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Day of the year
August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 138 days remain until the end of the year.
636 –
Arab–Byzantine wars : The
Battle of Yarmouk between the
Byzantine Empire and the
Rashidun Caliphate begins.
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars:
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the
Second Arab Siege of Constantinople , which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the
Second Arab Siege of Constantinople .
747 –
Carloman , mayor of the palace of
Austrasia , renounces his position as
majordomo and retires to a
monastery near Rome. His brother,
Pepin the Short , becomes the sole ruler (
de facto ) of the
Frankish Kingdom .
778 – The
Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of
Charlemagne and a Basque army.
[1]
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the
Bavarian town of
Dachau to the
Diocese of Freising
927 – The
Saracens conquer and destroy
Taranto .
982 –
Holy Roman Emperor
Otto II is defeated by the
Saracens in the
Battle of Capo Colonna , in
Calabria .
1018 – Byzantine general
Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures
Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor
Basil II 's
conquest of Bulgaria .
1038 – King
Stephen I , the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew,
Peter Orseolo , succeeds him.
1057 – King
Macbeth is killed at the
Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada .
1070 – The
Pavian -born
Benedictine
Lanfranc is appointed as the new
Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
1096 – Starting date of the
First Crusade as set by
Pope Urban II .
[2]
1185 – The cave city of
Vardzia is consecrated by Queen
Tamar of Georgia .
1224 – The
Livonian Brothers of the Sword , a Catholic military order,
occupy Tarbatu (today
Tartu ) as part of the
Livonian Crusade .
[3]
[4]
1237 –
Spanish Reconquista : The
Battle of the Puig between the
Moorish forces of
Taifa of Valencia against the
Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory.
1248 – The
foundation stone of
Cologne Cathedral , built to house the
relics of the
Three Wise Men , is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in
1880 .)
1261 –
Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first
Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years.
1281 –
Mongol invasion of Japan : The
Mongolian fleet of
Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "
divine wind " for the second time in the
Battle of Kōan .
1310 –
The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the
Knights of St. John , completing
their conquest of Rhodes . The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the
Knights of Rhodes .
1430 –
Francesco Sforza , lord of
Milan , conquers
Lucca .
1461 – The
Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan
Mehmed II . This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the
Byzantine Empire . Emperor
David is exiled and later murdered.
1483 –
Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the
Sistine Chapel .
1511 –
Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal
conquers
Malacca , the capital of the
Malacca Sultanate .
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed
vessels led by
Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the
Pearl River estuary .
1519 –
Panama City, Panama is founded.
1534 –
Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the
Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 –
Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
1540 –
Arequipa, Peru is founded.
1549 –
Jesuit priest
Francis Xavier comes ashore at
Kagoshima (Traditional
Japanese date : 22 July 1549).
1592 –
Imjin War : At the
Battle of Hansan Island , the Korean Navy, led by
Yi Sun-sin ,
Yi Eok-gi , and
Won Gyun , decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by
Wakisaka Yasuharu .
[5]
1599 –
Nine Years' War :
Battle of Curlew Pass : Irish forces led by
Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir
Conyers Clifford , sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1695 – French forces end the
bombardment of Brussels .
1760 –
Seven Years' War :
Battle of Liegnitz :
Frederick the Great 's victory over the
Austrians under
Ernst Gideon von Laudon .
1824 – The
Marquis de Lafayette , the last surviving French general of the
American Revolutionary War , arrives in New York and begins a
tour of 24 states .
1843 – The
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in
Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu , it is the oldest
Roman Catholic
cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1843 –
Tivoli Gardens , one of the oldest still intact
amusement parks in the world, opens in
Copenhagen , Denmark.
1863 – The
Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the
Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional
Japanese date : July 2, 1863).
1893 –
Ibadan area becomes a British
Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the
Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of
Lagos , George C. Denton.
1899 –
Fratton Park football ground in
Portsmouth ,
England is officially first opened.
[6]
1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr.
