44. 1996Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
45. 1997Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
46. 1999The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
47. 1999A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
48. 2002Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.
49. 2005The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
50. 2006Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
51. 2016Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
52. 2019A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.
53. 2024A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
54. 2025A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people.
55. 2025An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people.

Nacimientos (257)

1. 12Caligula, Roman emperor (died 41)
2. 161Commodus, Roman emperor (died 192)
3. 1018Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (died 1046)
4. 1168Zhang Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1208)
5. 1542Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1576)
6. 1569Jahangir, Mughal emperor (died 1627)
7. 1652Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Italian nobleman (died 1708)
8. 1663Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (died 1705)
9. 1721George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1775)
10. 1741Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (died 1816)
11. 1748Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (died 1820)
12. 1767Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)
13. 1775Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author (died 1836)
14. 1797Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (died 1867)
15. 1797Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (died 1854)
16. 1802Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (died 1834)
17. 1811Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)
18. 1821Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (died 1894)
19. 1823Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1907)
20. 1834Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (died 1886)
21. 1842Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (died 1924)
22. 1843Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)
23. 1870Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
24. 1871James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th governor of Texas (died 1944)
25. 1875Rosa Lemberg, Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (died 1959)
26. 1878Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)
27. 1879Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)
28. 1879Taishō, Emperor of Japan (died 1926)
29. 1880Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)
30. 1883Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (died 1959)
31. 1884George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science (died 1956)
32. 1885DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (died 1940)
33. 1890August Alle, Estonian poet and author (died 1952)
34. 1890Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)
35. 1893Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)
36. 1894Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (died 1982)
37. 1896Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (died 1979)
38. 1896Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (died 1982)
39. 1897Fredric March, American actor (died 1975)
40. 1900Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)
41. 1902Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1977)
42. 1903Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (died 1983)
43. 1903Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (died 1985)
44. 1905Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (died 2004)
45. 1905Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (died 1997)
46. 1907Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
47. 1907Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
48. 1907Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
49. 1907William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
50. 1907Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
51. 1908William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1981)
52. 1909Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (died 2008)
53. 1911Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)
54. 1911Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)
55. 1913Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (died 2009)
56. 1913Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (died 2012)
57. 1914Richard Basehart, American actor (died 1984)
58. 1915Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (died 2008)
59. 1916Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (died 2011)
60. 1916Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (died 2010)
61. 1916John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (died 2017)
62. 1918Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (died 1986)
63. 1919Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (died 2005)
64. 1921Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (died 2014)
65. 1921Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (died 1988)
66. 1924John Davidson, American physician and politician (died 2012)
67. 1924Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (died 2003)
68. 1924Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)
69. 1925Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)
70. 1925Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)
71. 1925Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)
72. 1928James Coburn, American actor (died 2002)
73. 1928Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (died 2005)
74. 1930Big Tiny Little, American pianist (died 2010)
75. 1931Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
76. 1931Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)
77. 1931Noble Willingham, American actor (died 2004)
78. 1932Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist (died 2020)
79. 1932Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (died 1994)
80. 1935Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (died 1998)
81. 1935Bryan Organ, English painter
82. 1935Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (died 2019)
83. 1936Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)
84. 1937Warren Berlinger, American actor (died 2020)
85. 1937Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
86. 1938Martin Bell, English journalist and politician
87. 1939Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
88. 1940Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (died 1986)
89. 1940Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (died 2015)
90. 1940Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer
91. 1940Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (died 2010)
92. 1940Jack Thompson, Australian actor
93. 1941William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
94. 1941Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)
95. 1942Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
96. 1943Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
97. 1944Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
98. 1944Liz Forgan, English journalist
99. 1944Christine King, English historian and academic
100. 1944Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer
101. 1945Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
102. 1945Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
103. 1945Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (died 2012)
104. 1946Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician
105. 1946Jerome Corsi, American conspiracy theorist and author
106. 1946Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach
107. 1947Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
108. 1947Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator
109. 1947Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
110. 1948Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)
111. 1948Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer
112. 1948Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
113. 1948Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
114. 1948Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter
115. 1949Richard Gere, American actor and producer
116. 1949Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor
