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Day of the year
August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 128 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
766 – Emperor
Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders,
Constantine Podopagouros and his brother
Strategios .
1248 – The Dutch city of
Ommen receives
city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the
Archbishop of Utrecht .
1258 – Regent
George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under
Michael VIII Palaiologos , paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the
Empire of Nicaea .
1270 –
Philip III , although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father
Louis IX , during the
Eighth Crusade . His uncle,
Charles I of Naples , is forced to begin peace negotiations with
Muhammad I al-Mustansir , Hafsid Sultan of Tunis.
[1]
1537 – The
Honourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving
regiment in the
British Army , and the second most senior, is formed.
1543 –
António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
1580 –
War of the Portuguese Succession : Spanish victory at the
Battle of Alcântara brings about the
Iberian Union .
1601–1900
1609 –
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to
Venetian lawmakers.
1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the
Kingdom of Kandy at the
Battle of Randeniwela in
Sri Lanka .
1758 –
Seven Years' War :
Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the
Battle of Zorndorf .
1814 –
War of 1812 : On the second day of the
Burning of Washington , British troops torch the
Library of Congress ,
United States Treasury ,
Department of War , and other public buildings.
1823 – American fur trapper
Hugh Glass is mauled by a
grizzly bear while on an expedition in
South Dakota .
1825 – The
Thirty-Three Orientals declare the independence of Uruguay from Brazil.
1830 – The
Belgian Revolution begins.
1835 – The first
Great Moon Hoax article is published in
The New York Sun , announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the
Moon .
1875 – Captain
Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
[2]
1883 –
France and
Viet Nam sign the
Treaty of Huế , recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
1894 –
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the
bubonic plague and publishes his findings in
The Lancet .
1901–present
1904 –
Russo-Japanese War : The
Battle of Liaoyang begins.
[3]
1912 – The
Kuomintang is founded for the first time in
Peking .
[4]
1914 –
World War I :
Japan declares war on
Austria-Hungary .
1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is
deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1916 – The United States
National Park Service is created.
1920 –
Polish–Soviet War :
Battle of Warsaw , which began on
August 13 , ends with the
Red Army 's defeat.
1933 – The
Diexi earthquake strikes
Mao County ,
Sichuan , China and kills 9,000 people.
1939 – The
Irish Republican Army carries out the
1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.
[5]
1939 – The United Kingdom and
Poland form a
military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
1940 –
World War II : The first
Bombing of Berlin by the
British
Royal Air Force .
1941 – World War II:
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran : The
United Kingdom and the
Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the
Imperial State of Iran .
[6]
1942 – World War II: Second day of the
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ; a
Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards
Guadalcanal is turned back by an
Allied air attack.
1942 – World War II:
Battle of Milne Bay :
Japanese marines assault
Allied airfields at
Milne Bay ,
New Guinea , initiating the
Battle of Milne Bay .
[7]
1944 – World War II:
Paris is liberated by the
Allies .
1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan
announcing its surrender , armed supporters of the
Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer
John Birch , regarded by some of the
American right as the first victim of the
Cold War .
1945 – The
August Revolution ends as Emperor
Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the
Nguyễn dynasty .
[8]
1948 – The
House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between
Whittaker Chambers and
Alger Hiss .
1950 – To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army
Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.
[9]
1958 – The world’s first publicly marketed
instant noodles ,
Chikin Ramen , are introduced by
Taiwanese -
Japanese businessman
Momofuku Ando .
[10]
1960 – The
Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in
Rome ,
Italy .
[11]
1961 – President
Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in
a military coup in 1964 .
1967 –
George Lincoln Rockwell , founder of the
American Nazi Party , is assassinated by a former member of his group.
1980 –
Zimbabwe joins the
United Nations .
1981 –
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to
Saturn .
1985 –
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near
Auburn, Maine , killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress
Samantha Smith .
[12]
1989 –
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to
Neptune , the last planet in the
Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
[13]
1989 –
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 , carrying 54 people, disappears over the
Himalayas after take off from
Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
[14]
1991 –
Belarus gains its independence from the
Soviet Union .