Raphael Morgan , the first African-American
Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1914 – A servant of American
architect ,
Frank Lloyd Wright , sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's
Wisconsin home,
Taliesin , and murders seven people there.
1914 – The
Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship
SS Ancon .
1914 –
World War I : The
First Russian Army , led by
Paul von Rennenkampf , enters
East Prussia .
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the
Battle of Cer , the first
Allied victory of World War I.
1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and
diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
1920 –
Polish–Soviet War :
Battle of Warsaw , so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
1935 –
Will Rogers and
Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in
Barrow, Alaska .
1939 – Twenty-six
Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by
Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at
Neuhammer . Thirteen of them crash and burn.
1939 –
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in
Los Angeles, California .
1940 – An
Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the
Greek cruiser Elli at
Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the
Greco-Italian War in October.
1941 – Corporal
Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the
Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for
espionage .
1942 –
World War II :
Operation Pedestal : The oil tanker
SS Ohio reaches the island of
Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1943 – World War II:
Battle of Trahili : Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
1944 – World War II:
Operation Dragoon : Allied forces land in
southern France .
1945 –
Emperor Hirohito
broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective
surrender of Japan in
World War II ;
Korea gains
independence from the
Empire of Japan .
1947 –
India gains
independence from
British rule after near 190 years of
British company and
crown rule and joins the
Commonwealth of Nations .
1947 – Founder of Pakistan,
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first
Governor-General of Pakistan in
Karachi .
1948 – The
First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
1950 – Measuring
8.6, the
largest earthquake on land occurs in the
Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border , killing 4,800.
[7]
1952 –
A flash flood drenches the town of
Lynmouth , England, killing 34 people.
1954 –
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in
Paraguay .
1959 –
American Airlines Flight 514 , a
Boeing 707 , crashes near the
Calverton Executive Airpark in
Calverton, New York , killing all five people on board.
[8]
1960 –
Republic of the Congo (
Brazzaville ) becomes independent from
France .
1961 – Border guard
Conrad Schumann flees from
East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the
Berlin Wall .
1962 –
James Joseph Dresnok defects to
North Korea after running across the
Korean Demilitarized Zone . Dresnok died in 2016.
1963 – Execution of
Henry John Burnett , the last man to be hanged in
Scotland .
1963 – President
Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the
Republic of the Congo , after a
three-day uprising in the capital.
1965 –
The Beatles play to nearly
60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of
stadium rock .
1969 – The
Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in
Bethel, New York , featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1970 –
Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an
American football game.
1971 – President
Richard Nixon completes the break from the
gold standard by
ending convertibility of the
United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1971 –
Bahrain gains
independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 –
Vietnam War : The USAF
bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 –
Yuk Young-soo ,
First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon
President
Park Chung Hee .
1975 –
Bangladeshi leader
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 –
Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to
Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent
prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1976 –
SAETA Flight 232 crashes into the
Chimborazo volcano in
Ecuador , killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.
[9]
1977 –
The Big Ear , a
radio telescope operated by
Ohio State University as part of the
SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "
Wow! signal " from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 – The
Kurdistan Workers' Party in
Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the
Turkish Armed Forces with an
attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh .
1985 – Signing of the
Assam Accord , an agreement between representatives of the
Government of India and the leaders of the
Assam Movement to end the movement.
1989 –
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport , killing 34 of the 40 people on board.
[10]
1995 – In
South Carolina ,
Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female
cadet matriculated at
The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1995 –
Tomiichi Murayama , Prime Minister of Japan, releases the
Murayama Statement , which formally expresses remorse for
Japanese war crimes committed during
World War II .
[11]
1998 –
Northern Ireland :
Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
[12]
1998 –
Apple introduces the
iMac computer.
[13]
1999 –
Beni Ounif massacre in
Algeria : Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with
Morocco .
2005 –
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all
Israelis from the
Gaza Strip and from four
settlements in the northern
West Bank begins.
2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the
Free Aceh Movement and the
Government of Indonesia was signed, ending
almost three decades of fighting .
