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Events

• 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the Imperial Regalia of Japan and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese calendar: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
• 1385 - 1383-1385 Crisis: Battle of Aljubarrota - Portugal forces commanded by John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castile (historical region) army of John I of Castile.
• 1598 - Nine Years War (Ireland): Battle of the Yellow Ford - Ireland forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of County Tyrone, defeat an England expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
• 1791 - Ceremony at Bois Caiman, Haiti; Haitian Revolution begins.
• 1842 - Indian Wars: Seminole Wars ends, with the Seminole (tribe) forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
• 1846 - The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kilogram chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Missouri.
• 1848 - Oregon Territory organized by Act of Congress of Congress of the United States.
• 1880 - Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed.
• 1885 - Japan first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• 1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration.
• 1897 - The town of Anosimena is captured by France troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
• 1900 - A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• 1901 - The first claimed aviation, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21 (plane).
• 1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England.
• 1911 - United States Senate leaders Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 of President pro tempore of the United States Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• 1912 - United States U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the United States-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya resigned three years earlier.
• 1921 - Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia).
• 1925 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin, California Powerhouse is completed and goes on line.
• 1933 - Loggers cause a forest fire in the Pacific Coast Ranges of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 1 E8 m².
• 1935 - United States Social Security (United States) Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
• 1936 - Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, Kentucky in the last public capital punishment in the United States.
• 1937 - The beginning of air-to-air combat of the War of Resistance and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers were shot down by the Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknoledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
• 1941 - World War II - Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• 1945 - Japan accepts the Allied Japanese Instrument of Surrender in World War II and the Emperor of Japan records the Gyokuon-hoso (August 15 in Japan standard time).
• 1947 - Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire Indian Empire under the Administration (government) of United Kingdom and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1967 - United Kingdom Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
• 1969 - United Kingdom troops deploy in Northern Ireland.
• 1972 - An East Germany Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
• 1976 - The Senegalese political party African Independence Party-Renewal is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
• 1980 - Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
• 1994 - Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorism known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
• 2003 - 2003 North America blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
• 2005 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes north of Athens, killing the 121 on board.
• 2006 - The 2006 Lebanon War cease fire goes into effect.
• 2007 - The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 400 people.

Births

• 1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
• 1473 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)
• 1575 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
• 1586 - William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
• 1599 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
• 1625 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
• 1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
• 1653 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
• 1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
• 1714 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
• 1727 - Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
• 1727 - Louise-Elisabeth of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)
• 1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
• 1758 - Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
• 1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
• 1777 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
• 1817 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
• 1840 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
• 1847 - Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)
• 1851 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
• 1857 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
• 1863 - Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
• 1865 - Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
• 1866 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1962)
• 1867 - John Galsworthy, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1933)
• 1867 - Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
• 1876 - Aleksandar Obrenović, King of Serbia (d. 1903)
• 1881 - Francis Ford (actor), American actor (d. 1953)
• 1882 - Gisela Richter, English art historian (d. 1972)
• 1909 - Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
• 1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (d. 1955)
• 1911 - Vethathiri, Indian yogi (d. 2006)
• 1913 - Paul Dean (baseball), American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 1916 - Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. 2005)
• 1924 - Georges Prêtre, French conductor
• 1925 - Russell Baker, American columnist
• 1926 - Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
• 1926 - Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director
• 1929 - Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• 1930 - Earl Weaver, American baseball manager
• 1933 - Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1935 - John Brodie, American football player
• 1940 - Dash Crofts, American musician
• 1941 - David Crosby, American musician
• 1941 - Connie Smith, American singer
• 1943 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach), American football coach
• 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian
• 1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
• 1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
• 1946 - Susan Saint James, American actress
• 1946 - Larry Graham, American musician
• 1947 - Danielle Steel, American novelist
• 1950 - Bob Backlund, American wrestler
• 1950 - Gary Larson, American cartoonist
• 1952 - Carl Lumbly, American actor
• 1952 - Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• 1953 - James Horner, American composer
• 1953 - Cliff Johnson (game designer), American computer game author
• 1954 - Mark Fidrych, American baseball player
• 1956 - Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
• 1956 - Luther Wamble, American guitarist
• 1957 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
• 1957 - Peter Costello, Australian politician
• 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
• 1959 - Magic Johnson, American basketball player
• 1960 - Sarah Brightman, English soprano
• 1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
• 1961 - Susan Olsen, American actress
• 1961 - "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1964 - Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter
• 1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
• 1966 - Halle Berry, American actress
• 1968 - Catherine Bell, American actress
• 1968 - Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
• 1968 - Adrian Lester, English actor
• 1968 - Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
• 1969 - Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
• 1970 - Ctislav Doseděl, Czech tennis player
• 1971 - Raoul Bova, Italian actor
• 1972 - Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist
• 1973 - Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
• 1973 - Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 - Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
• 1974 - Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
• 1974 - Christopher Gorham, American actor
• 1974 - Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters).
• 1976 - Alex Albrecht, American actor
• 1976 - Steve Braun, Canadian actor
• 1977 - Juan Pierre, American baseball player
• 1978 - Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
• 1978 - Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
• 1979 - Paul Burgess (athlete), Australian athlete
• 1980 - Roy Williams (safety), American football player
• 1981 - Matthew Etherington, English footballer
• 1981 - Julius Jones (football player), American football player
• 1983 - Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-born tennis player
• 1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
• 1984 - Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1984 - Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 - Christian Gentner, German footballer
• 1986 - Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
• 1988 - Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
• 1989 - Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