1991 – The
Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the
Croatian War of Independence ).
1991 –
Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become
Linux .
1997 –
Egon Krenz , the former East German leader, is convicted of a
shoot-to-kill policy at the
Berlin Wall .
2001 – American singer
Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft
crashes shortly after takeoff from
Marsh Harbour Airport ,
Bahamas .
2003 –
NASA successfully launches the
Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
[15]
2005 –
Hurricane Katrina
makes landfall in
Florida .
[16]
2006 – Former Prime Minister of Ukraine
Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
2011 – Fifty-two people are killed during an
arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel
Los Zetas .
[17]
2012 –
Voyager 1 spacecraft enters
interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
[18]
2017 –
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful
Category 4 hurricane , the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since
2004 .
2017 –
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present) : One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army , leading to the governments of
Myanmar and
Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
[19]
[20]
[21]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1605 –
Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg , German noble (d. 1638)
1624 –
François de la Chaise , French priest (d. 1709)
1662 –
John Leverett the Younger , American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)
1707 –
Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
1724 –
George Stubbs , English painter and academic (d. 1806)
[23]
1741 –
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian and author (d. 1792)
1744 –
Johann Gottfried Herder , German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)
1758 –
Franz Teyber , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
1767 –
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just , French soldier and politician (d. 1794)
[24]
1776 –
Thomas Bladen Capel , English admiral (d. 1853)
1786 –
Ludwig I of Bavaria , King of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1793 –
John Neal , American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (d. 1876)
[25]
1796 –
James Lick , American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
1802 –
Nikolaus Lenau , Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
1803 –
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
1812 –
Nikolay Zinin , Russian organic chemist (d. 1880)
1817 –
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus , French nun and saint, founded the
Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
1819 –
Allan Pinkerton , Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)
1829 –
Carlo Acton , Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)
1836 –
Bret Harte , American short story writer and poet (d. 1902)
1840 –
George C. Magoun , American businessman (d. 1893)
1841 –
Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss physician and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1845 –
Ludwig II of Bavaria , King of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1850 –
Charles Richet , French physiologist and occultist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1867 –
James W. Gerard , American lawyer and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)
1869 –
Tom Kiely , British-Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
1875 –
Agnes Mowinckel , Norwegian actress (d. 1963)
[26]
1877 –
Joshua Lionel Cowen , American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)
1878 –
Ted Birnie , English footballer and manager (d. 1935)
1882 –
Seán T. O'Kelly , Irish journalist and politician, 2nd
President of Ireland (d. 1966)
1889 –
Alexander Mair , Australian politician, 26th
Premier of New South Wales (d. 1969)
1891 –
David Shimoni , Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
1893 –
Henry Trendley Dean , American dentist (d. 1962)
1898 –
Helmut Hasse , German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)
1898 –
Arthur Wood , English cricketer (d. 1973)
1899 –
Paul Herman Buck , American historian and author (d. 1978)
1900 –
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie , Scottish architect (d. 1970)
[27]
1900 –
Hans Adolf Krebs , German physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1901–present
1902 –
Stefan Wolpe , German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
1903 –
Arpad Elo , Hungarian-American chess player, created the
Elo rating system (d. 1992)
1905 –
Faustina Kowalska , Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
1906 –
Jim Smith , English cricketer (d. 1979)
1909 –
Ruby Keeler , Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
1909 –
Michael Rennie , English actor and producer (d. 1971)
1910 –
George Cisar , American baseball player (d. 2010)
1910 –
Dorothea Tanning , American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
1911 –
Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd
Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
1912 –
Erich Honecker , German politician (d. 1994)
1913 –
Don DeFore , American actor (d. 1993)
1913 –
