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Day of the year
August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 152 days remain until the end of the year.
1620 –
Speedwell leaves
Delfshaven to bring
pilgrims to
America by way of England.
1664 –
Ottoman forces are defeated in the
battle of Saint Gotthard by an
Austrian army led by
Raimondo Montecuccoli , resulting in the
Peace of Vasvár .
1714 – George, Elector of
Hanover , becomes King
George I of Great Britain , marking the beginning of the
Georgian era of British history.
1759 –
Seven Years' War : The
Battle of Minden , an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the
Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as
Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
1774 – British scientist
Joseph Priestley discovers
oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist
Carl Wilhelm Scheele .
1798 –
French Revolutionary Wars :
Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) : Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
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1800 – The
Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the
Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Kingdom of Ireland into the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
1801 –
First Barbary War : The American
schooner
USS Enterprise
captures the
Tripolitan
polacca Tripoli in a
single-ship action off the coast of modern-day
Libya .
1834 –
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the
East India Company until the passage of the
Indian Slavery Act, 1843 .
1834 – Construction begins on the
Wilberforce Monument in
Kingston Upon Hull .
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1842 – The
Lombard Street riot erupts in
Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania , United States.
1849 –
Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of
Araucanía , Chile, leading to allegations that local
Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped
Elisa Bravo .
[4]
1855 – The first ascent of
Monte Rosa , the second highest summit in the Alps.
1863 – At the suggestion of Senator
J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor
Alexander II , full rights are promised to the
Finnish language by a language regulation in the
Grand Duchy of Finland .
[5]
1876 –
Colorado is admitted as the 38th
U.S. state .
1893 –
Henry Perky patents
shredded wheat .
1894 – The
Empire of Japan and
Qing China declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the
First Sino-Japanese War .
1907 – The start of the
first Scout camp on
Brownsea Island , the origin of the worldwide
Scouting movement.
1911 –
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1914 –
World War I : The
German Empire declares war on the
Russian Empire .
1914 – World War I: The
Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1915 –
Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "
Ireland unfree shall never be at peace " at
O'Donovan Rossa 's funeral in
Dublin .
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1927 – The
Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the
Chinese Civil War between the
Kuomintang and
Chinese Communist Party . This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the
People's Liberation Army .
1933 – Anti-Fascist activists
Bruno Tesch , Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in
Altona .
1936 – The
Olympics opened in
Berlin with a ceremony presided over by
Adolf Hitler .
1937 –
Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (
Croatian Communist Party ) in woods near
Samobor .
1943 –
World War II :
Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
1944 – World War II: The
Warsaw Uprising against the
Nazi German occupation breaks out in
Warsaw , Poland.
1946 – Leaders of the
Russian Liberation Army , a force of Russian prisoners of war that
collaborated with Nazi Germany , are executed in Moscow,
Soviet Union for treason.
1950 –
Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President
Harry S. Truman signs the
Guam Organic Act .
[7]
1957 – The United States and Canada form the
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1960 –
Dahomey (later renamed
Benin ) declares independence from France.
1960 –
Islamabad is declared the
federal capital of the
Government of Pakistan .
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary
Robert McNamara orders the creation of the
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former
Belgian Congo is renamed the
Democratic Republic of the Congo .
1965 –
Frank Herbert 's novel,
Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
1966 –
Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the
University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the
Cultural Revolution .
1968 – The coronation of
Hassanal Bolkiah , the 29th
Sultan of Brunei , is held.
1971 –
The Concert for Bangladesh , organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1974 –
Cyprus dispute : The
United Nations Security Council authorizes the
UNFICYP to create the "
Green Line ", dividing
Cyprus into two zones.
1976 –
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the
German Grand Prix at
Nurburgring .
[8]
[9]
1980 –
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected
President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
1980 – A
train crash kills 18 people in
County Cork ,
Ireland .
1981 –
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "
Video Killed the Radio Star " by
The Buggles .
1984 – Commercial
peat -cutters discover the preserved
bog body of a man, called
Lindow Man , at
Lindow Moss ,
Cheshire , England.