2007 – An
8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates
Ica and various regions of
Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an
explosion in southern
Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group
Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown
Syrian
Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
2013 – The
Smithsonian announces the discovery of the
olinguito , the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
2015 –
North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce
Pyongyang Time , 81 ⁄2 hours ahead of
UTC .
2020 – Russia begins production on the
Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine .
[14]
2021 –
Kabul
falls into the hands of the
Taliban as
Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan .
1013 –
Teishi , empress of Japan (d. 1094)
1171 –
Alfonso IX , king of León and Galicia (d. 1230)
1195 –
Anthony of Padua , Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
1385 –
Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford , English commander (d. 1417)
1432 –
Luigi Pulci , Italian poet (d. 1484)
1455 –
George , duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
1507 –
George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau , German prince (d. 1553)
1575 –
Bartol Kašić , Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
1589 –
Gabriel Báthory , Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)
1607 –
Herman IV , landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658)
1608 –
Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel , English politician (d. 1652)
1613 –
Gilles Ménage , French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
1615 –
Marie de Lorraine , duchess of Guise (d. 1688)
1652 –
John Grubb , American politician (d. 1708)
1702 –
Francesco Zuccarelli , Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)
1717 –
Blind Jack , English engineer (d. 1810)
1736 –
Johann Christoph Kellner , German organist and composer (d. 1803)
1740 –
Matthias Claudius , German poet and author (d. 1815)
1769 –
Napoleon Bonaparte , French general and emperor (d. 1821)
[15]
1771 –
Walter Scott , Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)
1785 –
Thomas De Quincey , English journalist and author (d. 1859)
1787 –
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen , American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860)
[16]
1798 –
Sangolli Rayanna , Indian warrior (d. 1831)
1807 –
Jules Grévy , French lawyer and politician, 4th
President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
1810 –
Louise Colet , French poet (d. 1876)
[17]
1824 –
John Chisum , American businessman (d. 1884)
1839 –
Antonín Petrof , Czech piano maker (d. 1915)
1844 –
Thomas-Alfred Bernier , Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
1845 –
Walter Crane , English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)
1856 –
Keir Hardie , Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)
1857 –
Albert Ballin , German businessman (d. 1918)
1858 –
E. Nesbit , English author and poet (d. 1924)
1859 –
Charles Comiskey , American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
1860 –
Florence Harding , American publisher, 31st
First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
1863 –
Aleksey Krylov , Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1865 –
Mikao Usui , Japanese spiritual leader, founded
Reiki (d. 1926)
1866 –
Italo Santelli , Italian fencer (d. 1945)
1872 –
Sri Aurobindo , Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
1873 –
Ramaprasad Chanda , Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
1875 –
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor , English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
1876 –
Stylianos Gonatas , Greek colonel and politician, 111th
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
1877 –
Tachiyama Mineemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd
Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1879 –
Ethel Barrymore , American actress (d. 1959)
1881 –
Alfred Wagenknecht , German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)
1882 –
Marion Bauer , American composer and critic (d. 1955)
1882 –
Gisela Richter , English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
1883 –
Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
1885 –
Edna Ferber , American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)
[18]
1886 –
Bill Whitty , Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 –
Jacques Ibert , French composer and educator (d. 1962)
1892 –
Louis de Broglie , French physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1892 –
Abraham Wachner , New Zealand politician, 35th
Mayor of Invercargill (d. 1950)
1893 –
Leslie Comrie , New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
1896 –
Gerty Cori , Czech-American biochemist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
1896 –
Catherine Doherty , Russian-Canadian activist, founded the
Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
1896 –
Paul Outerbridge , American photographer and educator (d. 1958)