• 582 - Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
• 1167 - Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne
• 1204 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
• 1390 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
• 1430 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
• 1433 - King John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
• 1464 - Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
• 1573 - Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)
• 1691 - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
• 1704 - Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
• 1727 - William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
• 1774 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)
• 1784 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)
• 1856 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (b. 1787)
• 1860 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 - David Farragut, American officer of the U.S. Navy (b. 1801)
• 1874 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)
• 1905 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. 1840)
• 1928 - Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund, German writer, poet (b. 1890)
• 1926 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
• 1938 - Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1941 - Paul Sabatier (chemist), French chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1854)
• 1941 - Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (b. 1894)
• 1943 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
• 1955 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer (b. 1898)
• 1958 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1900)
• 1958 - Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat (b.1873)
• 1964 - Johnny Burnette, American Rockabilly singer (b. 1934)
• 1967 - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
• 1972 - Oscar Levant, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 - Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
• 1978 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907)
• 1980 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and model (b. 1960)
• 1981 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
• 1984 - Spud Davis, American baseball player (b. 1904)
• 1984 - J. B. Priestley, English playwright (b. 1894)
• 1985 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1988 - Robert Calvert, South African singer (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
• 1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
• 1991 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
• 1992 - John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
• 1992 - Tony Williams (singer), American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
• 1994 - Elias Canetti, British-Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
• 1996 - Tom Mees, American sportscaster (b. 1949)
• 1999 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 2000 - Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
• 2002 - Dave Williams (musician), American singer (Drowning Pool) (b. 1972)
• 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
• 2004 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
• 2006 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
• 2007 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

• Morocco - Allegiance of Oued Eddahab or Río de Oro.
• Pakistan - Yaum e Azadi (From the Indian Empire and from the British Empire colonialist and imperialists under the foreign control of the United Kingdom, 1947).
• Paraguay - Flag Day.
• United States - National Creamsicles Day.

Liturgical feasts Roman Catholicism

• Vigil of the Assumption of the Virgin
• Calendar of saints
• Saint Eusebius, priest, martyr
• Saints Felix and Fortunatus, martyrs
• Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish Franciscan priest martyred by Nazis in 1941.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the Imperial Regalia of Japan and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese calendar: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
• 1385 - 1383-1385 Crisis: Battle of Aljubarrota - Portugal forces commanded by John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castile (historical region) army of John I of Castile.
• 1598 - Nine Years War (Ireland): Battle of the Yellow Ford - Ireland forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of County Tyrone, defeat an England expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
• 1791 - Ceremony at Bois Caiman, Haiti; Haitian Revolution begins.
• 1842 - Indian Wars: Seminole Wars ends, with the Seminole (tribe) forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
• 1846 - The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kilogram chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Missouri.
• 1848 - Oregon Territory organized by Act of Congress of Congress of the United States.
• 1880 - Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed.
• 1885 - Japan first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• 1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration.
• 1897 - The town of Anosimena is captured by France troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
• 1900 - A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• 1901 - The first claimed aviation, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21 (plane).
• 1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England.
• 1911 - United States Senate leaders Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 of President pro tempore of the United States Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• 1912 - United States U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the United States-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya resigned three years earlier.
• 1921 - Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia).
• 1925 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin, California Powerhouse is completed and goes on line.
• 1933 - Loggers cause a forest fire in the Pacific Coast Ranges of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 1 E8 m².
• 1935 - United States Social Security (United States) Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
• 1936 - Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, Kentucky in the last public capital punishment in the United States.
• 1937 - The beginning of air-to-air combat of the War of Resistance and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers were shot down by the Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknoledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
• 1941 - World War II - Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• 1945 - Japan accepts the Allied Japanese Instrument of Surrender in World War II and the Emperor of Japan records the Gyokuon-hoso (August 15 in Japan standard time).
• 1947 - Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire Indian Empire under the Administration (government) of United Kingdom and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1967 - United Kingdom Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
• 1969 - United Kingdom troops deploy in Northern Ireland.
• 1972 - An East Germany Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
• 1976 - The Senegalese political party African Independence Party-Renewal is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
• 1980 - Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
• 1994 - Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorism known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
• 2003 - 2003 North America blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
• 2005 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes north of Athens, killing the 121 on board.
• 2006 - The 2006 Lebanon War cease fire goes into effect.
• 2007 - The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 400 people.