1988 – A British soldier was killed in the
Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
[10]
1993 – The
Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
2004 – A
supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in
Asunción, Paraguay .
2007 – The
I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the
Mississippi River in
Minneapolis, Minnesota , collapses during the evening
rush hour , killing 13 people and injuring 145.
2008 – The
Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in
the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering .
2017 – A
suicide attack on a mosque in Herat,
Afghanistan kills 20 people.
2023 – Former US President
Donald Trump is
indicted for his role in the
January 6 United States Capitol attack , his third indictment in 2023.
[11]
10 BC –
Claudius , Roman emperor (d. 54)
[12]
126 –
Pertinax , Roman emperor (d. 193)
845 –
Sugawara no Michizane , Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)
992 –
Hyeonjong of Goryeo , Korean king (d. 1031)
1068 –
Emperor Taizu of Jin , Chinese emperor (d. 1123)
1313 –
Kōgon , Japanese emperor (d. 1364)
1377 –
Go-Komatsu , Japanese emperor (d. 1433)
1385 –
John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)
1410 –
John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen , German count (d. 1475)
1492 –
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen , German prince (d. 1566)
1520 –
Sigismund II , Polish king (d. 1572)
1545 –
Andrew Melville , Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)
1555 –
Edward Kelley , English spirit medium (d. 1597)
1579 –
Luis Vélez de Guevara , Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)
1626 –
Sabbatai Zevi , Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)
1630 –
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , English politician,
Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)
1659 –
Sebastiano Ricci , Italian painter (d. 1734)
1713 –
Charles I , German duke and prince (d. 1780)
1714 –
Richard Wilson , Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)
1738 –
Jacques François Dugommier , French general (d. 1794)
1744 –
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)
1770 –
William Clark , American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th
Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)
1779 –
Francis Scott Key , American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)
1779 –
Lorenz Oken , German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)
1809 –
William B. Travis , American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)
1815 –
Richard Henry Dana Jr. , American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)
1818 –
Maria Mitchell , American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)
1819 –
Herman Melville , American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)
1831 –
Antonio Cotogni , Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)
1843 –
Robert Todd Lincoln , American lawyer and politician, 35th
United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
1856 –
George Coulthard , Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
1858 –
Gaston Doumergue , French lawyer and politician, 13th
President of France (d. 1937)
1858 –
Hans Rott , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)
1860 –
Bazil Assan , Romanian engineer and explorer (d. 1918)
[13]
1861 –
Sammy Jones , Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1865 –
Isobel Lilian Gloag , English painter (d. 1917)
1871 –
John Lester , American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)
1877 –
George Hackenschmidt , Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)
1878 –
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos , Greek physician and politician,
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)
1881 –
Otto Toeplitz , German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)
1885 –
George de Hevesy , Hungarian-German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
1889 –
Walter Gerlach , German physicist and academic (d. 1979)
1891 –
Karl Kobelt , Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)
1893 –
Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
1894 –
Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
1898 –
Morris Stoloff , American composer and musical director (d. 1980)
1899 –
Raymond Mays , English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)
1900 –
Otto Nothling , Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)
1901 –
Francisco Guilledo , Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
1903 –
Paul Horgan , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)
1905 –
Helen Sawyer Hogg , American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)
[14]
1907 –
Eric Shipton , Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
1910 –
James Henry Govier , English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
1910 –
Walter Scharf , American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
1910 –
Gerda Taro , German war photographer (d. 1937)
1911 –
Jackie Ormes , American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)
1912 –
David Brand , Australian politician, 19th
Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979)
1912 –
Gego , German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)
1912 –