1898 –
Jan Brzechwa , Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
1900 –
Estelle Brody , American silent film actress (d. 1995)
1900 –
Jack Tworkov , Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)
1901 –
Arnulfo Arias Madrid , 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
1901 –
Pyotr Novikov , Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
1902 –
Jan Campert , Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
1904 –
George Klein , Canadian inventor, invented the
motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
1909 –
Hugo Winterhalter , American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 –
Julia Child , American chef and author (d. 2004)
1912 –
Wendy Hiller , English actress (d. 2003)
1914 –
Paul Rand , American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
1915 –
Signe Hasso , Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
1916 –
Aleks Çaçi , Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
1917 –
Jack Lynch , Irish footballer and politician, 5th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
1917 –
Óscar Romero , Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 –
Huntz Hall , American actor (d. 1999)
1919 –
Benedict Kiely , Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1920 –
Judy Cassab , Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
1921 –
August Kowalczyk , Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 –
Leonard Baskin , American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
1922 –
Giorgos Mouzakis , Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
1922 –
Sabino Barinaga , Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
1923 –
Rose Marie , American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1924 –
Robert Bolt , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 –
Hedy Epstein , German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)
1924 –
Yoshirō Muraki , Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)
1924 –
Phyllis Schlafly , American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)
1925 –
Mike Connors , American actor and producer (d. 2017)
1925 –
Rose Maddox , American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)
1925 –
Oscar Peterson , Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1925 –
Bill Pinkney , American singer (d. 2007)
1925 –
Erik Schmidt , Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 –
Julius Katchen , American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
1926 –
Eddie Little Sky , American actor (d. 1997)
[19]
1926 –
Sami Michael , Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (d. 2024)
1926 –
John Silber , American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
1926 –
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos , Greek lawyer and politician, 6th
President of Greece (d. 2016)
1927 –
Eddie Leadbeater , English cricketer (d. 2011)
1927 –
Oliver Popplewell , English cricketer and judge
1928 –
Carl Joachim Classen , German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1928 –
Malcolm Glazer , American businessman (d. 2014)
1928 –
Nicolas Roeg , English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)
1931 –
Ernest C. Brace , American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
1931 –
Richard F. Heck , American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1932 –
Abby Dalton , American actress (d. 2020)
1932 –
Robert L. Forward , American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)
[20]
1932 –
Jim Lange , American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)
[21]
1932 –
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn , South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
1933 –
Bobby Helms , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1933 –
Stanley Milgram , American social psychologist (d. 1984)
1933 –
Mike Seeger , American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)
1934 –
Bobby Byrd , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1934 –
Reginald Scarlett , Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
1934 –
Darrell K. Sweet , American illustrator (d. 2011)
[22]
1934 –
Valentin Varlamov , Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 1980)
[23]
1935 –
Jim Dale , English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer
[24]
1935 –
Régine Deforges , French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
1936 –
Pat Priest , American actress
[25]
1936 –
Rita Shane , American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
1938 –
Stephen Breyer , American lawyer and jurist,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1938 –
Stix Hooper , American jazz drummer
1938 –
Pran Kumar Sharma , Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 –
Maxine Waters , American educator and politician
1938 –
Janusz Zajdel , Polish engineer and author (d. 1985)
1940 –
Gudrun Ensslin , German militant leader, founded
Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1941 –
Jim Brothers , American sculptor (d. 2013)
1941 –
Don Rich , American country musician (d. 1974)