Walt Kelly , American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
1916 –
Van Johnson , American actor (d. 2008)
1916 –
Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 –
Saburō Sakai , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
1917 –
Mel Ferrer , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1918 –
Leonard Bernstein , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
[28]
1918 –
Richard Greene , English actor (d. 1985)
1919 –
William P. Foster , American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
1919 –
George Wallace , American lawyer, and politician, 45th
Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
[28]
1919 –
Jaap Rijks , Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017)
1921 –
Monty Hall , Canadian television personality and game show host (d. 2017)
[29]
1921 –
Bryce Mackasey , Canadian businessman and politician, 20th
Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
1921 –
Brian Moore , Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1923 –
Álvaro Mutis , Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
1923 –
Allyre Sirois , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
1924 –
Zsuzsa Körmöczy , Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
1925 –
Thea Astley , Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1925 –
Hilmar Hoffmann , German film and culture academic (d. 2018)
1925 –
Stepas Butautas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
1927 –
Althea Gibson , American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
[28]
1927 –
Des Renford , Australian swimmer (d. 1999)
1928 –
John "Kayo" Dottley , American football player (d. 2018)
1928 –
Darrell Johnson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
1928 –
Karl Korte , American composer and academic (d. 2022)
1928 –
Herbert Kroemer , German-American physicist, engineer, and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)
1930 –
Sean Connery , Scottish actor and producer (d. 2020)
[30]
1930 –
György Enyedi , Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
1930 –
Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (d. 2003)
1930 –
Crispin Tickell , English academic and diplomat,
British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (d. 2022)
1931 –
Regis Philbin , American actor and television host (d. 2020)
[28]
1932 –
Anatoly Kartashov , Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (d. 2005)
[31]
1933 –
Patrick F. McManus , American journalist and author (d. 2018)
1933 –
Wayne Shorter , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2023)
[32]
1933 –
Tom Skerritt , American actor
[32]
1934 –
Lise Bacon , Canadian judge and politician,
Deputy Premier of Quebec
1934 –
Eddie Ilarde , Filipino journalist and politician (d. 2020)
1935 –
Charles Wright , American poet
1936 –
Giridharilal Kedia , Indian businessman, founded the
Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
1937 –
Jimmy Hannan , Australian television host and singer (d. 2019)
1937 –
Virginia Euwer Wolff , American author
1938 –
David Canary , American actor (d. 2015)
1938 –
Frederick Forsyth , English journalist and author
[28]
1939 –
John Badham , English-American actor, director, and producer
1940 –
Wilhelm von Homburg , German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
1941 –
Marshall Brickman , Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 –
Mario Corso , Italian footballer and coach (d. 2020)
1941 –
Ludwig Müller , German footballer (d. 2021)
1942 –
Nathan Deal , American lawyer, and politician, 82nd
Governor of Georgia
1942 –
Ivan Koloff , Canadian wrestler (d. 2017)
[33]
1944 –
Conrad Black , Canadian historian and author
1944 –
Jacques Demers , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
1944 –
Anthony Heald , American actor
[32]
1944 –
Andrew Longmore , British lawyer and judge
1945 –
Daniel Hulet , Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
1945 –
Hannah Louise Shearer , American screenwriter and producer
1946 –
Rollie Fingers , American baseball player
[28]
1946 –
Charles Ghigna , American poet and author
1946 –
Charlie Sanders , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1947 –
Michael Kaluta , American author and illustrator
1947 –
Keith Tippett , British jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020)
1948 –
Ledward Kaapana , American singer and guitarist
1948 –
Nicholas A. Peppas , Greek chemist and biologist
1949 –
Martin Amis , British novelist (d. 2023)
[28]
1949 –
Rijkman Groenink , Dutch banker and academic
1949 –
John Savage , American actor and producer
[32]
1949 –
Gene Simmons , Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
[32]
1950 –
Willy DeVille , American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
1950 –
Charles Fambrough , American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
1951 –
Rob Halford , English heavy metal singer-songwriter
[32]
1951 –
Bill Handel , Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
1952 –
Kurban Berdyev , Turkmen footballer and manager
1952 –
Geoff Downes , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
[32]
1952 –
Duleep Mendis , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1954 –
Elvis Costello , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[32]
1954 –
Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness , Scottish lawyer and politician,
First Minister of Scotland
1955 –
John McGeoch , Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
1955 –
Gerd Müller , German businessman and politician
1956 –
Matt Aitken , English songwriter and record producer
1956 –
Takeshi Okada , Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
1956 –
Henri Toivonen , Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
1957 –
Sikander Bakht , Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1957 –
Simon McBurney , English actor and director
1957 –
Frank Serratore , American ice hockey player and coach
1958 –
Tim Burton , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[32]
1958 –
Christian LeBlanc , American actor
[32]
1959 –
Ian Falconer , American author and illustrator (d. 2023)
1959 –
Steve Levy , American lawyer and politician
1959 –
Bernardo Rezende , Brazilian volleyball coach and player
1959 –
Lane Smith , American author and illustrator
1959 –
Ruth Ann Swenson , American soprano and actress
1960 –
Ashley Crow , American actress
[32]
1960 –
Georg Zellhofer , Austrian footballer and manager
1961 –
Billy Ray Cyrus , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
[32]
1961 –
Dave Tippett , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[34]
1961 –
Ally Walker , American actress
[32]
1961 –
Joanne Whalley , English actress
[32]
1962 –
Taslima Nasrin , Bangladeshi author
1962 –
Theresa Andrews , American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
1962 –
Vivian Campbell , Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
[32]
1962 –
Michael Zorc , German footballer
1963 –
Miro Cerar , Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Slovenia
1963 –
Shock G , American rapper and producer (d. 2021)
1963 –
Tiina Intelmann , Estonian lawyer and diplomat
1964 –
Azmin Ali , Malaysian mathematician and politician
1964 –
Maxim Kontsevich , Russian-American mathematician and academic
1964 –
Blair Underwood , American actor
[32]
1965 –
Cornelius Bennett , American football player
1965 –
Tim Cain , American video game designer
[35]
1965 –
Sanjeev Sharma , Indian cricketer and coach
1965 –
Mia Zapata , American singer
[36] (d. 1993)
1966 –
Albert Belle , American baseball player
1966 –
Robert Maschio , American actor
[32]
1966 –
Derek Sherinian , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1966 –
Terminator X , American hip-hop DJ
[32]
1967 –
Tom Hollander , English actor
[28]
1967 –
Jeff Tweedy , American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
[32]
1968 –
David Alan Basche , American actor
[32]
1968 –
Yuri Mitsui , Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
1968 –
Stuart Murdoch , Scottish singer-songwriter
1968 –
Spider One , American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 –
Rachael Ray , American chef, author, and television host
[32]
1968 –
Takeshi Ueda , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1969 –
Olga Konkova , Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
1969 –
Cameron Mathison , Canadian actor and television personality
[32]
1969 –
Catriona Matthew , Scottish golfer
1969 –
Vivek Razdan , Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1970 –
Doug Glanville , American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 –
Debbie Graham , American tennis player
1970 –
Robert Horry , American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 –
Adrian Lam , Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
1970 –
Jo Dee Messina , American singer-songwriter
[32]
1970 –
Claudia Schiffer , German model and fashion designer
[32]
1971 –
Jason Death , Australian rugby league player
1971 –
Nathan Page , Australian actor
[32]
1972 –
Marvin Harrison , American football player
[37]
1973 –
Fatih Akın , German director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 –
Eric Millegan , American actor
[32]
1974 –
Pablo Ozuna , Dominican baseball player
1975 –
Brad Drew , Australian rugby league player
1975 –
Petria Thomas , Australian swimmer and coach
1976 –
Damon Jones , American basketball player and coach
[38]
1976 –
Javed Qadeer , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1976 –
Alexander Skarsgård , Swedish actor
[39]
1977 –
Masumi Asano , Japanese voice actress and producer
1977 –
Andy McDonald , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 –
Jonathan Togo , American actor
[32]
1978 –
Kel Mitchell , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
[32]
1978 –
Robert Mohr , German rugby player
1979 –
Marlon Harewood , English footballer
1979 –
Philipp Mißfelder , German historian and politician (d. 2015)
1979 –
Deanna Nolan , American basketball player
1981 –
Rachel Bilson , American actress
[32]
1981 –
Jan-Berrie Burger , Namibian cricketer
1981 –
Camille Pin , French tennis player
1982 –
Jung Jung-suk , South Korean footballer (d. 2011)
1982 –
Nick Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player
[40]
1983 –
James Rossiter , English race car driver
1984 –
Florian Mohr , German footballer
1984 –
Anya Monzikova , Russian-American model and actress
1986 –
Rodney Ferguson , American footballer
1987 –
Stacey Farber , Canadian actress
1987 –
Velimir Jovanović , Serbian footballer
1987 –
Blake Lively , American model and actress
[32]
1987 –