117. 1949Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
118. 1949Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
119. 1950Eduardo Nonato Joson, Filipino politician (died 2025)
120. 1951Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
121. 1952Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
122. 1952Herbert Reul, German politician
123. 1953Marcia Clark, American attorney and author
124. 1953Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine race car driver
125. 1953György Károly, Hungarian poet and author (died 2018)
126. 1953Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
127. 1953Elisabeth Kværne, Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)
128. 1954Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
129. 1955Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
130. 1955Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
131. 1955Edwin Moses, American hurdler
132. 1955Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player
133. 1955Gary Webb, American journalist and author (died 2004)
134. 1956Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
135. 1956Kent Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player
136. 1956Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
137. 1956Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
138. 1957Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
139. 1957Gina Schock, American drummer
140. 1957Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
141. 1958Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
142. 1958Stephen Cottrell, English bishop
143. 1959Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
144. 1959Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
145. 1960Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
146. 1960Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
147. 1960Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)
148. 1961Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
149. 1961Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
150. 1962Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
151. 1963Reb Beach, American guitarist
152. 1963Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)
153. 1963Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
154. 1964Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic
155. 1965Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician
156. 1965Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress
157. 1966Lyuboslav Penev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
158. 1967Gene Hoglan, American drummer
159. 1967Anita Moen, Norwegian skier
160. 1968Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician (died 2016)
161. 1968Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
162. 1968Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player (died 2019)
163. 1969Nathalie Bouvier, French skier
164. 1969Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician
165. 1969Jeff Russo, American musician
166. 1969Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee
167. 1969Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer (died 1997)
168. 1970Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
169. 1970Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
170. 1970Greg Mulholland, English politician
171. 1970Queen Rania of Jordan
172. 1970Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager
173. 1970Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer
174. 1971Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter
175. 1971Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
176. 1971Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist
177. 1971Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor
178. 1973Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
179. 1974Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
180. 1975Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
181. 1975John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach
182. 1975Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actor and musician
183. 1976Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter and pianist
184. 1976Shar Jackson, American actress and singer
185. 1976Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer and manager
186. 1976Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
187. 1977Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer
188. 1977Ian Harte, Irish footballer
189. 1977Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
190. 1977Arzu Yanardağ, Turkish actress and model
191. 1978Philippe Christanval, French footballer
192. 1978Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
193. 1978Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model
194. 1978Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player
195. 1978Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player
196. 1978Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist and composer
197. 1979Clay Hensley, American baseball player
198. 1979Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
199. 1979Yara Martinez, Puerto Rican-American actress
200. 1979Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
201. 1979Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
202. 1979Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
203. 1979Mickie James, American wrestler
204. 1980Joe Budden, American broadcaster and former rapper
205. 1981Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver
206. 1981Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player
207. 1981Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
208. 1982Ian Crocker, American swimmer
209. 1982Chris Duhon, American basketball player
210. 1982Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter
211. 1982Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer
212. 1982Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
213. 1982Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
214. 1982Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer
215. 1982Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver
216. 1982G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author
217. 1983Deniz Aydoğdu, German-Turkish footballer
218. 1983Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer
219. 1983Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
220. 1984Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist
221. 1984Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player
222. 1984Ted Ligety, American skier
223. 1984Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
224. 1985Rolando, Portuguese footballer
225. 1985Andrew Foster, Australian footballer
226. 1985Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer
227. 1985Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
228. 1986Ryan Kelley, American actor
229. 1986Johnny Wactor, American actor (died 2024)
230. 1986Blake Wheeler, American ice hockey player
231. 1987Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer
232. 1987Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
233. 1987Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
234. 1988Matt Adams, American baseball player
235. 1988Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player
236. 1988David Ospina, Colombian footballer
237. 1988Athena, American wrestler
238. 1989Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
239. 1990Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
240. 1991António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
241. 1991Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
242. 1992Holly Earl, British actress
243. 1992Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
244. 1992Ragna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician
245. 1992Nicolás Tagliafico, Argentine footballer
246. 1993Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
247. 1993Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
248. 1993Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
249. 1994Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
250. 1994Can Aktav, Turkish football player
251. 1995Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player
252. 1996Jalen Brunson, American basketball player
253. 1997Jaylen Barron, American actress
254. 1998BossMan Dlow, American rapper
255. 2000Sauce Gardner, American football player
256. 2001Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player
257. 2004Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model

Fallecimientos (114)