Henry Jones , American actor (d. 1999)
1914 –
Jack Delano , American photographer and composer (d. 1997)
1914 –
Alan Moore , Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)
1914 –
J. Lee Thompson , English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1916 –
Fiorenzo Angelini , Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1916 –
Anne Hébert , Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1918 –
T. J. Jemison , American minister and activist (d. 2013)
1919 –
Stanley Middleton , English author (d. 2009)
1920 –
Raul Renter , Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)
1920 –
James Mourilyan Tanner , British paediatric endocrinologist (d. 2010)
[15]
1921 –
Jack Kramer , American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1921 –
Pat McDonald , Australian actress (d. 1990)
1922 –
Arthur Hill , Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)
1924 –
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)
1924 –
Frank Havens , American canoeist (d. 2018)
[16]
1924 –
Marcia Mae Jones , American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1924 –
Frank Worrell , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)
1925 –
Ernst Jandl , Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)
1926 –
George Habash , Palestinian politician, founder of the
PFLP (d. 2008)
[17]
1926 –
George Hauptfuhrer , American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
1926 –
Hannah Hauxwell , English TV personality (d. 2018)
1927 –
María Teresa López Boegeholz , Chilean oceanographer (d. 2006)
1927 –
Anthony G. Bosco , American bishop (d. 2013)
1928 –
Jack Shea , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929 –
Leila Abashidze , Georgian actress (d. 2018)
1929 –
Hafizullah Amin , Afghan educator and politician,
Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)
1929 –
Ann Calvello , American
roller derby racer (d. 2006)
1930 –
Lionel Bart , English composer (d. 1999)
1930 –
Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)
1930 –
Julie Bovasso , American actress and writer (d. 1991)
1930 –
Lawrence Eagleburger , American lieutenant and politician, 62nd
United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
1930 –
Károly Grósz , Hungarian politician, 51st
Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
1930 –
Geoffrey Holder , Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1931 –
Ramblin' Jack Elliott , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931 –
Trevor Goddard , South African cricketer (d. 2016)
1932 –
Meir Kahane , American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the
Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1933 –
Dom DeLuise , American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)
1933 –
Masaichi Kaneda , Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2019)
1933 –
Meena Kumari , Indian actress (d. 1972)
1933 –
Teri Shields , American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)
1933 –
Dušan Třeštík , Czech historian and author (d. 2007)
1934 –
John Beck , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
1934 –
Derek Birdsall , English graphic designer
1935 –
Geoff Pullar , English cricketer (d. 2014)
1936 –
W. D. Hamilton , Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)
1936 –
Yves Saint Laurent , Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded
Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)
1936 –
Laurie Taylor , English sociologist, radio host, and academic
1937 –
Al D'Amato , American lawyer and politician
1939 –
Bob Frankford , English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015)
1939 –
Terry Kiser , American actor
1939 –
Stephen Sykes , English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
1939 –
Robert James Waller , American author and photographer (d. 2017)
1940 –
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi , Iranian writer and actor
1940 –
Mervyn Kitchen , English cricketer and umpire
1940 –
Henry Silverman , American businessman, founded
Cendant
1941 –
Ron Brown , American captain and politician, 30th
United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
1941 –
Étienne Roda-Gil , French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 –
Jerry Garcia , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1942 –
Giancarlo Giannini , Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 –
Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov , Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)
1945 –
Douglas Osheroff , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate
1946 –
Boz Burrell , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006)
1946 –
Rick Coonce , American drummer (d. 2011)
1946 –
Richard O. Covey , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1946 –
Fiona Stanley , Australian epidemiologist and academic
1947 –
Lorna Goodison , Jamaican poet and author
1947 –
Chantal Montellier , French comics creator and artist
[18]
1948 –
Avi Arad , Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded
Marvel Studios
1948 –
Cliff Branch , American football player (d. 2019)
1948 –
David Gemmell , English journalist and author (d. 2006)
1949 –
Bettina Arndt , Australian writer and commentator
[19]
1949 –
Kurmanbek Bakiyev , Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd
President of Kyrgyzstan
1949 –