Amy Macdonald , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 –
Justin Upton , American baseball player
1987 –
Adam Warren , American baseball player
1987 –
James Wesolowski , Australian footballer
1988 –
Angela Park , Brazilian-American golfer
1988 –
Giga Chikadze , Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
[41]
1989 –
Hiram Mier , Mexican footballer
1990 –
Max Muncy , American baseball player
[42]
1992 –
Miyabi Natsuyaki , Japanese singer and actress
1992 –
Ricardo Rodriguez , Swiss footballer
1994 –
Edmunds Augstkalns , Latvian ice hockey player
1994 –
Caris LeVert , American basketball player
[43]
1998 –
China Anne McClain , American actress and singer
[28]
2003 –
Rebeka Jančová , Slovak alpine ski racer
[44]
Deaths
Pre-1600
AD 79 –
Pliny the Elder , Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)
274 –
Yang Yan ,
Jin Dynasty empress (b. 238)
306 –
Saint Maginus , Christian hermit and martyr from
Tarragona
383 –
Gratian , Roman emperor (b. 359)
471 –
Gennadius I ,
patriarch of Constantinople
766 –
Constantine Podopagouros , Byzantine official
766 –
Strategios Podopagouros , Byzantine general
985 –
Dietrich of Haldensleben , German
margrave
[45]
1091 –
Sisnando Davides , military leader
1192 –
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1258 –
George Mouzalon , regent of the Empire of Nicaea
1270 –
Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
[46]
1270 –
Alphonso of Brienne (b. c. 1225)
1271 –
Joan, Countess of Toulouse (b. 1220)
1282 –
Thomas de Cantilupe , English bishop and saint (b. 1218)
1322 –
Beatrice of Silesia , queen consort of Germany (b. c. 1292)
1327 –
Demasq Kaja , Chobanid
1330 –
Sir James Douglas , Scottish guerrilla leader (b. 1286)
1339 –
Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (b. 1260)
1368 –
Andrea Orcagna , Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
1482 –
Margaret of Anjou wife of
Henry VI and Queen of England (b. 1429)
[47]
1485 –
William Catesby , supporter of Richard III (b. 1450)
1554 –
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , English soldier and politician,
Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)
1592 –
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1532)
1600 –
Hosokawa Gracia , Japanese aristocrat and Catholic convert (b. 1563)
[48]
1601–1900
1603 –
Ahmad al-Mansur , Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (b. 1549)
1631 –
Nicholas Hyde ,
Lord Chief Justice of
England (b.c. 1572)
1632 –
Thomas Dekker , English author and playwright (b. 1572)
1688 –
Henry Morgan , Welsh admiral and politician,
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
1699 –
Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 –
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey , English politician,
Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
1742 –
Carlos Seixas , Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
1774 –
Niccolò Jommelli , Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
1776 –
David Hume , Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
1794 –
Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
1797 –
Thomas Chittenden , Governor of the
Vermont Republic , and first
Governor of the State of Vermont (b. 1730)
1815 –
Stephen Badlam , American artisan and military officer (b. 1815)
[49]
1819 –
James Watt , Scottish engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
[50]
1822 –
William Herschel , German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
1867 –
Michael Faraday , English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
1882 –
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
1886 –
Zinovios Valvis , Greek lawyer and politician, 35th
Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
1892 –
William Champ , English-Australian politician, 1st
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
1900 –
Friedrich Nietzsche , German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
1901–present
1904 –
Henri Fantin-Latour , French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
1908 –
Henri Becquerel , French physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1916 –
Mary Tappan Wright , American
novelist and
short story writer (b. 1851)
1921 –
Nikolay Gumilyov , Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
1924 –
Mariano Álvarez , Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
1924 –
Velma Caldwell Melville , American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
1925 –
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
1930 –
Frankie Campbell , American boxer (b. 1904)
1931 –
Dorothea Fairbridge , South African author and co-founder of
Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
1936 –
Juliette Adam , French author (b. 1836)
[51]
1938 –
Aleksandr Kuprin , Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
1939 –
Babe Siebert , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
1940 –
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
1942 –
Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1945 –
John Birch , American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
1956 –
Alfred Kinsey , American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
1965 –
Moonlight Graham , American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
1966 –