1942 –
Pete York , English rock drummer
[25]
1943 –
Eileen Bell , Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd
Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1944 –
Dimitris Sioufas , Greek lawyer and politician,
Greek Minister of Health (d. 2019)
1945 –
Khaleda Zia , Bangladeshi politician,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
[26]
1946 –
Jimmy Webb , American singer-songwriter and pianist
[25]
1947 –
Rakhee Gulzar , Indian film actress
[27]
1948 –
Patsy Gallant , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 –
Tom Johnston , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[25]
1949 –
Phyllis Smith , American actress
[25]
1950 –
Tommy Aldridge , American drummer
1950 –
Tess Harper , American actress
[25]
1950 –
Tom Kelly , American baseball player
1950 –
Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
[28]
1951 –
Ann Biderman , American screenwriter and producer
1951 –
Bobby Caldwell , American singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
1951 –
John Childs , English cricketer
1952 –
Chuck Burgi , American drummer
1953 –
Carol Thatcher , English journalist and author
1953 –
Mark Thatcher , English businessman
1953 –
Wolfgang Hohlbein , German author
1954 –
Stieg Larsson , Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1956 –
Lorraine Desmarais , Canadian pianist and composer
1956 –
Freedom Neruda , Ivorian journalist
1956 –
Robert Syms , English businessman and politician
1957 –
Željko Ivanek , Slovenian-American actor
[25]
1958 –
Simon Baron-Cohen , English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1958 –
Craig MacTavish , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 –
Simple Kapadia , Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
1958 –
Victor Shenderovich , Russian journalist and radio host
1958 –
Rondell Sheridan , American actor and comedian
[25]
1959 –
Scott Altman , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 –
Ed Gillespie , American political strategist
1961 –
Matt Johnson , English singer-songwriter and musician
[25]
1961 –
Gary Kubiak , American football player and coach
1961 –
Suhasini Maniratnam , Indian actress and screenwriter
1962 –
Tom Colicchio , American chef and author
1962 –
Rıdvan Dilmen , Turkish footballer and manager
1962 –
Inês Pedrosa , Portuguese writer
1962 –
Vilja Savisaar-Toomast , Estonian lawyer and politician
1963 –
Alejandro González Iñárritu , Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
[25]
1963 –
Simon Hart , Welsh soldier and politician
1963 –
Jack Russell , England cricketer and coach
1964 –
Jane Ellison , English lawyer and politician
1964 –
Melinda Gates , American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
[29]
1965 –
Rob Thomas , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 –
Scott Brosius , American baseball player and coach
1966 –
Dimitris Papadopoulos , Greek basketball player and coach
1967 –
Tony Hand , Scottish ice hockey player and coach
1967 –
Peter Hermann , American actor
[30]
1968 –
Debra Messing , American actress
[25]
1969 –
Bernard Fanning , Australian singer-songwriter
1969 –
Carlos Roa , Argentine footballer
1970 –
Anthony Anderson , American comedian, actor, and producer
[25]
1970 –
Ben Silverman , American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded
Electus Studios
1971 –
Adnan Sami , Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
1972 –
Ben Affleck , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[25]
1972 –
Jennifer Alexander , Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
1972 –
Mikey Graham , Irish singer
[31]
1974 –
Natasha Henstridge , Canadian model and actress
[25]
1974 –
Tomasz Suwary , Polish footballer
1975 –
Bertrand Berry , American football player and radio host
1975 –
Vijay Bharadwaj , Indian cricketer and coach
1975 –
Brendan Morrison , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 –
Kara Wolters , American basketball player
1976 –
Boudewijn Zenden , Dutch footballer and manager
1977 –
Martin Biron , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 –
Anthony Rocca , Australian footballer and coach
1978 –
Waleed Aly , Australian journalist and television host
[32]
1978 –
Lilia Podkopayeva , Ukrainian gymnast
1978 –
Stavros Tziortziopoulos , Greek footballer
1978 –
Kerri Walsh Jennings , American volleyball player
1979 –
Carl Edwards , American race car driver
1980 –
Fiann Paul , Icelandic explorer
[33]
1981 –
Brendan Hansen , American swimmer
1981 –
Óliver Pérez , American baseball player
1982 –
Casey Burgener , American weightlifter
1982 –
Germán Caffa , Argentine footballer
1982 –
David Harrison , American basketball player
1983 –
Siobhan Chamberlain , English association football goalkeeper
1984 –
Jarrod Dyson , American baseball player
[34]
1984 –
Emily Kinney , American actress and singer-songwriter
[25]
1985 –
Nipsey Hussle , American rapper (d. 2019)
1985 –
Emily Kinney , American actress, singer, and songwriter
[35]
1987 –
Ryan D'Imperio , American football player
1987 –
Michel Kreder , Dutch cyclist
1987 –
Sean McAllister , English footballer
1988 –
