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Acontecimientos (62)

  1. 685 a. C.Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.
  2. 870Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
  3. 1164Hassan II of Alamut proclaims the qiyāma, according to which Ismaili practice would change from traditional Islamic practice.
  4. 1220Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
  5. 1264Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces take the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.
  6. 1503King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  7. 1509Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
  8. 1576The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
  9. 1585John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
  10. 1588Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
  11. 1647The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
  12. 1648Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman sultan.
  13. 1709Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
  14. 1786Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
  15. 1794Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
  16. 1831Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
  17. 1844The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
  18. 1863American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
  19. 1863Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee, despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.
  20. 1870The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
  21. 1876Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
  22. 1897Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinates Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.
  23. 1903Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
  24. 1908Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.
  25. 1918World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  26. 1919The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
  27. 1929The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  28. 1940The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  29. 1942Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
  30. 1945The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
  31. 1945World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
  32. 1946First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
  33. 1956Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, are killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.
  34. 1963Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
  35. 1963The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
  36. 1967The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
  37. 1969At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
  38. 1973Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
  39. 1974President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
  40. 1988The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
  41. 1988The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
  42. 1989Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
  43. 1990Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
  44. 1991The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
  45. 1993The 7.8 Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
  46. 1998The Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is raided by Taliban, leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
  47. 2000Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
  48. 2001Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.
  49. 2004A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
  50. 2007An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
  51. 2007Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
  52. 2008A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
  53. 2008The 29th modern summer Olympic Games take place in Beijing, China until August 24.
  54. 2009A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
  55. 2010China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
  56. 2013A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
  57. 2015Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
  58. 2016Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
  59. 2019An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
  60. 2022The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
  61. 2023Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
  62. 2024Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.

Nacimientos (266)