Jim Carroll , American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009)
1949 –
Ray Nettles , American football player (d. 2009)
1950 –
Roy Williams , American basketball player and coach
1951 –
Tim Bachman , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
[20]
1951 –
Tommy Bolin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1951 –
Pete Mackanin , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 –
Zoran Đinđić , Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th
Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
1953 –
Robert Cray , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 –
Howard Kurtz , American journalist and author
1954 –
Trevor Berbick , Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
1954 –
James Gleick , American journalist and author
1954 –
Benno Möhlmann , German footballer and manager
1957 –
Anne-Marie Hutchinson , British lawyer (d. 2020)
[21]
1957 –
Taylor Negron , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1958 –
Rob Buck , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000)
1958 –
Michael Penn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 –
Kiki Vandeweghe , American basketball player and coach
1959 –
Joe Elliott , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1960 –
Chuck D , American rapper and songwriter
1960 –
Suzi Gardner , American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 –
Jacob Matlala , South African boxer (d. 2013)
1963 –
Demián Bichir , Mexican-American actor and producer
1963 –
Coolio , American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2022)
[22]
1963 –
John Carroll Lynch , American actor
1963 –
Koichi Wakata , Japanese astronaut and engineer
[23]
1963 –
Dean Wareham , New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 –
Adam Duritz , American singer-songwriter and producer
1964 –
Fiona Hyslop , Scottish businesswoman and politician
1964 –
Augusta Read Thomas , American composer, conductor and educator
1965 –
Brandt Jobe , American golfer
1965 –
Sam Mendes , English director and producer
1966 –
James St. James , American club promoter and author
1967 –
Gregg Jefferies , American baseball player and coach
1967 –
José Padilha , Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
1968 –
Stacey Augmon , American basketball player and coach
1968 –
Dan Donegan , American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
1968 –
Shigetoshi Hasegawa , Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1969 –
Andrei Borissov , Estonian footballer and manager
1969 –
Kevin Jarvis , American baseball player and scout
1969 –
Graham Thorpe , English cricketer and journalist
1970 –
Quentin Coryatt , American football player
1970 –
David James , English footballer and manager
1970 –
Eugenie van Leeuwen , Dutch cricketer
1972 –
Nicke Andersson , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
Christer Basma , Norwegian footballer and coach
1972 –
Todd Bouman , American football player and coach
1972 –
Thomas Woods , American historian, economist, and academic
1973 –
Gregg Berhalter , American soccer player and coach
1973 –
Tempestt Bledsoe , American actress
[24]
1973 –
Veerle Dejaeghere , Belgian runner
1973 –
Edurne Pasaban , Spanish mountaineer
1974 –
Cher Calvin , American journalist
1974 –
Marek Galiński , Polish cyclist (d. 2014)
1974 –
Tyron Henderson , South African cricketer
1974 –
Dennis Lawrence , Trinidadian footballer and coach
1974 –
Beckie Scott , Canadian skier
1975 –
Vhrsti , Czech author and illustrator
1976 –
Don Hertzfeldt , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1976 –
Søren Jochumsen , Danish footballer
1976 –
Nwankwo Kanu , Nigerian footballer
1976 –
David Nemirovsky , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 –
Hasan Şaş , Turkish footballer and manager
1976 –
Cristian Stoica , Romanian-Italian rugby player
1977 –
Marc Denis , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977 –
Haspop , French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
1977 –
Darnerien McCants , American-Canadian football player
1977 –
Damien Saez , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 –
Yoshi Tatsu , Japanese wrestler and boxer
1978 –
Andy Blignaut , Zimbabwean cricketer
1978 –
Björn Ferry , Swedish biathlete
1978 –
Dhani Harrison , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 –
Chris Iwelumo , Scottish footballer
1978 –
Edgerrin James , American football player
1979 –
Junior Agogo , Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019)
1979 –
Nathan Fien , Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1979 –
Jason Momoa , American actor, director, and producer
1979 –
Grant Wooden , Australian rugby league player
[25]
1980 –
Mancini , Brazilian footballer
1980 –
Romain Barras , French decathlete
1980 –
Esteban Paredes , Chilean footballer
1981 –
Dean Cox , Australian footballer
1981 –
Pia Haraldsen , Norwegian journalist and author
1981 –
Christofer Heimeroth , German footballer
1981 –
Stephen Hunt , Irish footballer
1981 –
Jamie Jones-Buchanan , English rugby player
1982 –
Basem Fathi , Jordanian footballer
1982 –
Montserrat Lombard , English actress, director, and screenwriter
1983 –
Bobby Carpenter , American football player
1983 –
Craig Clarke , New Zealand rugby player
1983 –
Julien Faubert , French footballer
1983 –
David Gervasi , Swiss decathlete
1984 –
Steve Feak , American game designer
1984 –