1. 318Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state
2. 577John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint
3. 651Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint
4. 731Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (born 665)
5. 894Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor
6. 1054Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (born c. 1020)
7. 1056Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire (born 981)
8. 1115Turgot of Durham (born c. 1050)
9. 1158Sancho III of Castile (born 1134)
10. 1234Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (born 1212)
11. 1287Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
12. 1324Henry II of Jerusalem (born 1271)
13. 1372Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)
14. 1422Henry V of England (born 1386)
15. 1450Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (born 1395)
16. 1502Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
17. 1528Matthias Grünewald, German artist (born 1470)
18. 1645Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
19. 1654Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (born 1588)
20. 1688John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (born 1628)
21. 1730Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)
22. 1741Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (born 1681)
23. 1772William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
24. 1795François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (born 1726)
25. 1799Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (born 1720)
26. 1811Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (born 1729)
27. 1814Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (born 1738)
28. 1817Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1747)
29. 1818Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (born 1745)
30. 1858Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (born 1795)
31. 1864Ferdinand Lassalle, Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (born 1825)
32. 1867Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)
33. 1869Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (born 1827)
34. 1884Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (born 1814)
35. 1908Leslie Green, English architect (born 1875)
36. 1910Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (born 1875)
37. 1912Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (born 1864)
38. 1920Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)
39. 1924Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (born 1881)
40. 1927Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)
41. 1937Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (born 1905)
42. 1940Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (born 1871)
43. 1940DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (born 1859)
44. 1941Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (born 1874)
45. 1941Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (born 1892)
46. 1945Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (born 1892)
47. 1948Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1896)
48. 1951Paul Demel, Czech actor (born 1903)
49. 1952Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)
50. 1954Elsa Barker, American author and poet (born 1869)
51. 1963Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (born 1882)
52. 1965E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (born 1890)
53. 1967Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (born 1891)
54. 1968John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (born 1933)
55. 1969Rocky Marciano, American boxer (born 1923)
56. 1973John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
57. 1974William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
58. 1974Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1923)
59. 1978John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (born 1913)
60. 1979Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (born 1904)
61. 1979Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1886)
62. 1984Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (born 1927)
63. 1985Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
64. 1986Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (born 1893)
65. 1986Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (born 1900)
66. 1986Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (born 1898)
67. 1990Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
68. 1991Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (born 1931)
69. 1997Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
70. 1997Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
71. 2000Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (born 1912)
72. 2000Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (born 1932)
73. 2002Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1908)
74. 2002Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born 1944)
75. 2002George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
76. 2005Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
77. 2006Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)
78. 2006Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)
79. 2007Gay Brewer, American golfer (born 1932)
80. 2007Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (born 1928)
81. 2007Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (born 1926)
82. 2008Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
83. 2008Ike Pappas, American journalist (born 1933)
84. 2008Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (born 1939)
85. 2009Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious minister and Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (born 1925)
86. 2010Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)
87. 2011Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
88. 2012Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)
89. 2012Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)
90. 2012Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)
91. 2012Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
92. 2012John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (born 1931)
93. 2012Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (born 1911)
94. 2013Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (born 1934)
95. 2013David Frost, English journalist and game show host (born 1939)
96. 2013Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (born 1923)
97. 2013Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (born 1939)
98. 2014Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)
99. 2014Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)
100. 2014Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)
101. 2014Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)
102. 2015Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (born 1926)
103. 2015Tom Scott, American football player (born 1930)
104. 2018Carole Shelley, British-American actress (born 1939)
105. 2019Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (born 1996)
106. 2019Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)
107. 2020Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (born 1935)
108. 2020Tom Seaver, American baseball player (born 1944)
109. 2021Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (born 1974)
110. 2021Francesco Morini, Italian footballer (born 1944)
111. 2021Michael Constantine, Greek-American actor (born 1927)
112. 2021Geronimo, British alpaca (born 2013)
113. 2023Silvina Luna, Argentine model and actress (born 1980)
114. 2024Sol Bamba, Ivorian-French footballer (born 1985)

Celebraciones (8)

1. Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
2. Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
3. Departure Day, celebrates the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan
4. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
5. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
6. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
7. Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine)
8. Sabah Day (Sabah, Borneo)

Santoral (9)

1. Aidan of Lindisfarne
2. Aristides of Athens
3. Cuthburh
4. Joseph of Arimathea
5. Nicodemus
6. Paulinus of Trier
7. Raymond Nonnatus
8. Wala of Corbie
9. August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)