  1. 422Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
  2. 1079Emperor Horikawa of Japan (died 1107)
  3. 1170Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
  4. 1306Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1353)
  5. 1492Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (died 1582)
  6. 1518Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (died 1561)
  7. 1558George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605)
  8. 1605Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675)
  9. 1640Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (died 1697)
  10. 1646Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (died 1723)
  11. 1673John Ker, Scottish spy (died 1726)
  12. 1693Laurent Belissen, French composer (died 1762)
  13. 1694Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746)
  14. 1706Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778)
  15. 1709Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779)
  16. 1720Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (died 1796)
  17. 1754Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816)
  18. 1758Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter (died 1828)
  19. 1790Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838)
  20. 1807Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (died 1892)
  21. 1814Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
  22. 1822George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894)
  23. 1839Nelson A. Miles, American general (died 1925)
  24. 1851George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
  25. 1856Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (died 1934)
  26. 1857Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944)
  27. 1861William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics") (died 1926)
  28. 1863Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (died 1930)
  29. 1866Matthew Henson, American explorer (died 1955)
  30. 1874Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948)
  31. 1875Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955)
  32. 1876Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (died 1929)
  33. 1879Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950)
  34. 1879Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
  35. 1880Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
  36. 1881Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (died 1954)
  37. 1882Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1965)
  38. 1884Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)
  39. 1889Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor (died 1968)
  40. 1889Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (died 1977)
  41. 1891Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (died 1952)
  42. 1896Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (died 1953)
  43. 1898Marguerite Bise, French chef (died 1965)
  44. 1901Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
  45. 1902Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
  46. 1904Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (died 1948)
  47. 1905André Jolivet, French composer (died 1974)
  48. 1907Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2003)
  49. 1907Jimmy Steele (Irish republican), lifelong militant and editor (died 1970)
  50. 1908Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1990)
  51. 1909Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977)
  52. 1909Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (died 1987)
  53. 1909Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (died 1984)
  54. 1910Lucky Millinder, American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader (died 1966)
  55. 1910Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989)
  56. 1910Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999)
  57. 1911Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (died 2002)
  58. 1915James Elliott, American runner and coach (died 1981)
  59. 1919Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (died 2010)
  60. 1919John David Wilson, English animator and producer (died 2013)
  61. 1920Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (died 2006)
  62. 1920Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (died 1997)
  63. 1921William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
  64. 1921Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991)
  65. 1921Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (died 2013)
  66. 1922Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
  67. 1922Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985)
  68. 1922Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
  69. 1922Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (died 1988)
  70. 1925Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)
  71. 1925Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)
  72. 1926Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (died 2017)
  73. 1927Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
  74. 1927Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (died 2002)
  75. 1928Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020)
  76. 1929Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (died 2004)
  77. 1929Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (died 2018)
  78. 1929Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (died 2013)
  79. 1930Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
  80. 1930Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
  81. 1931Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
  82. 1932Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
  83. 1933Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)
  84. 1934Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
  85. 1935Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  86. 1935John Laws, Papua New Guinean-born Australian singer and radio host (died 2025)
  87. 1936Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
  88. 1936Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)
  89. 1937Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
  90. 1937Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (died 2016)
  91. 1937Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1987)
  92. 1938Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (died 2020)
  93. 1938Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (died 2010)
  94. 1938Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
  95. 1939Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023)
  96. 1939Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
  97. 1939Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
  98. 1940Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007)
  99. 1940Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
  100. 1942James Blanchard, American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan
  101. 1942Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
  102. 1942John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
  103. 1942Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (died 2015)
  104. 1944John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988)
  105. 1944Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
  106. 1944John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015)
  107. 1944Simon Taylor, English journalist and author
  108. 1946Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
  109. 1947Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
  110. 1947Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
  111. 1948Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
  112. 1948Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
  113. 1948Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (died 2024)
  114. 1949Terry Burnham, American actress (died 2013)
  115. 1949Keith Carradine, American actor
  116. 1949Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (died 2009)
  117. 1950Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
  118. 1950Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
  119. 1951Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  120. 1951Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer (died 2022)
  121. 1951Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
  122. 1951Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
  123. 1951Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died 1994)
  124. 1951Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