Oussama Assaidi , Moroccan footballer
1989 –
Joe Jonas , American singer-songwriter
[25]
1989 –
Ryan McGowan , Australian footballer
1989 –
Carlos PenaVega , American actor and singer
[36]
1989 –
Jordan Rapana , New Zealand rugby league player
1990 –
Jennifer Lawrence , American actress
[25]
1991 –
Petja Piiroinen , Finnish snowboarder
1992 –
Baskaran Adhiban , Indian chess player
1992 –
Matthew Judon , American football player
[37]
1993 –
Rieah Holder , Barbadian netball player
[38]
1993 –
Clinton N'Jie , Cameroonian footballer
1993 –
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain , English footballer
1994 –
Lasse Vigen Christensen , Danish footballer
1994 –
Kosuke Hagino , Japanese swimmer
1995 –
Chief Keef , American rapper
[39]
1995 –
Setyana Mapasa , Indonesian-Australian badminton player
[40]
1999 –
Paola Reis , BMX rider
[41]
398 –
Lan Han , official of the
Xianbei state
Later Yan
423 –
Honorius , Roman emperor (b. 384)
465 –
Libius Severus , Roman emperor (b. 420)
698 –
Theodotus of Amida , Syrian Orthodox holy man
[42]
767 –
Abu Hanifa , Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)
[43]
[44]
778 –
Roland , Frankish military leader
873 –
Yi Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 833)
874 –
Altfrid , bishop of
Hildesheim
912 –
Han Jian , Chinese warlord (b. 855)
932 –
Ma Xisheng , Chinese governor and king (b. 899)
978 –
Li Yu , ruler ('king') of
Southern Tang
986 –
Minnborinus , Irish missionary and abbot
[45]
1022 –
Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos , Byzantine rebel
1038 –
Stephen I , Hungarian king (b. 975)
1057 –
Macbeth, King of Scotland
1118 –
Alexios I Komnenos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
1196 –
Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1224 –
Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)
1257 – Saint
Hyacinth of Poland
1274 –
Robert de Sorbon , French theologian and educator, founded the
College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1275 –
Lorenzo Tiepolo , Doge of Venice
1328 –
Yesün Temür , emperor of the
Yuan dynasty (b. 1293)
1369 –
Philippa of Hainault , Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)
1388 –
Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio ,
Bohemian theologian and rector of the
University of Paris (b. circa 1320)
1399 –
Ide Pedersdatter Falk , Danish noblewoman (b. 1358)
1496 –
Infanta Isabella of Portugal , Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)
1506 –
Alexander Agricola , Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
1507 –
John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
1528 –
Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec , French general (b. 1485)
1552 –
Hermann of Wied , German archbishop (b. 1477)
1594 –
Thomas Kyd , English playwright (b. 1558)
1621 –
John Barclay , Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
[46]
1666 –
Johann Adam Schall von Bell , German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
1714 –
Constantin Brâncoveanu , Romanian prince (b. 1654)
1728 –
Marin Marais , French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
1758 –
Pierre Bouguer , French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
1799 –
Giuseppe Parini , Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
1844 –
José María Coppinger , governor of
Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
[47]
1852 –
Johan Gadolin , Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
1859 –
Nathaniel Claiborne , American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
1907 –
Joseph Joachim , Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 –
Euclides da Cunha , Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 –
Thomas J. Higgins , American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
1925 –
Konrad Mägi , Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
1928 –
Anatole von Hügel , Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded
St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
1935 –
Wiley Post , American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 –
Will Rogers , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 –
Paul Signac , French painter and author (b. 1863)
1936 –
Grazia Deledda , Italian novelist and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
1942 –
Mahadev Desai , Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 –
Korechika Anami , Japanese general and politician, 54th
Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
1945 –
Fred Hockley , English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
1951 –
Artur Schnabel , Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 –
Ludwig Prandtl , German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 –
Lei Feng , Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 –
René Magritte , Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 –
Paul Lukas , Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
1975 –
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , Bengali politician, 1st
President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
1975 –