Births

• 1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
• 1473 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)
• 1575 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
• 1586 - William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
• 1599 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
• 1625 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
• 1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
• 1653 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
• 1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
• 1714 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
• 1727 - Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
• 1727 - Louise-Elisabeth of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)
• 1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
• 1758 - Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
• 1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
• 1777 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
• 1817 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
• 1840 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
• 1847 - Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)
• 1851 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
• 1857 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
• 1863 - Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
• 1865 - Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
• 1866 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1962)
• 1867 - John Galsworthy, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1933)
• 1867 - Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
• 1876 - Aleksandar Obrenović, King of Serbia (d. 1903)
• 1881 - Francis Ford (actor), American actor (d. 1953)
• 1882 - Gisela Richter, English art historian (d. 1972)
• 1909 - Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
• 1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (d. 1955)
• 1911 - Vethathiri, Indian yogi (d. 2006)
• 1913 - Paul Dean (baseball), American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 1916 - Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. 2005)
• 1924 - Georges Prêtre, French conductor
• 1925 - Russell Baker, American columnist
• 1926 - Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
• 1926 - Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director
• 1929 - Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• 1930 - Earl Weaver, American baseball manager
• 1933 - Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1935 - John Brodie, American football player
• 1940 - Dash Crofts, American musician
• 1941 - David Crosby, American musician
• 1941 - Connie Smith, American singer
• 1943 - Jimmy Johnson (football coach), American football coach
• 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian
• 1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
• 1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
• 1946 - Susan Saint James, American actress
• 1946 - Larry Graham, American musician
• 1947 - Danielle Steel, American novelist
• 1950 - Bob Backlund, American wrestler
• 1950 - Gary Larson, American cartoonist
• 1952 - Carl Lumbly, American actor
• 1952 - Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• 1953 - James Horner, American composer
• 1953 - Cliff Johnson (game designer), American computer game author
• 1954 - Mark Fidrych, American baseball player
• 1956 - Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
• 1956 - Luther Wamble, American guitarist
• 1957 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
• 1957 - Peter Costello, Australian politician
• 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
• 1959 - Magic Johnson, American basketball player
• 1960 - Sarah Brightman, English soprano
• 1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
• 1961 - Susan Olsen, American actress
• 1961 - "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1964 - Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter
• 1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
• 1966 - Halle Berry, American actress
• 1968 - Catherine Bell, American actress
• 1968 - Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
• 1968 - Adrian Lester, English actor
• 1968 - Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
• 1969 - Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
• 1970 - Ctislav Doseděl, Czech tennis player
• 1971 - Raoul Bova, Italian actor
• 1972 - Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist
• 1973 - Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
• 1973 - Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 - Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
• 1974 - Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
• 1974 - Christopher Gorham, American actor
• 1974 - Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters).
• 1976 - Alex Albrecht, American actor
• 1976 - Steve Braun, Canadian actor
• 1977 - Juan Pierre, American baseball player
• 1978 - Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
• 1978 - Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
• 1979 - Paul Burgess (athlete), Australian athlete
• 1980 - Roy Williams (safety), American football player
• 1981 - Matthew Etherington, English footballer
• 1981 - Julius Jones (football player), American football player
• 1983 - Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-born tennis player
• 1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
• 1984 - Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1984 - Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 - Christian Gentner, German footballer
• 1986 - Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
• 1988 - Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
• 1989 - Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

• 582 - Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
• 1167 - Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne
• 1204 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
• 1390 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
• 1430 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
• 1433 - King John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
• 1464 - Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
• 1573 - Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)
• 1691 - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
• 1704 - Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
• 1727 - William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
• 1774 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)
• 1784 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)
• 1856 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (b. 1787)
• 1860 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 - David Farragut, American officer of the U.S. Navy (b. 1801)
• 1874 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)
• 1905 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. 1840)
• 1928 - Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund, German writer, poet (b. 1890)
• 1926 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
• 1938 - Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1941 - Paul Sabatier (chemist), French chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1854)
• 1941 - Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (b. 1894)
• 1943 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
• 1955 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer (b. 1898)
• 1958 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1900)
• 1958 - Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat (b.1873)
• 1964 - Johnny Burnette, American Rockabilly singer (b. 1934)
• 1967 - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
• 1972 - Oscar Levant, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 - Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
• 1978 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907)
• 1980 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and model (b. 1960)
• 1981 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
• 1984 - Spud Davis, American baseball player (b. 1904)
• 1984 - J. B. Priestley, English playwright (b. 1894)
• 1985 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1988 - Robert Calvert, South African singer (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
• 1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
• 1991 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
• 1992 - John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
• 1992 - Tony Williams (singer), American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
• 1994 - Elias Canetti, British-Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
• 1996 - Tom Mees, American sportscaster (b. 1949)
• 1999 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
• 2000 - Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
• 2002 - Dave Williams (musician), American singer (Drowning Pool) (b. 1972)
• 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
• 2004 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
• 2006 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
• 2007 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

• Morocco - Allegiance of Oued Eddahab or Río de Oro.
• Pakistan - Yaum e Azadi (From the Indian Empire and from the British Empire colonialist and imperialists under the foreign control of the United Kingdom, 1947).
• Paraguay - Flag Day.
• United States - National Creamsicles Day.

Liturgical feasts Roman Catholicism

• Vigil of the Assumption of the Virgin
• Calendar of saints
• Saint Eusebius, priest, martyr
• Saints Felix and Fortunatus, martyrs
• Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish Franciscan priest martyred by Nazis in 1941.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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