  125. 1952Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
  126. 1952Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
  127. 1952Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
  128. 1952Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
  129. 1952Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
  130. 1953Lloyd Austin, American general, 1st black Secretary of Defense
  131. 1953Nigel Mansell, English racing driver
  132. 1953Don Most, American actor and singer
  133. 1954Nick Holtam, English bishop
  134. 1955Diddú, Icelandic singer-songwriter
  135. 1955Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager
  136. 1955Michael Roe, Irish racing driver
  137. 1956Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  138. 1956David Grant, English singer
  139. 1956Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
  140. 1957Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
  141. 1958Deborah Norville, American journalist and game show host
  142. 1959Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
  143. 1960Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
  144. 1960Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
  145. 1961The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
  146. 1961Daniel House, American bass player and producer
  147. 1961Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, White House Chief of Staff
  148. 1961Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
  149. 1961Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
  150. 1962Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor
  151. 1963Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
  152. 1963Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager
  153. 1963Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2024)
  154. 1963Rika Fukami, Japanese voice actress and singer
  155. 1963Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
  156. 1963Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
  157. 1964Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
  158. 1964Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach
  159. 1964Paul Taylor, English cricketer
  160. 1965Angus Fraser, English cricketer, manager, and journalist
  161. 1965Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host
  162. 1966Chris Eubank, English boxer
  163. 1966John Hudek, American baseball player and coach
  164. 1966Jimmy Wales, American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
  165. 1967Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
  166. 1967Yūki Amami, Japanese theater and film actress
  167. 1968Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano
  168. 1968Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (died 2013)
  169. 1968Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
  170. 1968Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  171. 1969Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
  172. 1969Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
  173. 1970Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist
  174. 1970Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic
  175. 1970José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager
  176. 1970Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach (died 2019)
  177. 1971Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
  178. 1972Joely Collins, Canadian actress and producer
  179. 1972Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach
  180. 1972Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist
  181. 1972Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer and manager
  182. 1972Liina Vahtrik, Estonian actress
  183. 1973Shane Lee, Australian cricketer and guitarist
  184. 1973Gert Olesk, Estonian footballer and manager
  185. 1973Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer
  186. 1973Mark Wills, American singer-songwriter
  187. 1973Ilka Agricola, German mathematician
  188. 1974Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
  189. 1974Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager
  190. 1974Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter
  191. 1974Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver
  192. 1975Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter
  193. 1976JC Chasez, American singer and dancer
  194. 1976Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
  195. 1977Lindsay Sloane, American actress
  196. 1977Darren Manzella, American sergeant (died 2013)
  197. 1977Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  198. 1977Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist
  199. 1977Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
  200. 1978Alan Maybury, Irish footballer and coach
  201. 1978Louis Saha, French footballer
  202. 1978Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
  203. 1979Richard Harwood, English cellist
  204. 1979Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
  205. 1979Richard Lyons, Northern Irish racing driver
  206. 1980Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
  207. 1980Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher and executive
  208. 1980Jack Cassel, American baseball player
  209. 1980Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter
  210. 1980Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
  211. 1980Diego Markwell, Dutch baseball player
  212. 1980Pat Noonan, American soccer player
  213. 1980Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer
  214. 1981Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
  215. 1981Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
  216. 1981Meagan Good, American actress and producer
  217. 1981Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
  218. 1982David Florence, English canoe racer
  219. 1982Ross Ohlendorf, American baseball player
  220. 1983Guy Burnet, English actor and producer
  221. 1983Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player
  222. 1984Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
  223. 1984Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver
  224. 1984Martrez Milner, American football player
  225. 1985Toby Flood, English rugby player
  226. 1985Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer
  227. 1985James Morgan, Welsh actor and producer
  228. 1985Brett Ratliff, American football player
  229. 1985Anita Włodarczyk, Polish track and field athlete
  230. 1986Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
  231. 1986Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress and singer
  232. 1986Pierre Garçon, American football player
  233. 1986Chris Pressley, American football player
  234. 1987Pierre Boulanger, French actor
  235. 1987Katie Leung, Scottish actress
  236. 1987Tatjana Maria, German tennis player
  237. 1988Princess Beatrice, British royal
  238. 1988Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
  239. 1988Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player and wrestler
  240. 1988Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer
  241. 1988Agata Sobczyk (born 1988), Polish economist and politician
  242. 1989Ken Baumann, American actor and author
  243. 1989Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player
  244. 1989Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer
  245. 1989Prajakta Mali, Indian actress
  246. 1990Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
  247. 1990Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
  248. 1990Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
  249. 1990Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
  250. 1991Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player
  251. 1991Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
  252. 1991Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
  253. 1991Joël Matip, Cameroonian footballer
  254. 1992Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
  255. 1992Casey Cott, American actor
  256. 1993Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician
  257. 1994Cameron Payne, American basketball player
  258. 1995S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer
  259. 1996A'ja Wilson, American basketball player
  260. 1997Karim Walid, Egyptian footballer
  261. 1997Panipak Wongpattanakit, Thai taekwondo athlete
  262. 1998Ryan Garcia, American boxer
  263. 1998Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  264. 1999Xiaojun, Chinese singer
  265. 2000Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
  266. 2005Alysa Liu, American figure skater