Lao She , Chinese novelist and dramatist (b. 1899)
[52]
1967 –
Stanley Bruce , Australian lawyer and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1967 –
Oscar Cabalén , Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
1967 –
Paul Muni , Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
1967 –
George Lincoln Rockwell , American commander, politician, and activist, founded the
American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
1968 –
Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
1969 –
Robert Cosgrove , Australian politician, 30th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)
1970 –
Tachū Naitō , Japanese architect and engineer, designed the
Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
1971 –
Ted Lewis , American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
1973 –
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám , Hungarian lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)
1976 –
Eyvind Johnson , Swedish novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1977 –
Károly Kós , Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
1979 –
Stan Kenton , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
1980 –
Gower Champion , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
1981 –
Nassos Kedrakas , Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
1982 –
Anna German , Polish singer (b. 1936)
1984 –
Truman Capote , American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1984 –
Viktor Chukarin , Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
1984 –
Waite Hoyt , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
1988 –
Art Rooney , American businessman, founded the
Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
1990 –
Morley Callaghan , Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
1995 –
Doug Stegmeyer , American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
1998 –
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. , American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907)
1999 –
Rob Fisher , English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956)
2000 –
Carl Barks , American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
[53]
2000 –
Frederick C. Bock , American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2000 –
Jack Nitzsche , American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)
2000 –
Allen Woody , American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)
2001 –
Aaliyah , American singer and actress (b. 1979)
2001 –
Carl Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2001 –
Üzeyir Garih , Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded
Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
2001 –
Ken Tyrrell , English race car driver and businessman, founded
Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
2002 –
Dorothy Hewett , Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
2003 –
Tom Feelings , American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
2005 –
Peter Glotz , Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
2006 –
Noor Hassanali , Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
2007 –
Benjamin Aaron , American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
2007 –
Ray Jones , English footballer (b. 1988)
2008 –
Ahmad Faraz , Pakistani poet (b. 1931)
2008 –
Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (b. 1964)
2009 –
Ted Kennedy , American politician (b. 1932)
2009 –
Mandé Sidibé , Malian economist and politician,
Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
2011 –
Lazar Mojsov , Macedonian politician (b. 1920)
2012 –
Florencio Amarilla , Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
2012 –
Neil Armstrong , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2012 –
Roberto González Barrera , Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)
2012 –
Donald Gorrie , Scottish politician (b. 1933)
[54]
2013 –
Ciril Bergles , Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)
2013 –
António Borges , Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)
2013 –
William Froug , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
2013 –
Liu Fuzhi , Chinese academic and politician, 3rd
Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
2013 –
Raghunath Panigrahi , Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
2013 –
Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
2014 –
William Greaves , American director and producer (b. 1926)
2014 –
Marcel Masse , Canadian educator and politician, 29th
Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
2014 –
Nico M. M. Nibbering , Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2014 –
Uziah Thompson , Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
2014 –
Enrique Zileri , Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
2015 –
José María Benegas , Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2015 –
Francis Sejersted , Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
2016 –
Marvin Kaplan , American actor (b. 1927)
2017 –
Rich Piana , American bodybuilder (b. 1971)
2018 –
John McCain , American politician (b. 1936)
2019 –
Ferdinand Piëch , Austrian business magnate and engineer (b. 1937)
[55]
2022 –
Mable John , American blues vocalist (b. 1930)
[56]
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