Francesco Gavazzi , Italian cyclist
1984 –
Brandon Kintzler , American baseball player
1984 –
Bastian Schweinsteiger , German footballer
1985 –
Stuart Holden , Scottish-American soccer player
1985 –
Adam Jones , American baseball player
1985 –
Cole Kimball , American baseball player
1985 –
Tendai Mtawarira , South African rugby player
1985 –
Kris Stadsgaard , Danish footballer
1985 –
Dušan Švento , Slovak footballer
1986 –
Damien Allen , English footballer
1986 –
Anton Strålman , Swedish ice hockey player
1986 –
Andrew Taylor , English footballer
1986 –
Elena Vesnina , Russian tennis player
1986 –
Mike Wallace , American football player
1987 –
Iago Aspas , Spanish footballer
1987 –
Karen Carney , English women's footballer
1987 –
Taapsee Pannu , Indian actress
[26]
1987 –
Sébastien Pocognoli , Belgian footballer
1987 –
Lee Wallace , Scottish footballer
1988 –
Mustafa Abdellaoue , Norwegian footballer
1988 –
Patryk Małecki , Polish footballer
1988 –
Nemanja Matić , Serbian footballer
[27]
1988 –
Bodene Thompson , New Zealand rugby league player
1989 –
Madison Bumgarner , American baseball player
1989 –
Tiffany Young , Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress
[28]
1990 –
Aledmys Díaz , Cuban baseball player
1990 –
Elton Jantjies , South African rugby player
1991 –
Piotr Malarczyk , Polish footballer
1991 –
Marco Puntoriere , Italian footballer
1992 –
Austin Rivers , American basketball player
1992 –
Mrunal Thakur , Indian actress
1993 –
Álex Abrines , Spanish basketball player
1993 –
Leon Thomas III , American actor and singer
1993 –
Saleh Gomaa , Egyptian footballer
[29]
1994 –
Sergeal Petersen , South African rugby player
1994 –
Ayaka Wada , Japanese singer
1995 –
Madison Cawthorn , American politician
[30]
1996 –
Katie Boulter , British tennis player
[31]
2001 –
Scottie Barnes , American basketball player
[32]
2001 –
Park Si-eun , South Korean actress
2001 –
Ben Trbojevic , Australian rugby league player
[33]
2003 –
Joseph Sua'ali'i , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
[34]
30 BC –
Mark Antony , Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)
[35]
371 –
Eusebius of Vercelli , Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)
527 –
Justin I , Byzantine emperor (b. 450)
690s –
Jonatus , abbot and saint
[36]
873 –
Thachulf , duke of
Thuringia
946 –
Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah , Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
946 –
Lady Xu Xinyue , Chinese queen (b. 902)
953 –
Yingtian , Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)
984 –
Æthelwold , bishop of
Winchester
1098 –
Adhemar of Le Puy , French papal legate
1137 –
Louis VI , king of France (b. 1081)
1146 –
Vsevolod II of Kiev , Russian prince
[37]
1227 –
Shimazu Tadahisa , Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1252 –
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine , Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)
1299 –
Conrad de Lichtenberg , Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)
1402 –
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , English politician,
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)
1457 –
Lorenzo Valla , Italian author and educator (b. 1406)
1464 –
Cosimo de' Medici , Italian ruler (b. 1386)
1494 –
Giovanni Santi , artist and father of
Raphael (b. c. 1435)
1541 –
Simon Grynaeus , German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
1543 –
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)
1546 –
Peter Faber , French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
1557 –
Olaus Magnus , Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
1580 –
Albrecht Giese , Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
1589 –
Jacques Clément , French assassin of
Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1603 –
Matthew Browne , English politician (b. 1563)
1714 –
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
[38]
1787 –
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori , Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
1795 –
Clas Bjerkander , Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
1796 –
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet , English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
1797 –
Emanuel Granberg , Finnish church painter (b. 1754)
[39]
1798 –
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral (b. 1753)
1807 –
John Boorman , English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
1807 –
John Walker , English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
1808 –
Lady Diana Beauclerk , English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
1812 –
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1869 –
Richard Dry , Australian politician, 7th
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1869 –
Peter Julian Eymard , French Priest and Founder
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
1903 –
Calamity Jane , American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
1911 –
Edwin Austin Abbey , American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
1911 –
Samuel Arza Davenport , American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
1918 –
John Riley Banister , American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
1920 –
Bal Gangadhar Tilak , Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