Fallecimientos (104)

  1. 117Trajan, Roman emperor (born 53)
  2. 753Hildegar, bishop of Cologne
  3. 869Lothair II, Frankish king (born 835)
  4. 998Sŏ Hŭi, Korean politician and diplomat (born 942)
  5. 1002Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba
  6. 1171Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (born 1111)
  7. 1303Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish nobleman (born 1230)
  8. 1533Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (born 1494)
  9. 1555Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (born 1494)
  10. 1588Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (born 1532)
  11. 1604Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (born 1578)
  12. 1616Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (born 1548)
  13. 1631Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (born 1579)
  14. 1684George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (born 1622)
  15. 1724Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (born 1665)
  16. 1746Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (born 1694)
  17. 1747Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (born 1678)
  18. 1759Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (born 1704)
  19. 1827George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
  20. 1828Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (born 1743)
  21. 1858Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (born 1758)
  22. 1863Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (born 1825)
  23. 1879Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (born 1797)
  24. 1887Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1808)
  25. 1897Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (born 1818)
  26. 1898Eugène Boudin, French painter (born 1824)
  27. 1902James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (born 1836)
  28. 1902John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (born 1853)
  29. 1909Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (born 1842)
  30. 1911William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (born 1830)
  31. 1920Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (born 1855)
  32. 1921Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (born 1861)
  33. 1928Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (born 1871)
  34. 1930Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (born 1874)
  35. 1934Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1863)
  36. 1937Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1897)
  37. 1940Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1892)
  38. 1944Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (born 1881)
  39. 1944Michael Wittmann, German commander (born 1914)
  40. 1950Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (born 1879)
  41. 1959Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (born 1902)
  42. 1965Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1916)
  43. 1969Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (born 1896)
  44. 1971Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (born 1907)
  45. 1973Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (born 1898)
  46. 1974Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1882)
  47. 1975Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (born 1928)
  48. 1979Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (born 1910)
  49. 1980Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1910)
  50. 1981Thomas McElwee, Provisional Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike (born 1957)
  51. 1982Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (born 1920)
  52. 1984Richard Deacon, American actor (born 1921)
  53. 1984Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (born 1928)
  54. 1985Louise Brooks, American actress (born 1906)
  55. 1987Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1903)
  56. 1988Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
  57. 1988Alan Napier, English actor (born 1903)
  58. 1991James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth man to walk on the moon (born 1930)
  59. 1992Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899)
  60. 1996Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
  61. 1996Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (born 1927)
  62. 1998Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (born 1968)
  63. 2003Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer and war criminal (born 1922)
  64. 2003Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (born 1930)
  65. 2004Leon Golub, American painter and academic (born 1922)
  66. 2004Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (born 1907)
  67. 2005Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born 1922)
  68. 2005Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (born 1918)
  69. 2005John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (born 1918)
  70. 2005Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (born 1925)
  71. 2005Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (born 1912)
  72. 2005Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (born 1938)
  73. 2007Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952)
  74. 2007Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
  75. 2008Orville Moody, American golfer (born 1933)
  76. 2009Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (born 1983)
  77. 2010Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
  78. 2012Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)
  79. 2012Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)
  80. 2012Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944)
  81. 2012Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911)
  82. 2013Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
  83. 2013Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926)
  84. 2013Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918)
  85. 2013Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985)
  86. 2013Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922)
  87. 2014Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)
  88. 2014Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)
  89. 2014Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935)
  90. 2014Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (born 1929)
  91. 2014Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929)
  92. 2015Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)
  93. 2015Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
  94. 2017Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
  95. 2018Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)
  96. 2020Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929)
  97. 2020Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)
  98. 2021Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929)
  99. 2022Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
  100. 2023Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)
  101. 2024Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946)
  102. 2024Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)
  103. 2024Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)
  104. 2024Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
  2. Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
  3. Happiness Happens Day
  4. International Cat Day
  5. Namesday of the Queen (Sweden)
  6. Nane Nane Day (Tanzania)
  7. Signal Troops Day (Ukraine)

Santoral (9)

  1. Altmann of Passau
  2. Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
  3. Cyriacus and companions
  4. Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
  5. Four Crowned Martyrs
  6. Blessed Maria Anna Rosa Caiani
  7. Mary MacKillop
  8. Severus of Vienne
  9. August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)