Clay Shaw , American businessman (b. 1913)
1975 –
Harun Karadeniz , Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
1981 –
Carol Ryrie Brink , American author (b. 1895)
[48]
1981 –
Jørgen Løvset , Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
1982 –
Ernie Bushmiller , American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 –
Jock Taylor , Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
1982 –
Hugo Theorell , Swedish biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1989 –
Minoru Genda , Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 –
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos , Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
1990 –
Viktor Tsoi , Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
1992 –
Linda Laubenstein , American physician and academic (b. 1947)
1994 –
Wout Wagtmans , Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 –
John Cameron Swayze , American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
1997 –
Ida Gerhardt , Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
1999 –
Hugh Casson , English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
2000 –
Lancelot Ware , English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b. 1915)
[49]
2001 –
Yavuz Çetin , Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2001 –
Richard Chelimo , Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2001 –
Kateryna Yushchenko , Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
[50]
2004 –
Sune Bergström , Swedish biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2004 –
Amarsinh Chaudhary , Indian politician, 8th
Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
2005 –
Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana , Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)
2006 –
Te Atairangikaahu , New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
2006 –
Rick Bourke , Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
2006 –
Coenraad Bron , Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
2006 –
Faas Wilkes , Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2007 –
Richard Bradshaw , English conductor and director (b. 1944)
2007 –
John Gofman , American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 –
Geoffrey Orbell , New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 –
Sam Pollock , Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 –
Vic Toweel , South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
2008 –
Jerry Wexler , American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
2011 –
Rick Rypien , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 –
Bob Birch , American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 –
Altamiro Carrilho , Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 –
Harry Harrison , American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2013 –
Rosalía Mera , Spanish businesswoman, co-founded
Inditex and
Zara (b. 1944)
2013 –
Sławomir Mrożek , Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 –
Marich Man Singh Shrestha , Nepali politician, 28th
Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
2013 –
August Schellenberg , Canadian actor (b. 1936)
[51]
2014 –
Licia Albanese , Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
2015 –
Julian Bond , American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (b. 1940)
2015 –
Hamid Gul , Pakistani general (b. 1936)
2017 –
Gunnar Birkerts , Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)
2020 –
Robert Trump , American real-estate developer, business executive (b. 1948)
[52]
[53]
2021 –
Gerd Müller , German footballer (b. 1945)
[54]
Armed Forces Day (Poland)
Christian
feast day :
Altfrid
Alypius of Thagaste
Feast day of the
Assumption of Mary , one of the
Catholic
holy days of obligation . (a public holiday in
Austria ,
Belgium ,
Benin ,
Bosnia ,
Burundi ,
Cameroon ,
Chile ,
Colombia ,
Croatia ,
Cyprus ,
France , some states in
Germany ,
Greece ,
Guatemala ,
Italy ,
Ivory Coast ,
Lebanon ,
Liechtenstein ,
Lithuania ,
Luxembourg ,
Madagascar ,
Malta ,
Mauritius ,
Paraguay ,
Poland ,
Portugal ,
Romania ,
Senegal ,
Seychelles ,
Slovenia ,
Spain ,
Switzerland ,
Togo , and
Vanuatu ); and its related observances:
Feast of the
Dormition of the Theotokos (
Eastern Orthodox ,
Oriental Orthodox and
Eastern Catholic Churches )
San La Muerte (
Paraguayan
Folk Catholicism )
Santa Muerte (Mexican
Folk Catholicism )
Tarcisius
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Founding of Asunción (
Paraguay )
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of
Korea from
Japan in 1945:
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of
India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of the
Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
National Day (
Liechtenstein )
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
The first day of
Flooding of the Nile , or Wafaa El-Nil (
Egypt and
Coptic Church )
The main day of
Bon Festival (
Japan ), and its related observances:
Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:
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