1921 –
T.J. Ryan , Australian politician, 19th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
1922 –
Donát Bánki , Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
1929 –
Syd Gregory , Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1938 –
Edmund C. Tarbell , American painter and academic (b. 1862)
1943 –
Lydia Litvyak , Soviet lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
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Manuel L. Quezon , Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd
President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
1957 –
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Jean Behra , French race car driver (b. 1921)
1963 –
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1966 –
Charles Whitman , American murderer (b. 1941)
1967 –
Richard Kuhn , Austrian-German biochemist and academic,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
1970 –
Frances Farmer , American actress (b. 1913)
1970 –
Doris Fleeson , American journalist (b. 1901)
1970 –
Otto Heinrich Warburg , German physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1973 –
Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
1973 –
Walter Ulbricht , German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
1974 –
Ildebrando Antoniutti , Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
1977 –
Francis Gary Powers , American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
1980 –
Patrick Depailler , French race car driver (b. 1944)
1980 –
Strother Martin , American actor (b. 1919)
1981 –
Paddy Chayefsky , American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1981 –
Kevin Lynch ,
Irish Republican , Hunger Striker
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T. Thirunavukarasu , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
1989 –
John Ogdon , English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
1990 –
Norbert Elias , German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
1996 –
Tadeusz Reichstein , Polish-Swiss chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1996 –
Lucille Teasdale-Corti , Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)
1998 –
Eva Bartok , Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)
2001 –
Korey Stringer , American football player (b. 1974)
2003 –
Guy Thys , Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
2003 –
Marie Trintignant , French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
2004 –
Philip Abelson , American physicist and author (b. 1913)
2005 –
Al Aronowitz , American journalist (b. 1928)
2005 –
Wim Boost , Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
2005 –
Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
2005 –
Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
2006 –
Bob Thaves , American illustrator (b. 1924)
2006 –
Iris Marion Young , American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
2007 –
Tommy Makem , Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)
2008 –
Gertan Klauber , Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
2008 –
Harkishan Singh Surjeet , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2009 –
Corazon Aquino , Filipino politician, 11th
President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
2010 –
Lolita Lebrón , Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)
2010 –
Eric Tindill , New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
2012 –
Aldo Maldera , Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
2012 –
Douglas Townsend , American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
2012 –
Barry Trapnell , English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
2013 –
John Amis , English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
2013 –
Gail Kobe , American actress and producer (b. 1932)
2013 –
Babe Martin , American baseball player (b. 1920)
2013 –
Toby Saks , American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
2013 –
Wilford White , American football player (b. 1928)
2014 –
Valyantsin Byalkevich , Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
2014 –
Jan Roar Leikvoll , Norwegian author (b. 1974)
2014 –
Charles T. Payne , American soldier (b. 1925)
2014 –
Mike Smith , English radio and television host (b. 1955)
2015 –
Stephan Beckenbauer , German footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2015 –
Cilla Black , English singer and actress (b. 1943)
2015 –
Bernard d'Espagnat , French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)
2015 –
Bob Frankford , English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)
2015 –
Hong Yuanshuo , Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2016 –
Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
2020 –
Wilford Brimley , American actor and singer (b. 1934)
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2020 –
Rickey Dixon , American professional football player (b. 1966)
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2020 –
Rodney H. Pardey , American poker player (b. 1945)
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2021 –
Abdalqadir as-Sufi , Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930)
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2021 –
Jerry Ziesmer , American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939)
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